新目标九年级英语课本--Unit 3

Unit 3
[00:02.90]Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.
[00:08.46]SECTION A
[00:11.42]1b Listen and circle "T"(for true)or "F"(for false)
[01:09.67]2a Listen and check what kathy thinks.
[01:16.43]circle"Agrees","Disagrees", or"Doesn't know"to show what Molly thinks.
[02:16.39]2b Listen again.What are Kathy's and Molly's reasons?
[02:24.85]Number their reasons in the correct order.
[03:20.02]3a Read the conversation.Then write Sun Fei's and Wu Yu's rules in the chart.
[03:29.68]Use "Don't"and "You can".
[03:34.54]Sun Fei:We have a lot of rules at my house.
[03:38.98]Wu Yu:So do we.For example,I have to stay at home on school nights.
[03:46.35]Sun Fei:I usually do,too.But sometimes I'm allowed to study at a friend's house.
[03:53.61]What about weekends?
[03:56.77]Wu Yu:Well,I'm allowed to go the movies with friends on Friday nights.
[04:03.02]Sun Fei:Me,too,but I have to be home by 10:00pm.
[04:08.37]Wu Yu:And on Saturday afternoons,I'm allowed to go shopping with my friends.
[04:14.12]Sun Fei:That's nice.
[04:17.07]Wu Yu:And I'm allowed to choose my own clothes,
[04:21.15]but I'm not allowed to get my ears pierced¹ yet.
[04:25.51]SECTION B
[04:32.17]2a Listen and circle the things in activity 1a that you hear.
[05:17.23]2b Listen again.Match these sentence parts.
[06:00.39]3a Read the article and then answer the questions.
[06:07.36]The other day,
[06:10.21]my friends and I got to talking about the rules that we have in school.
[06:16.14]At our schoo,we have to wear uniforms every day.
[06:21.60]The proplem is that all my classmates think the uniforms are ugly.
[06:27.97]We think young people should look smart
[06:32.23]and so we would like to wear our own clothes.
[06:36.88]Our teachers believe that if we did that,
[06:41.01]we would concentrate² more on our clothes than our studies.
[06:46.36]We disagree.We would feel more comfortable and that is good for studying.
[06:53.52]If we can't do that,we should be allowed to design our own uniforms.
[06:59.89]That would be a good way to keep both teachers and students happy.
[07:05.46]It's also probably a good idea for parents to allow teenagers
[07:11.62]to study in groups during the evening.
[07:15.38]I know we get noisy sometimes,but we learn a lot from each other.
[07:21.86]We also think that vacations should be longer.
[07:26.72]At present they're too short.
[07:30.19]Longer vacations would give us time to do things like volunteering.
[07:36.36]Last summer I had an opportunity to volunteer at the local hospital,
[07:43.02]but I couldn't because I had to go back to school.
[07:47.67]It would be a good experience for me
[07:51.72]because I want to be a doctor when I'm older.
[07:55.98]2 Read this article.
[08:05.36]Write a letter to the editor agreeing or disagreeing.
[08:10.71]Explain your reasons.
[08:13.95]Helping and learning³
[08:17.29]At our school,we sometimes have a special day to help others.
[08:23.14]Last year we went to an old people's home
[08:27.59]and sang songs and performed a play for them.
[08:32.24]The old people were very happy.
[08:36.21]We should be allowed to take time to do things like that more often.
[08:41.77]For examlp,we should visit primary schools and help teach young students.
[08:48.54]I want to be a teacher when I'm older so it would be a great experience for me.
[08:55.20]Other students would like to do other jobs.
[08:59.64]For example,my friend Tian Ge wants to write for a newspaper.
[09:05.80]She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper office once a week.
[09:11.55]On Friday afternoons,many students are sleepy after a long week of classes.
[09:18.63]Some students should be allowed to have Friday afternoons off
[09:24.09]to volunteer and help others.
[09:28.35]READ                 That's cool!
[09:35.79]Jia Ping is"cool".He wears the latest jeans,chats online with his friends,
[09:44.15]and his mobile⁴ phone is always ringing.
[09:48.41]For Jia,cool isn't just a word.
[09:53.08]It means⁵ a popular and successful lifestyle.
[09:57.52]Cool includes fun stuff,nice clothes,and computer games.
[10:03.59]Other people are cool because they don't follow what everyone else does.
[10:09.25]They do what they want to do and don't care if other people like it or not.
[10:16.10]A recent survey on yahoo.com found out what things people think are cool:
[10:23.75]What's cool?
[10:26.49]equipment  notebook computer,mobile phone,PDA(personal digital⁶ assistant)
[10:36.94]places  tropical⁷ islands,developed countries
[10:43.00]music  pop,classical,folk
[10:48.65]movies  Da Hua Xi You,Titanic,Matrix,Hero
[10:58.60]moivie stars  Strphen Chow(Zhou Xingchi),Yun-fat Chow(Zhou Runfa),
[11:08.84]Maggie Cheung(Zhang Manyu)
[11:13.28]net tools  ICQ,email,flash animation⁸
[11:21.53]For some people,new technology that makes our lives easier is cool.
[11:28.67]The Internet is a good example.
[11:32.51]You can chat with friends online,play music,whatch movies,and even buy cool things.
