Listening: Vocabulary List

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Vocabulary List 1

a blizzard  暴 风 雪, ventisca, вьюга, عاصفة ثلجية عنيفة

a design  款式, 样式, 花纹, 图案,  diseño, дизайн, تصميم, رسم, طراز 
a manufacturer  制造者, 生产者, 生产厂家, fabricante,  изготовитель, مؤسسة ، مصتع , منتِج  
a pattern  花样, 图案, 形状, 布局, diseño, dibujo, estampado,  узор, تصميم  رسم
a press conference  新闻发布会, conferencia de prensa, пресс-конференция, مؤتمر صحفي
a vehicle  汽车, 机车, 车辆, vehículo, автомашина, مركبة
amazing 惊奇的, 惊人的, increíble,  поразительный, رائع
annual  年度的, 每年的, anual,  ежегодный , годовой, سنوي
current  当前的, 现在的, actual, en curso,  текущий, современный,حالي ، حاضر
fantastic  极好的, 极出色的, fantástico, фантастика, رائع
luxury  奢侈品, 精美昂贵之物, de lujo, роскошь,  رفاهية  رغد
solar  太阳能的, solar, солнечный, طاقة شمسية
the brain  脑, 大脑, cerebro, мозг, مخ، دماغ
the destination 目的地, 终点, destino,  цель, وجهة  مقصد
the environment 自然环境, 环境, 周围状况, medio ambiente, entorno, hábitat natural, окружающая среда, البيئة 
the route  路径, 道路, camino, ruta, путь, дорога, طريق
the visibility 能 见 度, visibilidad, видимость, مجال الرؤية
to adjust  调整, 校准, ajustar, regular, приг|оня́ть, عدّل
to avoid  避 免 (做 某 事), 防 止, evitar,  избегать, يتجنب
to recycle  重新利用, 回收利用, reciclar,  перерабатывать, يعيد استعمال
to run on (to use for energy) 运行, funcionar con, рабо́тает на, تعمل  (هذه السيارة تعمل بالديزل)
to warn  警 告 某 人,  advertir, предупреждать, يحذر ، ينذر

1. a design
2. a vehicle
3. a pattern (模形, diseño/dibujo)
4. the environment
5. to recycle
6. to run on/ran on
7. solar
8. current
9. to warn/warned (告诫, advertir)
10. to avoid/avoided (避开, evitar)
11. the destination
12. a manufacturer
13. a press conference (新闻招待会. rueda de prensa)
14. fantastic
15. the brain
16. luxury (奢侈, lujo)
17. annual
18. to adjust (调节, ajustar/regular)
19. amazing
20. the route (途, camino/ruta)

Even More Vocabulary

 

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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words below. You will need to change the verbs by adding third person -s or changing them to past tense, etc.
1. Cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles, and tractors are all ___. They transport (=move) people and things.
2. In the accident, part of his ___ was damaged (破, dañado), so now he can’t speak very well.
3. Most cars in the U.S. use gasoline or diesel (柴油). Some new ones use electricity, too. Now some cars ___ ethanol, which is made from corn.
4. He doesn’t have to plug in his calculator. It is ___-powered. That means it gets its power, or energy, from the sun.
5. a. Who is your ___ employer?
b. Actually, I don’t have a job right now, but I used to work for Bank of America.
6. If you can, it’s a good idea to ___ paper. That way, we won’t need to cut down so many trees. Trees are important because they produce (=make) oxygen.
7. By emptying waste (废物, residuos) into our rivers and oceans, we may be seriously harming (=hurting) the ___.
8. When they finally reached (=arrived at) their ___, everyone got off the bus and picked up their luggage.
9. They had to return their new computer to the ___ because it wasn’t functioning (=working) properly.
10. a. Guess what? I got a scholarship (奖学金, beca) to go to college.
b. That’s ___! You deserve (应得, merecerse) it. You’ve studied so hard.
11. He ___ me not to walk down that street at night. He said it was dangerous.
12. The President held a ___ to announce (=tell everyone) that he was going to run for re-election.
13. On their vacations, the billionaire and his family always stay in ___ hotels¬¬¬—only the most comfortable and most expensive things for them!
14. They’re trying to decide where to have their ___ conference. They choose a different place each year. Last year, they had it in Hawaii. This year, they’re thinking about Miami.
15. To go there, I used to take Franklin Street and turn onto Pine. But I have found a quicker ___. Now I take Divisadero and turn onto Market instead.
16. They had a bad argument (争论, pelea). After that, he didn’t want to see her, so he tried to ___ her. He had his lunch at a different time so he wouldn’t run into* her. *meet, see, 遇到, encontrar
17. The rooms were too cold, so the building engineer came and ___ the air conditioning. Now they’re more comfortable.
18. Here is the ___ for next month’s magazine cover. We will put this picture in the middle, and this one on top. Above the big picture, it will say, “Terrorist Attack!”
19. English pronunciation is difficult, but there are ___. For example, when you see ie or ea, you usually say /i:/. After you learn more words, you will start to recognize these regularities and repetitions. (规律和重复)

