上海牛津初中英语九年级上--CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER SEVEN
[00:03.08]READING  Pages 96 and 97
[00:08.96]Comic strips
[00:12.12]Creating a comic strip
[00:15.78]A robbery ...
[00:18.73]an escape from the zoo...
[00:22.57]an exciting and dangerous journey ...
[00:27.53]a kidnap!
[00:30.69]The first thing to do when creating a comic strip is to think of a plot.
[00:38.14]It needs to be funny or dramatic with an exciting finish.
[00:44.70]It should be full of action to keep the reader interested.
[00:50.26]The story needs to move fast,and something new must happen in each picture.
[00:58.51]The characters need strong personalities¹ which will come across in the pictures
[01:06.56]You can tell what the characters above are like just from looking at them
[01:13.33]Drawing the strip
[01:17.17]Here you can see how the script (you can only see the first part)
[01:24.53]was made into a finished comic strip.
[01:29.29]It was drawn² using a dip pen with a special nib³.
[01:34.93]The Test-tube Affair
[01:39.19]A:Those stupid kidnappers⁴ can't tie knots.I've been lucky.
[01:47.96]B:Why do we always get the boring jobs?
[01:54.02]C:Shut up and listen!
[01:57.55]Radio:Police are still searching for the kidnappers of Terry Test-tube,
[02:05.49]son of Professor Test-tube,the famous scientist.
[02:12.26]Today the Professor made an appeal
[02:17.22]saying that he would give the kidnappers his new wonder invention
[02:24.88]if they would return his son.
[02:28.92]A:This will fool those two idiots! (Crash!)
[02:35.87]A:This is my only chance.
[02:40.13](Meanwhile,back at police headquarters) (Brrring Brrring)
[02:51.28]E:Chief?We've got some news.
[02:56.25]The helicopter is searching green island...
[03:11.40]Some frames can be left without borders to add variety.
[03:18.95]The story is mainly told in the pictures
[03:24.23]but there are bubbles for speech and thoughts.
[03:29.87]A line of text at the top can explain changes of scene or time.
[03:37.60]Sound effects add excitement to the pictures.
[03:43.56]Frame sizes are varied⁵ to make the strip more interesting.
[03:50.40]Scenery can make the strip come to life.
[03:55.65]LISTENING   Page 100
[04:00.82]Completing notes and problem-solving Rita Rich has been kidnapped.
[04:09.76]The kidnappers have gone out.
[04:14.12]They did not know that Rita has her own mobile phone.
[04:21.49]Now she is telephoning the police.
[04:26.45]You are a police officer.Complete the notes below.
[04:33.71]Police:Hello,police headquarters.
[04:38.39]Rita:Hello,this is Rita Rich.I've been kidnapped.
[04:44.55]Police:Oh,Rita,where are you?
[04:49.10]Rita:I'm on Square Island somewhere.I don't know where.
[04:55.34]I'm locked in a room.Two men kidnapped me.
[05:01.09]They've gone away now,but the windows are all painted black.
[05:08.35]I can't see anything.
[05:13.03]Police:All right, Rita,Keep calm.
[05:17.57]So you can't see anything at all?   Rita:No,nothing.
[05:25.72]Police:Right,well,can you hear anything?
[05:32.80]Rita:Yes,I can.I can hear the trains when they go by.
[05:40.56]I think I'm near a railway line.
[05:45.00]Police:Good,can you hear anything else?
[05:50.96]Rita:I can hear the bells of a church sometimes.
[05:56.70]I'm quite near a church.
[06:00.78]And sometimes I can hear the noise from a school,
[06:06.84]but I'm not very near the school.
[06:11.88]Police:That's good,Rita.Well done.
[06:17.55]Now there is a big zoo on Square Island.
[06:23.90]Can you hear the noises of any strange animals?  Rita:No,I can't.
[06:33.74]Police:What about the airport?Can you hear the planes?
[06:41.29]Rita:Yes,a bit.But they're not very loud.
[06:47.77]Police:That's very good,Rita.You're doing very well.
[06:54.33]Now,I want you to think about smells.
