新标准初中英语第四册--Module 8 Public holidays

 

[00:00.00]Module 8 Public² holidays

[00:01.92]模块8  公共假日

[00:03.85]Unit 1It's the last day beforethe new school yearbegins.

[00:06.59]第一单元新学年开始的前一天

[00:09.32]Listeningand vocabulary⁴

[00:10.42]听力和词汇

[00:11.52]1 Look at the photo. Doyou know what publicholiday it is?Now listen and check.

[00:48.42]1 看照片。你知道它是什么公共假日吗？现在听录音，检查答案。

[01:25.32]2 Answer the questions.Use the words in the boxto help you.Now listen again andcheck.

[02:02.22]2 根据方框中的单词的提示，回答问题。现在再听一遍，检查答案。

[02:39.11]3 Listen and read.

[02:41.07]3 听一听，读一读

[02:43.03]Tony:Do you have anyplans for the May Dayholiday, Betty?

[02:44.97]托尼：你有什么过五一长假的计划吗，贝蒂？

[02:46.92]Betty:My parents and Iare going⁶ to visit somefriends in ShandongProvince.

[02:49.57]贝蒂：我父母和我打算去山东省看望一些朋友。

[02:52.23]And while⁷ we're stayingwith them, we're goingto spend a few⁸ days inQingdao. We'll staythere until⁹ May 5th.

[02:56.16]当我们和他们一起的时候，我们打算在青岛呆几天。我们会在那呆到五月五号。

[03:00.09]Daming:Do you celebrateMay 1st in the UK, Tony?

[03:02.01]大明：在英国你们庆祝五一劳动节吗，托尼？

[03:03.93]Tony:Well, we celebrateMay Day, but the holidayis not always on May1st.

[03:07.01]托尼：哦，我们庆祝劳动节，但假日不总是在五月一号。

[03:10.10]It's the closest Mondayto May 1st, and we onlyhave one day off¹¹.

[03:12.91]假日是离五月一日最近的星期天，我们只放一天假。

[03:15.72]Betty:In the USA, LabourDay is a nationalholiday, but on adifferent date, too.

[03:19.14]贝蒂：在美国，劳动节是全国性节日，但日期也不固定。

[03:22.55]It's on the first Mondayin September. And it'sthe last day before thenew school year begins.

[03:26.01]这一天是九月的第一个星期一。是新学年开始的前一天。

[03:29.48]Lingling:Do you doanything special?

[03:30.49]玲玲：你们做什么特殊的事情吗？

[03:31.49]Betty:We go camping¹³ orwe have a picnicsomewhere nice, or go tothe beach.

[03:34.21]贝蒂：我们去野营，或者去某个地方好地方野餐，或者去海滩。

[03:36.93]But it's also the end ofthe vacation¹⁴ season.

[03:38.76]但那天也是假日的结束时间。

[03:40.59]When September comes, itstarts to get cooler, soafter Labour¹² Day westart classes.

[03:44.06]当九月到来的时候，天气开始变冷，所以在劳动节之后我们开始上学。

[03:47.52]Daming:We also go backto school as³ soon as theMay Day holiday is over.

[03:49.62]大明：我们也是五一长假一结束就回到学校。

[03:51.72]Lingling:True¹⁵, but ourweather gets better,

[03:53.15]玲玲：真的，但我们的天气变得更好。

[03:54.57]and then we only have afew weeks before thestart of the summerholidays.

[03:57.05]接着，在暑假开始之前，我们只有几个星期的上学时间。

[03:59.53]Betty:Right! So let'senjoy ourselves¹⁶ until wego back to school.

[04:03.50]贝蒂：对！所以让我们尽情玩耍，直到我们回到学校。

[04:07.48]4 Complete¹⁷ the table.  Now listen again and  check.

[04:52.98]4 完成表格。现在再听一遍，检查答案。

[05:38.48]Pronunciationand speaking

[05:39.84]发音和说话

[05:41.20]6 Look at the ways of  writing and saying¹⁸ the  date.

[05:43.73]6 看书写方式，说出日期。

[05:46.25]Now say the dates.Listen and check.

[05:48.41]现在说出日期。听录音，检查答案。

[05:50.58]1 1st May2 2nd February3 3rd March

[05:59.59]1 五月一日2 二月二日3 三月三日

[06:08.61]4 13th April5 20th June6 16th August

[06:21.26]4 四月十三日5 六月二十日6 八月十六日

[06:33.91]Unit 2As soon as it's 12o'clock ...

[06:36.32]第二单元一到十二点钟就……

[06:38.72]Reading and vocabulary

[06:39.79]阅读和词汇

[06:40.86]2 Read the passage¹⁹, and  match the topics²⁰ with  the paragraphs²¹.

