[00:00.00]Unit 8
[00:02.19]Lesson 29
[00:04.65]Father Christmas
[00:06.09]圣诞老人
[00:07.52]naughty
[00:08.80]淘气的
[00:10.08]stocking
[00:11.45]长统袜
[00:12.83]fill
[00:14.26]满
[00:15.70]relative
[00:17.23]亲属
[00:18.76]Christmas Eve
[00:20.19]圣诞前夕
[00:21.63]all over the world
[00:23.16]全世界
[00:24.69]fire
[00:25.91]火
[00:27.14]fallen
[00:28.58]落下
[00:30.01]fall asleep
[00:31.39]睡着了
[00:32.76]chimney
[00:34.23]烟囱
[00:35.71]toy
[00:37.03]玩具
[00:38.35]sweet
[00:39.63]糖果
[00:40.91]strange
[00:42.19]陌生的
[00:43.47]Merry Christmas!
[00:44.84]圣诞快乐！
[00:46.21]1.Read the story and answer the questions.
[00:52.17]Christmas is a very busy time for everyone.
[00:56.01]People send cards to all their relatives and friends.
[01:00.66]They make their houses pretty.
[01:03.11]Everybody has a Christmas tree with coloured lights
[01:07.27]and lots of bright things on it.
[01:10.32]People buy presents for everyone in the family.
[01:13.80]They put them under the tree.
[01:17.04]In many countries,
[01:19.99]Christmas is one of the most important festivals of the year
[01:24.14]Christmas Day is 25th December.
[01:27.69]In some countries,
[01:30.33]Father Christmas brings presents to
[01:33.20]all good children on Christmas Eve.
[01:36.26]He rides through the sky with a big bag of presents.
[01:40.34]He can travel all over the world in one night.
[01:44.39]On that night,
[01:46.45]children are very excited and sometimes a bit naughty.
[01:50.71]Often parents say,
[01:54.05]"If you are naughty,
[01:56.40]Father Christmas might not come.
[01:59.35]Remember!He only comes to visit good children."
[02:03.61]That makes them quiet again!
[02:06.48]Before they go to bed,
[02:09.72]they leave something by the fire for
[02:12.68]Father Christmas to eat and drink.
[02:15.55]Then they each put a stocking at the bottom of their beds
[02:19.60]When everybody has fallen asleep,
[02:22.63]Father Christmas comes down the chimney
[02:25.87]and puts presents into each stocking.
[02:28.82]In the bottom of the stocking,
[02:31.56]he puts an apple or an orange.
[02:34.72]Then he fills the stocking with toys and sweets.
[02:38.35]Children do their best to stay awaketo see Father Christmas
[02:43.08]but usually they fall asleep as soon as they are in bed.
[02:46.95]And no children have ever seen him.
[02:50.71]That's strange,isn't it?
[02:53.45]Lesson 30
[02:55.80]Saint Nicholas
[02:57.03]圣尼古拉斯
[02:58.26]used to
[02:59.34]过去常常
[03:00.43]straw
[03:01.86]稻草
[03:03.30]carrot
[03:04.67]胡萝卜
[03:06.04]not (...) any longer
[03:07.87]不再
[03:09.70]Neither/Nor do I!
[03:12.08]我也不！
[03:14.46]Spain
[03:15.47]西班牙
[03:16.49]roof
[03:17.88]屋顶
[03:19.26]helper
[03:20.44]帮手
[03:21.61]1.Listen to Ben and Rik talking about Christmas.
[03:28.27]Then correct the sentences and answer the questions.
[03:33.03]Ben:I always used to try to stay awake on Christmas Eve
[03:37.39]when I was a little boy.
[03:39.95]But I always fell asleep as soon as I got into bed.
[03:43.92]I don't any longer.
[03:46.48]Rik:Neither do I!
[03:49.04]I stay awake late now.
[03:52.20]But in Holland,
[03:54.16]our Christmas is a bit different from yours.
[03:57.40]When I was little,
[03:59.54]we always used to get our presents on 6th December,
[04:03.70]not the 25th.
[04:06.05]Ben:Really?
[04:08.32]Rik:And our Father Christmas is called Saint Nicholas.
[04:12.68]He arrives on a boat from Spain,
[04:15.74]wearing a warm red coat.
[04:18.51]Then,he travels round the roofs of
[04:21.56]houses on a big white horse.
[04:24.31]He has a helper called Black Pete.
[04:28.07]Ben:Did you use to put a stocking on your bed?
