初中英语广州版4A 05

[06:18.96]Come and see!''You're right!' said her mother.
[06:24.52]'How wonderful!''Mother,if we plant these seeds and they grow into big plants,
[06:33.77]we won't need to move from place to place.
[06:38.45]We'll have food next to our own home!
[06:43.59]'So,Klom dug the ground planted the seeds,and maybe,just maybe,
[06:51.53]became the very first farmer on Earth.
[06:56.29]Lesson 19
[06:59.34]New word and expression
[07:03.31]Oh dear!
[07:04.69]哎呀！唷
[07:06.06]get off
[07:07.44]下车
[07:08.83]get together
[07:10.30]聚会；联欢
[07:11.78]turn
[07:13.06]v.转
[07:14.34]Exercise 4   Listen to the questions in Exercise 3.
[07:21.00]After each question give your answer
[07:26.15]and then listen to see if you are right.
[08:56.71]Lesson 20
[08:59.74]New word and expression
[09:03.58]rich
[09:04.90]adj.肥沃
[09:06.22]soil
[09:07.55]n.土壤
[09:08.88]cut down
[09:10.41]砍倒
[09:11.94]none
[09:13.22]pron.没有任何人或东西；无一人
[09:14.50]farm
[09:15.82]v.务农
[09:17.14]poor
[09:18.42]adj.贫穷的
[09:19.70]Manjit
[09:21.18]n.曼吉
[09:22.65]harvest
[09:24.09]n.收获
[09:25.52]god
[09:26.60]n.神
[09:27.67]Renuka
[09:29.10]n.瑞努卡
[09:30.54]Kiti
[09:31.77]n.吉迪
[09:33.00]wrap
[09:34.28]v.包裹
[09:35.56]wrap....in..
[09:37.03]用  包裹
[09:38.51]Lesson 20  Exercise 1
[09:42.87]Read the story about Sam's grandfather's farm and answer the questions.
[09:50.03]Long ago, when Sam's grandfather came here,this was a beautiful place.
[09:56.87]Rich,dark soil covered the land and green grass grew thickly under big trees.
[10:03.72]Sometimes a gentle wind blew.
[10:08.08]Sam' grandfather cut down a few trees,
[10:12.62]dug a small field and planted some tables.
[10:17.35]They grew very well.
[10:21.11]The next year, he cut down some more trees dug bigger fields.
[10:27.36]That year, Sam came to live with him.
[10:31.72]How many trees shall we cut down next year?'Sam asked his grandfather,
[10:38.09]None.We mustn't cut down any more trees,' said the old man.
[10:44.02]'We need them.'When his grandfather died,
[10:47.47]Sam's uncle came from the city to take care of the fram.
[10:52.04]He had a lot of money,but he didn't know much about farming.
[10:57.37]He cut i all the trees to make more fields and grow more vegetables.
[11:04.01]out the trees,the wind blew less gently across the land.
[11:09.94]Year after year, tried away more and more of the soil.
[11:15.60]The land grew poorer and poorer and harder to get the plants grow.
[11:23.15]Sam stood and looked sadly at the fields.They were dry and brown.
[11:30.52]A hot blew into his face.
[11:35.07]He picked up some soil and let it fall through his fingers.
[11:39.92]grandfather,' he thought.'
[11:43.48]You said that we needed those trees,and you were right
[11:49.12]Lesson 20  Exercise 3
[11:54.16]In every part of the world, people have harvest festivals.
[12:01.61]In the International School,there are students from many different countries.
[12:08.76]Listen to them and answer the questions.
[12:13.91]B:Hello,Manjit.
[12:16.86]I haven't seen you for a week or two.
[12:21.30]Where have you been?
[12:24.23]M:Hi,Ben. I've been home to India.
[12:28.59]There is a special festival in January
[12:32.72]to say thanks to th gods for a good harvest.
[12:37.47]It's great fun and there's lots of dancing.
[12:41.91]R:Do you have a harvest festival in Thailand, Kitti?
[12:46.88]K:Yes,we do.
[12:49.93]We make special red and white rice cakes and wrap them in banana leaves.
[12:56.10]We take these to the rice fields and give them to the rice god
[13:01.56]Then we throw lots of rice on the ground for the birds and animals to eat.
[13:07.72]But, our harvest is in September.
[13:11.88]B:So is ours!
[13:14.83]In my village in England,
[13:18.28]everybody picks some fruit or vegetables or flowers from their garden
[13:24.21]and gives them to the old or sick people in the village.
[13:29.38]Then,in the evening,
[13:33.22]we all get together for a special supper with music and dancing
[13:39.10]We also have competitions for the most beautiful flowers
[13:43.95]and for the biggest vegetables.