[00:58.27]READING AND VOCABULARY
[01:01.75]3.Read the school diary and find ... 1 something about this school
[01:09.57]which is different from Li Kang's Junior High school.
[01:13.35]2 two things that the English teacher thinks are important to do in class.
[01:20.95]3 two things that the English teacher wants to improve.
[01:28.09]My first Day at Senior High
[01:33.11]My name is Li Kang. I live in Shijia zhuang, a city not far from Beijing.
[01:40.59]it is the capital city of Hebei Province.
[01:44.36]Today is my first day at Senior High school
[01:48.27]and I'm writing down my thoughts about it.
[01:53.47]My new school is very good and I can see why.
[01:57.93]The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly
[02:01.67]and the classrooms are amazing.
[02:04.76]Every room has a computer with a special screen,
[02:08.72]almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer,
[02:15.17]and their words appear on the screen behind them.
[02:19.88]The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites.
[02:26.29]They're brilliant! The English class is really interesting.
[02:31.70]The teacher is a very enthusiastic 20 woman called Ms Shen.
[02:37.41]We're using a new textbook
[02:40.25]and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like
[02:44.29]that of the teachers at my Junior High school.
[02:48.56]She thinks that READING 25 com- prehension is important,
[02:52.40]but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun.
[02:57.40]I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class!
[03:01.94]Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups.
[03:08.02]Some students were embarrassed at first
[03:11.11]but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice.
[03:15.42]Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.
[03:21.18]Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting.
[03:27.54]We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities.
[03:33.34]I like her attitude very much,
[03:36.20]and the behaviour of the 40 other students shows that they like her,too.
[03:42.06]There are sixty-five students in my class
[03:45.22]—more than my previous class in Junior High.
[03:49.08]Forty-nine of them are girls.
[03:51.90]in other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.
[03:57.52]They say that girls are usually more hardworking than boys,
[04:02.30]but in this class, everyone is hard- working.
[04:07.46]For our homework tonight,
[04:09.26]we have to write a description of the street where we live.
[04:12.98]I'm looking forward to doing it!
[04:27.63]Word List academic [,╗k╓'demik] adj.学院的,理论的
[04:32.25]province ['pr╛vins] n.省
[04:33.84]enthusiastic [in,╙ju:zi'╗stik] adj.热心的,热情的
[04:36.20]amazing [╓'meizi╕] adj.令人惊异的
[04:37.86]information [,inf╓'mei╞╓n] n. 信息
[04:39.93]website ['websait] n. 网站;网址
[04:41.74]brilliant ['brilj╓nt] adj.(口语)极好的
[04:43.45]comprehension [,k╛mpri'hen╞╓n] n.理解,包含
[04:45.38]instruction [in'str╘k╞╓n] n.指示,用法说明(书)
[04:47.40]method ['me╙╓d] n.方法 bored [b╛:d] adj. 无聊的,无趣的
[04:50.66]embarrassed [im'b╗r╓s] vt.使困窘,使局促不安
[04:52.52]attitude['╗titju:d] n.姿势,态度
[04:54.18]behaviour [bi'heivj╓] n.行为,举止
[04:56.04]previous['pri:vj╓s] adj.在前的,早先的
[04:57.63]description [dis'krip╞╓n] n.描写,记述
[04:59.56]amazed [╓'meizd] adj.吃惊的,惊奇的
[05:01.11]embarrassing [im'b╗r╓si╕] adj. 令人为难的
[05:02.74]technology [tek'n╛l╓d╜i] n.技术
[05:04.55]impress [im'pres] vt.印,盖印,留下印象
[05:06.26]correction [k╓'rek╞╓n] n.改正,修正
[05:07.98]encouragement [in'k╘rid╜m╓nt] n. 鼓励,奖励
[05:09.90]enjoyment [in'd╜╛im╓nt] n. 享乐,快乐,享受乐事
[05:12.18]fluency ['flu╓nsi] n. 流利,流畅
[05:14.03]misunderstanding [mis╘nd╓'st╘ndi╕] n. 误会,误解
[05:16.56]disappointed [,dis╓'p╛intid] adj. 失望的
[05:20.73]system ['sist╓m] n. 系统,体系,制度,体制
[05:22.28]teenager ['tI:n,eid╜╓] n. 十几岁的青少年
[05:24.09]disappear [,dis╓'pi╓] vi. 消失,不见
[05:26.19]move [mu:v] vi.搬家 assistant [╓'sist╓nt] n.助手,助教
[05:29.50]cover ['k╘v╓] n.包含 diploma[di'pl╓um╓] n.文凭,毕业证书
[05:43.54]LISTENING AND VOCABULARY
[05:46.68]3.Read the sentences in activity 2 again. Answer these questions.
