1月8日西门麦当劳英语角授课内容

一、奥运英语每日一句：北京是世界一流城市

Hello I’m James Bidwell, chief executive of Visit London. This is my first visit to Beijing, and I’m really impressed by the hospitality of the citizens of this great city. London and Beijing are both world-class cities.（大家好，我是詹姆斯? 彼德维尔，伦敦旅游局长。这是我第一次到访北京。北京人民的热情好客给我留下了非常深刻的印象。）

今天我们的嘉宾是远道而来的英国伦敦旅游局长詹姆斯? 彼德维尔先生。他一来北京就被北京人民的好客所打动。

I’m really impressed by the hospitality of the citizens in this great city.（北京人民的热情好客给我留下了非常深刻的印象。）hospitality是好客的意思。

London and Beijing are both world-class cities. （伦敦和北京都是世界一流的城市）world-class就是世界级的、世界一流的。a world-class city 世界一流的城市。

今日关键点（Today’s key points）是：

hospitality好客

a world-class city世界一流的城市

二、看新闻，学英语

Live mice found on U.S. flight to China

As many as eight dead and live mice were found on a United Airlines' (UA) flight from Washington to Beijing, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said Monday.

The UA reported to the BeijingCapitalInternationalAirport on Sunday afternoon after its arrival that they found live mice on the flight UA897.

An emergency team was immediately dispatched to the aircraft. All the entries to the plane were shut down for further examination.

The team putrat poison and mice traps at every possible corners on the aircraft, including the cockpit.

Eight mice, dead and live, were found at last, which were hidden in pillows. Live mice had been sent to labs for virus test.

Experts said that mice could spread more than 35 fatal virus, including plague spot and ship fever. In addition, they might bite circuits of the plane, and cause deadly accidents.

They also commented that it was very rare to find so many mice on one aircraft.