[11:41.26]You can also be cool by playing games on mobile phones
[11:46.61]or sending text messages to your friends.
[11:50.87]In fact that's more than cool.It's way cool!
[11:56.93]"It's good that the young have their own ideas about life as well as about being cool."
[12:03.70]said Shi Kai, a teacher.
[12:07.48]"Older people should respect them and give them some direction.
[12:12.73]For example,it's natural these days for young people to want material things
[12:19.81]like computers or mobile phones.
[12:24.18]But we should teach them to build their lives on hard work,not dreams.
[12:30.55]To realize your dream through great effort your dream through great effort is really being cool,"he said.
[12:37.39]Zhang Tong,54,
[12:41.16]thinks young people today show that they are cool with their personality⁹.
[12:47.22]Says Zhang,"When I was young,we wore almost the same clothes.
[12:54.09]We watched the same movies as our parents.
[12:58.21]There was almost no youth culture.
[13:02.16]Now I'm glad to see different personalities¹⁰.
[13:06.60]The young should be proud of their own culture."
[13:10.86]Yuan Jiang agrees with Zhang.
[13:14.62]"Youth today value personality,independence,and freedom very much,"she says.
[13:22.46]"All these thigs are cool."
[13:25.98]Huang Shaohua,a young mother,
[13:30.37]wrote an article about being cool for the Beijing Youth Daily.
[13:36.12]She said what you look like would not decide if you are cool or not.
[13:41.89]Insted,youg people who can find their dream
[13:47.82]on their own are the ones who are really cool.
[13:51.87]Words and Expressions in Each Unit 3
[13:59.73]allow                drive                pierce              driver
[14:04.00]v.允许               v.驾驶               v.刺穿              n.驾驶员
[14:08.27]license              silly                earring             insted of
[14:12.14]n.执照               adj.愚蠢的           n.耳环              代替
[14:16.01]stay up              be strict with       the other day       concentrate
[14:21.09]不去睡               对...要求严格        几天以前            v.集中
[14:26.17]learn from           at present           volunteer           local
[14:30.30]向...学习            目前                 v,n.自愿            adj.地方的
[14:34.42]be good for          English-English Dictionary
[14:37.24]对...有益处          英英词典
[14:40.07]perform              primary
[14:42.49]v.表演               adj.初级的,小学的
[14:44.92]Reading
[14:47.48]material             chat                  online              lifestyle
[14:51.66]adj.物质的           v.聊天                adj.联线的          n.生活方式
[14:55.84]include              stuff                 recent              equipment
[15:00.27]v.包含               n.要素                adj.最近的          n.配备
[15:04.70]notebook computer    personal              digital             PDA
[15:10.33]笔记本电脑           adj.个人的            adj.数字的          掌上电脑
[15:15.96]tropical             island                develop             developed county¹¹
[15:20.83]adj.热带的           n.岛屿                v.发展              发达国家
[15:25.70]Matrix               net                   flash
[15:28.94]<<黑客帝国>>         n.通信网              n.Macromedia公司开发的动画编辑工具
[15:32.18]animation            technology direction  natural             effort
[15:38.25]n.动画片             n.技术                adj.自然的          n.努力
[15:44.33]youth                proud                 be proud of         value
[15:48.70]n.年轻               adj.感到自豪的        为...感到骄傲       v.给...估价
[15:53.08]independence         freedom               advise              mormal
[15:59.71]n.独立,自主          n.自由                v.劝告              adj.正常的
 

1 pierced   

v.刺入，刺穿，穿透( pierce的过去式和过去分词 )；冲破，突破

参考例句：

• The arrow pierced his shoulder. 箭头射入他的肩膀。
• He pierced the skin of cooking Frankforts with a fork. 他用叉子在要烹调的香肠上扎了孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 concentrate   

vt.集中；聚集；浓缩；vi.集中；全神贯注

参考例句：

• You should concentrate on the road when you're driving.开车时注意力应集中在路上。
• Concentrate your mind on study,Don't look around.专心学习，别东张西望的。

3 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

4 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

5 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。

6 digital   

n.数字，数字式；adj.数位的，数字的

参考例句：

• There's a digital watch on the table.桌子上有一块数字式手表。
• The signal will be converted into digital code.信号会被转变为数字代码。

7 tropical   

adj.热带的，热带的，炎热的

参考例句：

• You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。
• This disease is widespread in tropical areas.这种疾病在热带地区蔓延很广。

8 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

9 personality   

n.个性，人格，名人

参考例句：

• Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
• She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。

10 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。

11 county   

n.县，郡

参考例句：

• When the good news reached there,the whole county rejoiced.喜讯传到那里时，全县的人都欢欣鼓舞起来。
• In that year county after county fell to the enemy.那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。