[05:57.08]Now listen to the conversation and check your answers.
[06:02.56]LISTENING content
[07:34.36]4.Listen again and answer these questions. Add information.
[09:13.32]PRONUNCIATION -ed endings
[09:18.39]1.Listen to the PRONUNCIATION of these words.
[09:22.79]What is different about the PRONUNCIATION
[09:25.45]of the ends of the words in the different groups?
[09:29.42]1 amazed bored tired 2 embarrassed
[09:39.47]3 disappointed excited interested
[09:48.09]2.Listen and repeat the sentences in Grammar 2 activity 3.
[10:47.11]Module 2 My New Teachers INTRODUCTION
[10:53.40]Vocabulary and LISTENING
[10:56.77]4.Look at the statements in activity 3 again.
[11:01.78]Listen to Alex,an English student,and tick the sentences that he agrees with.
[11:10.07]LISTENING content
[12:24.86]READING AND VOCABULARY
[12:27.09]1.Read My New Teachers. Answer these questions.
[12:32.74]1 Which teachers do students like a lot?
[12:37.65]2 Who is a very good teacher but is serious and strict?
[12:44.84]My New Teachers I hey say that first impressions are very important.
[12:52.16]My first impression of Mrs Li was that she was nervous and shy.
[12:58.45]I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us.
[13:03.88]But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her.
[13:09.59]She's kind and patient,
[13:12.05]and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! —
[13:17.81]She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes
[13:23.12]or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English,
[13:26.95]but Mrs Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid!
[13:32.84]I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students,
[13:37.24]but for me it's wonderful!I feel I'm going to make progress with her.
[13:43.70]I'd guess that Mrs Chen is almost sixty.
[13:48.09]She's very strict — we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to.
[13:54.15]She's also very serious and doesn't smile much.
[13:59.00]When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately!
[14:04.32]There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late
[14:09.18]but they're always on time for Mrs Chen's lessons!
[14:13.23]Some of our class don't like her, but most of us really appreciate her
[14:18.72]because her teaching is so well organised and clear.
[14:22.84]And a few students even admit liking her!
[14:27.18]During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening
[14:32.90]and as a result my work is improving.
[14:36.88]Physics will never be my favourite lesson,
[14:40.04]but I think that I'll do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me.
[14:45.34]Mr Wu's only been teaching us for two weeks and he's already very popular
[14:52.15]I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature —
[14:57.00]he loves it,in fact!
[14:59.63]He's got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in!
[15:05.69]He's about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking.
[15:10.60]He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited
[15:17.62]He's really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored.
[15:22.87]Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr Wu.
[15:27.62]I respect him a lot.
