时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力入门 (全四册)


英语课

Lesson 14 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises


A.Sentence Structure


Drill 1


1.Where?________________________________________


2.Whom?________________________________________


3.How long?______________________________________


4.Why?__________________________________________


5.How much?_____________________________________


6.From whom?____________________________________


7.How many?______________________________________


8.What?__________________________________________


9.How? __________________________________________


Drill 2


1._______________________________________________


2._______________________________________________


3._______________________________________________


4._______________________________________________


5._______________________________________________


                                                                                                           Score:___


B.Difficult Sentences


1.____to Venezuela will take _______________


2.____, post offices throughout England ______“One Penny” black stamps and“Two Pence 1” bluc stamps.


Lesson 14 Part Ⅱ John At The PostOffice


Part Ⅱ  John At The Post Office


Exercises:


1.____ The airmail rate to Venezuela is 50 cents a half ounce 2.


2.____ It usually takes two or three days for a letter to get to Venezuela by air.


3.____ It may take three to four weeks for a letter to get to the interior 3 of the country by air.


4.____ Regular  mail to Venezuela goes by boat.


5.____ Regular mail to Venezuela takes a longer time, because the sailings are irregular.


Lesson 14 Part Ⅲ How DidPostage Stamps Come Into Use


Part Ⅲ    How Did Postage 4 Stamps Come Into Use


Exercises:


Ⅰ.


1.Why were people unhappy to pay postage for letters in the early nineteenth century?


___________________________________________________


2.Why was the postage rate high at that time?


___________________________________________________


Ⅱ.


Rowland Hill, a schoolmaster in England, was the first to____ forward a proposal 5 to____ stamps. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps to____ postage. They could ____ to the nearby post office to____ stamps and put them on envelopes before they____ the letters.  The post office could simply____ seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again.  In this way,  the post office did not need to send postmen to____ postage.  It only needed to send fewer postmen to____ letters. That was a good idea and the government finally____ it.



1 pence
n.便士;名词penny的复数形式
  • She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
  • These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。
2 ounce
n.盎司,英两
  • He poured in every ounce of power but couldn't make it.他竭尽了全力却无济于事。
  • He has used up the last ounce of oil.他已用完最后一滴油。
3 interior
adj.在内的,内部的,内地的,国内的;n.内部
  • There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
  • They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。
4 postage
n.邮费,邮资
  • This dictionary is 100 yuan,postage included.这本词典连邮费共100元。
  • All letters must be stamped with the correct postage.任何信件都应该按所需邮资贴邮票。
5 proposal
n.提议,建议;求婚
  • I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
  • They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。
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