时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:洪恩环境英语


英语课

  LESSON         FOUR

[00:51.80]Listen and repeat 1.

[00:55.14]The youngest kid 2 is two years old.

[01:00.21]The oldest is six now.

[01:04.26]Her husband 3 is hte best lawyer 4 in town.

[01:09.54]Is that the tallest building in Stamford?

[01:14.29]No,the Faircild Hotel is the tallest.

[01:20.04]It has the nicest restaurant in town.

[01:26.00]Ok,now listen to this conversation 5 between two friends,Dave and Janie.

[01:33.44]They're talking about Dave's three children.

[01:37.80]Hi,Dave!Are those the photos of your three kids 6?

[01:43.37]Oh,hello.Janie.Yes,they are.

[01:48.41]Do you want to see them?

[01:51.78]Yes,I do.What are their names?

[01:57.13]Frank 7,Tommy,and Mark 8,Frank is the oldest and Mark is the youngest.

[02:05.07]Really?Mark's also the tallest of the three.

[02:11.24]That's true 9.Mark is the youngest,but he's also the tallest boy in the family.

[02:18.32]And Tommy is the heaviest.

[02:23.05]He's the heaviest and maybe the cutest of the three.

[02:29.08]Well,I think Frank is the cutest.

[02:33.31]Now talk about Dave's three children.

[02:38.46]You're going 10 to hear a child's name and the an adjcetive,like"Frank...old."

[02:48.12]Use the adjective 11 in the superlative to talk about the child.

[02:53.77]For example,I say,"Frank ...old."And you say:

[03:01.42]Frank is the oldest.

[03:05.39]Ready?Let's begin.Frank...old.

[03:12.84]Frank is the oldest.

[03:16.31]Mark...young.

[03:20.57]Mark is the youngest

[03:24.33]Mark...tall.

[03:28.48]Mark is the tallest.

[03:33.81]Tommy...heavy.

[03:38.85]Tommy...is the heaviest.

[03:44.31]Frank...cute.

[03:48.86]Frank is the cutest.

[03:52.49]Now you make up some questions about people.

[03:56.85]I say,"Old,"And you say,"Who's the Oldest person 12 in your family?"

[04:06.00]Ready?Let's begin.Old.

[04:12.34]Who's the oldest person in your family?

[04:16.81]My grandfather.

[04:19.87]Short

[04:22.92]Who's the shortest person in your family?

[04:30.05]My youngest brother.

[04:33.21]Rich

[04:36.17]Who's the richest person in your family?

[04:40.53]My cousin.

[04:43.38]Young

[04:46.30]Who's the youngest person in your family?

[04:50.77]My baby sister.

[04:54.22]Kind

[04:57.27]Who's the kindest person in your family?

[05:01.85]My grandmother.

[05:04.90]Smart.

[05:07.96]Who's the smartest person in your family?

[05:12.50]I am,I think.

[05:15.77]Now you're going to compare 13 three cities:New York.Stamford,and Los Angeles.

[05:24.52]I say,"New York is a noisy city."

[05:31.00]And you say,"New York is a noisiest city of the three."

[05:37.84]I say,"Stamford is quiet city."And you say,

[05:44.40]"Stamford is the quiestest city of the three."Let's begin.

[05:51.37]New York is a noisy city.

[05:56.10]New York is the noisiest city of the three.

[06:03.15]Stamford is a quiet city.

[06:07.83]Stamford is the quietest city of the  three.

[06:12.79]Los Angeles is a new city.

[06:17.23]Los Angeles is the newest city of the three.

[06:22.09]New York is the old city.

[06:26.35]New York is the oldest city of the three.

[06:31.34]Stamford is a nice city.

[06:35.89]Stamford is the nicest city of the three.

[06:40.46]Stamford is the good city.

[06:45.32]Stamford is the best city of the three.

[06:50.04]Stamford is the nicest city.

[06:54.28]Stamford is the best city.

[06:58.12]That's the opinion 14 of someone 15 who loves Stamford.

[07:02.97]SOme people who live in New York of Los Angeles say,

[07:08.43]"Our city is the nicest city...and the best."

[07:14.00]Now can you spell the words you've been using?Let's see.

[07:20.06]When I say a word,you spell it and then listen to the correct 16 spelling,OK?

[07:28.10]Prettiest.    p-r-e-t-t-i-e-s-t.

[07:42.05]Nicest        N-i-c-e-s-t

[07:52.79]Thinnest      T-h-i-n-n-e-s-t

[08:04.94]Biggest       B-i-g-g-e-s-t

[08:17.89]Noisiest      N-o-i-s-i-e-s-t

[08:30.64]Cutest        C-u-t-e-s-t

[08:42.19]Heaviest      H-e-a-v-i-e-s-t

[08:54.73]When you call someone or something the nicest,the biggest,or the best,

[09:03.16]you usually have to say who or what you're comparing 17 that person or thing with.

