高中英语上外版三年级下UNIT FIVE

[00:52.24]UNIT FIVE Dialogue
[01:03.63]Language Points:
[01:07.34]Both,Either and Neither;All,Any and None
[01:16.04]A:Here are two books I recently bought,You can borrow either of them.
[01:24.04]B:Oh dear!Both of them are detective stories I'm interested in neither of them.
[01:31.43]A:Well,there are three world-famous¹ English novels on my desk.
[01:37.62]They're all simplified² versions³.
[01:41.83]None of them are too diffcult for you to read
[01:45.72]You can choose any of them.B:Then.I hope you'll lend me all of them.
[01:51.93]Listening Comprehension
[01:57.32]A.Listen and fill in the blanks.
[04:13.54]B.Listen and decide whether the following statements⁴ are true or false.
[06:43.15]Text After Twenty Years
[06:49.03]New Words and Expressions
[06:55.11]slowly
[06:57.85]慢慢地
[07:00.60]barely⁵
[07:03.54]几乎不
[07:06.48]halfway
[07:08.92]一半路程
[07:11.36]lean
[07:13.85]靠,倚
[07:16.35]unlighted
[07:19.20]未被点燃的
[07:22.04]cigar
[07:24.64]雪茄烟
[07:27.24]appointment
[07:30.04]约会
[07:32.83]light
[07:35.54]点,点燃
[07:38.24]pale
[07:40.73]灰白的
[07:43.23]square-jawed
[07:45.99]方下巴的
[07:48.74]keen⁶
[07:51.29]精明的
[07:53.84]well-dressed
[07:56.68]穿着考究的
[07:59.53]dine
[08:01.72]进餐
[08:03.92]Jimmy
[08:06.32]吉米
[08:08.72]Wells
[08:11.52]威尔斯
[08:14.32]the West
[08:17.02]美国西部地区
[08:19.72]newcomer
[08:22.92]新来的人
[08:26.12]somehow
[08:29.11]不知怎么的
[08:32.10]The policeman slowly walked along the street.
[08:40.70]It was barely ten o'clock at night.
[08:44.80]The wind and light rain had kept most people at home
[08:51.30]Halfway down the street,the policeman saw a man
[08:58.20]leaning against a door,with an unlighted cigar in his mouth.
[09:05.20]As the policeman walked up to him
[09:09.41]the man spoke⁷ quickly."It's all right,officer,
[09:14.68]he said."I'm just waiting here for an old friend.
[09:19.96]It's an appointment that was made twenty years ago.
[09:25.13]You think it funny to plan a meeting like this,don't you?"
[09:30.23]The man lit his cigar.The light showed a pale,
[09:38.01]square-jawed face with keen eyes.He was very well-dressed.
[09:45.09]"Twenty years ago tonight,"the man went on,"
[09:51.20]I dined⁸ at a restaurant nearby with my friend Jimmy Wells
[09:57.19]I was going to the West to try my luck,
[10:01.68]but Jimmy wanted to stay.We agreed to meet here
[10:07.27]again exactly twenty years from that date and time
[10:12.96]That's why I'm here.""What happened to your friend?" asked the policeman.
[10:21.95]"I'm not sure."said the man."We wrote to each other for a whileand then stopped
[10:28.95]But I'm sure if he is alive,he will keep his promise.
[10:35.04]We said we would meet at ten o'clock.""OK,
[10:41.33]I'll be on my way.Good night."The policeman continued on his way;
[10:49.53]Bob waited about twenty minutes.Then,a tall man went straight to the waiting man
[10:58.94]"Is that you,Bob?"asked the newcomer."Is that you,Jimmy?"cried the man in the door
[11:10.12]"You've grown so tall.Let me have a good look at you.
[11:16.70]You don't look anything like Jimmy."
[11:20.80]"You're right,"said the tall man."I'm a police officer.
[11:28.40]You are wanted by the New York police.But,before we go to the police station,
[11:35.69]here's a note from your friend Jimmy Wells.Bob opened the small piece of paper.
[11:44.89]His hands shook as he read.Bob,I was on my way to meet you as we had planned.
[11:55.78]However,when you lit your cigar,I saw it was the face of a man that is wanted by the police
[12:05.58]Somehow,I couldn't do it myself.So,I sent another police officer to do the job.Jimmy

1 world-famous   

adj.世界闻名的

参考例句：

• A world-famous violinist is playing at tonight's concert.一位世界闻名的小提琴家将在今晚的音乐会上演奏。
• Xi'an is a world-famous city for her ancient culture.西安是一座举世闻名的文化古城。

2 simplified   

使（某事物）简单[简明]，简化( simplify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The application forms have now been simplified. 申请表格现已简化了。
• He presents the theory in a grossly simplified form. 他极其简明地陈述了这个理论。

3 versions   

n.译本( version的名词复数 )；版本；（个人对事件的）描述；（原物的）变体

参考例句：

• There are two versions of the game, a long one and a short one. 这游戏有两个版本，一长一短。
• When both versions of the story were collated,major discrepancies were found. 在将这个故事的两个版本对照后，找出了主要的不符之处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

6 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 dined   

v.吃饭，进餐( dine的过去式和过去分词 )；设宴款待，请客

参考例句：

• We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town. 我们同我父母在城里一家餐馆吃饭。
• We dined in sumptuous surroundings. 我们在富丽堂皇的环境中用餐。