河北加拿大版初中英语读物--Unit 6

Unit 6
[00:03.08]A Trip in CanadaCanada Is Cool!
[00:09.46]The CN Tower is the tallest building in Canada.
[00:15.10]It is also the tallest building in the world.
[00:20.06]It is 554 metres high.Toronto is the largest city in Canada.
[00:29.10]It is home to 4.44 million people.Toronto is the capital city  of Ontario.
[00:38.74]London has more thunderstorms than and other city in Canada.
[00:45.51]It has thunderstorms thirty-six days every year.London is in Ontario.
[00:54.44]Della Falls is the highest waterfall¹ in Canada.
[01:00.29]It is 440 metres high.Della Falls is in British Columbia.
[01:08.75]Banff National Park is the oldest national park in Canada.
[01:15.31]It was started in 1885.Banff is in Alberta.
[01:22.16]West Edmonton Mall is the largest shopping mall in Canada.
[01:28.32]It is also the largest mall in the world!
[01:33.47]It has a hotel and more than eight hundred stores.
[01:39.53]West Edmonton Mall is in Edmonton,Alberta.
[01:44.99]Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada.
[01:50.34]It covers 507,451 square kilometres.
[01:59.30]Baffin Island is in the far north of Canada.
[02:04.63]Nanisivik is a village on Baffin Island.
[02:10.19]Its population is about three hundred people.In Nanisivik in summer,
[02:17.64]the sun never sets!How long is a summer day in Nanisivik?
[02:25.08]About eight weeks!The Mackenzie river is the longest river in Canada.
[02:33.03]It is 4,241 kilometres long.
[02:39.37]The Mackenzie River is in the Northwest Territories².
[02:44.52]Canada has a longer coast³ than any other country in the world
[02:51.15]Canada's coast is 243,791 kilometres long!
[03:01.19]Danny's Dream TripDate:May 10 Weather:Partly cloudy,but warm.
[03:11.84]No rain today.Dear Diary,Someday,I will go to Funland.
[03:20.91]They have special rides at Funland.
[03:25.45]On TV,I have seen big teacups that people sit in.The teacups spin⁴!
[03:34.31]I have also seen big ferris wheels⁶.
[03:39.27]This is what a ferris wheel⁵ looks like.
[03:44.34]On my dream trip,I will stay in a big hotel.Every morning,
[03:51.99]I will have breakfast in bed.I will have dessert after breakfast!
[03:59.65]I know we never eat dessert after breakfast,but this is my dream trip!
[04:06.41]I can do what I want!After breakfast,
[04:11.69]I will go for a swim in the hotel's swimming pool.First,
[04:18.35]I will buy myself a new swimsuit in the hotel shop.
[04:24.41]Big hotels always have shops.Then I will go to Funland.
[04:31.96]I will stay for hours and hours.When I get tired,
[04:38.83]I will return to the hotel by cab⁷.I will be too tired to walk!
[04:46.48]Maybe I'll have supper in bed,too!After supper,I will watch a movie on TV.
[04:54.24]Hotels always have good movies on TV.How long will I stay?
[05:01.69]A month! Maybe two months!I will need a big suitcase.
[05:09.34]I want to take three jackets,four pairs of shoes,
[05:14.98]six shirts,five pairs of pants,eight pairs of shorts,
[05:21.75]my sunglasses eight books and some toys.Of course,
[05:29.80]I will miss my mother.I hope I don't cry when I say good-bye to her.
[05:37.55]It's time for bed. Bye-bye,Diary!
[05:43.01]DannySee the World!You know,I would just love to travel to Europe someday!
[05:54.98]What about you?Go to London,England with the Canadian Travel Company!
[06:03.44]"Go to London with the Canadian Travel Company.We did!
[06:09.29]We had a great visit!We stayed in the Remington Hotel.