[15:41.72]Word list amusing[╓'mju:zi╕] adj.有趣的
[15:46.18]energetic [,en╓'d╜etik] adj. 精力充沛的
[15:47.79]intelligent [in'telid╜╓nt] adj.聪明的
[15:49.61]nervous ['n╓:v╓s] adj. 神经紧张的,不安的
[15:51.45]organised ['╛:g╓naiz] vt. 组织,创办
[15:53.15]patient ['pei╞╓nt] adj.耐心的 serious ['si╓ri╓s] adj.严肃的
[15:56.36]shy [╞ai] adj.怕羞的,害羞的 strict [strikt] adj.严格的,严厉的
[15:59.43]impression [im'pre╞╓n] n.印象
[16:00.69]avoid [╓'v╛id] vt.避免,消除 hate /heit/ vt. 憎恨,不喜欢
[16:04.23]incorrectly /,ink╓'rektli/ adv. 不正确地
[16:06.30]completely [k╓m'pli:tli] adv. 十分,完全地
[16:08.06]immediately [i'mi:dj╓tli] adv. 立即,马上,直接地
[16:10.30]appreciate [╓'pri:╞ieit] vt.感激
[16:11.84]admit [╓d'mit] v.承认
[16:13.67]scientific [sai╓n'tifik] adj.科学的
[16:15.72]literature ['lit╓rit╞╓] n.文学
[16:17.54]loudly ['laudli] adv. 大声地 wave [weiv] vt. 挥手
[16:20.80]joke [d╜╓uk] n.笑话,玩笑 summary ['s╘m╓ri] n.摘要,概要
[16:23.84]respect [ris'pekt] n.尊敬,敬重 grade [greid] n.成绩;分数
[16:26.97]headmaster [hed'ma:st╓(r)] n.校长
[16:28.97]headmistress ['hed'mistris] n.女校长
[16:30.80]period ['pi╓ri╓d] n.一段时间
[16:32.40]revision [ri'vi╜╓n] n.复习
[16:33.88]translation [tr╗ns'lei╞╓n] n. 翻译
[16:35.77]timetable ['taimteib(╓)l] n. 时间表
[16:37.38]topic ['t╛pik] n. 话题, 主题
[16:38.91]vacation [v╓'kei╞╓n] n. 假期
[16:40.63]revise [ri'vaiz] vt.温习(功课)
[16:42.52]discipline ['disiplin] n.纪律
[16:44.00]relationship [ri'lei╞╓n╞ip] n. 关系
[16:46.06]formal ['f╛:m╓l] adj.正式的 relaxed [ri'l╗kst] adj.不严格的,放松的
[16:49.25]similarly ['simil╓li] adv. 同样地, 类似于
[17:01.87]LISTENING AND VOCABULARY
[17:04.51]2.Work in pairs.
[17:07.48]You will hear a conversation between an English teacher and his students.
[17:12.97]Complete the sentences with the words in bold in activity 1.
[19:10.18]3.Listen to the conversation again and choose the right answer.
[21:07.13]PRONUNCIATION 1.Listen and repeat these words.Notice the stressed sound.
[21:18.20]choice test fail student junior
[21:27.70]playground exam revision vacation
[21:35.34]2.Underline the stressed sound in these words. Now listen and check
[21:43.91]pass result senior school subject topic translation
[22:19.17]MODULE 3 My first ride on a train
[22:24.77]READING AND VOCABULARY
[22:27.73]3.Read My First Ride on a Train. What's the passage about?
[22:37.11]a train ride to Sydney taking the train to Australia
[22:43.27]travelling to the central part of Australia
[22:46.75]a child visiting her grandmother My first ride on a train
[22:54.93]My name is Alice Thompson.I come from Sydney, Australia and I'm 18 years old
[23:03.26]Recently I had my first ride on a longdistance train. And what a ride!
[23:10.30]A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train.
[23:14.57]We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs,
[23:18.53]right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away.
[23:24.23]We spent two days and nights on the train.
[23:28.69]The train was wonderful and the food was great.
[23:32.86]We ate great meals cooked by experts!
[23:36.81]For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey,
[23:39.88]the scenery was very colourful.
[23:42.75]There were fields and the soil was dark red.
[23:46.45]After that, it was desert.
[23:49.25]The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky.
[23:55.54]Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time.
[24:00.00]We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.
[24:06.00]The train was comfortable and the people were nice.
[24:10.06]During the day, I sat and looked out of the window,
[24:14.10]and sometimes talked to other passengers.
[24:17.07]I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes
[24:21.02](I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight,
[24:26.79]I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.
[24:33.91]Why is the train called the Ghan?
[24:37.06]A long time ago,
[24:38.50]Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.
[24:43.06]They tried riding horses,
[24:45.15]but the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand.
[24:49.31]A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan.
[24:54.91]Ghan is short for Afghanistan.
[24:58.86]Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance.
[25:03.53]For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies,
[25:08.47]and returned with wool and other products.
[25:12.47]The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.
[25:17.23]Then the government built a new railway line,
[25:20.10]so they didn't need the camels any more.
[25:23.45]in 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals
[25:28.53]if they were a problem.
[25:30.80]in 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.
