初中英语新目标八年级下讲解版23

[12:36.64]这次大赛是“北京人说英语工程”的一部分，
[12:42.54]It tries to improve Beijingers' English to support the 2008 Olympics.
[12:45.84]目的是提高北京人的英语水平，支持2008年奥运会。
[12:49.15]Yin Jian, another prize winner,
[12:52.52]choses the song "Reach" because it shows the Olympic spirit.
[13:00.49]另一位获奖者银建选择的歌曲是“努力争取”，因为这首歌表现出了奥林匹克精神。
[13:08.45]2 Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph.
[13:12.96]读标题和每一段的第一个句子，
[13:17.47]Then try to answer these questions.
[13:21.58]然后尽量回答这些问题。
[13:25.69]What is the main idea of the reading?
[13:31.31]这篇文章的主要意思是什么？
[13:36.93]What do you know about the singing contest?
[13:42.27]你对唱歌比赛了解多少？
[13:47.61]3 Match the words and expressions with their meanings.
[13:49.87]把单词与其解释用线连起来，
[13:52.13]Then make sentences with the words and expressions.
[13:53.54]然后用这些单词和短语造句子。（见教科书）
[13:54.95]touching
[13:55.97]感人的
[13:56.99]c. deep with feeling
[13:58.71]充满深情的
[14:00.44]enthusiasm
[14:01.30]热情
[14:02.16]d. interest in doing something
[14:03.40]对做某事感兴趣
[14:04.64]imitate
[14:05.51]模仿
[14:06.37]a. to copy somthing
[14:07.23]模仿某物
[14:08.09]stage manner
[14:08.89]舞台表现
[14:09.68]b. how you look on stage
[14:11.84]你在舞台上的表现
[14:14.00]native speakers
[14:14.71]说本国语的人
[14:15.43]e. people who talk in their first language
[14:17.73]用本国语的人
[14:20.03]learn by heart
[14:20.72]牢记
[14:21.41]g. to memorize
[14:22.43]记住
[14:23.45]guarantee fluent speaking
[14:24.99]确保说话流利
[14:26.53]f. speak smoothly
[14:27.83]说话流利
[14:29.12]4 Go through the reading and decide if these sentences are ture or false.
[14:32.18]仔细阅读这篇文章，确定这些句子是对或是错，
[14:35.23]Correct the false sentences.
[14:36.20]改正错误的句子。
[14:37.17]Chinese can sing as well as native speakers of English.
[14:41.37]中国人唱英语歌可以和说英语国家的人唱得一样好。
[14:45.58]Paul Pierce has three good ways to learn English songs.
[14:55.74]保罗.皮尔斯有3种学唱英语歌的好方法。
[15:05.90]The contest was held during the Olympices.
[15:12.55]比赛在奥运会期间举行。
[15:19.20]Li Xin likes to learn words by heart.
[15:21.31]李信喜欢背单词。
[15:23.43]Dong zhen said if new words were in a song,
[15:25.26]冬振说如果歌词中有生词，
[15:27.09]he asked his English teacher what they meant.
[16:17.32]他就请教他的英语老师弄明白意思。
[17:07.56]Singing English songs
[17:11.30]China will soon host the 2008 Olympics.
[17:16.39]Before then,
[17:18.32]many Chinese are looking for ways to improve their English.
[17:23.34]One example is the Chinese Sing English Songs TV contest.
[17:30.92]Twenty-four singers from across China
[17:35.23]recently competed by singing a number of popular English songs.
[17:40.82]These included "Strong Enough" and "I Will Always Love You".
[17:48.34]They young singers all had clear English pronunciation,
[17:55.05]easy stage manners in front of the large audience,
[17:59.68]and touching performances that made many people cry.
[18:05.55]The performances made you think Chinese can sing English songs
[18:11.09]as well as native speakers.
[18:14.28]The winners were Jiang Meifeng and Li Xin.
[18:20.89]Their sweet voices had pushed them ahead of the other singers.
[18:26.61]Li said that she was very excited about winning.
[18:31.41]She said studying English helped her get the prize.
[18:36.40]She also said that singing English songs improved her English
[18:42.18]because singing the words is good away to learn them by heart.
[18:47.61]Since English ability was 30% of the tatal score,
[18:54.32]all the singers said they worked hard on their pronunciation.
[18:59.34]"If there were new words in a song,
[19:02.92]I looked them up in the dictionary.
[19:06.00]For me, singing songs makes me more interested  in learning English,"
[19:12.14]Dong Zhen said. She won the Best Artist prize.
[19:17.57]The contest was important to help the speaking of English in China.
[19:23.50]"It is a good chance for Chinese to show their talents.
[19:28.70]It will increase people's enthusiasm for singing English songs