[06:15.35]It is not far from Hyde park!The friendly staff⁸ treated us like family.
[06:22.93]I'll never forget our walk beside the Thames River.
[06:28.28]I had fun watching the Changing of the Guard¹⁰ at Buckingham Palace.
[06:34.53]We saw Big Ben and the Houses of  Parliament¹¹.The British museum was fun!
[06:41.79]And I'll always keep the picture I took of the Tower Bridge.
[06:47.85]London had everything we were looking for in a holiday.
[06:53.20]We'll be back!"--Edna doe,Toronto
[06:58.77]Call the Canadian Travel Company at 1-800-565-5656.
[07:07.13]We have flights from Toronto to London on August 2.Reserve¹³ now!
[07:13.29]PARIS IS WAITING FOR YOU!
[07:17.55]Come to Franc this summer!There is so much to see and do in Paris!
[07:24.03]See the Eiffel Tower Visit the Palace of Versailles
[07:29.59]Walk through the Louvre Museum
[07:33.15]Shop in stores on the Champs Elysees
[07:37.30]Paint a picture of Notre dame¹⁴ Cathedral¹⁵ Taste French cheese!
[07:43.75]"I visited Paris with France-Canada Tours last year.
[07:49.11]My visit was great!I stayed in the Chateau¹⁶ Louis Hotel in Paris.
[07:55.59]France-Canada tours let me use their car.
[08:00.24]It is easy to travel through Paris when you have your own car!
[08:05.83]I even had dinner on a boat!It was floating¹⁷ down the Seine River!
[08:12.17]If you visit Paris this summer,
[08:15.93]go with France-Canada Tours."--Maurice Green,Edmonton
[08:22.70]Call France-Canada Tours today!Picnics Are Delicious!
[08:31.24]The PERFECT PICNIC BASKETThe Sunny Day
[08:36.88]Special Picnic BasketThis is a wonderful picnic basket!
[08:44.25]It is perfect for hungry moments in the park.
[08:48.93]Open the lid¹² and you'll find...SANDWICHES Ham⁹ and Cheese!
[08:57.08]--This sandwich is made with ham and cheese.
[09:01.65]We use your choice of white or brown bread.
[09:06.30]Everyone loves this sandwich!
[09:10.66]Egg,Lettuce¹⁸ and Tomato!--What a delicious sandwich!
[09:16.72]Our tomatoes are red and juicy¹⁹!Our lettuce is green and tasty²⁰!
[09:24.27]COLD CHICKENOur chicken is very good!Everyone asks how we make it.
[09:31.35]But we won't tell!DrinksIced tea!--Everyone loves drinking iced tea!
[09:40.49]Have a glass or two!Pop!--Children love having a drink of pop on a hot day!
[09:48.85]We keep the pop extra²¹ cold.We pack two flavours:grape and strawberry.
[09:56.61]Lemonade!--We make our lemonade with big yellow lemons and lots of sugar.
[10:04.87]You will love it!
[10:08.03]FRUIT Strawberries!--You'll find big,
[10:13.07]juicy strawberriesin the Sunny Day Special Picnic Basket!
[10:18.92]Oranges!--Our oranges taste like summer!
[10:23.96]Bite into one and you won't forget it.Apples!
[10:28.82]--We packed lots of red apples in the picnic basket!
[10:34.88]DESSERTCookies!--We packed large peanut²² butter cookies in the basket!
[10:42.82]Kids love peanut butter cookies.Apple Pie!--Our apple pie is delicious!
[10:51.68]We use three different kinds of applesand lots of brown sugar in our pies.
[10:59.04]Sleeping in a Tent I can't sleep in my blue tent.
[11:06.15]Tree shadows²³ jump like hungry animals.
[11:11.48]Fingers of wind move along the blue skin and I am scared.Rain comes.
[11:20.62]The moon shakes her cloudy skirtsand raindrops fall
[11:26.37]to runlike rivers down my blue-skinned tent.
[11:31.64]Where are my keys?
[11:34.88]I run through the rain to my car.
[11:39.35]It is dry!I rest,finally, and sleep.
 

