[by:恒星英语学习网] [00:00.00]喜欢Hxen.com,就把Hxen.com复制到QQ个人资料中!TV English by Xu Guozhang [00:11.39]Lesson 21 A DAY OF HARVESTING [00:27.64]A DAY OF HARVESTING [00:32.39](A Page from a Student's Diary) [00:37.96]October 24. [00:42.06]Today we began harvesting. [00:47.62]We got up at daybreak,and after an early breakfast [00:56.29]we started off for the rice fields. [01:02.35]We got there after half an hour's walk. [01:08.41]The fields around us looked like a golden sea. [01:17.56]I have never seen anything so beautiful! [01:23.30]We worked side by side with the farmers. [01:30.46]At first some of us were rather slow. [01:36.24]The farmers showed us how to cut the rice and how to tie the bundles. [01:46.19]Soon we learned to work faster. [01:51.46]We worked in three groups. [01:56.32]"Faster,faster!We mustn't fall behind the others!" [02:04.58]That was the thought in everybody's mind. [02:11.03]Evening came before we realized it. [02:18.97]We put down our sickles and looked at each other. [02:25.95]Our clothes were wet with sweat. [02:31.90]On every face there was a smile. [02:37.47]We harvested thirty mu altogether. [02:45.41]That was not bad for the first day. [02:51.28]But tomorrow we shall certainly do better--much better. [02:59.75]Notes to the text [03:07.90]A page from a student's diary. [03:37.76]Keep a diary. [03:55.73]Write an entry in one's diary. [04:05.03]Today we began harvesting. [04:39.88]We got up at daybreak, [04:45.83]and after an early breakfast,we started off for the rice fields. [05:08.69]start off [05:24.34]They started off on their journey early in the morning. [05:41.50]Next week he will start off for Hongkong on business [05:53.65]start off for [06:02.40]start out for [06:11.07]leave for [06:18.62]set off for [06:28.68]set out for [06:37.51]at daybreak [06:48.84]We got there after half an hour's walk. [07:03.89]got=got to [07:26.96]go to a place [07:33.12]go there [07:39.47]come here [07:45.35]home [08:03.68]Is Mr.Smith at home? [08:11.13]Please make yourself at home. [08:37.69]go home [08:46.47]stay home [09:11.31]The fields around us looked like a golden sea. [09:50.29]looked like [10:16.75]be seem look [10:25.82]feel get taste smell sound turn [11:00.87]Silk feels very soft [11:21.82]One feels lonely as one gets old. [11:42.98]Swiss chocolate tastes wonderful. [12:01.24]This flower smells sweet. [12:17.46]This idea sounds great. [12:32.40]The leaves turn yellow in late autumn. [12:45.39]look like feel like [13:01.92]taste like smell like sound like [13:23.76]I have never seen anything so beautiful. [14:04.72]The farmers showed us how to cut the rice,and how to tie the bundles. [15:12.27]We worked in three groups. [15:30.82]He wrote a letter in English. [15:38.48]Will you pay in cash? [15:49.42]Faster!Faster!We mustn't fall behind the others! [16:18.29]faster [16:32.34]fall behind [16:39.78]the others [16:55.12]Evening came before we realize it. [17:48.38]We got to the railway station before we knew it. [18:09.85]Our clothes were wet with sweat. [18:35.90]Spring is gay with flower and song. [18:43.55]Autumn is rich with fruit and grain. [18:52.02]His face was red with anger. [19:01.34]mu [19:21.01]an acre [19:34.78]an acre=6.07mu [19:46.32]ten acres [19:53.74]kongfu [20:12.21]kowtow [20:28.28]mandarin [20:43.12]mandarin chinese [20:53.69]mahjong [21:05.95]Well,that's all for the study of the text. [21:12.22]Coming up next is our grammar study. [21:17.18]And for this we'll take a look at the infinitive. [21:29.53]GRAMMAR [22:11.91]To leave or not is up to you. [22:22.96]to leave or not [22:32.33]be up to somebody [22:41.08]It is up to you to leave or not. [23:12.43]It is a great pleasure to make friends. [23:30.40]It's time to start off. [23:57.05]He is the man to trust. [24:14.00]He tried again and again to give up smoking. [24:36.65]He must be ill not to come. [24:48.61]The only thing to do is to wait.