[00:24.89]Unit 1 The summer holidays
[00:29.15]Lesson 1 Dialoges
[00:33.59]1 Two students meet for the first time at the beginning of term.
[00:40.15]Bill: Hello.I'm Bill.What's your name? Harry: Harry.
[00:46.11]Bill: Which school were you at last year?
[00:49.87]Harry: Centre School.
[00:52.74]Bill: Really?So was my friend Bob White.Do you know him?
[00:58.98]Harry: Sure.We were in the same class.
[01:03.43]Bill: Well,it's getting late.I must be off now.Nice to meet you.
[01:09.36]Harry: Nice meeting you.Bye-bye.
[01:13.43]2.Two friends meet at school on the first day of term.
[01:18.71]Jane: Who's that boy over there?
[01:22.23]Zhou Lan: That Tang Lin.Come on.I'll introduce you.
[01:27.48]Jane: All right.
[01:30.04]Zhou Lan: Tang Lin,I want to introduce my friend Jane.
[01:35.40]Tanmg Lin: Hello.
[01:42.97]Lesson 2 Reading
[01:47.83]Charlie and Li Xiaojun are pen friends.
[01:52.88]Charlie lives in the USA.
[01:56.43]Here is part of his letter to Li Xiaojun about his summer vacation.
[02:02.49]Read the letter fast to get a general idea.
[02:07.35]Find out the things which are different in your part of China.
[02:12.62]LETTER TO A PEN FRIEND
[02:16.57]August 15,199-
[02:21.53]Dear Xiaojun,
[02:24.40] I hope you are very well. I'm fine,but tired.
[02:29.68]Right now it is the summer vacation and I'm helping my Dad on the farm.
[02:35.74]August is the hottest month here.
[02:39.40]It is the time of year for the rice harvest,
[02:43.66]so every day I work from dawn until dark.
[02:48.70]Sometimes we go on working after dark by the lights of our tractors.
[02:54.58]We grow rice in the south of the States,
[02:58.83]but in the north where it is colder they grow wheat.
[03:04.08]We have a lot of machines on the farm.
[03:07.72]Although the farm is large,
[03:11.24]my Dad has only two men working for him.
[03:15.92]But the employs more men for the harvest.
[03:19.86] My brother takes care of the vegetable garden.
[03:23.99]It doesn't often rain in the summer here.
[03:27.46]As a result,we have to water the vegetable garden.
[03:32.22]Every evening we pump water from a well.
[03:36.16]It then runs along channels to different parts of the garden.
[03:41.34]Most Saturday evenings there is a party,even at harvest time.
[03:47.68]We cook meat on an open fire outside. It's great!
[03:53.01]Americans eat a lot of meat----too much in my opinion.
[03:56.88]Some of my friends drink beer.
[04:00.33]I don't ,because I have to drive home after the party.
[04:05.19] In your letter you asked about the time in different areas of the States.
[04:10.85]There are five different time areas in the States.
[04:15.29]In my state we a re fourteen hours behind Beijing time.
[04:20.86]How many different time areas do you have in China?
[04:25.22] Well,I must stop and get some sleep.
[04:29.58]Please give my regards to your parents.
[04:33.42]best wishes. Charlie
[04:37.37]Lesson 3
[04:45.73]2. Dialogue
[04:49.80]Read this dialogue between two friends,Steve and Jane.
[04:56.46]Steve: Hello,Jane.How was your summer vacation?
[05:01.01]Jane: It was great,thanks.What about you?
[05:05.45]Steve: I had a good holiday,thanks.I'll tell you everything next time.
[05:11.30]Jane: By the way,Bob sends his best wishes.
[05:15.85]Steve: Oh,that's nice of him.Well,I must be leaving now.
[05:21.31]Jane: I must go too.See you soon.Bye.
[05:26.58]Steve: See you.Bye-bye |