[00:05.15]Language Function:
[00:07.63]Expressing Apologies for Being Careless.
[00:12.33]A:Do you realize that you gave me the wrong message?
[00:16.85]B:Did I?
[00:19.04]A:Yes.It should have been 9 o'clock,not 10!
[00:24.63]So I didn't see Ms White, our English teacher.
[00:29.73]B:How careless of me!I'm sorry!
[00:33.31]A:Oh,that's all right,but please be more careful next time.
[00:38.69]B:Yes, I will!
[00:41.38]aplogy
[00:43.17]道歉
[00:44.96]realize
[00:46.11]认识到;体会到
[00:47.26]Ms/miz,maz/
[00:48.44]女士
[00:49.63]forgetfulness
[00:50.99]健忘
[00:52.35]okay
[00:53.69]行;可以
[00:55.04]Listening Comprehension
[00:59.64]A.Listen and choose an appropriate sentence for what you're heard.
[02:29.45]B.Listen and fill in the blanks.
[02:35.53]Journey across the Arctic.
[02:39.84]Men do not cross the Arctic(1)__very often.
[02:49.64]It is (2)__.
[02:55.12]It is dark in winter and (3)__. The ice is dangerous,too.
[03:07.72]In (4)__the ice melts and moves(5)__.
[03:20.02]In February 1968 Wally Herbert started his(6)__across the Arctic.
[03:33.42]He went with (7)__and some dogs.
[03:42.12]The men (8)_slowly for five months.
[03:51.63]In the summer(9)__melted so they stopped(10)__journey.
[04:04.01]A plane(11)__food and equipment(12)__1969,they reached the North Pole .
[04:23.00](13)__they travelled(14)__.
[04:31.10]They moved quickly and(15)__land on May 29th.
[04:41.39]Text:The Atlantic Ocean
[04:46.59]For centuries the Atlantic Ocean prevented the people of Europe from discovering America.
[04:58.37]The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific,
[05:06.55]but it is still very large.
[05:11.04]It is more than 6 400 km wide where Columbus crossed it.
[05:21.44]Even at its narrowest it is about 3 200 kmwide.
[05:30.42]Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual.
[05:38.52]For so large an ocean it has very few islands.
[05:46.80]Also,it is the world's saltiest ocean.
[05:53.38]There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is.
[06:04.20]But suppose no more rain fell into itand no more water was brought to it byrivers,
[06:14.28]it would take the ocean about 4 000 years to dry up.
[06:21.96]In most places the water is little more than 3.2 km deep,
[06:32.36]but in some places it is much deeper.
[06:38.34]The deepest spot is almost 9.6 km deep.
[06:45.73]Today the Atlantic is a great highway.
[06:53.13]It isnot, however, always a smooth and safe one.
[06:59.42]We now have such fast ways of travelling
[07:05.43]that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller.
[07:11.41]Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it.
[07:18.80]A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days now.
[07:28.60]New Words and Expressions
[07:33.59]prevent/pri'vent/
[07:35.24]阻止
[07:36.88]Europe
[07:38.28]欧洲
[07:39.68]half/ha:f/
[07:41.23]一半
[07:42.79]pacific
[07:44.24]太平洋
[07:45.68]km = kilometre(s)
[07:47.28]千米，公里
[07:48.87]wide/waid/
[07:50.07]阔;宽
[07:51.28]Columbus
[07:52.92]哥伦布
[07:54.57]island
[07:55.91]岛
[07:57.26]salty
[07:58.85]含盐的
[08:00.44]suppose
[08:01.74]假定;猜想
[08:03.03]highway/'haiwei/
[08:04.58]公路;交通干线
[08:06.14]smooth
[08:07.68]平稳
[08:09.22]seem/si:m/
[08:10.41]好像
[08:11.60]sail/sell/
[08:12.80]航行
[08:14.00]steamship
[08:15.70]汽船
