上海牛津初中英语九年级下--CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER TWO
[00:09.82]READING Page 19
[00:13.01]Educational visits
[00:12.01]Joyce wanted to have some articles in the school newspaper
[00:17.81]about educational visits to other countries.
[00:22.72]She asked some older students to write these articles.
[00:28.41]A wonderful year in New Zealand By Tammy Luo
[00:35.21]If I went to New Zea-land, would I be able to understand people
[00:41.66]This was the question which first worried me
[00:45.65]when the American Field Service pro-gramme accepted me
[00:49.63]I stayed with a New Zealand family in Auckland¹ for one year
[00:55.11]At first, I found that communicating was quite difficult.
[01:00.52]But my hosts were very patient,
[01:03.99]and they helped me to learn fast.
[01:06.42]As part of the pro-gramme,AFS students
[01:11.67]try to tell people about their own culture.
[01:15.30]I took many photos and postcards of China with me,
[01:20.11]as well as some simple Chinese books.
[01:24.03]I gave a talk about China to some classes in school
[01:28.60]and I even did some simple Chinese cooking It was a wonderful year.
[01:35.29]I learned² about a new culture,
[01:39.94]and I became more confident.
[01:42.66]Visiting the poor in Thailand By Edwin Su
[01:49.37]Last year I went to Thailand for ten days.
[01:53.76]The trip was funded by World Vision³,
[01:58.12]which helps poor people throughout⁴ the world.
[02:01.70]I went with another student and two reporters.
[02:05.62]The aim of the trip was to see the problems for ourselves
[02:10.72]We were deeply⁵ affected⁶ by what we saw.
[02:14.87]There is a big gap⁷ be-tween the lives of the rich and the poor,
[02:20.67]in some areas we saw families living in ru-bbish dumps⁸.
[02:25.71]However,the Thai Government is working hard to im-prove the situation
[02:32.21]The trip was actually quite hard work
[02:37.11]but it was a very valuable experience for me.
[02:40.64]It has shown me how fortunate most of us are here in China
[02:45.63]Scholarship⁹ to Japan By Sylvia Wang
[02:51.71]This summer,I was for-tunate to win a Japan Airlines scholarship
[02:58.50]This enabled¹⁰ me to visit Japan for six weeks.
[03:03.60]For five weeks,all the foreign students lived in a hotel
[03:09.97]and attended Japanese language classes.
[03:13.47]We also had classes on Japanese culture,
[03:18.96]including flower-arranging and the art of tea-making.
[03:24.37]We went on sightseeing tours and visited a television station
[03:30.48]After the first five weeks
[03:34.45]we visited Kyoto the old capital of Japan, and Yokohama.
[03:41.32]We stayed with friend-ly families in these cities
[03:45.60]I thought that,if I went abroad,
[03:49.57]I would make many new friends. This turned out to be true.
[03:55.11]I met and talked to students from Korea¹¹,
[03:59.16]Brazil and Australia,as well as many Japanese
[04:05.12]I left Japan three months ago and since then,
[04:10.60]I have kept in touch with my new friends by writing letters.
[04:16.14]LISTENING Page 21
[04:22.44]Form-filling Stanley has won a British Council¹² scholarship to Britain
[04:29.72]Listen to the conver-sation between Mrs Rixon and Stanley
[04:35.52]Pretend that you are Stanley.
[04:38.74]Fill in the information on the form below.
 

1 Auckland   

n.奥克兰(新西兰港市)

参考例句：

• Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.奥克兰是新西兰最大的城市。
• Return to auckland by bus in afternoon.下午乘车返回奥克兰。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 vision   

n.视觉，先见之明，光景，视力，眼力，幻想，影像；vt.幻想

参考例句：

• The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。
• Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。

4 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。

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 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。

8 dumps   

n.抑郁v.倾倒( dump的第三人称单数 )；丢下；随便堆放；释放

参考例句：

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It's no use letting yourself fall into the dumps. 你听任自己的情绪低沉下去一点用也没有。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 scholarship   

n.学问，学术成就，奖学金

参考例句：

• The girl who won the scholarship was quite outstanding.得奖学金的女孩是相当杰出的。
• I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.我决定申请奖学金。

10 enabled   

adj.激活的v.使能够，提供做…的权利[措施]( enable的过去式和过去分词 )；使可能

参考例句：

• His photographic memory enabled him to tuck away yards of facts. 他过目不忘的记忆力使他能记下大量事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Long practice enabled that American to speak fluent Chinese. 长期的练习使得那个美国人能讲一口流利的汉语。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

12 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。