新标准初中英语九年级(上):UNIT2 The Peak

[00:00.00]Module 7  TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG
[00:06.62]UNIT 2 The place at the top of the mountain
[00:10.74]is called the Peak¹.
[00:12.85]1 Listen and read.
[00:16.00]Today was a long day but it was very exciting.
[00:19.54]This morning, we went to Hong Kong Island.
[00:22.25]Our hotel is in Kowloon so we traveled by train
[00:26.12](it's called the MTR here) to the island.
[00:29.39]First of all,we went up a mountain.
[00:31.88]The place at the top of the mountain
[00:33.73]is called the Peak.
[00:35.17]You can see all of Hong Kong from there.
[00:38.10]We took a special tram² on the way up
[00:40.93]and then we took a bus on the way down.
[00:43.66]The tram is very slow and it's quite old,too.
[00:47.78]Then we took a minibus³ to Aberdeen
[00:50.50]where we had lunch.
[00:52.10]We had lunch on a boat which is called a
[00:55.26]'floating restaurant'.
[00:56.88]We ate delicious seafood⁴.
[00:59.22]This afternoon, we went to Ocean Park.
[01:02.03]It isn't far from the restaurant
[01:03.70]where we ate lunch.
[01:05.55]Unfortunately, we got lost.
[01:07.84]Our taxi driver didn't understand
[01:10.55]what we were saying.
[01:12.29]Luckily, a man who understood putonghua
[01:15.64]told the driver where we were going.
[01:15.64]

1 peak   

n.山峰，巅，山顶，顶点，尖峰，帽舌；adj.最高的，最大值的；vi.到达最高点，消瘦，变憔悴，逐渐缩小；vt.使竖起，使达到最高点

参考例句：

• Traffic reaches a peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.早晨八九点钟是交通的高峰时刻。
• He was the first to top the mountain peak.他是第一个登上这座山峰的人。

2 tram   

n.有轨电车

参考例句：

• We crossed the tram tracks.我们跨过了电车轨道。
• How will you be coming,by taxi or by tram?你怎样来这里?坐出租车还是电车？

3 minibus   

n.小型公共汽车（只坐四人）

参考例句：

• Do not leave your seat until the minibus has stopped.待小巴停定后，才可离开座位。
• Some children go to school in a minibus.有些孩子乘坐小型公共汽车去上学。

4 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。