大眾英語 Gateway to English Book 2 ;

Lesson One ;

Words and Exressions ;

airport/’ep:t/ n.飛機場 agree/’gri:/vi.同意 ;

ballroom/’b:lrum/ n.舞廳 bowl/bul/n.碗 ;

a bowl of...一碗... carry/’kri/ vt.手拿;手提 ;

championship /’tmpjnip/ n.錦標賽 ;

channel/’tnl/ n.(電視)頻道 choice/’tis/ n.選擇 ;

choose/tu:z/ vt.& vi.選擇 chose/’tuz/(過去式) ;

chosen/’tuzn/ (過去分詞) ;

crossfire/’krsfai/ n.交叉火力 (在本課是電影名) ;

duty/’dju:ti/ n.責任;職務 fair/fe/ adj.公平的 ;

fix/fiks/ vt.準備(飯食等) flat/flt/ n.一套房間 ;

(美)aprtment kick/kik/ vt.& vi.踢 ;

let/let/ vt.(表示建議.請求.) let(過去式,過去分詞) ;

mind/maind/vi.介意 musical/’mju:zikl/ n.音樂喜劇 ;

nod/nd/vi.點頭 nothing/’ni/ n.沒有東西;沒有什么 ;

OK/’u’kei/ adj&adv.好;行;可以 perhaps/p’hps/ adv.也許;可以 ;

quick/kwik/adj.快的 rather/’ra:/ adv.相當 ;

really/’rili/ adv.真正地；真實的 recently/’ri:sntli/ adv.最近 ;

remark/ri’ma:k/ vt.& vi.談論,說 review/ri’vju:/n.評論 ;

salad/’sld/n.色拉 (西餐中的一種涼拌菜) scramble/’skrmbl/ vt.炒(蛋) ;

share// vt.&vi.分享;分擔 sofa/’suf/ n.沙發 ;

start/sta:t/ vi.&vt.開始 suggest/s’dest/ vt.建議 ;

throw/ru/vt.扔 threw/ru:/(過去式) thrown/run/ (過去分詞) ;

toast/tust/ n.烤面包(片);吐司 tray/trei/n.茶盤 ;

violent/’vailnt/ adj.暴力的 Proper Nouns ;

Carolyn/’krlin/ (女人名) Tess/tes/(女人名) ;

TEXT Putting Your Feet Up Test and Carolyn shared a flat. ;

Carolyn was a dentist and Tess worked at the airport. It was Friday evening. ;

"I don’t really feel like going out, do you?" asked Carolyn. ;

"No,I’m on duty early tomorrow,"replied Tess. ;

"Let’s stay in.Perhaps there’s something interesting on the television." ;

"Here.See what’s on," suggested Carolyn, throwing her the paper. ;

"I’m going to have a quick shower.Then I’ll fix us something to eat.shall I?" ;

"That’s not fair.It’s my turn,"said Tess. ;

"Never mind. You can do it tomorrow.can’t you" ;

Carolyn left the room and Tess kicked off her shoes and put her feet up on the sofa. ;

Half an hour later Carolyn returned carrying a tray with coffee, ;

scrambled eggs on toast and a bowl of salad. ;

Tess looked up from the book that she was reading. ;

"Oh,that looks great," she said. "was there nothing on the television,then?" ;

asked Carolyn. "Yes,We have a choice," smiled Tess." ;

At eight o’clock on Channel 4 there’s an old musical in black and white. ;

At 8:15 on Chnnel 2 there’s a family new film called ;

Crossire and on Channel 1 at 8:30 they’ve got the ;

ballroom dancing championships.I don’t mind. ;

You got the supper,so you can choose." ;

"Well now,"Carolyn put the tray down on the table and sat down. ;

"Those old musicals are usually rather fun,aren’t they?"she remarked ;

"What was the name of that new film? Crossfire,did you say? ;

I read a review of it recently.It’s rather violent,isn’t it?" ;

"Probably,"agreed Tess "And I don’t think we want to watch the ballroom dancing, ;

do we Carolyn continued. ;

"Let’s see what the old musical’s like, shall we?" ;

"OK,"nodded Tess."it starts in a couple of minutes.I’ll turn on the television." ;

