高中英语上外版二年级下Unit nine

[00:04.02]Language Structure:The Predicative Clause
[00:09.82]A:Here is lettler for you.
[00:13.01]B:Oh,thank you.That's just what I have been waiting for.
[00:18.21]It's from an old friend of mine. He was seriously ill last week.
[00:24.32]A:Oh,I see.That's why you've been looking so worried these last few days.
[00:31.43]B:Thank goodness¹!He is out of danger.
[00:36.41]A:My suggestion is that you should write a letter to cheer him up.   B:Sure.
[00:43.52]Listen Comprehension
[00:48.33]Listen and fill in the blanks.
[04:01.35]Text           Learning² to swim
[04:05.76]New Words and Expressions
[04:09.65]buffalo
[04:11.81]n.水牛
[04:13.96]muscle
[04:15.76]n.肌肉
[04:17.57]dusty
[04:19.32]adj.灰蒙蒙的;多尘的
[04:21.07]bathing
[04:22.96]n.洗澡，游泳
[04:24.86]suit/sju:t/
[04:26.61]n.(一套)衣服
[04:28.36]bathing suit
[04:30.46]游泳衣
[04:32.56]plunge³
[04:34.26]vi.跳入
[04:35.96]float
[04:37.76]vi.浮游
[04:39.56]difference
[04:41.36]n.差别
[04:43.17]voyage
[04:44.92]n.航海;航行
[04:46.67]go on a voyage
[04:49.11]在水上航行
[04:51.55]wreck/rek/
[04:53.20]vt.造成(船舶等)失事
[04:54.84]chance
[04:56.35]n.机会;可能性
[04:57.85]Most animals can swim right off the first time they go into the water.
[05:06.44]Dogs,horses,and buffaloes⁴ do not have to be taught to swim,
[05:13.44]but a man cannot swim until he learns how.
[05:18.85]Learning to swim takes time and effort
[05:24.55]but this is rewarded in many ways when one can swim.
[05:31.15]The fact is that it is a very good form of exercise
[05:36.43]and doctors are strongly in favour of it
[05:40.51]because in swimming all the muscles of the body are used.
[05:46.80]In addition,swimming gives great pleasure.
[05:52.18]How nice it is,on a hot dusty day in summer,to take off one's clothes,
[06:01.17]put on one's bathing suit and plunge into the cool water of the sea,
[06:07.88]and to swim and float until one is tired!
[06:13.26]Moreover,swimming may sometimes mean all the difference between life and death.
[06:21.54]We never know when we may be in danger from water.
[06:27.06]We go on a voyage, and the ship is wrecked,
[06:32.75]or we slip as we are walking along the bank of a river and fall into the water.
[06:39.75]If we can swim,the chances are that we can save our lives,
[06:46.54]but if we cannot swim,we are pretty certain to be drowned.
[06:52.42]Last but not least,if we can swim,
[06:57.62]we may be able to save other people from drowning.
[07:02.30]How fine it is to be able to save another's life
[07:08.02]but how sad to see a friend drowning before our eyes,
[07:14.31]when we cannot help him because we cannot swim!

1 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！

2 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。

3 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

4 buffaloes   

n.水牛（分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种）( buffalo的名词复数 )；（南非或北美的）野牛；威胁；恐吓

参考例句：

• Some medieval towns raced donkeys or buffaloes. 有些中世纪的城市用驴子或水牛竞赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Water buffaloes supply Egypt with more meat than any other domestic animal. 水牛提供给埃及的肉比任何其它动物都要多。 来自辞典例句