初中英语山东版九年级--Unit 2

It can't be a temple-but it could be a calendar.
[00:10.04]Section 1 Before You Read
[00:13.20]PAIRWORK
[00:14.99]Look at the pictures.
[00:17.17]Who built these things?
[00:19.31]Why did they build them?
[00:22.22]Discuss with your partner.
[00:24.96]Section 2 While You Read
[00:28.94]Learning strategy¹:
[00:31.58]RETAINING LANGUAGE
[00:34.35]After doing exercises in your books,try writing
[00:39.53]the answers in full sentences somewhere else.
[00:44.19]Come back to these sentences another day
[00:48.05]and recite them a few times.
[00:51.48]This will help you to learn
[00:53.67]and retain² new language.
[00:57.21]It can't be a temple-but it could be a calendar.
[01:02.92]Every year,thousands of tourists from
[01:06.31]all over the world visit Stonehenge.
[01:10.40]This is not only one of England's most famous
[01:13.95]historical places,
[01:16.13]but also one of its greatest mysteries.
[01:20.62]Why was it built?
[01:23.04]For a long time,historians³ believed that
[01:27.51]Stonehenge was a temple where special priests⁴
[01:31.94]prayed to ancient earth gods.
[01:34.63]However,historian Paul Stoker thinks
[01:38.88]this isn't true.
[01:41.24]"Stonehenge can't be a temple,"he says,
[01:45.11]"because those priests didn't arrive in England
[01:48.89]until a few hundred years BC.
[01:52.61]And we know that Stonehenge was built many,
[01:56.53]many centuries earlier than that."
[01:59.86]Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might
[02:04.56]be a kind of calendar.
[02:07.55]This is because the large stones have been
[02:11.09]put in position so that on a midsummer's morning
[02:15.70]the sun's rays go directly into the center.
[02:20.23]And some people believe it was used to predict
[02:24.28]an eclipse⁵ of the sun.
[02:27.11]Again,no one is sure what Stonehenge was used
[02:31.20]for,but most historians agree that the
[02:35.16]position of the stones must be used for
[02:38.22]a special purpose.
[02:40.89]There are other ideas,too.
[02:44.35]Some historians think it might be a burial place
[02:48.39]or a place to honor⁶ ancestors.
[02:52.21]Others think that it was built to celebrate
[02:55.49]a great victory over an enemy.
[02:58.88]Who built it?
[03:01.21]Stonehenge was bulit in several stages,
[03:04.66]but most historians think it must be almost
[03:08.30]5,000 years old.
[03:11.51]One of the greatest mysteries is
[03:14.04]how it was built,
[03:15.88]because the stones are so big and heavy.
[03:20.84]In 2001,a group of English volunteers tried
[03:26.02]to build another Stonehenge,but they couldn't.
[03:31.23]"We don't know who built Stonehenge,
[03:34.51]or how they did it."says Paul Stoker,
[03:38.26]"and perhaps we might never know.
[03:41.62]But we do know that they must have been very
[03:45.47]organized and hardworking people."
[03:48.67]Section 3 After You Read
[03:53.17]3a Write sentences to show what historians
[03:58.82]think Stonehenge might be,or can't be.
[04:04.24]3b Match each word with its meaning.
[04:09.67]Now write full sentences in your notebooks
[04:13.54]using each word.
[04:16.82]Section 4 Go For It!
[04:20.46]Discuss the picture with your partner.
[04:23.65]Use the words or phrases below to help you.
[04:28.60]soldier   horses  emperor
[04:35.99]teacher   210 BC  1000 BC
[04:48.31]dig      burial place   death
[04:55.50]Xi'an   the war  tourists       statues
[05:05.97]belong to       stones
[05:11.27]The Terracotta Warriors⁷ and Horses Museum
[05:16.82]If you have time!
[05:19.37]Write an article for Mystery magazine.
[05:23.79]Choose any subject you think is interesting to
[05:27.92]historians or scientists.
[05:30.83]Share your article with your group.
[05:33.54]

1 strategy   

n.方法，策略，战略

参考例句：

• The only way to take the enemy position is by strategy,not by forceful attack.只可智取，不可强攻。
• Tactics differs from strategy.战术有别于战略。

2 retain   

vt.保持，保留；记住

参考例句：

• We shall retain our rights.我们将保留我们的权利。
• China dishes retain heat longer than metal pans.瓷器盘子比金属盘子保温时间长。

3 historians   

n.历史学家，史学工作者( historian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Historians seem to have confused the chronology of these events. 历史学家好像把这些事件发生的年代顺序搞混了。
• Historians have concurred with each other in this view. 历史学家在这个观点上已取得一致意见。

4 priests   

n.（基督教和罗马天主教的）神父( priest的名词复数 )；牧师；（非基督教会的）教士；祭司

参考例句：

• the ordination of women priests 女司祭的授职礼
• The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests. 在女性教士的问题上，牧师们意见不一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 eclipse   

v.使黯然失色，使相形见绌，日食，月食

参考例句：

• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
• There will be an eclipse of the moon next month.下个月有月食。

6 honor   

n.光荣；敬意；荣幸；vt.给…以荣誉；尊敬

参考例句：

• I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
• It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。

7 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。