初中英语人教版九年级08

[00:06.79]Lesson 33  1 Read and act

[00:15.12]Do you think the air in Beijing is bad?

[00:19.77]Yes, it's often quite dirty.

[00:24.03]But don't you think it's better than it used 1 to be?

[00:28.79]Well,I can't say for sure.I've only lived here for a year.

[00:36.55]Me too. But my uncle knows.

[00:41.09]He's lived here all his life.

[00:45.06]Oh, really!What does he say?

[00:49.50]He says Beijing's sky is much clearer than a few years ago,

[00:55.67]although people still complain a lot.

[00:59.79]Hmm ... Did he tell you why it's better?

[01:05.85]Yes, he said that fewer homes are using coal for cooking and heating 2.

[01:12.83]Also,most of the factories that produced pollution

[01:18.29]have been closed or moved out of the city.

[01:23.15]That's true.And many more parks will appear before the 2008 Olympic Games.

[01:31.98]Yes, and the city is planting more trees near the roads.

[01:38.04]My uncle also told me that more public transportation 4 is planned by the city.

[01:44.80]That's really good.I think Beijing has too many cars and trucks.I agree.

[01:53.95]If more people leave their cars at home when they go to work,that will help a lot.

[02:00.89]Lesson 34  2 Read  THE SKY OF LOS ANGELES

[02:20.25]When most Americans mention Los Angeles,they think of lots of sun and fun.

[02:27.62]They picture the place with palm 5 trees,beaches,and Hollywood 6,

[02:33.36]where so many famous movies have been made.

[02:37.49]Los Angeles, or LA, is in south California 7.

[02:43.06]It is the largest city in the state

[02:46.90]and the second largest city in the United 8 States.

[02:51.55]Its western part lies by the Pacific 9 Ocean.

[02:56.27]To its east are the Santa Monica Mountains.

[03:01.03]Los Angeles,meaning"city of angels"in Spanish,is only 200 kilometres from Mexico 10.

[03:11.29]It is a city of immigrants,many of whose grandparents came from Mexico,

[03:18.37]the Philippines,China,and Japan.

[03:23.52]Millions of Americans from other states have also moved to LA.

[03:29.76]You might imagine that LA must be a very beautiful city.

[03:34.91]Although it often is,it also has days when the sky is not so clear.

[03:41.28]On these days,you cannot see the mountains.

[03:46.04]Some people stay inside so that they don't have to breathe 11 the bad air.

[03:52.99]A lot of work has been done to improve the air in the past thirty years,

[03:58.65]though much still needs doing.

[04:03.20]As early as 1953,natural gas was used instead of coal.

[04:10.62]Later on,cars were made to drive with cleaner petrol 12.

[04:16.47]Factories were told to control their smoke,and thousands of buses were provided 13.

[04:23.55]Most importantly,

[04:26.61]people realized that they must learn to care for their living environment.

[04:32.77]During the 1970s,many people moved to LA from other places.

[04:39.72]The city was growing very fast.

[04:43.66]At that time,air pollution was a very serious problem.

[04:48.71]Cars jammed the roads in the mornings and evenings.

[04:54.14]It was called rush hour

[04:57.67]because everyone was in a hurry to get to work or leave work.

[05:04.14]The air was filled with smog 14 coming from hundreds of factories

[05:09.29]as well as the heavy traffic.

[05:13.13]City planners knew they had to do something.

[05:19.97]More public transportation was provided and cars were made to drive cleaner.

[05:27.24]Nowadays the air in LA is usually quite good.

[05:34.00]Lesson 35 2 Read and act

[05:45.36]Hey,Bill,I'm tired of driving in heavy traffic every morning.

[05:51.43]Me too.I'm also tired of looking for a place to park my car.

[05:58.58]Well,I don't have that problem.

[06:02.55]My company gives me a place,although I have to pay a lot of money for it.

[06:09.21]My wife has the same problem.

[06:13.16]Bill,what do you say if we try a car pool?

[06:18.62]Why,that's a good idea.And we can get Steve to join us!

[06:25.38]3.Read

[06:29.02]Read and pick out the sentences in passive 15 voice.

[06:34.87]People had been talking about it for months,

[06:41.03]although few knew what it really was

[06:46.31]It was called "Ginger 16".

[06:50.38]We were told it was invented by Dean 17 Kamen,a 49 year-old American scientist.

[06:59.53]Some people said it would change the way we do things every day.

[07:06.08]Others said it would be the greatest invention since the personal computer.

[07:13.14]This invention had been kept secret until December 3,2001

[07:21.18]when Ginger was shown to the world.

[07:24.53]It is an "HT" Human Transport 3.It looks a bit like a very short scooter.

[07:35.76]One can make it turn left,turn right or stop very easily.

[07:43.12]It is faster than a bike but not as fast as a motorbike.

[07:49.79]It gets its power from a big battery 18.

[07:54.75]It is heavier than a bike but not as heavy as a motorbike.

[08:01.31]It is so small that only one person can ride on it.

[08:07.86]The company hopes to sell millions of these machines.

[08:13.51]Words And Expressions 19 9

[08:22.54]all one's life       coal                 heating              transportation

[08:27.96]终生;一辈子          n.煤                 n.加热;供暖;暖气装置 n.交通;交通工具

[08:33.38]underground          monorail             Los Angeles          Hollywood

[08:38.82]n.地铁               n.单轨铁路           n.洛杉矶             n.好莱坞

[08:44.25]movie                Santa Monica         Mexico               the Philippines

[08:49.78]n.(美)电影           n.圣莫尼卡(山名)     n.墨西哥             n.菲律宾

[08:55.30]gas                  realize              jam                  rush hour

[09:00.17]n.煤气;气体;瓦斯     v.认识到;领悟        v.挤塞;阻塞          高峰期

[09:05.04]nowadays             scooter              power                battery

[09:10.07]adv.如今;时下        n.小型摩托车         n.动力v.使…有力量   n.电瓶;电池

[09:15.10]highway              include              Bangkok

[09:19.23]n.公路               v.包括;包含          n.曼谷

[09:23.36]Manila               Jakarta              New Delhli

[09:27.22]n.马尼拉             n.雅加达             n.新德里