新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT1 Cooking dinner

[00:01.50]Module 7 ENERGY
[00:04.87]UNIT 1 My mum was cooking dinner.
[00:09.41]1 Listen and read. Then say.
[00:13.48]Hi, Feifei.You don't look happy. What's wrong?
[00:18.11]I haven't finished my homework, Alice!
[00:20.76]Neither have I.Don't worry.
[00:23.07]Miss Wang won't be angry.
[00:25.30]We had a power cut last night,
[00:28.15]so we couldn't do our homework.
[00:30.97]What were you all doing
[00:32.52]when the electricity¹ went off?
[00:35.45]My dad was reading² the newspaper.
[00:37.96]My mum was sending an email³ to my aunt
[00:41.84]in England,and I was doing my homework.
[00:45.80]Mum has to write her email again today.
[00:49.96]My dad was having a shower.It was funny
[00:53.64]because he couldn't find the soap
[00:55.29]when the electricity went off!
[00:57.96]My mum was cooking dinner.
[01:00.15]We had to light some candles
[01:02.33]so she could finish the cooking.
[01:04.95]Hello! Are you talking about the power
[01:07.69]cut last night? Yes.
[01:10.96]I was doing my homework.So were we!
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1 electricity   

n.电；电学

参考例句：

• This room is lighted by electricity.这个房间用电照明。
• We use electricity to run machines.我们使用电力来运行机器。

2 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

3 email   

n.电子邮件（Electronic mail），透过电脑网路传送邮件的方式

参考例句：

• You can send me an email.你可以给我发一份电子邮件。
• It's Interesting to read your email.读你的电子邮件很有趣。