北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit19 warm-up2

[00:01.66]I come from a country famous
[00:03.18]for manufacturing Mecedes Benz cars.
[00:06.00]In 1990, two different states
[00:08.10]the East and the West
[00:09.82]reunified to become one country.
[00:11.48]The people were very happy.
[00:13.48]Berlin is now our capital city.
[00:15.60]I'm proud to live in Europe's largest ecomnomy
[00:17.61]and most populous¹ nation.
[00:20.03]My country is made up of England, Wales,
[00:22.97]Scotland and Northern Ireland.
[00:25.37]I live in the east part of London.
[00:27.27]I've lived here all my life
[00:29.09]so I speak with a Cockney
[00:30.78]accent Cockney English is unique.
[00:33.99]It's got a lot of rhymes.
[00:36.24]Did you know we say,
[00:37.48]"apples and pears" instead of the word "stairs"
[00:40.61]And can you guess what "April showers"stand for
[00:44.27]Yeah, you're right.
[00:45.35]"April showers" are "flowers"!
[00:48.20]I live in a country which produces a sparking
[00:51.21]wine called Champagne².For most people,
[00:55.20]eating well is very important.
[00:57.88]We spend an amazing amount of time
[01:00.74]thinking about, talking about,
[01:03.12]cooking and consuming good food and wine.
[01:06.45]We're famous for inventing the baguette,
[01:09.71]a long stick of bread.
[01:11.20]

1 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

2 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。