[00:05.02]Language Structure:
[00:08.41]The -ed Participle
[00:11.70]A:This morning a boy named Chen Ming came to see me.
[00:17.61]Do you know him?
[00:20.30]B:Yes. He's a student in Class 2.
[00:25.50]A:He's going to take part in an English language contest.
[00:30.77]He asked me to help him with his spoken English.
[00:36.15]B:Did you agree?
[00:39.16]A:Yes, of course.
[00:41.85]And I promised to give him some advice on his written English,too.
[00:48.74]B:That was good of you.
[00:51.54]promise
[00:55.43]Litening Comprehension
[00:59.92]Listen and fill in the blanks.
[01:04.60]1.Briefcases__are cheaper than those made of leather.
[01:17.11]2.What do you think of the combs__.
[01:34.30]3.Copy down the words__.
[01:48.38]4.I like the picture__.
[02:05.49]5.All the books must be returned before the end of the term.
[02:21.48]6.Where have you put the note__?
[02:40.76]7.The train__was an hour late.
[02:56.67]8.Here are some books___.
[03:16.08]9.That is a story___.
[03:31.07]10.Hangzhou is a place___each year.
[03:40.66]Text:The Kites
[03:45.75]No one really knows when or where the first kite fluttered in the wind.
[03:53.74]However, most scholars think that the Chinese people had kites about 2 000 years ago.
[04:03.93]European explorers who visited the East brought the first kites to the West.
[04:12.42]The probably brought the brightly coloured kites home to their children as gifts.
[04:20.62]Kite flying has always been a very important sport in Asia.
[04:28.02]In China there is a great festival each year on the ninth day of the ninth month.
[04:36.92]It is called "The Festival of Aseceding on High",
[04:43.01]Thousands of people,young and old,fly their kites on that day.
[04:51.08]Kites of different shapes and sizes fill the sky.
[04:57.17]There are kites that look like dragons and lions and tigers.
[05:02.97]And there are kites that look like fish and birds and snakes.
[05:09.97]In Japan a special kite day is held each year on May 5th.
[05:18.67]All day long, fish-shaped kites are flown from the roof tops.
[05:26.37]They are flown in honour of a brave Japanese boy named Kintaro.
[05:35.18]Kintaro once saved a group of fishermen by killing a man-eating fish.
[05:44.06]Kites are not only for fun.
[05:48.55]They have been very useful throughout history.
[05:53.65]New Words and Expressions
[05:58.24]kite/kait/
[05:59.85]风筝
[06:01.46]flutter
[06:02.85]飘动
[06:04.25]scholar
[06:05.75]学者
[06:07.26]European
[06:08.95]欧洲的
[06:10.65]explorer
[06:11.91]探测者
[06:13.16]brightly/'braitli/
[06:14.86]鲜艳地
[06:16.56]coloured
[06:17.95]彩色的;涂色的
[06:19.35]Asia
[06:21.45]亚洲
[06:23.56]ascend
[06:24.90]攀登
[06:26.25]dragon
[06:27.59]龙
[06:28.94]lion
[06:30.58]狮子
[06:32.23]snake/sneik/
[06:33.27]蛇
[06:34.32]special
[06:35.47]特殊
[06:36.62]honour
[06:38.17]荣誉
[06:39.73]in honour of
[06:41.32]为向...表示敬意
[06:42.91]kintaro
[06:44.45]金太郎
[06:46.00]man-eating
[06:47.64]吃人的
[06:49.29]fun
[06:50.48]乐趣
