第一篇：必修2-人教版高中英語課文原文和翻譯-

Book2 Unit1 Cultural relics

IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

尋找琥珀屋

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it.The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey.The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.普魯士國王腓特烈·威廉一世絕不可能想到他送給俄羅斯人民的厚禮會有一段令人驚訝的歷史。

這件禮物就是琥珀屋,它之所以有這個名字,是因為造這間房子用了近幾噸琥珀,被選擇的琥珀色彩艷麗,呈黃褐色,像蜜一樣。屋子的設計當時流行的極富藝術表現(xiàn)力的建筑風格。琥珀屋這件珍品還鑲嵌著黃金和珠寶,全國最優(yōu)秀的藝術家用了是年的時間才完成它。

In fact, the room was not made to be a gift.It was designed for the palace of Frederick I.However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it.In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great.In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.事實上,琥珀屋并不是作為禮物而建造的。它是作為腓烈特一世的宮殿而建造的。然而,下一位普魯士國王,腓烈特·威廉一世,這個琥珀屋的主人卻決定不再要它了。1716年,他把它送給了彼得大帝。作為回饋,沙皇則送給他一隊自己最好的士兵。所以,琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡東宮的一部分。琥珀屋長約4米,被用作接待重要來賓的小型會客室。

Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.She told her artists to add more details to it.In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted.Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.后來、葉卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到了圣彼得堡郊外避暑的宮殿中。她讓藝術家們給它增添了更多的裝飾。1770年,這間琥珀屋按她要求的方式完工了。將近600支蠟燭照亮了這個房間,里面的鏡子和圖畫就像金子一樣閃閃發(fā)光。不幸的是,雖然琥珀屋被認為是世界奇跡之一,可是現(xiàn)在它卻下落不明。

In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg.This was a time when the two countries were at war.Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room.However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself.In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes.There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.1941年9月,納粹德國的軍隊逼近了圣彼得堡。這是兩國交戰(zhàn)的時期。在納粹分子能夠到達夏宮之前,俄國人只來得及把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小型藝術飾品搬走。可是琥珀屋本身卻被一些納粹分子秘密地頭運走了。在不到兩天的時間里,琥珀屋被拆成10萬塊裝進了27個木箱里。毫無疑問,這些箱子后來被裝上火車運往哥尼斯堡,當時它是波羅的海的海邊的一個城市。

Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace.By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one.In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.從那以后,琥珀屋的最終歸宿就成了一個謎。最近俄國人和德國人已經在夏宮建立起了一個新的琥珀屋,通過研究前琥珀屋的照片,他們使得新的琥珀屋的樣子與原來的非常相像。2003年,在圣彼得堡人民慶祝他們的城市建立300周年的時候,它已經完工了。

Book2 Unit 2 The Olympic Games

AN INTERVIEW 一個采訪

Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games.He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.大約2000年前的一個希臘作者帕薩尼亞斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明關于現(xiàn)代的奧林匹克運動會。他正在采訪一個2008年奧林匹克運動會志愿者李巖(L)P: My name is Pausanias.I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago.I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland.May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics? L: Good heavens!Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like.What would you like to know? P: How often do you hold your Games? L: Every four years.There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis.The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors.They may come from anywhere in the world.P:我是帕薩尼亞斯。我住在你們所說的“古希臘”而且在很久之前我常常寫以一些關于奧林匹克運動會的事情。我來到你的時代是為了解關于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會因為我知道2004年奧林匹克運動會會在我家鄉(xiāng)舉辦。我可以問你一些關于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會的問題么？

L:真是極為愉快的事!你真的來自那么久遠的時代么？不過當然你可以問你想問的問題。你想知道什么？ P:你們多久會舉辦一次運動會？

L:四年一次。有兩種主要的運動會形式--冬季和夏季奧運會，并且在一個有規(guī)律的基礎上他們都是四年舉辦一次的。冬季奧運會一般會在夏季奧運會前兩年舉辦。只有達到該項目既定的標準的運動員才會被容許成為競爭者。他們可以來自世界各地。

