L3-U2-P4-1 Listening :?Overview of Earth?地球概述
Earth is where we all live. It is our home in the solar system.
地球是我們所有人的家園。它是我們在太陽系中的家。
There is no other place for us to live. Earth isn’t just any planet.
我們沒有其他地方可以居住。地球不僅僅是一顆行星。
It’s a very special place. It’s special because we depend on it for many things.
它是一個非常特別的地方。它特別是因為我們在許多方面都依賴它。
Because of its importance, we need to take care of it.
因為它的重要性，我們需要照顧好它。
We depend on the Earth for its air, its water and many of its natural resources.
我們依賴地球的空氣、水和許多自然資源。
Natural resources, such as coal and oil, give us energy.
自然資源，如煤炭和石油，為我們提供能源。
Other natural resources we depend on include forests and soil.
我們依賴的其他自然資源包括森林和土壤。
Forests provide clean air and wood for building houses.
森林提供清潔的空氣和建造房屋的木材。
Soil is needed to grow plants and keep them healthy.
土壤是種植植物并保持其健康所必需的。
We need to take care of these resources and not waste them.
我們需要珍惜這些資源，不要浪費它們。
The Earth is a large, rotating sphere, about 4.5 billion years old.
地球是一個巨大的旋轉(zhuǎn)球體，大約有45億年的歷史。
The equator which divides the Earth into two hemispheres, is about 40,000 kilometers long.
赤道將地球分為兩個半球，長度約為40,000公里。
The Earth's diameter is 12,756 kilometers.
地球的直徑為12,756公里。
Its radius is half that, or 6,378 kilometers.
它的半徑是直徑的一半，即6,378公里。
The radius is the distance from the Earth’s center to its surface.
半徑是從地球中心到其表面的距離。
Most of the Earth’s surface is covered by water.
地球表面的大部分被水覆蓋。
The rest of the Earth’s surface is land.
地球表面的其余部分是陸地。
Just above the Earth's surface is the atmosphere.
地球表面上方是大氣層。
The atmosphere is a layer of gases about 500 kilometers thick.
大氣層是一層約500公里厚的氣體。
These gases include Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide.
這些氣體包括氧氣、氮氣和二氧化碳。
This mixture of gases is the air that we breathe.
這種混合氣體就是我們呼吸的空氣。
As we move above the Earth’s surface, the air gets thinner.
當我們向地球表面上方移動時，空氣會變得更稀薄。
At high altitudes, the air is too thin to breathe.
在高海拔地區(qū)，空氣太稀薄，無法呼吸。
At the edge of the atmosphere is space.
在大氣層的邊緣是太空。
There is no air at all in space.
太空中完全沒有空氣。
L3-U2-P4-2 Listening :?Water On Earth?地球上的水
Most of the Earth’s water is in the oceans.
地球上的大部分水都在海洋中。
The two largest oceans are the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
最大的兩個海洋是太平洋和大西洋。
Unfortunately, we can’t drink ocean water.
不幸的是，我們不能喝海水。
This is because ocean water has too much salt.
這是因為海水含有太多的鹽分。
Fortunately, there is also water in lakes and rivers.
幸運的是，湖泊和河流中也有水。
This water isn’t salty, so we can drink it.
這些水不是咸的，所以我們可以飲用。
Only about 2% of the world’s water is fresh water.
世界上只有大約2%的水是淡水。
Without fresh drinking water, we can’t live.
沒有新鮮的飲用水，我們就無法生存。
A person can’t live for more than a few days without water.
一個人沒有水只能活幾天。
Rivers are important.
河流很重要。
Most rivers begin in mountains and end in the oceans.
大多數(shù)河流發(fā)源于山脈，最終流入海洋。
The water flows from high ground to low ground.
水從高處流向低處。
At first, rivers are small and are called creeks or streams.
起初，河流很小，被稱為小溪或溪流。
As water enters from other streams, a river grows.
