新标准初中英语九年级(下):UNIT2 Help people in need

[00:01.92]Module 6 SOCIAL WORK VOLUNTEERS
[00:07.69]Unit 2 My mother often told me to help
[00:12.47]people in need.
[00:15.14]1 Listen and read.
[00:19.43]Goudiaoyan Village is one of the poorest places
[00:23.76]in China.
[00:25.45]It has no electricity¹ or telephones.
[00:29.84]When Xu Benyu read an article about the poor
[00:33.81]conditions² of a primary school there,
[00:36.75]he wanted to work as a volunteer teacher
[00:39.49]in the village.
[00:41.58]Xu himself was born into a poor family.
[00:47.85]"My mother always helped others even though
[00:51.67]our family was poor," he said.
[00:55.02]"She often told me to help people in need."
[00:59.14]Xu was shocked³
[01:00.89]when he saw Yandong Primary School.
[01:04.10]It had the worst conditions of any school
[01:06.93]in the area.
[01:09.18]It was built in a cave⁴ in the mountains
[01:12.22]and it had no electricity or lights.
[01:16.74]Two walss made of sand divided the cave
[01:20.58]into different classrooms.
[01:23.86]Xu quickly made friends with the students.
[01:27.62]He read them stories and taught them pop songs.
[01:32.44]When he left two weeks later,
[01:34.98]the students walked many miles into town
[01:38.10]to see him off.
[01:40.33]Xu received eggs from the students,
[01:43.43]the most precious⁵ gift they had.
[01:43.72]

1 electricity   

n.电；电学

参考例句：

• This room is lighted by electricity.这个房间用电照明。
• We use electricity to run machines.我们使用电力来运行机器。

2 conditions   

n.（居住、工作或做事情的）环境；（影响某事发生的）物质环境；承保险别；条件( condition的名词复数 )；状况；健康状况；环境

参考例句：

• The prisoners were living in appalling conditions. 囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
• TV pictures showed the arctic conditions. 电视画面显示了严寒的环境。

3 shocked   

adj.惊愕的，受震惊的v.使…震惊( shock的过去式和过去分词 )；使受电击；使…感到厌恶[恐惧]

参考例句：

• The local community was shocked by the murders. 当地社会对这些谋杀案感到震惊。
• The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack. 警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。

4 cave   

n.洞穴；窑洞

参考例句：

• Where's the entrance to the cave?这个洞穴的入口在哪里？
• They opened the door and a great cave opened out before them.他们打开门，看到了一个大洞穴展现在面前。

5 precious   

adj.宝贵的，珍贵的，过于精致的，珍爱的

参考例句：

• Each life is precious.生命都是宝贵的。
• Spring rain is as precious as oil.春雨贵如油。