M2U2（7分钟）

Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids.

1.Mike Robinson is a fifteen–year-old American boy and his sister Clare is fourteen.

2.At the moment, Mike and Clare are in Cairo in Egypt, one of the biggest and busiest cites in Africa.

3.They moved here with their parents two years ago.

4.Their father, Peter, works for a very big company.

5.The company has offices in many countries, and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before.

6.Peter usually stays in a country for about two years.

7.Then the company moves him again. His family always goes with him.

8.The Robinsons love seeing the world.

9.They have been to many interesting places.

10.For example, in Egypt, they have seen the Pyramids, travelled on a boat on the Nile River,

11.and visited the palaces and towers of ancient kings and queens.

12.Mike and Clare have also begun to learn the language of the country, Arabic.

13.This language is different from English in many ways,

14.and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words.

15.However, they still enjoy learning it.

16.So far they have learnt to speak German, French, Chinese and Arabic.

17.Sometimes they mix the languages.

18.“It’s really fun,” said Clare.

19.The Robinsons are moving again.

20.The company has asked Peter to work back in the US.

21.Mike and Clare are happy about this.

22.They have friends all over the world, but they also miss their friends in the US.

23.They are counting down the days.

第二单元  他们看到了金字塔。

1.迈克·罗宾逊是一个15岁的美国男孩，他的妹妹克莱尔14岁。

2.目前，迈克和克莱尔正在埃及的开罗，那里是非洲最大最繁忙的城市之一。

3.两年前他们和父母搬到这里。

4.他们的父亲彼得在一家大公司工作。

5.这家公司在许多国家都设有办事处，以前也曾派彼得到德国、法国和中国工作。

6.彼得通常在一个国家呆两年左右。

7.然后公司又把他调走了。他的家人总是和他一起去。

8.罗宾逊一家喜欢看世界。

9.他们去过许多有趣的地方。

10.例如，在埃及，他们看到了金字塔，在尼罗河上乘船旅行，

11.参观古代国王和王后的宫殿和塔楼。

12.迈克和克莱尔也开始学习阿拉伯语。

13.这种语言在很多方面与英语不同，

14.他们发现很难拼写和发音。

15.然而，他们仍然喜欢学习。

16.到目前为止，他们已经学会说德语、法语、汉语和阿拉伯语。

17.有时他们会把语言混合起来。

18.“真的很有趣，”克莱尔说。

19.罗宾逊一家又搬家了。

20.公司已要求彼得回到美国工作。

21.迈克和克莱尔对此很高兴。

22.他们在世界各地都有朋友，但也想念他们在美国的朋友。

23.他们在数日子。