初中英语人教版03九年级04

[00:12.49]lesson 13   1. Read and act
[00:18.86]Many people think that dragons are not real.
[00:23.90]Do you believe in dragons? I'm not sure.
[00:28.94]What do you mean?
[00:31.97]Well,dragons seem mysterious¹ and wonderful.
[00:37.62]So,I'd like to think they are real.
[00:41.67]Don't you agree?
[00:44.70]I didn't before but I do now.
[00:49.24]Why is that?
[00:52.30]I saw a story about dragons on television.
[00:57.57]What kind of show was it?
[01:01.83]It was a nature show.All the stories were about nature.
[01:08.08]Where do the dragons live?
[01:11.92]On two islands in the South Pacific².
[01:16.64]Do they live in jungles³?
[01:20.43]No,they live in a hot,dry place with a few palm⁴ trees.
[01:27.38]Are they friendly to people?
[01:31.22]No.You must be very careful when you are near them.
[01:37.07]I see.you know,my grandmother says that dragons lived in China long,long ago.
[01:45.93]Really? How about you? Do you think she's right?
[01:52.09]I'm not sure. Dragons were important in ancient China.
[02:01.65]Lesson 14
[02:04.81]2. Read   The Dragons of Komodo
[02:10.38] The sound of Li Hua's heart was nearly as loud as the waves of the sea.
[02:16.23]She was so excited that she couldn't speak.
[02:20.90]She wasn't deeply⁵ afraid like her mother.
[02:24.95]She had decided⁶ to be brave like her father.
[02:29.92]Mr Li was sitting quietly in the boat.
[02:34.57]He saw the island getting bigger and bigger.
[02:39.11]At last,they reached the beach.
[02:42.87]Tian Fend,their tour guide,got out of the boat first.
[02:48.75]Then she helped the others to get out.
[02:52.59]Li Hua jumped out.
[02:55.65]Although there was a village on the island,
[02:59.91]nobody was there to give them a warm welcome.
[03:04.58]Before she left the holiday town of Bali,
[03:09.26]Li Hua looked at a map of eastern⁷ Indonesia⁸.
[03:14.40]She saw that the Island of Komodo is small:
[03:19.26]no more than 280 square kilometres.
[03:24.62]It lies between two larger islands.
[03:29.48]It has many hills but little grass.
[03:33.92]Li Hua read that Komodo is a very dry and hot place most of the year.
[03:41.57]From the beach,only a few palm trees could be seen here and there.
[03:47.94]But where were the dragons?
[03:51.39]Li Hua was eager⁹ to see dragons.
[03:55.62]Tian Feng told her to be patient.
[03:59.67]They ate a quick lunch,drank some water,and began to hike¹⁰.
[04:06.15]After a while,they came to some bushes¹¹.
[04:10.91]Tian Feng suddenly stopped.
[04:14.35]Listen! Li Hua didn't hear anything.
[04:18.59]Look! She looked but saw nothing.
[04:22.64]The sun was shining very brightly,
[04:26.48]so Li Hua put her hands over her eyes to see better.
[04:32.04]  From behind the bushes something was moving.
[04:36.30]It was huge!
[04:39.14]It was more than one metre high and nearly three metres long.
[04:44.89]Mr Li guessed it must weigh about 140 kilos.
[04:50.53]Its yellow tongue¹² was long and moved very quickly.
[04:56.10]So this was a real dragon!
[04:59.94]Just then Tian Feng told everyone not to move.
[05:05.08]However,the dragon didn't notice them.
[05:09.73]It was looking at something else.
[05:13.57]Nearby,Li Hua saw a deer.
[05:17.52]It seemed to be ill and fell to the ground.
[05:22.98]In the next moment,the dragon was running to the deer.
[05:27.84]It made a quick bite¹³ in the deer's leg and it was a poisonous bite.
[05:34.50]Soon other dragons came running to the deer,too.
[05:39.46]While they were eating,the larger dragons kept pushing the smaller ones away.
[05:46.02]Some of the small dragons were less than one metre long
[05:50.88]and no more than 20 kilos.
[05:54.74]These little ones had to wait to eat.
[05:58.69]All dragons have very sharp¹⁴ teeth.
[06:02.95]Li Hua closed her eyes.
[06:07.02]When she opened them several minutes later,she didn't see any of the deer left

