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Book 1 Unit 3
The Report
课堂报告

第⼀一、⼆二、三段：

Lee sat among the books at the library and thought about his group project.

They had to turn it in soon, but he hadn’t even started his part! Jack and

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Claire were in his group. They had worked hard. They were also very smart,
and Lee didn’t want them to get a bad grade.

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Jack did the report. He wrote a lot of very good sentences and described
things clearly and carefully. Claire drew a nice map of the stars. Now, Lee
needed to do his part of the project.

⼩小李李坐在图书馆的书堆⾥里里，想着他的⼩小组项⽬目。

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他们组必须很上交作业，但他甚⾄至还没有开始做他的部分！杰克和克莱尔是他
的⼩小组成员。他们很努⼒力力，也很聪明，李李不不想让他们得到不不好的成绩。

杰克已经做了了报告。他写了了很多⾮非常好的句句⼦子，把事情描述地即清晰⼜又仔细。
克莱尔画了了⼀一幅漂亮的星空图。现在，李李需要完成他的那部分项⽬目。

重点单词：

report n. (书⾯面/⼝口头） 报告

among 介词，在…中间，被…围绕

e.g., There is a red apple among the green ones.

library 发⾳音：英 /‘laɪbrərɪ/ 美 /‘laɪbreri/

project n. 课题，项⽬目（需调查、研究、上交供评估）

turn it in 上交作业

grade n. 成绩，分数

- get a bad / good grade

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e.g., I managed to get good grades on my report card (成绩单）

describe v. 描写，叙述，侧重描述清晰细节

draw v. 画 —> 过去式 drew /druː/

map of the stars —> star map 天体图

第四、五段

“Well, I suppose I need to start my model,” Lee thought.

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Making a model of a planet was really hard. Lee tried to read several books,
but he couldn’t understand any of the charts. “We’re going to fail because

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of me!” Lee said. He put his head down on the table and said, “ I wish I
could see a planet and an alien, instead of having to read about it!”

"好吧，我觉得我需要开始做我的模型了了，"⼩小李李⼼心想。
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制作⼀一个星球模型真的很困难。⼩小李李试着读了了好⼏几本书，但他⽆无法理理解任何图
的
表有关的内容。"我们组会因为我⽽而失败的！" ⼩小李李说。他把头靠在桌⼦子上，
说：" 我真希望我能亲眼看到⾏行行星和外星⼈人，⽽而不不是只在书上读到！"

重点单词：

suppose v. 约等于think

e.g., I suppose I should go home now.

model n. 模型

planet n. ⾏行行星

e.g., Saturn is the planet with the ring around it.

several a. ⼏几个，数个 （more than 2 but not many, 3-6)

understand v. 发⾳音重⾳音注意，/ʌndə’stænd/

chart 图表

（pie chart 饼状图 / bar chart 柱状图 / flow chart 流程图）

be going to do sth 将要…

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fail v. 失败，考试不不及格

e.g., If I do not know the answers, I will fail the test.

put one’s head (⾮非正式）睡觉

alien /‘eɪlɪən/ n. 外星⼈人

instead of … ⽽而不不是...

e.g., He ate the carrot instead of the ice cream.

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第六段：

Suddenly, he had a great idea that would help him solve his problem. Why
not go on the web and look for photographs of the earth and other planets

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taken from space. They would give him a really good view of the planet they
had to talk about in their report. Instead of a bad grade, his group would
have the best project ever. The photos of Earth showed lots of clouds, but
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you could still see the shapes of land and seas on Earth. He also looked at
photos of Mars.

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突然间，他有了了⼀一个好主意，能够帮助他解决问题。为什什么不不在⽹网上寻找从太
空拍摄的地球和其他星球的照⽚片呢。这些照⽚片将帮助⼩小李李更更清楚地观察报告中
所涉及的⾏行行星。他的⼩小组将会做出史上最棒的项⽬目，⽽而不不是拿到低分。尽管关
语

于地球的⼀一些照⽚片⾥里里有很多云，但你仍然可以看到地球上的陆地和海海洋的形
状。他另外还看了了⽕火星的照⽚片。

重点单词：

suddenly adv. 突然地； sudden a. 突然的

-all of a sudden = suddenly

solve v. 解决 - solve one’s problem

e.g., All the students could easily solve the math problem.

go on the web 上⽹网

the web = internet

look for sth 寻找某事

photograph /‘fotəɡræf/ n. 照⽚片；photo

e.g., I took this photograph with my cellphone.

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the Earth n. 地球；⼟土地；⼟土壤；陆地

view n. 视野；

v. 看， e.g., Michael likes to view himself in the mirror.

the best sth ever - ever adv. 在任何时候

cloud n. 云; cloudy a. 多云的

e.g., Today is a cloudy day.

Mars n. ⽕火星

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第七段：

Lee now had plenty of ideas for making a model of the planet Mars. All he
had to do was to turn his ideas into a model. He used a small ball to help
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him make the shape he wanted and then painted it to look like the photos of
Mars that he had seen. Sometimes seeing is much more helpful than just
reading!

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⼩小李李现在有了了很多关于制作⽕火星模型的想法。他所要做的就是把他的想法付诸
实践。他⽤用⼀一个⼩小球来帮助他做出他想要的形状，然后把它涂成他所看到的⽕火
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星照⽚片的样⼦子。有时亲眼所⻅见⽐比单纯的阅读更更有帮助!

重点单词：

plenty of 许多 = a lot of

all sb has to do is to … 强调句句, 强调句句⼦子后半部分内容

turn sth into sth 把…转变为

shape n. 形状，外观

e.g., Even with your eyes closed you can feel the shape of it.

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