九年级英语上册上海牛津版 U2 课文部分

Unit 2 Traditional skills

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1. traditional skills

2. a traditional festival

3. try to guess the meaning of the words if necessary

4. a fishing rod

5. look quickly at ...

6. be about the future of this type of work

7. describe how the man works

8 sit on the side of the river

9. cook a meal

10. over = more than

11. of average height

12. Although he is an elderly man, he is strong enough to control his craft in the river where he lives and works with his cormorants.

13. be good at = ________________

14. be used to do sth = be used for doing sth

15. dive down 25 metres

16. stay underwater for up to two minutes

17. require sth to do sth

18. It is done for him by his 12 cormorants.

19. set off = set out

20. When he reaches the right place, he stops.

21. push the birds into the water

22. be frightened by

23. A light is hung from the front of the raft.

24. enable sb to do sth

enable Damin to see better

25. attract sb

26. bring sth back to sp

27. remove ... from ...

28. some ... the rest/the others ....

29. The fish are removed from the birds' mouths by Damin and thrown into a big basket.

30. Some of the fish are sold, and the rest are divided between Damin's family and the cormorants.

31. He is teaching his grandson everything he knows.

32. However, few young people are interested doing this type of work in the modern world.

33. In 50 years, perhaps there will be no more cormorant fishermen in the world.

34. be fat from eating too much

35. make his raft go where he wants

36. take away from

37. each of

38. correct -- ______________

39. underline the mistake and correct it

40. find words in the article to complete the Millie's e-mail to Jenny

41. it is a good idea to do sth

42. for example = _______________ = ________________

43. all the time

44. I saw a television programme about an elderly man who fishes with birds called cormorants.

45. hope (that) ...

hope to do sth

46. choose the right answers

47. passive voice

active voice

48. Active sentences tell us who or what does something.

49. A new cormorant is raised by Damin.

50. male -- ____________

51. lay/produce several eggs

52. After 25 days, it is hatched by a chicken on Damin's houseboat where he lives with his family.

53. At this time it is watched very carefully by the fisherman.

54. as soon as = on + V-ing

55. As soon as he sees the cormorant breaking the egg, he takes it away from the chicken.

56. The baby cormorant is looked after by Damin himself.

57. be (not) allowed to do sth

58. allow sb to do sth

59. grow stronger day by day

60. After two months it is taken to join the other birds on the raft, although it will not learn to catch fish for another year or more.

61. We can make passive sentences that tell us who or what does something by adding phrase with by.

62. be famous for

63. These days, works of art are produced by artists who work for big businesses in China.

64. be proud of = ___________________