新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT2 Can you help me

[00:01.16]3 Pronunciation¹ Listen and say.
[00:06.47]I wonder² whether³ you can help me.
[00:09.63]I wonder if you know anything about Canada.
[00:13.62]All Canadian⁴ students learn English
[00:16.34]and French⁵ at school.
[00:18.79]It's a brilliant⁶ country!
[00:21.29]I'm a teacher and I'm also a writer⁷.
[00:29.03]4 Listen and circle.
[00:32.85]Listen and circle the correct⁸ word.
[00:37.63]1 Ms Green, can you tell us
[00:39.76]if there are any bears in Canada?
[00:42.99]Yes, we have many bears in Canada.
[00:47.06]2 Can you tell me whether there is any snow
[00:50.82]in Canada?There's a lot of snow in the winter.
[00:55.11]And there's some snow in summer, too.
[00:58.56]3 Do you know if farmers grow bananas in Canada
[01:04.23]No, they don't but they grow peaches
[01:07.22]in the west of Canada.
[01:09.96]4 Can you tell me
[01:12.04]if there are any mountains there?
[01:15.21]Yes. Canada has many mountains.
[01:17.82]Some of them are very high.
[01:20.80]5 Can you tell me whether there are many trees
[01:24.39]in Canada?
[01:26.08]Oh, yes. There are a lot of trees in Canada.
[01:27.45]

1 pronunciation   

n.发音，发音法

参考例句：

• Please correct my pronunciation.请纠正我的发音。
• She speaks English with a good pronunciation.她的英语发音很正确。

2 wonder   

v.惊奇；惊讶；(对...)感到怀疑

参考例句：

• I wonder why he is late.我想知道他为什么迟到。
• No wonder it's a wonder.怪不得这是一个奇迹。

3 whether   

conj.是否…，是不是…；是否…，是不是…

参考例句：

• I cannot say whether it was Saturday or Sunday.我无法肯定那天是星期六还是星期天。
• I don't care whether it rains,I am happy.我才不在乎下不下雨呢，我快活着呢。

4 Canadian   

adj.加拿大的；加拿大人的；n.加拿大人

参考例句：

• My best friend is canadian.我最好的朋友是加拿大人。
• She's Canadian,but her Chinese is excellent. 她是加拿大人，但她的汉语非常出色。

5 French   

adj.法国(人)的，法语的；n.法语；vt.剁肉，蔬菜切成长条

参考例句：

• She reads French quite well,but doesn't speak it.她法语的阅读能力相当强，但不会讲。
• The only French city she enjoyed was Paris.巴黎是她惟一喜欢的法国城市。

6 brilliant   

adj.光辉的，灿烂的；卓越的，才华横溢的

参考例句：

• You should picture to yourself the brilliant future ahead of us.你该想象一下我们光明灿烂的前途。
• It was such a brilliant piece of writing.这真是一篇才华横溢的文章。

7 writer   

n.作家，记者，撰稿者，抄写员

参考例句：

• Dickens was a famous English writer.狄更斯是英国著名作家。
• He is a very popular writer but I don't like his style.他是个很受欢迎的作家，但我不喜欢他的文风。

8 correct   

adj.正确的；vi.改正，纠正；vt.改正

参考例句：

• She gave a correct answer.她给了个正确的答案。
• Choose the correct one from these words.选择正确的词填空。