Lesson two Words and Expressions ;

above/’bv/ prep.在...之上 above all首先,尤其是 ;

airline/’elain/n. 航線;航空公司 ambition/m’bin/ n.志向,抱負 ;

aunt/a:nt/ n.姨母;姑母; 嬸母;伯母;舅母 ;

bright/brait/ adj.聰明的 bus/bs/ n.公共汽車 ;

buy/bai/vt.購買 bought/b:t/ (過去式,過去分詞) ;

centrally/’sentrli/ adv.中央地 centrally heated 中央供暖,集中供暖 ;

chilly/’tili/ adj.寒冷的 cruel/krul/ adj.殘忍的 ;

dad/dd/n.老爸 draughty/’dra:fti/ adj.通風的 ;

drink/drik/ vt.& vi.喝;飲 drank/drk/(過去式) ;

drunk/drk/(過去分詞) exam/ig’zm/n.考試 ;

excellent/’ekslnt/ adj.優秀的 exception /ik’sepn/ n.例外 ;

handle/’hndl/ vt.處理;使用 heat/hi:t/ vt.& vi.加熱;供暖 ;

heating/’hi:ti/n. 暖氣(裝置) hold on 住嘴;別說了 ;

hostess/’hustis/ n.女主人 ;

air hostess 飛機上的女服務員; 空中小姐 ;

jumper/’dmp/ n.套頭衫(手織或機織的) mark/ma:k/n.分散 ;

objict/b’dekt/ vi.& vt反對 pilot/’pailt/n.飛行員 ;

Portuguese /p:tju’gi:z/ n.葡萄牙語 ;

secondly/’sekndli/ adv.第二 ;

snow/snu/vi.下雪 survive/s:vaiv/ vi.活下來 ;

thirdly/’:dli/ adv.第三 travel/’trvl/ adj.vi.旅行 ;

unfriendly /’n’frendli/ adj.不友好的 woolly/’wuli/adj.羊毛的 ;

Proper Nouns Elisabeth/i’lizb/ (女人名) ;

Los Angles /ls’ndili:z/ 洛衫機(市) ;

Rio de Janeiro (巴西)里約熱內盧(市) ;

Siberia/sai’biri/ 西伯利亞(俄國) ;

TEXT So Elisabeth Came to England ;

Elisabeth was nineteen and she lived in Rio de Janeiro. ;

Her father was an airline pilot ;

and it was Elisabeth’s ambition to become an air hostess. ;

She was a bright girl and with one exception her exam marks were good. ;

The exception was English. ;

"Look," said her father, "if you want to become an air hostess. ;

you must learn to speak really good English. ;

I’m going to send you to England next February. ;

"Oh,you couldn’t be so cruel,Dad,"said Elisabeth. ;

"It snows in England in February and the people are unfriendly ;

and the houses are draughty and.." "Hold on,"said her father." ;

You’re exaggerating.In the first place, ;

it doesn’t always snow in English in February. ;

I’m not sending you to Siberia Secondly, ;

English people are usually quite kind to foreign visitors,and thirdly, ;

a lot of English houses have central heating these days." ;

"Why can’t I go and stay with my uncle in Los Angeles?"asked Elisabeth. ;

"Because your uncle and aunt both speak Portuguese," ;

replied Elisabeth’s father."You learnt your English in the United States," ;

objected Elisabeth. "I worked as a waiter,"said her father." ;

I had to get used to speaking English fast,in order to survive." ;

Well,Elisabeth came to English for eight weeks, ;

It did snow and there were times when she felt quite chilly. ;

But she bought herself a thick woolly jumper, ;

the family she stayed with were kind,and their home was centrally heated. ;

Elisabeth got used to drinking tea, ;

travelling on English buses and handing English money. ;

Above all,she got used to speaking English and before long she could understand ;

almost everything that people said to her. ;

Later,when she was an air hostess, ;

and people asked her where she ;

had learnt to speak such excellent English, ;

she used to say:"My father was very cruel.He sent me to English in February ;

