高中英语河北版上Unit six

[00:00.00]Unit six Learning¹ through travel
[00:-1.00]We can learn so much when we travel to other countries.
[00:-2.00]My views of the world have changed because of travelling.
[00:-3.00]Besides the language differences,I noticed many examples of how people
[00:-4.00]have a different way of understanding the world.
[00:-5.00]I have come a long way;the journey has exhausted² me.-African Proverb
[00:-6.00]Section 1 New words and ideas
[00:-7.00]Li Ming and Jenny Discussing Their Traveling Experiences
[00:-8.00]Li Ming and Jenny exchange e-mails about their travelling experiences.
[00:-9.00][email protected]
[00:10.00][email protected]
[00:11.00]Subject:Traveling Experiences!
[00:12.00]Date:20/11 7:15 PM
[00:13.00]Yesterday,I gave a presentation³ in class about my student exchange to Canada.
[00:14.00]I remembered many great times.I sure learned⁴ a lot,too!
[00:15.00]Do you remember when we went snowmobiling on the lake behind your house?
[00:16.00]It was so cold that day and we were trying to start a fire on the ice.
[00:17.00]Remember when we had to walk in snow up to our things
[00:18.00]to get more wood for the fire?
[00:19.00]My classmates were surprised that your parents came with us
[00:20.00]and spent the whole day playing in the snow.
[00:21.00]I think families in Canada have more free time than families in China.
[00:22.00]Yes,I noticed that when I visited China.
[00:23.00]I really loved China.And not only because of the good food!
[00:24.00]You have more history than we do in Canada.
[00:25.00]I loved the old buildings and temples
[00:26.00]and all the stories that made the places come alive.
[00:27.00]In the Chinese countryside,like at the Great Wall,
[00:28.00]I not only felt a connection to nature,but also a connection to the past.
[00:29.00]I could understand the Chinese respect for ancestors⁵ a little better.
[00:30.00]We don't experstand that as much in Canada.
[00:31.00]Yes,between your culture and my culture many things are different,
[00:32.00]and yet in some ways people are similar all over the world.
[00:33.00]That's why we can be friends!
[00:34.00]Travelling is a wonderful way to explore the differences and similarities⁶.
[00:35.00]We can learn so much when we travel to other countries.
[00:36.00]My views of the world have changed because of travelling.
[00:37.00]Besides the language differences,I noticed many examples
[00:38.00]of how people have a different way of understanding the world.
[00:39.00]When I went to Mexico I saw that Mexican people
[00:40.00]have fewer"things"than we do in Canada,
[00:41.00]and they don't seem to think "things"are important in life.
[00:42.00]Mexican people tend to use things and share things,
[00:43.00]rather than collect things.
[00:44.00]Yeah,I know what you mean.When I came to Canada,
[00:45.00]I was surprised to see how much stuff⁷ people had,
[00:46.00]and how big the houses were,and how much space there was all around.
[00:47.00]Li Ming,do you realize what else you learned when you came here?
[00:48.00]You learned the word"stuff"!You sound very Canadian,now.Wow!
[00:49.00]Thanks,Jenny.spending time in Canada with an English-speaking family
[00:50.00]has helped me to improve my speaking a lot.
[00:51.00]But I still want to learn more.
[00:52.00]I am applying to go to a summer camp in Australia next year.
[00:53.00]We will do some touring and some camping.
[00:54.00]There will be young people from all over the world.
[00:55.00]I'm really looking forward to it.Why don't you come along with us?
[00:56.00]That sounds great!I would love to come,
[00:57.00]but I already have a plan for next summer.
[00:58.00]I have been invited to join a group of teens⁸ from my school on a trip to Brazil.
[00:59.00]We will go there weeks to work with the poor people there.
[-1:00.00]Some of us will help local people build a small medical centre,
[-1:-1.00]and some of us will teach the children.
[-1:-2.00]I am very excited,but a little nervous,too.
[-1:-3.00]I will learn a lot about poverty⁹ around the world
[-1:-4.00]and I will be able to practise my Portugwese.
[-1:-5.00]I think travelling to many different countries
[-1:-6.00]can help us understand one another better.
[-1:-7.00]Then the whole world can live together more peacefully.
[-1:-8.00]Good luck with your plans,Jenny.
[-1:-9.00]I think both of us will have many valuable experiences next summer.
[-1:10.00]And maybe I won't change the world on this trip,
[-1:11.00]but at least I will to see my first kangaroo!
[-1:12.00]Song
[-1:13.00]Section 2 meaning through practice
[-1:14.00]C.Build your listening skills
[-1:15.00]First,listen to the flight attendant's announcement
[-1:16.00]on an airplane before take-off.
[-1:17.00]Here are a few terms that will help you to answer the questions below[-1:18.00]Listen carefully to the tape again.
[-1:19.00]In brackets,write"T"for statements¹⁰ that are true,
[-1:20.00]and "F"for those that are false.
[-1:21.00]Section 4 Reading for meaning
[-1:22.00]Travel with Danny-letters to Li Ming
[-1:23.00]1.Denny's first stop:London
[-1:24.00]Jan 14,2003  Dear Li Ming,
[-1:25.00]Wow!I was so lucky to win trip around the world!
