分級(jí) | 牛津傳統(tǒng)故事8-4 Finn MacCool and the Giant's Causeway 學(xué)習(xí)筆記

?本書AR值2.9，難度不大卻非常有意思的一本。Cindy每次聽音頻都會(huì)有笑點(diǎn)，尤其是Finn MacCool裝小寶寶的那部分。對(duì)于快7歲的Cindy，牛傳8和9級(jí)別是最感興趣的，書也是百看不厭，故事內(nèi)容夠豐富夠精彩，回看低級(jí)別的就會(huì)嫌棄情節(jié)太簡(jiǎn)單了。

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8-4 Finn Maccool and the Gi

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mighty 強(qiáng)大的

Mighty is used to describe something that is very large or powerful. 

oak tree橡樹

dozen一打，十二

If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them

oxen/'?ksn/  牛（ox的復(fù)數(shù)）

An ox is a bull that has been castrated. Oxen are used in some countries for pulling vehicles or carrying things. 閹公牛

proud
 

boast自夸；自吹自擂

If you boast, you talk about how clever you are or how well youcandothings.
 

beat擊打；錘砸

To beat someone means to hit them hard a lot of times.

· It's cruel to beat animals.

fear 害怕；畏懼；擔(dān)憂

If you fear something, you are afraid of it.
 

. Don't worry. You have nothing to fear.

別擔(dān)心，你沒什么好害怕的。

fly into a rage

To become uncontrollably angry; to lose control of one's temper.

strode

Strode is the past tense and past participle of . (stride)

stride: walk there with quick, long steps. 大步走

bellow  (人) 吼叫

shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.

breeze: a gentle wind. 微風(fēng)

hurl 用力擲

throw it violently and with a lot of force. 

bonnet

a hat tied with strings under the chin, worn by babies and, especially in the past, by women（帶子系于下巴的）童帽，舊式女帽

nightgown /?na?tɡa?n/ = nightdress

cot （有圍欄的）幼兒床

 a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child 

gulp （因害怕或驚訝而）倒吸氣

swallow, but without eating or drinking anything, especially because of a strong emotion such as fear or surprise 

heave（用力）舉起，拖，拉，拋

lift, pull or throw sb/sth very heavy with one great effort 

mind you注意了，請(qǐng)注意

wonder 奇跡；奇觀；奇事；奇妙之處

something that fills you with surprise and admiration 

互動(dòng)討論：

Do you think that big rock is heavy or light?

Where did Finn maccool live? He lived in Ireland.

What was finn taller than? An oak tree.

They are shouting mean things each other.

What kind of lesson do you think angus is going to teach finn?

not a math lesson. He is going to give him a biting.

Finn started acting like a baby and listened to his wife.

拓展：關(guān)于Gaint's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway巨人堤道（也稱巨人之路）是北愛爾蘭著名的旅游景點(diǎn)，每年吸引大量游客游覽參觀。
 

“巨人之路”形成于6-5千萬年前，由于當(dāng)時(shí)的北大西洋板寬脫離歐洲大陸造成激烈的地殼運(yùn)動(dòng)，致使海底火山噴發(fā)，當(dāng)炎熱的熔巖遇到冰冷的北大西洋海水凝結(jié)再爆裂,形成了如今我們能看到的這種6邊形或多邊形的玄武巖石柱。

在“巨人之路”海岸，4萬多根這種玄武石柱不規(guī)則的排列起來，綿延幾公里，最高處超過海平面12米，氣勢(shì)磅礴，蔚為壯觀，無以倫比的地質(zhì)學(xué)奇觀，1986年聯(lián)合國教科文組織將其列為世界自然遺產(chǎn)。

地質(zhì)學(xué)家研究其中構(gòu)造，發(fā)現(xiàn)這道天然階梯是由活火山不斷噴發(fā)，火山熔巖多次溢出結(jié)晶而成。經(jīng)過海浪沖蝕，石柱群在不同高度被截?cái)啵愠尸F(xiàn)出高低參差的石柱林地貌。

在愛爾蘭的傳說中，愛爾蘭巨人在海中用石頭砌了一條通過蘇格蘭的道路去掠奪蘇格蘭巨人，蘇格蘭巨人生氣地沿著道路去報(bào)仇。愛爾蘭巨人把自己打扮成嬰兒的樣
子，蘇格蘭巨人見了以為愛爾蘭巨人連嬰兒都那么大只，于是倉皇逃走，邊走邊拆路，剩下的就是今天的巨人之路了。