新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT1 A great player

[00:01.31]Module 12 YAO MING
[00:04.59]UNIT 1 A great player and a nice person
[00:09.86]1 Listen and read. Then say.
[00:14.01]A great player and a nice person
[00:17.58]Yao Ming is a famous basketball player.
[00:21.73]He is from China and he plays
[00:23.76]for a famous American basketball team,
[00:26.78]the Houston Rockets.
[00:28.78]He has been playing for the Houston Rockets
[00:31.30]since 2002.When Yao Ming plays basketball,
[00:36.72]he doesn't shout at the other players,
[00:39.42]and he donesn't get angry, either.
[00:42.22]Everybody likes him
[00:43.60]because he is a very nice person.
[00:46.19]Yao Ming lives in America now.
[00:48.66]He said that life in the USA
[00:51.15]was very different to life in China.
[00:54.27]However, Yao Ming said that he enjoyed life
[00:57.69]in the USA.
[00:59.89]English is a difficult language to learn,
[01:02.98]but Yao Ming can speak it very well now.
[01:06.29]In the last two Olympic Games,
[01:08.67]Yao Ming has been on the Chinese
[01:11.15]basketball team.
[01:13.36]I wonder if he and the Chinese team.
[01:16.36]will win a medal in the Beijing Olympic!
[01:19.39]Yao Ming has many fans¹.
[01:22.73]His fans are not only Chinese
[01:25.18]but also Westerners².
[01:27.26]Some fans have set up web³ sites⁴
[01:29.73]about Yao Ming on the Internet.
[01:32.28]There is a lot of information about him
[01:34.44]on the Internet.
[01:35.17]

1 fans   

n.粉丝，指超迷某人或某物的一类人；扇子( fan的名词复数 )；风扇；扇形物；狂热爱好者v.扇( fan的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The announcement of her retirement caused consternation among tennis fans. 她宣布挂拍告退的消息引起了网球迷的震惊。
• Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans. 她决定取消这场音乐会，肯定会使她的歌迷失望。

2 westerners   

n.西部人( westerner的名词复数 )；西方人，欧美人

参考例句：

• The disease was brought by Westerners after the Cheng-te period of the Ming dynasty. 明朝正德以后，这病由洋人带来。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
• Most westerners want to stay young because old age is not a happy time. 多数西方人都想保持年轻，因为老年时光不快乐。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）

3 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？

4 sites   

n.遗址( site的名词复数 )；[计算机]网站；位置；地皮

参考例句：

• sites of scientific interest 引起科学界关注的地方
• Derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing. 荒废的内城区可以廉价出售用来修建房屋。 来自《简明英汉词典》