Vocabulary

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Fill in the blanks using new vocabulary you have seen in the last few days. Refer to (提到, referirse a ) the list at the bottom of the page.
1. a. Do you have a Band-Aid?
    b. Why? Are you ________?
    a. Yeah. I cut myself.
2. When you are driving, if you want to stop, you need to step on the ________.
3. There was a ____________ last night in our apartment building. Someone broke into Apartment 3A and stole a computer and a TV. Fortunately, nobody was home.
4. While she was driving, a man suddenly stepped in front of her. She _________ her horn, and he jumped out of the way.
5. As the passengers were finishing their lunches, they heard the plane’s speaker come on. “This is the __________,” said a voice. “A passenger is experiencing (feeling) severe chest pain, so we will have to make an emergency landing in San Jose.”
6. She was quite (相当地, bastante) shaken (震惊的, 震撼的, conmocionada) because she had almost hit the _____________. Her heart was pounding, so she pulled over (drove to the side of the street and stopped) so she could calm down.
7. There was a shooting, and several people were hurt. The ambulance took the __________ of the shooting to the hospital for emergency treatment.
8. She is being held (they are keeping her) at the police station for questioning. The police aren’t certain that she committed (did) the crime, but they say she is a _________.
9. The robber fired his gun and ______ the man in the arm.
10. They took him to the hospital. He had a bad ________ on his arm that was bleeding.

bleeding (to bleed/bled) 流 血, sangrar
the brakes 刹 车, frenos
breaks (to break) 打 碎, 弄 断, romper, quebrar
a burglary/a theft 盗 窃, robo
a captain/the pilot 飞 行 员, comandante, piloto
a flight attendant 男 空 服 人 员, 空 姐,
grabbed (to grab) 抓 住, coger, agarrar
honked (to honk) 按（喇叭,鸣（笛, tocar el claxon)

the paramedics 护 理 人 员     

a pedestrian  行 人, peatón
rushed (to rush)  急 速 前 往, precipitarse
screamed (to scream) 尖 声 喊 叫,  chillar, gritar 
shot (to shoot)  射 击, pegar un tiro a
a suspect  嫌 疑 犯, sospechoso
the victims 受 害 者
a wound 伤害，伤痛, herida

Flight 507, New York to Frankfurt

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to serve food
the cockpit
to fire a shot
to attack
to scream
the passengers
to kick
the pilot/the captain
a flight attendant

 

Flight 207, New York to Frankfurt

        The plane was flying from New York to Frankfurt. The flight was completely full. Some of the passengers (read) 1____________. Others (sleep) 2____________, using their laptops, or waiting to use the restroom. The flight attendants (push) 3____________ their carts down the aisle and serving lunch to the passengers.

