大众英语 Gateway to English Book 2 ;
Lesson One ;
Words and Exressions ;
airport/’ep:t/ n.飞机场 agree/’gri:/vi.同意 ;
ballroom/’b:lrum/ n.舞厅 bowl/bul/n.碗 ;
a bowl of...一碗... carry/’kri/ vt.手拿;手提 ;
championship /’tmpjnip/ n.锦标赛 ;
channel/’tnl/ n.(电视)频道 choice/’tis/ n.选择 ;
choose/tu:z/ vt.& vi.选择 chose/’tuz/(过去式) ;
chosen/’tuzn/ (过去分词) ;
crossfire/’krsfai/ n.交叉火力 (在本课是电影名) ;
duty/’dju:ti/ n.责任;职务 fair/fe/ adj.公平的 ;
fix/fiks/ vt.准备(饭食等) flat/flt/ n.一套房间 ;
(美)aprtment kick/kik/ vt.& vi.踢 ;
let/let/ vt.(表示建议.请求.) let(过去式,过去分词) ;
mind/maind/vi.介意 musical/’mju:zikl/ n.音乐喜剧 ;
nod/nd/vi.点头 nothing/’ni/ n.没有东西;没有什么 ;
OK/’u’kei/ adj&adv.好;行;可以 perhaps/p’hps/ adv.也许;可以 ;
quick/kwik/adj.快的 rather/’ra:/ adv.相当 ;
really/’rili/ adv.真正地；真实的 recently/’ri:sntli/ adv.最近 ;
remark/ri’ma:k/ vt.& vi.谈论,说 review/ri’vju:/n.评论 ;
salad/’sld/n.色拉 (西餐中的一种凉拌菜) scramble/’skrmbl/ vt.炒(蛋) ;
share// vt.&vi.分享;分担 sofa/’suf/ n.沙发 ;
start/sta:t/ vi.&vt.开始 suggest/s’dest/ vt.建议 ;
throw/ru/vt.扔 threw/ru:/(过去式) thrown/run/ (过去分词) ;
toast/tust/ n.烤面包(片);吐司 tray/trei/n.茶盘 ;
violent/’vailnt/ adj.暴力的 Proper Nouns ;
Carolyn/’krlin/ (女人名) Tess/tes/(女人名) ;
TEXT Putting Your Feet Up Test and Carolyn shared a flat. ;
Carolyn was a dentist and Tess worked at the airport. It was Friday evening. ;
"I don’t really feel like going out, do you?" asked Carolyn. ;
"No,I’m on duty early tomorrow,"replied Tess. ;
"Let’s stay in.Perhaps there’s something interesting on the television." ;
"Here.See what’s on," suggested Carolyn, throwing her the paper. ;
"I’m going to have a quick shower.Then I’ll fix us something to eat.shall I?" ;
"That’s not fair.It’s my turn,"said Tess. ;
"Never mind. You can do it tomorrow.can’t you" ;
Carolyn left the room and Tess kicked off her shoes and put her feet up on the sofa. ;
Half an hour later Carolyn returned carrying a tray with coffee, ;
scrambled eggs on toast and a bowl of salad. ;
Tess looked up from the book that she was reading. ;
"Oh,that looks great," she said. "was there nothing on the television,then?" ;
asked Carolyn. "Yes,We have a choice," smiled Tess." ;
At eight o’clock on Channel 4 there’s an old musical in black and white. ;
At 8:15 on Chnnel 2 there’s a family new film called ;
Crossire and on Channel 1 at 8:30 they’ve got the ;
ballroom dancing championships.I don’t mind. ;
You got the supper,so you can choose." ;
"Well now,"Carolyn put the tray down on the table and sat down. ;
"Those old musicals are usually rather fun,aren’t they?"she remarked ;
"What was the name of that new film? Crossfire,did you say? ;
I read a review of it recently.It’s rather violent,isn’t it?" ;
"Probably,"agreed Tess "And I don’t think we want to watch the ballroom dancing, ;
do we Carolyn continued. ;
"Let’s see what the old musical’s like, shall we?" ;
"OK,"nodded Tess."it starts in a couple of minutes.I’ll turn on the television." ;
Lesson two Words and Expressions ;
above/’bv/ prep.在...之上 above all首先,尤其是 ;
airline/’elain/n. 航线;航空公司 ambition/m’bin/ n.志向,抱负 ;
aunt/a:nt/ n.姨母;姑母; 婶母;伯母;舅母 ;
bright/brait/ adj.聪明的 bus/bs/ n.公共汽车 ;
