第2课（280字 2分钟）

Passage Two

（K9 level）

1. In 1666, London was struck by a terrible disease.

2. Every week, thousands of people died.

3. The disease was spread by fleas, which lived in clothing.

4. People sneezed when they started feeling sick.

5. They would get a high fever and die within a week.

6. Eyam is a village in northern England.

7. The people there heard about the terrible disease in London.

8. They were relieved that London was so far away.

9. One day, a man arrived from London.

10. He had many different things to sell.

11. One of the things he brought was cloth.

12. The cloth had the words “made in London” on it.

13. Two days later, a boy sneezed.

14. He said that his head hurt.

15. At first, no one paid much attention, but soon he was in bed with a high fever.

16. The next day, the boy suddenly died, and two more people started sneezing.

17. The villagers quickly held a meeting to decide what to do.

18. An old man suggested that if people left the village, they might carry the disease with them.

19. He warned that the disease could spread to other places, and thousands would die.

20. He stressed that they needed to make sure others outside the village didn’t catch the disease.

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

22. By doing this, they saved people in other villages from the disease.

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

24. The disease eventually disappeared.

25. Those who survived were able to visit people outside the village once again.

生词表（New Words）

1. terrible 可怕的 disease 疾病 struck 爆发  

2. thousands 成千上万 died 死亡 week 周  

3. spread 传播 fleas 跳蚤 clothing 衣物  

4. sneezed 打喷嚏 feel 感到 sick 不适  

5. fever 高烧 died 死亡  

6. village 村庄 north 北部 England 英格兰  

7. heard 听说 terrible 可怕的 disease 疾病  

8. relieved 庆幸 far 远 away 远处  

9. arrived 到达 brought 带来 sell 卖  

10. things 东西 different 不同的 sell 卖  

11. cloth 布料 words 字句 London 伦敦  

12. sneezed 打喷嚏 later 后  

13. headache 头痛 said 说 hurt 疼  

14. worried 担心 bed 床 fever 高烧  

15. died 死亡 started 开始 sneezing 打喷嚏  

16. held 召开 meeting 会议 discuss 讨论  

17. suggested 建议 carry 带 leave 离开  

18. warned 警告 spread 扩散  

19. make sure 确保 others 其他 catch 感染  

20. agreed 同意 decision 决定 people 人们  

21. saved 挽救 population 人口 disease 疾病  

22. disappeared 消失 eventually 最终 disease 疾病  

23. survived 幸存 visit 拜访 outside 外面  

24. eventually 最终 disease 疾病 disappeared 消失  

25. survived 幸存 visit 拜访 outside 外面

生词表（New Words）

1. 1666年，伦敦爆发了一场可怕的疾病。

2. 每周有成千上万的人因此死亡。

3. 疾病是由跳蚤传播的，这些跳蚤生活在衣物中。

4. 当人们开始感到不适时，他们会打喷嚏。

5. 他们会发高烧，并且不到一周就会去世。

6. 埃亚姆是位于英格兰北部的一个村庄。

7. 那里的居民听说了伦敦爆发的可怕疾病。

8. 他们很高兴伦敦离这里那么远。

9. 有一天，一位从伦敦来的男人到达了村庄。

10. 他带来了许多不同的商品出售。

11. 其中有一块布料。

12. 布料上写着“伦敦制造”。

13. 两天后，一个男孩打了喷嚏。

14. 他告诉大家自己头疼。

15. 起初没有人太在意，但不久后他发高烧卧床。

16. 第二天，男孩突然去世，另外两个人开始打喷嚏。

17. 村民们迅速召开会议决定该怎么办。

18. 一位老人建议说，如果人们离开村庄，他们可能会将疾病带走。

19. 他警告说，疾病可能会传播到其他地方，导致成千上万的人死亡。

20. 他强调，他们需要确保外面的人不会感染这种疾病。

21. 埃亚姆的居民同意了老人的建议。

22. 通过这样做，他们保护了其他村庄的人们免受疾病的侵害。

23. 最终，埃亚姆40%的人口死于这种疾病。

24. 疾病最终消失了。

25. 幸存下来的人能够再次去拜访村外的人们。