Unit 06

Unit 6 Page 56 READING Exercise 3 Looking out for a hero Hi Matteo, I'm so excited! Comic Con London is next month. Would you like to go with me? It's the biggest comic event in the UK. I know you love comics and graphic novels, so I think you'll enjoy it. You can find every type of comic or graphic novel there. It's amazing. Also, you'll meet some of the authors and artists, which is cool. Please say you'll come. There are lots of people there who share the same interests as us. They watch the same shows as us and they love all of the characters as much as we do. You can spot them by their costumes. Now, I know you aren't keen on dressing up, but I think you should wear a costume. The first time I went, I didn't dress up and it was nowhere near as much fun. And don't worry. Some of the costumes are terrible, so our costumes don't have to be perfect. If you're worried about making your costume – don't be! I'll help you if you want. You know I love sewing and I'm pretty creative! Besides, the more amazing your costume is, the more people you meet. Wearing the costume makes you feel a lot more self-confident, too. Lots of people come up and ask you for a selfie. You've seen all my selfies from last year. People may be dressed as a superhero, but they are not nearly as intimidating as you think they'll be. There are workshops, too. You can learn how the artists draw the characters and how the authors build a comic book world. I went to one on Cosplay last year. I learned that Cosplay is a shortened form of two words – costume and play. I also learned that it started in Japan. There is a Casual Cosplay Showcase. Everybody can take part. There are prizes for the best costumes and performances. It's a lot more fun to compete in than to watch. There is also the EuroCosplay Championships Final. There are participants from 25 countries and the judges choose the winner. We must go to that. I really enjoyed it last year, and the costumes get more and more creative every year. First, however, we'll visit Comic Village. All the latest comics and all the old favourites are there. You can buy comic books, postcards of your favourite characters and badges. I got some really cool things last year. The Comic Cons get better and better every year so I'm sure it will be great fun. Of course, it won't be nearly as much fun it you don't come. Will you come? Let me know soon because we have to make our costumes! Amy Page 57 PRONUNCIATION Exercise 1 Would you like a cup of tea? Do you know what? I'd really prefer coffee. Oh! Did you buy some when you went out? No. Didn't you? Don't you remember? I told you we didn't have any coffee! Do you know what? Tea sounds great! Page 57 PRONUNCIATION Exercise 2 Would you like a cup of tea? Do you know what? I'd really prefer coffee. Oh! Did you buy some when you went out? No. Didn't you? Don't you remember? I told you we didn't have any coffee! Do you know what? Tea sounds great!

第六单元 第56页阅读 练习3 寻找英雄 嗨，马泰奥， 我太兴奋了！伦敦动漫展将于下个月举行。 你愿意和我一起去吗？ 这是英国最大的喜剧活动。 我知道你喜欢漫画和图画小说，所以我想你会喜欢的。 你可以在那里找到各种类型的漫画或图画小说。太神奇了。 此外，你还会遇到一些作家和艺术家，这很酷。 请说你会来的。 那里有很多人和我们有着共同的兴趣。 他们和我们看同样的节目，他们和我们一样喜欢所有的角色。 你可以通过他们的服装认出他们。 现在，我知道你不喜欢打扮，但我认为你应该穿上戏服。 我第一次去的时候，没有打扮，也没有那么有趣。 别担心。 有些服装很糟糕，所以我们的服装不必完美。 如果你担心做你的服装——别担心！ 如果你愿意，我会帮你的。 你知道我喜欢缝纫，而且我很有创意！ 此外，你的服装越令人惊叹，你遇到的人就越多。 穿上这套服装也会让你感到更加自信。 很多人走过来问你自拍。 你看过我去年的所有自拍照。 人们可能会打扮成超级英雄，但他们并不像你想象的那么可怕。 也有研讨会。 你可以了解艺术家是如何画人物的，以及作者是如何构建一个漫画世界的。 去年我去了Cosplay。 我了解到角色扮演是两个词的缩写形式——服装和游戏。 我也知道它始于日本。 有一个休闲角色扮演展示。 每个人都可以参加。最佳服装和表演有奖。 参加比赛比观看比赛有趣得多。 还有欧洲角色扮演锦标赛决赛。 参赛者来自25个国家，由评委选出获胜者。 我们必须这样做。 去年我真的很喜欢它，服装每年都变得越来越有创意。 首先，我们将参观漫画村。 所有最新的漫画和所有最受欢迎的老漫画都在那里。 你可以买漫画书、你最喜欢的角色的明信片和徽章。 去年我买了一些很酷的东西。 漫画阴谋每年都在变得越来越好，所以我相信这会很有趣。 当然，如果你不来，就不会那么有趣了。 你会来吗？请尽快通知我，因为我们必须制作我们的服装！ 艾米 第57页贷款 练习1 你想喝杯茶吗？ 你知道吗？我真的更喜欢咖啡。 哦！你出去的时候买了吗？ 不是吗？ 你不记得了吗？我告诉过你我们没有咖啡！ 你知道吗？茶听起来很棒！ 第57页贷款 练习2 你想喝杯茶吗？ 你知道吗？我真的更喜欢咖啡。 哦！你出去的时候买了吗？ 不是吗？ 你不记得了吗？我告诉过你我们没有咖啡！ 你知道吗？茶听起来很棒！

