新派英语第五册UNIT3

[00:00.00]Unit 3 In the U.S.A.
[00:06.88]2.Read about these places.
[00:20.41]New York City is the biggest city in the United¹ States.
[00:26.17]It is near the Atlantic Ocean.
[00:30.31]About 71/2 million people live in New York City.
[00:36.36]The tallest building in New York is the World Trade Center.
[00:42.88]It has two towers.
[00:47.02]Disney World is in Orlando,Florida.
[00:53.06]It is the most popular amusement park in the world.
[00:59.22]Millions of people visit it every year.
[01:04.37]People can go on rides,and they can see Mickey Mouse,
[01:11.03]Donald Duck,and Snow White.
[01:15.89]Washington,D.C.,is the capital of the United States.
[01:21.83]Some of the most important people from countries
[01:27.26]all over the world visit the White House.
[01:32.20]It's the home of the president of the United States.
[01:37.56]The Grand² Canyon³ inn⁴ Arizona is the largest canyon in the world.
[01:44.90]At its widest point,it is 13 miles(21 kilmeters)across.
[01:52.43]The Colorado River flows through the canyon.
[01:57.36]Some people think that the Grand Canyon
[02:02.00]is the most beautiful place in the country.
[02:07.04]Howllywood is the movie capital fo the United States.
[02:12.98]It is near Los Angeles.It is southwest of the Grand Canyon.
[02:20.00]Some of the most famous movie stars in the world live and work in Hollywood⁵.
[02:27.67]Yellowstone National Park is the largest national park in the United States.
[02:35.34]It has forests,mountains,geysers,and wild animals.
[02:42.47]Many people like to camp in the park.
[02:47.00]They think it's the best place to hike⁶.
[02:51.65]4.Listen.Read.
[03:03.78]What does your fortune say.?
[03:07.34]It says,"You are going to take a trip very soon."
[03:13.28]what's yours?
[03:16.63]Mine says,"You're going to see a lot of places."
[03:22.68]What does Mom's fortune say?
[03:27.11]Her says,"You are going to have a great time soon."
[03:32.76]How about Dad's?
[03:35.89]His says,"You need to take a lot of money with you."
[03:41.33]Do wee need to pack our suitcases?
[03:46.08]6.Listen.Draw lines on the map.
[05:13.81]9.Listen and say the chant⁷.
[05:27.56]Where are you going to go in vacation?Where are you going to go?
[05:33.79]We're going to go to the States on vacation,That's where we're going to go.
[05:39.95]How are you going go go,we ask you,How are you going to go?
[05:46.28]We're going go fly by plane,we tell you,We're going to fly by plane.
[05:52.33]EAST TO WEST by Maria Fonda
[06:03.60]1.I love New York City.I like the East.
[06:11.05]We always lived there.Then my father got a new job.
[06:17.89]It was in Arizona,where the Grand Canyon is.Out West!
[06:24.55]Hollywood,in California,is all right.
[06:29.12]You can see beautiful movie stars there.
[06:33.98]Washington,D.C.is all right.It's the capital of the United States.
[06:40.93]You can see famous people like the president there.
[06:45.79]But what can you see in Arizona?Cows!Horses!I didn't want to move!
[06:54.54]2.But my father said we had to go.
[07:00.37]He got our tickets.Then we packed our suitcases.
[07:06.38]In a short time,we were in our seats on the plane,flying west.
[07:13.33]It was a long trip,miles and miles.
[07:18.98]My-father slept in his seat,next to mine.Mine was next to the window.
[07:26.15]I saw rivers and mountains and forests with about a million trees.
[07:33.49]I wiggled my toes in my new cowboy⁸ boots.
[07:38.93]I wanted to have friends.I wanted to be popular in my new school.
[07:46.38]3.The houses on our new street were all brown.
[07:53.11]"That one is ours,"my father said.
[07:57.36]The yard was wide and sandy.There was a big cactus⁹.
[08:04.52]I didn't see any cows.I did see a girl.
[08:10.36]"Hello,"she said."I'm Jan.Do you want to go have some fun?"
[08:16.98]"I can't ride a horse,"I told her.She just looked at me.
[08:23.14]"I want to go to the mall.We don't ride horses there!"she said.
[08:29.29]"And why are you wearing cowboy clothes?
[08:33.43]Most people don't wear them here."I liked her!
[08:39.37]4.Do you know what I saw at the mall?A cow!But it wasn't real. [08:48.30]It was in the window of the ice-cream store.
[08:53.05]We had one just like it in New York.
[08:57.62]Do you know what?I think I'm going to like Arizona!

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 grand   

adj.豪华的，宏伟的，壮丽的，主要的，重大的；n.(美俚)一千美元

参考例句：

• The pianist played several pieces of music on a grand piano.钢琴家在一架大钢琴上弹了几首乐曲。
• Come on,I'll give you the grand tour of the backyard.跟我来，我带你去后院来一次盛大的旅游。

3 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

4 inn   

n.小旅馆，客栈；小酒店，小饭店

参考例句：

• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
• We stayed in a small village inn,right off the map.我们住在一家偏僻的乡村小店里。

5 Hollywood   

n.好莱坞；美国电影业

参考例句：

• She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood screen goddess.她梦想成为好莱坞的银幕女神。
• The film has a Hollywood happy ending.那部电影有一个好莱坞式的美满结局。

6 hike   

n.徒步旅行，远足，涨价；v.健行，徒步旅行，使...高涨

参考例句：

• I don't care to go on a hike.我不喜欢徒步旅行。
• The children are choosing a hike in the country park.孩子们在选郊外公园的远足路线。

7 chant   

n.有节奏的一再重复的话语；圣歌，赞美诗

参考例句：

• Let's chant the sweetness of may with our songs.让我们用歌声来吟唱五月的甜美。
• The chant of the crowd was "Work for all".群众反复有节奏地呼喊的是“给大家工作”。

8 cowboy   

n.牛仔，牛郎，牧童

参考例句：

• I felt sure I had all the skills to be a cowboy.我确信自己具备当牛仔的一切本领。
• He loved to see cowboy movies.他爱看牛仔影片。

9 cactus   

n.仙人掌

参考例句：

• It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers.这是这棵仙人掌第一年开花。
• The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。