北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit11 les44-1

[00:00.00]Unit 11 Working with Animals
[00:07.02]Lesson 44
[00:08.95]1.4 This week Travel Magazine
[00:13.68]talks with wildlife photographer Gary Tomlin.
[00:17.50]Gary has traveled all over the world
[00:19.88]taking photographs of interesting
[00:22.66]and dangerous animals.
[00:25.35]He is now in the United¹ States
[00:28.24]preparing for his next trip to Africa.
[00:32.12]Travel Magazine's reporter,Jeff White,
[00:36.11]spoke to Gary before his trip."
[00:39.66]Gary,you've been all over the world
[00:42.01]with your camera.
[00:43.40]What made you want
[00:44.17]to be a wildlife photographer?
[00:46.62]I've always loved animals
[00:48.55]and taking photographs.
[00:50.75]When I take photos of animals in the wild,
[00:54.03]I can do both of these things together.
[00:56.81]Can you share with us
[00:58.16]some of your most exciting experiences?
[01:01.78]Sure!
[01:02.94]What is the most unusual animal
[01:06.07]you've ever seen?
[01:08.15]The platypus².
[01:09.90]I saw one in Australia.
[01:12.41]They are very strange.
[01:14.63]What is the most dangerous task
[01:17.34]you've ever had.
[01:19.40]It was when I was taking pictures
[01:21.54]of some lions in Africa.
[01:24.08]We were very close to the lions,
[01:26.33]and it was a bit scary³!
[01:28.77]What's the most difficult task you've ever had?
[01:33.31]I once went to India to photograph tigers.
[01:37.11]We waited three weeks
[01:38.56]in very difficult conditions
[01:40.67]before we finally saw a tiger.
[01:42.53]
 

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 platypus   

n.鸭嘴兽

参考例句：

• The platypus spends a great deal of its time looking for food. 鸭嘴兽要用大量的时间去觅食。
• One of the mascots was the platypus.吉祥物之一是鸭嘴兽。

3 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？