[00:53.89]Lesson 25
[01:04.47]What are Bob and Tang Ling going to do with the wall?
[01:11.52]They are going to paint the wall white put up a notice saying "Keep off",
[01:19.60]and drill a hole for the electric wires.
[01:25.55]Language points
[01:30.41]1.Angkor War
[01:49.35]2.As long as that?
[02:03.51]It takes (sb) as long as +time
[02:20.15]It is a big project.It will take as long as two years to complete.
[02:33.81]It took me as long as three hours to climb up the mountain.
[02:46.27]It took eight years to repair the temple.
[02:57.63]It took as long as eight years to repair the temple.
[03:19.47]3.It may be necessary to put up a notice saying "Keep off".
[03:38.93]Keep off
[03:50.19]Wet paint!keep off.
[03:58.05]Keep off the grass.
[04:04.30]Can't you keep your dog off the road.
[04:13.96]4.I ought to do some studying,as I've got masses of work to do ,
[04:22.92]but I think I'll be too tired.
[04:27.28]=As I have a great deal of work to do.
[04:33.32]I should do some studying.But I'm afraid I will be too tired to do so.
[04:40.87]ought to
[05:02.03]There ought to be more buses during rush hours.
[05:14.10]Ought I to go with you?
[05:18.46]masses of=lots of
[05:26.82]The ship cut its way slowly through masses of ice.
[05:38.78]There are masses of people in the hall.
[05:46.64]5."2 practice
[05:53.72]If you don't,they'll go hard.
[06:13.68]I'll ring the building firm.
[06:28.65]We must stop people walling on this floor until it's firm.
[06:48.61]It looks a bit ugly as it is.
[06:57.75]as it is
[07:10.13]They agree to buy the house as it is.
[07:20.69]I thought things would get better,but as it is they are getting worse.
[07:34.64]Lesson 26
[07:48.79]What are some of the problems with repairing the temple?
[07:55.64]They cannot do repair work during the rainy season;
[08:02.51]there are very few stone workers left;
[08:08.57]many of the men have gone off to the cities.Discussion
[08:33.02]1.Why was the temple a deserted place in 1980?
[08:41.59]The country had been at war for many year;
[08:47.52]the temple was falling to pieces.
[08:52.95]2.How does water damage the temple?
[09:00.32]It gets in among the stones.
[09:06.38]3.Why are boards laid on the ground?
[09:13.74]To protect the precious painted stones.
[09:20.09]4.Why is no repair work done for six or seven months of the year?
[09:29.55]Because the rainy season makes work impossible.
[09:36.63]5.Why are there so few stone workers."
[09:44.28]Millions of people were killed or murdered;
[09:50.24]many men have gone off to cities.
[09:55.88]6.Why do men go to cities leaving women to carry on with the work?
[10:05.62]They go there in search of higher pay.
[10:11.79]7.Why is the temple not a quiet place during the day?
[10:20.64]Because of the repair work and the tour groups.
[10:28.01]Language points
[10:35.87]1.The country had been at war for many years,and falling to pieces.
[10:51.52]be at war
[11:04.87]When he came back from abroad,his country was at war.
[11:20.02]The USA then declared that it was at war with that country.
[11:33.50]fall to pieces.
[11:42.64]After the death of Napoleon,his empire began to fall to pieces.
[11:56.80]The old building fell to pieces in the war.
[12:07.75]2.Boards are laid down to protect the precious painted stones
[12:16.89]while the repair work is going on.
[12:22.14]=While the repair work is going on.
[12:28.20]the precious gainted stones are covered with wooden boards,
[12:34.47]which are used to protect them from damage.
[13:18.82]3.Piles of stones lie in a corner of the courtyard,waiting to be replaced.
[13:31.36]=Piles of stones are in a corner of the courtyard,
[13:38.13]and are waiting to be replaced.
[14:14.07]Many people stood along the river bank watching the boat race.
[14:34.21]He sat in a chair reading newspapers.
[14:46.07]4,First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets of a weak chemical.
[14:56.52]=First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets.
[15:03.97]They brush the stones with buckets of a weak chemical.
[15:29.62]You can write the sentence using that phrase
[15:42.08]5.Besides,there are very few skilled stone worker left after the war years.
[15:53.73]Also,there are very few skilled stone workers that are left after the war years
[16:17.40]It's too late to go to the concert.Besides,it's raining.
[16:29.65]I don't want to go out now.Besides,I'm feeling tired.
[16:41.80]Besides the violin,Jack also plays the piano.
[17:00.97]To learn English,listening is also important besides reading.
[17:22.21]He is sitting beside the driver.
[17:30.96]6.After sunset,the sky turns pink.
[17:39.11]=after the sun goes down,the sky becomes pink
[17:45.14]turn + adj
[17:56.09]The tree leaves are turning yellow.
[18:01.34]When she heard the news,she turned pale.
[18:18.79]Both sisters turned musicians.
[18:27.46]7.Nowhere else in the world can there be such a quiet,beautiful place.
[19:09.20]Nowhere else can you enjoy such beautiful music.
[19:20.28]He went nowhere last Sunday.
[19:31.43]=Nowhere did he go last Sunday.
[19:47.79]Nowhere is my watch to be found. =My watch is nowhere to be found.
[20:04.95]Lesson 27
[20:19.21]Has the first part of the repair programme been finished? Yes.
[20:27.47]Language points
[20:31.93]1.They ruins of the old city of Angkor covered an ara of 200 square kilometeres
[20:48.78]square kilometeres
[21:00.54]Cambodia covers an area of...
[21:12.19]Cambodia covers an area of 181035 square kilometres.
[21:29.64]This classroom has 42 square metres.
[22:04.49]2.They French,after discovering the ruined temple ,
[22:13.13]did a lot of repair work up until 1970,
[22:19.61]when the war forced the last of the French workforce to leave.
[22:26.87]=After they discovered the ruined temple.
[22:34.32]the French did a lot of repoair work up until 1970.
[22:40.98]when the last of the French workforce had to leave because of war.
[23:03.34]up until
[23:10.92]Up until now they have met only once.
[23:43.15]He lived in Beijing till/until 1990.
[23:55.79]Please stay here sill /until I come back.
[24:05.15]3.In 1980 an Indian team visited the temple
[24:14.21]to prepare a reportand found the /temple in a poor state.
[24:31.87]in a poor state
[24:38.32]in a ... state /in a state of...
[24:46.58]The house was in a dirty state.
[24:56.53]he is in a good state of mind.
[25:03.69]At that time,the whole country was in a state of war.
[25:17.24]For some days,the family lived in a state of excitement.
[25:30.28]4Thousands of stone blocks were moved and many roof sections were replaced with new one where necessary.
[26:08.94]He made some marks in the article where it was necessary to do so.
[26:18.97]He made some marks in the article where necessary.
[26:29.81]He must be somewhere around if he's not here.
[26:37.47]=He must be somewhere around if not here.
[26:52.23]Correct the mistakes,it there are any mistakes in these sentence.
[27:01.37]=Correct the mistakes,if any,in these sentences. |