[25:50.45]Word list helicopter ['helik╛pt╓] n.直升(飞)机, 直升机
[25:54.84]motorbike ['m╓ut╓baik] n. 摩托车
[25:56.66]tram [tr╗m] n. 有轨电车
[25:58.52]distance ['dist╓ns] n. 距离
[26:00.07]abandoned [╓'b╗nd╓nd] adj. 被抛弃的
[26:01.87]camel ['k╗m╓l] n.骆驼 cassette [ka:'set] n.盒子, 盒式磁带
[26:05.13]desert [di'z╓:t] n.沙漠 diamond ['dai╓m╓nd] n.钻石
[26:08.14]expert ['eksp╓:t] n.专家 midnight ['mid,nait] n.午夜
[26:11.63]product ['pr╛d╓kt] n.产品 scenery ['si:n╓ri] n.风景, 景色
[26:15.22]shoot [╞u:t] n.射击 soil [s╛il] n.土壤
[26:18.67]journey ['d╜╓:ni] n.旅行, 旅程 train [trein] vt.训练
[26:21.71]circus ['s╓:k╓s] n.马戏团 seaside ['si:said] n.海滨
[26:25.50]stadium ['steidi╓m] n.露天大型运动场 eagle ['i:gl] n.鹰
[26:29.23]frighten ['fraitn] vt.使惊吓 vi.惊恐
[26:31.17]kindergarten ['kind╓,ga:tn] n. 幼儿园
[26:33.09]apartment [╓'pa:tm╓nt] n.<美>公寓住宅, 单元住宅
[26:34.72]cartoon [ka:'tu:n] n.卡通画, 漫画
[26:36.70]interview ['int╓vju:] vt.接见, 会见
[26:38.68]interviewer ['int╓vju:╓(r)] n. 会见者
[26:40.52]event [i'vent] n. 事件
[26:41.86]exhausted [ig'z╛:stid] adj. 耗尽的, 疲惫的
[26:44.09]downtown ['dauntaun] adv.商业区;市中心 vacuum ['v╗kju╓m] n.真空, 空间
[26:47.45]rail [reil] n.铁轨 ceremony['serim╓ni] n.仪式
[26:50.84]track [tr╗k] n.轨迹
[26:52.43]souvenir ['su:v╓ni╓] n. 纪念品
[27:04.84]LISTENING Listen to part of an interview
[27:10.39]with a 90-year-old silent movie actress called Mary Lennon.
[27:15.35]She was born in England but went to America to make films in the 1930s.
[27:21.89]Answer the questions.
[27:25.25]LISTENING content
[29:41.15]2.Match the questions and answers.
[29:46.77]PRONUNCIATION Word stress in sentences
[29:51.84]Work in pairs.Listen and underline the words which are stressed.
[29:57.90]These are the main ideas. I:Did you travel by plane?
[30:04.38]M:By plane? No, of course not! We travelled by ship!
[30:12.02]I:How long did that take? M:About seven days. I:Did you enjoy it?
[30:20.31]M:No! I hated it! I:Why?Were you sick? M:No, I was bored!
[30:42.27]Module 4 Social Survey-My Neighbourhood
[30:48.88]READING AND VOCABULARY
[30:52.50]A Lively City (XL=Xiao Li, JM=John Martin)
[30:54.63]XL:It's great to see you again, John. JM:It's great to see you!
[31:00.43]Its been six years since we last saw each other,you know.
[31:04.90]And this is the first time I've visited your hometown.
[31:09.63]XL:Yes. I'm so glad you could come. JM:You know,
[31:13.63]I've seen quite a lot of China and I've visited some beautiful cities,
[31:19.98]but this is one of the most attractive places I've been to.
[31:24.37]Its so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.
[31:28.70]XL:Yes, it's one of the most interesting cities on the coast, everyone says so.
[31:34.29]I feel very fortu- nate living here. And I love living by the seaside.
[31:40.09]JM:You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right? XL:Yes,that's right.
[31:47.00]JM:What's the climate like?
[31:49.31]XL:Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter.
[31:55.29]JM:Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around.
[32:00.23]Don't they bother you?
[32:02.47]XL:Yes,they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.
[32:08.22]You don't really see tourists where I live.
[32:11.43]JM:Oh,look at that huge apartment block!
[32:15.35]XL:Yes, they've just completed it.
