初中英语人教版03九年级04

[00:12.49]lesson 13   1. Read and act

[00:18.86]Many people think that dragons are not real.

[00:23.90]Do you believe in dragons? I'm not sure.

[00:28.94]What do you mean?

[00:31.97]Well,dragons seem mysterious 1 and wonderful.

[00:37.62]So,I'd like to think they are real.

[00:41.67]Don't you agree?

[00:44.70]I didn't before but I do now.

[00:49.24]Why is that?

[00:52.30]I saw a story about dragons on television.

[00:57.57]What kind of show was it?

[01:01.83]It was a nature show.All the stories were about nature.

[01:08.08]Where do the dragons live?

[01:11.92]On two islands in the South Pacific 2.

[01:16.64]Do they live in jungles 3?

[01:20.43]No,they live in a hot,dry place with a few palm 4 trees.

[01:27.38]Are they friendly to people?

[01:31.22]No.You must be very careful when you are near them.

[01:37.07]I see.you know,my grandmother says that dragons lived in China long,long ago.

[01:45.93]Really? How about you? Do you think she's right?

[01:52.09]I'm not sure. Dragons were important in ancient China.

[02:01.65]Lesson 14

[02:04.81]2. Read   The Dragons of Komodo

[02:10.38] The sound of Li Hua's heart was nearly as loud as the waves of the sea.

[02:16.23]She was so excited that she couldn't speak.

[02:20.90]She wasn't deeply 5 afraid like her mother.

[02:24.95]She had decided 6 to be brave like her father.

[02:29.92]Mr Li was sitting quietly in the boat.

[02:34.57]He saw the island getting bigger and bigger.

[02:39.11]At last,they reached the beach.

[02:42.87]Tian Fend,their tour guide,got out of the boat first.

[02:48.75]Then she helped the others to get out.

[02:52.59]Li Hua jumped out.

[02:55.65]Although there was a village on the island,

[02:59.91]nobody was there to give them a warm welcome.

[03:04.58]Before she left the holiday town of Bali,

[03:09.26]Li Hua looked at a map of eastern 7 Indonesia 8.

[03:14.40]She saw that the Island of Komodo is small:

[03:19.26]no more than 280 square kilometres.

[03:24.62]It lies between two larger islands.

[03:29.48]It has many hills but little grass.

[03:33.92]Li Hua read that Komodo is a very dry and hot place most of the year.

[03:41.57]From the beach,only a few palm trees could be seen here and there.

[03:47.94]But where were the dragons?

[03:51.39]Li Hua was eager 9 to see dragons.

[03:55.62]Tian Feng told her to be patient.

[03:59.67]They ate a quick lunch,drank some water,and began to hike 10.

[04:06.15]After a while,they came to some bushes 11.

[04:10.91]Tian Feng suddenly stopped.

[04:14.35]Listen! Li Hua didn't hear anything.

[04:18.59]Look! She looked but saw nothing.

[04:22.64]The sun was shining very brightly,

[04:26.48]so Li Hua put her hands over her eyes to see better.

[04:32.04]  From behind the bushes something was moving.

[04:36.30]It was huge!

[04:39.14]It was more than one metre high and nearly three metres long.

[04:44.89]Mr Li guessed it must weigh about 140 kilos.

[04:50.53]Its yellow tongue 12 was long and moved very quickly.

[04:56.10]So this was a real dragon!

[04:59.94]Just then Tian Feng told everyone not to move.

[05:05.08]However,the dragon didn't notice them.

[05:09.73]It was looking at something else.

[05:13.57]Nearby,Li Hua saw a deer.

[05:17.52]It seemed to be ill and fell to the ground.

[05:22.98]In the next moment,the dragon was running to the deer.

[05:27.84]It made a quick bite 13 in the deer's leg and it was a poisonous bite.

[05:34.50]Soon other dragons came running to the deer,too.

[05:39.46]While they were eating,the larger dragons kept pushing the smaller ones away.

[05:46.02]Some of the small dragons were less than one metre long

[05:50.88]and no more than 20 kilos.

[05:54.74]These little ones had to wait to eat.

[05:58.69]All dragons have very sharp 14 teeth.

[06:02.95]Li Hua closed her eyes.

[06:07.02]When she opened them several minutes later,she didn't see any of the deer left