step by step 第一册 lesson 14

Lesson 14 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

A．Sentence Structure

Drill 1

1．Where?________________________________________

2．Whom?________________________________________

3．How long?______________________________________

4．Why?__________________________________________

5．How much?_____________________________________

6．From whom?____________________________________

7．How many?______________________________________

8．What?__________________________________________

9．How? __________________________________________

Drill 2

1．_______________________________________________

2．_______________________________________________

3．_______________________________________________

4．_______________________________________________

5．_______________________________________________

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B．Difficult Sentences

1．____to Venezuela will take _______________

2．____, post offices throughout England ______“One Penny” black stamps and“Two Pence¹” bluc stamps.

Lesson 14 Part Ⅱ John At The PostOffice

Part Ⅱ  John At The Post Office

Exercises:

1．____ The airmail rate to Venezuela is 50 cents a half ounce².

2．____ It usually takes two or three days for a letter to get to Venezuela by air.

3．____ It may take three to four weeks for a letter to get to the interior³ of the country by air.

4．____ Regular  mail to Venezuela goes by boat.

5．____ Regular mail to Venezuela takes a longer time, because the sailings are irregular.

Lesson 14 Part Ⅲ How DidPostage Stamps Come Into Use

Part Ⅲ    How Did Postage⁴ Stamps Come Into Use

Exercises:

Ⅰ．

1．Why were people unhappy to pay postage for letters in the early nineteenth century?

___________________________________________________

2．Why was the postage rate high at that time?

___________________________________________________

Ⅱ．

Rowland Hill, a schoolmaster in England, was the first to____ forward a proposal⁵ to____ stamps. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps to____ postage. They could ____ to the nearby post office to____ stamps and put them on envelopes before they____ the letters.  The post office could simply____ seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again.  In this way,  the post office did not need to send postmen to____ postage.  It only needed to send fewer postmen to____ letters. That was a good idea and the government finally____ it.

1 pence   

n.便士；名词penny的复数形式

参考例句：

• She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
• These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。

2 ounce   

n.盎司，英两

参考例句：

• He poured in every ounce of power but couldn't make it.他竭尽了全力却无济于事。
• He has used up the last ounce of oil.他已用完最后一滴油。

3 interior   

adj.在内的，内部的，内地的，国内的；n.内部

参考例句：

• There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
• They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。

4 postage   

n.邮费，邮资

参考例句：

• This dictionary is 100 yuan,postage included.这本词典连邮费共100元。
• All letters must be stamped with the correct postage.任何信件都应该按所需邮资贴邮票。

5 proposal   

n.提议，建议；求婚

参考例句：

• I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
• They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。