Lesson 62 After the fire
Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly 3 weeks before they could get it under control.
A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction. For heavy rain would not only rush away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by airplanes. The planes had been planting the seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
第62课火灾之后
消防员们同森林火灾搏斗了三个星期才最后控制住火势。不久之前，周围几英里的乡间还被许多大树覆盖。现在，荒凉的山丘热腾腾的土地上仍然冒着烟。冬天正在来临，山丘对周围的村庄是毁灭性的威胁。因为大雨不仅会冲走土地，也会引起严重的洪灾。火灾终于被扑灭了，森林当局订购了几吨一种能快速生长的特殊草籽。飞机将草籽大量喷撒在地上。飞机已经种了将近一个月草，天开始下雨了。然而那时许多地方的草已经长出了根。在大树曾经生长了几个世纪的地方，一片片绿色开始出现在焦黑的土地上。
Lesson 17 Always young 【New words and expressions】生词和短语 appear v. 登场，扮演 stage n. 舞台 bright adj. 鲜艳的 stocking n. （女用）长筒袜(棉的, 绒的, 并不是现在的丝袜) sock n. 短袜 ★appear v. 登场, 扮演 ①vi. 出现，显露（反义词是disappear） The plane appeared. The plane disappeared. ②vi. 当众露面；登场（演出等） The actor appeared. I can’t appear in this dress at the party. appear as 扮演……角色He appeared as a prince. appear on the stage as…(扮演的确切表达) My aunt appeared on the stage as a young girl. ③vi. 似乎，看起来好像（与seem 同义），显得(系动词，后面直接加形容词) He appears nervous. 他显得很紧张(看起来) She appears to know you. Now it appears you are wrong. ★stage n. 舞台on the stage 在舞台上in the stage 在某一阶段(时期) ★bright adj. 鲜艳的bright red 鲜红色；bright yellow 明黄色；bright blue 宝蓝色 【Text】My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!' 参考译文我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员, 她至少也有35 岁了. 尽管如此, 她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘. 詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出. 这一次, 她将扮演一个17岁的少女. 演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜. 去年在演另一个剧时, 她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服. 一旦有人问起她有多大年纪, 她总是回答:“亲爱的, 长成大人真可怕啊!” 【课文讲解】 1、My aunt Jennifer is an actress. 以-ess 结尾的是女性；以-or、-er 结尾的是男性 actor男演员actress 女演员waiter 男服务员waitress 女服务员 prince王子princess 公主lion 公狮子lioness 母狮子 doctor 男医生woman doctor 女医生god 神goddess 女神(God上帝, 注意“G”大写) 2、She must be at least thirty-five years old. 年龄的两种表示方法：
新概念英语第二册讲课思路 《新概念英语》是世界闻名的英语教程之一，它为交际教学法奠定了基础，交际法是国际盛行的外语教学方法之一，其宗旨是通过营造出一个愉快的英语学习环境，以深入贴切的情感对话、活泼互动的交际主题，力求在潜移默化中将英语的听与读输入学生的大脑，通过反复的练习，在同等环境下使学生输出成“说写出来” 的能力。即：输入--练习--输出。国外亦称PRESENTATION（老师讲解）-- PR ACTICE（实践）-- PRODUCTION（学生输出），简称3P法。 互动式交际法是交际教学法中的一种。在课堂上主要体现在师生互动、双方积极参与教学，在教学活动中还体现在教师教学的角色被定位为课堂活动的控制者、评估者、组织者、提示者、参与者和资源提供者。与传统相比，教师的地位和角色起了变化。互动，通过启发、讲授、交流、讨论、对话、表演、练习等诸过程，达到熟练运用英语的目的。在教学中，应围绕功能和话题展开技能训练，其最终目的是让学生获得足够的交际能力，在教学内容上以交际功能意念项目为纲，科学地选择和循序渐进地安排语言材料，把语言材料作为交际工具来教，在课堂教学中，学生多数情况下在某种“交流”、“交往”和“交际”的场景中，通过听，说，读，写等具体的行为去获得外语知识和交际能力。其形式多样性可以使学生在原有知识的基础上，对所获得的内容和语言进行加工和重组，并赋予新的内容，然后输出，从而完成交际的全过程。即：输入（Presentation）--互动（Engagement）--输出（Production），简称PEP法。 《新概念英语》第二册是由经典而幽默的96个小故事组成，每个故事都集中体现了1-2种语法项目，本课堂设计以第一课 (A Private Conversation悄悄话) 为例： 教学目的和要求：使学生能熟练掌握一般过去式的用法及形容词副词的区别 交际句型：What did you do last week? Where did you go last week? Could you hear well? Didn’t you go to the cinema last night? How did the young man behind the writer behave at the theatre? 交际词汇：theater, play, cinema, movie，enjoy，ticket, stadium, stage, loud, loudly, a ngry, angrily 教具：一张放大的课文图片，录音机，磁带，VCD（动漫部分）
