Listening: Yesterday’s Schedule
Dan is a pilot.
He flies airplanes to all parts of the world.
This was his schedule yesterday, which was Sunday.
He woke up at 6:30.
After waking up, he got out of bed and brushed his teeth.
After that he took a shower.
He and his wife ate breakfast together at 7:15.
He had a big breakfast of eggs, potatoes and fruit.
They finished eating at 7:30.
After eating, he put on his uniform.
At 8:00 they left house and his wife drove him to the airport.
The traffic was heavy, so it took 45 minutes to get to the airport.
They arrived at the airport at 8:45.
After going through (go through 通过) security, he checked the weather along the flight path.
At 9:30, he boarded the plane.
He and his co-pilot talked about the fight.
By 10:30, the passengers were all on board.
They pushed back from the gate at 10:45.
From the gate, it took 10 minutes to go to the runway (跑道).
There were two airplanes in front of them, so they had to wait.
They finally entered the runway at 11:10, which was 5minutes behind schedule.
Two minutes later, at 11:12, they took off for Beijing.
The flight from San Francisco to Beijing took 12 hours.
They landed in the afternoon, one day later.
In Beijing, it was already Monday.
After leaving the aircraft, he took a bus to his hotel inBeijing.
He checked in at 6:00 pm and went up to his room.
When he got to his room, he took a shower.
Then he went downstairs and ate dinner.
After eating he went back to his room and watched someTV.
At 10:00, he went to bad and fell asleep.
The day after tomorrow, he’ll fly back to San Francisco.
His wife and children will be happy to see him.
They always miss him when he is away.
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Vocabulary: Ben’s Lunch
Ben often buys lunch at school.
He usually spends around 5 dollars for lunch.
Here are the prices of some of the things on the menu.
Sandwiches are a dollar 50 cents.
Ben likes sandwiches, but yesterday he ate two slices (/slaɪs/ 薄片) of pizza.
A slice of pizza costs the same as a sandwich.
He also had some fruit.
He had banana, which was a dollar.
He was hungry so he also had a salad.
The salad costs a dollar 25 cents.
He had a bottle of water from home so he didn’t buy any thing to drink.
Altogether his lunch cost 5 dollars and 25 cents.
He enjoyed his lunch because the pizza was good.
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Vocabulary: Transportation
Airplanes are the fastest way to travel a long distance.
Airplane travel is one of the safest ways to travel.
This is a truck, or lorry (/'lɔri/ （英）卡车).
Trucks carry and deliver many of the things we buy and use each day.
Buses are a good way to travel in a city.
A bus can carry many passengers and is less expensive than a taxi.
Buses can carry more passengers than a taxi or truck.
Ships transport freight (/fret/ 货物) such as oil or automobiles (/ˌɔtəmə'bil/ 汽车) across the oceans.
Some ships carry passengers on ocean cruises (/kru:z/ 邮轮).
Ambulances carry sick or injured people to a hospital.
If someone is in an accident, call for an ambulance.
One very famous passenger ship was the Titanic.
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Vocabulary: Sickness & Injuries
This boy has a cut on his figure.
He cut his figure with a knife, so now it’s bleeding.
This girl is coughing (/kɔf/咳嗽).
She is coughing because she has a bad cold.
This boy has diarrhea (/ˌdaɪə'riə/腹泻).
He ate something bad so his stomach hurts.
This person is dead.
He is dead because he was hit by the car.
This man is drunk.
He’s drunk because he drank too much wine.
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Dialogue: Earth & Seasons
Lisa: Tom, can you help me? Here’s a homework question.
Tom: Sure, I’ll help you if I can. What’s the question?
Lisa: What would happen to the seasons if the earth stop rotating?
Tom: Stop rotating? You mean the Earth would always face the same direction?
Lisa: Right, so a day would be a year long.
Tom: Wow, that’s a difficult question. So each season would be one fourth of year?
Lisa: I don’t know, I’m not sure.
Tom: During the summer the sun would always be up. It would be very hot.
Lisa: And during the winter, it would always be dark.Right?
Tom: Yes, I think that’s right.
Lisa: Maybe there wouldn’t be any spring or fall.
Tom: Hey, I don’t know.
Lisa: Ok, let’s check that on the Internet.
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Dialogue: Tom & Lisa’s Lunch
Tom: Hey, why are you sitting there? Where’s your lunch?
Lisa: I left it at home.
Tom: Let’s go to the cafeteria and get lunch together.
Lisa: No, I can’t.
Tom: Why not?
Lisa: I don’t have any money. I left my money at home too.
Tom: That’s ok, I have enough money. You can pay me back tomorrow.
Lisa: Thanks. I’m hungry.
Tom: What would you like?
Lisa: That pizza looks good.
Tom: I had pizza yesterday, and it wasn’t very good. It didn’t have much taste.
Lisa: How about the sandwiches?
Tom: Sometimes they are ok. The hot dogs are usually good and they never bad.
Lisa: So what are you going to get?
Tom: I think I’ll have a hot dog and a banana. I’m tired of pizza and noodles.
Tom: What about something to drink?
Lisa: Oh, just water. The soft drinks (软饮料) have too much sugar. I don’t want to gain weight.
Tom: Ok, I’ll have the same thing.
Lisa: Great, so the total cost is how much?
Tom: 2 hotdogs, 2 bananas and 2 bottles of water. That’s6 dollars.
Lisa: Do you have enough?
Tom: No problem. I’ve got 10 dollars.
Lisa: Thanks again, I’ll pay you back tomorrow.
Tom: No problem, don’t worry about it.
Lisa: My mom isn’t going to be happy.
Tom: Why is that?
Lisa: She made my lunch and I left it at home.
Tom: Oh, I see. My parents unlike that too.