[00:00.00] Unit 8
[00:01.28]Lesson 29
[00:02.93]celebrate v.
[00:03.60]庆祝；庆贺
[00:04.28]round prep.
[00:04.86]在……各处；围绕
[00:05.43]example n.
[00:06.06]例子；榜样
[00:06.69]for example
[00:07.37]比方说
[00:08.05]Valentine's Day
[00:08.83]情人节
[00:09.61]long before
[00:10.29]在……很久以前
[00:10.97]heart n.
[00:11.51]心，心脏
[00:12.04]love n.
[00:12.51]爱
[00:12.98]Halloween n.
[00:13.61]万圣节
[00:14.24]dress v.
[00:14.77]穿着；穿衣
[00:15.31]frighten v.
[00:15.84]吓唬
[00:16.38]Mid-Summer's Day
[00:17.15]仲夏日
[00:17.92]burn v.
[00:18.40]烧；烧焦
[00:18.89]neck n.
[00:19.41]脖子
[00:19.93]popular adj.
[00:20.51]流行的；大众的；受欢迎的
[00:21.08]dance n.
[00:21.66]舞；舞会
[00:22.23]1.Mr and Mrs Zhou talked about holidays on a TV programme.
[00:27.79]Read and answer the questions.
[00:30.07]Last night,
[00:31.32]I watched a TV programme about two teachers,
[00:34.38]Mr and Mrs Zhou.
[00:35.92]They had visited several countries round the world
[00:38.66]to see the people celebrating their special days,
[00:42.03]for example,Valentine's Day.
[00:44.67]They said that they had learned about many different holidays
[00:47.62]during their trip.
[00:48.88]Mrs Zhou said that Valentine's day ahd been a holiday
[00:52.11]long before people started giving red paper hearts
[00:55.59]to show their love.
[00:56.95]She said that Valentine's Day had started with a love letter
[01:00.42]from a boy named Valentine.
[01:02.46]Mrs Zhou also talked about Halloween.
[01:05.41]She said that Halloween had started
[01:07.87]as a festival in Europe a long time ago.
[01:11.42]Today,children dress in strange clothes
[01:14.66]to frighten people.
[01:16.23]They may also ask people for sweets.
[01:18.86]Mr Zhou told us about another special day
[01:21.74]called Mid-Summer's Day.
[01:23.41]He said that 21 June had been celebrated for thousands of years
[01:27.85]because it is the longest day of the year.
[01:30.62]He said that,on this day,
[01:32.87]people collect wood and build large fires.
[01:35.82]The fires burn all night.
[01:37.99]Some people also wear flowers round their necks.
[01:40.91]Mr and Mrs Zhou said that some holidays
[01:43.76]from other countries were now popular in China,too.
[01:46.92]Lesson 30
[01:48.28]line up
[01:48.90]排队
[01:49.53]turn n.
[01:50.11]轮次
[01:50.68]drum n.
[01:51.20]鼓
[01:51.73]follow v.
[01:52.21]（在理解上）听得懂；跟得上
[01:52.69]pass v.
[01:53.27]递给；传递
[01:53.84]lend v.
[01:54.42]把……借给；借出
[01:54.99](be) right back
[01:55.68]马上回来
[01:56.38]1.Ben and Zhenhui
[01:59.90]are planning a dragon boat race for their schools.
[02:02.54]Listen and number their notes.
[02:04.58]Mr Zhang told me that we must tell everyone what to do,
[02:08.05]so that we'll all have fun and no one will get hurt.
[02:11.11]What do you mean by'tell everyone what to do'?
[02:13.75]Zhenhui:Well,we have to be polite
[02:16.41]but people must be told what they should and shouldn't do.
[02:19.57]For example,the races must start on time
[02:23.12]so we must tell everyone not to be late.
[02:25.76]Ben:The drums may help.
[02:27.23]Zhenhui:I'm sorry,I don't follow you.
