[00:03.31]Unit 9 Wheels Culture Corner [00:06.46]America on the wheel [00:09.00]Although the motor car was invented in 1889 [00:12.43]by a German man called Gottlieb Daimler, [00:15.48]it was an American man called Henry Ford [00:18.57]who created th...
[00:01.72]Unit 8 Adventure Warm-up [00:06.37]Exercise 2 You will hear four people [00:10.44]talking about their dreams. [00:12.96]Match the speakers with these activities. [00:16.65]1.I've been interested in ancient Egypt [00:21.29]since I was samll....
[00:01.34]In 1291, after 17 years of service [00:04.79]to the Emperor, Marco returned to Italy. [00:07.81]He was now a very wealthy man. [00:10.14]Not long after his returen, [00:12.02]a local war broke out near his town. [00:14.98]During the war, Ma...
[00:01.56]Marco, in turn, was amazed by how beautiful [00:05.54]and powerful China was. [00:07.00]He was very impressed [00:08.41]by Beijing and the Emperor's Palace, [00:11.21]especially the Summer Palace [00:12.95]which he described as The greatest...
[00:03.46]Unit 8 Adventure Lesson 3 Marco Polo [00:09.03]Marco Polo and His Travels [00:12.88]Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. [00:16.75]When he was 17 years old, [00:18.81]he traveled across Europe and Asia [00:21.30]with his father, [00:22.20]...
[00:02.05]3. I grew up at the seaside, [00:05.59]so it has been my only sport for a long time. [00:09.22]I do it almost every day, [00:11.15]even on the days when it was cold and wet, [00:13.86]I love it.You're free, [00:16.05]you know,you just forge...
[00:01.20]The boat was on the inside [00:03.77]of the huge whirlpool [00:05.79]and we were going round in circles [00:07.84]at great speed. [00:10.08]I saw clearly that there were other objects [00:12.49]in the whirlpool-trees and barrels. [00:16.42]...
[00:03.31]Not long after Eric the Red had landed [00:05.95]in Greenland, [00:07.54]a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland [00:11.45]in search of Eric's party. [00:14.58]Biarni was hoping to join his father [00:17.47]who was with Eric, [00:19.37]bu...
[00:00.00]She also played a few songs from her new album, [00:03.67]such as Everything Butwhich tells the story [00:07.13]of someone looking for love in the wrong places [00:11.41]Morissette gave a creative and powerful [00:13.60]performance in anoth...
[00:00.00]When the spaceship was doing its seventh circle [00:03.54]Yang Liwei showed the flags of China [00:05.67]and the United Nations, [00:07.43]expressing the wishes of the Chinese people [00:09.64]to explore and use space peacefully. [00:13.21]...
