小学综合英语6A--Unit 1

Unit 1
[00:27.95]The donkey¹ and the pekinese
[00:32.71]There was a merchant who had a Pekinese dog.
[00:37.98]It was like a toy.
[00:41.14]The Dekinese lived in the merchant's house,
[00:45.90]slept on his bed, sat on his lap² and lived an easy life.
[00:54.15]The merchant also had a donkey.
[00:58.10]It lived in a stable³, slept on the floor and worked hard all day.
[01:05.96]One day the donkey looked through a window into the house.
[01:12.12]It saw the Pekinese sitting on its master's lap.
[01:18.79]The dog stood up on its back legs and begged for food.
[01:24.66]The merchant gave the dog some tasty biscuits.
[01:30.44]'It's not fair,' the donkey thought. 'I work hard all day and get very little.
[01:39.68]That silly little dog does nothing and lives an easy life.
[01:47.13]I'm going to behave the same as that dog.'
[01:51.78]The donkey pushed open the door of the house with its nose,and walked inside.
[02:01.16]It tried to sit on the merchant's lap.
[02:05.70]It tried to stand up on its back legs and beg for food.
[02:11.66]The merchant picked up a big stick and began to beat the donkey.
[02:17.82]'Get out of here, you stupid animal,' he shouted.
[02:23.28]He drove⁴ the donkey back to the stable.
[02:29.03]The donkey thought for a long time then said to itself,
[02:37.68]'I've been a fool. I'm not the same as a Pekinese.My life is useful.
[02:45.64]I have enough to eat and drink. I have a warm and dry stable to sleep in.
[02:52.70]Why did I want to be like that stupid little dog?
[02:57.55]I'm different from him.He's just a toy.
[03:02.80]My master can live and do his work without the dog,
[03:07.85]but he needs me to help him every day.'
[03:12.39]page 2 Sally Structure⁵
[03:21.04]The Pekinese dog is like a toy.
[03:26.18]The donkey is not like a toy.
[03:31.36]Is the donkey the same as the Pekinese dog?
[03:37.70]The donkey is the same as the Pekinese dog.
[03:45.57]The donkey is not the same as the Pekinese dog.
[03:52.83]The donkey is different from the Pekinese dog.
[03:58.89]Conversation
[04:04.48]Jack has been a naughty boy.John is teasing⁶ him.
[04:11.32]John:I'm not like you. I'm a good boy.
[04:16.08]Jack:No,you're not. You were in trouble yesterday.
[04:23.03]John:I wasn't in the same kind of trouble. I just forgot to bring my homework.
[04:29.69]Jack:I don't want to be like you. You're lazy!
[04:34.73]John:And I don't want to be the same as you. You're rude and silly.

1 donkey   

n.驴子；蠢人；顽固的人

参考例句：

• This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.这头驴能驮两袋粮食。
• "I'll buy your donkey,"said the two.“我想要买你的驴子”两人异口同声说。

2 lap   

n.(坐立时)大腿的前部，膝部；(跑道的)一圈

参考例句：

• She is still going strong on the last lap.她在跑最后一圈时仍然劲头很足。
• She was sitting with her hands on her lap.她坐着，把手放到膝上。

3 stable   

adj.稳定的；稳固的

参考例句：

• I'm glad she has become such a stable character.我很高兴她变得如此沉稳。
• This chair isn't very stable.这把椅子不大稳固。

4 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

5 structure   

n.结构，构造，建筑物；v.构成；

参考例句：

• Doctors study the structure of the human body.医生研究人体构造。
• A flower has quite a complicated structure.一朵花的结构相当复杂。

6 teasing   

adj.戏弄的，逗趣的v.取笑，戏弄( tease的现在分词 )；梳理（羊毛等）

参考例句：

• Don't get upset—I was only teasing. 别不高兴，我只是在逗你玩。
• I didn't think you meant that seriously;I thought you were teasing. 我未想到你是当真的，我原以为你是开玩笑的。 来自《简明英汉词典》