北师大初中英语七年级上--Expansion 3-1

[00:00.00]Unit 3 Houses and Homes
[00:07.25]Expansion 3
[00:12.33]Exercise 1
[00:14.36]Dear Rebecca,
[00:15.90]It's great to hear that
[00:17.14]you can come and stay with us for the summer!
[00:20.19]We're looking forward¹ to seeing you.
[00:23.11]Let me tell you something about our house.
[00:26.35]Well,it's not very big !
[00:28.78]But your Uncle Jack² and like it
[00:31.09]and we're very happy here.
[00:34.11]Downstairs there is a living³ room,a dining⁴ room
[00:37.53]a kitchen and a small bathroom.
[00:40.55]And upstairs⁶ there are three bedrooms .
[00:43.84]and another bathroom.
[00:45.75]One bedroom is for you ,of course⁷.
[00:48.93]It's at the back of house
[00:50.87]and it has a large window.
[00:53.61]There is a desk and a chair for you
[00:56.01]to do your homework
[00:57.61]and there's a bookcase⁸ under the window.
[01:01.16]Glenford is a small town
[01:03.10]but there are lots of places to go .
[01:06.27]There is a mall⁵ very close to our house.
[01:09.57]There are two large department⁹ stores¹⁰
[01:12.37]and five or six restaurants.
[01:14.93]Do you like French¹¹ food?
[01:16.99]Well , there is a great French restaurant.
[01:20.13]I know you like reading¹².
[01:22.50]Well,there are two good bookstores¹³
[01:24.97]and there's a library near the house,
[01:27.69]next to the gas¹⁴ station.
[01:29.98]Well,that's all for now.
[01:32.50]Write or call soon
[01:34.15]and don't forget to tell me the date
[01:36.17]and the time of your flight¹⁵.
[01:38.23]Love Aunt Martha
[01:38.23]

1 forward   

adj.向前的，早的，迅速的，前锋；v.转交，促进，运送；adv.向前地

参考例句：

• Please move your car forward.请你把汽车住前开。
• Please forward my mail to me.请把我的邮件转寄给我。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 living   

adj.活的，活着的，现存的；逼真的，一模一样的；生活的，维持生活的；n.生活，生计

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。

4 dining   

n.进餐，吃饭

参考例句：

• The dining room was twice as big as the Tom's.这个餐厅比汤姆的餐厅大一倍。
• Don't talk about business while we are dining.吃饭时别谈公事。

5 mall   

n.（美）购物中心，大商场

参考例句：

• I am going to the mall the day after tomorrow.我后天去大型购物中心。
• Are you going to go to the mall?你要去大型购物中心吗？

6 upstairs   

adj.楼上的；adv.在楼上，往楼上，高水平地，上层地，头脑上地；n.楼上

参考例句：

• He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.他宁愿在楼下见我，而不愿在楼上。
• I think I'll go upstairs and have a sleep.我想上楼去睡一觉。

7 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

8 bookcase   

n.书架，书橱

参考例句：

• Put the books back into the bookcase.把书放回架上去。
• There is a bookcase on the left of my desk.在我的写字台左边有一个书柜。

9 department   

n.（行政、企业等的）部；局；处；科；部门；系

参考例句：

• What department do you study in?你在哪个系学习？
• Welcome to the sports department!欢迎来到运动品部！

10 stores   

n.商店( store的名词复数 )；贮存；大量；零售商店

参考例句：

• The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores. 低廉的价格意在把顾客从其他商店吸引过来。
• The stores were overrun with rats and mice. 仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。

11 French   

adj.法国(人)的，法语的；n.法语；vt.剁肉，蔬菜切成长条

参考例句：

• She reads French quite well,but doesn't speak it.她法语的阅读能力相当强，但不会讲。
• The only French city she enjoyed was Paris.巴黎是她惟一喜欢的法国城市。

12 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

13 bookstores   

n.书店( bookstore的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country. 这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Since the 1960s entrepreneurs have installed them in banks,bookstores,dry cleaners,and liquor stores. 20世纪60年代以来，企业家在银行、书店、干洗店和酒类商店都设有这种服务窗口。 来自互联网

14 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。

15 flight   

n.飞行，飞机的航程，航班；逃跑

参考例句：

• I want to change my flight.我想变更飞行班次。
• I lost my flight ticket.我的飞机票丢了。