第2课 (274字 2分钟)

Passage Two

（K4 level）

1.In the year 1666, there was a terrible disease in London.

2.Thousands of people died every week.

3.The disease was carried by fleas, which live in clothes.

4.When people started to feel ill, they sneezed.

5.Then they had a high temperature and in less than a week, they died.

6.The village of Eyamis in the north of England.

7.People there heard of the terrible disease in London.

8.They were very happy that London was so far away.

9.One day a man arrived from London.

10.He brought with him lots of different things to sell.

11.Among these things, there was some cloth.

12.On it were the words "made in London."

13.Two days later, a boy sneezed.

14.He said that he had a headache.

15.Nobody worried much, but soon he was in bed with a high temperature.

16.The next day, the boy suddenly died, and another two people started to sneeze.

17.At once, the village people held a meeting to discuss what to do.

18.An old man explained that if people ran away from the village, they might carry the disease with them.

19.He added that the disease would then be carried to other places and thousands of people might die.

20.He insisted that they must make sure other people outside their village didn’t pick up the terrible disease.

21.The people of Eyam agreed with the old man.

22.In this way, they saved the population of the other villages from the terrible disease.

23.In the end, 40% of the population of Eyam died from the disease.

24.The disease itself died out.

25.The people who were still living were able to visit people outside the village again.

生词表（New Words）

1.disease 疾病 terrible 可怕的  

2.thousands 成千上万 died 死亡

3.carried 传播 fleas 跳蚤  

4.ill 不适 sneezed 打喷嚏  

5.temperature 高烧 died 去世  

6.village 村子 north 北部  

7.heard 听说 disease 疾病  

8.happy 高兴 far 远  

9.arrived 来到  

10.brought 带来 sell 出售  

11.cloth 布料  

12.words 写着  

13.sneezed 打喷嚏  

14.headache 头痛  

15.worried 在意 bed 床 temperature 发高烧  

16.suddenly 突然 died 去世 sneezed 打喷嚏  

17.meeting 会议 discuss 讨论  

18.explained 解释 carry 带走  

19.added 补充道 places 地方 die 死亡  

20.insisted 坚持 pick up 感染  

21.agreed 同意  

22.saved 拯救 population 居民  

23.population 人口 died 死亡  

24.died out 消失  

25.living 幸存 visit 访问

1.在1666年，伦敦爆发了一场可怕的疾病。

2.每周有成千上万的人死亡。

3.疾病是通过生活在衣服中的跳蚤传播的。

4.当人们开始感到不适时，他们会打喷嚏。

5.然后他们会发高烧，不到一周就去世了。

6.伊姆村位于英格兰北部。

7.那里的人听说了伦敦的可怕疾病。

8.他们很高兴伦敦离他们这么远。

9.有一天，一个人从伦敦来到这里。

10.他带来了许多不同的东西出售。

11.在这些东西中，有一些布料。

12.布料上写着“伦敦制造”。

13.两天后，一个男孩打了喷嚏。

14.他告诉大家他头痛。

15.没人太在意，但很快他发高烧躺在了床上。

16.第二天，这个男孩突然去世了，另外两个人开始打喷嚏。

17.村民立刻召开了一次会议，讨论该怎么办。

18.一位老人解释说，如果人们离开这个村子，他们可能会把疾病带走。

19.他补充道，这种疾病会被带到其他地方，成千上万的人可能会因此死亡。

20.他坚持认为，他们必须确保村外的人不会感染这种可怕的疾病。

21.伊姆村的人同意了老人的意见。

22.就这样，他们拯救了其他村庄的居民免受这种可怕疾病的侵害。

23.最终，伊姆村40%的人口死于这种疾病。

24.疾病本身也逐渐消失了。

25.幸存下来的人终于可以再次访问村外的人了。