新派英语第四册UNIT7

[00:00.00]Unit 7               Days and Dates
[00:06.37]2.Listen.
[00:33.52]3.Listen.Read.
[00:46.08]Juan:Hey!I'm going to have a real birrthday this year.
[00:50.44]Liu:Didn't you have a birthday last year?
[00:54.18]Juan:Not on the date of my birth.I have a real birthday only every fourth year.
[01:00.41]Liu:Why is that?
[01:03.65]Juan:My birthday is on February twenty-ninty.
[01:08.00]That date date is only in leap¹ years.
[01:11.93]Liu:How old are you going to be?
[01:15.17]Juan:Twelve.But it's just my third real birthday.
[01:20.03]Liu:So you're really going to be only three!
[01:24.28]I'm going to be eleven on the Fourth of July.That's Independence Day.
[01:30.32]Juan:You're lucky.
[01:33.28]You get to celebrate your real birtday every year and with parades² and fireworks!
[01:40.01]6.Listen.Circle the correct date.
[02:52.84]7.Listen.Play the number game.
[03:37.19]Queen of the Calendar
[03:42.84]Lian hung up the wateing can.She put the shovel³ away.
[03:58.39]She was helping⁴ her father clean up the yard.
[04:03.32]"I know what I am going to be one day,"she told him.
[04:09.19]"What are you going to be ?"Father asked.
[04:13.84]"I am going to be Queen of the Calendar,"Lina said.
[04:20.28]"What does a Calendar Queen do?"Father asked.He gave her a rake⁵.
[04:29.64]"She names new holidays to celebrate,"Lina said.
[04:35.36]"She names special holiday for every week and every month of the year."
[04:42.92]Father smiled."What are some of them going to be?"he asked.He started to rake.
[04:51.46]"April tenth is going to be Drop-the-Broom Day,"Lina said."No work on that date!"
[05:00.78]"August first is going to be Lucky Messy⁶ Day,"Lina said.
[05:09.60]"No cleaning up!Every Friday can be Fireworks Day.
[05:17.56]And every Monday is going to be Joke Day.We can tell jokes all day.
[05:25.80]There is not going to be any time for school on Mondays!"
[05:31.24]"I like this!"Father said."October sixteenth can be Hug-a-Tree Day.
[05:38.98]And July thirtieth can be BE-Nice-to-Horses Day."
[05:45.42]Father stopped raking⁷."What is the date today?"he asked.
[05:54.35]"June twenty-first,"Father said.
[05:58.81]"The first day of summer,"Father said.
[06:03.96]"Let's celebrate!""How?"asked Lina.
[06:09.72]"Let's make it Chocolate Ice-Cream Day,"said Father.
[06:15.37]"I like that idea!"said Liana.So they did.
[06:21.53]Listen and read the poem.
[06:33.08]A New Holiday
[06:36.14]"I've had it,"I finally said,"I'm not going to make my bed.
[06:42.41]This holiday's new,There's nothing to do,My room can stay messy,"I said.
[06:49.25]My jacket I left on the floor,My socks I hung on the door.
[06:54.90]When Mom saw my room,She gave me a broom,And said,"I can't take any more!"

1 leap   

n.跳跃，飞跃，跃进；vi.跳跃，跳过；猛然行动，迅速行动；vt.跃过，使跃过

参考例句：

• In the last few years,this art has made a big leap.近几年来，这一艺术有了新的跃进。
• Her marriage to John was a leap in the dark.她与约翰结婚是贸然行动。

2 parades   

n.（部队的）检阅( parade的名词复数 )v.（使）集合接受检阅( parade的第三人称单数 )；游行，列队行进；展示，炫耀

参考例句：

• There are parades with dragons as part of the New Year celebrations. 新年庆祝的时候，其中一个节目是跑龙套。 来自超越目标英语 第1册
• They usually watch sports and parades on TV. 他们通常在电视上看体育和欢庆活动的节目。 来自超越目标英语 第1册

3 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 rake   

n.耙；斜度；vi.耙；核查；vt.耙；扫射

参考例句：

• In the autumn I rake up the dead leaves.秋天我把死叶耙拢。
• Rake up the trash on the ground.把地上的废料耙在一起。

6 messy   

adj.散乱的，污秽的，麻烦的

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She found herself in a messy spot.她发现自己陷入了窘境。

7 raking   

粗筛

参考例句：

• He is raking around in the library for some reference books. 他正在图书馆里找参考书。
• How would you like to spend your Sundays raking up dead leaves? 你难道会愿意在园里耙枯叶子来消磨你的星期天？