广州初中6Alesson4

　　[00:00.00] Unit 1 4

[00:02.90]Lesson 13

[00:08.46]Emma

[00:09.74]n.埃玛

[00:11.02]along 2/on the way

[00:13.60]在途中；在路上不过

[00:16.17]though 3

[00:17.49]adv. 虽然,可是

[00:18.81]hard

[00:20.14]adv.硬的,坚固的

[00:21.47]storm 4

[00:22.90] n.猛烈地暴（风）雨

[00:24.32]fine

[00:25.70]adj.晴朗的

[00:27.09]instead 5 of(sb./sth.)

[00:29.52]代替

[00:31.95]exercise 1.Ben's cousin Emma is visiting China.

[00:40.41]Listen to them talking about her trip and answer the questions

[00:46.26]Ben:How do you feel about your trip to Beijing,Emma?

[00:51.23]Emma:I'm very excited 7 but I'm also a little worried 8.

[00:56.87]Ben:I'm not surprised 9!

[01:00.21]You and your friends are riding your bicycles from Guangzhou to  Beijing,aren't you

[01:06.85]Emma:Oh,no!We're taking buses and trains

[01:12.41]but we're going 10 to stop at several 11 places along the way

[01:17.37]and ride around the countryside 13.

[01:21.42]I'm not worried about the riding,though.

[01:26.15]I'm worried about the weather.

[01:29.70]Ben:Are you worried about the sun?

[01:33.26]Emma:Not really.I always wear a hat and carry a bottle of water.

[01:39.74]Ben:Well,you needn't worry about snow!

[01:44.28]Emma:(laughs)No.I know it doesn't snow heavily 14 around Beijing.

[01:50.76]And in summer of course 15,it doesn't snow at all!

[01:55.44]Ben:It's hot,though.The temperature 16 can rach 40 degrees 17.

[02:01.29]Emma:Yes,it's hot and dry,but dry is better than wet.

[02:07.45]Ben:Oh?Why?

[02:10.90]Emma:Light rain is not a problem 18 but heavy rain can be dangerous.

[02:17.27]When it's raining hard,you can't see the road clearly 19.

[02:22.60]It's easy to have an accident 21.

[02:26.44]Ben:What else is dangerous,when you're riding?

[02:30.70]Emma:Strong winds.If it's very windy,you can be blown off 22 your bike.

[02:38.15]I don't like riding into a strong wind,either.It's slow,hard work!

[02:45.41]Ben:So,what's your favourite kind of day?Cloudy with a light wind?

[02:52.98]Emma:A few 23 clouds are nice on a hot day but I like a strong wind.

[02:59.54]Ben:Really?I thought 24 you said 26...

[03:03.80]Emma:I like a strong wind behind me,blowing me along!

[03:09.36]Lesson 14

[03:14.82]information 27

[03:16.44]通知，消息

[03:18.06]speed 28

[03:19.44]速度

[03:20.83]direction 29

[03:22.29]n.方向，指导

[03:23.76]Lesson 14

[03:26.99]1 Read about students collecting information about the weather

[03:35.14]and match the pictures to the numbered tasks 30.

[03:39.82]Scientists 31 all over the world study the weather.

[03:44.78]They collect information about rain wind,cloud and air temperature.

[03:52.23]But scientists can't be everywhere,

[03:56.36]so sometimes they use other people,such 32 as 20 students,to help them.

[04:02.52]Students in many countries collect information about the weather.

[04:08.37]They do this to learn more about science.

[04:12.94]Every day,they measure 33 the temperature of the air

[04:18.80](1)and the speed (2) and the direction (3) of the wind.

[04:23.55]They also measure how much cloud (4) there is

[04:27.99]and how many centimetres 34 of rain(5) have fallen.

[04:32.64]When they have finished 36 these tests,

[04:36.61]the students send their information (6) by e-mail 37 to scientists.

[04:42.57]Scientists use this information to understand the world's weather better.

[04:49.83]lesson 14

[04:52.99]exercise 2.Ben and Janet are collecting information about the weather

[05:00.43]listen and fill 38 in the table.

[05:04.27]Ben:Janet,it's 12.30.Let's look at the weather today.

[05:11.04]Janet:OK.Let's start with the wind.Look at the flag 39.

[05:19.79]What direction is the wind blowing?

[05:28.86]Ben:It's blowing north-west and it's blowing quite strongly.

[05:36.90]Janet:Yes,it looks strong enough to fly a kite today.

[05:43.25]OK.Next,we have to look at the clouds.How cloudy is it today?

[05:51.79]Ben:The clouds are very high and thin but they cover 40 one half of the sky

[05:59.05]Janet:One half of the sky is covered 41 with clouds.

[06:04.12]It's not a bad day for a picnic,is it?

[06:08.67]Let's see,what's next?Oh,yes.Is it wet or dry?

[06:16.24]Ben:It's dry now but it rained last night.

[06:25.31]Janet:OK,I'll write down 'dry'.Have you measured 42 the rain?

　　[06:32.44]Ben:Wait a minute!I'll look at the bottle.

[06:36.88]OK,it shows we've had 43 two centimetres of rain since 44 yesterday.

[06:44.24]Janet:That's a lot of rain for one night,isn't it?

[06:49.00]Ben:Yes,it is.The trees will be happy.Is there anything else?

[06:55.66]Janet:Yes,the temperature.

[06:59.81]Ben:Of course.How could 45 I forget?

[07:03.76]Let's see,the temperature is now 19 degrees

[07:14.10]Janet:OK,that's everything.

[07:18.07]Time to go to the computer room and send an e-mail.

[07:23.12]Lesson 15

[07:28.89]postman

[07:30.26]n.邮差

[07:31.63]get on (with sb.)

