新派英语第四册UNIT9

[00:00.00]Unit 9               Show Time!
[00:06.59]2.Listen to and read the story.
[00:20.34]The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
[00:25.38]One day the City Mouse came to visit the Country Mouse.
[00:31.72]The Country Mouse slept under a log¹ in a nest² of dry grass.
[00:38.56]He ate cereal³ and a little fruit.
[00:43.13]The City Mouse thought life in the country was very dull.
[00:50.29]He missed the rich food and the exciting life of the city.
[00:56.45]So he invited the Country Mouse to visit him in the city.
[01:01.88]Late that night the mice entered the house of the City Mouse
[01:08.22]through a hole in the wall.
[01:11.75]On the dining room table,they found food left from a big meal.
[01:18.30]The Country Mouse thought the food was delicious!He ate and ate.
[01:25.54]Suddenly a cat jumped onto the table.
[01:30.61]As the mice ran to the hole,the cat almost caught the Country Mouse.
[01:37.45]The frightened Country Mouse decided⁴ city life was just too dangerous.
[01:45.12]He went back to the country,where life was dull but safe.
[01:52.14]4.Listen.Circle the answer.
[02:49.20]5.Listen.Read.
[03:03.13]Act 1
[03:08.68]Country Mouse:Please come into my home.
[03:11.92]City Mouse:Is this tiny grass nest really your home?I live in big house.
[03:18.29]Country Mouse:Would you like some cereal and fruit?
[03:22.64]City Mouse:Don't you have any cheese or cake?
[03:26.89]Country Mouse:No,all I have is cereal and fruit.
[03:31.54]City Mouse:That's terrible!Let's go to the city.I can show you my house.
[03:38.27]There are all kinds of foods there.And city life is exciting!
[03:45.22]Country Mouse:Thanks.I'd like to go to the city with you.
[03:49.93]City Mouse:Here's a delicious dinner.The people in my house left it.
[03:56.09]Let's eat.(The mice eat and eat.)
[03:59.15]Country Mouse:This is wonderful!I never had such good food.
[04:04.08]City Mouse:Run!Go to the hole!
[04:09.12]Country Mouse:I'm really scared.Life in the city is awful!
[04:14.38]I'm going home where it's safe.I don't have to worry about any cats there!
[04:20.53]6.Listen to and read an African⁵ tale⁶.
[04:36.59]Anansi and Turtle
[04:40.22]One day Turtle stopped to rest at the house of Anansi the Spider.
[04:45.95]Turtle was tired and hungry.
[04:50.09]It was dinner time,but Anansi didn't want to share his food.
[04:55.85]Anansi saw that Turtle had dirty feet,
[05:00.56]so he sent him to the lake to wash before dinner.
[05:05.60]Anansi then ate all the food.
[05:10.25]When Turtle returned,there was no food left for him.
[05:16.19]Turtle was hungry as he left.But he invited Anansi to visit him some day.
[05:23.32]Months later,Anansi came to see Turtle.
[05:29.08]Turtle invited Anansi to dinner.
[05:33.22]He then went to his underwater⁷ home to make the meal.
[05:38.87]Anansi put rocks in his coat to make himself heavier.
[05:44.59]He jumped into the water and swam down to Turtle's home.
[05:50.60]Turtle asked Anansi to take off his coat before he ate.
[05:55.64]When Anansi took off the coat,he floated⁸ up to the top of the lake.
[06:01.98]Turtle smiled and ate all of the food.
[06:07.20]The Rabbit and the Turtle
[06:13.36]Retold by Robert Newell
[06:17.50]That rabbit! What a character!He was proud of his long ears.
[06:30.85]He was proud of his long feet.
[06:34.70]And he was very proud of how fast he ran.
[06:39.56]"No one can catch me,"Rabbit said."I'm wonderful.Wonderful!"
[06:46.91]"He is terrible,"said Mouse.
[06:51.44]"Awful!"said Spider."But what can we do?""I know what to do,"said Turtle.
[07:01.27]"Would you like to have a race?"Turtle asked Rabbit."Let's race to Big Rock."
[07:11.53]"Do I want to race?With you?"Rabbit laughed.
[07:18.98]"You are a dirty,dull turle.A SLOW turtle."
[07:25.43]Turtle smiled."I can win,"he said.Rabbit stopped laughing.
[07:33.96]"Let's go!"he said.They ran.
[07:39.11]That rabbit was fast.He left Turle behind in no time.
[07:48.43]Then he saw a restaurant."I'm hungry,"he thought.
[07:54.30]"And that turtle is slow.I have time for dinner." [08:00.24]Rabbit ate a delicious meal of fruit,cheese,and cake.
[08:06.79]Turtle went past the restaurant.He didn't stop.
[08:12.12]But Rabbit caught up with him later and left him behind again.
[08:17.77]Rabbit felt a little tired then.He found a log.
[08:25.30]He decided to crawl⁹ in.He slept.Turtle did not stop.He went past the log.
[08:35.34]He was slow,but he ran and he ran.
[08:40.78]Suddenly Rabbit opened his eyes.He jumped up.He ran faster than before.
[08:48.80]But he was too late.That turle was slow.But he did not stop.
[08:56.76]He did not give up.And he won!

1 log   

n.记录，圆木，日志；v.伐木，切，航行

参考例句：

• They log for a living.他们以伐木为生。
• And then what do you do with that log?然后你要拿那些记录做什么呢？

2 nest   

n.巢，窝，休息所，隐匿处；vi.筑巢，找鸟巢；vt.为…设窝，使套入

参考例句：

• The home is a warm nest.家是一个温暖的巢。
• This is an old nest.这是一个旧的鸟窝。

3 cereal   

n.谷类，五谷，禾谷

参考例句：

• I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
• Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 African   

adj.非洲的 n.非洲人，非洲居民

参考例句：

• He was a tall,well-dressed African.他是一个高个子、穿着很好的非洲人。
• Egypt is an African country. 埃及是一个非洲国家。

6 tale   

n.故事，谎言，谣言，陈述，叙述

参考例句：

• This tale is taken from real life.这个故事取材于现实生活。
• This is a folk tale.这是一个民间传说。

7 underwater   

adj.在水中的；adv.在水下

参考例句：

• I've never seen anyone stay underwater that long.我从没见过有人在水下呆那么久。
• This machine has been specially adapted for use underwater.这机器是为水下使用而特别改装的。

8 floated   

v.（使）浮动( float的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）漂浮[飘动]；（使货币汇率）自由浮动；轻盈走动

参考例句：

• A group of swans floated by. 一群天鹅缓缓游过。
• The canoe floated upside down on the lake. 独木舟底朝天漂浮在湖面上。

9 crawl   

vi.／n.爬行，匍匐行进；缓慢(费力)地行进

参考例句：

• We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。
• She slowed the car to a crawl.她把车开得很慢。