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21 How Things Work




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hello hello hi today we look at how

things work for example do you know how

a fax machine works or this do you know

how this works Nathalie

what is it a sifter a sifter for sifting

flour let's go to Ma P advertising and

meet Karl Schiller Karl is a client and

a friend of Julia Marsh

he's from Munich in Germany this is his

first visit to London and I wanted to

give you these brochures before

tomorrow's meeting oh and I have a

present for you oh do you like it yes

it's great thank you very much

now where does this go oh yes yeah oh

and it has a radio too how does it work

there's a switch there yes it says see

this way and radio that way hmm and you

need these batteries and this CD to help

you learn German thanks again car you're

very kind

you're welcome now I must go and find

the hotel oh I can help you there

there's a very nice hotel near where I

live in Wimbledon Wimbledon yes it's

about six miles ten kilometres from

centre of town but it's a lovely area

fine okay I'll book a room for you and

then I'll tell you how to get there

thanks Julia liked her present

she asked two questions one about the

headphones and one about the radio where

does this go

how does it work now let's join Rachel

and Rita at em AP advertising rachel has

two letters she wants to fax but she

doesn't know how to use the fax machine

how does it work

cz I'll show you first put the letter in

here like this okay next press this

button the button with the tail for

telephone then type in the fax number

what is it Oh two seven nine four five

oh seven six seven then wait for the

message online here

and that's it got it yes I think so can

I try now of course first put the letter

in here next press this button first

next then words you use to show that one

action comes after another first put the

letter in here next press this button

then type in the fax number food come

back stop now listen to me never never

never go near that is that clear you

understand yes ma'am what is that that's

a mousetrap what does it do it kills

mice how does it work I'll show you

don't stand there move back good now

watch first touch the cheese next push

down Oh then eat the cheese the mother

Mouse told her baby not to go near a

mousetrap never never never

then she asked two questions is that

clear

do you understand

Karl Schiller is at his hotel in

Wimbledon it's the hotel that Julia

recommended it's cold in here

how do I turn on the heating the heating

is on sir but you're right it is cold

there's a thermostat here on the wall

I'll turn it up thank you

there's something wrong with the TV it

doesn't work you have to press this

button then the light switches are here

this turns on your main light and this

turns on the bedside lights and this is

your radio and alarm clock thank you

will that be all sir yes that's fine

thanks thank you sir enjoy your stay

there were some important words there

like turn on you turn on the light you

turn on the central heating if the room

is too cold you turn up the heating

using the thermostat and if it's too hot

you turn it down how do you turn on the

heating how do you turn on the heating

I'll turn it up I'll turn it up there's

something wrong with the TV something

wrong it doesn't work

Mildred Cookson is a Miller at an old

water mill on the River Thames the mill

turns grain into flour for making bread

and cakes but how does the mill work the

water mill is actually powered by this

waterwheel here and that in turn moves

all the machinery inside the mill

a grain is brought to the mill insects

and I have to get it up from the ground

floor up into the roof to store it

then when the waterwheel starts up the

grain can flow down from where it is on

the top floor onto the stone floor where

the mill stones are into the mill stones

this is a set of mill stones without the

covering on the top stone here that goes

round and the bottom stone setting the

floor that doesn't move here is the shoe

and here is the damsel the damsel turns

with the top stone and the grain can

flow down the shoe past the damsel and

into the middle of the millstone here

the grain then travels outwards in

between the two millstones the

internally into flour as it reaches the

edge and get to push down the hole in

the floor down to the flour back to

below

how does this flour sifter work Kevin

it's easy first you hold it like this

next you put in the flour then and

that's it for today

goodbye


知识点

重点词汇
alarm [əˈlɑ:m] n. 闹钟；警报，警告器；惊慌 vt. 警告；使惊恐 {gk cet4 ky toefl ielts :3004}

machinery [məˈʃi:nəri] n. 机械；机器；机构；机械装置 {ky :3098}

batteries ['bætərɪz] n. [电] 电池（battery的复数形式） { :3193}

grain [greɪn] n. 粮食；颗粒；[作物] 谷物；纹理 vt. 使成谷粒 vi. 成谷粒 n. (Grain)人名；(法)格兰 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :3222}

kevin [ˈkevin] n. 凯文（男子名） { :3255}

rachel ['reitʃәl] n. 雷切尔（女子名） n. 拉结（旧约圣经里雅各的妻子) { :3360}

insects ['ɪnsekts] n. [昆] 昆虫；昆虫类，昆虫纲（insect的复数形式） {ielts :3405}

flour [ˈflaʊə(r)] n. 面粉；粉状物质 vt. 撒粉于；把…磨成粉 n. (Flour)人名；(法)弗卢尔 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :3429}

miller [ˈmɪlə(r)] n. 磨坊主；碾磨工；蛾 n. (Miller)人名；(西、葡)米列尔；(英、德、法、爱沙、芬、罗、瑞典、波)米勒 { :3582}

