上海牛津初中英语九年级上--CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER FIVE
[00:02.98]READING
[00:05.62]Pages 66 and 67
[00:10.34]Fishing with Birds Wang Damin sits on the side of the river cooking a meal,
[00:19.38]with a large bird on his head.
[00:23.64]The bird is a cormorant¹,and Damin is a fisherman
[00:29.99]He is over 65 now but still works² every day.
[00:36.73]he is thin,and of average height,but he is very fit.
[00:44.07]Although he is an elderly man,
[00:48.48]he is strong enough to control his raft in river
[00:54.23]where he lives and works with his cormorants³.
[00:59.69]Cormorants are large,black birds,about a metre long.
[01:06.72]They are good at catching⁴ fish,
[01:10.64]because they can swim well under water.
[01:15.47]Their large feet are used to push them quickly through the water.
[01:22.00]They can dive down 25 metres,and stay under water for up to two minutes.
[01:27.14]Damin does not require nets or a fishing rod⁵ to catch fish.
[01:38.06]That is done for him by his twelve cormorants.
[01:43.71]A fishing trip often begins in the late afternoon.
[01:49.32]Damin sets off on his bamboo raft with his birds.
[01:55.36]When he reaches the right place, he stops.
[02:00.76]A piece of grass is tied around the neck of each bird,
[02:06.80]so that it cannot swallow the fish.
[02:11.21]Then Damin pushes the birds into the water
[02:17.06]and jumps up and down and bangs⁶ the water with his pole.
[02:23.10]The fish are frightened by this.
[02:27.38]At night,a light is hung from the front of the raft.
[02:33.21]This enables⁷ the fisherman to see better,and also attracts the fish.
[02:40.73]The cormorants swim down and catch the fish,and bring them back to the raft.
[02:48.15]Later some of the fish are sold,
[02:52.56]and the rest are divided between Damin's family and the cormorants.
[02:59.36]Cormorant fishing is a traditional Chinese skill,
[03:04.79]probably more than a thousand years old.
[03:09.41]Damin enjoys his work,
[03:13.12]and he is teaching⁸ his grandson everything he knows.
[03:19.03]However,
[03:21.67]few young people are interested in doing this type of work in the modern world
[03:24.80]In fifty years,
[03:27.93]perhaps there will be no more cormorant fishermen in the world.
[03:33.78]LISTENING Page 69
[03:38.15]Correcting mistakes in a picture
[03:42.51]One day,Millie's father saw a man cutting out pictures of people.
[03:50.14]Listen to him describe the scene,
[03:54.37]and look at the picture.
[03:58.21]The artist has made some mistakes in the picture.
[04:03.85]Draw a circle around the things which are wrong.
[04:09.88]The first one is done for you.
[04:14.25]One day,I was walking near the bond⁹ when I saw a small crowd of people.
[04:21.77]I walked over to see what they were looking at.
[04:26.42]In the middle of the crowd there was a short old man,
[04:32.45]he was wearing a little hat on his head.
[04:37.18]He was dressed in a dark shirt and trousers and black shoes.
[04:43.82]In his hands he was holding a small pair of scissors.
[04:49.54]He was cutting something carefully using black paper.
[04:55.78]A young girl sat in a chair in front of them.
[05:00.43]She was looking up at her mother who was standing¹⁰ near her.
[05:06.18]The girl had lovely long hair.
[05:10.23]Then I realized that the old man was cutting a picture of her.
[05:14.88]A sign next the man said 'Paper Pictures,500 yuan.'
[05:21.80]One man in the crowd was holding a black paper of picture
[05:27.83]he was showing it to a woman.
[05:31.96]She was laughing at the picture.
[05:35.80]I watched the old man carefully.
[05:40.03]He was very skillful¹¹.
[05:43.69]I thought about having my picture done,
[05:48.34]but then I look up at the clock.
[05:52.39]It was 6:00 p.m.
[05:55.63]Time for dinner.
[05:58.97]I left the little crowd and went toward¹² the underground station.
[06:05.40]SPEAKING
[06:08.14]Pages 73 and 74
[06:12.56]A Talk time
[06:16.37]The sounds [l] and [r]
[06:22.30]Exercise A1
[06:25.83]1 long lock light fly cloud collect
[06:36.75]2 wrong rock right fry crowd correct
[06:48.16]3 long wrong lock rock light right fly fry cloud crowd collect correct
[07:12.25]Exercise A2
[07:15.98]her new red radio receiver a long letter
[07:23.92]about her new red radio receiver recently wrote me a long letter
[07:35.55]about her new red radio receiver Lily recently wrote me a long letter
[07:46.75]about her new,red radio receiver.
[07:52.40]Exercise A3
[07:56.29]She rode along a lonely road.
[08:01.72]The light was slowly dying¹³.
[08:06.35]The crowds of clouds up in the sky were looking down and crying.
[08:14.86]Exercise A4
[08:18.67]We said in Chapter 3
[08:22.75]that most words of three or more syllables¹⁵
[08:28.47]have stress on either the first or the second syllable¹⁴.
[08:34.01]However,some do not.
[08:38.35]They have the main stress on a later syllable.
[08:43.47]application  electronic  interrupt  registration  understand
[08:56.55]Exercise A5
[09:01.18]administration  civilization  communication  misunderstand  organization
[09:13.66]Exercise A6
[09:17.87]examination  operation  economical  electricity encyclopaedia¹⁶
[09:29.78]extra-curricular  mathematician  refugee¹⁷
[09:37.28]MORE PRACTICE
[09:40.41]Page 77
[09:43.83]Some Facts About Tea
[09:48.25]Tea is the most popular drink in the world besides plain water.
[09:55.95]There are thousands of different types of tea available.
[10:01.70]All tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis bush--also known as the Tea Plant.
[10:11.81]The leaves and buds¹⁸ of this plant are picked several times a year, usually by hand.
[10:20.64]After picking,the tea is processed into black tea,
[10:27.64]oolong tea,green tea or white tea.
[10:33.34]Black tea was invented in China in the Ming Dynasty
[10:40.05]as a way to keep tea fresh when it was being transported long distances.
[10:48.36]As tea has to travel a long distance to reach places such as Britain,
[10:56.45]Canada and Australia it is not surprising that westerners drink mostly black tea.
[11:07.27]However,the majority of the world drinks green tea.
[11:13.70]Herbal tea is prepared in the same way as regular tea but is not really tea.
[11:23.73]This is because it contains herbs,
[11:23.78]fruits,spices,etc but no leaves from the Tea Plant.
[11:32.79]To truly be tea,the leaves must come from this plant.
[11:40.18]All tea naturally contains caffeine,which comes from the tea leaves.
[11:47.79]Antioxidants are the properties found in some foods
[11:54.89]that reduce your risk of getting cancer and heart disease¹⁹.
[12:01.84]All regular tea has a lot of antioxidants.
[12:08.45]Decaffeinated tea is regular tea(usually green or black)
[12:16.44]that has been processed to remove the caffeine.
[12:22.06]In recent years,organic tea has become popular,too.
[12:28.59]This is tea that comes from plants
[12:33.21]that have been grown without the use of any chemicals.
[12:39.72]People believe that it tastes better and is healthier
[12:46.14]but sometimes it costs more than non-organic tea.
[12:52.86]This is because the size of the crops is often smaller.
 