Lesson80 The Crystal Palace Palace 1. 宫殿 The Summer Palace颐和园Buckingham Palace白金汉宫 2.（尤指欧洲大陆）华丽的大厦 The nobles of Florence built splendid palaces.佛罗伦萨的贵族们建了华丽的宫殿His home is a palace compared to our little house.和我们的小房子比起来他的家就是宫殿 Stately home 庄院（常有历史价值，艺术珍藏供人参观） Palace revolution宫廷政变 Extraordinary adj. 1. 奇特的 What an extraordinary hat! 2. 非常的，非凡的 Agirl of extraordinary beauty 3. 临时的 The committee meets regularly on Fridays, but there will be an extraordinary meeting next Wednesday.委员会在每星期五碰头，但是下周三会有一次临时会议Extraordinarily adv. Extra+ordinary Ordinary adj.平常的，普通的，通常的normal,usual An ordinary day平常的一天 Ordinary people like you and me 你我之类的老百姓 Extra adj.额外的，附加的extra pay for extra work 多劳多得 Extra + adj. 描述事物性质或特征在程度上大大超过原词所描述的 Extra-thin extra-large extra-special extra-bright Exhibition 1.展览 on exhibition在展出，在展览 Some of the children’s paintings are now on exhibition at the school.孩子们的一些画在学校展出 2. 展览会 An international trade exhibition 国际贸易展出 Make an exhibition of oneself 当众出丑，出洋相 Get up off the floor and stop making such an exhibition of yourself. 从地上爬起来，别再当众出丑了 Exhibit/ig’zibit/
eg eg eg eg eg eg eg eg. egThe Crystal Palace 水晶宫Lesson 805-26-2014New words and expressionspalacen 宫殿extraordinaryadj不平凡的，非凡的exhibitionn展览ironn铁variousadj各种各样的machineryn机器displayn展览steamn蒸汽profitn利润collegen学院palace1n 宫殿the Summy Palace颐和园Buckingham Palace白金汉宫2n(尤其指欧洲大陆）华丽的大厦The nobles of Florence built splendid palaces. Florence的贵族们建造了华丽的宫殿。His home is a palace compared to our little house. 和我们的小家比起来，他的家简直是个大宫殿。stately home庄院（常有历史价值，艺术珍藏供人参观）palace revolution宫廷政变extraordinary1adj奇特的What an extraordinary hat !多么奇特的帽子呀！2adj非凡的，不寻常的a girl of extraordinary beauty美丽非凡的女孩子3adj临时的The committee meets regularly on Fridays, but there will be an extraordinary meeting next Wednesday. 委员会议在每周三定时碰头，但是下周三会有一次临时会议。extra+ordinaryordinaryadj平常的，普通的，通常的（近义词：normal, usual)an ordinary day平常的一天ordinary people like you and me 你我之类的老百姓extraadj额外的，附加的extra pay for extra work多劳多得" extra-" +"adj" 描述事物性质或特征在程度上大大超过原词所描述的extra-thinadj格外的薄，格外的瘦extra-largeadj格外的大extra-specialadj非常的特别，尤其特别extra-brightadj非常聪明，智力超群exhibition1n展览on exhibition在展览，在展出Some of the children`s paintings are now on exhibition at the school. 孩子们的一些画正在学校里展出。 2n展览会an international trade exhibiton 国际贸易展览会make an exhibition of oneself 当众出丑，出洋相Get up off the floor and stop making such an exhibition of yourself. 从地上爬起来，别再当众出丑了。exhibit 1n（尤其指博物馆里的）展品Don`t touch the exhibits.请勿碰展品。a priceless exhibit一件极其贵重的陈列品2v展览（某类型物品），是及物动词to exhibit paintings展览绘画作品to exhibit flowers展出花卉to exhibit new cars展出新车iron1n铁Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。Iron and Blood.铁血政策。喻指“残暴的政治手段” 2n熨斗
Book II Lesson 25 Do the English speak English? 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 man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them ! Do they speak English ? Book II Lesson 26 The best art critics ?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 arc 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! Book II Lesson 27 A wet 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.
裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记第17课
裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记第十七课 My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'My Dear, it must be terrible to be grown up!' 我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！” 单词学习 1. appear [?'pi?] vi 1) come into view, become visible 出现，显现，呈现 appear←→disppear eg. A ship appeared on the horizon. 一艘船出现在水平线上。 eg. Something strange appeared. 奇怪的事发生了。 2) arrive, come, show up, turn up 来到 eg. I waited for 4 hours but she didn’t appear. 我等了四个小时，可她就是没来。 3) （公开，正式）露面，登场，扮演 eg. The lady appeared on the stage as a young girl. 这位女士扮演一名小姑娘。 appear on the stage 扮演 eg. He appeared on the stage when he was only 3. 他才3岁时，就登台扮演。→ His first appearance on the stage was at the age of three. eg. She is at least 50 years old. But she always appears on the stage as a young girl. 她至少50岁，但她总是扮演年轻的姑娘。appearance [?'pi?r?ns] n. 出现, 显露, 露面；外观, 外貌, 外表←→disappearance keep up appearance 维持体面，装门面 eg. Never judge a man by his appearance. 不要以貌取人。 to all appearances / by all appearances / from all appearances 显然，就外表来看 2. stage n. 舞台 on the stage 在舞台上 quit the stage 推出演艺界 in the international stage 在国际舞台上 scene 舞台上的场景，背景 eg. The first scene of the play is in the palace. 这部戏的第一个场景是在宫殿里。 arena [?'ri:n?] n.表演场地, 竞技场；活动或斗争的场所或场面 the political arena 政治舞台，政界竞争活动或斗争的场所、场面（喻） in the political stage / in the political scene / in the political arena 在政治舞台上 in the international stage / in the international scene / in the international arena 在国际舞台上 eg. She dreamed of appearing on the stage one day. 她梦想着有一天能在舞台上表演。 3. bright adj. 1) 明亮的←→dark bright sunshine 灿烂的阳光 bright eyes 明亮的眼睛 2) 鲜艳的，醒目的 bright blue 宝蓝色 bright green 翠绿色 3) quick at learning; clever 聪明的←→dull, stupid, foolish eg. She is the brightest child in our class. 她是我们班最聪明的孩子。 4) promising, hopeful 有前途的 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除
直捷英语第二册 Unit 10 Lesson 1 Annes' s Passport 安的护照 1 ANNE:This won't take a minute. JULIA:No problem.I need stamps anyway. 2 ANNE:Look.Here's the visa for my trip. JULIA:Wow.Look at all the stamps. ANNE:Yeah.I travelled so much in my previous job. 3 JULIA:You worked with the Continental Hotel,right? ANNE:Uh huh.I worked there from 1986 to 1989. JULIA:Indonesia.Argentina.Madagascar! ANNE:You should see my old passport. I was in graduate school in Europe from'80to'82. I went everywhere. 4 JULIA:Terrible picture. ANNE:I know. JULIA:Your full name is Anne Bruce Holland?Bruce is a man's name. ANNE:It's family name. 5 JULIA:Place of birth:Connecticut,U.S.A. Hey,you were born on February 14th,1952.Valentine's Day. ANNE:Julia.You're holding up the line. Unit 10 Lesson 2 Relatives 亲戚 1 NULA:Hi Nina.Do you need something? ]NINA:Oh.Hi Nu La.I left you a note.Are these your children,Nu La?
