河北加拿大版初中英语读物--Unit 1

Unit 1
[00:36.39]Spring is Coming!
[00:39.86]Postcards!Dear Jenny,
[00:45.11]Today's date is March first.Spring has arrived in Shijiazhuang.
[00:51.88]When I walked to school this morning,
[00:55.72]the temperature was already fifteen degrees.
[01:00.68]This afternoon it was nineteen degrees.
[01:06.04]I didn't need my jacket!The days are getting longer.
[01:12.20]The sun rises earlier in the morning.Today's sunrise was at 6:51.
[01:19.36]Every morning I see many people in the park exercising.
[01:25.42]It is now 6:00 in the evening.
[01:29.78]The sun will set in about fifteen minutes.
[01:34.33]What's your weather like?Is it spring in Canada?
[01:39.60]Is it snowing?Your friend,
[01:44.05]Li MingJenny Smith 522 Park Road Edmonton,Alberta,
[01:53.19]CanadaT8B 9K2Dear Li Ming,Thank you for the postcard.
[02:05.02]It is beautiful!I love the picture of the flowers in the park.
[02:12.18]It isn't snowing today,but there is still some snow on the grass.
[02:18.74]In Canada,it often snows in March.
[02:24.09]Sometimes it snows in April and May, too!
[02:29.73]We won't see any flowers until May.After school today,
[02:37.18]we played "snow" soccer.We needed our jackets and boots,
[02:43.66]but it was fun.Danny fell in the snow!Next month,
[02:50.92]maybe we will play in our shorts and T-shirts!
[02:55.67]JennyLi Ming Apartment 12,69 Zhonghua Nan Street Shijiazhuang,
[03:03.82]China 050051A Season of New LifeHow do we know that spring has arrived?
[03:21.38]Smells.Open the window and the wind blows the smells of spring inside.
[03:30.44]The rain makes the air smell fresh and clean.
[03:35.69]The spring flowers smell beautiful!
[03:39.95]Danny:You "smell"with your nose!Sounds.
[03:46.61]Listen to the birds sing!
[03:50.37]They have returned north from a winter in the warm south.
[03:56.83]Sometimes,you can hear thunder from a storm.
[04:02.10]There are never thunderstorms in winter!Sights.
[04:08.45]Look at the world.It's turning green!
[04:13.28]The land is full of new life:new leaves, new grass and new animals.
[04:21.33]Baby animals!Farm animals are born in spring.
[04:28.59]On farms,farmers have a lot to do!
[04:33.55]What do sheep have? Sheep have lambs.
[04:38.83]What do cows have? Cows have calves¹.
[04:43.98]What do horses have? Horses have foals.
[04:49.75]What do chickens have? Chickens have chicks.
[04:55.08]What do pigs have? Pigs have piglets.
[05:00.72]Wild animals have their babies in spring,too.
[05:05.97]Bears have cubs². Wolves have cubs, too.
[05:11.90]Do you remember what a wolf is?
[05:16.47]A wolf is a wild animal. A wolf looks like a dog.
[05:23.55]Now do you remember?Wake up!
[05:30.81]Animals enjoy the warm weather of spring after a long,cold winter.
[05:37.76]Spring is the time when animals end their winter hibernation³.
[05:44.14]What's hibernation? Some animals sleep through winter.
[05:51.19]They sleep in caves or under the ground.
[05:55.66]They "hibernate⁴."Hibernation is a deep sleep.
[06:01.90]When do the animals wake up?When spring arrives!
[06:07.86]What animals hibernate?
[06:11.62]Bears and bats sleep in caves.Bears sometimes dig⁵ dens⁷.
[06:18.78]Den⁶ are like holes in the ground,with roofs.
[06:23.92]What do bears do before hibernating⁸?In autumn,before winter comes,
[06:36.20]bears eat a lot of food.
[06:40.04]They become fat.The fat keeps them warm as they sleep through winter.
[06:47.61]What happens when a bear hibernates⁹?The bear's body temperature goes down.
[06:56.44]Its heart beats slower.The bear survives on the fat in its body.
[07:04.62]It does not eat or drink.This is a heart.
[07:10.58]Your heart is inside your body.
[07:15.12]Hearts "beat."Your heart beats fast when you exercise.
[07:21.78]It beats slowly when you rest.How long do bears hibernate?
[07:28.55]Bears hibernate for four to seven months.
[07:33.51]They begin to hibernate in October or November.
[07:39.15]What happens when the bears wake up?The bears are very hungry.
[07:46.42]They leave their cave or den.They begin looking for food.
[07:52.66]FASCINATING FACT
[07:56.13]A bear eats a lot in autumn.
[08:00.39]How much?If you were a bear,
[08:05.15]you would eat forty hamburgersand forty ice cream cones¹⁰ every day!
[08:12.90]Danny Has a Job!Danny:I have my first babysitting¹² job!
[08:20.27]Tomorrow evening,I am going to babysit¹¹ my little cousin,Debbie!
[08:27.22]Jenny:That's great,Danny!Are you nervous?
[08:32.08]Danny:I am a little nervous,but I like Debbie a lot.
[08:38.35]She's very nice.I know I will be a good babysitter¹³ for her.
[08:45.79]She will listen to me.Brian:What are you going to do with her?
[08:51.54]Danny:I don't know. How about watching television?
[08:57.70]Everyone likes to babysitters play with the children!
[09:06.95]Danny:Then I will play basketball with her!
[09:11.52]I love basketball!Brian:How old is Debbie?
[09:17.58]Danny:She's three years old.Brian:How tall is she?
[09:23.15]Danny:She's less than one metre tall.
[09:27.90]Maybe she's too short to play with me.Jenny:I think you're right,
[09:35.27]Danny.Brian:What did you like to do when you were three,Danny?
[09:39.81]Was there a special place where you loved to play?
[09:44.39]I always loved going there!
[09:50.55]said that it will be sunny tomorrow. with you,Danny? I'm a good babysitter.
[10:00.22]I can help you and give you advice!
[10:08.16]Jenny:What does "less" mean?
[10:13.20]Look it up in the dictionary at the end of your Student Book!
[10:19.13]Outdoor Artist!My name is Kay.
[10:24.90]I'm going to be nine years old on my next birthday.
[10:30.65]I am in Grade Three. I do lots of fun things in spring.What do I do?Well,
[10:41.12]I like to play with sidewalk chalk.Sidewalk chalk makes your hands dirty.
[10:48.88]I like to draw flowers and animals.
[10:53.43]Sometimes I lie on the sidewalk and a friend draws around me.
[11:00.27]Then my shape is on the sidewalk. I draw hair on the head.
[11:06.80]I put a face where the face goes.I put shoes on the feet.
[11:13.46]I put pants on the legs and a shirt on the body.
[11:19.73]I try to make it look like me.I like to go to the playground with my friends.
[11:27.99]We ride our bikes there.
[11:31.64]I always ride on the sidewalkbecause my mum says
[11:37.91]I'm too young to ride on the road.
[11:42.17]At the playground,my friends and I climb on the equipment.
[11:48.52]We play games,too.
[11:51.99]Sometimes I play marbles¹⁵ with my friends.How do you play marbles?
[11:59.15]You and your friends put all your marbles inside a circle on the sidewalk.
[12:05.92]You can draw the circle with some chalk.
[12:10.28]Then you try to hit the marbles out of the circle with a big marble¹⁴.
[12:16.84]Everyone tries,one by one.Who wins?The person with the most marbles!
[12:25.20]Lots of students in my class play soccer in spring,
[12:30.45]but soccer isn't my favourite sport.This spring,I am playing baseball.
[12:39.59]I have played baseball for three years.
[12:44.32]I have a really good team this year.I think my team will win all its games!
[12:52.65]What does "most" mean?
[12:56.12]Look it up in the dictionary at the end of your Student Book!
[13:02.18]What's a marble? It's a small ball made of glass.
[13:08.14]What else is made of glass?Windows are made of glass.
 