Page 59 LISTENING Exercise 10 & 11 Today's story on Best Buddies comes from Carlotta, and she's here to tell us about her friendship with Lily. Please welcome Carlotta. Now, Carlotta, I know that you met Lily at school – in Kindergarten, in fact. Yes, that's right. It was on our first day of school. We were sitting next to each other and we were wearing the same school jumpers. We had the same hairstyle and hair colour, brown hair, tied back in a ponytail and the same eye colour, too – green. In fact, we looked like two peas in a pod. We found that we had the same hobbies, too. We got on like a house on fire. We shared secrets. We laughed at the same things. And if I needed a shoulder to cry on, Lily was always there. Your friendship went on for years. Yes, it did – all through elementary school, we did everything together. My mum used to say we were joined at the hip. But then something happened, didn't it? Yes ... yes it did. We fell out. And whose fault was that? Mine actually. I did something terrible. When we were about nine, at the end of the school year, there was a fancy-dress competition. Lily was very excited about it. She told me all about her ideas for her costume. Then one day, our Art teacher asked us all, 'What are you going to make?' I wasn't very creative and I had no idea. It came to my turn and I said, 'A dragon costume.' Of course that was Lily's idea for her costume. I described all the details Lily had described to me and the teacher said, 'That sounds amazing. Well done.' Lily didn't say anything. She just looked very sad. She didn't speak to me after that. And did you bury the hatchet? Yes, we did but it was several years later. We were on a school trip to the seaside. It was a hot day and everyone was swimming. I couldn't swim but I decided to paddle. The sea wasn't very deep, so I walked further and further out. Suddenly, I took a step and the water was up to my neck. I panicked and screamed. People waved at me and smiled. They didn't know I couldn't swim, but Lily knew. She knew me inside out, you see. She knew all the things I loved and all the things I hated. So she saved your life? Yes, she did. But we didn't become friends again immediately. It took a while to clear the air and for her to trust me again. But we did it and we're still good friends today.

