高中英语上外版一年级下 Unit thirteen

00:02.93]Dialogue
[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 blanks¹.
[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 fluttered² in the wind.
[03:53.74]However, most scholars³ think that the Chinese people had kites about 2 000 years ago.
[04:03.93]European explorers⁴ 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 roof⁵ tops.
[05:26.37]They are flown in honour⁶ of a brave Japanese boy named Kintaro.
[05:35.18]Kintaro once saved a group of fishermen by killing⁷ a man-eating fish.
[05:44.06]Kites are not only for fun.
[05:48.55]They have been very useful throughout⁸ 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

1 blanks   

n.（纸等的）空白（尤指表格的空白）( blank的名词复数 )；空地；（书正文前后的）空白页；空白表格（或证件）

参考例句：

• Fill in the blanks with verbals. 用动词的非谓语形式填空。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Complete the following sentences by filling the blanks with proper prepositions and adverbs. 用适当的冠词和副词填空，完成下列句子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 fluttered   

v.飘动( flutter的过去式和过去分词 )；（心）快速跳动；振翼，拍翅膀

参考例句：

• Flags fluttered in the breeze. 旗帜在微风中飘扬。
• Imes concluded from her fluttered look that she had spent the money. 艾姆斯从她慌张的眼神推断出她花光了钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 scholars   

n.奖学金获得者( scholar的名词复数 )；学者；聪颖勤奋的学生；文人学士

参考例句：

• Many scholars have argued thus. 许多学者都这样论证过。
• This university has turned out some first-rate scholars. 这所大学培养了一些第一流的学者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 explorers   

n.探险家，勘探者( explorer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them. 勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The explorers had to rough it when they got into the jungle. 那些探险者进入丛林后，不得不过着艰苦的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 roof   

n.屋顶；v.给...覆以屋顶，覆盖

参考例句：

• A cat is on the roof.一只小猫在屋顶上。
• Move back! The roof is falling!往后退，屋顶要塌了！

6 honour   

n.(BrE)荣誉，头衔；信用，尊敬，名誉；阁下；勋章；vt.尊敬，授予荣誉；承兑，实践

参考例句：

• Children should be taught to show honour to their elders.应该教育孩子尊敬长者。
• She stands first on the honour list.她在光荣榜上名列第一。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 throughout   

adv.到处，自始至终；prep.遍及，贯穿

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。
• Guilin is known throughout the world for its scenery.桂林以山水著称于世。