小学综合英语4A--Unit 15

Unit 15
[00:46.99]Someone at the door
[00:50.29]One evening Patsy was alone in the flat.
[00:57.05]Suddenly,she heard a noise outside the door.
[01:04.31]She stood up quickly and went to the door.
[01:11.89]She could hear two men 'Is this the place?'
[01:19.54]one of the men asked quietly.
[01:23.70]'Yes,ring the bell, 'the other man said.
[01:29.57]The second man rang the bell. Patsy did not open the door.
[01:39.74]She did not know the men.She was frightened.
[01:46.40]'Knock on the door, 'the first man said.
[01:52.14]The second man knocked loudly on the door. Patsy still did not open the door.
[02:05.70]'Are we going to break down the door? the first man asked angrily.
[02:13.46]Patsy was very worried now. She ran to the phone and dialled 110.
[02:22.52]The police answered quickly.
[02:26.29]'There are two men outside my flat,'Patsy said quietly.
[02:33.23]'They're going to break down the door.' She gave the police her name and address.
[02:41.70]The police arrived quickly and took the men away.
[02:48.18]Sally Structure¹
[02:56.93]quick+ly=quickly
[03:04.76]How did Patsy stand up? She stood up quickly.
[03:12.63]angry+ily=angrily
[03:21.40]How did the first man speak? He spoke² angrily.
[03:30.26]loud+ly=loudly
[03:38.51]How did the man knock on the door? He knocked loudly.
[03:47.45]quiet+ly=quietly
[03:55.99]How did Patsy speak on the telephone? She spoke quietly.
[04:05.42]Conversation
[04:12.79]The girl in this conversation is very worried.
[04:19.87]Girl:Come quickly. Someone is outside my flat.
[04:25.93]Policeman:What did you say?
[04:29.87]Girl:I said,'Someone is outsaid my flat.' He's banging³ loudly on my door.
[04:39.01]Policeman:What's your address?
[04:42.49]Girl:Flat 5,13th Floor Block⁴ G,Wan Fu Estate⁵.
[04:49.25]Policeman:Can you speak slowly,please.
[04:53.12]Girl:Flat 5,13th Floor Block G,Wan Fu Estate.
[05:01.95]Policeman:Speak loudly,please.
[05:05.82]Girl:Oh,it doesn't matter.They've gone away.

1 structure   

n.结构，构造，建筑物；v.构成；

参考例句：

• Doctors study the structure of the human body.医生研究人体构造。
• A flower has quite a complicated structure.一朵花的结构相当复杂。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 banging   

vt.猛击，猛撞（bang的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• The baby was banging the table with his spoon. 小宝宝用调羹敲打着桌子。
• Stop banging around, children, Father is trying to sleep. 孩子们，别到处乱敲！爸爸想睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 block   

n.街区；v.阻塞

参考例句：

• We lived on the same block.我们住在同一街区。
• We walked round the block.我们绕着这个街区散步。

5 estate   

n.所有地，地产，庄园；住宅区；财产，资产

参考例句：

• My estate lies within a mile.我的地产离那有一英里。
• The great real estate brokers do far more than this.而优秀的房地产经纪人做得可比这多得多。