China In Space |
Unit 1 China In Space 1
Larry and Nancy are eating dinner in a restaurant.
Larry: Hey, did you hear the news about China?
Nancy: No. What happened? There wasn't another terrible international 2 incident 3 , was there?
Larry: Nothing like that. China just put a man into space for the first time.
Nancy: The Chinese spaceman 4 ! Now I remember. What a scoop 5 !
Larry: This makes China only the third country to put one of its people into space.
Nancy: After Russia and the United States.
Larry: And I read in the newspaper that China has plans to build their own space station.
Nancy: What a creepy 6 thought 7 . Then they would be able to take pictures of me from space!
Larry: Ha, ha. Nancy, you really think too much!
-Nathan Hines
Vocabulary |
1. space n. 太空
2. international adj. 國際上的
3. incident n. 事件
4. spaceman n. 太空人
5. scoop n. 獨家新聞
6. creepy adj. 令人毛骨悚然的
7. thought n. 想法
Notes |
1. put...into 把…放進
I have to put some money into my account.
我必須放一些錢在我的帳戶。
2. for the first time 首次
We are visiting this country for the first time.
我們首次參訪這個國家。
3. take pictures of 照相
May I take some pictures of you?
我幫你照幾張相片好嗎?
Example |
例1 What a good movie!
好棒的電影。
例2 A: My mother told me to say hello to you.
我母親叫我向你問候。
B: That's very kind of her.
她真好。
例3 You are so nice.
你真好。
例4 A: Look at the car I bought.
看看我買的車子。
B: It's amazing.
太棒了。
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