第六单元 这是个神秘的事情.
Lesson 21 1 Read and act
第21课 1.阅读并表演
Which foreign country would you like to see, Alex?
亚历克斯,你最想去哪个异国乡村?
Urn,that's difficult to say.
这个很难说.
I think I'd like to go to Brazil.
我想去巴西.
Why would you choose Brazil?
你为什么想去巴西?
Because I'd like to look for the Amazon Forest Monster!
因为我想去寻找亚马逊森林怪物.
And what about you? Which foreign country would you like to see?
你呢?哪里的外国乡村你最想去?
I think I would like to go to Scotland.
我想去苏格兰.
Why Scotland?
为什么想去苏格兰.
Because I'd like to take a picture of the Loch Ness Monster!
因为我想去拍一张尼斯湖怪兽的照片.
3 Read and learn
3.阅读并学习
Joyce, do you know that there's an island named after a holiday?
乔伊斯,你知道哪座岛的名字与一个节日名相同吗?
I've never heard of that.
我从没有听说过.
I don't think there is such an island.
我不认为那儿有这样的一个岛.
Yes, there is. Hey,Roberto, come here.
是的,那儿有.嗨,罗伯特,来这里.
Yes, Han Mei? What's up?
是的,韩梅,它们是怎么竖起来的?
Is there an island named after a holiday?
这就是名字与节日名相同的岛?
Yeah, it's called Easter Island.
是的,它叫复活节岛.
It's part of my country, Chile.
是我的国家智利的一部分
Well, we can learn something new every day.
太好了,我们今天学到了一些新的东西.
Lesson 22
第22课
A GREAT MYSTERY
一件非常神秘的事情
Easter Island is a great mystery.
复活节岛非常神秘.
It is named Easter Island because it was found on Easter Day.
它被称作复活节岛,因为它是在复活节被发现的.
It is in the Pacific Ocean, 2,200 miles west of Chile.
它座落广阔的太平洋里,在智利西部2,200 米.
On many parts of the island,there are huge robot-like stone statues called Moai.
复活节岛上有许多巨大的半身人面石像,人们称他们为"毛埃".
No one knows for sure how the Moai came to be.
没有人确切知道毛埃的来历.
Some think that people from Peru made the Moai thousands of years ago.
一些人认为毛埃是秘鲁人在数千前制造的.
Others think that aliens from space made the Moai
有些人认为是毛埃是外星人制造的.
and left them as some kind of message.
也有很多各种各样的说法
The island also has many kinds of rock carvings written in a kind of language
这岛屿也有许多写着各种语言的雕像,
that exists only in this part of the world.
它们是世界上存在的仅有的一部分.
And this written language appeared many years ago,
这种书写语言出现于许多年前,
perhaps even before written Chinese took shape!
甚至可能在现在书写汉字形成之前.
It is thought that at one time,
一小段时间,曾经被关注过,
the population of Easter Island was over 10, 000.
在复活节岛上的有一万人之多.
This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.
这样破坏了岛上的生态系统.
Many trees were cut down to plant crops
许多树木被坎伐,用来种庄稼.
and to make it easier to move the Moai around the island.
雕了许多毛埃石像在岛的四周,
The people never knew that cutting down the trees would cause an ecological problem.
人们从不知道乱砍伐会引起生态系统的问题.
Pretty soon they started fighting with each other and many of them died.
不欠他们开始彼此争斗,死了很多人.
Those who were left knocked the Moai down.
活下来的人们把毛埃推倒了.
Then came people from other countries to the island
从别的乡村进来的人们,
bringing illnesses that the islanders had never had before

他们带来了疾病,岛上的居民再也不像以前那样了.
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.
岛上的居民仅仅超过100人.
After Easter Island became part of Chile in 1888,the population increased.
1888年复活岛成立了智的一部分,人口不断增加,
Now there are about 2, 000 people living on the island.
现在大约有2000人住在岛上.
People have started raising the Moai again,
人们重新开始把毛埃的雕像竖立起来,
even though no one knows why they are there.
仅管他们不知道它们为什么在这里.
Many people from all over the world come to see the Moai,
世界各地的人们都去看毛埃,
because they are such a mystery. No matter what the reason,
因为他们太神秘了,无论是出于何种理由,
whether they were set up by people from Peru or by aliens from space,
无论它们是由秘鲁人还是由外星人树立起来的,
they are still looking out over the ocean mysteriously!
