新目标初中英语九年级--Unit 9

Unit 9

[00:02.90]By the time I got outside,the bus had already left.

[00:08.78]SECTION A

[00:11.73]1a Listen and match the sentence parts

[00:52.38]2a Listen to Tina continue her story.Number the pictures[1-4]in the correct order.

[01:30.83]2b Fill in the blanks with the correct verb 1 forms.

[01:37.18]Then listen again and check your answers.

[02:08.94]3a Read the story and write the events in the correct order.

[02:15.42]I've never been late for school,but yesterday I came very close.

[02:21.95]My alarm clock didn't go off,and by the time I woke up,

[02:28.01]my father had already gone into the bathroom and I had to wait for him to come out.

[02:34.85]I had to really rush.

[02:38.41]I took a quick shower,and had some breakfast,and then ran off to the bus stop.

[02:45.85]Unfortunately,by the time I got there,the bus had already left.

[02:52.51]I started walking,but I knew I couldn't get to school on time.

[02:58.68]Luckily,my friend Tony and his dad came by in his ded's car

[03:05.34]and they gave me a ride.

[03:08.58]When I got to school,the final bell was ringing.

[03:13.31]I only just made it to my class.

[03:17.67]SECTION B

[03:24.12]2a Dave,Nick,and Joe are talking about April Fool's Day.

[04:34.18]2b Listen again.Who says each of the phrases 2 below?

[04:41.44]Write"D"for Dave,"N"for Nick,and"J"for Joe.

[05:48.60]3a Which of these stories is the most believable? Why?

[05:55.97]Which is the least believable?

[05:59.84]Why? Would you be fooled by any of the stories?

[06:05.58]In 1938,a radio program by actor Orson Welles announced

[06:12.43]that aliens 3 from Mars 4 had landed on the Earth.

[06:17.76]He descrided where they had landed

[06:21.62]and told how they were moving across the United 5 Stares.

[06:27.47]Wesses was so convincing 6 that hundreds of prople believed the story,

[06:33.64]and panic 7 the whole country.

[06:38.29]By the time the authorities 8 revealed 9 that thestory was a hoax 11,

[06:43.75]thousands of people had fled 12 from their homes.

[06:49.03]One April Fool's Day.

[06:52.97]a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti 13

[06:59.45]because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.

[07:05.40]Many people ran to their local supernmarket to buy as much spaghetti as they could.

[07:13.06]By the time people realized that the story was a hoax.

[07:18.91]all of the spaghetti across the country had been bought.

[07:23.87]A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool's Day.

[07:31.00]He asked her to marry him.

[07:34.48]she was thrilled,because she really wanted to get married.

[07:39.94]However,when she said"Yes",he replied"April Fool!"

[07:45.89]That little joke didn't have a very happy ending.

[07:50.65]The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.

[07:59.90]READ                Changing English

[08:06.37]Tody,one in four people,or a quarter of the world's population uses English,

[08:13.92]and as many as one billion people are learning 15 it.

[08:18.49]The world's 375 million native speakers from Canada to New Zealand feel lucy.

[08:26.75]They already know the language everyone wants to learn.

[08:31.71]New types of English are common wherever English is spoken.

[08:37.04]Singaporeans speak Singlish,their mixture of Chinese and English.

[08:43.39]For example,to ask,Where are you going?

[08:48.07]they mix Exhlish words with Chinese grammar:You go where?

[08:54.23]In India,many people speak Hinglish,a mixture of Hindi and English.

[09:01.78]When you go to Egypt,people always say,"Welcome in Egypt."

[09:08.15]Even Egyptian English language teachers say this instead of"Welcome to Egypt."

[09:15.31]Why do they say this?It's an example of how English changes over time

[09:22.96]and from place to place.Using"in"after"welcome"is normal in Egypt,

[09:32.40]but it sounds strange to native English speakers.

[09:37.07]Languages are always changing.

[09:41.22]A hundred years ago,German was the most popular language for science.

[09:47.89]Scientists had to learn German to read the latest information in science books.

[09:54.55]But by 1950,American inventions and ideas had helped to make English more popular.

[10:02.88]Some language teachers believe that if China begins to develop important technologies

[10:09.93]such as new types of comprters

[10:14.01]then Chinese might become the language every scientist wants to learn.

[10:20.17]Already,many business people are learning Chinese to help them do business in China.

[10:27.93]Some native speakers may not like the changes to their language.

[10:33.21]It might be difficult to understand what new English speakers are saying.

[10:39.27]Native English speakers

[10:42.72]often have problems when they go to other English-speaking countries.

[10:48.59]In South Africa,for example,when you ask for street directions,you might hear,

[10:55.75]"Turn right at the next robot."

[10:59.20]What does this mean?Robot is the South African English word for traffic light.

[11:06.75]The South African dictionary has 10,000 words

[11:12.31]that are not found elsewhere 16 in the world.

[11:16.68]Another thing native English speakers may not like is the competition for jobs.

[11:23.44]A person who speaks English as a second language has two very significant 17 skills

[11:30.99]speaking English and speaking their own native language.

[11:36.63]When two people try for the same position,

[11:41.20]the one with two languages will often be the one who gets the job.

[11:47.37]Words and Expressions in Each Unit 9

[11:55.62]oversleep            bell                 ring                 go off

[11:59.75]v.睡过头,睡得过久    n.钟,铃              v.鸣,响              闹响

[12:03.88]rush                 run off              on time              give sb.a ride

[12:08.35]v.冲,奔              跑掉                 准时                 让某人搭便车

[12:12.81]lock                 break down           costume              show up

[12:16.90]v.锁                 损坏                 n.服装               出席

[12:20.99]exhausted            embarassed           empty                fool

[12:25.12]adj.极其疲惫的       adj.窘迫的           adj.空的,闲的        v.愚弄

[12:29.24]April Fool's Day     announce             describe             convince 18

[12:33.96]愚人节               v.宣布,通告          v.描述               v.使确信

[12:38.67]panic                set off              authority            reveal 10

[12:42.91]n.恐慌               激起                 n.权威机构           v.揭示

[12:47.14]hoax                 flee                 spaghetti            girlfriend

[12:52.13]n.骗局               v.逃跑               n.意大利式细面条     n.女朋友

[12:57.12]show                 marry                thrill 14

[13:00.09]n.演出               v.嫁,娶              v.使非常驻机构激动

[13:03.07]get married          reply                ending

[13:06.25]结婚                 v.回答               n.结局

[13:09.42]Reading

[13:11.98]quarter              population           native               speaker

[13:16.02]n.四分之一           n.人口               adj.本国的           n.说话者

[13:20.05]wherever             Singaporean          India                Hindi

[13:24.43]adv.无论哪里         n.新加坡人           n.印度               n.印地语

[13:28.80]German               invention            business             light

[13:33.04]n.德语,德国人        n.发明,创造          n.生意               n.灯

[13:37.27]traffic light        significant          position

[13:40.65]交通信号灯           adj.重大的           n.位置

[13:44.03]control              intersection 19

[13:48.56]v.控制               n.交叉点