隨著其他溪流的水匯入，河流逐漸變大。
Some rivers become very large and long.
有些河流變得非常寬闊和漫長。
The longest river in the world is the Nile River, in Africa.
世界上最長的河流是非洲的尼羅河。
It’s almost 6,500 kilometers long.
它幾乎有6,500公里長。
As for water volume, the Amazon is the largest river.
就水量而言，亞馬遜河是最大的河流。
The volume of water flowing through it per second is more than in any other river.
每秒流經(jīng)它的水量比其他任何河流都多。
Another use of rivers is for energy.
河流的另一個用途是提供能源。
The energy of falling water is used to produce electricity.
落水的能量被用來發(fā)電。
This use of water supplies over 20% of the world’s electricity.
這種水能利用方式提供了世界超過20%的電力。
Rivers are also important for agriculture.
河流對農(nóng)業(yè)也很重要。
Without water, farmers cannot grow food.
沒有水，農(nóng)民就無法種植食物。
And of course rivers can be used for transportation.
當然，河流也可以用于運輸。
River boats are used to carry things to inland cities or lakes.
河船被用來將貨物運送到內(nèi)陸城市或湖泊。
L3-U2-P4-3?Vocabulary?:?Things We Enjoy Doing?我們喜歡做的事情
This man goes running 5 days a week if the weather is good. On the weekends he runs 10 kilometers unless the weather is bad.
這個男人如果天氣好的話，每周會跑5天步。周末他會跑10公里，除非天氣不好。
This woman really enjoys reading, especially works of fiction. She has read hundreds of books.
這個女人非常喜歡閱讀，尤其是小說作品。她已經(jīng)讀了幾百本書。
This young couple enjoys watching old movies such as Titanic. They both cried when it sank and many people went down with the ship.
這對年輕夫婦喜歡看老電影，比如《泰坦尼克號》。當船沉沒時，他們都哭了，許多人隨船沉沒。
These young boys enjoy playing sports on the weekend. Sometimes they play basketball and sometimes they play football.
這些男孩喜歡在周末做運動。有時他們打籃球，有時他們踢足球。
This young man eats too many sweets, so he is overweight. He needs to eat fewer sweets and exercise more.
這個年輕人吃了太多甜食，所以超重了。他需要少吃甜食，多鍛煉。
L3-U2-P4-4?Vocabulary?:?Continents?大洲
Here are 6 of the Earth's 7 continents:
以下是地球7大洲中的6個：
Asia is the largest continent both in land and in population. Asia covers 30% of the Earth's land area.
亞洲是面積和人口最大的大洲。亞洲占地球陸地面積的30%。
Africa is the second largest continent. Of all the continents, Africa has the youngest population.
非洲是第二大洲。在所有大洲中，非洲的人口最年輕。
Europe is to the west of Asia and is the second smallest continent. Europe is the birthplace of classical music and some of the world's greatest art and literature.
歐洲位于亞洲西部，是第二小的大洲。歐洲是古典音樂以及一些世界上最偉大的藝術(shù)和文學(xué)的誕生地。
North and South America are bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. The first human beings to live in the Americas came from Asia more than 15,000 years ago.
北美洲和南美洲西臨太平洋，東臨大西洋。最早生活在美洲的人類來自亞洲，時間在15,000多年前。
Australia is the world's smallest continent and the world's largest island. Australia is surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans.
澳大利亞是世界上最小的大洲，也是世界上最大的島嶼。澳大利亞被印度洋和太平洋環(huán)繞。
L3-U2-P4-5?Dialogue?:?A Driverless Car?一輛無人駕駛汽車
A: Hey! Look at that.
A：嘿！看那個。
B: Look at what?
B：看什么？
A: Look out the window. Do you see the young lady in the red dress?
A：看窗外。你看到那個穿紅裙子的年輕女士了嗎？
B: Yeah, I see her. Wow! she’s beautiful and hot.