        In the back of the plane, there was a man who (wear) 4____________ dark clothes and sunglasses. He seemed nervous. Suddenly, he (stand up) 5____________ and he (rush) 6____________ up to a flight attendant.  He (grab) 7____________ her. Then he (pull) 8____________ a gun out of his pocket and put it to her head. He said, “Shut up and sit still! This plane is going to Murabia!” A woman sitting next to him screamed, so he (shoot) 9____________ her.

        Two men who (sit) 10____________ behind the man (jump) 11____________ up and (attack) 12____________ the hijacker (劫机者, pirata áereo). One of them (hit) 13____________ him twice in the back of his head. Then the other man (kick) 14____________ him twice very hard in the stomach. The hijacker (fire) 15____________ a shot from the gun, but nobody (get) 16____________ hurt. Then the pilot (come) 17____________ out of the cockpit. (驾驶舱, cabina de mando) He (handcuff, 们把扣上手铐, esposar) 18____________the hijacker.

Simple Past vs. Past Continuous 2

Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test

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Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test. After he handed out the test, he sat down at his desk and looked around the classroom. Most students were busy. They were writing answers on their papers. But others were looking into the air with a confused look on their faces. They were trying to figure out the answers. When a student asked Mr. Trego for a summer school form, he stepped out of the classroom for a moment. When he came back in, two students were cheating. One woman was asking her friend for the answers. Mr. Trego got mad and told them both to stop talking. One student finished the test at about 9:05 and went to work.

 

Simple Past vs. Past Continuous 1

 

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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs in parentheses.
1. Jill came to my house last night. It was 6:30. I (make) ______________ dinner when she (arrive) _______________. She didn’t stay at my house for a long time. She only (stop) _______________ by to say “hello.” After a few minutes, she (leave) _______________.
2. While I (listen) _______________ to the teacher’s lecture, I heard two words that I (not know) _______________. I (write) _______________ down the words, and after class I (look) _______________ them up in the dictionary.
3. Paul and I studied together this afternoon for our test tomorrow. We (meet) _______________ at the library, and we studied for about two hours. Then we (have) _______________ a bite (=a small amount) to eat in the student cafeteria. After that, I (go) _______________ home, but Paul went back to the library to study some more. While I (go) _______________ home, I (decide) _______________ to stop by the bank to withdraw some money from the ATM.
4. Last Sunday I went to a baseball game. It (start) _______________ at 1 p.m. The players from both teams (go) _______________ onto the field. After they (warm) _______________ up, they (begin) _______________ playing. Unfortunately, it suddenly (start) _______________ to rain really hard. In fact, they (have to) _______________ cancel the game!
5. Many Americans can remember exactly what they (do) _______________ the moment when they heard the news about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack (恐怖袭击, atentado terrorista) on the Twin Towers in New York. I (attend) _______________ a meeting when a secretary rushed into the room and (tell) _______________ us the horrible news.

Listening: Vocabulary Review

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Wh- Questions: Madonna

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Write wh- questions. Replace the boldface words with who, what, where, when, why, how…
Remember, each question should have a yes/no question inside!

 

a. Madonna released her first album in 1983.

→ When did Madonna release her first album?
1. Madonna used to have dark hair. →
2. She has blond hair now. →
3. She studied dance in college. →
4. She dropped her last name when she became a singer.
5. She earned $242,000,000 in 2008. →
6. Her music tour was called “Sticky and Sweet.” →
7. Madonna has acted in 22 films. →
8. Madonna got divorced in 2008. →
9. She is dating a 22-year-old Brazilian man named Jesus Luz right now.

