Step by Step 3000 第1册 Unit10:Happy New Year(1)

 　　Unit 10. Happy New Year.

　　Part 1. Warming up.

　　A. Keywords. millennium¹, celebration.

　　Vocabulary. chime, millennium, prospective², gala, countdown, fanfare³,

　　Kiribati, Vietnam, Hanoi, Bangkok, Egypt.

　　The world has entered the 21st century, here are some reports of happy new millenium celebrations.

　　Now listen and enjoy, supply the missing⁴ words.

　　The world is greeting the year 2000 with much celebrations.

　　The first nation to celebrate was Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean.

　　In China, President Jiang Zeming lit a fire to represent thousands of years of Chinese civilization.

　　The traditional Chinese new year begins in February.

　　Russia covering two continents will have the world's longest new year celebrations.

　　Welcome from London, welcome from the BBC World Service to the 21st century.

　　The year 2000 has arrived in Britain when the chimes of London's Big Ben signaled midnight.

　　Huge crowed cheered as spectacular⁵ fireworks displays went along several kilometers of the Thames.

　　New Zealand is greeting the new millennium with fireworks and parties.

　　As the clock struck midnight, thousands of people braved rain showers to attend midnight celebrations, fireworks and concerts.

　　In Australia, a firework display lit up the sky over Sydney's famous harbor⁶ at the stroke⁷ of midnight.

　　Earlier, the new century began its 24 hour march around the globe in the tinny South Pacific island nation of Kiribati.

　　Joyous⁸ celebrations took place across Asia to celebrate the turn of the century and the start of the new millennium.

　　In Hong kong, tens of thousands of people started the new year at the race track, where a horse race began just after midnight.

　　More than 360,000 people lined Singapore's Orchard⁹ Road to cheer the new century while hundreds of balloons were released¹⁰ into the sky.

　　In Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of people crowed the streets of Hanoi and Hu zhiming City.

　　2000 couples from around the world gathered in Thailand today to mark the new year with a mass wedding.

　　The day-long ceremony began in the morning with grooms¹¹ meeting with their prospective brides and exchanging gifts in the convention¹² center in the captial of Bangkok.

　　In Japan, millions of people wished for good fortune in the Year of the Dragon.

　　In Tokyo's waterfront area, 10,000 people enjoyed a gala countdown to the New Year.

　　People across the world are welcoming the year 2000 with fanfare and celebration.

　　The spectacular dusk-to-dawn light show is marking the beginning of the new century at the Pyramids in Egypt.

　　Just over an hour ago, millions of people in western and central Europe welcomed the new year with fireworks and open air parties.

　　B. Keywords. capital, country.

　　Vocabulary. drill.

　　You will hear 15 capital names, locate them in the list and write them down in the blank spaces, then draw lines to match the capitals with their corresponding¹³ countries.

　　Knowledge about names of countries, their capitals and some other cities or areas is important in new stories.

　　This drill is for practice in identifying place names of some capitals and their countries.

　　1. Washington, The United States.

　　2. Madrid, Spain.

　　3. Warsaw, Poland.

　　4. London, The United Kingdom.

　　5. Rangoon, Burma or Myanmar.

　　6. Brussels, Belgium.

　　7. Moscow, Russia.

　　8. Mexico City, Mexico.

　　9. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

　　10. Vienna, Austria.

　　11. Kampala, Uganda.

　　12. Rome, Italy.

　　13. Berlin, Germany.

　　14. Ankara, Turkey.

　　15. Bangkok, Thailand.

　　C. Keywords. place name, captial.

　　Vocabulary. respond, pronunciation, identify.

　　Listen to 10 names of countries and their capital cities, draw lines to match the capitals in column¹⁴ B with their corresponding countries in column A.

　　Many students lack the ability to respond quickly to the English pronunciation of some place names.

　　Therefore, they need to be repeated and practice in identifying place names.

　　1. Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

　　2. The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul.

　　3. The captial of Argentina is Buenos Aires.

　　4. What is the capital of Denmark? It's Copenhagen.

　　5. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia.

　　6. Athens is the capital of Greece.

　　7. Do you know what the capital of India is? Yes, it's New Delhi.

　　8. Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia.

　　9. The capital of Iran is Tehran.

　　10. What's the capital of Iraq? It's Baghdad.

1 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

2 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

3 fanfare   

n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布

参考例句：

• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

4 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

5 spectacular   

adj.引人注目的，出色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• This is a spectacular film.这是一部场面壮观的电影。
• This is the most spectacular financial crash of the decade.这是10年里最引人注目的金融破产事件。

6 harbor   

n.海港，港口；vt.庇护，藏匿；心怀(怨恨等)

参考例句：

• The harbor lies to the south of the city.港口在城市的南边。
• At that time,our ship was tied up at this harbor.当时我们的船停靠在这个港口。

7 stroke   

n.笔画，击打，连续的动作，中风，心跳；vt.奉承，轻抚； vi.击打，心跳...

参考例句：

• He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。
• He broke the lock with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把锁砸坏了。

8 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

9 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

10 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

11 grooms   

n.新郎( groom的名词复数 )；马夫v.照料或梳洗（马等）( groom的第三人称单数 )；使做好准备；训练；（给动物）擦洗

参考例句：

• Plender end Wilcox became joint grooms of the chambers. 普伦德和威尔科克斯成为共同的贴身侍从。 来自辞典例句
• Egypt: Families, rather than grooms, propose to the bride. 埃及：在埃及，由新郎的家人，而不是新郎本人，向新娘求婚。 来自互联网

12 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

13 corresponding   

adj.符合的，一致的，相同的，相应的，相当的

参考例句：

• We shall take the corresponding measures.我们将采取相应措施。
• Finally,some corresponding advices are put forword based on the above experiments.最后提出了几个相应的建议。

14 column   

n.列，柱形图；专栏；圆柱；纵队

参考例句：

• I often read his column in the local paper.我经常在当地的报纸上看到他的专栏文章。
• A column of soldiers marched down the highway.一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进。