[02:29.37]Ben:Everyone will be quiet
[02:30.91]and listen when they hear the drums.
[02:32.87]Zhenhui:Oh,I see.
[02:34.23]I think I'd better write all this down.
[02:36.68]Would you pass me my bag,please,
[02:38.72]and could you lend me a pen?
[02:40.57]Zhenhui:Of course.Here,take this one.
[02:43.45]Thanks.
[02:44.70]So,we've got 'Please be on time for your race.'
[02:47.94]what else?
[02:48.99]Well,we must ask people to line up
[02:51.62]and wait for their turn.
[02:53.27]Yes,and we ought to ask them not to rush or push.
[02:56.82]Zhenhui:I agree.
[02:58.08]Last year,someone almost fell in the water
[03:00.64]because other people were pushing.
[03:02.60]Also,we'd better ask parents not to smoke.
[03:06.04]That can be dangerous,too.
[03:08.00]Ben:Good idea.
[03:09.26]What about asking for'no noise,please'?
[03:11.92]Zhenhui:Oh,no!Dragon boat races are very noisy!
[03:15.76]We want everyone to shout and have fun!
[03:18.32]Lesson 31
[03:19.89]Dragon Boat Festival
[03:20.76]端午节
[03:21.64]dish n.
[03:22.16]饭菜
[03:22.68]fresh adj.
[03:23.22]新鲜
[03:23.76]serve v.
[03:24.29]端饭上菜
[03:24.83]cabbage n.
[03:25.40]洋白菜
[03:25.98]ice-cream n.
[03:26.55]冰淇淋
[03:27.12]3.Read a story about special holiday foods
[03:31.85]and then fill in the blanks
[03:33.42]to complete a menu for Thanksgiving dinner.
[03:36.06]Special foods for special days
[03:38.41]Almost every holiday or special day has
[03:40.87]its own special food.
[03:42.82]At Mid-Autumn Festival,we eat moon cakes
[03:45.59]and at Dragon Boat Festival,we eat zongzi.
[03:48.34]At Christmas,many people eat turkey
[03:51.60]although in England,a few people still eat goose.
[03:54.55]At some festivals,like Buddha's Birthday,
[03:58.00]many people eat only vegetable.
[04:00.67]At some festivals,
[04:02.42]the special food is not eaten.
[04:04.66]For example,
[04:05.92]in Spain,during the orange festival,
[04:08.79]people throw oranges at each other,
[04:11.25]and in Italy,at one of their festivals,
[04:14.12]they throw tomatoes!
[04:16.08]Many festivals are held in autumn.
[04:18.43]In Canada,
[04:19.68]the mid-autumn holiday is called Thankgiving.
[04:22.43]Canadians eat many kinds of food on this holiday
[04:25.80]but turkey has always been the most important dish.
[04:29.14]Before the turkey,people may have soup.
[04:31.73]The soup is served with fresh bread.
[04:34.08]After the soup,
[04:35.30]there many be some cold cabbage with apples.
[04:38.15]The turkey is served with several vegetables,
[04:41.03]such as carrots and potatoes.
[04:43.38]After the turkey comes the best part:
[04:45.94]pumpking pie or apple pie!
[04:48.50]These are served with ice-cream.
[04:50.66]At the end of the dinner,
[04:52.41]tea and coffee are served.
[04:54.37]Lesson 32
[04:56.02]bride n.
[04:56.49]新娘
[04:56.96]groom n.
[04:57.73]新郎
[04:58.50]wedding n.
[04:59.02]婚礼
[04:59.55]church n.
[05:00.12]教堂
[05:00.70]speech n.
[05:01.43]讲话；演讲
[05:02.16]handful n.
[05:02.73]把
[05:03.31]marry n.
[05:03.84]结婚
[05:04.38]cotton n.&adj.
[05:05.40]棉
[05:06.42]cloth n.&adj.