[06:43.80]2 读课文，把话题和段落连接起来。

[06:46.75]People all over theworld celebrate¹⁰ the newyear.

[06:48.88]全世界的人都庆祝新年。

[06:51.00]However, not allcountries celebrate inthe same way,

[06:53.18]但是，并非所有的国家都用同一种方式庆贺。

[06:55.37]and in some countries,the new year doesn'tbegin on the same dateevery year.

[06:58.12]在有些国家，新年不是每年都在同一个日期开始的。

[07:00.87]It can depend²³ on theseasons, the moon or thesun.

[07:03.04]它由季节、月亮或者太阳决定。

[07:05.20]In many countries, thenew year begins onJanuary 1st,

[07:07.76]在许多国家，新年在一月一日开始，

[07:10.33]but people startcelebrating onDecember 31st, NewYear's Eve²².

[07:13.50]但人们在十二月三十一日，大年夜，开始庆贺。

[07:16.67]In New York many peoplego to celebrate in TimesSquare.

[07:19.18]在纽约，许多人到时代广场进行庆贺活动。

[07:21.69]While they're waitingfor the New Year, theylisten to music, singtraditional songs andhave fun.

[07:25.53]在他们等待新年的时候，他们听音乐，唱传统歌曲，尽情玩乐。

[07:29.37]Just before 12 o'clock,everyone counts downfrom 10:10, 9, 8 ...

[07:33.71]就在十二点之前，大家从十开始倒数：10，9，8……

[07:38.04]As soon as it's 12o'clock, everyone shoutsvery loudly,“Happy NewYear!”and they say,

[07:41.90]一到十二点钟，他们就大喊起来：“新年快乐！”他们说，

[07:45.75]“Out with the old yearand in with thenew!”Suddenly there arefireworks and specialdrinks.

[07:49.09]“辞别旧年，新年如意！”突然出现了烟火和特殊的饮料。

[07:52.42]Sometimes people sing anold song called AuldLang Syne²⁴.

[07:54.66]有时候，人们会唱一首名叫《友谊地久天长》的老歌。

[07:56.89]New Year's Day isoften a family day. Somepeople relax²⁵ at home.

[07:59.83]新年常常是一个家人团聚的日子。有些人在家休息。

[08:02.77]Some families gettogether for a specialmeal with grandparents,aunts, uncles andcousins.

[08:06.15]有些家庭和爷爷奶奶叔叔阿姨堂兄弟姐妹们一起吃一顿特殊的饭。

[08:09.54]When the weather isfine, many families goout for a walk.

[08:11.67]当天气晴朗的时候，许多家庭去外面散步。

[08:13.79]On New Year's Day,many people makeresolutions for the newyear.

[08:16.38]在新年这天，许多人为新的一年下了决心。

[08:18.96]They write down a listof things, such²⁶ as“Iwill help out more athome.

[08:21.60]他们写下了事情的清单。比如“我将在家里更多地帮助别人。

[08:24.24]I will work harder atschool.”or“I won'tspend so much timeplaying video games.”

[08:27.82]我将在学校中更加努力地学习”或者“我不会花费太多的时间玩电子游戏。”

[08:31.40]When they have madetheir list,

[08:32.44]等他们已经列好了他们的清单，

[08:33.49]they read it to theirfamily or friends andpromise to follow theirresolutions.

[08:36.15]他们把清单读给他们的家人或者朋友听，许诺将按照他们的决心去做。

[08:38.81]So it doesn't matterhow they celebrate, forpeople in countries allover the world,

[08:41.69]所以不论他们怎么庆祝，对全世界所有国家的人来说，

[08:44.57]it's a time to saygoodbye to the old year,and to welcome the new.

[08:48.65]这是一个和旧的一年说再见，迎接新的一年的时候。

[08:52.73]Unit 3Language in use

[08:54.45]第三单元语言运用

[08:56.17]Language practice²⁷

[08:57.20]语言练习

[08:58.24]5 Listen and match the  speakers with their  holiday plans⁵.

[09:37.20]5 听录音，把说话人和他们的假期计划搭配起来。

[10:16.17]6 Listen and check(√)  the true sentences²⁸.

