高中英语上外版三年级下UNIT EIGHT

00:04.62]Seeking and Giving/Withholding Permission
[00:07.76]A:I'm going to the country to see my grandparents during the holidays.
[00:13.74]Could you lend me your bicycle?B:Yes,of course.
[00:16.88]When do you want it?A:I'll come and fetch it tomorrow,OK?
[00:21.24]B:Yes.How lng will you need it?A:Three days:Friday,
[00:25.86]Saturday and Sunday.B:Three days?I'm afraid I'll need it on Sunday
[00:32.71]A:I'm sorry,but I'll still be in the country then.Perhaps,
[00:37.77]I'll borrow one from somebody else.
[00:40.44]Listening Comprehension
[00:46.89]A.Listen and choose an appropriate response to what you've heard.
[02:07.03]B.You will hear short conversations between two people
[02:11.94]After each conversation,a third person will ask a question about what was said
[02:19.54]After you hear a conversation and the question about it,
[02:23.62]read the four possible answers in your book
[02:26.12]and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
[05:52.36]Text The Physical Features of the United States
[05:57.95]New Words and Expressions
[06:01.22]physical
[06:02.64]自然的
[06:04.06]atlas
[06:05.79]地图册
[06:07.51]latitude¹
[06:09.64]纬度
[06:11.77]extend
[06:13.90]伸展
[06:16.03]mainly
[06:17.95]大部分地
[06:19.87]plateau
[06:21.77]高原
[06:23.68]numerous
[06:26.11]许多
[06:28.54]range
[06:30.51]山脉
[06:32.48]the Rocky Mountains
[06:34.82]落基山脉
[06:37.16]edge
[06:36.66]边,边缘
[06:36.16]region
[06:38.29]地区,地带
[06:40.42]flat
[06:42.00]平的,平坦的
[06:43.58]Canadian
[06:45.75]加拿大的
[06:47.92]border
[06:50.21]边界,边境
[06:52.51]gulf²
[06:54.80]海湾
[06:57.08]Mexico
[06:58.94]默西哥
[07:00.79]eastward³
[07:00.82]向东
[07:00.85]the Appalachian Mountains
[07:04.07]阿巴拉契亚山脉
[07:07.30]parallel
[07:09.62]平行的
[07:11.95]inland
[07:14.16]在内陆
[07:16.36]the Mississipp Rive
[07:18.75]密西西河
[07:21.14]the Missouri
[07:23.27]密苏里河
[07:25.40]the Arkansas
[07:25.40]阿肯色河
[07:25.40]the Ohio
[07:27.97]俄亥俄河
[07:30.55]central
[07:32.39]位于中心的
[07:34.23]the Lawrence River
[07:36.99]圣劳伦斯河
[07:39.74]the Columbia
[07:41.91]哥伦比亚河
[07:44.08]principal
[07:46.40]最重要的
[07:48.73]climate
[07:50.65]气候
[07:52.57]similar
[07:54.55]类似的
[07:56.54]continental⁴
[07:58.77]大陆的
[08:01.01]temperate⁵
[08:02.87]温和的
[08:04.74]zone
[08:06.78]地带,时区
[08:08.81]Florida
[08:10.73]佛罗里达州
[08:12.65]peninsula
[08:14.62]半岛
[08:16.59]semitropical
[08:18.93]亚热带的
[08:21.27]take in
[08:23.40]接纳,吸取
[08:25.53]If you look at an atlas,you will see that the United States of America
[08:33.76]is located on the North American continent
[08:37.31]between thirty and fifty degrees north latitude.
[08:41.15]It extends about two thousand five hundred miles from east to west
[08:41.20]and about twelve hundred miles from north to south.
[08:45.28]The western third of the country consists mainly of a high plateau
[08:51.42]broken by numerous mountain ranges,the chief of which are the Rocky Mountains
[08:57.06]located near the western edge of the high ground.
[09:01.63]To the east of this region lie the Great Plains.
[09:05.29]This is a region of very flat ground extending from the Canadian border
[09:10.64]to the Gulf of Mexico,and eastward as far as the Appalachian Mountians
[09:16.18]The Appalachians are a range of low mountains and hills running parallel to the Atlantic coast
[09:24.02]and about one to two hundred miles inland.
[09:27.54]Along the center of the Great Plains,
[09:31.20]flowing south from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico,is the Mississippi River.
[09:37.23]This river,together with the Missouriand the Arkansas
[09:41.47]which join it from the west and the Ohio which joins it from the east
[09:46.27]forms the central river system of the United States.
[09:50.35]In the north are five great lakes
[09:54.19]which empty into the Atlantic Ocean through the St,Lawrence River
[09:58.39]The Colorado River in the southwest and the Columbia in the northwest
[10:04.45]are the other principal rivers of the country.
[10:08.82]The climate of the country is similar to that of other large continental areas [10:14.07]in the temperate zone.
[10:15.87]It is very warm in the summer and all of it,
[10:19.29]except the South,is cold in the winter.The West,
[10:24.54]and especially the Southwest,is very dry and some areas are desert
[10:30.26]Florida,a peninsula in the southeast has a semitropical climate.
[10:37.03]The country is  divided into four time zones
[10:41.36]The Eastern zone  includes the coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
[10:46.72]he Central zone covers the plains area.
[10:46.79]The Mountain zone takes in most of the mountainous area
[10:51.23]and the Pacific zone covers the Pacific coast

1 latitude   

n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区

参考例句：

• The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
• The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 eastward   

adv.向东；adj.向东的；n.东方，东部

参考例句：

• The river here tends eastward.这条河从这里向东流。
• The crowd is heading eastward,believing that they can find gold there.人群正在向东移去，他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。

4 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

5 temperate   

adj.温和的，温带的，自我克制的，不过分的

参考例句：

• Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
• Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。