北师大版高中英语模块3--Unit 9 Wheels warm-up

[00:02.61]Unit 9 Wheels  Warm-up¹
[00:07.70]Exercise 4 Listen and identify the five(four)
[00:12.32]speakers from the definitions² in Exercise 3.
[00:16.64]1. Well, I usually start work
[00:19.99]at about six in the morning.
[00:21.90]I don't usually do long distances-
[00:24.49]the furthest³ I drive is about a hundred miles.
[00:27.31]It's very stressful, know what I mean?
[00:29.12]Driving all day.
[00:30.61]And the traffic's really bad nowadays,
[00:32.60]much worse than when I started.
[00:34.87]Traffic jams everywhere...
[00:38.30]2. Look at them!
[00:40.82]Cars parked everywhere.
[00:42.67]And crossing the road is really dangerous.
[00:45.57]People drive so fast.
[00:47.61]I was going across the road the other day
[00:49.54]with my grandson,
[00:50.95]and suddenly this big lorry⁴ came along
[00:53.25]and nearly hit us.And the pollution,
[00:56.24]it's really terrible these days...
[01:00.69]3.People say I'm mad,
[01:03.52]'cos I always ride to school.
[01:05.76]I love it and actually it's much quicker
[01:07.69]than the bus or even a car
[01:09.82]because the traffic's so bad these days.
[01:12.38]And it keeps me fit, doesn't it?
[01:16.34]4. I know I use it too much,
[01:19.08]but public transport is terrible where I live.
[01:22.02]We live out of town, you know,
[01:23.93]and I need the car to go shopping,
[01:25.80]to go to work, to take the kids to school.
[01:27.73]

1 warm-up   

n.准备动作，热身，预热，热身赛

参考例句：

• Warm-up exercises is necessary for competitors to start swimming.对游泳运动员来说，在开始之前做热身运动是非常必要的。
• I never bother to do warm-up exercises.我向来懒得做热身运动。

2 definitions   

定义( definition的名词复数 )； 规定； 清晰（度）； 解释

参考例句：

• Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity. 释义要写清楚以免产生歧义。
• Definitions in this dictionary are printed in roman type. 这本词典里的释义是用罗马体印刷的。

3 furthest   

adv.(far的最高级)更远

参考例句：

• Our house is the furthest from the school.我们家是离学校最远的。
• Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。

4 lorry   

n.（英）卡车；（=<美>truck）

参考例句：

• The old man was run down by a big lorry.那个老人被一辆大卡车撞倒了。
• A lorry ran down the hill out of control.卡车失去了控制，直往山下冲去。