1 mysterious   

adj.神秘的，难解的，不可思议的

参考例句：

• He was a mysterious person.他是个神秘人物。
• He was very mysterious in his manner.他的行为举止十分神秘。

2 pacific   

adj.和解的，平静的；[P-]太平洋的；n.[the P -]太平洋

参考例句：

• China lies on the east of the Pacific.中国位于太平洋东部。
• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。

3 jungles   

n.（热带）丛林( jungle的名词复数 )；丛林音乐(20 世纪 90 年代初发端于英国的一种流行快步舞曲，歌词多涉柏油丛林，即城市生活)；乱七八糟的一堆事物；尔虞我诈的环境

参考例句：

• Therefore the jungles and the savannas know of no juvenile delinquency! 因此，丛林和荒原里没有“少年犯罪。” 来自辞典例句
• Forests and jungles have thick vegetation. 森林和热带雨林中有茂密的植被。 来自辞典例句

4 palm   

n.手掌，棕榈，胜利；vt.与…握手，藏…于掌中

参考例句：

• That woman had her husband in the palm of her hand.那女人牢牢地控制住她丈夫。
• Palm trees grow all around the island.岛上到处长着棕榈树。

5 deeply   

adv.深刻地，在深处，深沉地

参考例句：

• I do feel deeply the strength of the collective.我确实深深地感到了集体的力量。
• We're deeply honoured that you should agree to join us.您能同意加入我们，我们感到很荣幸。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 eastern   

adj.东部的，东方的

参考例句：

• Japan is one of the eastern countries.日本是东方国家之一。
• China is an eastern country.中国是一个东方国家。

8 Indonesia   

n.印度尼西亚

参考例句：

• You see,I stayed in Indonesia for eight years.你知道，我在印度尼西亚呆了8年。
• Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any other country.印尼是世界上活火山最多的国家。

9 eager   

adj.热切的，渴望的，热心的，热情洋溢的

参考例句：

• He was eager to match his knowledge against mine. 他很想和我比比，看谁的知识更丰富。
• Now she was back,eager to see her friends.现在她回来了，急切地想见朋友们。

10 hike   

n.徒步旅行，远足，涨价；v.健行，徒步旅行，使...高涨

参考例句：

• I don't care to go on a hike.我不喜欢徒步旅行。
• The children are choosing a hike in the country park.孩子们在选郊外公园的远足路线。

11 bushes   

n.灌木（丛）( bush的名词复数 )；[机械学]（金属）衬套；[电学]（绝缘）套管；类似灌木的东西（尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛）

参考例句：

• There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。
• The boy chased his sister in and out among the bushes. 那个男孩在灌木丛里跟着他姐姐追过来追过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 tongue   

n.舌头，语言，口条，语言，说话方式；vt.舔，闲谈，斥责； vi.吹乐器

参考例句：

• I can hardly move my tongue.我舌头不太能动。
• The doctor looked at her tongue.医生诊看了她的舌头。

13 bite   

n.咬，咬伤，一口，刺痛；（= byte）字节，位组，二进位组，信息组；v.咬，刺痛

参考例句：

• The dog may bite at you.狗会咬你的。
• Let me have a bite.让我咬一口。

14 sharp   

adj.刺耳的，锋利的，急剧的；adv.[时刻]正，准；夏普(财富500强公司之一，总部所在地日本，主要经营电子电气)

参考例句：

• This knife isn't sharp.这把餐刀不锋利。
• Dogs have sharp sense of smell.狗有敏锐的嗅觉。