初中英语（深圳&香港文达版）第四册课本UNIT14

[00:00.00]UNIT FOURTEEN  She's too heavy for us to carry
[00:06.48]Let's read
[00:10.92]Peter,Anne,Sue¹ and Ken² went to the East Lake Park for the day.
[00:18.57]They had a picnic by the dam.
[00:23.33]Sue ran off into the forest on her own.
[00:28.97]Then she put her foot into a rabbit hole and fell down.
[00:35.63]She twisted³ her ankle⁴ and hurt it badly.
[00:40.88]She could  not walk.It was too painful for her to stand up.
[00:47.86]She sat on the ground and screamed.
[00:52.90]At first,her screams were not loud enough for the others to hear.
[00:59.27]Then Ken said,"Can you hear something?What animal's making that noise?
[01:07.81]Is it a bird?"The children listened carefully.
[01:14.66]"It sounds like a child,"Anne said.
[01:20.01]Suddenly,she put her hand to her mouth.
[01:24.27]"Where's Sue?"They looked around.
[01:30.33]Sue was not there.
[01:33.88]"It is Sue!"Anne said."Come on.We must find her."
[01:40.65]They ran into the trees,shouting,
[01:44.91]"Sue!Sue!Where are you?"She kept on screaming and soon they found her.
[01:54.05]"I can't walk,"she said.
[01:58.10]Peter tried to lift her up.
[02:01.76]"She's too heavy for me to carry,"he said.
[02:07.11]"I'm not strong enough to carry her on my own."
[02:12.39]"We'll make a stretcher,"Anne said.
[02:16.75]"We need two straight branches from a tree and your jacket, Peter."
[02:23.91]The children soon found two branches.
[02:28.45]Anne took Peter's jacket and did up the buttons.
[02:33.73]Then she put the branches into the jacket and made a stretcher.
[02:39.37]They lifted Sue up and put her on the stretcher.
[02:44.34]It was strong enough for her to lie on.
[02:48.46]Peter lifted one end of it and Anne lifted the other.
[02:54.63]They carried Sue to the bus stop.
[02:59.07]Fun time
[03:03.22]Choose one of the following groups of words in the box.
[03:08.79]Mime an action for it.
[03:13.23]Ask someone to make a sentence about what you are miming⁵.
[03:18.90]What's my problem, Benny?
[03:22.74]Your suitcase is too heavy to lift.
[03:27.78]Good.Your turn.
[03:32.14]Denis Dragon
[03:36.40]Let's go to Lingding Island,Tim.
[03:42.64]I can't,Denis.I'm not old enough to go on my own.
[03:49.02]Ask your mother to go.
[03:53.06]She's too busy to take us.
[03:57.04]And she doesn't know about you.
[04:00.98]Who does know about me,Tim?
[04:05.24]Who does know about Denis?
[04:14.80]A Joke
[04:21.56]A four-year-old boy was angry with his mother.
[04:27.60]He put his pyjamas⁶ and toothbrush into a little case and ran out of the flat.
[04:36.66]He walked round and round the block of flats for hours.
[04:43.32]A policeman up to him and said,
[04:48.37]"What are you doing?""I'm running away from home,"the little boy said.
[04:55.63]"But why are you walking round and round the block?"the policeman asked.
[05:02.79]"It's because I'm not old enough to cross the road on my own,"
[05:09.94]the little boy replied.
[05:13.60]word and expressions
[05:18.64]dam
[05:20.82]n.水坝;水堤
[05:23.00]on one's own
[05:25.79]独;靠自己
[05:28.57]twist
[05:30.40]v.扭弯;扭歪;扭伤
[05:32.23]ankle
[05:34.50]a.踝关节
[05:36.77]painful
[05:39.15]a.痛的,痛苦的
[05:41.52]keep on doing sth.
[05:44.80]继续(做某事),总是做某事
[05:48.08]stretcher
[05:50.51]n.担架
[05:52.94]branch
[05:55.12]n.树枝
[05:57.30]jacket
[05:59.43]n.短上衣,夹克衫
[06:01.56]do up
[06:03.60]扣;扎;包;系;捆
[06:05.64]end
[06:07.76]n.末,端
[06:09.89]button
[06:12.08]n.钮扣,按钮
[06:14.26]reach
[06:16.48]v.到达;伸手(脚)及到
[06:18.70]block
[06:20.73]n.一排房屋;街区
[06:22.77]island
[06:25.29]n.岛

1 sue   

vt.控告，起诉；vi.请求，追求，起诉

参考例句：

• If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you.如果你不付给我钱，我就告你。
• The war criminals sue for peace.战犯求和。

2 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

3 twisted   

adj.（感情、欲望等）反常的，变态的v.扭，搓，缠绕( twist的过去式和过去分词 )；歪曲；转动；扭转

参考例句：

• After the crash the car was a mass of twisted metal. 那辆车撞成了一堆扭曲的废铁。
• The rope had twisted itself around the wheel, stopping the motor. 绳子把轮子缠住，电动机就不转了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ankle   

n.踝，踝节部

参考例句：

• She twisted her ankle when she fell.她摔倒时扭伤了脚踝。
• She turned her ankle while ice-skating.她滑冰时扭伤了脚踝。

5 miming   

v.指手画脚地表演，用哑剧的形式表演( mime的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The actor was miming the movements of a bird. 这位演员正在摹拟一只鸟的动作。 来自互联网
• Enneagram in Miming. A Silence Theatre production. 无声模式制作，用默剧手法介绍九型人格。 来自互联网

6 pyjamas   

n.（宽大的）睡衣裤

参考例句：

• This pyjamas has many repairs.这件睡衣有许多修补过的地方。
• Martin was in his pyjamas.马丁穿着睡衣。