北师大初中英语七年级下--Unit 10-40-1

[00:00.00]UNIT 10 Lesson 40
[00:06.02]1.2 Jefferson Magazine
[00:10.46]Continuing our series¹ Hamilton:
[00:13.37]Past and Present,
[00:14.94]this week we interview Sam Jones,
[00:17.98]lifelong resident² of Hamilton
[00:20.56]and school janitor³ at Jefferson Junior High
[00:23.95]for more than thirty years.
[00:26.38]Mr Jones ,tell us about how Hamilton
[00:30.10]was many years ago.
[00:32.07]Well,when I was young,the city was quite small
[00:36.20]but now it is very large.
[00:38.69]What about the downtown area?
[00:40.91]Well,there were the old buildings,of course-
[00:44.42]the church,the museum,and the town hall-
[00:47.95]that are still there today.
[00:49.68]But there weren't any tall office buildings
[00:52.24]like now.
[00:53.86]Were there many cars?
[00:55.49]Well,there were some but not like now.
[00:59.14]There weren't any traffic problems in the past.
[01:02.10]And no pollution?
[01:03.61]That's right.
[01:04.76]There wasn't any pollution.
[01:06.97]The city was clean and quiet.
[01:09.64]Now there is a lot of noise-too much noise.
[01:13.99]Was there any graffiti around the town?
[01:16.49]No,not at all.
[01:18.87]Now there is graffiti everywhere,
[01:21.47]even here in the school sometimes!
[01:24.54]Today,Hamilton is a popular place for tourists.
[01:28.50]Was it always like that?
[01:30.41]No,it wasn't.
[01:32.14]When I was a boy,
[01:33.51]there weren't any tourists.
[01:35.31]I guess there wasn't so much to see
[01:37.41]in Hamilton back then!
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1 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 resident   

a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的

参考例句：

• I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
• They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。

3 janitor   

n.看门人，管门人

参考例句：

• The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.看门人用褴褛的衣服擦着窗户。
• The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.那个看门人每天晚上负责打扫大楼的地板和锁门。