新目标初中英语八年级下Unit 4--B3a

3a
[00:03.87]Read Alan's letter to his grandmother.
[00:06.62]Find Alan's report card in activity 2b on page 29.
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[00:14.01]Dear grandma,
[00:15.32]How's it going?
[00:17.06]I hope that grandpa is well now.
[00:19.46]I was sorry to hear
[00:21.49]that he had a cold last week.
[00:23.32]I hope you are in good health.
[00:25.61]Things are fine here,
[00:28.41]I finished my end-of-year exams last week,
[00:31.61]and got my report card today.
[00:33.81]I always get nervous when I see the envelop¹
[00:37.11]from school in the mail,
[00:38.90]but luckly I did OK this time.
[00:41.35]I had a really hard time
[00:43.99]with science this semester²,
[00:45.57]and I wasn't surpried to find
[00:47.51]that my worst report was from my science teacher.
[00:51.28]She said I was lazy, which isn't true.
[00:55.04]It's just that I find science really difficult.
[00:58.81]Another disappointing³ result was in history.
[01:02.88]My history teacher said I could do better.
[01:06.55]The good news is
[01:08.99]that my math teacher said I was hard-working.
[01:11.48]And my Spanish⁴ teacher said my listening was good.
[01:15.30]Well,that's about all the news I have for now.
[01:19.78]Mom and Dad send their love.
[01:21.61]Love,
[01:22.73]Alan
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1 envelop   

vt.包，封，遮盖；包围

参考例句：

• All combine to form a layer of mist to envelop this region.织成一层烟雾又笼罩着这个地区。
• The dust cloud will envelop the planet within weeks.产生的尘云将会笼罩整个星球长达几周。

2 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

3 disappointing   

adj.令人失望的；令人扫兴的v.令人失望(disappoint的ing形式)；辜负…的期望

参考例句：

• The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved. 诉讼案的结果使得涉及本案的这家人非常失望。
• Our defeat was expected but it is disappointing nevertheless. 我们的失败是意料中的事，尽管如此，还是令人失望。

4 Spanish   

adj.西班牙人的，西班牙的，西班牙语的；n.西班牙语

参考例句：

• She grew up in Spain,so her first language is Spanish.她在西班牙长大，第一语言是西班牙语。
• I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.我能阅读西班牙语，但不能翻译成西班牙语。