它们仍然在神秘地遥望着大海!
Lesson 23 1 Read and act
第23课 1.阅读并表演
What are you doing with that, that...What is that?
你做什么事情带那个,那个...那个是什么?
It's a kind of radio for sending messages out into space.
它中间间隔开,有几分像无线接收装置
Why do you want to do that?
你为什么去做那个?
What if aliens put up the Moai to send us a message?
万一外星人树立毛埃是要给我们发消息呢?
I'd like to let them know that we want to talk to them too.
我想让他们知道我们也想和他交谈.
Do you really think that there are aliens out there?
你真的想知道那边有外星人吗?
Well, I'm not sure.But what if there are?
当然,但是我不确信要是有呢?
Then they may get my message.
那么他们也许能给我信息.
Well, yeah. By the way,what is your message?
是的,顺便问一下,你发什么信息呢?
"Earth is a cool place! If you get this message,
地球是个凉爽的地方如果获得那个消息,
please write me back.
"请给我回音."
Lesson 24 3 Solve the mystery
第24课 3.解决神秘的事情
Rachel came into the classroom Monday morning and there was a note in her desk.
星期一的早上,雷切尔走进教室,有张小纸条在她的课桌上.
It said,if you want to have fun,meet me in room 306 after school.
写着:如果你想知道一些有趣的事情,下课后到306房间来找我.
Rachel looked around.She was the first one in the classroom.
雷切尔看了看四周.她是第一个到教室.
No one else was there.After the first class,she showed the note to Jim and said,
没有其他的人在这儿.上完第一节课,她把纸条递给吉姆并对他说,
"I'd like to know who sent me this note.Did you give it to me?
"我想知道谁把这张纸条给我.是你给我的吗?"
"Jim read the note and told Rachel that he hadn't written the note.
吉姆看后告诉雷切尔他没有写过这张纸条.
The next class began.Rachel had a difficult time listening to the teacher
第二节课开始了.雷切尔没有心思听老师讲课.
because she kept wondering about the note.
因为她对这张纸条感到很疑惑.
She always cleans her desk before she leaves for home.
她总是在回家之前清理桌子.
Yesterday she didn't see the note in her desk.
昨天她并没有看见有纸条在她课桌上.
This morning,she wasthe first one in the class.
今天早上,她第一个到教室.
There was no one around,so how did the note get in her desk?
四周没有人,这纸条怎么会在她的课桌上呢?
After class she asked Li Lei about the note.
下课后她问李雷关于纸条的事情.
He said that he hadn't written the note,either.
他说他也没有写过这张纸条.
Rachel wasn't sure if she should go after class to meet this person.
雷切尔没有确定,她要不要在下课后去见那个人

Maybe it wasn't safe.At lunch she showed all her friends the note.
也许不够安全.吃午餐的时候她把这张纸条给了她所有的朋友看.
They all said they hadn't written the note.
他们都说没有写过这纸条.
They all tried to think of who wrote the note
他们试度在想是谁写的纸条.
and why the person wanted to meet Rachel.
为什么那个人想见雷切尔.
The day went on as usual and finally the last class of the day was finished.
日子照样过去,一天,下课后.
Rachel took the note,and went with her friends to room 306.They found ...
雷切尔拿着这张纸条和她的朋友一起去306室.他们发现 ...
Words And Expressions 6
mystery Amazon Loch Lch Ness
n.神秘的事物;秘密 n.亚马逊河 n.(苏格兰)湖 尼斯湖
Egypt pyramid Easter Chile
n.埃及 n.金字塔 n.复活节 n.智利
continent stone statue Peru
n.大陆 n.石头 n.雕像;塑像 n.秘鲁
alien carving take shape exist
n.外国人(的) n.雕刻物(品) 定形;成形 v.存在
destroy cause knock down illness
v.破坏;毁坏 n.& v.原因;引起 撞击;击倒 n.疾病
raise reason mysteriously plant
v.举起;抬起 n.理由;原因;道理 adv.神秘的 n.行星
note situation senior
n.便条;笔记 n.状况;局面;环境 adj.高级的;年长的