初中英语人教版初三下讲解29

[00:09.09]Lesson 69
[00:19.04]LILY:Hi,LiLei.Sorry I'm late.The traffic was very bad.
[00:42.00]LI LEI:That's OK,Lily.Now we need to wait for Jim.
[01:05.18]LILY:Yeah.He phoned me yesterday.He said he was coming.
[02:01.63]LILEI:Did he know when and where we were meeting?
[02:25.21]LILY:Yes.Ten o'clock,here at the Angel¹ Coffee Shop.
[02:44.75]LILEI:It's a quarter past ten already.
[02:49.33]LILY:Well,I'm sure he'll be here before long.
[02:54.97]Let's have a cup of coffee.
[04:08.95](Lily and Li Lei are drinking coffee and talking at a coffee shop)
[04:31.70]LI LEI:It's half past ten now!Where's Jim?I'm beginning to get angry wiht him!
[05:06.05]LILY:Yes,we can't wait any longer.Let's go without him.
[05:40.40]JIM:Hi,Lily!Li Lei!I'm very sorry I'm so late.
[06:00.99]LI LEI:What happened?
[06:04.51]JIM:Well,first I was so busy reading² a novel³ that I forgot to look at the time.
[06:32.54]JIM:Well,first I was so busy reading a novel that I forgot to look at the time.
[06:41.82]LILY:That's really bad excuse!
[06:56.86]JIM:Yes,I know.But then I took a taxi so that I would get here gaster.
[07:39.81]LI LEI:Oh?So why were you still late?
[08:02.85]LILY:That's terrible!Are you OK?Was anyone hurt?
[08:16.61]JIM:No,no one was badly hurt.
[08:26.67]I banged⁴ my head,but it's not too painful⁵.
[08:33.72]Come on.Let's go to the zoo.
[11:19.11]Choose the best words from the box to complete the sentences.
[11:29.14]painful  quickly  ill  confident  steep⁶
[11:45.67]1 This morning,Dad felt so( ill )that he couldn't go to work.
[11:52.15]2 My leg was so( painful )that I couldn't move it.
[13:32.90]3 The mountain was so( steep )that very few of us reached the top.
[14:13.37]4 India's population is growing so( qickly )
[14:20.21]that soon it may be larget than China's.

1 angel   

n.天使，守护神，可爱的人

参考例句：

• The angel of death's in the house!死神在屋里呢！
• I can say without exaggeration that she is an angel.我可以毫不夸张地说她是个天使。

2 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

3 novel   

n.小说，长篇故事；adj.新奇的，异常的

参考例句：

• She spent a peaceful afternoon by the river,reading a novel.她在河边看小说，度过了一个宁静的下午。
• She finished writing her novel.她完成了她的小说。

4 banged   

vt.猛击，猛撞（bang的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up. 事故过去两天后她看上去伤势仍然很重。
• I've banged into the doorpost and hurt my arm. 我撞着了门柱，把臂伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 painful   

adj.(引起)疼痛的；困难的，令人不快的

参考例句：

• He did not want to mention the painful past.他不愿意提起过去的伤心事。
• The memory came back with a painful rush.回忆起往事心里一阵难受。

6 steep   

adj.陡峭的，险峻的，急剧升降的，不合理的；n.悬崖，峭壁，浸渍，浸渍液；v.浸，泡，沉浸

参考例句：

• The slope is too steep for us to climb.这斜坡太陡，我们爬不上去。
• There was a steep climb on the road out of town.市外公路上有一处很陡的上坡路。