[09:11.50]For example,I'm the youngest person in my family.

[09:18.16]Or mark is the tallest of the three brothers.

[09:24.79]Now I say,"Dave has three children.Mark is the tallest."

[09:32.73]And you say,"Mark is the tallest of the three children."

[09:39.79]I say,"The restaurant is in Stamford.

[09:45.25]It's the best restaurant."

[09:48.80]And you day,"It's the best restaurant in Stamford."

[09:55.64]All right.Let's begin.

[09:59.09]Dave has three children.Mark is the tallest.

[10:05.96]Mark is the tallest of the three children.

[10:10.93]The restaurant is in Stamford.

[10:14.87]It's the best restaurant.

[10:19.34]It's the best restaurant in Stamford.

[10:23.70]All the sisters are cute.Ann is the cutest.

[10:29.94]Ann is the cutest of all the sisters.

[10:34.91]The three restaurants have seafood 18.

[10:39.16]Marina Bay 19 has the best seafood.

[10:44.34]Marina Bay has the best seafood of the three restaurants.

[10:50.29]My books are heavy,This dictionary 20 is the heaviest.

[10:56.82]This dictionary is the heaviest of my books.

[11:03.88]My cousin lives in town.He's the richest man.

[11:10.25]He's the richest man in town.

[11:14.40]Listen to this dialogue 21.

[11:18.06]Excuse me?Aren't you lucy Swenson?

[11:27.13]Yes,but...I'm Paul Butler.I met you once at KNEB in Los Angeles.

[11:36.48]Oh,of course 22!You went out with my friend Ruth Valdez.

[11:45.33]But what are you doing in New York?

[11:50.19]I didn't expect 23 to run into you here.

[11:55.05]I'm here on business 24.I have an interview 25 at ABC tomorrow.

[12:02.21]If you're free 26,maybe we can get together before I go back to Los Angeles.

[12:09.26]That would 27 be nice.

[12:13.20]Did you notice 28 the new expressions 29 go out with.run into,and get together?

[12:23.65]Listen again to the sentences 30.

[12:27.31]Then repeat what you hear.

[12:31.46]Excuse me?Aren't you Lucy Swenson?

[12:39.64]Yes,but...

[12:43.30]I'm paul Butler.

[12:46.64]I met you once at KNEB in Los Angeles.

[12:52.52]Oh, of course!

[12:56.59]You went out with my friend Ruth Valdez.

[13:02.24]But what are you doing in New York?

[13:06.78]I didn't expect to run into you here.

[13:11.51]I'm here on business.

[13:15.17]I have an interview at ABC tomorrow.

[13:20.24]If you're free.

[13:23.58]maybe we can get together before I go back to Los Angeles.

[13:32.72]That would be nice.

[13:36.20]This is the end of Lesson Four.