1 waterfall   

n.瀑布

参考例句：

• Let's have our picnic by the waterfall.咱们在瀑布旁野餐吧！
• Climbing such a small waterfall was a piece of cake.爬这个小瀑布小意思啦。

2 territories   

n.领土( territory的名词复数 )；（某人负责的）地区；（个人、群体、动物等占据的）领域；地盘

参考例句：

• Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 2 territories. 加拿大分为十个省和两个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz. 在孤注一掷地闪电战中他猛冲过外国领地。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 coast   

n.海岸，海滨，滑坡；vt.沿海岸而行；vi.下滑

参考例句：

• They're holidaying on the west coast.他们正在西海岸度假。
• There are thousands of villages on the coast.在沿海有上千座村庄。

4 spin   

v./n.纺，（使）快速旋转；旋转，旋转运动

参考例句：

• A man cannot spin and weave at the same time.[谚]一心不能二用。
• We can go for a spin on a bicycle on campus.我们可以骑自行车在校园里兜一圈。

5 wheel   

n.轮子，周期；v.旋转，装以车轮，转动

参考例句：

• The wheel must be breaking.一定是轮子断了。
• Nobody could roll back the wheel of history.没有人能倒转历史的车轮。

6 wheels   

n.轮子( wheel的名词复数 )；旋转；Wheels 汽车；有…轮子的汽车（或自行车等）

参考例句：

• The wheels sank deeper into the mire. 轮子在泥潭中陷得更深了。
• The car wheels got stuck in the mud. 汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。

7 cab   

n.计程车，出租车，出租单马车；vi.乘出租马车

参考例句：

• The cab drove over his legs.马车从他腿上碾过。
• Shall we walk or take a cab?我们步行还是坐出租车？

8 staff   

n.全体人员，同事；棍棒，杆，拐杖，支柱，权杖；vt.为…配备人员

参考例句：

• We need more staff in the office.我们办公室需要更多的工作人员。
• The hotel staff were very friendly.这家旅馆的工作人员非常友好。

9 ham   

n.火腿，大腿，笨拙的演员；adj.过火的，做作的；v.演得过火

参考例句：

• Please give me a can of ham.请给我一罐火腿。
• The ham is very good today.今天的火腿很好。

10 guard   

n.守卫者，警戒；v.保卫，看守，当心

参考例句：

• A guard was placed at the door.门口设了一个警卫。
• The guard stopped him from going through the gate.警卫不让他通过大门。

11 Parliament   

n.议会，国会

参考例句：

• She won a seat in Parliament at the election.她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位。
• The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。

12 lid   

n.盖子，眼睑；v.加盖，盖上；制止，取缔

参考例句：

• She shut the lid down.她扣上了盖儿。
• Put the lid on the garbage can.把盖子盖在垃圾筒上。

13 reserve   

n.储备（物），储藏量，预备队；vt.储备，保存，保留，预定，预约

参考例句：

• We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.票为您保留到明天中午。
• This area was once a wildlife reserve.该地区曾是一个野生动物保护区。

14 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

15 cathedral   

n.教区总教堂；大教堂

参考例句：

• We visited the magnificent cathedral.我们参观了宏伟的教堂。
• There's a cathedral in the town.镇里有一座大教堂。

16 chateau   

n.城堡，别墅

参考例句：

• The house was modelled on a French chateau.这房子是模仿一座法国大别墅建造的。
• The chateau was left to itself to flame and burn.那府第便径自腾起大火燃烧下去。

17 floating   

adj.不固定的，流动的，浮动的v.（使）浮动( float的现在分词 )；（使）漂浮[飘动]；（使货币汇率）自由浮动；轻盈走动

参考例句：

• a bloated body floating in the canal 沟渠里一具发胀的浮尸
• His decapitated body was found floating in a canal. 人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。

18 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。

19 juicy   

adj.多汁的

参考例句：

• The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.桃子的果肉甜而多汁。
• These pears are very juicy.这种梨含的水分很多。

20 tasty   

adj.好吃的，可口的

参考例句：

• What a tasty pie!多好吃的派啊！
• This fish is very tasty.这种鱼很好吃。

21 extra   

adj.额外的，外加的；特大的

参考例句：

• We do not ask for extra pay.我们不要求额外报酬。
• You have to pay extra for breakfast.早餐你要另外付费。

22 peanut   

n.花生

参考例句：

• We don't have peanut oil in our family.我们家不吃花生油。
• The peanut develops below the ground.花生在地下结果。

23 shadows   

n.阴影( shadow的名词复数 )；影子；（坏）影响；形影不离的人[物]

参考例句：

• The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
• The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows. 孩子们追逐着彼此的影子，玩得很开心。