[00:00.00] Unit 7 Lesson 25
[00:05.20]new words and expression
[00:09.87]drive
[00:11.64]n.驾驶路程
[00:13.40]as
[00:15.73]conj.当……的时候
[00:18.05]show(sb.)around
[00:20.94]领着（某人）参观
[00:23.82]Read about a visit to the Guangzhou Museum and answer the questions.
[00:33.67]Yesterday,Jiamin and his classmates did something different.
[00:39.63]They went on a school trip.
[00:43.28]Jiamin was so excited that by eight o'clock in the morning,
[00:48.74]he was already at school and waiting for the bus.
[00:53.42]Poor Jiamin!He had left home much to early,
[00:59.95]as the bus didn't come until just before half past.
[01:04.99]He had to wait in the street for nearly thirty minutes!
[01:10.14]The drive to Yuexiu Park didn't take long.
[01:30.91]By the time Jiamin and his friends had sung a few songs and told a few stories,
[01:39.06]the bus had arrivedand everyone was getting ready to get off.
[01:45.61]Jiamin had visited the park many times before with his parents
[01:53.55]but he had never gone inside the museum.
[01:57.79]That was where they were going now.
[02:01.63]As the class walked up to the front door of the five-floor museum
[02:07.69]a man stepped out to meet them.
[02:11.63]His name was Mr Zhu and he was their guide for the morning.
[02:17.59]Mr Zhu had been a soldier and then a teacher for many years.
[02:23.83]Now he showed people around the museum.
[02:28.06]'Welcome to the museum,'he said.
[02:32.50]'Today,I will tell you all about this wonderful old building
[02:38.56]and show you many of the interesting things inside it.'
[02:43.84]He also had a special surprise for the students.
[02:48.99]'And,since you're middle school students,I'll talk to you in English.
[02:55.54]'Mr Zhu had studied English!
[02:59.20]When the class had seen everything
[03:03.04]and they had thanked Mr Zhuit was time for lunch.
[03:08.71]A special lunch had been ordered for them in a restaurant near the park
[03:14.56]The class were almost as interested to see itas they had been to see the museum!
[03:21.93]Lesson 26
[03:25.87]new words and expression
[03:30.02]dish
[03:31.60]n.盘
[03:33.19]Listen to Jiamin talking about Mr Zhu
[03:43.45]and say whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
[03:48.91]Mr Zhu said that if you want to see history,you should look at him!
[03:55.99]He was just being funny,of course.
[04:01.14]He meant that he had lived for a long time
[04:06.41]and had seen lots of surprising things.
[04:11.45]During his last year at middle school,
[04:16.63]Mr Zhu decided thathe would go to university,
[04:22.50]but,at the end of the year,he joined the army instead.
[04:29.17]Being a soldier was very dangerous.
[04:33.71]There were many hard days and,once or twice,he though that he would die.
[04:41.47]He used to say that he was going to live very quietly and safely after the war,
[04:48.13]if he didn't die in it!
[04:52.49]When the war ended,Mr Zhu went to live on a farm.
[04:58.27]wasn't sure if he would like farming,but he did.
[05:04.72]Many of the young children who lived near him didn't know how to read or write.
[05:12.97]They asked Mr Zhu if he would teach them.
[05:17.83]Soon he was also teaching them maths,history and other subjects.
[05:25.88]Without planning it,he had become a teacher.
[05:31.52]Mr Zhu taught for many years in a small school.
[05:37.48]When he stopped,he said that he wasn't going to do anything
[05:43.54]except rest and read books.
[05:47.66]But then a friend asked himif he would help at the museum for a few weeks.
[05:54.32]Ten years later,he is still there.
[05:59.37]Lesson 27
[06:04.23]Listen to Jiamin telling his mother about his visit to the museum.
[06:11.07]Then read their conversation and report the questions she asked him.
[06:18.04]Jiamin:Hi,Mum.I'm home!
[06:24.71]Mum:I'm on the phone,Jiamin.Yes,thanks very much.Goodbye.
[06:32.07]Well,Jiamin.How was your day at school?
[06:38.63]Jiamin:I didn't go to school toady.Remember We went to Yuexiu Park.
[06:46.49]Mum:Oh,of course.Did you all enjoy yourselves?
[06:52.84]Jiamin:We had a great time!I learned a lot,too.
[06:59.08]Mum:What did you learn?
[07:02.74]Jiamin:Well,I learned about Zhu Liang.
[07:07.89]Mum:Who is he?
[07:11.36]He's the man who built the Zhenhai Building the building the museum is in.
[07:18.13]Mum:Oh?When did he build it?It was part of the old city wall,wasn't it?
[07:26.30]Jiamin:That's right,and it's the only part left now.
[07:31.45]It was built in 1380 and...
[07:36.02]Mum:Jiamin,come into the kitchen and tell me the rest.
[07:41.27]It's nearly time for dinner.Are you hungry?
[07:46.52]Jiamin:Oh,yes!Learning all that history has made me really hungry!
[07:53.50]Lesson 28
[07:57.54]new words and expression
[08:02.12]sailor
[08:03.79]n.水手
[08:05.46]nearby
[08:07.14]adj.附近
[08:08.83]hand over
[08:11.05]转交
[08:13.27]Huangpu Army School
[08:15.86]黄浦陆军学校
[08:18.44]Jiamin read many old newspaper stories at the museum.
[08:29.20]Newspaper stories often use the passive
[08:34.53]Listen and fill in the correct forms of the verbs.
[08:40.88]1.Canton,July,1839
[08:47.12]A Chinese man ___ ___ ___ in Hong Kong.
[08:52.79]Earlier,some British sailors __ __ fighting with young menfrom a nearby village.
[09:01.54]The British ___ ___ ___ to find the people who killed the man
[09:08.21]and hand them over to the Chinese.
[09:12.65]By ten o'clock last night,this ___ ___ ___.
[09:18.89]2.Canton,July,1930
[09:26.54]The gate of the Huangpu Army School ___ ___ ___ for the last time!
[09:34.69]The school,which ___ ___ by Sun Yat-sen and others seven years ago,___ ___ ___.
[09:43.84]More than 150,000 students from all over the country
[09:50.71]have studied at the school since it opened
[09:55.57]and many of our country's best soldier _____ _____ there.
[10:01.81]3.Canton,1930s
[10:08.47]A 102 year-old man _____ _____ ______ in our city!
[10:15.13]Huang Wei's age _____ ______ _____ to his family for many years,
[10:21.79]but until recently,it _____ _____ ______ .
[10:27.85]Then a relative arrived in the city
[10:32.82]and he brought a very special book along with him.
[10:38.38]The book had the names and birthdays of every personin the Huang family in it.
[10:46.64]Huang Wei's name and the date he was born _____ _____ in the book102 years ago.
[10:56.38]4.Canton,August,1942
[11:03.35]It _____ ______ _____ that Xiao Mingxing
[11:08.21]one of our city's greatest singers,died today.
[11:13.78]She was only 31.Xiao Mingxing __ __ __ to sing to her fans earlier this month,
[11:23.62]although she was not well.
[11:27.75]Her most famous song _____ _____ _____ to end the concert.
[11:34.13]She sang the first lines and then fell to the ground and didn't get up again!
[11:42.59]Unit 7
[11:47.13]Time for a song
[11:50.50]A trip to the Old Town Museum |