[07:02.37]Can you smell anything from the outside air?
[07:08.62]Rita:Oh,yes,there's a strong smell of fish.
[07:15.28]I can smell fish most of the time,and I can smell the sea.
[07:23.45]I think I'm quiet near the sea.
[07:27.61]Police:Good.Now,there's a big plastic factory on the island.
[07:35.94]There's a lot of strong chemical smells from that factory.
[07:42.79]Have you smelled anything like that?
[07:47.44]Rita:Yes,just a bit,not often though.I must stop now.
[07:57.18]The kidnappers are coming back.
[08:01.72]Police:All right,Rita.Don't worry.I think I know where you're now.
[08:09.48]We'll come and rescue you soon.
[08:14.34]SPEAKING Page 105
[08:19.80]A Talk time
[08:23.64]The sounds [s] and [z]
[08:29.39]Exercise A1
[08:33.46]1 sip  price  rice ice  peace
[08:42.21]2 zip   prize   rise  eyes  peas
[08:52.48]3 sip    zip  price   prize
[09:00.13]  rice    rise  ice   eyes  peace   peas
[09:09.59]Exercise A2
[09:13.35]have excaped from the zoo
[09:18.39]Six hissing⁶ snakes have escaped from the zoo.
[09:26.44]Suzy,tell the police that six hissing snakes have escaped from the zoo.
[09:39.19]Exercise A3
[09:43.92]Cecil,please! Get off your knees.
[09:51.05]Cecil,rise! Race for the prize.
[09:57.92]Exercise A4
[10:01.86]When we say sentences,we normally stress important words
[10:10.22](nouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs).
[10:15.86]We do not stress unimportant words
[10:21.32](e.g. a,the,he,of,is,have,and,can).
[10:33.26]We usually put a little more stress on the last important word in the sentence.
[10:42.22]Inspector:How did you escape?
[10:45.98]Terry:I was lucky.
[10:49.04]The kidnappers couldn't tie knots.So I freed myself from the rope.
[10:57.89]Inspector:What did you do next?
[11:01.55]Terry:I tied the rope across the floor of the room.
[11:08.21]Exercise A5
[11:12.37]Inspector:I want to speak to the chief.
[11:16.31]Chief:This is the chief speaking.
[11:20.28]Inspector:Good news,Chief!We've got some news.
[11:26.63]There's a bag on the roof of a building.
[11:31.88]We think it belongs to the professor's son.
[11:37.34]MORE PRACTICE
[11:40.58]Page 108
[11:44.52]The Fox and the Crow Early one morning,a crow was sitting in a tall tree.
[11:54.87]She was holding a big piece of meat in her mouth.
[12:00.93]She thought it would be a nice breakfast for her baby.
[12:07.30]An old fox was looking for some food.
[12:13.36]He saw the crow with the meat.
[12:17.49]He really wanted to eat the meat himself.
[12:23.05]He thought very hard about how he could take it from the crow.
[12:31.41]The fox made a plan.
[12:35.17]He could not climb the tree so he would have to make the crow drop the meat.
[12:44.53]He spoke⁷ to the crow very politely
[12:49.10]and asked how she was and how her baby was
[12:56.25]The fox then told the crow that she had a beautiful voice
[13:04.12]and that he would like to hear her sing.
[13:09.68]The crow was happy and thought that the fox was very kind.
[13:17.54]So she decided⁸ to sing a song for him.
[13:23.19]She opened her mouth and the fox's plan worked.
[13:30.03]The meat fell down into his mouth.
 

1 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 nib   

n.钢笔尖；尖头

参考例句：

• The sharp nib scratched through the paper.钢笔尖把纸戳穿了。
• I want to buy a pen with a gold nib.我要金笔。

4 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

6 hissing   

n. 发嘶嘶声, 蔑视 动词hiss的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The steam escaped with a loud hissing noise. 蒸汽大声地嘶嘶冒了出来。
• His ears were still hissing with the rustle of the leaves. 他耳朵里还听得萨萨萨的声音和屑索屑索的怪声。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕

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 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。