课文原文

Dialogue
Language Structre:
The past continuous tense in the passive voice
A:What a big language lab you have now!
B:yes,It's big enough for more than fifty seats.
A:How fast you worked!
When I was here a few months ago,it was just being built.
B:Yes,a lot of wrok was being done at that time,
The students's seats were big Put in
and the audio-visual aids were being installed.
A:The equipment looks up-to-date and I'm suere it'll be very effective.
B:Yes,I hope it will.
audio-visual
视听的
aid/eid/
帮助
install
安装
equipment
装备;设备
up-to-date
现代的;最新的
effective/i'fetiv/
有效的
Listening comprehension
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Buildings that(1)__for the skies may be seen in most of the world's largest cities today.
The Empire State Building in New York City(2)__one of the tallest buildings in the world.
When it(3)__in 1931,it was 1250 feet high.
Then in 1951,a tower of 222 feet(4)__for radioand television broadcasts.
No noe can say how much higher buildings(5)__in the future.
Erarly skyscrapers(6)__with thick,heavy walls of solid brick or stone.
Now the new skyscrapers(7)__with a steel framework.
At first,skyscrapers(8)__for offices and shops,
but now they(9)__for people who(10)__to live in the center of the city.
One high building(11)__by andother for people who(12)__living high above the city.
Text:That's It
A certain poet had written a play,
and arrangements were being made to perform it.
Of course, the poet was asked to give his advice on all the things
that helped to make the play successful.
But he proved to be a very difficult man to please,
as he had his own very definite ideas of how each scene should look
In one of the scenes in the play,
it was necessary to produce the effect of a wonderful sunset.
The theatre electricians worked very hard to produce this sunset effect.
They tried out all kinds of arrangements and combinations of lights.
But nothing satistried the poet,
until suddenly he saw exactly the effect that he had been dreaming of
producing ever since he had written his play.
"That's it!"he shouted excitedly to the electricians behind the stage.
"That's just right!Keep it exactly like that!"
I'm sorry,sir,answered the chief electrician,
"but we can't keep in like this.
"Why ever not?" asked the poet angrily.
"Because the theatre is on fire, sir,"answered the chief electrician.

词语解释
New Words and Expressions
poet
诗人
play/plei/
剧本
arrangement
安排
perform
演出
successful
成功的
prove/pru:v/
证实；证明
definite/'definit/
确定的
scene/si:n/
景；布景
effect/ifekt/
效果；结果；影响
sunset
日落
theatre
戏院
electrician
电机师
try out
试用
combination
组合
satisfy
使满意；满足
dream/dri:m/ (dreamed,dreamed/dreamt, dreamt)
做梦，梦想
ever
（从前）任何时候
ever since
从......以来
excitedly/ik'saitidli/
兴奋；激动地
stage
舞台
chief
主要的
angrily
气愤地