高中英语上外版二年级下Unit twelve

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[00:09.33]A:The term is coming to an end!
[00:13.61]I wish that the time had not passed so fast!
[00:18.21]B:I have the same feeling.
[00:21.60]A:And the final examinations¹ are to be taken.
[00:27.12]B:Good!It's a good chance to see how well we've done.
[00:34.12]A:I'm a little worried. I wish I had studied harder.
[00:41.22]B:It's good that you've realized it!
[00:45.22]A:I wish I had taken your advice.
[00:48.90]B:Let's hope that you'll work harder next term!
[00:53.50]Listening Comprehension
[00:57.60]A.Listen and choose an appropriate sentence for what you've heard.
[02:42.59]B:
[05:25.41]Text News
[05:30.29]New Words and Expressions
[05:35.88]further
[05:38.08]adj.更多的;另外的
[05:40.27]flooding
[05:42.23]n.泛滥
[05:44.19]county/'kaunti/
[05:46.23]n.郡(英国最大地方行政区)
[05:48.26]Liverpool
[05:50.35]利物浦
[05:52.44]Humber
[05:54.35]亨伯(英国地名)
[05:56.26]Stour
[05:58.15]斯托
[06:00.05]valley
[06:01.80]n.山谷
[06:03.55]Suffolk
[06:05.35]萨福克郡(英国郡名)
[06:07.15]Essex/'esiks/
[06:08.80]埃塞克斯郡
[06:10.44]overflow
[06:12.53]vi.泛滥
[06:14.62]length
[06:16.37]n.长度
[06:18.12]describe/di'skraib/
[06:20.03]vt.描述
[06:21.94]property
[06:23.69]n.财产;房产
[06:25.44]Pembroke/'pembruk/
[06:27.19]n.财产;房产
[06:28.94]m.p.h
[06:31.48]每小时英里数
[06:34.03]record
[06:35.78]vt.记录
[06:37.53]shopper
[06:39.12]n.购物者;顾客
[06:40.72]hurriedly
[06:42.36]adv.匆忙地
[06:44.01]branch
[06:45.81]n.分店;枝
[06:47.61]Boots/bu:ts/
[06:49.61]布兹
[06:51.61]chemist/'kemist/
[06:53.31]n.药剂师;药商
[06:55.01]basement
[06:56.71]n.地下室
[06:58.40]story
[06:59.96]n.楼层;层
[07:01.51]porter
[07:03.01]n.门卫;搬运工
[07:04.52]flame/fleim/
[07:05.97]n.火焰
[07:07.42]extinguisher
[07:09.36]n.灭火器
[07:11.31]bucket
[07:12.65]n.水桶
[07:14.00]brigade/bri'geid/
[07:15.64]n.(执行特定任务的)队
[07:17.29]fire brigade
[07:19.38]消防队
[07:21.47]staircase²
[07:23.36]n.楼梯
[07:25.26]Floods in Many Parts of the Country
[07:31.06]Further flooding occurred yesterday in many parts of the country.
[07:37.46]Forty roads in seventeen counties³ south of a line from Liverpool
[07:44.56]to the Humber were said to be under water.
[07:48.45]In the Stour valley,in Suffolk and Essex
[07:53.55]the river overflowed⁴ along a twenty-mile length,
[07:57.73]and the floods were described as the worst in the district since 1947.
[08:04.62]More than $500,000 of damage is said to have been caused
[08:11.60]to many small farms and other properties in Pembroke
[08:16.27]during the night of November 29,
[08:20.56]when a wind of 130 m.p.h.was recorded in the country.
[08:26.85]11.West End Shop Fire
[08:33.85]Shoppers and 100 shop assistants hurriedly left the Regent Street branch of Boots
[08:40.86]the Chemists in London yesterday when a fire broke out in the basement.
[08:46.16]Smoke filled the ground and first floors of the five-storeyed building
[08:52.45]The fire might have been very serious
[08:56.76]if several porters⁵ had not fought the flames with extinguishers and buckets of water,length,
[09:03.45]and if the London Fire Brigade had not arrived two or three minutes after receiving the alarm.
[09:10.95]The shop assistants were told to take their customers to safety.
[09:16.54]Ten fire engines were sent to the fire.
[09:20.85]Within about an hour they had the fire under control.
[09:25.73]The cause of the fire has not been discovered.
[09:29.73]The basement and its goods were badly damaged and the staircase was burned.
[09:36.52]Although there was still some smoke in the shop and water on the floor,
[09:42.50]the shop was opened again for business later in the day.
[09:47.08]Revision Exercises (Unit 7--Unit 12)
[09:55.77]12.Listening Comprehension
[10:02.07]A.Listen and choose.
[11:29.76]B.Listen and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
[12:49.65]That is end!