北师大初中英语八年级上--Expansion6-1

[00:00.00]UNIT 6
[00:08.40]Expansion 6
[00:14.56]Exercise 1
[00:16.44]Halloween is popular festival
[00:18.68]in the United¹ States
[00:20.50]and in other English-speaking countries.
[00:23.67]Each October 31st,
[00:25.94]children dress as ghosts.
[00:28.29]In the evening,
[00:29.78]they knock on neighbors' doors
[00:31.44]and ask for candies.
[00:33.43]This is called "trick or treating"
[00:36.38]because when the children arrive at a house
[00:39.58]they call out"Trick or treat!"
[00:42.40]This is to tell the people that
[00:44.50]if they do not give them any candy--
[00:47.13]the "treat",
[00:48.38]they may play a trick on them!
[00:50.98]Another well-known Halloween tradition is the
[00:54.00]jack-o'lantern.
[00:56.21]This is an empty pumpkin² shell³
[00:58.67]with pieces cut out to make a face.
[01:02.01]People light the jack-o'lanterns
[01:04.05]with a candle inside.
[01:06.40]At night,they look strange and terrible.
[01:09.99]And this is what children enjoy about Halloween
[01:14.33]-scaring each other!-
[01:16.72]Thanksgiving is public holiday
[01:18.82]in the United States.
[01:21.20]On the fourth Thursday of November,
[01:24.02]people celebrate with family or friends.
[01:27.39]They give thanks for their good luck and
[01:29.76]enjoy a big meal including roast⁴ turkey,
[01:33.82]sweet potatoes,and pies.
[01:36.65]Younger children celebrate Thanksgiving
[01:39.04]by acting⁵ in plays at school.
[01:41.70]They dress in a special way
[01:43.85]and tell the story of the first Thanksgiving
[01:46.57]in 1621.
[01:46.57]

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

3 shell   

n.贝壳，壳，外形；v.去壳，脱落；n.[计算机] DOS命令:安装备用的COMMAND.COM文件，并改变环境尺寸

参考例句：

• Please shell some peanuts for the cake.请为做点心剥点胡花生。
• This kind of beetles have hard shell.这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。

4 roast   

v.烤，炙，烘；n.烤肉；adj.烤(烘)过的

参考例句：

• There's a piece of roast beef.这儿有一块烤牛肉.
• Put the meat into the oven to roast.把肉放到炉子里去烤。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。