第六單元 這是個神秘的事情.
Lesson 21 1 Read and act
第21課 1.閱讀并表演
Which foreign country would you like to see, Alex?
亞歷克斯,你最想去哪個異國鄉村?
Urn,that's difficult to say.
這個很難說.
I think I'd like to go to Brazil.
我想去巴西.
Why would you choose Brazil?
你為什么想去巴西?
Because I'd like to look for the Amazon Forest Monster!
因為我想去尋找亞馬遜森林怪物.
And what about you? Which foreign country would you like to see?
你呢?哪里的外國鄉村你最想去?
I think I would like to go to Scotland.
我想去蘇格蘭.
Why Scotland?
為什么想去蘇格蘭.
Because I'd like to take a picture of the Loch Ness Monster!
因為我想去拍一張尼斯湖怪獸的照片.
3 Read and learn
3.閱讀并學習
Joyce, do you know that there's an island named after a holiday?
喬伊斯,你知道哪座島的名字與一個節日名相同嗎?
I've never heard of that.
我從沒有聽說過.
I don't think there is such an island.
我不認為那兒有這樣的一個島.
Yes, there is. Hey,Roberto, come here.
是的,那兒有.嗨,羅伯特,來這里.
Yes, Han Mei? What's up?
是的,韓梅,它們是怎么豎起來的?
Is there an island named after a holiday?
這就是名字與節日名相同的島?
Yeah, it's called Easter Island.
是的,它叫復活節島.
It's part of my country, Chile.
是我的國家智利的一部分
Well, we can learn something new every day.
太好了,我們今天學到了一些新的東西.
Lesson 22
第22課
A GREAT MYSTERY
一件非常神秘的事情
Easter Island is a great mystery.
復活節島非常神秘.
It is named Easter Island because it was found on Easter Day.
它被稱作復活節島,因為它是在復活節被發現的.
It is in the Pacific Ocean, 2,200 miles west of Chile.
它座落廣闊的太平洋里,在智利西部2,200 米.
On many parts of the island,there are huge robot-like stone statues called Moai.
復活節島上有許多巨大的半身人面石像,人們稱他們為"毛埃".
No one knows for sure how the Moai came to be.
沒有人確切知道毛埃的來歷.
Some think that people from Peru made the Moai thousands of years ago.
一些人認為毛埃是秘魯人在數千前制造的.
Others think that aliens from space made the Moai
有些人認為是毛埃是外星人制造的.
and left them as some kind of message.
也有很多各種各樣的說法
The island also has many kinds of rock carvings written in a kind of language
這島嶼也有許多寫著各種語言的雕像,
that exists only in this part of the world.
它們是世界上存在的僅有的一部分.
And this written language appeared many years ago,
這種書寫語言出現于許多年前,
perhaps even before written Chinese took shape!
甚至可能在現在書寫漢字形成之前.
It is thought that at one time,
一小段時間,曾經被關注過,
the population of Easter Island was over 10, 000.
在復活節島上的有一萬人之多.
This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.
這樣破壞了島上的生態系統.
Many trees were cut down to plant crops
許多樹木被坎伐,用來種莊稼.
and to make it easier to move the Moai around the island.
雕了許多毛埃石像在島的四周,
The people never knew that cutting down the trees would cause an ecological problem.
人們從不知道亂砍伐會引起生態系統的問題.
Pretty soon they started fighting with each other and many of them died.
不欠他們開始彼此爭斗,死了很多人.
Those who were left knocked the Moai down.
活下來的人們把毛埃推倒了.
Then came people from other countries to the island
從別的鄉村進來的人們,
bringing illnesses that the islanders had never had before

他們帶來了疾病,島上的居民再也不像以前那樣了.
Many more people died and by the 1800s
很多人死了,到了1800年
there were only a little more than 100 islanders alive.
島上的居民僅僅超過100人.
After Easter Island became part of Chile in 1888,the population increased.
1888年復活島成立了智的一部分,人口不斷增加,
Now there are about 2, 000 people living on the island.
現在大約有2000人住在島上.
People have started raising the Moai again,
人們重新開始把毛埃的雕像豎立起來,
even though no one knows why they are there.
僅管他們不知道它們為什么在這里.