[-1:26.00]I just arrived in London a few days ago,and I am having a great time.
[-1:27.00]The city is huge;someone on the train told me there are 12 million people here,
[-1:28.00]and I believe it! I have already lots of the major sights;
[-1:29.00]the House of Parliament¹¹ and Big Ben,Westminster Abbey and of course,
[-1:30.00]Buckingham Palace.Buckingham palace is the home of Queen Elizabeth II
[-1:31.00]and the rest of the royal family.
[-1:32.00]It's magnificent¹²!I also went to the Piccadilly circus
[-1:33.00]and took a walk around Trafalgar Square.
[-1:34.00]Being a tourist here can be quite expensive,
[-1:35.00]but my friends and I have found a few ways to save money.
[-1:36.00]Most restaurants,for example,are very costly,
[-1:37.00]but the East Indian curry¹³ houses are quite reasonable.
[-1:38.00]Not only that,but the food is delicious!Then,of course,
[-1:39.00]there's the traditional English favourite:fish and chiips.
[-1:40.00]My friend and I have been eating lots of this as well.
[-1:41.00]For accommodation,I'm staying at a nice B&B on the West side of London.
[-1:42.00]Travellers¹⁴ on a really tight¹⁵ budget stay in hostels¹⁶,
[-1:43.00]since they are the cheapest places to stay.
[-1:44.00]Hostels usually have larger rooms with many beds inside,
[-1:45.00]and travellers simply rent a bed for th night.
[-1:46.00]There are hostels all over the world,including China,Li Ming!
[-1:47.00]I met a girl here.She stayed at the Xi'an Shuyuan International Youth Hostel,
[-1:48.00]and she had a wonderful time there!
[-1:49.00]Well,Li Ming,that's about it for now!
[-1:50.00]Tomorrow I'm going to see St.Paul's Cathedral,
[-1:51.00]which is supposed to be just magnificent.
[-1:52.00]I'll be in London for another week,and then off to Cape¹⁷ Town for then days!
[-1:53.00]Wish me luck!Your friend,Danny
[-1:54.00]2.Danny's second stop:Cape Town,South Africa
[-1:55.00]Jan 30,2003   Hi Li Ming,
[-1:56.00]Well I've made it safely to my second destinations:Cape Town,South Africa.
[-1:57.00]What a different!First of all,it is so hot here!
[-1:58.00]We're in the southern hemisphere,so while it's winter in the U.K.right now,
[-1:59.00]it's summer here in South Africa.
[-2:00.00]Did you know that South Africa has eleven official languages?
[-2:-1.00]In addition to English,
[-2:-2.00]people in different parts of the country
[-2:-3.00]speak neat languages like Zulu,Xhosa,and Afrikaans.
[-2:-4.00]in the streets of Cape Town,you hear mostly Afrikaans and Xhosa,
[-2:-5.00]but of course,almost everyone speaks English as well.
[-2:-6.00]The coolest thing about Cape Town
[-2:-7.00]is that there's a mountain right in the middle of it!
[-2:-8.00]It's called Table Mountain,because it looks just like a table.
[-2:-9.00]You may have seen pictures of it before.
[-2:10.00]A few days ago,I hiked¹⁸ to very top of Table mountain.
[-2:11.00]The view from there was just amazing!
[-2:12.00]You could look way out over the city to the Atlantic Ocean.
[-2:13.00]It was just beautiful! [-2:14.00]Yesterday,I went on a tour to see great white sharks in the ocean.
[-2:15.00]It was so exciting!A group of six of us met the tour guide in the morning,
[-2:16.00]and he took us out on the boat.When we got far enough from the shore,
[-2:17.00]the guide stopped the boat and put some meat in the ocean ot attract the sharks.
[-2:18.00]After a few minutes,one came close to our boat.
[-2:19.00]One by one,we got in the small cage at the end of the boat,
[-2:20.00]which the guide lowered¹⁹ under the water so that we could see the shark.
[-2:21.00]It was so big!I can't believe I was brave enough to get into that cage.
[-2:22.00]Did you know that great white sharks have 3000 teeth?
[-2:23.00]I can't wait to tell you more stories when I get back home.
[-2:24.00]But first,I have one stop!I'll write again soon!You friend,Danny
[-2:25.00]3.Danny's third stop:New York  Feb 11,2003
[-2:26.00]Hi Li Ming,Can you guess where I am now?"The Big Apple!"
[-2:27.00]That's the nickname²⁰ for New York City.
[-2:28.00]I thought London was big,but New York is even bigger!
[-2:29.00]There are 18 million people here.
[-2:30.00]It's no wonder people call it"the Capital of the World"!
[-2:31.00]I learned that New York is really like five cities in one:
[-2:32.00]Manhattan,the Bronx,Brooklyn,Queens and Staten Island.
[-2:33.00]I've spent most of my time in Manhattan[-2:34.00]since there's just so much to see there.
[-2:35.00]I've walked down Broadway and around Times Square,
[-2:36.00]and I even got to see the Empire State Building!
[-2:37.00]Yesterday I went to se Radio City Music Hall,
[-2:38.00]the biggest indoor theatre in the would!It was really incredible²¹.
[-2:39.00]Tomorrow,I'm planning to take a ferry²² boat from Manhattan to Staten Island.
[-2:40.00]That ferry passes the Statue of Liberty²³!
[-2:41.00]Do you know that building is over 100 years old?
[-2:42.00]In 1886,it was given to the United²⁴ States as a gift from France,
[-2:43.00]in recognition²⁵ of the friendship they built during the American Revolution²⁶.
[-2:44.00]At 4'6''her nose is almost as tall as you,Li Ming!
[-2:45.00]I can hardly wait to see her!Well,I guess that's all for now.
[-2:46.00]Take care,Li Ming,and I'll see you soon!Your friend,Danny

