lesson25DotheenglishspeakEnglish

Do English speak English？
British people
a language
The United Kingdom of Great Britain
North Ireland
Scotland
England Welsh
I arrived in London at last.
• ①arrive in + 大地点 • arrive at + 小地点：arrive at my school • 表示“到达”：get to ,reach • ②at last:强调通过努力最后。 • At last , he succeeded in his business. • in the end:强调一种结果 • They broke up several times , but they married in the end. • finally:一种次序上的最后 firstly , secondly,finally
Lesson 25
Do the English speak English?
Practice makes perfect.
railway
• n.铁路(Br) = railroad (Am) • highway freeway expressway motorway(汽车高速公路) • highway:公路 • (Br) = freeway (Am) :汽车高速公路 • expressway快速通道(主要指城市内的，例 如高架桥)
• • • • • • English：n.英语，英国人，英格兰人 adj. 英国的，英格兰的 the English:统称英国人，助动词用复数 English指英语，谓语动词用单数 e.g. English is interesting. The English are friendly.

Lesson 25 Do they speak English?用所给单词或短语的正确形式填空。

at last as well like thateach other several times1.Readers may try ________________ to find the best dosage.2.The board has dozens of messages ________________.3.Susan and Robert kissed ________________.4.I not only cherish the gift, but the memory, ________________.5.________________ a young sailor found enough courage to speak.根据汉语提示完成下列句子。

1. 他不仅帮助我学习英语，还给我提了一些学习英语的建议。

He ________________ helps me with my English ________________ gives me some advice.2. 随着年龄的增长，我们不会变的更好也不会更坏，而是变得更像我们自己。

We grow ________________ better ________________ worse as we grow old but more and more like ourselves.3. 这可不是每天都能碰上的事，但爱丽丝对这事儿没有感到奇怪。

That does not happen every day, but Alice did not ________________ about it. 4. 马克思到达英格兰之后，努力提高他的英语水平。

After he ________________ England, Marx worked hard to improve his English.5．你可以告诉我离这里最近的邮局怎么去吗?Could you tell me ________________ the nearest post office?从[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

新概念一册二十至三十课的课文新概念一册二十至三十课的课文你知道什么叫做新概念英语吗？你读过新概念英语吗？以下跟着小编带领你来看一下新概念英语20~30课的课文。

Lesson 20: One man in a boat独坐孤舟First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Why is fishing the writer's favourite sport?Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything -- not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!' my friends say. 'It's a waste of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!New words and expressions 生词和短语catch v. 抓到fisherman n. 钓鱼人,渔民boot n. 靴子waste n. 浪费realize v. 意识到Lesson 21 Mad or not? 是不是疯了First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Why do people think the writer is mad?Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport wasbuilt years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.New words and expressions 生词和短语mad adj. 发疯reason n. 原因sum n. 量determined adj. 坚定的,下决心的Lesson 22:A glass envelope 玻璃信封First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.How did Jane receive a letter from a stranger?My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.New words and expressions 生词和短语dream v. 做梦,梦想age n. 年龄channel n. 海峡throw v. 扔,抛Lesson 23: A new house 新居First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Why is the new house special?I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.New words and expressions 生词和短语complete v. 完成modern adj. 新式的,与以往不同的strange adj. 奇怪的district n. 地区Lesson 24: If could be worse 不幸中之万幸First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Had the writer's money been stolen?I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset. 'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'New words and expressions 生词和短语manager n. 经理upset adj. 不安sympathetic adj. 表示同情的complain v. 抱怨wicked adj. 很坏的,邪恶的contain v. 包含,内装honesty n. 诚实Lesson 25:Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗?First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Why does the writer not understand the porter?I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?New words and expressions 生词和短语railway n. 铁路porter n. 搬运工several quantifier 几个foreigner n. 外国人wonder v. 感到奇怪Lesson 26:The best art critics 最佳艺术评论家First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Who is the student's best critic?I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.'What are you doing?' she asked.'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'I looked at it again. She was right! It was!New words and expressions 生词和短语art n. 艺术critic n. 评论家paint v. 画pretend v. 假装pattern n. 图案curtain n. 窗帘,幕布material n. 材料appreciate v. 鉴赏notice v. 注意到whether conj. 是否hang v. 悬挂,吊critically adv. 批评地upside down 上下颠倒地Lesson 27:A wet night 雨夜First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.What happened to the boys in the night?Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!New words and expressions 生词和短语tent n. 帐篷field n. 田地,田野smell v. 闻起来wonderful adj. 极好的campfire n. 营火,篝火creep v. 爬行sleeping bag 睡袋comfortable adj. 舒适的`,安逸的soundly adv. 香甜地leap v. 跳跃,跳起heavily adv. 大量地stream n. 小溪form v. 形成wind v. 蜿蜒right adv. 正好Lesson 28:No parking 禁止停车First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.What is Jasper White's problem?Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. he has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners. When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!New words and expressions 生词和短语rare adj. 罕见的ancient adj. 古代的,古老的myth n. 神话故事trouble n. 麻烦effect n. 结果,效果Medusa n. 美杜莎（古希腊神话中3位蛇发女怪这一）Gorgon n. （古希腊神话中的）3位蛇发女怪这一（凡见其貌者都会变成石头）Lesson 29:Taxi! 出租汽车First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.Lesson 30:Football or polo? 足球还是水球?First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题.What happened to the man in the boat?The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into thewater. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.New words and expressions 生词和短语polo n. 水球Wayle n. 威尔（河名）cut v. 穿过row v. 划（船）kick v. 踢towards prep. 朝,向nearly adv. 几乎sight n. 眼界,视域。

