Overview of Earth
地球概況
Earth is where we all live.
地球是我們所有人生活的地方席噩。
It is our home in the solar system.
它是我們?cè)谔栂档募摇?/p>
There is no other place for us to live.
我們沒有別的地方可住。
Earth isn't just any planet.
地球不僅僅是一個(gè)行星。
It's a very special place.
這是一個(gè)非常特別的地方畦娄。
It's special because we depend on it for many things.
它很特別，因?yàn)槲覀冊(cè)诤芏嗍虑樯隙家蕾囁?/p>
Because of its importance we need to take care of it.
因?yàn)樗闹匾钥奂祝覀冃枰疹櫵?/p>
We depend on the Earth for its air, its water and many of its natural resources.
我們依靠地球的空氣开睡、水和許多自然資源。
Natural resources, such as coal and oil, give us energy.
煤炭和石油等自然資源給我們提供了能源鞭呕。
Other natural resources we depend on include forests and soil.
我們依賴的其他自然資源包括森林和土壤蛤育。
Forests provide clean air and wood for building houses.
森林供清潔的空氣和建造房屋的木材。
Soil is needed to grow plants and keep them healthy.
種植植物和保持健康需要土壤葫松。
We need to take care of these resources and not waste them.
我們需要照顧好這些資源瓦糕，而不是浪費(fèi)它們。
The Earth is a large, rotating sphere, about 4.5 billion years old.
地球是一個(gè)旋轉(zhuǎn)的大球體腋么，大約有45億年的歷史咕娄。
The equator, which divides the earth into two hemispheres, is about 40000 kilometers long.
赤道把地球分成兩個(gè)半球，長(zhǎng)約40000公里珊擂。
The Earth's diameter is 12756 kilometers.
地球直徑為12756公里圣勒。
Its radius is half that, or 6378 kilometers.
它的半徑是它的一半，即6378公里摧扇。
The radius is the distance from the Earth's center to its surface.
半徑是從地球中心到其表面的距離圣贸。
Most of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
地球表面大部分被水覆蓋。
The rest of the earth's surface is land.
地球表面的其余部分是陸地扛稽。
Just above the Earth's surface is the atmosphere.
在地球表面的正上方是大氣層吁峻。
The atmosphere is a layer of gases about 500 kilometers thick.
大氣層是一層約500公里厚的氣體。
These gases include oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
這些氣體包括氧氣在张、氮?dú)夂投趸肌?/p>
This mixture of gases is the air that we breathe.
這種氣體混合物就是我們呼吸的空氣用含。
As we move about the Earth's surface, the air gets thinner.
當(dāng)我們?cè)诘厍虮砻嬉苿?dòng)時(shí)，空氣變得稀薄了帮匾。
At high altitudes, the air is too thin to breathe.
在高海拔地區(qū)啄骇，空氣太稀薄，無法呼吸瘟斜。
At the edge of the atmosphere is space.
在大氣的邊緣是太空缸夹。
There is no air at all in space.
太空中根本沒有空氣。
Listening
Water on Earth
地球上的水
Most of the Earth’s water is in the oceans.
地球上的大部分水都在海洋中哼转。
The two largest oceans are the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
兩個(gè)最大的海洋是太平洋和大西洋明未。
Unfortunately, we can’t drink ocean water.
不幸的是，我們不能喝海水壹蔓。
This is because ocean water has too much salt.
這是因?yàn)楹Ｋ}太多趟妥。
Fortunately, there is also water in lakes and rivers.
幸運(yùn)的是，湖泊和河流中也有水佣蓉。
This water isn’t salty, so we can drink it.
這水不咸披摄，所以我們可以喝亲雪。
Only about 2% of the world’s water is fresh water.
世界上只有2%的水是淡水。
Without fresh drinking water, we can’t live.
沒有新鮮的飲用水疚膊，我們就活不下去义辕。
A person can’t live for more than a few days without water.
一個(gè)人沒有水不能活幾天以上。
Rivers are important.
河流很重要寓盗。
Most rivers begin in mountains and end in the oceans.
大多數(shù)河流始于山脈灌砖，止于海洋。
The water flows from high ground to low ground.
水從高地流到低地傀蚌。
At first, rivers are small and are called creeks or streams.
起初基显，河流很小，被稱為小溪或小溪善炫。
As water enters from other streams, a river grows.
當(dāng)水從其他溪流流入時(shí)撩幽，河流就會(huì)生長(zhǎng)。
Some rivers become very large and long.
