北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit8 les29-1

[00:00.00]Unit 8 Transportation¹
[00:06.23]Lesson 29
[00:08.67]1.2 Before the invention of trains and cars,
[00:14.71]people could use three basic types
[00:16.95]of transportation.
[00:18.92]They could travel on horseback
[00:21.09]or ride on the back of another animal
[00:23.76]such as a donkey²,
[00:25.14]a camel etc,
[00:27.91]or they could ride in a cart³ pulled by a horse.
[00:31.85]For a person who could not afford a horse
[00:34.35]or a donkey,
[00:35.73]the only choice waste travel on foot,that is,
[00:40.25]to walk.
[00:42.44]In ancient times,rivers were difficult to cross
[00:46.94]People could not cross wide rivers
[00:49.50]unless they had some sort of boat.
[00:52.91]However,if a river was not too wide,
[00:56.67]people could build a bridge across it.
[00:59.62]In places where the river was not very deep,
[01:02.98]people could walk across.
[01:05.94]In the past,
[01:07.70]roads were very different from today.
[01:10.97]They were just dirt tracks⁴.
[01:13.20]So,in the winter the rain
[01:16.18]and sonw made these tracks full of mud⁵.
[01:19.82]Sometimes,the roads were so bad
[01:23.17]that heavy cars could not pass.
[01:26.36]Even in good weather,
[01:27.99]travelling by road was slow.
[01:30.73]It could take many days
[01:32.38]to travel a few hundred kilometers.
[01:34.09]

1 transportation   

n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

参考例句：

• The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
• He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。

2 donkey   

n.驴子；蠢人；顽固的人

参考例句：

• This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.这头驴能驮两袋粮食。
• "I'll buy your donkey,"said the two.“我想要买你的驴子”两人异口同声说。

3 cart   

n.（二轮或四轮）运货马车，手推车；vt.用马车装载，用手提（笨重物品），强行带走

参考例句：

• We use this to cart the goods.我们用这个来拉运货物。
• Let's go over and help them pull the cart.咱们过去帮他们拉车。

4 tracks   

n.小路( track的名词复数 )；跑道；路径；轨道v.跟踪( track的第三人称单数 )；跟踪摄影；留下（脏）足迹；追随（潮流等）

参考例句：

• Tracks led up the mountainside. 小径沿着山坡向上延伸。
• All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes. 所有的曲子都已经从原始录音带转录到了数码母带上。

5 mud   

n.泥，泥浆

参考例句：

• The swimming pool is filled up with mud.游泳池里全是泥。
• A car ran past,spotting my coat with mud.一辆汽车驶过，给我的外衣溅上了泥点。