北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit6 23-1

[00:00.21]UNIT 6
[00:07.13]Lesson 23
[00:12.57]Exercise 1.1
[00:15.17]I had a fantastic time in New York.
[00:18.85]I was there for New Year's Eve.
[00:21.81]We left Matt's apartment at about seven thirty
[00:26.16]and walked towards Times Square.
[00:29.34]We hurried because we wanted to
[00:32.10]find a good place to watch the celebrations¹.
[00:36.75]We arrived at Times Square
[00:39.23]at about eight o'clock.
[00:41.60]There were already thousands of people there.
[00:45.62]There were no cars around
[00:48.04]because the police stopped all the traffic
[00:50.92]in the streets nearby.
[00:53.72]We looked for a good place to stand
[00:56.43]and then waited.
[00:58.48]Over the next two or three hours,
[01:01.56]the people increased.
[01:04.27]Some parents
[01:06.04]carried their children on their shoulders
[01:09.06]so that they could see better.
[01:12.54]Finally,it was time for the "countdown".
[01:16.55]On the roof² of one of the buildings,
[01:20.15]there is a glass ball
[01:22.66]that moves down a pole³ at twelve o'clock.
[01:27.62]At 11:59, everyone looked up at the roof
[01:32.61]because the ball started
[01:34.41]to move slowly down the pole.
[01:37.99]Ten seconds before midnight⁴,
[01:41.44]everyone counted the seconds:
[01:44.81]Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! ...
[01:51.69]When the ball reached the bottom⁵,
[01:54.87]it was New Year and everyone clapped⁶
[01:57.98]and cheered and shouted.
[02:00.58]People smiled happily
[02:02.43]and wished us a Happy New Year.
[02:02.43]

1 celebrations   

n.庆祝( celebration的名词复数 )；庆祝会（仪式）

参考例句：

• The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations. 市长的光临为庆祝活动增辉。
• Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations 维多利亚女王登基50周年庆典

2 roof   

n.屋顶；v.给...覆以屋顶，覆盖

参考例句：

• A cat is on the roof.一只小猫在屋顶上。
• Move back! The roof is falling!往后退，屋顶要塌了！

3 pole   

n.极点，磁极，电极，杆，竿，相反的极端；vt.用竿支撑，用棒推；vi.撑篙

参考例句：

• The earth's poles are called the North Pole and the South Pole.地球的极点称作北极和南极。
• The horse broke away from my horse pole and ran wild.这匹烈马挣断了我的套马杆狂奔起来。

4 midnight   

n.午夜

参考例句：

• The ship pulled in to the shore at midnight.那船半夜时靠岸。
• He looked at the moon and made the time to be midnight.他看了看月亮，估计时间是半夜了。

5 bottom   

n.底部;屁股，臀部；adj.底部的

参考例句：

• The bottom of the cup is broken.这杯子的底破了。
• The channel must have a flat bottom.沟道的底要平。

6 clapped   

v.拍手( clap的过去式和过去分词 )；（常指友好地）轻拍某人的背（或肩）；急速放置

参考例句：

• The audience cheered and clapped. 观众又是喝彩又是鼓掌。
• The van's totally clapped out. 那辆货车已破得不成样子。