新标准初中英语九年级(下):Unit2 A charity concert

[00:01.31]The idea for the concert¹ was² started
[00:04.80]by two college³ students from London--
[00:08.73]Emma Black and John Jones.
[00:12.10]Emma and John travelled⁴ around the world
[00:14.98]for a year.During⁵ their travels⁶,
[00:18.40]they were sad to see many poor children
[00:22.17]who could⁷ not afford⁸ to go to school.
[00:26.36]When they returned⁹ to England,
[00:28.88]they wanted to do something
[00:31.09]to help these children.They spent six months
[00:35.85]planning a charity¹⁰ concert
[00:38.46]and they asked many popular¹¹ singers
[00:40.94]and bands¹² to perform¹³ at the concert.
[00:46.14]Emma and John's concert was a big success¹⁴.
[00:50.87]It was seen¹⁵ on TV and on the Internet¹⁶
[00:54.88]by millions¹⁸ of people around the world.
[00:58.73]It set¹⁹ the record²⁰
[01:00.83]for having the biggest audience²¹ at a concert
[01:04.28]and it raised²³ over 20 million¹⁷ dollars.
[01:08.96]Both Emma and John were amazed²⁴
[01:12.41]by the amount²⁵ of money that they had²⁶ raised.
[01:16.49]'We're so happy!
[01:18.76]We thought²⁷ we would²⁸ raise²² about two million,
[01:22.52]not 20 million!'Emma said²⁹.
[01:26.96]The money from the concert
[01:28.84]will be spent on food, toys,
[01:31.87]books and clothes for poor children
[01:34.90]around the world.
[01:35.51]

1 concert   

n.音乐会；一致，和谐；vt.制定计划，通过协商达成一致；vi.合作

参考例句：

• She forgot about the concert.她把音乐会给忘了。
• Who will direct at the concert?音乐会谁来指挥？

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。

4 travelled   

v.行进( travel的过去式和过去分词 )；步行；经过；走过…

参考例句：

• The path was steeper and less travelled than the previous one. 这条小路比刚才那条陡，走的人少。
• Tens of thousands of men,year after year,have travelled southwards to find work. 每年有数万人到南方去找工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 during   

prep.在…期间，在…时候

参考例句：

• What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?暑假你是怎样度过的？
• London is full of visitors during May and June.五六月间伦敦挤满了游客。

6 travels   

n.旅途， （非正式）旅行笔记，游记；旅行( travel的名词复数 )；移动；游历；[机械工程]机械运动（尤指往复运动）v.行进( travel的第三人称单数 )；步行；经过；走过…

参考例句：

• Stories about his travels abound. 有关他游历的故事多得很。
• She travels in cyberspace by sending messages to friends around the world. 她利用电子空间给世界各地的朋友们发送信件。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

8 afford   

vt.提供，负担得起的(后果，损失等)，给予

参考例句：

• At last they could afford a house.他们终于买得起房子了。
• I'll afford you a chance.我将给你提供一个机会。

9 returned   

adj.被送回的，归来的v.返回，回来( return的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；还；归还

参考例句：

• He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches. 他辞去了内政大臣的职务，回到后座议员席。
• The painting has been returned to its rightful owner . 这幅画已归还给合法所有权人。

10 charity   

n.慈悲，博爱，慈善团体，施舍

参考例句：

• He founded the charity in memory of his late wife.他兴办那个慈善机构以纪念他已故的妻子。
• He gave a handsome sum of money to charity.他向慈善团体捐了一笔相当可观的钱款。

11 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。

12 bands   

n.法官，牧师或博士服的领饰；带( band的名词复数 )；乐队；衣带；价值

参考例句：

• They went in fear of attack by marauding bands. 他们提心吊胆生怕遭到劫匪的袭击。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• A worker put metal bands around the safe. 一名工人用金属箍箍那保险箱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 perform   

v.演出，表演

参考例句：

• He is going to perform magic at the party.他将在晚会上表演魔术。
• He can perform the task.他能够完成这项任务。

14 success   

n.成就，成功

参考例句：

• The party looks like being a success after all.无论怎么说这次聚会看起来是成功的。
• All in all,it has been a great success.总的来说，非常成功。

15 seen   

vbl.(see的过去分词)看见

参考例句：

• Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后，就没有见过他了。
• I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。

16 internet   

n.因特网；互联网络

参考例句：

• You can find it on the Internet.你可以在因特网上找到它。
• I surf the Internet two hours a day.我每天上网冲浪两个小时。

17 million   

num.百万，100万；n.无数，大众

参考例句：

• I've seen it a million times.我在书上看过无数遍了。
• What will you do if you had a million dollars?如果你有一百万美元，你会干什么？

18 millions   

n.数百万；百万( million的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job. 对数百万失业者来说，通货膨胀率的微降是不起作用的安慰。

19 set   

n.组合，集合，设定；一套，一副，一局比赛；v.放置，设定；(太阳)落下去

参考例句：

• He set to with a will and soon finished it.他下定决心做这件事，很快就完成了。
• The bus set the children down just outside the school gate.公共汽车让孩子们正好在学校门口下车。

20 record   

n.记录，唱片；v.记录，记载

参考例句：

• She broke the former record.她打破以前的记录。
• All the important events are on record.重大事件都有记载。

21 audience   

n.听众，观众，读者；谒见，接见；倾听，听取

参考例句：

• He could not put across his point of view to the audience.他没能使听众理解他的观点。
• The audience was made up of very young children.观众由小孩子们组成。

22 raise   

v.提高，举起；饲养，养育；引起，惹起

参考例句：

• Why didn't you raise the question at the meeting? 这问题你怎么没有在会上提出来？
• He went to ask for a raise.他要求增加工资。

23 raised   

adj.凸起的，浮雕的，发酵的

参考例句：

• She raised the gun and fired. 她举枪射击。
• the sound of raised voices 提高嗓门的说话声

24 amazed   

adj.吃惊的，惊奇的v.使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Just the size of the place amazed her. 仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
• I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature. 她的法国文学知识之丰富使我大为惊奇。

25 amount   

n.数量，总额；v.总计，等于

参考例句：

• What is the amount of this?这总共是多少？
• You'll have any amount of time after your exam.考试过后，你们会有很多的时间。

26 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

27 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

28 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

29 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。