新目标初中英语九年级--Unit 2 I used to be afraid

Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.
[00:05.80]SECTION A
[00:08.86]1b Listen.Bob is seeing some friends for the first time in four years.
[00:18.21]What did his friends use to look like?
[01:30.96]2a Listen and check the words you hear.
[02:06.33]2b listen again and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
[02:41.78]SECTION B
[02:48.02]2a Listen and check the sentences you hear.
[03:26.99]2b Listen again.What do the girl and the boy say about things in the past and now?
[03:37.34]Fill in the chart.
[04:12.89]3a Read the story about Rose Tang's problems and then complete the chart.
[04:21.07]My biggest problem
[04:24.23]My biggest problem is that I'm too busy.
[04:29.09]When I was young,I used to have so much time,
[04:34.55]but these days I get up early and stay in school all day.
[04:40.19]Then I go right home and eat dinner.
[04:44.55]Before I started high school,
[04:48.08]I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends,
[04:53.33]but I just don't have the time anymore.
[04:57.48]In the eveing,I used to watch TV or chat with my grandmother,
[05:03.54]but I just don't have to study.
[05:07.02]I love music,and my father used to take me to concerts.
[05:12.48]These days,I hardly ever have time for concerts.
[05:17.62]I do my homework and go to bed.I really miss the old days.
[05:23.87]READ                 E-mail English
[05:31.42]Do you speak English?Yes?Well,do you speak e-mail English?
[05:39.28]Maybe not.
[05:42.05]E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time.
[05:48.71]A lot of e-mail English words come from a computer program called ICQ,
[05:55.66]which means¹ I seek you.
[05:59.73]ICQ is an e-mail chatline that people use to send messages quickly.
[06:06.99]Ian Lancashire,a Canadian teacher,likes ICQ.
[06:12.85]"People can use ICQ to talk with each other using computers.
[06:18.59]But,you have to be able to type quickly or the other person willbe bored.
[06:25.54]Using e-mail English helps."
[06:29.07]A message in e-mail English mostly uses two kinds of new words.
[06:35.44]The first kind is made up of the first letters of other words.
[06:41.01]These are called acronyms³.
[06:44.66]The second kind is bomophones,
[06:48.82]letter combinations⁴ and symbols that sound like other words.
[06:54.28]Acronyms in an e-mail save space and time.
[06:59.32]It takes a long time to write by the way.BTW is much faster.
[07:06.48]Other acronyms are F2F which stands for face to face,
[07:12.95]CSL for can't stop laugbing and DBEYR for don't believe everybing you read!
[07:22.91]Some of the acronyms look like strange words,
[07:28.26]such as SWAK.But this one really means sealed with a kiss.
[07:36.20]Homophones often use letters and numbers that  sound like words or parts of words.
[07:43.36]For example,8 sounds like-eat in great,so to save time,people write gr8.
[07:53.70]Another example is CU for see you,or sometimes CU 18r(see you later).
[08:04.78]The number 2 is used for to or too and the number 4 is used instead of for.
[08:13.53]Another part of e-mail English is emotives,
[08:18.81]symbols which make faces when you look at them sideways.
[08:24.56]The most common emotive is the happy face:)
[08:29.41]It's made with a colon⁵ and a right bracket⁶
[08:34.09]Other punctuation⁷ marks,such as commas⁸,
[08:39.05]help add other parts of the face and indicate different expressions.
[08:45.22]E-mail English is fun.
[08:48.56]An e-mail message with lots of e-mail English starts to look like secret code⁹.
[08:55.33]Your best friend will probably understand it,
[08:59.69]but your parents and teachers might not.
[09:03.76]Actually,many teachers don't like e-mail English.
[09:08.91]It's not just because they can't comprehend¹⁰ what it means.
[09:14.24]It's because students start to use e-mail English in their everyday writing.
[09:20.01]E-mail English is great for writing quickly.
[09:24.27]But most teachers say that e-mail English should only be used in e-mails to one's friends.
[09:31.64]Words and Expressions in Each Unit 2
[09:39.40]used to              dark                 be interested in     sure
[09:43.52]过去经常             黑暗                 对...感兴趣          无疑
[09:47.65]terrify              be terrified¹¹ of      on                   spider
[09:51.97]使害怕               害怕....             开着的               蜘蛛
[09:56.30]insect               chew                 gum¹²
[10:00.07]昆虫                 嚼                   口香糖
[10:03.85]right                comic
[10:05.92]立即                 连环漫画
[10:08.00]Reading
[10:10.46]save                 seek                 chatline             type
[10:14.09]节省                 寻找                 热线交谈服务         打字
[10:17.72]bored                mostly               be made up of        acronym²
[10:22.35]厌倦的               多半                 由...组成            首字字母拼词
[10:26.99]homophone            combination          sound like           take sb...to do sth
[10:31.56]同音异义词           组合                 听起来像...          花费某人去做某事
[10:36.13]can't stop doing     seal                 kiss                 instead of
[10:40.55]禁不住做某事         封                   吻                   代替
[10:44.96]emotive              make faces           sideways             colon
[10:49.43]表情等号             做鬼脸               斜着                 冒号
[10:53.90]bracket              punctuation          mark                 indicate
[10:58.83]括号                 标点                 等号                 标示
[11:03.77]expression           secret               code                 comprehend
[11:07.85]表示                 秘密的               代码                 理解
[11:11.92]consist              consist of           describe
[11:19.20]由...组成            由...构成            描绘
 

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

3 acronyms   

n.首字母缩略词( acronym的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Scratch the subject of defence and acronyms, abbreviations, and buzzwords fly out. 话题触及国防，缩合字，缩写字和行话就满天飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some acronyms as scientific terminology are used as a lexical item. 一些科学术语缩写用作词汇项目。 来自互联网

4 combinations   

n.合作( combination的名词复数 )；密码组合；联合体；排列

参考例句：

• The music students are learning how to score tunes for various combinations. 学音乐的学生把曲调改编为各种器乐组曲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some antigens, or combinations of antigens, are much more potent than others. 某些抗原或者联合抗原可比其它抗原作用强得多。 来自辞典例句

5 colon   

n.冒号，结肠，直肠

参考例句：

• Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样，应当在冒号后加破折号。
• The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。

6 bracket   

n.托架，括号，等级；vt.套以括号，放在一起

参考例句：

• The bracket came loose.托架松了。
• Don't bracket me with him just because we work for the same company.别因为我和他在一家公司工作而把我们相提并论。

7 punctuation   

n.标点符号，标点法

参考例句：

• My son's punctuation is terrible.我儿子的标点符号很糟糕。
• A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.一篇没有任何标点符号的文章是很难懂的。

8 commas   

n.逗号( comma的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
• Use commas to separate multiple properties on the attribute. 使用逗号分隔特性的多个属性。 来自互联网

9 code   

n.代码，代号，密码；法典，法规，规划

参考例句：

• What's the code for Tianjin?天津的代号是多少？
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

10 comprehend   

vt.了解，理解，领会

参考例句：

• I did not comprehend his meaning.我不理解他的意思。
• If you can use a word correctly and effectively,you comprehend it.你如果能正确和有效地使用一个字，你就了解它了。

11 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。

12 gum   

n.牙龈；口香糖；树胶

参考例句：

• We can stick these pictures into the book with gum.我们可用胶水把这几张画粘贴在书里。
• Americans like to chew gum.美国人喜欢嚼口香糖。