[05:06.85]布
[05:07.28]leather n.&adj.
[05:07.80]皮革
[05:08.32]wool n.
[05:08.81]毛；毛线
[05:09.29]sweater n.
[05:09.86]毛衣
[05:10.44]silver n.&adj.
[05:10.96]银
[05:11.48]gold n.&adj.
[05:12.02]金
[05:12.55]wooden adj.
[05:13.03]木制的
[05:13.50]marriage n.
[05:14.11]婚姻
[05:14.72]1.Read a story about three weddings
[05:18.77]and answer the questions.
[05:20.73]Yesterday,I got a letter from Ben Harris.
[05:23.79]He said that he had been to three weddings this summer.
[05:26.71]The first was in Italy,
[05:28.57]the second was in Canada
[05:30.32]and the third was in Bali.
[05:32.07]He said that all the weddings had been quite different.
[05:35.23]In Italy,the wedding was held in a big church.
[05:38.39]The bride wore a long white dress.
[05:40.74]Ben said that the wedding had been held in July
[05:43.80]because May and August were unlucky months for weddings.
[05:47.35]Before the wedding day,
[05:48.92]both the bride and groom's families had had several parties
[05:52.57]for their relatives and friends with lots of food.
[05:55.92]There was another big meal after the wedding,too.
[05:58.58]Ben said that he had counted fourteen different dishes!
[06:01.93]During the meal,
[06:03.60]the bride and groom broke a glass.
[06:05.64]Then they counted the pieces
[06:07.60]to see how many years they would be together.
[06:09.95]In Canada,
[06:11.30]Ben went to a wedding in a big old house.
[06:13.94]A man made a speech
[06:15.90]and people sang a few beautiful songs.
[06:18.67]The bride wore a nice pick dress.
[06:20.81]After the guests had finished a big lunch
[06:23.45]they each threw a handful of rice over the bride aand groom
[06:26.69]to wish them good luch
[06:28.36]and lots of children.
[06:30.01]The third wedding was in Bali.
[06:32.07]Unlike the ones in Italy and Canada,
[06:34.71]this one was held on a beach.
[06:36.75]The bride and the groom
[06:38.42]both wore colourful clothes and hats.
[06:40.98]Like the other weddings,
[06:42.65]there was a big meal.
[06:43.91]There was also dancing and lots of music.
[06:46.86]Ben said that he had really
[06:48.40]enjoyed going to such different weddings!
[06:50.85]2.Listen to Ben talking about special presents
[06:55.71]for married people and fill in the table.
[06:58.56]At the wedding in Canada,
[07:00.60]my grandmother told me
[07:02.35]that she had been married for fifty years.
[07:05.30]She also said
[07:06.97]that she had been given many different kinds of presents
[07:10.81]during those years.
[07:12.38]After she had been married for one year,
[07:14.94]she was given something made of paper.
[07:17.58]It was a love letter from her husband.
[07:20.61]After the second year,
[07:22.25]she was given something made of cotton.
[07:24.89]It was a large piece of green and blue cloth
[07:27.82]and she made a beautiful dress for herself.
[07:30.27]The third year,
[07:31.63]she received leather shoes
[07:33.67]and the fourth year,
[07:35.03]she got flowers-beautiful red roses.
[07:38.79]It has been 46 years since that day
[07:41.56]but she can still remember how wonderful those roses smelled.
[07:45.82]The fifth year,
[07:47.17]she received a wooden box for her old watch.
[07:50.33]The sixth year,
[07:52.01]she got sweets-some chocolate
[07:55.06]-and the seventh year,wool.
[07:57.34]She used the wool to make a warm winter sweater.
[08:00.50]The 25th year after she was married,
[08:03.45]she was given something silver.
[08:05.80]It was a new silver watch.
[08:08.36]Her husband died just before the 50th year of their marriage.
[08:12.12]but her children and grandchildren gave her something gold. |