北师大初中英语九年级（全一册）--Unit 5-19

[00:00.78]Unit 5  English and English-speaking Countries
[00:05.59]Lesson 19
[00:09.91]Exercise 1.2
[00:13.04]Hi,Yang Yang
[00:14.32]Thank you for your e-mail.
[00:16.47]I'm really happy that we met each other
[00:18.74]on the Internet.
[00:20.39]How are your English classes going?
[00:23.00]Have you learned¹ a lot?
[00:25.16]In your last e-mail,
[00:27.23]you asked me if students in Canada
[00:29.28]learn a foreign language.
[00:31.24]This depends on where you live in the country
[00:33.73]and your school.
[00:35.44]I live in Vancouver,
[00:37.38]and here most students start learning²
[00:39.54]a foreign language
[00:40.85]when they are in primary school.
[00:43.46]Others start in junior³ high school.
[00:45.70]Because both English and French
[00:48.45]are official⁴ languages in Canada,
[00:51.32]most English-speaking students learn French,
[00:54.60]but you can learn other languages,too.
[00:57.71]In my school you can choose either Chinese
[01:00.23]or French, or both..
[01:02.75]I chose to learn Chinese.
[01:05.24]I have a lot of Chinese friends
[01:07.19]and I really like Chinese culture.
[01:10.68]My younger sister is also learning Chinese.
[01:14.18]This way we can talk to each other in Chinese
[01:18.28]and our parents won't understand!
[01:20.92]In Vancouver,
[01:22.34]there are also a lot of language schools..
[01:25.72]If someone wants to learn a foreign language,
[01:28.87]he can go to these schools
[01:30.45]after regular classes.
[01:32.92]Most language schools offer Chinese classes.
[01:36.51]Also,many Chinese parents send their children
[01:39.50]to Chinese language schools
[01:41.75]so they won't forget their native⁵ language.
[01:45.01]You told me that learning English is difficult
[01:48.22]I think learning any foreign language
[01:50.67]is difficult.
[01:52.17]Chinese is also difficult for me,
[01:54.83]but we shouldn't give up.
[01:56.77]Next time I send you e-mail
[01:58.52]I'll try to write in Chinese
[02:00.80]and you can reply in English.
[02:03.55]This way, we'll help each other
[02:05.94]in learning a foreign language!
[02:07.90]I'd also like to know
[02:09.36]what it is like to learn English in China.
[02:12.60]Could you tell me about it?
[02:14.35]I'm looking forward to reading⁶ your e-mail.
[02:17.12]Cheers.
[02:18.21]Paula
[02:24.34]Exercise 2.1
[02:27.34]Native peoples have been living in Canada
[02:30.14]for thousands of years,
[02:32.13]but the French were the first Europeans
[02:34.55]to arrive in Canada in the 1500s.
[02:37.86]About 100 years later,
[02:40.06]the British arrived ,and both nations⁷,
[02:43.23]the French and the British,
[02:45.48]lived peacefully for about 100 years.
[02:49.10]Then , in 1745,
[02:51.60]the British took some French land,
[02:54.14]and both nations fought against each other
[02:56.70]for the right to rule Canada.
[02:59.20]The French lost ,
[03:00.85]and in 1763 Canada became British.
[03:05.35]Because of the history of both the French
[03:07.61]and the British,
[03:08.91]today Canada has two official languages:
[03:12.55]French and English.
[03:14.57]About 24% of the population speak French
[03:18.67]as a native language and another
[03:20.65]60% speak English as a native language.
[03:24.66]The rest speak other languages like Chinese,
[03:27.74]Arabic, etc...
[03:29.41]as a native language and speak either English
[03:32.46]or French as a second language.
[03:35.61]Today, the population of Canada is about 32
[03:39.64]million and the total area is about
[03:42.39]10 million sq.km⁸.
[03:44.88]The capital city of Canada is Ottawa
[03:47.79]and other large cities
[03:49.63]include Toronto and Vancouver.
[03:52.04]The symbol of Canada is a maple⁹ leaf
[03:54.92]and it is also found in the center
[03:57.21]of the Canadian flag¹⁰.
[03:58.01]

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 junior   

adj.年少的，较年幼的；资历较浅的；三年级的；n.年少者；等级较低者；三年级学生

参考例句：

• Mary,a junior,will graduate next year.玛丽，一名三年级的中学生，明年将毕业。
• We could give the job to somebody junior.我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。

4 official   

n.官员，公务员；adj.官方的；正式的；公务的

参考例句：

• The man with glasses is a high official.那个戴眼镜的人是一位高级官员。
• His official duties kept him busy.公务使他繁忙不堪。

5 native   

adj.本国的，本地的；n.本地人，本国人

参考例句：

• No government shall take away the rights of the native people.任何政府也不能剥夺土著人的权利。
• This is my native land and I'll defend it with my life!这是我的祖国，我将用生命保卫她！

6 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

7 nations   

n.国家( nation的名词复数 )；民族；国民

参考例句：

• the Dutch delegation to the United Nations 出席联合国会议的荷兰代表团
• the destinies of nations 国家的命运

8 km   

n.(=kilometre) 公里，千米

参考例句：

• Our speed averaged out at 50 km an hour.我们的平均速度是每小时50公里。
• The car does ten km. to the litre.这辆汽车每升汽油跑10公里。

9 maple   

n.槭树，枫树，槭木

参考例句：

• Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
• The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。

10 flag   

n.旗帜，标志(记)，特征(位)

参考例句：

• The flag is red and yellow.这旗子红黄相间。
• The flag is waving in the wind.旗号正在风中飘荡。