新标准初中英语八年级(上):UNIT2 Spring Festival

[00:00.00]Module 14 FESTIVE¹ SEASONS
[00:05.43]UNIT 2 Why do we celebrate the Spring Festival?
[00:10.18]1 Read and answer
[00:13.17]Read the story and answer the questions
[00:15.53]on the next page.
[00:17.44]Circle the correct letters
[00:19.56]The Chinese Spring Festival
[00:21.75]is also called "Guo Nian".
[00:24.46]This means² 'keeping the Nian monster³ away'.
[00:28.32]Thousands of years ago,people in China believed
[00:31.46]that there was an enormous⁴ monster.
[00:34.35]It lived in the mountains.
[00:36.46]This monster was called'Nian'
[00:39.01]and it ate humans and animals.
[00:42.21]In the winter,Nian usually went to the villages
[00:45.58]to look for food because it could not find food
[00:49.31]in the mountains.
[00:50.95]The people were frightened of Nian
[00:53.61]and for many years,they ran away
[00:56.28]when Nian was near their villages.
[00:59.56]Then,one winter,
[01:01.25]they discovered that Nian didn't like
[01:03.81]three things:Loud noise,the colour red and fire
[01:10.13]That winter,the people in the villages
[01:12.77]painted their doors red.
[01:14.70]They cut down bamboo⁵ plants to make fires
[01:17.80]in front of their houses and at night,
[01:20.88]they hit things to make loud noises to
[01:23.92]chase Nian away.
[01:23.92]

1 festive   

adj.欢宴的，节日的

参考例句：

• It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
• We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 monster   

n.怪物；极残酷的人；巨人(兽等)；adj.巨大的

参考例句：

• The whale is a monster!这头鲸鱼是个怪物！
• The monster hears a noise.那个妖怪听见了噪音。

4 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

5 bamboo   

n.竹；竹子；adj.用竹子制的

参考例句：

• She sometimes uses a bamboo as a stick.她有时用竹竿当手杖。
• People use bamboo to build houses.人们用竹子建造房屋。