澳大利亞中學英語A Unit 1
[00:00.00]Unit 1 Back to school
[00:10.50]1.Look,read,listen and act.
[00:16.67]This is the first day fo a fall semester.
[00:21.42]Li Meng and his sister have spent a busy but exciting day at school.
[00:27.77]Now they are back home discussing what they've heard during the day.
[00:34.12]Summer is so short.We only went to one summer camp.
[00:39.16]How many do you need?
[00:42.32]You know my classmates went to some real exciting ones.
[00:47.46]They were talking about them all the time.
[00:51.44]You should have seen the look on their faces.
[00:55.56]What summer camps?
[00:58.59]I thought ours was the best.
[01:02.12]We learned so much English.
[01:05.67]The songs,the music,they story books and the movies...
[01:11.13]I know.But the other camps were good too.
[01:15.70]Two of my classmates went to a "Culture" camp.
[01:20.07]It was all about different cultures,British,French,African,Indonesian..
[01:27.61]What did they do there? Movies,lectures and everyghing.
[01:32.94]I don't remember now but it must have been good.
[01:37.62]Is that all?
[01:40.68]Of course not.One of my friends went to a camp called "Fitness" something.
[01:46.92]They went swimming,mountain climbing,hiking and...
[01:52.56]Next time maybe.
[01:55.62]We xhould tell mum earlier if we don't want to miss the fun.
[02:00.76]Too bad,summer is over now.
[02:05.44]Where did you spend your summer holiday?
[02:09.70]Tick it/them and tell your friend about it/them
[02:15.58]3.Liarwn and tick.
[02:20.12]Who did what during the summer holidays?
[02:48.70]4.Listen,read and then write.
[02:54.58]Please read the following passage
[02:58.63]and find out what children do in their summer holidays.
[03:03.90] Summer camps
[03:07.14] For many children in the world,summer camps are becoming more and more popular.
[03:13.99]In China,we have a similar situation.
[03:18.64]Each year,kids come to summer camps for friendship and experiene.
[03:25.30]The summer camps provide an opportunity for children
[03:29.95]to learn things beyond their school subjects.
[03:34.80] There are many different kinds of summer camps.
[03:39.38]Some camps are only for learning spoken English
[03:44.24]ad they provide a native speaker for each group.
[03:49.09]Some camps are only for visting historical places.
[03:54.45]But,most camps combine learning and sightseeing to attract more students.
[04:01.50] Summer camps offer various programs form arts and crafts,
[04:07.25]computer skills,putting on short plays to horseback riding,
[04:13.91]sailing,rock climbing and swimming and many others.
[04:19.87]Everybody can find something interesting to do.
[04:24.91] Summer camps are usually held in local places.
[04:30.26]The place is quiet,the scenery is beautiful,
[04:35.91]the air is fresh and most importantly the surroundings are safe,
[04:42.44]because parents have to make sure
[04:46.51]that their children do not get sick and are not being hurt.
[04:51.68] In recent years,more and more children like to join a summer camp
[04:57.53]which organizes activities abroad.
[05:01.90]At present,summer camps in England,America,Australia,
[05:08.14]New Zealand and France are very popular.
[05:13.00]So,choosing a summer camp is not easy.
[05:17.86]Money,time,your personal interests and perhaps some other things,
[05:24.21]such as which camp your friends are attending,
[05:29.04]will influence your decision.
[05:32.80]Find the answers to the following questions.
[05:37.84]Underline and number the sentence.The number on the line.
[05:44.69]7.Listen and ack.
[05:49.41]Li meng is sitting at his desk filling in his new school schedule.
[05:55.79]His notes are not very clear,
[05:59.63]so he picks up the phone and calls a classmate.
[06:04.49]What words may Li Meng use when he talks to his classmate?
[06:10.05]Tell your friend.
[06:12.98]Hello,is Zhang Shan there? Speaking.
[06:17.73]Oh,good,What subjects do we have on Wednesday afternoon?
[06:23.01]Can you take a look at your notes?
[06:26.48]Wait a minute.I need to turn down the radio a bit first.
[06:31.52](Zhang Shan turns down the music in his room.)
[06:36.28]What was it again?
[06:40.04]Just tell me what's on Wednesday afternoon.
[06:44.30]I see.There are tow periods of Maths and one PE class.
[06:50.46]You know PE? Physical education.
[06:54.54]Yeah.Thanks.Last semester we had PE on ?Tuesday.
[07:00.78]I lide it on Wednesday.
[07:03.84]Me too.I tend to be tired by then and ought to go out and do something.
[07:10.00]In your Nike sneakers.Right.My favourite.
[07:15.15]By the way,do you like your new schedule?
[07:19.30]Well,remember we'll have tow periods of computer class
[07:24.94]on Tuesday afternoon every other week.
[07:28.91]I'm looking forward to that.That's something I like too.
[07:34.16]Look,I need to get my schedule ready.
[07:38.61]I'll talk to you later.Thanks for the help.
[07:42.86]Sure.Bye. Bye.
[07:46.42]Task 2
[07:49.58]1.Practise the dialogue in pairs.
[07:55.22]2.Act out the dialogue in your own words.
[08:00.99]3.Listen to two more short dialogues and fill in the blanks.
[08:08.36]Dialogue 1
[08:11.73]A:Alice____.Is Mary______?
[08:15.57]B:Hello,Alice.______a second.Mary,you are______.
[08:22.05]Dialogue 2
[08:25.10]A:________please?
[08:28.94]B:Sorry,she_______.
[08:32.60]A:Could I______then?
[08:35.84]B:Yes,please.But__________
[08:40.28]A:Marina.
[08:42.92]9.Listen to the dialogue and write the correct information below.
[08:50.29]Li Meng and his sister have finished dinner
[08:54.75]and are now getting their school bags ready.
[08:58.80]Listen to the dialogue and find out the required information.
[09:04.84]Where's my maths book? It'll be my favourite subject this semester.
[09:10.77]Why? you hate maths.
[09:14.53]Not now.Mr.Chen will be teaching us.He is so good.
[09:20.38]How do you know ?
[09:23.25]My classmates heard he is a "star" teacher.
[09:27.41]Maths class will be fun.I don't know .Hope you'll enjoy yourself.
[09:34.46]I will.Have you got anything nice this semester?
[09:39.79]Sure.I'll have computer class and our soccer team will have a new coach.
[09:45.95]We'll train to win.You've got to run faster.I never see you run now.
[09:52.30]I'm always a fast runner.My running is still hot.
[09:57.47]Do you want to run new yourself?
[10:01.13]I love it.The thing is girls tend to do "nice" things.
[10:06.69]"Nice"?I don't know. Anyway,it's about time to go to bed.Good night,runner.