buy/bai/vt.购买 bought/b:t/ (过去式,过去分词) ;
centrally/’sentrli/ adv.中央地 centrally heated 中央供暖,集中供暖 ;
chilly/’tili/ adj.寒冷的 cruel/krul/ adj.残忍的 ;
dad/dd/n.老爸 draughty/’dra:fti/ adj.通风的 ;
drink/drik/ vt.& vi.喝;饮 drank/drk/(过去式) ;
drunk/drk/(过去分词) exam/ig’zm/n.考试 ;
excellent/’ekslnt/ adj.优秀的 exception /ik’sepn/ n.例外 ;
handle/’hndl/ vt.处理;使用 heat/hi:t/ vt.& vi.加热;供暖 ;
heating/’hi:ti/n. 暖气(装置) hold on 住嘴;别说了 ;
hostess/’hustis/ n.女主人 ;
air hostess 飞机上的女服务员; 空中小姐 ;
jumper/’dmp/ n.套头衫(手织或机织的) mark/ma:k/n.分散 ;
objict/b’dekt/ vi.& vt反对 pilot/’pailt/n.飞行员 ;
Portuguese /p:tju’gi:z/ n.葡萄牙语 ;
secondly/’sekndli/ adv.第二 ;
snow/snu/vi.下雪 survive/s:vaiv/ vi.活下来 ;
thirdly/’:dli/ adv.第三 travel/’trvl/ adj.vi.旅行 ;
unfriendly /’n’frendli/ adj.不友好的 woolly/’wuli/adj.羊毛的 ;
Proper Nouns Elisabeth/i’lizb/ (女人名) ;
Los Angles /ls’ndili:z/ 洛衫机(市) ;
Rio de Janeiro (巴西)里约热内卢(市) ;
Siberia/sai’biri/ 西伯利亚(俄国) ;
TEXT So Elisabeth Came to England ;
Elisabeth was nineteen and she lived in Rio de Janeiro. ;
Her father was an airline pilot ;
and it was Elisabeth’s ambition to become an air hostess. ;
She was a bright girl and with one exception her exam marks were good. ;
The exception was English. ;
"Look," said her father, "if you want to become an air hostess. ;
you must learn to speak really good English. ;
I’m going to send you to England next February. ;
"Oh,you couldn’t be so cruel,Dad,"said Elisabeth. ;
"It snows in England in February and the people are unfriendly ;
and the houses are draughty and.." "Hold on,"said her father." ;
You’re exaggerating.In the first place, ;
it doesn’t always snow in English in February. ;
I’m not sending you to Siberia Secondly, ;
English people are usually quite kind to foreign visitors,and thirdly, ;
a lot of English houses have central heating these days." ;
"Why can’t I go and stay with my uncle in Los Angeles?"asked Elisabeth. ;
"Because your uncle and aunt both speak Portuguese," ;
replied Elisabeth’s father."You learnt your English in the United States," ;
objected Elisabeth. "I worked as a waiter,"said her father." ;
I had to get used to speaking English fast,in order to survive." ;
Well,Elisabeth came to English for eight weeks, ;
It did snow and there were times when she felt quite chilly. ;
But she bought herself a thick woolly jumper, ;
the family she stayed with were kind,and their home was centrally heated. ;
Elisabeth got used to drinking tea, ;
travelling on English buses and handing English money. ;
Above all,she got used to speaking English and before long she could understand ;
almost everything that people said to her. ;
Later,when she was an air hostess, ;
and people asked her where she ;
had learnt to speak such excellent English, ;
she used to say:"My father was very cruel.He sent me to English in February ;
Lesson three Words and Expressions ;
add/d/vt.增加 adventure/d’vent/ n.冒险;惊险活动 ;
age/eid/n.年龄 announcer/’nauns/ n.播音员 ;
anthem/’nm/ n.颂歌 the national anthem 国歌 ;
anxious/’ks/ adj.焦急的;渴望的 area/’eri/n.地区 ;
booth/bu:/ n.(隔开的)小间 broad/’br:d/adj. 宽阔的 ;