第59页正在收听 今天的最佳伙伴故事来自卡洛塔， 她是来告诉我们她和莉莉的友谊的。 请欢迎卡洛塔。 卡洛塔，我知道你在学校见过莉莉，事实上是在幼儿园。 是的，没错。那是我们上学的第一天。 我们坐在一起，穿着同样的校服。 我们有着相同的发型和发色，棕色的头发， 扎成马尾辫，眼睛颜色也一样——绿色。 事实上，我们看起来就像豆荚里的两颗豌豆。 我们发现我们也有同样的爱好。 我们像房子着火了一样。 我们分享了秘密。我们嘲笑同样的事情。 如果我需要一个可以依靠的肩膀，莉莉总是在那里。 你们的友谊持续了很多年。 是的，在整个小学，我们一起做了所有的事情。 我妈妈过去常说我们是天生一对。 但后来发生了什么事，不是吗？ 对。…是的，确实如此。我们闹翻了。 那是谁的错？ 其实是我的。我做了一件可怕的事。 当我们大约九岁的时候，在学年结束时，有一场化装比赛。 莉莉对此非常兴奋。 她告诉我她对服装的想法。 然后有一天，我们的美术老师问我们：“你们打算做什么？” 我不是很有创意，我也不知道。 轮到我了，我说：“一件龙的服装。” 当然，这是莉莉设计服装的主意。 我描述了莉莉向我描述的所有细节，老师说：， “听起来很神奇。干得好。” 莉莉什么也没说。她只是看起来很悲伤。 在那之后，她没有和我说话。 你和解了吗？ 是的，我们做到了，但那是几年后的事了。 我们学校去海边旅行。 那天天气很热，每个人都在游泳。 我不会游泳，但我决定划船。 大海不是很深，所以我走得越来越远。 突然，我迈出一步，水已经淹到我的脖子了。 我惊慌失措，尖叫起来。 人们向我挥手微笑。 他们不知道我不会游泳，但莉莉知道。 你看，她对我了如指掌。 她知道我所爱的一切，也知道我所恨的一切。 所以她救了你的命？ 是的，她做到了。 但我们并没有立即再次成为朋友。 她花了一段时间才消除疑虑，重新信任我。 但我们做到了，今天我们仍然是好朋友。

Page 60 READING Exercise 2 CoderDojo COOLEST PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL Every year, kids from all over the world come to the RDS in Dublin to demonstrate the apps, websites, games and hardware projects they have developed in their local Dojo. At the first event in 2012, there were 19 projects and 100 attendees, but in 2018, 10,000 people attended the event, from 114 countries, and 1,000 kids showcased their projects. Back in 2011, James Whelton, the founder of CoderDojo, set up the first coding club at his school in Cork, in Ireland. He had only just turned 18. After that, James became well known and was invited to speak at the Dublin Web Summit. He spoke about how he had hacked his iPod Nano to turn it into a watch. James had won the iPod Nano at an awards ceremony, and, bored on the plane on the way home, he had started to play around with it and accidentally hacked it. Then, before he went to bed that night, he wrote about it on his blog. When he woke up, he saw that a quarter of a million people had viewed the blog. After that, all his schoolmates wanted to know how he had done it and asked if he would teach them to code, too. He agreed to set up a coding club at his school and he started to teach basic HTML and CSS to his fellow students. Later that year, he met Bill Liao, an entrepreneur who saw what a great idea this club was. Bill wanted to expand the project to other cities and to other countries, too, and the pair set up CoderDojo. CoderDojo is run by volunteers and it can be set up anywhere. There is no set curriculum at the clubs. Children from seven to 17 work on what interests them and they learn far more than just coding skills. They also develop problem-solving skills, and learn how to manage a project, work in a team and design something they feel passionate about. And what's really amazing is that many of the kids' inventions have had a significant social impact. Here are two examples from the event in Dublin: The Best International Prize was won by a Romanian team, for their project AZ-Tech Teddy. Their e-health project aims to help prevent childhood obesity. Tech Teddy is a teddy bear for a child to feed and take care of. Children who play with the teddy bear need to track its eating habits carefully. The young coders believe this will teach young children about healthy eating habits. Freddie from Wales won the Openet Innovator Prize for his facial recognition door entry system which he designed for elderly people with dementia. 'Safe' people can register their face so that when they come to the door they will be recognised. The system will then tell the homeowner who is at the door and whether to let them in or not.

