北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit4 15-1

[00:00.00]UNIT 4
[00:07.37]Lesson 15
[00:12.28]Exercise 1.2
[00:15.01]Jake worked as taxi driver.
[00:18.18]Late one night he was driving on the street
[00:21.56]looking for customers.
[00:23.62]It was cold and it was raining
[00:26.51]and there were no people on the streets.
[00:30.13]He was driving along and thinking¹ about
[00:33.47]going back home when suddenly a woman appeared.
[00:38.85]She was standing² under a streetlight
[00:41.97]and she was carrying a small suitcase.
[00:46.32]She waved to stop the taxi.
[00:49.52]Jake stopped and she got in.
[00:52.67]She didin't say a word.
[00:55.71]She just gave him a small piece of paper
[00:59.42]with the address of house in Delton,
[01:02.57]on the other side of the city.
[01:05.44]They drove³ in silence⁴ across town
[01:08.68]through the rain.
[01:10.33]While they were waiting at a stoplight
[01:13.89]he looked at her in the mirror
[01:16.42]and saw that she was crying.
[01:19.18]He asked ,"Are you okay?"
[01:22.81]but she didn't reply.
[01:25.84]When they finally arrived at the house,
[01:29.57]she paid him, got out, and went inside.
[01:29.57]

1 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

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 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

4 silence   

n.沉默，无声，静寂，湮没，无声息；vt.使缄默；int.安静！

参考例句：

• She raised a hand for silence.她举手示意大家安静。
• They drove home in silence.他们默不作声地开车回家。