broadcast/’br:dka:st/ vt.& vi.广播 broadcast或broadcasted (过去式或过去分词) ;
builder/’bild/n. 建筑商 cheer/ti/vi.欢呼 ;
comment/’kmnt/ vi.评论 construct/kn’strkt/ vt.建造 ;
describe/dis’kraib/ vt.描写;叙述 design/di’zain/vt.设计 ;
drive/draiv/ vt.& vi.开车 drove/druv/(过去式) ;
driven(过去分词) Dutch/’dt/ adj.荷兰的 ;
enjoy/in’di/ vt.喜爱;乐趣; exciting/ik’saiti/ adj.兴奋的 ;
exclaim/iks’kleim/ vi.& vt.解释 field/fi:ld/ n.场地 ;
German/’d:mn/ adj.德国的 handshake/’hndeik/ n.握手 ;
huge/hju:d/ adj.巨大的 ;
international /,int’nnl/ adj.国际的 ;
jet/jet/n. 喷气式飞机 mean/mi:n/vt. 表示...的意思 ;
name/neim/vt.给...取名 onto/’ntu/prep 到...之上，向..之上 ;
organist/’:gnist/ n.风筝手 pitch/pit/ vt.& vi.(棒球中)投球 ;
pitcher/’pit/n. (棒球中的)投手 ride/raid/vt.乘(车) ;
shout/aut/ vi.& vt.喊叫,高呼 silver/’silv/ adj.银灰色的 ;
single/’sigl/ adj.单个的 sound/saund/vi.听起来 ;
stadium/’steidjm/n. 体育馆 style/stail/n.风格 ;
tract/trkt/n.屋区 Proper Nouns Anaheim/’nhaim/ (地名) ;
Dodger/’dd/ (棒球队名) Fernando Valenzuela (人名) ;
Holland/’hlnd/荷兰 Montreal/,mntri’:l/ n.蒙特利尔(市) ;
Moraji/m’ra:di/ n.(男人名) Pete/pi:t/ n.(男人名) ;
the Santa Ana River (美国)圣安娜河 Sweden/’swi:dn/瑞典 ;
TEXT Moraji’s American Adventure ;
Peter waited at the Los Angeles International Airport for the huge, ;
silver jet that through Moraji to the United States ;
They greeted each other with broad smiles and warm handshakes. ;
They had not seen one another for four years. ;
They were both seventeen then and they looked a little older now at ;
the age of twenty-one ;
Peter drove the visitor to his home in Anaheim,and Moraji enjoyed riding in his ;
friend’s new car,which was made in Sweden. ;
"Anaheim is an interesting name," Moraji commented. ;
"It sounds German." "It is,"Peter said. ;
"It is named for the Santa Ana River,which is Spanish, ;
but the first people to live here were Germans, ;
so they added the world heim,meaning home." ;
Moraji liked the city of Anaheim. ;
He also liked the tract where Pete lived. ;
A tract is an area where all the ;
houses were constructed by the same builder. ;
In Pete’s tract the houses were designed like those in ;
Holland,and the style is called Dutch. ;
Moraji was especially anxious to see an American baseball game. ;
That very evening they went to Dodger Stadium to see an exciting game between Los ;
Angeles and Montreat. ;
At the beginning of the game everyone stood while the ;
organist played the national anthems of both Canada and the United States. ;
Pete explained that most of the people in Montreat speak French ;
and that announcers in the broadcasting booths ;
were describing the game not just in English but in French and Spanish. ;
Everyone cheered when the Dodger pitcher came onto the field. ;
"Why are they shouting ,’O1’?"moraji asked. ;
"The pitcher is Fernando Valenzuela," Pete answered. ;
"He just came here from Mexico,and he does not speak English, ;
but already he has become famous, ;
The last four times he pitched ;
the other teams did not score a single time." ;
"How exciting!"Moraji exclaimed."My first day in the United States, ;
and already I’m seeing a famous American baseball pitcher!" ;
