课文原文

Dialogue
Language Function:
Regretting a past Action.
A:Hello, Bob, how did you do in today's test?
B:Not so well,I think.
A:What was the matter?
B:I was in a hurry and I didn't check my answers.
A:What a pity you didn't think of that before.
B:If only I had been more careful.
action
行动
pity/'piti/
遗憾
think of
考虑
dictation
听写
careless
粗心的
revise/ri'vaiz/
复习
B.Listening Comprehension
A.Listen and choose an appropriate response to what you're heard.
B.Listen and fill in the blanks.
An Old Gardener
During the last war,(1)__the men were fighting or working in factories,
so it was very(2)__to find men to do other work.
The(3)__of a school wanted a gardener,
but the only(4)__he was able to get was an old retired(5)__.
The old man worked so(6)__in the school garden that the headmaster became(7)__.
He thought that the old man might (8)__or die if he(9)__like that,
so he suggested to him that he should work more (10)__and rest more.
But the old man continued to work(11)__.
At last the headmaster went to(12)__and asked her to speak to her husband.
"All right,"she answered,"but I don't think (13)_.
He has just never learnt (14)__."
Text:Don't Give Up
If we want to accomplish anything in life,
let us not forget that we must persevere.
If we want to learn our lessons well in school,
we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult.
We shall find many of our lesson very hard,
but let us remember that the harder they are,
the more good they will do us if we persevere and learn them thoroughly.
But there are some among us who are ready to give up
when they come to hard example in mathematics and say,"I can't dothis."
Those who say "I can't will never do anything worthwhile;
but those who say "I'll try" accomplish wonders.
Let us remember that we shall meet with difficulties all through life.
If we keep on trying,we shall be sure to conquer
and overcome every difficulty we meet with If we have a hard lesson today,
let us strive to learn it well and then we shall be prepared for a harder one tomorrow.
And if we learn to master hard lessons in school,
it will prepare us to overcome the hard things that we shall meet in life,
when our school days are over.

词语解释
New Words and Expressions
accomplish
实行；完成
persevere
坚持
diligent
勤勉的
thoroughly
彻底地
mathematics
数学
worthwhile
值得的
wonder
克服
conquer
击败
overcome (overcame, overcome)
克服
difficulty
困难的
strive/straiv/ (strove,striven;strived,strived)
奋斗
master
精通