新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT2 East Sea

[00:01.35]Module 5 A FABLE¹
[00:05.37]UNIT 2 I live in the East Sea.
[00:10.14]1 Listen and read. Then say.
[00:14.68]The turtle tried to climb inside² the well
[00:17.89]but he couldn't.The well was³ very small.
[00:21.81]He then said⁴ to the frog,
[00:24.24]"I live in the East Sea.
[00:26.74]Have you never been there?"
[00:28.69]"No, I haven't,"said the frog.
[00:31.64]"It's so big you cannot see the end of it.
[00:35.25]Hundreds of years ago, there were floods⁵,
[00:38.34]but the sea did⁶ not get any bigger.
[00:41.04]There were droughts⁷,
[00:42.41]but the sea did not get any smaller.
[00:45.52]The rain does not change the sea.
[00:48.58]The sea never changes.I love living⁸ there."
[00:53.75]After listening to the turtle,
[00:55.97]the frog did not speak for a while⁹.
[00:59.01]After a while, he said,'I fell¹⁰ very samll.
[01:03.19]I think I'm very silly¹¹.You live in the sea
[01:07.08]and it's much bigger than my well.
[01:09.95]I think my well is the best home in the world,
[01:13.63]but I haven't seen¹² the sea yet¹³.'
[01:16.46]"Never mind¹⁴, little frog," eplied the turtle.
[01:20.00]"Your well is nice, too."
[01:26.34]3 Pronunciation¹⁵ Listen and say.
[01:31.03]I live in the East Sea.
[01:33.36]I love living there.
[01:35.78]I fell very small.
[01:37.52]I think I'm very silly.
[01:38.39]

1 fable   

n.寓言；童话；神话

参考例句：

• The fable is given on the next page. 这篇寓言登在下一页上。
• He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

2 inside   

n.内部，内脏，内幕；adj.内部的，秘密的，户内的；prep.在...之内

参考例句：

• Two minutes later we were inside the taxi.两分钟以后我们已经坐在出租车里面了。
• He will be back inside two days.他将在两天内回来。

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

5 floods   

n.洪水( flood的名词复数 )；水灾；大批v.（使）充斥( flood的第三人称单数 )；大量涌来；（使）为水淹没；使大受感动

参考例句：

• disasters such as floods and famine 水灾和饥荒这一类灾难
• The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country. 大雨使全国许多地方泛滥成灾。

6 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

7 droughts   

n.干旱（时期）( drought的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some of these droughts must have been severe. 有一些旱灾想必是严重的。 来自辞典例句
• Farmers' problems continued, and their suffering was compounded by serious droughts in 1986 and 1988. １９８６年和１９８８年的干旱使农民的处境更是雪上加霜。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

8 living   

adj.活的，活着的，现存的；逼真的，一模一样的；生活的，维持生活的；n.生活，生计

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。

9 while   

conj.当…的时候；而；虽然；尽管 n.一会儿

参考例句：

• In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
• He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。

10 fell   

vbl.fall的过去式，vt.击倒，打倒（疾病等），致于...死地，砍伐；n.一季所伐的木材，兽皮，羊毛；adj.凶猛的，可怕的

参考例句：

• I fell to the ground.我摔倒在地上。
• The young couple fell in love at first sight.这对年轻人一见钟情。

11 silly   

adj.傻的，愚蠢的

参考例句：

• It was silly of him to do it.他那么做真是太傻了。
• How silly of you to do that!你做那事多愚蠢呀！

12 seen   

vbl.(see的过去分词)看见

参考例句：

• Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后，就没有见过他了。
• I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。

13 yet   

adv.还，仍然，即刻；conj.尽管，然而

参考例句：

• I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
• Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮，但还没找到男朋友呢。

14 mind   

n.思想，主意，心意；v.介意，照顾，留心

参考例句：

• I've changed my mind.我一经转变主意。
• You really don't mind?你真的不介意？

15 pronunciation   

n.发音，发音法

参考例句：

• Please correct my pronunciation.请纠正我的发音。
• She speaks English with a good pronunciation.她的英语发音很正确。