[07:33.37]赶快

[07:35.11]Lesson 16

[07:40.67]rubbish 46

[07:42.05]n.垃圾；废物不为他人设想的

[07:43.44]thoughtless 47

[07:44.90]adj.欠考虑的

[07:46.36]smelly 48

[07:47.79]adj.臭的；难闻的

[07:49.21]dirt 49

[07:50.44]v.废物；污物

[07:51.67]Edward Leedskalnin

[07:53.55]爱德华·利兹考尔林

[07:55.43]marry 50

[07:56.81] v.结婚

[07:58.20]Agnes

[07:59.57] n.阿格尼丝（女名）

[08:00.94]wedding

[08:02.52] n.婚礼

[08:04.10]dream 51 home

[08:05.92]理想居所

[08:07.73]car parts 52

[08:09.20]汽车零件

[08:10.66]2 Listen to Ben and Shen Zhan talking bout 6 the problems 53 shown in the pictures

[08:23.04]Write Shen Zhan's answers in the boxes.

[08:27.48]Shen Zhan:Hi,Ben.What are you reading 54?

[08:31.92]Ben:A report 55 about rubbish and other problems.

[08:36.57]This newspaper wants to know how young people feel about these things.

[08:42.81]Let's see what you think.OK?

[08:47.26]Shen Zhan:OK.

[08:49.89]Ben:I'll tell you a problem

[08:53.26]and you tell meif it makes you feel hardly 56 worried at all,

[08:59.43]a little worried,rather worried or very worried.

[09:06.87]Here's the first problem:

[09:11.94]'People who drop rubbish in parks,streets and other places'.

[09:18.39]Shen Zhan:This is bad.

[09:23.15]People who do this don't care 57 about the land 58 or about other people.

[09:29.63]They are thoughtless.Write down'rather worried'.

[09:36.78]Ben:I agree 59.

[09:39.53]Here's the next one:'People who play music loudly or make a lot of noise,

[09:48.77]for example,with cars and other machines 60'.

[09:54.42]Shen Zhan:I'm not very worried about this.

[10:00.37]Write down'a little worried'.

[10:04.73]I think these people ought 25 to think more about other people

[10:10.30]but you can put something over your ears.

[10:14.56]Ben:That's true 61.Now,the third one is'Factories that smell bad'.

[10:23.10]Shen Zhan:Oh,I'm hardly worried at all about smelly factories.

[10:30.86]Of course,no one wants to live next to one,but I don't,so I don't care.

[10:38.80]Ben:Is that so?I'm very surprised.You shouldn't just think about yourself 62!

[10:46.87]Now,how do you feel about this one:'The food that we eat'?

[10:54.32]Shen Zhan:I'm quite worried about this.

[10:57.97]We buy more and more food from stores 63 instead of growing it ourselves 64.

[11:04.63]We need to know if any of this food is bad for us.

[11:09.49]Ben:Here's the next one:'The air'.

[11:14.46]Shen Zhan:I'm very worried about the air.

[11:18.22]Cars,factories and so on are putting too much dirt into our air.

[11:24.70]It's very unhealthy 65.Something must be done about it!

[11:30.34]Ben:OK.That was 66 the last question.Let's send your answers to the newspaper.

[11:37.99]lesson 16

[11:41.23]exercise 4.Read about an unusual 67 house and answer the questions.

[11:49.30]In 1918,Edward Leedskaln in was going to marry a girl named Agnes

[11:57.35]but the night before the wedding,Agnes changed her mind 68.

[12:02.63]Edward was so sad that he left his country and moved to the USA.

[12:09.16]In his new country,Edward started building a 'dream home'for Agnes.

[12:16.00]He didn't have much money,

[12:19.34]so he build it out of things that other people didn't want rocks.

[12:26.11]Some of the rocks that he used 70 weighed 71 over 25,000 kilos 72.

[12:32.35]To move and cut them,

[12:35.59]he used only things that people had thrown away such as old car parts.

[12:42.57]It took 73 him 20 years to build the house,

[12:47.01]which he called Rock Gatebut he built 74 it very,very well.

[12:53.56]Inside,there is a table that looks like a heart 75.

[12:58.92]It weighs 76 more than 2,000 kilos.

[13:03.28]Outside,there is a gate that you can open with one finger,

　　[13:09.16]ever 12 though it weighs more than 9,000 kilos.

[13:14.20]In 1991,a big storm destroyed 77 all the houses near Rock Gate

[13:21.05]but it didn't hurt Rock Gate itself 78.

[13:25.12]No one knows how Edward did 69 this work.

[13:29.38]He was a small man,only 1.5 metres 35 tall and weighing 79 45 kilos.

[13:37.53]No one ever saw 80 him working.

[13:41.29]He worked only at nightor when no one else was around.

[13:46.93]When visitors 81 came 82 to see his househe stopped and talked to them

[13:52.50]but he didn't do any work until 83 they had left.

[13:56.47]In 1951,Edward died 84.

[14:01.12]He had never married 85 and he had not seen 86 Agnessince the night she had left him

[14:07.46]Thirty years after he died,some people found 87 Agnes

[14:13.11]and asked her if she wanted to see the homethat Edward had built for her.

[14:18.98]She said,'No.I didn't want to marry him then

[14:24.73]and I don't want to know about him now!'

[14:28.68]Unit 4

[14:31.73]Time for a ryme The Storm

[14:37.01]A storm is going to be here soon.It's moving in our direction.

[14:44.27]It should arrive by about noon 88.Says the weather information.

[14:51.12]Before the sun was shining 89.And the clouds were thin and high.

[14:57.88]But now the sun is hiding 90.And black clouds cover the sky.A strong wind is blowing

[15:08.15]And rain has started to fall.This weather is quite exciting.

[15:15.12]It's my favourite of all.