1 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 hibernation   

n.冬眠

参考例句：

• Bears wake up in the spring after a winter of hibernation.熊经过一个冬天的冬眠后在春季苏醒。
• The tortoise spends the winter months in hibernation.乌龟在冬眠中度过寒冬季节。

4 hibernate   

v.冬眠，蛰伏

参考例句：

• Bears often hibernate in caves.熊常在山洞里冬眠。
• Some warm-blooded animals do not need to hibernate.一些温血动物不需要冬眠。

5 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。

6 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

7 dens   

n.牙齿，齿状部分；兽窝( den的名词复数 )；窝点；休息室；书斋

参考例句：

• Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass. 母熊往往会在洞穴里垫些树叶或草。 来自辞典例句
• In winter bears usually hibernate in their dens. 冬天熊通常在穴里冬眠。 来自辞典例句

8 hibernating   

（某些动物）冬眠，蛰伏( hibernate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The hibernating animals reduce movement to far below the ordinary level. 冬眠的动物把活动量大大减少到低于一般的水平。
• People find hibernating animals asleep. 人们发现冬眠动物处于休眠状态。

9 hibernates   

（某些动物）冬眠，蛰伏( hibernate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year. 海龟一年在一个浅洞中冬眠六个月。
• PC hibernates and wakes up from hibernation properly. PC休眠和唤醒都正常了。

10 cones   

n.（人眼）圆锥细胞；圆锥体( cone的名词复数 )；球果；圆锥形东西；（盛冰淇淋的）锥形蛋卷筒

参考例句：

• In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
• Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句

11 babysit   

v.担任临时保姆，照顾婴儿

参考例句：

• Minna could babysit one night if your father has to work.如果你的父亲得去工作，米娜可以看一晚上孩子。
• I helped him babysit the kids.我帮他看孩子。

12 babysitting   

n.托婴服务v.临时受雇代外出的父母照料小孩( babysit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad to oblige. 如果你什么时候需要找人照看孩子，我很乐意帮忙。 来自辞典例句
• Do you think any of the cops outside would like to do a little babysitting? 你不知道这外面的警察就好像是在代人照看小孩吗？ 来自电影对白

13 babysitter   

n.临时照顾幼儿者

参考例句：

• I can't find a babysitter for tonight. 我找不到人今天晚上帮我看小孩。
• The babysitter was in charge of the kids while the parents were out. 保姆在父母不在家的时候，负责照顾孩子们。 来自辞典例句

14 marble   

n.大理石，石弹，雕刻品；adj.大理石的，冷酷无情的，坚硬的

参考例句：

• Marble is a precious stone.大理石是一种珍贵的石料。
• The statue was carved out of marble.这尊像是大理石雕成的。

15 marbles   

n.（在地上玩的）弹子游戏；大理石( marble的名词复数 )；（用玻璃、泥等制成的）弹子；理智；弹子游戏

参考例句：

• Let's have a game of marbles. 咱们玩弹球游戏吧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But they cared nothing for marbles, or circus, or swimming, or anything. 可是，他们对石头弹子、马戏、游泳等一切游戏都不感兴趣了。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险