第60页阅读 练习2 CoderDojo COOLEST国际项目 每年，来自世界各地的孩子们都会来到都柏林的RDS 演示他们在本地Dojo中开发的应用程序、网站、游戏和硬件项目。 在2012年的第一次活动中，有19个项目和100名与会者， 但在2018年，有1万人参加了这次活动， 来自114个国家的1000名儿童展示了他们的项目。 早在2011年，CoderDojo的创始人James Whelton， 在爱尔兰科克的学校成立了第一个编程俱乐部。 他刚满18岁。 在那之后，詹姆斯变得广为人知，并受邀在都柏林网络峰会上发表演讲。 他谈到了他是如何破解iPod Nano，把它变成手表的。 詹姆斯在颁奖典礼上获得了iPod Nano， 在回家的路上，我在飞机上感到无聊， 他开始摆弄它，不小心把它弄坏了。 然后，那天晚上睡觉前，他在博客上写了这件事。 当他醒来时，他看到有25万人浏览了这个博客。 在那之后，他所有的同学都想知道他是怎么做到的 并问他是否也会教他们编程。 他同意在学校成立一个编程俱乐部 他开始向同学们教授基本的HTML和CSS。 那年晚些时候，他遇到了企业家Bill Liao，他看到了这个俱乐部是一个多么好的想法。 比尔希望将该项目扩展到其他城市和其他国家，于是两人成立了CoderDojo。 CoderDojo由志愿者运行，可以在任何地方设置。 俱乐部没有固定的课程。 7岁到17岁的孩子们从事他们感兴趣的工作，他们学到的远不止编码技能。 他们还培养解决问题的能力，学习如何管理项目， 在团队中工作，设计他们感兴趣的东西。 真正令人惊讶的是，许多孩子的发明产生了重大的社会影响。 以下是都柏林活动的两个例子： 最佳国际奖由罗马尼亚团队获得，他们的项目AZ Tech Teddy。 他们的电子健康项目旨在帮助预防儿童肥胖。 Tech Teddy是一只供孩子喂养和照顾的泰迪熊。 玩泰迪熊的孩子需要仔细追踪它的饮食习惯。 年轻的程序员们相信，这将教会幼儿健康的饮食习惯。 来自威尔士的弗雷迪因其面部识别门禁系统获得了Openet创新者奖 他为患有痴呆症的老年人设计的。 “安全”的人可以注册他们的脸，这样当他们来到门口时，他们就会被认出。 然后，系统会告诉房主谁在门口，是否让他们进去。

Page 62 Literature Exercise 2 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Women follows the lives of the four March sisters, Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy, who grew up during and after the American Civil War (1861-1865). Mr Laurence, a wealthy old gentleman who lives next door to the family, is especially fond of Beth, as she reminds him of his little granddaughter. In this extract, Mr Laurence has sent Beth a gift and the sisters and Hannah, their only servant, are all very excited. Beth hurried on in a flutter of suspense. At the door her sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphal procession, all pointing and all saying at once, "Look there! Look there!" Beth did look, and turned pale with delight and surprise, for there stood a little cabinet piano, with a letter lying on the glossy lid, directed like a sign board to "Miss Elizabeth March." "For me?" gasped Beth, holding onto Jo and feeling as if she should tumble down, it was such an overwhelming thing altogether. "Yes, all for you, my precious! Isn't it splendid of him? Don't you think he's the dearest old man in the world? Here's the key in the letter. We didn't open it, but we are dying to know what he says," cried Jo, hugging her sister and offering the note. "You read it! I can't, I feel so queer! Oh, it is too lovely!" and Beth hid her face in Jo's apron, quite upset by her present. Jo opened the paper and began to laugh, for the first words she saw were ... "Miss March: "Dear Madam--" "How nice it sounds! I wish someone would write to me so!" said Amy, who thought the old fashioned address very elegant. "I have had many pairs of slippers in my life, but I never had any that suited me so well as yours," continues Jo. "Heartsease is my favorite flower, and these will always remind me of the gentle giver. I like to pay my debts, so I know you will allow 'the old gentleman' to send you something which once belonged to the little granddaughter he lost. With hearty thanks and best wishes, I remain Your grateful friend and humble servant, JAMES LAURENCE" "There, Beth, that's an honor to be proud of, I'm sure! Laurie told me how fond Mr. Laurence used to be of the child who died, and how he kept all her little things carefully. Just think, he's given you her piano. That comes of having big blue eyes and loving music," said Jo, trying to soothe Beth, who trembled and looked more excited than she had ever been before. "See the cunning brackets to hold candles, and the nice green silk, puckered up, with a gold rose in the middle, and the pretty rack and stool, all complete," added Meg, opening the instrument and displaying its beauties. "Your humble servant, James Laurence. Only think of his writing that to you. I'll tell the girls. They'll think it's splendid," said Amy, much impressed by the note. "Try it, honey. Let's hear the sound of the baby pianny," said Hannah, who always took a share in the family joys and sorrows. So Beth tried it, and everyone pronounced it the most remarkable piano ever heard. It had evidently been newly tuned and put in apple-pie order, but, perfect as it was, I think the real charm lay in the happiest of all happy faces which leaned over it.

