北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 23 warm-up1

[00:02.58]Unit 23 Confilct Warm-up
[00:06.54]Exercise 1 Listen to the TV new stories
[00:10.68]and match them with the pictures.
[00:13.29]1 The owner of the largest drug store
[00:16.75]is put into jail after challenging the military
[00:19.82]government in a patriotic¹ act.
[00:22.30]He is believed to be sold out
[00:23.93]by a family member.John Dell has more details.
[00:28.56]Friction between the family-run business
[00:30.71]and the military government has become serious
[00:33.26]ever since the former party
[00:35.03]refused to cooperate with the authority.
[00:37.76]The arrest is said to have been caused
[00:39.76]by the family's refusal to hand
[00:41.36]over their "secret recipe".
[00:43.32]The situation becomes more complicated when...
[00:47.11]2 A woman takes the village official
[00:50.04]to the provincial² court
[00:51.48]for kicking her husband.
[00:53.37]After a series of obstacles at the local courts
[00:56.51]the country woman turns to the highest court
[00:58.98]for justice.
[01:00.27]It all started when the woman's husband,
[01:02.57]a 38-year-old peasant,
[01:04.35]had an argument with the local village official
[01:05.86]

1 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。