[00:-1.00]PRE-READING
[00:-2.00]Do this section all by yourselves
[00:-3.00]and look up in the dictionary all the five words in the chart
[00:-4.00]on page 24 and find as many for-example sentences as you can.
[00:-5.00]Then try to learn them by heart.
[00:-6.00]Reading Better listen to the tape before reading it on your own.
[00:-7.00]THE RESCUE
[00:-8.00]Flora heard somebody shouting.
[00:-9.00]She looked around and saw Jeff running.
[00:10.00]Before she could move,
[00:11.00]she heard a loud noise,which grew to a terrible roar.
[00:12.00]She looked at Jeff,who was waving his arms.
[00:13.00]She looked around,behind her.
[00:14.00]There she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
[00:15.00]She was so surprised that she couldn't move.
[00:16.00]She wanted to watch it.
[00:17.00]However,before she could think twice,the water was upon her.
[00:18.00]"Run!"Jeff shouted,seizing her arm.
[00:19.00]The next moment the first wave swept her down,swallowing the garden.
[00:20.00]Jeff dragged her towards the house.
[00:21.00]Everything went so fast,she couldn't think.
[00:22.00]Before they reached the house,a new great wave came,
[00:23.00]sweeping down trees,and sweeping them down too.
[00:24.00]They both went down under water.
[00:25.00]Then Jeff pulled her up .
[00:26.00]He was standing,holding onto a tree that grew against the wall.
[00:27.00]Flora's head was above the water but she couldn't stand up.
[00:28.00]She struggled and struggled,but could not get on her feet.
[00:29.00]Only his hand was holding her hand.
[00:30.00]She fought for her life,and finally pulled herself up.
[00:31.00]Now,the water,which was cold as ice and flowed faster than a river,
[00:32.00]was above her knees.
[00:33.00]Jeff and Flora looked into each other's face with a look of fright.
[00:34.00]"Get to the steps!" Jeff shouted.
[00:35.00]It was only just around the corner:four big steps!
[00:36.00]She looked at him,but she could not move.
[00:37.00]When the water seemed to go down a little,they ran.
[00:38.00]As they got to the steps,they heard another great roar,
[00:39.00]and the wall of the house shook.
[00:40.00]The water flowed around their legs again,
[00:41.00]but Jeff had opened the hall door.
[00:42.00]Flora quickly began climbing the stairs.Boom!
[00:43.00]Another wave struck the house,and a strange cracking noise began.
[00:44.00]The water moved up like a sea.
[00:45.00]Flora ran up the stairs.
[00:46.00]There she stopped,listening to the strange sounds,while the whole house moved
[00:47.00]Flora,whose beautiful hair and dress were all cold and wet,started crying.
[00:48.00]"The house is falling down!"shouted Jeff.
[00:49.00]"where is the chimney?Which room?The chimney will stand."
[00:50.00]Jeff looked out of the window.
[00:51.00]Below,the water swept past the house like a wild river.
[00:52.00]Tree after tree went down,cut down by the water,
[00:53.00]Which must have been three metres deep.
[00:54.00]The garden that was once to beautiful was completely destroyed,
[00:55.00]swept away by the wild water.
[00:56.00]A terrible noise went through the house.
[00:57.00]A part of the house had gone down
[00:58.00]and the floor moved up and down under their feet.
[00:59.00]For some moments both were silent.
[-1:00.00]"This will stand.This here will stand.See!
[-1:-1.00]That chimney!like a tower.Yes!All right!All right!"
[-1:-2.00]somebody shouting.
[-1:-3.00]She looked around and saw Jeff running.
[-1:-4.00]Before she could move,she heard a loud noise,which grew to a terrible roar.
[-1:-5.00]She looked at Jeff,who was waving his arms.
[-1:-6.00]There she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
[-1:-7.00]before she could think twice,
[-1:-8.00]seizing her arm.
[-1:-9.00]The next moment
[-1:10.00]Everything went so fast,she couldn't think.
[-1:11.00]Before they reached the house,a new great wave came,
[-1:12.00]Flora's head was above the water but she couldn't stand up.
[-1:13.00]She struggled and struggled,but could not get on her feet
[-1:14.00]and finally pulled herself up.
[-1:-3.94]the water,which was cold as ice and flowed faster than a river,
[-1:-4.94]The garden that was once to beautiful was completely destroyed,
[-1:-5.94]swept away by the wild water.
[-1:-6.94]POST-READING
[-1:-7.94]After reading the READING piece a second time and doing the POST-READING exercises
[-1:-8.94]try to translate the whole piece sentence by sentence into correct Chinese
[-1:-9.94]Then read the Chinese translation on pages 263-264 in "the teacher's book"
[-1:10.94]and translate it sentence by sentence back into English,
[-1:11.94]LANGUAGE STUDY
[-1:12.94]Just read and do this section and do all the exercises on pages 26-27.
[-1:13.94]Link all the 19 sentences as well as the four groups of words and expression
[-1:14.94]into three or four passages by changing part of their content if you can.
[-1:15.94]During the first week of May I went on a holiday to Sichuan.
[-1:16.94]First,I found some photos of interesting places
[-1:17.94]which were not too far away form Chengdu.
[-1:18.94]I decided to go and see the big Buddha in Leshan and Mount Emei.
[-1:19.94]Next,I called a travel agent
[-1:20.94]whose telephone number I found in a newspager.
[-1:21.94]He told me that I could go on a two-day trip to Leshan and Emei,
[-1:22.94]which wasn't too expensive.
[-1:23.94]My friends,Xiao Rong and Wei Bin,said they would come with me.
[-1:24.94]We took a few bottles of water,some apples
[-1:25.94]oranges,which we put into my bag.
[-1:26.94]The next day we got up at five o'clock.
[-1:27.94]First,we went to Leshao,
[-1:28.94]where we climbed all the way up the mountain to see the Buddha.
[-1:29.94]The Buddha is really very big:taller than the highest building in our village.
[-1:30.94]Looking up at the large head and down
[-1:31.94]at the large feet makes you feel so small.
[-1:32.94]Wei Bin took photos of us standing in front of the buddha.
[-1:33.94]The next morning,we climbed Mount Emei.
[-1:34.94]There are many old temples and the forest on the mountain is very beautiful.
[-1:35.94]The wild monkeys are the most exciting things on Mount Emei.
[-1:36.94]They are not at all afraid of people.
[-1:37.94]In a second they will come to you and touch you.
[-1:38.94]The monkeys really liked to touch my hair.
[-1:39.94]Xiao Rong took a photo of A monkey that was sitting on my head.
[-1:40.94]The monkeys look sweet,but they can be very naughty.
[-1:41.94]A small monkey suddenly put its hand in Xiao Rong's pocket.
[-1:42.94]Wei bin took out some peanuts
[-1:43.94]and it was fun to see the monkey eat from his hand.
[-1:44.94]Finally,towards evening we were on the way back to Chengdu.
[-1:45.94]We were all very tired and slept on the bus,
[-1:46.94]but our trip to Sichuan was really unforgettable.
[-1:47.94]After reading all the three passages on pages 27-28,
[-1:48.94]try to translate them sentence by sentence into correct Chinese.
[-1:49.94]While translating and correcting the two seetions |