新标准初中英语九年级(上):UNIT2 Speak English

[00:00.00]Module 4 ENGLISH: AN INTERNATIONAL¹ LANGUGAE
[00:09.55]UNIT 2 When people are in meetings³,
[00:13.26]they often use English.
[00:17.16]1 Listen and read.
[00:20.84]How Do People Use English in the 21st Century⁴?
[00:26.38]Fewer people speak English than Chinese.
[00:30.67]Only about six percent⁵ of the world speak
[00:34.51]English as⁶ a first language⁷.
[00:37.50]However,English is a very important⁸ language
[00:41.82]because of how and when people use it.
[00:45.84]A lot of news⁹ and information¹⁰ is in English.
[00:50.06]Approximately eighty percent of the information
[00:53.54]on the Internet¹¹ is in English.
[00:56.85]More than half of
[00:58.00]the world's newspapers use English.
[01:01.62]There is often one daily¹² English
[01:04.16]newspaper in countries
[01:06.23]where English is not the main¹³ language.
[01:09.75]In China, for example,
[01:12.02]there are several¹⁴ English language newspapers
[01:15.40]such as the China Daily and the 21st Century.
[01:21.06]In many countries,
[01:22.68]television news is often in English,too.
[01:26.51]In China, there's a nation² TV channel¹⁵
[01:29.75]in English and some local¹⁶ channels¹⁷
[01:32.82]are also in English.
[01:32.82]

1 international   

adj.国际的

参考例句：

• International trade helps all nations.国际贸易有助于所有的国家。
• March 8 is the International Woman's Day.三月八日是国际妇女节。

2 nation   

n.民族；国家；国民

参考例句：

• The President gave an address to the nation over the radio.总统向全国发表广播演说。
• The country needs a leader who will hold the nation together.这个国家需要有一个能把全民族团结起来的领袖。

3 meetings   

n.相会( meeting的名词复数 )；聚会；会议；运动会

参考例句：

• He was chauffeured to all his meetings. 他由司机开车送去参加所有的会议。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

4 century   

n.世纪；百年

参考例句：

• As a writer, he really belongs to the 18 th century. 作为一个作家, 他的确属于18世纪。
• We live in the 21st century.我们生活在二十一世纪。

5 percent   

adj./adv.百分之一，(与基数词连用)百分之...；n.百分之...

参考例句：

• The goal was missed by less than one percent.差不到百分之一就完成目标了。
• Forty percent of her money is spent on books.她把百分之四十的钱用来买书。

6 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

7 language   

n.语言

参考例句：

• Is English a hard language to learn?英语是一种难学的语言吗？
• Language is a wonderful thing.语言是极好的东西。

8 important   

adj.重要的；重大的；严重的

参考例句：

• It's important to find out what he is doing.弄清他在干什么是重要的。
• This is a very important problem.这个问题很重要。

9 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

10 information   

n.起诉；信息，消息；知识；报告，通知，情报

参考例句：

• I hope the information I gave you was helpful.我希望我给你的消息对你有所帮助。
• We must get further information.我们必须获得更多的消息。

11 internet   

n.因特网；互联网络

参考例句：

• You can find it on the Internet.你可以在因特网上找到它。
• I surf the Internet two hours a day.我每天上网冲浪两个小时。

12 daily   

adj.每日的，日常的；adv.每日地，日常地；n.日报

参考例句：

• He sells daily newspapers.他卖日报。
• He does daily exercises to help control his weight.他为控制体重而每天坚持锻炼。

13 main   

adj.主要的；重要的

参考例句：

• The building is the main object of his interest.他最感兴趣的是这栋建筑物。
• This is the main purpose of my coming here.这就是我到这儿来的主要目的。

14 several   

adj.几个，若干，数个；各个的，各自的

参考例句：

• Words often have several meanings.单词往往有若干个意思。
• Several new members have come into the club since last year.自去年以来，又有些新成员加入了俱乐部。

15 channel   

n.(无线电、电视)波段；波道；频道

参考例句：

• There will be a special on Channel 8 tonight.今晚八频道电视有特别节目。
• The channel is 20 miles across.海峡宽20英里。

16 local   

adj.地方性的，当地的，局部的；乡土的；本地的；n.当地居民，本地新闻

参考例句：

• She is a local girl.她是个本地姑娘。
• He reports for a local newspaper.他担任一家地方报纸的记者。

17 channels   

n.频道( channel的名词复数 )；渠道；通道；海峡

参考例句：

• The company provides more than 20 free-to-air channels. 本公司提供20多个免费收视频道。
• The stream bifurcates into two narrow winding channels. 那条小溪分成两股窄而弯曲的支流。 来自《简明英汉词典》