[32:17.84]The rent for an apartment there is very high.
[32:21.54]JM:I believe you! This area's so modern!
[32:26.04]XL:Yes. this is the business district.
[32:28.87]They've put up a lot oF high- rise buildings recently.
[32:32.88]And there are some great shopping malls See, we're just passing one now.
[32:38.20]My wife's just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.
[32:43.31]JM:Maybe I could buy a few presents there. XL:I'll take you there tomorrow.
[32:49.72]Now we're leaving the business distr- ict and approaching the harbour.
[32:53.31]We're entering the western district,the most interesting part of the city.
[32:57.75]Its got some really pretty parks ...
[33:01.04]JM:It seems lovely. is that Gulangyu island, just across the water?
[33:07.15]XL:Yes. It is. Us a gorgeous island with some really interes- ting architecture.
[33:13.72]JM:So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while?
[33:20.80]XL:Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there.
[33:26.01]A friends told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here.
[33:30.35]Shall we go there for lunch? JM:That sounds great I'm starving!
[33:46.84]Word list survey [s╓:'vei] n. 调查
[33:50.58]neighbourhood ['neib╓hud] n. 邻居关系
[33:52.38]local ['l╓uk╓l] adj. 地方的, 当地的
[33:53.50]suburb ['s╘b╓:b] n.市郊, 郊区 hometown['h╓umtaun] n.故乡
[33:56.84]attractive [╓'tr╗ktiv] adj. 吸引人的, 有魅力的
[33:58.86]fortunate ['f╛:t╞╓nit] adj.幸运的, 幸福的
[34:00.40]pretty ['priti] adj.很;相当 sound [saund] vi. 听起来
[34:03.76]tourist ['tu╓rist] n.旅行者, 旅游者 bother ['b╛╖╓] vt.烦扰, 打扰
[34:07.15]nuisance ['nju:sns] n. 讨厌的人或东西 rent [rent] n. 租金
[34:10.55]district ['distrikt] n.区域,地方,行政区 approach[╓'pr╓ut╞] n.接近
[34:13.68]harbour ['ha:b╓] n.海港 gorgeous['g╛:d╜╓s] adj.华丽的, 灿烂的
[34:17.37]architecture ['a:kitekt╞╓] n.建筑
[34:19.13]starve [sta:v] vt.使饿死 park [pa:k] n.公园, 停车场
[34:22.54]traffic ['tr╘fik] n.交通 committee [k╓'miti] n.委员会
[34:25.79]organisation [,╛: g╓naizei╞╓n] n.组织
[34:28.20]unemployed ['╘nim'pl╛id] adj. 失业的, 未被利用的
[34:30.01]household ['haush╓uld] n. 一家人, 家庭
[34:31.89]occupation [,╛kju'pei╞╓n] n. 职业
[34:33.95]professional [pr╓'fe╞╓nl] n.专业的
[34:35.77]manual ['m╗nju╓l] adj. 手的, 手动的
[34:37.13]employment [im'pl╛im╓nt] n. 雇用,工作,职业
[34:39.06]gallery ['g╗l╓ri] n. 走廊
[34:40.88]exchange [iks't╞eind╜] vt. 交换
[34:42.90]fascinating ['f╗sineiti╕] adj. 迷人的,着魔的
[34:44.74]afford [╓'f╛:d] vt. 提供, 给予, 供应得起
[34:46.45]survive [s╓'vaiv] v. 幸免于, 幸存, 生还
[34:48.47]contact ['k╛nt╗kt] n. 接触, 联系
[35:00.34]LISTENING AND VOCABULARY 2.Listen to the passage.
[35:06.38]Were your predictions about the passage correct?
[35:10.93]LISTENING content
[37:34.75]3.Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart.
[38:57.22]PRONUNCIATION Stressed words in sentences
[39:02.46]Listen to this ex- tract from LISTENING and vocabulary activity 2.
[39:07.96]Underline the stressed words in each sentence.
[39:12.13]I:Mr Yang, you're from Nanchang,aren't you?
[39:15.89]And you've lived here all your life, is that right?
[39:19.77]Y:Yes, I was born in this street. I:Really!
[39:24.23]And you work for an organisation called "the neighbourhood committee".
