[00:00.74]Unit 4 Inventions and Inventors [00:04.53]Expansion 4 [00:09.77]Exercise 1 [00:12.06]Have you ever asked yourself [00:14.11]why the letters on your computer keyboard [00:16.62]are placed in this strange way? [00:19.42]Why are the keys not o...
[00:01.26]Unit 4 Inventions and Inventors [00:05.02]Lesson 13 [00:10.56]Exercise 1.2 [00:14.46]Microwave ovens are used by [00:16.53]millions of families every day. [00:18.99]Many of you may have a microwave oven [00:21.23]in your home. [00:22.79]the...
[00:00.98]Unit 4 Inventions and Inventors [00:05.03]Lesson 14 [00:10.54]Exercise 1.3 [00:14.41]The first paper was made in China in 105 AD [00:19.22]by a man called Cai Lun, [00:21.86]The oldest pieces of paper still existed were [00:24.98]made in ab...
[00:01.03]Unit 4 Inventions and Inventors [00:04.72]Lesson 15 [00:09.97]Exercise 1.2 [00:13.66]In many big cities in the world , [00:16.39]the over use of cars is thought to be [00:19.18]one of the major causes of air pollution, [00:22.03]What will c...
[00:00.90]Unit 4 Inventions and Inventors [00:04.80]Lesson 16 [00:09.87]Exercise 1.2 [00:13.52]Today's competition is about inventors. [00:16.74]I'll describe the inventors and all the four [00:19.58]groups here will guess who I'm describing. [00:22....
[00:00.78]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.48]Expansion 5 [00:10.53]Exercise 2 [00:12.59]Last month, we asked you to write about [00:14.91]the ways that you like to learn English [00:16.86]and about the things that have helped you...
[00:00.87]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.49]Lesson 17 [00:10.43]Exercise 1.2 [00:14.41]What an amazing language English is! [00:18.19]More people speak Mandarin Chinese [00:20.96]than any other language in the world, [00:23.89]b...
[00:00.59]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.27]Lesson 18 [00:10.49]Exercise 1.2 [00:13.21]I stayed with an English family for a few [00:15.95]weeks last summer, [00:17.45]I had a fantastic time and learned a lot about [00:20.07]Eng...
[00:00.78]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.59]Lesson 19 [00:09.91]Exercise 1.2 [00:13.04]Hi,Yang Yang [00:14.32]Thank you for your e-mail. [00:16.47]I'm really happy that we met each other [00:18.74]on the Internet. [00:20.39]How...
[00:00.66]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.43]Lesson 20 [00:09.80]Exercise 1.2 [00:12.64]The United Kingdom lies in Western Europe [00:15.47]in the north of the Atlantic Ocean. [00:17.81]It is divided into for countries: [00:20.27...
[00:00.88]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:05.02]Expansion 6 [00:10.54]Exercise 2 [00:13.01]Tony is with me today in our studio. [00:16.56]He is a retired national gymnast. [00:19.61]He had been a successful gymnast [00:21.52]and had won a lot of meda...
[00:01.38]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:05.34]Lesson 21 [00:10.28]Exercise 1.3 [00:12.81]Do you know that China's history of basketball [00:15.98]is almost as long as America's? [00:18.97]Americans who came to China in the 1890s [00:22.51]introduce...
[00:01.15]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:05.24]Lesson 22 [00:10.10]Exercise 1.2 [00:12.53]Most people would be happy to [00:14.21]win one Olympic medal. [00:16.19]Imagine winning medals at four Olympic Games! [00:19.62]Chinese athlete Wang Yifu achi...
[00:00.76]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:04.95]Lesson 23 [00:09.60]Exercise 1.2 [00:12.36]Two years ago,there was a serious earthquake [00:15.03]in my country. [00:16.52]Many people lost their homes. [00:18.66]In my school, we decided to organize a...
[00:00.87]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:05.10]Lesson 24 [00:09.88]Exercise 1.2 [00:11.90]On July 13, 2001 at a meeting of the [00:15.80]International Olympic Committee in Moscow, [00:19.12]Beijing was chosen to be the host city for the [00:22.03]20...