[04:32.04]Rik:No,we didn't.
[04:34.18]We used to put our shoes by the fire.
[04:37.66]Like Father Christmas,
[04:40.71]Saint Nicholas comes down the chimney during the night
[04:44.19]and puts presents in our shoes.
[04:47.35]But we didn't use to leave food for him.
[04:50.40]We filled our shoes with straw and carrots for his horse
[04:55.58]Ben:Did you use to wake up early on 6th December?
[04:59.62]Rik:Yes,we did.
[05:01.58]As soon as we woke up,
[05:04.22]we used to run to the fire to look in our shoes.
[05:07.38]We had to be very quiet
[05:10.33]because Mum and Dad were still asleep!
[05:13.21]We never knew why!
[05:15.85]Lesson 31
[05:18.72]singer
[05:19.95]歌唱家
[05:21.18]Have a nice time/holiday.
[05:24.86]（假期）玩得高兴些啊！
[05:28.54]And the same to you!
[05:30.02]你也一样！
[05:31.49]5.1 Listen and underline all the stressed words.
[05:39.54]Then listen again and repeat.
[05:43.30]"Is the chicken in the kitchen?"said the Russian to the woman
[05:48.03]"Is the kitchen in the station?"said the woman to my cousin
[05:52.78]The chicken's in the kitchen and the kitchen's in the station
[05:57.96]Said my cousin to the woman,and the woman to the Russian.
[06:02.50]Is the station on the mountain?said the Russian to the woman
[06:07.57]"Is the station often open?asked the woman to my cousin
[06:12.61]The station's on the mountain and the station's always open
[06:17.78]Said my cousin to the woman,and the woman to the Russian.
[06:21.94]"So,can I get a chicken in the kitchen in the station?"
[06:26.48]Said the Russian to the woman and the woman to my cousin.
[06:30.24]"Listen!"said my cousin to the woman and the Russian.
[06:34.71]"There's a person in the kitchen
[06:37.56]in the station on the mountain.Ask him!"
[06:41.32]Lesson 32
[06:44.17]lantern
[06:45.25]灯笼
[06:46.33]Ice Lantern Festival
[06:48.11]冰灯节
[06:49.89]ask for
[06:51.26]请求
[06:52.63]1.Listen to Xiaoling.
[06:57.99]She is talking about Harbin in winter.
[07:02.06]Then answer the questions.
[07:05.40]Meihua:Your cousin used to live in Harbin,didn't she,Xiaoling?
[07:09.79]Xiaoling:Yes,she did.
[07:12.64]But they have just moved to Shanghai
[07:15.91]You might be able to meet her!
[07:18.75]Meihua:I'd like that.
[07:21.52]You sent me a postcard from there,didn't you?
[07:25.18]The postcard picture was beautiful.
[07:28.73]It looked like an ice house.
[07:31.58]Deming:An ice house?What's an ice house?
[07:35.52]Well,you know Harbin has a lot of snow and ice in winter.
[07:40.56]Every year,in a big park called Zhaolin Park,
[07:44.80]there is a big festival.
[07:47.64]It's called the Ice Lantern Festival.
[07:51.20]People make all kinds of things out of ice.
[07:55.45]There are statues of people
[07:57.91]and animals and flowers and trees.
[08:01.46]They also cut beautiful buildings from ice.
[08:05.62]Deming:Ooh,I'd love to see that!
[08:08.78]How big are the buildings?
[08:11.65]Xiaoling:Oh,they are big enough to walk into.
[08:15.41]Inside,there are ice chairs and tables and beds.
[08:20.38]You can also climb up to the roof
[08:23.43]-just like in any house.
[08:26.10]Every year,the ice statues tell a different story.
[08:31.35]Sometimes,the stories are about dragons from long ago.
[08:35.50]Sometimes,there are stories from our history
[08:39.58]or stories about our country today.
[08:42.81]They are very,very clever.
[08:45.98]Meihua:Why is it called the Ice Lantern Festival?
[08:50.02]Xiaoling:Well,people put lanterns everywhere.
[08:53.79]The lanterns inside the houses shine through the walls.
[08:58.04]It's very beautiful.
[09:00.68]Deming:If the ice is strong enough to cut,
[09:03.92]is it very cold there?
[09:06.69]Xiaoling:Yes,it is.
[09:09.04]You must have very warm clothes.
[09:12.20]Harbin's temperature in the middle of winter is usually about minus 30℃. |