M8U2（6分钟）

Unit 2 We thought somebody was moving about.

From: Betty  

To: Mum and Dad  

SUBJECT: Wonderful time in Zhangjiajie  

1.Dear Mum and Dad, I promised to write, so...  

2.We’re staying with Lingling’s uncle in Hunan Province, and I’m having a wonderful time here in Zhangjiajie.

3.It’s a magic land of mountains, forests and rivers.

4.It's very large, about 480 square kilometres.

5.It’s famous for the strange shape of its tall rocks.

6. Some of them look like humans while others look like wild animals.   

7.Last night we camped by a small lake.

8.During the night, we heard a noise!

9. It woke everybody up.

10.We thought somebody was moving about.

11.Lingling's uncle said it was an animal.

12.We came out without making any noise, and found it was just a hungry monkey looking for food.  

13.This morning, we climbed Mount Tianzi!

14.From the top we hoped to see the lakes and forests.

15.But it was a pity that it was cloudy.

16. We could only see the mountain tops above the clouds.

17. Then we walked down the path, along a river, past trees and other plants and back to the camp.

18. I pulled a leaf off a plant, but Lingling’s uncle said that it was wrong to pull leaves off plants and that we should protect everything here.

19. I was very sorry.  

20.Tomorrow we’re going to Dongting Lake, the second-largest freshwater lake in China.

21.We’ll be back home next week!

22.Wish you were here!    

Love,  

Betty  

Questions:  

1. Is Sally enjoying herself in Zhangjiajie?  

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2. What things worried her on that night?  

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3. Was she happy with her trip up Mount Tianzi? Why?  

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4. Where will they go tomorrow ?  

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Keys:  

1. Yes, she is.            

2. Some noise.  

3. No.They could only see the mountain tops above the clouds.

4. Dongting Lake.

生词表

square  adj.（表示面积单位）平方的

kilometre  n.千米；公里

shape  n.形状

human  n.人

wake   v.(woke, woken）唤醒；醒来

wake sb.up  唤醒某人

somebody  pron.有人

about  adv.向四周

path  n.小路

pull  v.（用手）扯

freshwater  adj.淡水的

汉语译文

1、亲爱的爸爸妈妈，我承诺过要写电子邮件，所以……

2、我们和玲玲的叔叔在一起,在湖南省，而且我在张家界这里玩得很愉快。

3、这是一片汇集了大山、森林和河流的神奇土地。

4、张家界很大,面积约480平方公里。

5、它以奇形怪状的高大岩石而闻名。

6、一些石头像人,另一些像野生动物。

7、昨晚我们在一个小湖边露营。

8、夜间,我们听到了一个响声!

9、所有人都被吵醒了。

10、我们认为有人在走动。

11、玲玲的叔叔说那是只动物。

12、我们悄悄地出来,发现只是一只饥饿的猴子在寻找食物。

13、今天早上,我们爬了天子山!

14、我们希望能从山顶上看到湖泊和森林。

15、但遗憾的是当时天气多云。

16、我们只能看到云层上方的山顶。

17、然后我们沿着小路往下走,顺着小河,穿过树木和其他植被,回到了营地。

18、我从一株植物上扯了片叶子,但是玲玲的叔叔说从植物上扯叶子是不对的,我们应该保护这里的一切。

19、我很惭愧。

20、明天我们将要去洞庭湖,它是中国第二大淡水湖。

21、我们下周就回家了!

22、要是你们在这里该有多好啊!

爱你们的

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