B：是的，我看到了。哇！她真漂亮，真性感。
A: Look at the way she walks.
A：看她走路的樣子。
B: Yes, now look behind her. Look in the car that’s following her.
B：是的，現(xiàn)在看看她后面?？纯茨禽v跟著她的車。
A: I’d rather to look at the young lady.
A：我寧愿看那位年輕女士。
A: So what’s so special about the car?
A：那輛車有什么特別的？
B: Look at the driver. Do you see one?
B：看司機。你看到一個司機了嗎？
A: No, I don’t. There isn’t anybody driving the car.
A：沒有，我沒看到。那輛車沒有人駕駛。
B: Right, it's one of those new driverless cars.
B：對，那是一輛新型的無人駕駛汽車。
A: Maybe it’s the woman’s car. It’s following her.
A：也許是那位女士的車。它正跟著她。
B: I don’t know. Maybe you’re right.
B：我不知道。也許你是對的。
A: Now, that’s a smart car. Maybe I’ll go outside and follow her too.
A：現(xiàn)在，那真是一輛智能汽車。也許我也要出去跟著她。
B: Hey, get back to work!
B：嘿，回去工作！
L3-U2-P4-6?Dialogue?:?Calling Customer Service?致電客服
W: Thank you for calling our Customer Support. Please listen to the following menu to help us direct your call.
W：感謝您致電我們的客戶支持。請聽以下菜單以幫助我們引導(dǎo)您的來電。
Please say or press #1 to pay your bill. Please say or press 2 to upgrade your service plan.
請說或按#1支付賬單。請說或按2升級您的服務(wù)計劃。
Please say or press #3 to report a technical problem. Please say or press #4 if you want to hear these choices again.
請說或按#3報告技術(shù)問題。請說或按#4如果您想再次聽取這些選項。
M: I don’t want any of these choices.
M：這些選項我都不想要。
W: You may also go to our website for help.
W：您也可以訪問我們的網(wǎng)站尋求幫助。
M: I went to your website but it didn’t help. I want to speak to a human being.
M：我去了你們的網(wǎng)站，但它沒有幫助。我想和真人說話。
W: Your business is very important to us.
W：您的業(yè)務(wù)對我們非常重要。
W: Please say or press 5 or hang up to end this call.
W：請說或按5或掛斷以結(jié)束本次通話。
M: None of these! I want a human being. I want to cancel my service.
M：這些都不是！我想要一個真人。我想取消我的服務(wù)。
W: Please wait while we connect you to a service representative.
W：請稍等，我們正在為您連接客服代表。
M: Finally, this is what they call customer service?
M：終于，這就是他們所謂的客戶服務(wù)？
W: To assist our representative, please say your first and last name.
W：為了幫助我們的代表，請說出您的名字和姓氏。
M: Tom Smith.
M：湯姆·史密斯。
W: We heard Tom, Smith. If this is correct, say or press #1. If this is not correct, say or press #2.
W：我們聽到的是湯姆·史密斯。如果正確，請說或按#1。如果不正確，請說或按#2。
M: #1.
M：#1。
W: Thank you. For security purposes, what was your father’s middle name?
W：謝謝。為了安全起見，您父親的中間名是什么？
M: He didn’t have a middle name.
M：他沒有中間名。
W: Thank you. A customer service representative will be with you shortly.
W：謝謝。客服代表很快就會與您聯(lián)系。
"For security purposes" means about the same as "for safety reasons"
“為了安全起見”的意思與“出于安全原因”大致相同
W: I’m sorry but our offices are closed. Please call back during business hours.
W：很抱歉，我們的辦公室已關(guān)閉。請在營業(yè)時間內(nèi)回電。
Our business offices are open, Monday to Friday, from 8 am until 6 pm. Thank you for calling.
我們的營業(yè)時間為周一至周五，上午8點至下午6點。感謝您的來電。