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

3 presentation   

n.赠与，陈述，介绍；表演，展示

参考例句：

• Last week we went to the presentation of a new play.上星期我们去观看了一场新剧的演出。
• The manner of presentation is highly important.介绍的方式很重要。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

5 ancestors   

n.祖先( ancestor的名词复数 )；祖宗；原型；（动物的）原种

参考例句：

• His ancestors had come to America from Ireland. 他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。
• The custom of worshipping ancestors is prevalent among these people. 崇拜祖先的风俗在这些人中是普遍的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 similarities   

[ similarity ]的复数形式； 类似( similarity的名词复数 )； 相像性； 相仿性； 类似性

参考例句：

• similarities between human and non-human animals 人和其他动物之间的相似之处
• The panel shows marked similarities with mosaics found elsewhere. 这块嵌板和在其他地方找到的镶嵌图案有明显的相似之处。

7 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

8 teens   

n.13至19岁的年龄；青少年

参考例句：

• His son is in his teens.他的儿子十几岁。
• She's not yet out of her teens.她还不到二十岁。

9 poverty   

n.贫穷， 贫困， 贫乏， 缺少

参考例句：

• We must continue to war against poverty and disease.我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争。
• He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。

10 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。

11 Parliament   

n.议会，国会

参考例句：

• She won a seat in Parliament at the election.她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位。
• The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。

12 magnificent   

adj.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的

参考例句：

• The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
• That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。

13 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

14 travellers   

n.旅行者( traveller的名词复数 )；旅游者；旅客；游客

参考例句：

• The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers. 异乎寻常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The travellers looked weather-beaten, there was little spit and polish. 旅客们满面风尘，仪容不整。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 tight   

adj.紧的；难解的；紧密的

参考例句：

• Time is going to be tight,so you'd better hurry.时间很紧，你最好抓紧一点。
• The box is so tight that I can't open it.这个盒子太紧，我打不开。

16 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网

17 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

18 hiked   

v.徒步旅行( hike的过去式和过去分词 )；提高（价格等）

参考例句：

• They hiked gas rates. 他们提高了煤气价格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He hiked a child up onto his shoulders. 他把孩子举上肩。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 lowered   

v.（使）降低， （使）跌落( lower的过去式和过去分词 )；削弱；削减；减少

参考例句：

• Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered. 每天傍晚日落时都要降旗。
• She lowered her eyelids, then sprang them open. 她低垂着眼睑，然后突然睁开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 nickname   

n.绰号，昵称；v.给...取绰号，叫错名字

参考例句：

• She called me by my nickname.她叫我的外号。
• Why do you fasten such a nickname on her?你为什么给她取这样一个绰号？

21 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

22 ferry   

n.渡船，渡口；v.渡运；(越海)空运

参考例句：

• You can cross the river by ferry.你可以搭渡船过河。
• We waited at the ferry for two hours.我们在渡口等了两个小时。

23 liberty   

n.自由，自由权；冒昧行为

参考例句：

• He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
• You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。

24 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

25 recognition   

n.承认，认可，认出，认识

参考例句：

• The place has changed beyond recognition.这地方变得认不出来了。
• A sudden smile of recognition flashed across his face.他脸上掠过一丝笑意，表示认识对方。

26 revolution   

n.革命，大变革；旋转；周期，循环

参考例句：

• The earth makes a yearly revolution around the sun.地球每年绕太阳一周。
• This volume records the history of the country's revolution.这卷书记载了这个国家的革命历史。