北师大初中英语八年级上--Expansion5-1

[00:00.55]UNIT 5
[00:08.14]Expansion 5
[00:13.94]Exercise 2
[00:16.57]Hi,everybody, and welcome back to
[00:18.95]"The Problem¹ Line"
[00:20.74]where teenagers² can call us
[00:22.62]and talk about their problems³.
[00:24.65]Today,
[00:25.93]we're talking about problems with parents.
[00:29.25]Okay, it's time for another call.
[00:33.09]Hello, who's calling?
[00:35.62]Hello, My name's Danny.
[00:37.97]Hi, Danny.
[00:39.44]Welcome to "The Problem Line".
[00:41.78]What's your problem?
[00:43.53]Well, I'm having problems with my mom.
[00:47.23]She always complains⁴ about me.
[00:49.65]She says I'm not tidy enough.
[00:52.14]And are you tidy, Danny?
[00:54.93]Well, er...maybe, sometimes,
[00:58.16]I guess.
[00:59.58]But I think my mom is too strict⁵.
[01:02.35]What does your mom say?
[01:05.83]She says that I'm too lazy⁶ to pick⁷ up my things
[01:09.72]But that's no true⁸.
[01:11.49]If I don't do it, it's because I'm too busy.
[01:15.27]Too busy? Doing what?
[01:18.69]Well, I do lots of activities⁹ after school-
[01:22.93]I play sports and I go to chess club¹⁰,
[01:25.90]things like that.
[01:27.14]Also, I have lots of homework.
[01:29.99]I explain¹¹ this to my mom but she doesn't listen
[01:33.63]She does not understand me.
[01:36.05]I see.
[01:37.80]And I tell her that
[01:39.03]I'll pick up my things later¹²,
[01:40.95]but she doesn't believe¹³ me.
[01:43.23]She's not trusting¹⁴ enough.
[01:43.23]

1 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

2 teenagers   

n.少年男女，青少年；青少年( teenager的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There is considerable pressure on teenagers to conform. 年轻人被大力要求守规矩。
• A couple of teenagers were kissing and cuddling on the doorstep. 一对年轻人在门阶上亲吻拥抱。

3 problems   

n.问题( problem的名词复数 )；疑难问题；习题；思考题

参考例句：

• It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage. 这是他第一次婚姻问题的重演。
• a few admin problems 一些行政问题

4 complains   

v.抱怨，诉苦，投诉( complain的第三人称单数 )；申诉，控诉，抗议；诉说，申诉，控告[后面常跟从句]

参考例句：

• The girl always complains about lacking suitable raiment. 这个女孩总是抱怨没有合适的衣服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She often complains that he is dishonest. 她常埋怨说他不诚实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 strict   

adj.严格的；严厉的，绝对的，详尽的；精确的

参考例句：

• We must be strict in our work.我们必须严于职守。
• She is a strict teacher.她是个严格的教师。

6 lazy   

adj.懒惰的

参考例句：

• Lazy people seldom succeed.懒惰的人很少会成功。
• Don't be so lazy.不要这样懒惰。

7 pick   

n.精选，掘；鹤嘴锄；vt.摘，掘，凿，挑选，挖，挑剔；vi. 摘，掘，凿，挖，挑选

参考例句：

• Please don't pick the flowers.请勿攀折花木。
• We are going to pick apples.我们要去摘苹果。

8 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

9 activities   

n.活动( activity的名词复数 )；活力；活动力

参考例句：

• the enlargement of the company's overseas business activities 公司海外业务的扩展
• Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage. 有些商业活动是为间谍活动提供掩护。

10 club   

n社团；俱乐部，夜总会，社；棍棒，（高尔夫球等的）球棒， （扑克牌）梅花；vt.棍打，把...当棍棒用；协作，联合

参考例句：

• He joined the football club.他加入了足球俱乐部。
• He is managing a club for teenagers.他在经营一家青少年俱乐部。

11 explain   

vt.解释，说明；vi. 解释，说明，辩解

参考例句：

• She knows how to explain it.她知道怎么解释它。
• Could you explain that again?您能再解释一遍吗？

12 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

13 believe   

v.相信；认为

参考例句：

• Believe it or not,that's the way it is.信不信由你，反正事情就是这样。
• I believe what you say.我相信你的话。

14 trusting   

adj.信任的，相信的；轻易信赖别人的；轻信的v.相信，信任( trust的现在分词)；相信；认为可靠

参考例句：

• If you're too trusting, other people will take advantage of you. 如果你过于轻信，其他人就会打你的主意。
• He was too trusting—or, to put it another way, he had no head for business. 他太轻信别人，或者换句话说，他没有商业头脑。 来自《简明英汉词典》