新标准初中英语第二册--Module 11 National heroes

[00:00.00]Module 11 National heroes

[00:03.27]Unit 1What did Zhan Tianyoudo?

[00:07.04]Vocabulary and listening1 Complete the passage  with these words.  Now listen and check.

[00:39.55]2 Listen and read.  Daming:Hi, Tony! Hi,  Lingling!

[00:48.03]What did you think ofthe film about ZhanTianyou on televisionlast night?

[00:53.65]Tony:I didn't see it.Who is Zhan Tianyou?Lingling:He's a national         hero.Tony:What does he do?

[01:01.73]Daming:You mean, whatdid he do? He was theengineer of a famousrailroad.

[01:09.05]It started in Beijingand it finished inZhangjiakou.

[01:14.28]Tony:When did he work     on it?

[01:16.07]Daming:From 1905 to       1909.

[01:20.69]The British and theRussians wanted tobuild it, but thegovernment didn't wantforeign engineers.

[01:28.28]Tony:Why didn't they     want them?

[01:30.37]Daming:Because they       wanted a Chinese       engineer for a       Chinese railroad 1.

[01:35.22]Lingling:It was verydifficult to buildbecause it was in themountains and there weremany bridges and tunnels 2

[01:42.73]Tony:When did Zhan     Tianyou die?

[01:45.33]Lingling:He died in         1919.

[01:48.95]When he died,the Chineseopened a museum abouthis life in Badalingnear the Great Wall.

[01:57.40]Daming:It's a very       patriotic 3 story       and a very good       film.

[02:02.72]Pronunciation

[02:04.51]5 How do you say these  words? Put the words  into the correct  columns.  Now listen and check.

[02:54.16]6 Listen and underline 4  the stressed 5 words.

[03:14.35]7 Say these sentences  aloud.  Now listen and check.

[03:42.85]Unit 2He trained for fiveyears.

[03:47.77]Reading and vocabulary2 Read the newspaper  article and find these  four parts.

[03:50.38]China's first astronautA few days ago he wasYang Liwei, the pilot,with a wife and a youngson.

[03:59.61]But last Thursday, whenhe returned to Earthafter his journey intospace,

[04:05.88]Yang Liwei was called“China's firstastronaut”.

[04:11.18]Last Wednesday the Shen-zhou 5 spacecraft 6 orbit-ed the Earth 14 timesand reached an altitudeof 343 kilometres.

[04:22.67]The space flight lasted21 hours

[04:26.02]and the 38-year-oldastronaut landed safelyat 6:23 am the next dayin Inner 7 Mongolia.

[04:34.81]China is now the thirdcountry,after the SovietUnion and the USA, tosend a person into space

[04:43.38]Yang Liwei was born inLiaoning Province andin 1987 he joined theChinese Air Force andwas a pilot.

[04:52.66]11 years later,he joinedthe Chinese space prog-ramme with 13 otherpilots. He trained forfive years.

[05:01.88]“I always wanted to bean astronaut,”he said.

[05:05.34]People on Earth watchedYang Liwei's spaceflight on TV.

[05:10.24]He waved to everyone onEarth and showed theChinese national flag.

[05:15.71]He had a meal of chickenand rice and he alsorested for three hours.

[05:21.61]Yang Liwei is still ahusband and a father.But today he's alsoChina's first astronaut,and a national hero.

[05:32.55]Words and expressionsModule 11

[05:37.44]national/'n╗╞n╓l/adj.民族的;国家的hero/'hi╓r╓u/n.英雄bridge/brid╜/n.桥

[05:43.46]build/bild/v.(过去式built)建造engineer/,end╜i'ni╓/n.工程师

[05:47.23]government/'g╘vnm╓nt/n.政府museum/mju:'zi:╓m/n.博物馆

[05:51.20]patriotic/,p╗tri'╛tik/adj.爱国的railroad/'reil,r╓ud/n.铁路tunnel/'t╘nl/n.隧道

[05:57.42]Russian/'r╘╞n/adj.俄国的;俄国人的;俄语的/n.俄国人;俄语through/╙ru:/prep.从一端到另一端;穿越

[06:01.81]go through 穿过over/'╓uv╓/prep.在……的上面astronaut/'╗str╓,n╛:t/n.宇航员

[06:08.56]flag/fl╗g/n.旗,旗帜space/speis/n.太空;空间wave/weiv/v.挥手(致意)

[06:15.61]spacecraft/'speis,kra:ft/n.宇宙飞船

[06:18.60]headline/'hed,lain/n.标题news/nju:z/n.新闻background/'b╗k,graund/n.背景资料

[06:26.19]ago/╓'g╓u/adv.以前pilot/'pail╓t/n.飞行员son/s╘n/n.儿子orbit/'╛:bit/v.绕轨道运行/n.轨道

[06:35.00]reach/ri:t╞/v.到达altitude/'╗lti,tju:d/n.高度;海拔flight/flait/n.飞行;航程last/la:st/v.持续

[06:44.63]land/l╗nd/v.着陆/n.陆地safely/'seifli/adv.安全地third/╙╔:d/num.第三person/'p╔:sn/n.人

[06:54.93]air force/f╛:s/空军programme/'pr╓ugr╗m/n.项目;(电视)节目rest/rest/v.&n.休息husband/'h╘zb╓nd/n.丈夫

[07:04.82]date/deit/n.日期middle/'midl/n.&adj.中间(的)end/end/n.&v.结尾;结束

[07:12.39]WorkbookModule 11National heroes

[07:18.65]Pronunciation6 Listen to these words  with silent 8 letters.

[07:39.47]Now say the words aloud.

[08:17.49]Listening9 Listen and check the  names.

[08:53.85]Reading and speaking10 Read the passage and   answer the questions.

[09:02.28]Tony:Who did you want to     be like, Daming?Daming:I wanted to be     like Zhan Tianyou.

[09:10.18]Tony:Why did you want to     be like him?

[09:14.15]Daming:Because he was afamous railroad engineerin China.

[09:19.45]My dad says he was veryintelligent and workedhard at school. My dadlikes that.

[09:27.78]Zhan was alwaysinterested in machines,so he became an engineer

[09:34.69]Betty:How did he do      that?

[09:37.47]Daming:He travelled tothe USA and studied tobe an engineer at YaleUniversity.

[09:45.02]Betty:When did he go      there?

[09:47.86]Daming:In 1872. Then hereturned to China andorked as a teacher. Buthe was famous as arailroad engineer.

[09:59.32]He was a national herobecause the railroad wasvery long and difficultto build.

[10:07.11]Betty:Why was it      difficult?Daming:Because it was in      the mountains.

[10:12.53]Tony:What did Zhan do     after that?

[10:16.30]Daming:He died in 1919,and the governmentdecided to open a museumin his name. We can gothere one day.