第62页文献 练习2 小妇人 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特 《小妇人》讲述了马奇四姐妹乔、贝丝、梅格和艾米的生活， 他在美国内战（1861-1865）期间和之后长大。 劳伦斯先生，一位住在这家人隔壁的富有的老绅士， 他特别喜欢贝丝，因为她让他想起了他的小孙女。 在这段摘录中，劳伦斯先生送给贝丝一份礼物 姐妹俩和她们唯一的仆人汉娜都很兴奋。 贝丝带着一丝悬念匆匆忙忙地继续说下去。 在门口，她的姐妹们抓住她，带着她凯旋而归， 所有人都指着并同时说：“看那里！看那里！” 贝丝确实看了一眼，高兴又惊讶地脸色变得苍白， 因为那里放着一架小橱柜钢琴，光滑的盖子上放着一封信， 像招牌一样指向“伊丽莎白·马奇小姐” “为了我？”贝丝喘着气说，紧紧抱住乔，感觉自己好像要摔倒了， 这完全是一件压倒性的事情。 “是的，一切为了你，我的宝贝！ 他真了不起，不是吗？ 你不觉得他是世界上最亲爱的老人吗？ 这是信中的钥匙。 我们没有打开它，但我们非常想知道他说了什么，”乔喊道， 拥抱她的妹妹，递上纸条。 “你读了！我读不到，我觉得很奇怪！哦，太可爱了！” 贝丝把脸埋在乔的围裙里，被她的礼物弄得心烦意乱。 乔打开报纸，开始大笑起来， 因为她看到的第一句话是。..“马奇小姐： “亲爱的夫人——” “听起来真好！我希望有人能给我写信！”艾米说， 他觉得这个老式的地址很优雅。 “我这辈子有很多双拖鞋， 但我从来没有像你这样适合我的，”乔继续说。 “Heartseas是我最喜欢的花，这些花总是让我想起温柔的给予者。 我喜欢还债， 所以我知道你会允许“老先生”给你寄点东西 这曾经属于他失去的小孙女。 衷心感谢并致以最良好的祝愿， 我仍然是你感激的朋友和谦卑的仆人，詹姆斯·劳伦斯 “好了，贝丝，我敢肯定，这是一种值得骄傲的荣誉！ 劳丽告诉我劳伦斯先生过去是多么喜欢那个死去的孩子， 以及他如何小心地保管着她所有的小东西。 想想看，他把她的钢琴给你了。 这是因为他有一双蓝色的大眼睛和热爱音乐。” 乔说，试图安抚贝思，她浑身发抖，看起来比以前更兴奋了。 “看到那些巧妙的支架来盛蜡烛，还有漂亮的绿色丝绸，皱着眉头，中间有一朵金玫瑰， 还有漂亮的架子和凳子，都很完整，”梅格补充道， 打开乐器，展示它的美丽。 “你卑微的仆人，詹姆斯·劳伦斯。 想想他给你写的那封信。 我会告诉女孩们的。他们会觉得这很棒，”艾米说，这张纸条给她留下了深刻的印象。 “试试看，亲爱的。让我们听听小木偶的声音。” 汉娜说，她总是分担家庭的喜怒哀乐。 于是贝丝试了试，大家都说这是有史以来最出色的钢琴。 它显然是新调的，按照苹果派的顺序摆放的，但是，尽管它很完美， 我认为真正的魅力在于靠在它身上的最幸福的脸。

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