洪恩环境英语第九册复习 lesson two

　　REVIEW TWO
For this lesson you'll need a pencil and a piece of paper.
Jake is still working on his report about Stamford's companies.
both past and present.He's looking at old newspaper articles.
Listen carefully for any important informationand write down the dates that you hear
...You will hear the article twice.
Gee,here's an interesting article from the Gazette...
"Yale & Towne to Shut Down."Hmmm...1959.
That must have been when the company that makes locks left Stamford.
I wonder what happened.Let's see.
"Yale & Towne announced last week that it would be closing its doors in Stamford this year.
High costs and workers' dissatisfaction were given as reasons for the shutdown".
Well,what do you know!
Yale & Towne shut down because of high costs and unhappy workers.
Yale & Towne has enjoned a prosperous¹ history in Stamford.
It was founded in October 1868 by two entrepreneurs².
Linus Yale.Jr.and Henry Towne.Yale & Towne became successful overnight³,
and it is said that the success of the company brought Stamford into the industrial age.
The number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne in 1916.
In that year,six thousand five hundred men and women worked for the company.'
Gee,six thousand five hundred.That's a lot of people.
It must have really been big.I wonder when the trouble began.
"Yale & Towne began to decline⁴ in Stamford in 1931,
when it relocated some important offices to New York City.
A crippling⁵ strike by workers in 1945 further damaged the company.
As recently as four years ago."(must have been in 1955...)"
we realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving our city.
Many people are sad to see it go."I bet⁶ they were sad.
Now let's listen to Jake reading the article again.
Gee,here's an interesting article from the Gazette...
"Yale & Towne to Shut Down."Hmmm...1959.
That must have been when the company that makes locks left Stamford.
I wonder what happened.Let's see.
"Yale&Towne announced last week that it would be closing its doors in Stamford this year.
High costs and workers' dissatisfaction were given as reasons for the shutdown".
Well,what do you know!
Yale & Towne shut down because of high costs and unhappy workers.
Yale & Towne has enjoned a prosperous history in Stamford.
It was founded in October 1868 by two entrepreneurs.
Linus Yale.Jr.and Henry Towne.Yale & Towne became successful overnight,
and it is said that the success of the company brought Stamford into the industrial age.
The number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne in 1916.
In that year,six thousand five hundred men and women worked for the company.'
Gee,six thousand five hundred.That's a lot of people.
It must have really been big.I wonder when the trouble began.
"Yale & Towne began to decline in Stamford in 1931,
when it relocated some important offices to New York City.
A crippling strike by workers in 1945 further damaged the company.
As recently as four years ago."(must have been in 1955...)"
we realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving our city.
Many people are sad to see it go."I bet they were sad.
OK.Let's review the dates you just heard.
What was the first date Jake talks about?
It was the year the article appeared in the Stamford Gazette
and the year Yale & Towne left Stamford.1959
And the second date he mentons?What was the second date?
It was the month and year Yale & Towne was founded.October 1868.
And the next date?
what was the year the number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne?1916
How about the year the company began to decline in Stamford?
What was the year that Yale & Towne began to relocate its offices to New York.
1931when was the crippliing strike by the workers?
It was nineteen forty something,wasn't it?
Nineteen forty...what?1945 And the last date Jake mentions?
The year the people of Stamford realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving.
It was the years after the strike.What year was it?1955
Now listen and repeat   overnight successful overnight
They became successful overnight.They became successful overnight.
If you become successful overnight.
you become successful suddenly,immediately,very quickly.
Let's practice this expression.You hear...
They became successful very quickly.And you say...
They became successful overnight.
You hear...Linus Yale suddenly began making a lot of money.
And you say...Linus Yale began making money overnight.
Notice that overnight always comes at the end of the sentence.
It doesn't come in the middle.OK?Here we go.
They became successful very quickly.They became successful overnight.
Linus Yale suddenly began making a lot of money.
Linus Yale began making money overnigh.
Yale locks became world famous immediately.
Yale locks became world famous overnight.
In 1931,the company suddenly relocated its offices.
In 1931,the company relocated its offices overnight.
With the movie Mad Max,Mel Gibson very quickly became a star.
with the movie Mad Max,Mel Gibson became a star overnight.
Now listen and repeat
I bet    I bet they were sad.I bet they were sad.
I bet they were sad"is a strong way of saying."I think they were sad."
It means⁷ you think that they were more than sad.
Let's practice this expression.You hear...
The people of Stamford were sad to see Yale & Towne go.
You say...I bet they were sad.
You hear...The 1945 strike was crippling for the company.
You say...I bet it was crippling.Ready?Let's go.
The people of Stamford were sad to see Yale & Towne go.
I bet they were sad.The 1945 strike ws crippling for the company.
I bet it was crippling.In 1916 the company made a nice profit.
I bet it made a nice profit.
The president of Yale & Towne felt good that year.
I bet he felt good.But in 1945,the company managers were unhappy.
I bet they were unhappy.The workers wanted more money.
I bet they wanted more money.
But they were sorry in 1959 when the company left Stamford.
I bet they were sorry.
Now let's see how much of the story of Yale & Towne you remember
with some true-or-falsle statements⁹.
Just say "True"when the statement⁸ is true.
When the statement is false,say"False",and make the correction.
You hear...Yale & Towne was founded in Stamford.
You say...True.You hear...They made pianos at Yale & Towne.
And you say...False.They made locks.OK?Here we go.
Yale & Towne was founded in Stamford.
True.They made pianos at Yale & Towne.False They made locks.
In 1916,there were more than six thousand workers at Yale & Towne.
True.In 1931,they moved the factory to New York City.
False.They moved some of the offices to New York City.
In 1935,there was a crippling strike by the workers.
False.The strike was in 1945.
Everyone was happy when the company finally left in 1959.
False.Everyone was sad.
Jake found the article about the shutdown in the Stamford Gazette.True.
This is the end of Review Two.

1 prosperous   

adj.兴旺的，繁荣的；成功的

参考例句：

• This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling.这一带越来越繁华了。
• The country is prosperous and the people live in peace.国泰民安。

2 entrepreneurs   

企业家( entrepreneur的名词复数 )； 主办人

参考例句：

• He is one of the entrepreneurs of the concert. 他是这场音乐会的主办人之一。
• Entrepreneurs are free to develop their businesses. 企业家们可以任意发展自己的企业。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

3 overnight   

ad.前一天晚上，一夜间 a.前一天晚上的

参考例句：

• She stayed overnight in the hotel. 她在旅馆过了一夜。
• Our success is not won overnight. 我们的成功不是一夜之间得来的。

4 decline   

n.衰微，跌落，下降；vt.使降低，婉谢；vi.下降，衰落，偏斜

参考例句：

• I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
• The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。

5 crippling   

adj.严重损害身体的；有严重后果的v.削弱“cripple”的现在分词；使受损

参考例句：

• He was burdened with crippling debts. 他负债累累，深受其害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow. 该群岛上的美国部队受到了严重打击。 来自辞典例句

6 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

7 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

8 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。

9 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。