新概念英语第二册第17课:Always young Lesson 17 Always young青春常驻First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why doesn't Aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is? My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!' 我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！” New words and expressions 生词和短语 appear v. 登场，扮演 stage n. 舞台 bright adj. 鲜艳的 stocking n. （女用）长筒袜
刚看到一篇新东方老师写的新概念英语学习方法,供参考 我觉得如果是一点英语基础也没有的人，那就按部就班的从第一册学到第四册。但是有过一定的英语基础的人，应该怎样计划自己的学习呢？有的人从第二册开始学，有的人从第三册开始学，这样好不好呢？既然新概念是一个基础教育的教材，那就应该把基础打好。我在北京的日子，把新概念一路学下来，觉得对于一个有一些英语基础的人，应该这样学新概念： 如果你的基础不太好打算从第二册开始学新概念，那么你先搞到一套东田的新概念第一册的讲座视频，也就是外研社拍的那套，仔细的看一遍，同时买一套新东方的新概念网络课堂光盘版。同步的看第一册。把第一册的基础打好。然后，报新概念4册的班，新东方的，戴尔的，环球雅思的，都可以，只要这个学校能讲新概念四册，老师的实力就一定不错。 为什么要先学第四册？因为新概念只有第四册是原汁原味的英语。而且你已经有了一定的基础。如果你从第二册学起，再学第三册，那么总是觉得有难度在里面，可能班上完了，学到的东西不能很好的消化，可能只能掌握60％不到。而这时候，往往大多数人学完第三册就不继续学了，因为感觉第三册已经很不好消化理解了。准备回去好好复习一下，结果别的杂事一多，慢慢的就放下了英语的学习。而先学第四册虽然一开始有些吃力，但是只要你咬牙坚持两个星期，你就会慢慢的跟上老师你的进度，你会发现自己的提高很快，很有成就感。而且学习到的是纯正的英语。同时回家辅助于外研社的视频做预习和新东方的网络课堂做复习。 当第四册学完以后，你会有或然开朗的感觉，你会真正的体会到英语是什么。然后你再报第三册的班，这时候，你就不会觉得第三册很难了。而且课堂上老师所讲的，一般你能消化吸收80％甚至更多。如果你配合外研社视频和新东方网络课堂学习新概念第三册很有效果的话，你可以考虑在学习完第三册以后，不报第二册的班，直接使用外研社的视频和网络课堂自学第二册。如果觉得吃力，那就再报第二册的班，继续这样的学习。 无论那种方法，当你的第二册也学习完以后，休息一个月，然后再报一个新概念四册的班，再学习一遍。需要注意的是，戴尔和环球雅思新概念四册讲的是48课的新版本，新东方讲的是60课的旧版本。虽然都讲不完，但是里面有些课是不一样的。如果你学两遍新概念四册的话，建议你先学新版本的，再学旧版本的，这样可以在不同的老师，不同的讲课风格下学到更多的东西。当这一遍新概念四册学下来的时候，你的英语基础已经很好了，可以适应往任何一个专业上去学习专业英语了。 如果你的基础本来就比较好，想从新概念第三册开始学，那么我建议你最好是先通过外研社的视频和新东方的网络课堂把一二册自己学习一遍，然后去戴尔英语上张建成的新概念四册的课，坚持着跟下来，通过外研社的视频预习，通过网络课堂的光盘复习。然后再去学第三册的班，休息一个月以后，再去学新东方的新概念四册，这样不但英语学的比较扎实，而且比较的轻松。 无论怎样，不要认为自己的水平不够，或者暂时不需要等种种原因不去学第四册。如果你不早一点学第四册，你的英语开窍就会比别人晚许多。当我上完新概念的全四册的课，总结完学习新概念的经验以后，正好有机会听到了戴尔英语的张建成副校长的讲座，他是建议先学新概念第四册，然后再第三册，第二册，第一册。他说，这样的顺序下来，非常有注意英语学习信心的建立。而且，如果你学的够仔细，当第一册学完的时候，你完全有能力到北京或者其它城市的任何一个英语学校应聘新概念一二册的教师。因为你先学的第四册，所以，在你听第三册，特别是第二册和第一册的时候，你的心态是完全不同的，上课的时候，你将会比你同班的同学听到感悟到更多的信息。 谈到新概念的学习就不能不谈课文的背诵问题。如果你有时间，建议你学一册背一册。如果时间紧张的话，可以只背新概念二册的前15课，三册的前30课，四册要求全背。三四册的背诵要养成良好的背诵习惯。首先要分析出文章的结构，是总分总还是总分分，还是分分总。总之就是要从逻辑上分析出作者的思路和结构，这样不仅仅有利于你课文的背诵，还有助于你日后写作的布局。在
Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace 【Text】 Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936. 【课文翻译】 19世纪最不寻常的建筑也许要数水晶宫了，它是为1851年的“世界博览会”而建在海德公园的。这座水晶宫不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因为它是用钢和玻璃建成的。它是有史以来最高大的建筑物之一，因此，人们从各个国家纷纷前来参观。大量的商品从世界各地运送到了博览会，参展的还有很多机器，其中最奇妙的是内史密斯的蒸汽锤。尽管在当时旅行不像现在这么容易，但汽船还是把成千上万的参观者从欧洲大陆送过了英吉利海峡。一到英国，火车就把他们送到了水晶宫。参观的人数总共是600万。博览会的赢利用来建造博物馆和高等学校。后来，“水晶宫”被移到了伦敦南部。在1936年被焚毁之前，它一直是世界上最著名的建筑物之一。 New words and expressions 生词和短语 1. palace 1) n 宫殿 the Summy Palace 颐和园 Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫 2) n (尤其指欧洲大陆）华丽的大厦 eg: The nobles of Florence built splendid palaces. Florence的贵族们建造了华丽的宫殿。 eg: His home is a palace compared to our little house. 和我们的小家比起来，他的家简直是个大宫殿。
Lesson 25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗？ 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? 参考译文 我终于到了伦敦。火车站很大，又黑又暗。我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走，于是向一个搬运工打听。我的英语 讲得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。然而搬运工却不明白我的话。我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂 了。他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。“我是个外国人，”我说。于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂。我的 老师从来不那样讲英语！我和搬运工相视一笑。接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。“您会很快学会英语 的！”他说。我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！他们说的是英语吗？ 【New words and expressions】（5） railway n. 铁路，铁道 [U] (Br.) / railroad (Am.) a line of railway 一条铁路 railway station 火车站 railway n. 轨道 (pl.) [C] eg. The railway was opened to traffic last year. 这条铁路是去年通车的。 high level railway 高架铁路 表示―地铁‖的词汇： subway ['s?bwei] (Am.) tube [tju:b] (Br.) underground (Br.) metro ['metr?u] (Paris) 地铁 rail n. 横杆，扶手，围栏，轨道 jump rail 出轨
Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片 First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。 How many cards did the writer send? Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card! New words and expressions 生词和短语 send v. 寄，送friendly adj. 友好的 postcard n. 明信片waiter n. 服务员，招待员 spoil v. 使索然无味，损坏lend v. 