1.练习材料

lesson Too late

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa.A few hours

earlier,someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of the detectives were waiting inside the main

building while others were waiting on the airfield.Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House.While two detectives were keeping guard at the door,two others opened the parcel.To their surprise,the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

2.任务配置:L0

3.知识笔记

(1)查音标

/ˈlɛsn/ /tuː/ /leɪt/

/ðə/ /pleɪn/ /wɒz/ /leɪt/ /ænd/ /dɪˈtɛktɪvz/ /wɜː/

/ˈweɪtɪŋ/ /æt/ /ði/ /ˈeəpɔːt/ /ɔːl/ /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/./ðeɪ/

/wɜːr/ /ɪksˈpɛktɪŋ/ /ə/ /ˈvæljʊəbl/ /ˈpɑːsl/ /ɒv/ /ˈdaɪəmənd/ /frɒm/ /saʊθ/ /ˈæfrɪkə/./ə/ /fjuː/ /ˈaʊəz/

/ˈɜːlɪə/,/ˈsʌmwʌn/ /hæd/ /təʊld/ /ðə/ /pəˈliːs/ /ðæt/ /θiːvz/ /wʊd/ /traɪ/ /tuː/ /stiːl/ /ðə/ /ˈdaɪəməndz/.

/wɛn/ /ðə/ /pleɪn/ /əˈraɪvd/,/sʌm/ /ɒv/ /ðiː/

/dɪˈtɛktɪvz/ /wɜː/ /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsaɪd/ /ðə/ /meɪn/

/ˈbɪldɪŋ/ /waɪl/ /ˈʌðəz/ /wɜː/ /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ /ɒn/ /ðiː/

/ˈeəfiːld/./tuː/ /mɛn/ /tʊk/ /ðə/ /ˈpɑːsl/ /ɒf/

/ðə/ /pleɪn/ /ænd/ /ˈkærid/ /ɪt/ /ˈɪntuː/ /ðə/ /ˈkʌstəmz/

/haʊs/./waɪl/ /tuː/ /dɪˈtɛktɪvz/ /wɜː/ /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ /gɑːd/ /æt/ /ðə/ /dɔː/,/tuː/ /ˈʌðəz/ /ˈəʊpənd/

/ðə/ /ˈpɑːsl/./tuː/ /ðeə/ /səˈpraɪz/,/ðə/ /ˈprɛʃəs/

/ˈpɑːsl/ /wɒz/ /fʊl/ /ɒv/ /stəʊnz/ /ænd/ /sænd/!

(2) 学单词

1) detective /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ n. 侦探

2) airport /ˈeəpɔːt/ n. 机场

3) airfield /ˈeəfiːld/ n. 飞机起落的场地

port 港口；airport航空港

at the airport

on the airfield

4) expect／ik'spekt/ v. 期待，等待

5) valuable /ˈvæljʊəbl/ adj. 贵重的

precious /ˈprɛʃəs/ adj. 珍贵的

6) diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/ n. 钻石

7) steal /stiːl/ v. 偷

8) main /meɪn/ adj. 主要的

9) guard /gɑːd/ n. 警戒，守卫

10) stone /stəʊn/ n. 石子

11) sand /sænd/ n. 沙子