Listen and Repeat: 4-Simple Past B

4-SimplePastB

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it costs it cost
he cuts he cut
he lets he let
he puts he put
he hurts he hurt
he hits he hit
he quits he quit  (to stop, to stop working for a company)
he sets he set  (to put, to place)
he wets he wet  把…弄湿, mojar
he upsets he upset  使心烦意乱，使不安, alterar, afectar, disgustar, ofender

he draws he drew
he withdraws he withdrew (to take money from a bank account)

he begins he began
he drinks he drank
he rings he rang
it shrinks it shrank  缩小，减小，缩减. encoger(se), reducirse
he sings he sang
it sinks it sank   下沉，沉下, 沉，沉没, descender, bajar

he sits he sat  

he swims he swam

I am I was
He is he was
They are they were

he bites he bit  咬, 咬出，咬成, morder, picar
he hides he hid  隐藏，把…藏起来, esconder(se)

he bends he bent  弯曲, torcer, curvar, doblar
he lends he lent  借（钱）给，贷（款）给, prestar
he sends he sent
he spends he spent  

he bleeds he bled 出血 ， 流血, sangrar
he feeds he fed  (to give food to someone)
he feels he felt
he keeps he kept
he leaves he left
he meets he met
he reads he read /rεd/
he sleeps he slept
he sweeps he swept  扫，打扫，清扫, barrer, limpiar
he weeps he wept   (to cry)

he blows he blew  吹，吹动, 向…吹气, soplar, sonarse la nariz
he knows he knew
he breaks he broke  打破，打碎，打烂，砸破，摔碎 romper, partir, quebrar
he wakes he woke
he speaks he spoke
he steals he stole  偷，窃, robar

he brings he brought
he thinks he thought

Vocabulary Test Practice: Test After Spring Break

Vocabulary Practice Test. Fill in the blanks with the new vocabulary words we have learned. Pay attention to the tense! Should nouns be singular or plural?       

1.    The robber shot three people. An ambulance came and took

       the three v__________________ to the hospital.

2.    The paramedics took her to the hospital. She had

        a bad w__________________ on her head with heavy bleeding.

3.    The pilot was very happy. When she was landing the plane, they had excellent v__________________. There were no clouds at all, and she could see very far.

4.    The police are questioning two s_______________ they think may have killed the woman.

5.    When I was riding my bike, I almost hit a p__________________ . She was talking on her cell phone, and she stepped into the street without looking.

6.    To prevent b__________________, you should always lock all your doors and windows. A good alarm ( 警报, сигнализация, نظام إنذار) system is very helpful, too.

7.    We didn’t want to drive because of the b_______________. With all the snow and wind, we were afraid of having an accident.

8.    Cell phones and laptop computers r__________________ on batteries.

9.    a. I’d like to get this shirt.

       b. OK. Which p__________________ would you like, the striped one or the floral one?

10.  In San Francisco, we must r__________________ our garbage. We put our cans, bottles, and paper in the blue bin.

11.  a. What is your c__________________ position? 

       b. I’m working as a cashier at 7-11.

12.  a. What kind of v__________________ was she driving?

       b. A truck. It was a light blue Ford.

13.  S__________________ power is energy from the sun.

14.  She w__________________ me not to walk in that neighborhood at night because it was dangerous.

15.  If you have high cholesterol (胆固醇, холестери́н, كولسترول، دهن الصفراء، شحم المرارة),

       you should a__________________ eating red meat and foods with a lot of fat in them.

16.  a. How do I a__________________ the volume? It’s too loud.

       b. Turn this little knob* here. 旋 钮, botón, кнопка, الزّرّ         

17.  The billionaire and his wife only stayed in l__________________ hotels—only the best and most expensive things for them.

18.  Honda is a large Japanese m_________________ of automobiles.

19.  a. Which gate (登机口, puerta de embarque, выход, (بوابة المغادرة (في المطار) should I board at?

       b. What is your d__________________?

       a. Frankfurt.

       b. OK, the flight for Frankfurt leaves at Gate 59.

20.  The President is going to hold a p__________________ conference to discuss

       foreign policy*.*外交政策, política exterior, внешней политик, سياسة الشؤون الخارجية

21.  The sales people fly back to New York every year in January for the company’s a__________________ meeting.