借给 museum n. 博物馆decision n. 决定 public adj. 公共的single adj. 唯一的，单一的 whole adj. 整个的 Note on the text 课文注释 1 a few words,几句话。 2 lent me a book中，lent是“借出”的意思。我们常说lend sb. sth 或lend sth to sb.。borrow 是“借入”的意思，常用的结构是borrow sth.或borrow sth. from sb. 参考译文 明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！ Summary writing 摘要写作 Answer these questions in not more than 50 words. 回答下列问题，将答案组成一个段落，不要超过50个单词。 1Do postcards always spoil the writer’s holiday or not? 2Where did he spend his holidays last summer? 3What did he think about every day? 4Did he send any cards to his friends or not? 5What is the writer’s big decision? 6Where did he stay all day? 7Did he write any cards or not? Key structures 关键句型 What happened? 一般过去时 Read this short conversation. Pay close attention to the verbs in italics. Each of these verbs tells us what happened. 读一读下面的这段对话，要特别注意用斜体印出的动词，每个动词都告诉我们发生了什么事。
新概念英语的优点与缺陷及弥补办法 毫无疑问，《新概念英语》是最能够提高英语能力的教材，得到了全世界英语学习者和英语教育专家广泛的认可。新概念英语的文章非常经典，适合学生背诵，并且涵盖了小学到高中的所有必须掌握的语法知识点。然而，因为《新概念英语》教材的经典，其也不可避免的具有因“陈旧”所导致的种种薄弱之处。 一、《新概念英语》的优势与缺陷： 1.优点：《新概念英语》的文章非常经典，适合学生背诵。而且教材涵盖了小学到高中的所有必须掌握的语法知识点，能够让学生学习和享受到真正的英语。 首先，是新概念的“系统性原则”，英卓语言的新概念横跨的英语学习梯度是绝无仅有，该书是以零基础为起点，经过英卓语言专家组对该书每册难度的细致研究，总结出新概念英语的“半册飞跃理念”，即每半册新概念英语就是一个梯度的水平飞跃一直达到纯熟精通的英语水平——考TOFEL,GRE如履平地； 其次，是新概念英语学习的“重复原则”，即在整体教法上，注重听、说、读、写的反复训练，从量变到质变，让学生们的英语水平得到质的飞跃，在教学内容上，高频词汇、句型，重点语法、结构反复出现，让你熟飨于心，“不觉之中上层楼”； 然后，就是新概念英语的“文化原则”，该书就是整个英国风俗文化的缩影——从历史到宗教，从工作到休闲，篇篇经典，深厚的不列颠文化底蕴和浓郁的英格兰风情跃然纸上，深邃而耐人寻味；
再有，就是新概念英语的“实用原则”，该书无论是从听、说、读、写哪一方面都可以无可厚非地成为经典教材，吃透新概念，英语运用即可娴熟自如，独步天下！ 2.缺陷：一来《新概念英语》本身不具备较为正规的测评系统，没有考试，以至于学生很难全面客观地检验学习效果；二来《新概念英语》的知识比较陈旧，与当代发生的新事，当前热门的话题，当下关注度高的问题稍有脱离。 如此，学生在学习《新概念英语》的时候要尽可能地发挥它本身所具有的优势，同时，也要尽量去弥补新概念的薄弱之处。 二、如何弥补新概念英语的薄弱之处？ 【学习目标】：通过学习和背诵新概念的经典文章，学生能够系统学习英语的语法，全面提高听、说、读、写各项能力，为考级和考证打好基础。 为了达到上述学习目标，英语网教研组的专家和老师们经过潜心研究，提出如下建议： 1.学生对新概念的系统学习内容应包含两大板块： 第一版块：以新概念的教材为主线，重点学习的知识点如下： 《新概念》一册：学习基本的英语语音知识及英语的基本语法、词汇、句型等知识，练好英语基本功。 《新概念》二册：由浅入深、逐步学习语法要点；同时学生要通过对经典句型结构的分析和理解以及对词汇的大量补充，逐步提高英语学习的综合能力。 《新概念》三册：学生应进一步扩充和讲解词汇、短语及语法的实际运用。分析句子及句子间的逻辑关系，仿照经典句子结构进行模仿性写作，以能够将所学的知识灵活地运