有些河流變得很大很長(zhǎng)箩艺。
The longest river in the world is the Nile River, in Africa.
世界上最長(zhǎng)的河流是非洲的尼羅河窜醉。
It’s almost 6,500 kilometers long.
它將近6500公里長(zhǎng)。
As for water volume, the Amazon is the largest river.
至于水量艺谆，亞馬遜是最大的河流榨惰。
The volume of water flowing through it per second is more than in any other river.
每秒流過它的水量比任何其他河流都大。
Another use of rivers is for energy.
河流的另一個(gè)用途是能源静汤。
The energy of falling water is used to produce electricity.
落水的能量被用來發(fā)電读串。
This use of water supplies over 20% of the world’s electricity.
這種用水供應(yīng)了世界20%以上的電力。
Rivers are also important for agriculture.
河流對(duì)農(nóng)業(yè)也很重要撒妈。
Without water, farmers cannot grow food.
沒有水，農(nóng)民就不能種植糧食排监。
And of course rivers can be used for transportation.
當(dāng)然狰右，河流也可以用來運(yùn)輸。
River boats are used to carry things to inland cities or lakes.
內(nèi)河船用來把東西運(yùn)到內(nèi)陸城市或湖泊舆床。
Vocabulary
Things We Enjoy Doing
我們喜歡做的事件
This man goes running 5 days a week if the weather is good.
如果天氣好棋蚌，這個(gè)人一周跑步5天。
On the weekends he runs 10 kilometers unless the weather is bad.
在周末挨队，除非天氣不好谷暮，否則他跑10公里。
This woman really enjoys reading, especially works of fiction.
這個(gè)女人真的很喜歡閱讀盛垦，尤其是小說湿弦。
She has read hundreds of books.
她讀了數(shù)百本書。
This young couple enjoys watching old movies such as Titanic.
這對(duì)年輕夫婦喜歡看老電影腾夯，如《泰坦尼克號(hào)》颊埃。
They both cried when it sank and many people went down with the ship.
當(dāng)船沉沒時(shí)蔬充，他們都哭了，許多人和船一起沉沒班利。
These young boys enjoy playing sports on the weekend.
這些小男孩喜歡周末運(yùn)動(dòng)饥漫。
Sometimes they play basketball and sometimes they play football.
有時(shí)他們打籃球，有時(shí)他們踢足球罗标。
This young man eats too many sweets, so he is overweight.
這個(gè)年輕人吃太多糖庸队，所以他超重了。
He needs to eat fewer sweets and exercise more.
他需要少吃甜食闯割，多運(yùn)動(dòng)彻消。
Vocabulary
Continents
大洲
Here are 6 of the Earth's 7 continents.
地球7大洲中的6個(gè)。
Asia is the largest continent both in land and in population.
亞洲是陸地和人口最多的大陸纽谒。
Asia covers 30% of the Earth's land area.
亞洲占地球陸地面積的30%证膨。
Africa is the second largest continent.
非洲是第二大洲。
Of all the continents, Africa has the youngest population.
在所有大陸中鼓黔，非洲人口最少央勒。
Europe is to the west of Asia and is the second smallest continent.
歐洲位于亞洲西部，是亞洲第二小洲澳化。
Europe is to the birthplace of classical music and some of the world's greatest art and literature.
歐洲是古典音樂和一些世界上最偉大的藝術(shù)和文學(xué)的發(fā)源地崔步。
North and South America are bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
北美洲和南美洲西瀕太平洋，東瀕大西洋缎谷。
The first human beings to live in the Americas came from Asia more than 15,000 years ago.
第一個(gè)生活在美洲的人類是15000多年前從亞洲來到美洲的井濒。
Australia is the world's smallest continent and the world's largest island.
澳大利亞是世界上最小的大陸，也是世界上最大的島嶼列林。
Australia is surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans.
澳大利亞被印度洋和太平洋包圍瑞你。
Dialogue
A Driverless Car
無人駕駛汽車
M1：Hey, look at that.
M1：嘿，看那個(gè)希痴。
M2：Look at what?
M2：看什么者甲？
M1：Look out the window. Do you see the young lady in the red dress?
M1：往窗外看。你看到那個(gè)穿紅衣服的年輕女士了嗎砌创？
M2：Yeah, I see her. Wow, she is beautiful and hot. Look at the way she walks.
