初中英语广州版4A 04

[13:50.49]The plants were green and much stronger than before.
[13:56.05]Now, they understood.
[13:59.50]The old farmer did not leave any money to them,
[14:04.17]but one day these plants and these fields ld make them rich again.
[14:10.65]If you don't work hard you cannot hope to become rich.
[14:16.71]lesson 16  Exercise 2
[14:22.28]Listen to the story of Narcissus.
[14:26.72]It comes from Greece.Then answer the questions.
[14:33.38]far away,beside a quiet river somewhere,
[14:39.02]you might be able to see,if you are lucky,a white flower.
[14:45.55]It is one of the most beautiful flowers in the world.
[14:50.91]Long, long ago, there was a young man called Narcissus.
[14:57.46]He was very beautiful.
[15:01.22]When he was growing up people used to say,
[15:06.40]'How beautiful Narcissus is!'
[15:10.76]Everyone wanted to make friends with him,
[15:15.12]but Narcissus only wanted to make friends with people as beautiful as he was.
[15:23.38]One day, when he was going for a walk,Narcissus came to a river.
[15:30.22]He sat down beside it and looked into the water.
[15:35.78]In the water, he saw a face.'
[15:40.15]What a beautiful face I have never seen such a beautiful face!' he thought.
[15:48.61]When he moved, the face moved.
[15:53.47]When he smiled, the face smiled.
[15:58.43]But when he spoke,the face in the water said nothing.
[16:04.49]Then, Narcissus understood.This was not another person.
[16:11.86]The face in the water was his own face.
[16:16.82]He was the most beautiful person in the world!
[16:22.60]There was no one more beautiful than he was!
[16:27.56]Narcissus didn't want to go on living.
[16:33.02]He took his knife and killed himself.
[16:38.37]When his body fell to the ground,a white flower grew from the earth.
[16:45.22]This flower is even more beautiful than Narcissus.
[16:50.49]It grows in quiet places near rivers,but it does not know that it is beautiful.
[16:59.14]If you love only yourself you can never be happy.
[17:05.70]Unit 4   Time for a rhyme
[17:10.97]The rurtle and the rabbit
[17:15.70]The turtle and the rabbit Who had a very,very had babit.
[17:23.25]He liked to think that he was the best,Much,much better than all the rest.
[17:30.83]The day he raced the turtle he knew,
[17:35.37]His chances to lose were very few,He took some time to take a break,
[17:43.73]And had a sleep beside a lake,
[17:48.17]While he was sleeping,The turtle went past.
[17:53.53]Now he was no longer the last.
[17:57.79]When the rabbit woke up to finish the race,He had to run at a faster pace.
[18:05.54]But it was now too late,the rurtle had won,
[18:10.69]Things did not end as they had begun!