unit3 Autumn festivals

　　[00:00.00]Unit 3  Autumn festivals
[00:45.48]A:Tomorrow is zhong qiu jie.We call it Mid-autumn Festival.
[01:15.86]B:What's that?
[01:18.92]A:On Mid-autumn Day we usually eat a big dinner and mooncakes.
[01:27.17]They are round cakes with meat,eggs,nuts or something sweet inside¹.
[01:36.71]I like the sweet ones.
[03:08.37]B:Oh,so that's what they are selling at the store².
[03:30.02]Yes,many stores³ sell mooncakes at this time of year.
[03:55.99]Would⁴ you and Lily⁵ like to come over to my home for Mid-autumn Festival?
[04:26.55]B:I would like that.I know Lily would like to come too.
[06:13.29]be free⁶/busy
[06:29.17]We are usually free on Saturday and Sunday.
[06:56.91]night/evening
[08:33.07]'d like something\'d like to do something\'d somebody⁷ to do somethin
[09:05.54]Would you like another cake?
[09:22.39]I'd like to go on foot.
[09:38.74]I'd like you to meet my parents.
[11:41.70]GRAMMAR Comparison⁸ of adjectives⁹
[11:50.77]D is short.
[11:57.01]B is tall.A is taller.
[12:14.67]C is the tallest of all.
[13:28.62]young/younger/youngest
[13:33.98]old/older/oldest
[13:39.23]long/longer/longest
[13:44.40]short/shorter/shortest
[13:51.76]nice/nicer/nicest
[14:07.52]late/later/latest
[14:19.66]hungry/hungrier/hungriest
[15:07.83]big/bigger/biggest
[15:26.77]fat/fatter/fattest
[15:32.65]thin/thinner/thinnest
[17:15.73]new/newer/newest
[17:19.39]small/smaller/smallest
[17:23.15]heavy/heavier/heaviest
[17:26.99]cheap/cheaper/cheapest
[17:30.85]fine/finer/finest
[17:34.51]empty/emptier/emptiest
[17:43.34]Jim 1.78m. Lily 1.56m.
[18:01.03]Jim is taller than Lily.
[18:12.18]Lily is shorter than Jim.
[18:47.94]Jim 56kg. LiLei 48kg.
[19:07.90]Jim is heavier than LiLei.
[19:16.15]LiLei is lighter¹⁰ than Jim.
[19:35.09]A is bigger than B.
[19:41.05]A is bigger than C.
[19:47.53]B is bigger than C.
[19:52.57]B is smaller than A.
[19:56.54]A is the biggest of them.
[20:34.08]Lesson 10  The tenth¹¹ lesson
[21:15.35]Hi,Jo,
[21:17.99]Thanks for your E-mail¹².You want to know more about China?
[21:23.76]Tomorrow is going¹³ to be the Mid-autumn Festival.It is like our Thanksgiving¹⁴.
[22:01.90]Families get together.It usually comes in September or October.
[22:09.06]On that day families eat a big dinner,like we do.They also eat mooncakes.
[23:08.62]What are mooncakes like?
[23:15.38]They are small round cakes.
[23:22.44]They taste a little like our pies¹⁵.
[23:54.20]They usually have meat,eggs,nuts or something sweet inside.
[24:09.67]They are dilicious.
[24:23.01]Would you have a taste?
[24:46.65]Many families eat their dinner outside in the open air.
[25:18.99]The moon the looks brighter and rounder on this day.
[25:49.74]In America,we call this moon the Harvest¹⁶ Moon.
[26:05.28]Chinese people often talk about their families and tell the story of chang's.
[26:53.71]Thanksgiving Day
[26:59.38]It's on the fourth¹⁷ Thursday of November
[27:15.84]Thanksgiving is short for Thanksgiving Day.

1 inside   

n.内部，内脏，内幕；adj.内部的，秘密的，户内的；prep.在...之内

参考例句：

• Two minutes later we were inside the taxi.两分钟以后我们已经坐在出租车里面了。
• He will be back inside two days.他将在两天内回来。

2 store   

n.商店，贮藏，仓库；v.储存，贮藏，供给

参考例句：

• The shoe store is across from the bank.鞋店在银行对面。
• Some food won't store.有些食物不能贮存。

3 stores   

n.商店( store的名词复数 )；贮存；大量；零售商店

参考例句：

• The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores. 低廉的价格意在把顾客从其他商店吸引过来。
• The stores were overrun with rats and mice. 仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。

4 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

5 lily   

n.百合，百合花，睡莲

参考例句：

• She is as fair as lily.她像百合花一样美。
• She destroyed a lily flower.她破坏了一朵百合花.

6 free   

adj.自由的，免费的；v.使自由；adv.随意地

参考例句：

• I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
• There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。

7 somebody   

n.重要人物；pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• Somebody is using the computer.有人在用电脑。
• He seems to be somebody.他似乎是个重要人物。

8 comparison   

n.比较，对照；比拟，比喻

参考例句：

• They make a comparison of New York to a beehive.他们把纽约比作一个蜂巢。
• This dress is really cheaper by comparison.比较起来，这件衣服确实便宜。

9 adjectives   

n.形容词( adjective的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We can form nouns from adjectives. 我们可以用形容词来构成名词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Attributive adjectives precede the noun. 定语形容词位于名词前。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

11 tenth   

n.第十，十分之一

参考例句：

• The tenth question is very difficult.第十个问题十分难。
• He is the tenth in order.按顺序他是第十个。

12 e-mail   

n.( = electronic mail)电子邮件，电子邮政

参考例句：

• Do you have an e-mail box?你有电子信箱吗？
• May I have your e-mail address?能给我你的e-mail地址吗？

13 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。

14 Thanksgiving   

（=Thanksgiving Day）感恩节；n.感谢；感恩

参考例句：

• It's traditional to eat turkey at Thanksgiving.感恩节吃火鸡是传统。
• She will go home to take part in the Thanksgiving dinner this weekend.周末她要回家参加感恩节餐会。

15 pies   

n.馅饼，派( pie的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We select only the choicest apples for our pies. 我们精选最好的苹果制作馅饼。 来自辞典例句
• So I decided to make some meat pies. 于是我决定做些肉馅饼。 来自新概念英语第二册

16 harvest   

n.收获，收成，结果，成果；v.收获，收割

参考例句：

• There was a good harvest that year.那一年收成好。
• The autumn harvest is about to start.秋收即将开始。

17 fourth   

n.四分之一；num.第四

参考例句：

• The fourth lesson is science.第四节是科学课。
• The Fourth of July is the national holiday of the US.七月四日是美国国庆日。