Thames [temz] n. （伦敦的）泰晤士河 { :3815}

julia [ˈdʒu:ljə] n. 朱莉娅（女子名） { :4430}

kilometres [ˈkiləˌmi:təz] n. 千米，公里( kilometre的名词复数 ) { :4574}

brochures [brəʊ'ʃəz] n. [印刷][图情] 小册子（brochure的复数） {ielts :4759}

Wimbledon ['wimbldәn] n. 温布尔顿（位于伦敦附近， 是著名的国际网球比赛地） { :4873}

goodbye [ˌgʊdˈbaɪ] int. 再见 放弃 告别 {zk :5578}

FAX [fæks] n. 传真 vt. 传真 n. (Fax)人名；(英、法)法克斯 {gk cet4 ky :5729}

marsh [mɑ:ʃ] n. 沼泽；湿地 adj. 沼泽的；生长在沼泽地的 n. (Marsh)人名；(俄)马尔什；(英、瑞典)马什 {cet6 toefl ielts gre :6540}

karl [kɑ:l] n. 卡尔（男子名，等于Charles） { :6663}

EM [em] n. 西文排版行长单位 adj. 全身长的 abbr. 地球质量（earth mass）；放射（emanation）；电子邮件（email） pron. 他们（等于them） n. (Em)人名；(德、挪、罗、土)埃姆；(柬)恩 { :6683}

MA [mɑ:] abbr. 文学硕士（Master of Arts）；磁放大器（magnetic amplifier）；主报警信号（main alarm） { :6756}

internally [ɪn'tɜ:nəlɪ] adv. 内部地；国内地；内在地 { :7769}

Munich ['mju:nik] n. 慕尼黑（联邦德国城市） { :7841}

sifting ['sɪftɪŋ] n. 过筛，过滤；筛选 v. 筛撒，纷落，详察（sift的现在分词形式） { :7955}

bedside [ˈbedsaɪd] n. 床边，床旁 adj. 床旁的，枕边的 { :8016}

outwards [ˈaʊtwədz] adv. 向外地 {cet4 cet6 :8555}

rita [ˈri:tə] n. 丽塔（女子名） { :10397}

mildred [ˈmildrid] n. 米尔德里德（女子名） { :10987}

headphones [ˈhedfəʊnz] n. [电讯] 耳机；听筒；[电子] 头戴式受话器（headphone的复数形式） { :11538}


难点词汇
thermostat [ˈθɜ:məstæt] n. 恒温器；自动调温器 vt. 为…配备恒温器；用恒温器控制 { :15617}

damsel [ˈdæmzl] n. 少女；年轻女人 n. (Damsel)人名；(英)达姆塞尔 { :20631}

millstone [ˈmɪlstəʊn] n. 磨石；重担 { :21046}

millstones [ˈmilstəunz] n. 磨( millstone的名词复数 ); 磨石; 粉碎器; 重担 { :21046}

mousetrap [ˈmaʊstræp] n. 捕鼠器；诡计 vt. 诱捕 { :24713}

schiller ['ʃilә] n. 青铜色光泽 { :24846}

waterwheel [ˈwɔ:təwi:l] n. 水车；水轮；吊水机 { :29740}

sifter [ˈsɪftə(r)] n. 筛子；负责筛选的人 n. (Sifter)人名；(匈)希夫特 { :32450}

Cookson [ ] n. (Cookson)人名；(英)库克森 { :34864}


复习词汇
mill [mɪl] vi. 乱转；被碾磨 n. 工厂；磨坊；磨粉机；制造厂；压榨机 vt. 搅拌；碾磨；磨细；使乱转 n. (Mill)人名；(英、德、俄、瑞典)米尔 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl gre :2128}


生僻词
cz [ ] Czech Republic 捷克

nathalie [ ] [女子名] 纳瑟莉 Noel的阴性; [电影]娜塔莉


词组
a grain [ ] [网络] 一粒；谷子

alarm clock [əˈlɑ:m klɔk] n. 闹钟 [网络] 闹铃时钟；响闹式时钟；闹钟功能

fax machine [fæks məˈʃi:n] [网络] 传真机；图文传真机；电话传真机

fax number [ ] [网络] 传真号码；输入传真号码；传真机号码

flour sifter [ ] [网络] 粉筛；面粉筛；筛粉机

mill stone [ ] n.磨石

mill work [mil wə:k] na. 水磨(厂)机械；水磨机械的安装[设计]；构件加工 [网络] 铣制；磨粉

mill works [ ] 磨坊

water mill [ ] na. 水车；水磨 [网络] 水磨坊；水力磨坊；水磨图片



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