[10:59.71]6 听录音，勾出真实的句子。

[11:43.26]Words and expressions²⁹

[11:44.77]单词和词组

[11:46.27]celebrate/'sel╓,breit/v.庆祝labour/'leib╓/n.(Am E¹ labor)劳动

[11:50.98]season/'si:zn/n.季节vacation/ve'kei╞n/n.假期,休假while/wail/conj.当……的时候

[11:58.49]Labour Day劳动节(五一节)May Day 劳动节(五一节)as soon as一……就……

[12:03.83]ending/'endi╕/n.结尾,结局beginning/bi'gini╕/n.开始all over 遍布

[12:10.93]depend on 依靠count down 倒数get together 聚会resolution/,rez╓'lu:╞n/n.决心,决定

[12:21.23]list/list/n.列表;名单;目录a list of 一列,一栏help out帮……克服困难

[12:28.26]promise/'pr╛mis/v.保证;发誓zero/'zi╓r╓u/零Mother's Day 母亲节

1 e   

n.英语字母表的第5个字母；C大调音阶中的第三音

参考例句：

• The "e" in " time" is a silent letter. time中的e不发音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You've made a mistake -- you've left out the letter e. 你出了一个错，把字母e 落了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 public   

adj.公开的，众所周知的，公众的；n.公共场合，公众，同好者

参考例句：

• Most children go to public school.大多数孩子上的是公立学院。
• She is shy of speaking in public.她怯于在公众面前讲话。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

5 plans   

n.计划( plan的名词复数 )；打算；平面图；示意图v.计划，打算，设计( plan的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• We have to discover his plans and act accordingly. 我们得找出他的计划，照着办。
• There are plans afoot to increase taxation. 正在拟订增税方案。

6 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

7 while   

conj.当…的时候；而；虽然；尽管 n.一会儿

参考例句：

• In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
• He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。

8 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

9 until   

prep.直到...为止；conj.直到...时才...

参考例句：

• He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
• She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。

10 celebrate   

vt.庆祝；颂扬，赞美；vi.庆祝，过节

参考例句：

• On October lst we celebrate our National Day.十月一日我们庆祝国庆。
• We want to celebrate his birthday.我们要庆祝他的生日。

11 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

12 labour   

n.劳动，努力，工作；劳工，工人；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析，麻烦

参考例句：

• He has loved labour ever since he was a child.他从小热爱劳动。
• Labour creates the world.劳动创造世界。

13 camping   

n.野营，露营，帐幕生活

参考例句：

• When are you going camping again?你什么时候再去露营？
• My class went camping last summer.去年夏天我们班去露营了。

14 vacation   

n.假期，休假；vi.度假

参考例句：

• I'll take a vacation this weekend.这个周末我要休假。
• The vacation passed away quickly.假期过得很快。

15 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

16 ourselves   

pron.我们自己

参考例句：

• We walked home by ourselves.我们独自走回家。
• We fight only for ourselves!我们只为自己而战！

17 complete   

adj.彻底的，完整的，已完成的；v.完成，使完整

参考例句：

• They help him complete his work.他们帮助他完成工作。
• Please complete the following information.请您完整填写以下信息。

18 saying   

n.谚语，俗话，格言；动词say的现在分词

参考例句：

• Saying and doing are two things.说和做是两码事。
• I know a chinese saying.我知道一句中国谚语。

19 passage   

n.通道，走廊，一段文章，旅程；vi.通过；vt.通过

参考例句：

• I'll read you another passage.我来读另一段给你们听。
• The house has an underground passage.这房子有一条地下通道。

20 Topics   

题目，主题

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others. 不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candour. 他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。

21 paragraphs   

n.段落( paragraph的名词复数 )；短篇报道

参考例句：

• He transcribed two paragraphs from the book into his notebook. 他把书中的两段抄在笔记本上。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The text falls into three paragraphs. 这篇课文共分3段。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

22 eve   

n.(节日等的)前夜，前夕

参考例句：

• The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.晚会将在除夕那天举行。
• What will they do on Christmas Eve? 他们在圣诞夜将做什么事？

23 depend   

vi.依靠，相信，指望

参考例句：

• All living things depend on the sun for their growth.万物靠太阳生长。
• You may depend on it that he will help you.你可以指望他来帮助你。

24 syne   

adv.自彼时至此时，曾经

参考例句：

• The meeting ended up with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.大会以唱《友谊地久天长》结束。
• We will take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.让我们为了过去的好时光干一杯友谊的酒。

25 relax   

v.放松；轻松

参考例句：

• Relax when you dance.跳舞时要放松。
• Keep at it,don't relax!继续努力，不要泄劲！

26 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

27 practice   

n.练习，实行，习惯；v.练习，实习，开业

参考例句：

• I need to practice more.我要多加练习。
• Knowledge comes from practice.知识来自于实践。

28 sentences   

n.[律]判决，宣判，课刑；句子( sentence的名词复数 )；宣判，判决v.宣判，判决( sentence的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• The example sentences in this dictionary are printed in italic type. 本词典中的例句都是用斜体排印的。

29 expressions   

n.表情( expression的名词复数 )；表示；（数学）表达式；词

参考例句：

• ritualized expressions of grief 以例行的方式表达悲伤
• The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow. 今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》