Many people from all over the world come to see the Moai,
世界各地的人們都去看毛埃,
because they are such a mystery. No matter what the reason,
因為他們太神秘了,無論是出于何種理由,
whether they were set up by people from Peru or by aliens from space,
無論它們是由秘魯人還是由外星人樹立起來的,
they are still looking out over the ocean mysteriously!
它們仍然在神秘地遙望著大海!
Lesson 23 1 Read and act
第23課 1.閱讀并表演
What are you doing with that, that...What is that?
你做什么事情帶那個,那個...那個是什么?
It's a kind of radio for sending messages out into space.
它中間間隔開,有幾分像無線接收裝置
Why do you want to do that?
你為什么去做那個?
What if aliens put up the Moai to send us a message?
萬一外星人樹立毛埃是要給我們發消息呢?
I'd like to let them know that we want to talk to them too.
我想讓他們知道我們也想和他交談.
Do you really think that there are aliens out there?
你真的想知道那邊有外星人嗎?
Well, I'm not sure.But what if there are?
當然,但是我不確信要是有呢?
Then they may get my message.
那么他們也許能給我信息.
Well, yeah. By the way,what is your message?
是的,順便問一下,你發什么信息呢?
"Earth is a cool place! If you get this message,
地球是個涼爽的地方如果獲得那個消息,
please write me back.
"請給我回音."
Lesson 24 3 Solve the mystery
第24課 3.解決神秘的事情
Rachel came into the classroom Monday morning and there was a note in her desk.
星期一的早上,雷切爾走進教室,有張小紙條在她的課桌上.
It said,if you want to have fun,meet me in room 306 after school.
寫著:如果你想知道一些有趣的事情,下課后到306房間來找我.
Rachel looked around.She was the first one in the classroom.
雷切爾看了看四周.她是第一個到教室.
No one else was there.After the first class,she showed the note to Jim and said,
沒有其他的人在這兒.上完第一節課,她把紙條遞給吉姆并對他說,
"I'd like to know who sent me this note.Did you give it to me?
"我想知道誰把這張紙條給我.是你給我的嗎?"
"Jim read the note and told Rachel that he hadn't written the note.
吉姆看后告訴雷切爾他沒有寫過這張紙條.
The next class began.Rachel had a difficult time listening to the teacher
第二節課開始了.雷切爾沒有心思聽老師講課.
because she kept wondering about the note.
因為她對這張紙條感到很疑惑.
She always cleans her desk before she leaves for home.
她總是在回家之前清理桌子.
Yesterday she didn't see the note in her desk.
昨天她并沒有看見有紙條在她課桌上.
This morning,she wasthe first one in the class.
今天早上,她第一個到教室.
There was no one around,so how did the note get in her desk?
四周沒有人,這紙條怎么會在她的課桌上呢?
After class she asked Li Lei about the note.
下課后她問李雷關于紙條的事情.
He said that he hadn't written the note,either.
他說他也沒有寫過這張紙條.
Rachel wasn't sure if she should go after class to meet this person.
雷切爾沒有確定,她要不要在下課后去見那個人

Maybe it wasn't safe.At lunch she showed all her friends the note.
也許不夠安全.吃午餐的時候她把這張紙條給了她所有的朋友看.
They all said they hadn't written the note.
他們都說沒有寫過這紙條.
They all tried to think of who wrote the note
他們試度在想是誰寫的紙條.
and why the person wanted to meet Rachel.
為什么那個人想見雷切爾.
The day went on as usual and finally the last class of the day was finished.
日子照樣過去,一天,下課后.
Rachel took the note,and went with her friends to room 306.They found ...
雷切爾拿著這張紙條和她的朋友一起去306室.他們發現 ...
Words And Expressions 6
mystery Amazon Loch Lch Ness
n.神秘的事物;秘密 n.亞馬遜河 n.(蘇格蘭)湖 尼斯湖
Egypt pyramid Easter Chile
n.埃及 n.金字塔 n.復活節 n.智利
continent stone statue Peru
n.大陸 n.石頭 n.雕像;塑像 n.秘魯
alien carving take shape exist
n.外國人(的) n.雕刻物(品) 定形;成形 v.存在
destroy cause knock down illness
v.破壞;毀壞 n.& v.原因;引起 撞擊;擊倒 n.疾病
raise reason mysteriously plant
v.舉起;抬起 n.理由;原因;道理 adv.神秘的 n.行星
note situation senior
n.便條;筆記 n.狀況;局面;環境 adj.高級的;年長的