Lesson 25Do the English speak English?1、Do the English speak English?_______Chinese ______(be) ________ great,hardworking people.“用定冠+表示国籍的形容词”可泛指整个民族或国人。

____English ____(have)long trade relations withChina.定冠词的用法定冠词the与指示代词this，that同源，“那/这个”，来表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。

用在惯用语中：in the morning (afternoon，evening),the day after tomorrow,the next morning,in the sky (sea, field, country, dark, rain)in the distance, in the middle (of),at /in the end, on the whole, by the way,go to the theatre /cinemamake the bed, tell the truth1）上文提到过的人或事：He bought a car. I've seen the car.2）指双方都明白的人或物：Take the medicine. Close the door.3）与形容词或分词连用，表示一类人：the rich / living / wounded / learned4）用在姓氏的复数名词之前，表示一家人：the Greens格林一家人(或格林夫妇)5) 用在职业的名词所有格之前,表示地点at the doctor’s / tailor’s / butcher’sat my uncle’s / Mr Green’s6）用在国籍前，表全体the Chinese7）用在发明物前Who invented the light bulb?8）用在表示乐器的名词之前：She plays the piano / guitar / violin.9）用在序数词和形容词最高级前面，形容词only, very, same前面：I live on the second floor.That's the very thing I’m looking for.强调“两者中较…的一个”Mary is the taller of the two girls.10）世上独一物二的天体,多数地理名词前：the sun, the sky, the moon, the earththe Yellow River, the Sahara Desertthe Pacific Ocean, the Rocket Mountain西湖、长江、11）用在某些由普通名词构成的国家名称、机关团体、建筑物等名称前（旅馆、剧院、车站、学校、宫殿、博物馆等）中华人民共和国、美国、联合国、长城、白宫、共产党、佛山宾馆the Great Wall, the White House,the Communist Party, the Foshan Hotel12) 用在单数时间名词、计量单位前,构成by the + n. 表示“按…计算”He is paid by the hour / by the day.Apples are sold by the kilo.13) 用在表示身体部位的名词前：She caught me by the arm.He hit her __ the face /eye /stomach.She struck him __ the back /shoulder.14) 用在中国传统节日前the Spring Festival中秋节、端午节零冠词的用法1)国名，人名前通常不用定冠词2)England，Mary2)泛指的复数名词，表示一类人或事物时，可不用定冠词；They are teachers.3)抽象名词表示一般概念时，通常不加冠词Failure is the mother of success.4）物质名词表示一般概念时，通常不加冠词当表示特定的意思时，需要加定冠词Man cannot live without water.5）在季节、月份、节日、假日、日期、星期等表示时间的名词之前on Monday, in summer, atChristmas, Teachers’ Day, 儿童节,劳动节6)在称呼或表示官衔,职位名词前General Lee, 王医生,李教授,毛主席John was elected chairman of the Student Union。