北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 26(3)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 26
[00:04.30]Listening
[00:05.27]My first public performance
[00:09.46]2 a) You are going to listen to a comedian¹
[00:13.32]describing his first stage performance
[00:15.69]in a school play.
[00:17.36]Use the following words and phrases
[00:19.60]to predict the story.
[00:21.93]b Listen and see how close your prediction
[00:24.80]was to the real story.
[00:27.51]I thought my first performance was a disaster.
[00:30.58]It was when I was 14
[00:32.04]and had only been juggling² for 6 months.
[00:34.89]After taking my juggling balls to school
[00:36.99]to show my friends what I would do,
[00:39.17]word got around that I was a juggler³.
[00:41.60]It was Miss Penny, my favourite teacher,
[00:43.86]who asked me to play the part of the court
[00:46.01]clown in the school play,
[00:47.40]The King's Men.
[00:49.26]The play was about King Arthur and his knights⁵
[00:51.58]and it told the story of how each knight⁴
[00:53.59]became one of the King's men.
[00:55.94]The scene that I would open
[00:57.38]was a banquet in the King's Court
[00:59.52]where a young man saved the King's life.
[01:02.39]An evil man was plotting to kill the King
[01:04.72]and he had paid one of the servants
[01:06.33]to put a few drops of poison
[01:08.00]in the King's royal cup.
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1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 juggling   

n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的 动词juggle的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。
• The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。

3 juggler   

n. 变戏法者, 行骗者

参考例句：

• Dick was a juggler, who threw mists before your eyes. 迪克是个骗子，他在你面前故弄玄虚。
• The juggler juggled three bottles. 这个玩杂耍的人可同时抛接3个瓶子。

4 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

5 knights   

骑士； （中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )； 骑士； 爵士； （国际象棋中）马

参考例句：

• stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
• He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。