新派英语第五册UNIT6

[00:00.00]Unit 6 Communication
[00:06.48]2.Listen.Read.
[00:17.53]Talk to me,sing to me,send me a letter,
[00:24.48]Make me a video,that's even better.
[00:30.42]Whether we holler or giggle¹ or groan,
[00:37.15]When we communication,were not alone.
[00:43.20]Telephones,microphones,books,magazines,
[00:51.44]Beepers,computers,and answering machines,
[00:57.67]Send me a fax or call on the phone.
[01:02.82]When we communicate,we're not alone.
[01:08.54]In English or Spanish,in Thai or Chinese,
[01:16.00]Korean or Arabic,French,Japanese,
[01:23.34]From kids in a class to a king on a throne,
[01:29.78]When we communicate,we're not alone.
[01:36.01]8.Listen and write the answers.
[02:44.66]HEADLINES by F.M.Bright
[02:56.62]1.My father works hard at his office.
[03:03.46]He is the head of a computer lab.He works all the time.
[03:10.80]And when he gets home after work,he disappears.
[03:16.74]Where?Behind his newspaper!
[03:22.18]He reads every inch of that newspaper-current events,
[03:29.63]crime articles,sports,and weather.
[03:35.64]He even reads the movie reviews and the gossip² column.
[03:41.29]2.Father enjoys that newspaper!But I don't like it.
[03:49.64]Why?Because he gets lost in it!
[03:55.01]Once we were late for the school play because he did nt stop reading.
[04:01.74]Once his beeper rang and rang.
[04:06.96]He didn't look up.Once I said,"Father,the dog is flying,"
[04:14.99]just to see what he would do.
[04:18.84]"Just a minute,"he said."I'm reading the book reviews."
[04:25.39]I can shout!I can sheer³!When he reads the newspaper,he cannot here me.
[04:33.92]3.So today I played a little trick.
[04:40.66]I got some paper.I printed some headines-different headlines.
[04:48.40]And I glud them Father's newspaper.
[04:53.04]What did he do?
[04:56.68]Father picked up the newspaper.He opened it.I waited.
[05:04.81]The newspaper began to shake.I heard a giggle.
[05:11.54]Then I heard a laugh.My trick was working!
[05:17.70]4."Very funny!"Father said.
[05:24.54]"Now I am hungry.Do you want to get some ice cream with me?"
[05:30.59]"But you didn't read all of your newspaper,Father,"I said.
[05:36.13]"I will do that later,"he said."Come on."
[05:41.50]My father is wonderful!
[05:46.07]PROJECT Listen and sing.
[05:59.32]I've been working on the paper.Every day and night.
[06:16.34]I'm reporting on a caper,And I'm editing⁴ what I write.
[06:26.50]Can't you hear the keyboard clicking.
[06:32.33]Typing out the story and my views?
[06:37.87]Can't you hear the printer printing.
[06:44.03]Printing all the news?

1 giggle   

n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说

参考例句：

• Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
• All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。

2 gossip   

n.流言蜚语，爱说长道短的人；vi.传播流言

参考例句：

• She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
• They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。

3 sheer   

adj.绝对的，全然的，峻峭的；v.躲开，躲避，使...避开； adv.完全，全然，峻峭

参考例句：

• He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will.他纯粹靠意志力达到了目的。
• I guess It'sheer waste of time arguing about it.看来争论这件事纯粹是浪费时间。

4 editing   

adj.编辑的

参考例句：

• The processing of data in random order,not subject to preliminary editing or sorting.未经预先编辑或分类，以任意次序对数据进行的处理的做法。