广州初中5Alesson8

　　[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 1   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 2.

[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 3 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 5 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 6 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 7

[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 8   n.

[04:56.49]新娘

[04:56.96]groom 9   n.

[04:57.73]新郎

[04:58.50]wedding 10   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 11   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 4   n.&adj.

[05:06.85]布

[05:07.28]leather   n.&adj.

[05:07.80]皮革

[05:08.32]wool 12   n.

[05:08.81]毛；毛线

[05:09.29]sweater   n.

[05:09.86]毛衣

[05:10.44]silver 13   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 14   n.

[05:14.11]婚姻

[05:14.72]1.Read a story about three weddings 15

[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 16 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 17 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 18 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 19 gave her something gold.