小学综合英语6A--Unit 14

Unit 14
[00:37.69]Revision-An old friend
[00:42.97]Many years ago,
[00:46.52]a judge sent a man to prison. 'You are a thief,' he said.
[00:53.97]'You must stay in prison for twenty years.'
[00:59.43]'I am innocent¹,' the man argued.'I have not stolen anything.'
[01:06.30]'You argue too much the judge said.
[01:12.25]He did not believe him. During the night the man escaped from prison.
[01:20.90]He ran for many days until he came to a cave.
[01:26.86]He went into the cave and soon fell asleep.
[01:33.41]When he woke up a lion was standing² near him.
[01:39.66]It was holding out one of its paws⁴.
[01:44.12]It had hurt itself and its paw³ was bleeding.
[01:50.29]The man tore a piece of his shirt to make a bandage for the lion's paw.
[01:57.45]The lion was very grateful.It lay down beside the man and slept.
[02:07.01]The lion and the man because good friends and stayed together many years.
[02:16.25]Then the man decided⁵ go back to the city.
[02:21.53]Unfortunately the police caught him and the judge sent him back prison.
[02:30.36]'This time,' the judge said,'you will die.'
[02:36.60]The next day the prison guards took all the prisoners to a large stadium.
[02:43.87]Thousands of people came to watch wild animals eat them.
[02:50.95]The prisoners waited in the centre of the stadium for the wild animals come out.
[03:01.68]They were waiting to the animals with their hands.
[03:08.21]The crowd roared⁶ and a huge lion ran into the stadium.
[03:15.66]It saw the man and raced towards him.
[03:21.51]Then it stopped running and looked at him.
[03:28.64]'You were my friend a year ago,'the man said to the lion.
[03:34.20]'Are you my friend now?'
[03:37.97]The lion lay down at his feet.
[03:44.42]'Let the prisoner go free,'the crowd shouted now.
[03:50.77]'He must be innocent. The lion has given us a sign.'
[03:58.03]The judge agreed,and set him free.

1 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 paw   

n.手掌，手爪；v.以蹄扒地，笨拙地使用，费力地前进

参考例句：

• He served as a cat's paw.他充当爪牙。
• Don't paw at everything you see.别见什么摸什么。

4 paws   

n.爪子( paw的名词复数 )；手

参考例句：

• Take your filthy paws off me! 把你的脏手从我身上拿开！
• Take your dirty little paws off me! 别用你的小黑手抓着我。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 roared   

v.咆哮( roar的过去式和过去分词 )；大笑；大哭；熊熊燃烧

参考例句：

• A log fire roared in the open hearth. 柴火在敞开着的壁炉里熊熊燃烧。
• Vroom! A sports car roared past. 呜的一声，一辆跑车疾驶而过。