新派英语第四册UNIT6

[00:00.00]Unit 6               Then and Now
[00:06.59]8.Listen to the conversation.
[01:22.08]MY TRIP TO CARTAGENA
[01:27.44]BY KANA RILEY
[01:30.29]We traveled by airplane to Cartagena.It is a city in Colombia.
[01:42.92]A guide told us about the city long ago.
[01:48.76]"Who knows who lived here then?"she asked.
[01:53.40]"Was it the Spanish¹?"I asked.
[01:57.25]"Yes,"she said,"but the tribe² of Caribes lived here first.
[02:03.41]The Spanish came in the 1500s and built many of the buildings you see today."
[02:10.93]"Then one day in 1586,
[02:17.81]the explorer³ Sir Francis Drake and his men
[02:22.85]came to Cartagena from England,"she said.
[02:27.89]"They heard that the Spanish had lots of gold.Drake wanted the gold."
[02:35.12]"Did he get it?"I asked."Drake went in at night,"she said.
[02:42.58]"Did they have lights?"I asked.
[02:46.54]"No,"she said."It was different in 1586.
[02:54.38]Electric lights weren't invented then.The city didn't have street lamps.
[03:01.91]It was very dark.So one of Drake's men lit a small fire to help him see.
[03:09.97]The Spanish saw the light.""What happened then?"I asked.
[03:16.81]"Some of the men hid the gold.Some started to fight Drake and his men."
[03:24.26]"Did Drake get any gold?"I asked.
[03:30.49]"Yes,he got some of it.His men took it away by boat.
[03:36.94]"But Drake was not the last person to try to take gold from the city.
[03:42.77]The Spanish people needed to protect their gold.
[03:47.59]So they built this and lots of other strong buidings to protect the city.
[03:54.25]We are lucky they did,
[03:57.78]because these old buildings are still standing⁴ for us to see today!"
[04:04.30]PROJECT
[04:09.73]Listen and read the poem.
[04:17.18]Tony's Time Machine
[04:20.82]Tony turned the key to his brand-new time machinge.
[04:27.05]It was time to go,time to see things he'd never seen.
[04:33.92]He traveled back a million years,and he heard an awful roar⁵.
[04:41.16]He turned around and there he saw a real live dinosaur⁶!
[04:48.83]He quickly set his time machine to another place and year.
[04:55.34]Now he was in the Wild West with cowboys⁷ and lndians near!

1 Spanish   

adj.西班牙人的，西班牙的，西班牙语的；n.西班牙语

参考例句：

• She grew up in Spain,so her first language is Spanish.她在西班牙长大，第一语言是西班牙语。
• I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.我能阅读西班牙语，但不能翻译成西班牙语。

2 tribe   

n.部落，种族，一伙人

参考例句：

• This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
• Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。

3 explorer   

n.探险家，探测者

参考例句：

• His father is an Arctic explorer.他父亲是一位北极探险者。
• The explorer organized an expedition to the North Pole.那位考察者组织了一个去北极的探险队。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 roar   

n.吼，咆哮，轰鸣，喧闹；vi.吼叫，大声说出，喧闹；vt.呼喊，使轰鸣

参考例句：

• He began to roar when I took the chocolate away. 当我把巧克力拿走时，他大哭起来。
• The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight.机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。

6 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

7 cowboys   

n.牧牛工( cowboy的名词复数 )；牛仔；冒失鬼；（尤指无能的）缺德的商人

参考例句：

• children playing a game of cowboys and Indians 玩美国西部牛仔与印第安人游戏的孩子们
• There are too many cowboys in the business these days. 近来商界中，瞎吵胡闹的家伙太多。 来自《简明英汉词典》