1 cormorant   

n.鸬鹚，贪婪的人

参考例句：

• The cormorant is a large,long-necked,dark-colored bird which lives near sea coasts and eats fish.鸬鹚是一种长脖子黑颜色的大鸟，生活在海滨而且以吃鱼为生。
• The exciting cormorant fishing performance is over there.那边有令人刺激的鱼鹰捕鱼表演。

2 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

3 cormorants   

鸬鹚，贪婪的人( cormorant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The birds are trained cormorants. 那些鸟是受过训练的鸬鹚。
• The cormorants swim down and catch the fish, and bring them back the raft. 鸬鹚又下去捉住鱼，再返回竹筏。

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

5 rod   

n.钓竿，杆，棒

参考例句：

• Pass me a bamboo rod.递给我一根竹竿。
• He heated the iron rod and bent it into a right angle.他将铁棒烧热，将其弯成直角。

6 bangs   

n.（发型）留海；猛击( bang的名词复数 )；猛撞；巨响；爆炸声

参考例句：

• She bangs open the door and, without ceremony, burst in. 她也不先敲门，砰地一声推开门就冲了进去。 来自辞典例句
• The boy bangs the lid down. 那个男孩将盖子砰然关上。 来自辞典例句

7 enables   

v.使能够，提供做…的权利[措施]( enable的第三人称单数 )；使可能

参考例句：

• The software enables you to access the Internet in seconds. 这种软件使你在几秒钟内便可访问互联网。
• This pass enables me to travel half-price on trains. 我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

9 bond   

n.结合，债券，契约，粘合剂，保证人，键，关栈保留；vt.存入关栈，粘着；vi.结合

参考例句：

• This glue makes a good firm bond.这种胶水粘得很结实。
• His word is his bond.他是讲信用的。

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

11 skillful   

adj.灵巧的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Soon they became very skillful in answering such questions.很快他们就会很熟练地回答这种问题了。
• It was very skillful of you to repair my bicycle.你修好了我的自行车，技术真好。

12 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

13 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

14 syllable   

n.音节；vt.分音节

参考例句：

• You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
• The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。

15 syllables   

n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a word with two syllables 双音节单词
• 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

16 encyclopaedia   

n.百科全书

参考例句：

• An encyclopaedia contains a lot of knowledge.百科全书包含很多知识。
• This is an encyclopaedia of philosophy.这是本哲学百科全书。

17 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。

18 buds   

芽( bud的名词复数 )； 苞； 半开的花； 未长大的叶

参考例句：

• the first buds appearing in spring 春天的初芽
• Willow trees breaking out into buds foretell the coming of spring. 柳枝绽青报春来。

19 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。