Lesson three Words and Expressions ;

add/d/vt.增加 adventure/d’vent/ n.冒險;驚險活動 ;

age/eid/n.年齡 announcer/’nauns/ n.播音員 ;

anthem/’nm/ n.頌歌 the national anthem 國歌 ;

anxious/’ks/ adj.焦急的;渴望的 area/’eri/n.地區 ;

booth/bu:/ n.(隔開的)小間 broad/’br:d/adj. 寬闊的 ;

broadcast/’br:dka:st/ vt.& vi.廣播 broadcast或broadcasted (過去式或過去分詞) ;

builder/’bild/n. 建筑商 cheer/ti/vi.歡呼 ;

comment/’kmnt/ vi.評論 construct/kn’strkt/ vt.建造 ;

describe/dis’kraib/ vt.描寫;敘述 design/di’zain/vt.設計 ;

drive/draiv/ vt.& vi.開車 drove/druv/(過去式) ;

driven(過去分詞) Dutch/’dt/ adj.荷蘭的 ;

enjoy/in’di/ vt.喜愛;樂趣; exciting/ik’saiti/ adj.興奮的 ;

exclaim/iks’kleim/ vi.& vt.解釋 field/fi:ld/ n.場地 ;

German/’d:mn/ adj.德國的 handshake/’hndeik/ n.握手 ;

huge/hju:d/ adj.巨大的 ;

international /,int’nnl/ adj.國際的 ;

jet/jet/n. 噴氣式飛機 mean/mi:n/vt. 表示...的意思 ;

name/neim/vt.給...取名 onto/’ntu/prep 到...之上，向..之上 ;

organist/’:gnist/ n.風箏手 pitch/pit/ vt.& vi.(棒球中)投球 ;

pitcher/’pit/n. (棒球中的)投手 ride/raid/vt.乘(車) ;

shout/aut/ vi.& vt.喊叫,高呼 silver/’silv/ adj.銀灰色的 ;

single/’sigl/ adj.單個的 sound/saund/vi.聽起來 ;

stadium/’steidjm/n. 體育館 style/stail/n.風格 ;

tract/trkt/n.屋區 Proper Nouns Anaheim/’nhaim/ (地名) ;

Dodger/’dd/ (棒球隊名) Fernando Valenzuela (人名) ;

Holland/’hlnd/荷蘭 Montreal/,mntri’:l/ n.蒙特利爾(市) ;

Moraji/m’ra:di/ n.(男人名) Pete/pi:t/ n.(男人名) ;

the Santa Ana River (美國)圣安娜河 Sweden/’swi:dn/瑞典 ;

TEXT Moraji’s American Adventure ;

Peter waited at the Los Angeles International Airport for the huge, ;

silver jet that through Moraji to the United States ;

They greeted each other with broad smiles and warm handshakes. ;

They had not seen one another for four years. ;

They were both seventeen then and they looked a little older now at ;

the age of twenty-one ;

Peter drove the visitor to his home in Anaheim,and Moraji enjoyed riding in his ;

friend’s new car,which was made in Sweden. ;

"Anaheim is an interesting name," Moraji commented. ;

"It sounds German." "It is,"Peter said. ;

"It is named for the Santa Ana River,which is Spanish, ;

but the first people to live here were Germans, ;

so they added the world heim,meaning home." ;

Moraji liked the city of Anaheim. ;

He also liked the tract where Pete lived. ;

A tract is an area where all the ;

houses were constructed by the same builder. ;

In Pete’s tract the houses were designed like those in ;

Holland,and the style is called Dutch. ;

Moraji was especially anxious to see an American baseball game. ;

That very evening they went to Dodger Stadium to see an exciting game between Los ;

Angeles and Montreat. ;

At the beginning of the game everyone stood while the ;

organist played the national anthems of both Canada and the United States. ;

Pete explained that most of the people in Montreat speak French ;

and that announcers in the broadcasting booths ;

were describing the game not just in English but in French and Spanish. ;

Everyone cheered when the Dodger pitcher came onto the field. ;

"Why are they shouting ,’O1’?"moraji asked. ;

"The pitcher is Fernando Valenzuela," Pete answered. ;

"He just came here from Mexico,and he does not speak English, ;

but already he has become famous, ;

The last four times he pitched ;

the other teams did not score a single time." ;

"How exciting!"Moraji exclaimed."My first day in the United States, ;

and already I’m seeing a famous American baseball pitcher!" ;