1 repeat
n.重复,反复;vt.重复,复述;vi.重复;adj.重复的,反复的
  • There will be a repeat of this talk next week.下星期将重播这次讲话。
  • History will not repeat itself.历史不会重演。
2 kid
n.小孩;v.开玩笑,哄骗,嘲弄
  • The kid was playing with his ball.孩子在玩皮球。
  • Look at that cute kid.瞧瞧这可爱的小家伙。
3 husband
n.丈夫
  • My husband just lost his job.我老公刚刚失业了。
  • I visited my daughter and her husband.我去看望我的女儿和女婿。
4 lawyer
n.律师,法学家
  • My son is a lawyer.我儿子是律师。
  • A lawyer is often called in to write a will.律师常被请来写遗嘱。
5 conversation
n.谈话,交谈
  • Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
  • We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。
6 kids
n.小孩( kid的名词复数 );年轻人;小山羊;小山羊皮
  • My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
  • The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。
7 frank
adj.坦白的,直率的,真诚的
  • A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
  • She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。
8 mark
n.标志,分数,马克;v.做标记于,留意,打分数
  • Put a question mark at the end of that sentence.在那个句末划一个问号。
  • Mark the wrong word with a circle.把错字圈起来。
9 true
a.真实,不假的;忠实,可靠的;正确无误的
  • He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
  • I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下,是否真有其事。
10 going
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
11 adjective
n.形容词;adj.形容词的,用作形容词的
  • Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
  • The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。
12 person
n.人
  • I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
  • She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。
13 compare
vt.(to,with)比较;(to)把…比作;vi.相比
  • How does your new house compare with your old one?你的新房子和你的旧房子比起来怎样?
  • It is hard to compare.很难比较。
14 opinion
n.看法,意见;v.判断,意见,主张
  • My opinion is on the whole the same as yours.我的意见大体上同你的差不多。
  • I quite agree to your opinion.我很赞成你的看法。
15 someone
pron.某人,有人
  • I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
  • Someone wants to see her.有人找她。
16 correct
adj.正确的;vi.改正,纠正;vt.改正
  • She gave a correct answer.她给了个正确的答案。
  • Choose the correct one from these words.选择正确的词填空。
17 comparing
v.比较,对照( compare的现在分词 );把…比做;比喻;比拟(常与 to连用)
  • He began comparing himself with the students. 他开始将自己和学生相比较起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Traveling on foot takes such a long time comparing with modern ways of getting about. 与现代化旅行方式相比,徒步旅行花的时间太多了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
18 seafood
n.海产食品,海味,海鲜
  • There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
  • Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。
19 bay
n.海湾,狗吠声,月桂;vt.吠,使走投无路;vi.吠
  • I enjoy the view of the bay in the starlight.我喜欢星光下的海湾风景。
  • Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.狗有时会朝着月亮吠叫。
20 dictionary
n.词典,字典,辞典
  • I have a new dictionary.我有一本新字典。
  • This is a very good dictionary.这是一本非常好的词典。
21 dialogue
n.对话;vi.对话;vt.用对话表达
  • Practise the dialogue in pairs.两人一组练习对话。
  • The dialogue went on until nine o'clock.谈话一直到九点。
22 course
n.课程,讲座,过程,路线,一道(菜)
  • The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
  • Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然,我并不总是在下午睡觉。
23 expect
vt.预期,期待,料想
  • Don't expect me to run after you all your life.别指望我伺候你一辈子。
  • Don't expect too much of his idea.不要对他的主意期望过高。
24 business
n.商业, 买卖, 交易, 生意, 事情, 事物, 营业, 商行
  • My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
  • We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。
25 interview
n.面谈,访问,接见;v.接见,会谈
  • I have an interview this afternoon.我今天下午有面试。
  • We'll do the interview tomorrow.我们明天再做访问吧。
26 free
adj.自由的,免费的;v.使自由;adv.随意地
  • I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
  • There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。
27 would
aux.will的过去式;愿,要;常常;大概;将要,会
  • Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说?
  • Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗?
28 notice
n.通知,布告;注意,认识;vt.看到,注意到
  • Post this notice on the wall.把这个通知贴在墙上。
  • I didn't notice you when you passed by.你走过时,我没有注意到你。
29 expressions
n.表情( expression的名词复数 );表示;(数学)表达式;词
  • ritualized expressions of grief 以例行的方式表达悲伤
  • The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow. 今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》
30 sentences
n.[律]判决,宣判,课刑;句子( sentence的名词复数 );宣判,判决v.宣判,判决( sentence的第三人称单数 )
  • Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
  • The example sentences in this dictionary are printed in italic type. 本词典中的例句都是用斜体排印的。
学英语单词
a barefaced lie
a. lacrimalis
abnormal indication
accessory transfusion tissue
accusers
acetylene hydrocarbon
achillessehnenreflex
air warning system
air-speedometer
anamnestic
anchovy toast
ani internus sphincter
anima mundi
aphrodisiacal
assay-marks
balcony balustrade
bamboo-like inflammatory infiltrate
Begunovo
Bezengi
block capitals
bouwens
cadwells
cappuchino
catalytic monopropellant hydrazine system
cellulose trabecula
chloropus
collossy
commixes
convergence frequency
cosmic-ray detector
dirked
doilt
drift-wood
einarson
Euonymus pendulus
euthanized
extremal quasi-conformal mapping
family ericaceaes
fecal impaction
feelingful
final thin
fradiomycin
French onion soup
gas-jet technique
gooseneck elbow
half alloy dead center
have clean hands
hetmans
HSDH
Hyperaggregation
intrinsic impedence
It.
jumped on
land breeze front
Lesjaskogsvatn
Marshall Seamounts
megaproject
multicuspidate
myelophage
ndioro
nettle cloth
New Valley, Governorate
Nootropil
omnibus survey
osmo(re)ceptor
oxytropis hirta bunge
parametric converter
pat a cake
per mill
permanent inks
phoma destructiva (plowright) jamiesen
pin prick
planchings
point-foussed
position location reporting system
postimpressionist
powdered-metal
proposed value
pull together
put the cat among the pigeons
radiator mounting spring
radio direction-finder
revolutionary humanitarianism
rhyacophilid
ripple flow
robberbaron
soldering turret
solutide
sorcot
squaliform
strum box
sunsetting industry
thalami
thiazin
timing sheet
top noise
tyrans
walmed
whackinesses
wormian bone (or sutural bone)
yersinia enterocolitica
zips up