北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit12 les48-1

[00:00.00]Unit 12 Western¹ China
[00:05.59]Lesson 48
[00:07.23]1.2
[00:10.50]Dear cousin,
[00:12.12]I haven't seen² you for about a year.
[00:15.15]How is everything with you?
[00:17.59]Take a look at this picture.
[00:19.88]Can you guess where it is?
[00:22.28]It's the highway³ near our village.
[00:25.48]The workers have just finished⁴
[00:27.49]building the first part⁵,
[00:29.82]and now they are working on a bridge⁶
[00:32.07]over the river.
[00:34.19]Cars and trucks travel⁷ on it every day.
[00:37.90]I enjoy counting the cars.
[00:40.59]I have never seen so many cars in my life⁸!
[00:45.11]The government⁹ has found¹¹ gas¹² near our village.
[00:48.81]The villagers¹³ are helping¹⁴ to build a large
[00:51.23]modern gas field¹⁵.
[00:53.66]After school,I often go and watch them
[00:56.51]working in the field.
[00:59.39]Do you still remember the small shop
[01:01.77]in our village?
[01:03.48]I went there yesterday.
[01:05.67]To my surprise,there were many new things
[01:08.97]such¹⁶ as¹⁰ CDs,Walkmans,and DVDs.
[01:13.76]I have never seen such nice things
[01:15.84]in our village before.
[01:18.66]By the way,a new teacher has come to teach us.
[01:23.01]She's a volunteer¹⁷ from Guangzhou.
[01:25.81]She's been to many places
[01:27.86]and has shown us some of her photos.
[01:30.73]She often tells us interesting stories.
[01:33.80]We all like her.
[01:35.81]Right now,she's gone to Xi'an
[01:38.08]to buy some computers for our school.
[01:39.46]

1 western   

n.西方人；西部片；西部小说；adj.西方的，西洋的，西部的

参考例句：

• He is wearing a western style suit.他穿着一套西式服装。
• He lives at the western end of the village.他家住在村子尽西头。

2 seen   

vbl.(see的过去分词)看见

参考例句：

• Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后，就没有见过他了。
• I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。

3 highway   

n.公路，大路；（美）高速公路

参考例句：

• A highway bridge is being built over the river.那条河上正在修筑一座公路桥。
• The highway winds around the mountain.这条公路盘山而上。

4 finished   

adj.完成的，精湛的；v.动词finish的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• We finished up everything there was on the table. 我们把桌上的东西全吃完了。
• We can certainly have the job finished on time.我们肯定能按时完成任务。

5 part   

n.部份，零件；角色，部位；vt.分开，分离，分配；vi.分离，离开；adv.部份地；adj.分离的

参考例句：

• This is the broken part.这就是损坏的部件。
• Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色？

6 bridge   

n.桥，鼻梁，桥牌；vt.渡过，架桥

参考例句：

• There are two bookshops near the bridge.大桥附近有两家书店。
• I am strange at bridge.我对桥牌是外行。

7 travel   

n.旅行，游历，进行；vi.旅行，行进，移动，被传播；vt.旅行，通行于，使移动

参考例句：

• We can now travel by air.现在我们可以坐飞机旅行。
• Autumn is the best season for travel.秋天是旅行的最好季节。

8 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

9 government   

n.政府，当局，行政管理机构

参考例句：

• Tom works for the government.汤姆为政府机关做事。
• The new government will come into power next month.新政府将在下月开始执政。

10 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

11 found   

v.建立，创立，创办；vbl.(find的过去分词)找到

参考例句：

• I found him at home.我发现他在家。
• The United Nations was found in 1945.联合国于1945年成立。

12 gas   

n.煤气，气体，汽油；vt.毒(死)，加油

参考例句：

• I seem to smell gas.我好像闻到煤气味儿。
• There are several kinds of gas in the air.空气中有几种气体。

13 villagers   

n.在乡村住的人，村民( villager的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels. 那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war. 在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

15 field   

adj.野外；n.地，田地

参考例句：

• Go into the field and clear those boys off.到田里去把那些男孩赶走。
• He is going across the field.他正穿越田野。

16 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

17 volunteer   

n.志愿者；adj.志愿的；v.志愿

参考例句：

• She works as a volunteer in the hospital.她在医院里当志愿者。
• That man is a volunteer fireman in this town.那个人是这个镇里的志愿消防队员。