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Unit 12 Mainly Revision
It's much cheaper to camp than to stay in a hotel.
露營比住旅館要便宜多了。
Unit 12 Mainly Revision
Is there anything else I should do?
我還有別的事要做嗎？
Unit 12 Mainly Revision
Do what you feel like!
做你想要做的事！
Unit 12 Mainly Revision
Why not take a friend with you?
為什么不邀上個朋友和你一起去呢？
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Then you can share the cost of the gas and the car.
這樣你們可以分攤汽油和租車的費用。
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I'd come too if I had time to spare.
如果我能勻出時間，我也愿意去。
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That sounds like a good idea. I have a few friends I could ring to see if they're free.
聽起來是個好主意。我可以打電話給我的幾個朋友看看他們是否有空。
Unit 12 Mainly Revision
I say, shall we go downtown this evening?
喂，今晚我們上街怎么樣？
Unit 12 Mainly Revision
We could have a walk around. Let's go out at about six o'clock, shall we?
我們可以四處走走。咱們大約6點出發，行嗎？
Unit 13 The USA
New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
紐約市建立在美國東海岸的一群島嶼上，那兒是好幾條河流入海的交匯點。
Unit 13 The USA
The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.
首次發現這些島嶼的西方人是一位意大利探險家，時間是1524年。
Unit 13 The USA
In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians, Native Americans, for a handful of goods worth about $24.
曼哈頓島是于1626年從當地的印第安人（即美洲土著人）手中買來的，只花了價值約為24美元的為數不多的貨物
Unit 13 The USA
Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.
今天，美國的土著人對這樁買賣仍然憤憤不平。
Unit 13 The USA
After the War of Independence ended, New York became the capital of the USA for a short time (1789-90) before Washington, D.C.
獨立戰爭結束以后，在華盛頓成為首都之前，紐約市曾經一度是美國的首都，不過時間很短（1789-90）。
Unit 13 The USA
By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125,000, making it the largest city in the USA.
到1820年，紐約市的人口增長到12。5萬人左右，使它成了當時美國最大的城市。
Unit 13 The USA
In 1858 an area of poor housing, factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was created, reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across three avenues.
1858年拆除了一大片破舊的房屋、工廠和農舍，建起了中央公園，這個公園從59街延伸到110街，跨越三條大馬路。
Unit 13 The USA
There is space for summer picnics, open-air concerts, plays and games.
這兒有空曠的地方，供作夏日野餐、露天音樂會、各種娛樂和競賽之用。
Unit 13 The USA
There is a zoo, an art museum, a boating lake, a smaller lake for model boats and, in winter, an ice-skating area.
還有一個動物園、一座藝術博物館，一個供人劃船用的湖。另有一個比較小的湖，供人們玩模型船艇，冬天就成為滑冰場。
Unit 13 The USA
In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began, during which 15 million new people passed through Ellis Island into the USA over a period of 62 years.
1892年開始了一個國外移民大量涌入的年代，在隨后的62年中，有1，500萬新來的人通過埃利斯島進入美國。
Unit 13 The USA
Today Ellis Island is a museum, showing the roots of America's new citizens, who came from all the corners of the earth.
今天，埃利斯島成了一座博物館，展示著來自世界各地的美國新公民的根源。
Unit 13 The USA
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官員們過去總是搞不清埃利斯島過境人員的外國姓名，因為他們非常繁忙，所以在過境的人蜂擁而至的時候，許多人的姓名都被更改了。
Unit 13 The USA
Thus Ellis Island became known as the Island of Tears.
想要進入美國的人都必須經過多次的智力測驗和體格檢查，大約有200萬人不準入境。因此，埃利斯島被人們稱為“眼淚島”。
Unit 13 The USA
The building of skyscrapers in New York began around the year 1900.
在1900年左右，摩天樓開始在紐約興建。
Unit 13 The USA
Because Manhattan Island is made of solid rock, it is safe to build very tall buildings.
曼合頓島是由堅固的巖石構成的，這使得興建大廈非常安全。
Unit 13 The USA
A 55-storey building went up in 1913, and in 1931 the Empire State Building was completed, then the tallest building in the world.
1913年一座55層高的大樓拔地而起。1931年帝國大廈竣工，這在當時是世界上最高的大廈。
Unit 13 The USA
It has 102 storeys and 73 lifts.
有102層樓，有電梯73部。
Unit 13 The USA
From the top of it, you could see up to a distance of 130 kilometres on a clear day.
在晴朗的日子里，從樓的頂層你可以看到130公里遠的地方。
Unit 13 The USA
Today it is no longer the tallest building in the USA, or even in New York.
今天，它不再是美國最高的大廈了，甚至在紐約都排不上號了。
Unit 13 The USA
The World Trade Center, an office building for over 1200 firms employing about 50,000 people, is even higher at 411 metres.
世界貿易中心要高得多，有411米。它是一座辦公大樓，樓里有1，200多家公司，大約有5萬雇員。
Unit 13 The USA
The twin towers are 110 storeys high, but high-speed lifts controlled by computer take only a minute to reach the top.
這座雙塔式大樓有110層高，而由電腦控制的高速電梯只需一分鐘就可以到達塔頂。