M2：是的虏缸，我看到她了。哇嫩实，她又漂亮又性感刽辙。看看她走路的樣子甲献。
M1：Yes, no one behind her. Look in the car that's following her.
M1：是的宰缤，她后面沒有人。看看跟在她后面的車撵溃。
M2：I'd rather look at the young lady.
M2：我寧愿看那個(gè)年輕的女士疚鲤。
M2：So what's so special about the car?
M2：那這輛車有什么特別之處？
M1：Look at the driver, do you see one?
M1：看看司機(jī)缘挑，你看到了嗎集歇？
M2：No, I don't. There isn't anybody driving the car.
M2：不，我沒有语淘。沒有人開車诲宇。
M1：Right. It's one of those new driverless cars.
M1：對(duì)。這是那種新型的無人駕駛汽車惶翻。
M2：Maybe it's the woman's car. It's following her.
M2：可能是女人的車姑蓝。它跟著她。
M1：I don't know. Maybe you are right.
M1：我不知道吕粗。也許你是對(duì)的纺荧。
M2：Now that's a smart car. Maybe I'll go outside and follow her too.
M2：那是一輛智能車。也許我也會(huì)出去跟著她颅筋。
M1：Hey, get back to work.
M1：嘿宙暇，回去工作吧。
Dialogue
Calling Customer Service
呼叫客戶服務(wù)
Answering machine：Thank you for calling our customer support.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：感謝您致電我們的客戶支持议泵。
Please listen to the following menu to help us direct your call.
請(qǐng)聽下面的菜單幫助我們指引您的電話占贫。
Please say or press #1 to pay your bill.
請(qǐng)說或按1支付您的賬單。
Please say or press #2 to upgrade your service plan.
請(qǐng)說或按2升級(jí)您的服務(wù)計(jì)劃先口。
Please say or press #3 to report a technical problem.
請(qǐng)說或按3報(bào)告技術(shù)問題型奥。
Please say or press #4 if you want to hear this choice again.
如果你想再次聽到這個(gè)選擇，請(qǐng)說或按4碉京。
Customer：I don't want any of these choices.
顧客：我不想要這些選擇厢汹。
Answering machine：You may also go to our website for help.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：您也可以到我們的網(wǎng)站尋求幫助。
Customer：I went to your website but it didn't help. I want to speak to a human being.
顧客：我去了你的網(wǎng)站谐宙，但沒用坑匠。我想和一個(gè)真人說話。
Answering machine：Your business is very important to us.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：你的生意對(duì)我們很重要卧惜。
Answering machine：Please say or press #5 or hang up to end this call.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：請(qǐng)說或按5或掛斷以結(jié)束此呼叫。
Customer：None of these. I want a human being. I want to cancel my service.
顧客：這些都不是夹纫。我想要一個(gè)真人咽瓷。我想取消我的服務(wù)。
Answering machine：Please wait while we connect you to a service representative.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：請(qǐng)稍候舰讹，我們正在為您接通服務(wù)代表茅姜。
Customer：Finally. This is what they call customer service?
顧客：最后。這就是他們所說的客戶服務(wù)？
Answering machine：To assist our representative, please say your first and last name.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：為了協(xié)助我們的代表钻洒，請(qǐng)說出您的姓和名奋姿。
Customer：Tom Smith.
顧客：湯姆·史密斯。
Answering machine：We hear Tom Smith. If this is correct, say or press #1. If this is not correct, say or press #2.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：我們聽到湯姆·史密斯的聲音素标。如果這是正確的称诗，請(qǐng)說或按1。如果這不正確头遭，請(qǐng)說或按2寓免。
Customer：1.
顧客：1。
Answering machine：Thank you. For security purpose, what was your father's middle name?
應(yīng)答機(jī)：謝謝计维。為了安全起見袜香，你父親的中間名是什么？
Customer：he didn't have a middle name.
顧客：他沒有中間名鲫惶。
Answering machine：Thank you. A customer service representative will be with you shortly.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：謝謝蜈首。客戶服務(wù)代表很快就會(huì)來欠母。
Answering machine：I'm sorry but our offices are closed. Please call back during business hours. Our business offices are open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm. Thank you for calling.
應(yīng)答機(jī)：對(duì)不起欢策，我們的辦公室關(guān)門了。請(qǐng)?jiān)跔I(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間回電話艺蝴。我們的營(yíng)業(yè)處是星期一到星期五營(yíng)業(yè)猬腰，從上午8:00到下午6:00。謝謝你的來電猜敢。