P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses? L: Oh no!There are no running races or horse riding events.Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice.That’s why they’re called the Winter Olympics.It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P: I see.Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world.Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning.No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough.There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard.Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and ? P:冬季奧運會？田徑運動員如何在冬季享受比賽？還有馬術又怎樣？ L:哦不!冬季奧運會沒有賽跑和騎馬的項目。反而會有一些像滑雪和溜冰這些需要雪和冰的項目。這就是為什么他成為冬季奧運會。只有在夏季奧運會會有你說賽跑，同時還有游泳，帆船運動和所有團隊運動。

P:我懂了。之前你說那些運動員都被邀請來自世界各地。你了解希臘世界么？我們希臘城過去互相競賽只為勝利的榮譽。沒有其他的地區(qū)可以參加，奴隸和婦女也不可以。

L:現(xiàn)在只要他們的運動員夠好的話任何國家都可以參加。有超過250種項目并且每一種都有它自己的標準。婦女不僅允許參加比賽，并且她們在體操比賽，競技比賽，團隊比賽和其他各種比賽中都扮演著重要的角色。

P: Please wait a minute!All those events, all those countries and even women taking part!Where are all the athletes housed? L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive.Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games? L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity.It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen.There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals.The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China.Did you know that? P:麻煩稍等一下！所有的這些項目，所有的國民甚至婦女都可以參加！那么這些運動員們居住在哪里？

L:在每一場奧運會前，一座特別的村莊會被建來給他們居住，還有一座主要的接待建筑，幾個用來比賽的體育場和一座體育館等 P:那聽起來很貴。有哪個國家會想要舉辦奧運會么？

L:事實上，每個國家都想要這個機會。這是一個很大的責任同樣是一個很大的榮譽如果被挑選到。在國家之間有很多競爭去為舉辦奧運會就像去贏得奧林匹克獎牌一樣。2008年的奧運會將會在北京舉行。這你知道么？

P: Oh yes!You must be very proud.L: Certainly.And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London.They have already started planning for it.A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London.New medals will be designed of course and ?

P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced!Oh dear!Do you compete for prize money too? L: No, we don’t.it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further.That’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.” P: Well, that’s good news.How interesting!Thank you so much for your time.P:哦是的！你一定非常自豪。

L:當然。之后的2012年奧運會將在倫敦舉行。他們早就開始為這個做準備了。一座讓運動員居住的村莊和所有的運動場將會被建在東倫敦。當然新的獎牌會被設計......P:你是說獎牌么？所以甚至是橄欖花圈也已經被取代了！哦親愛的！你們比賽也為了獎金么？

L:不我們不。現(xiàn)在仍然想要跑得更快跳的更高扔得更遠。正如你知道的奧運會的格言-“更快更高更強”。

P:好吧，那是個好消息。多么有趣啊！耽擱你的時間，謝謝了。

Book2 Unit 3 Computers

WHO AM I? 我是誰

Over time I have been changed quite a lot.I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642.Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person.At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”.In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem.From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger.However, this reality also worried my designers.As time went by, I was made smaller.First as a PC(personal computer)and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.隨著時間的推移我被改變了很多。在1642年的法國，我是作為一個計算機器而開始的。雖然我很年輕我可以簡化一些計算題。在我被Charles Babbage改造成分析機器之前我很慢的發(fā)展了接近兩百年。之后我被一個操作員用帶洞的卡調制成了可以合邏輯地思考并且比任何人都快地得出一些問題的答案。那是一個被成為技術改革的時候并且開始了我的人造智能。在1936年我真正的父親Alan Turing寫了一本關于我如何像普遍的機器一樣去解決任何困難的數(shù)學問題的書。從那起，我在體積和智能方面快速的發(fā)展。在1940年我變得像一個房間一樣大，并且我想知道我是否還能變得更大。然而，事實也在困擾著我的設計者。隨著時間的推移，我被制的更小。首先是個人電腦再到后來的手提電腦，在1970年我已經開始被用在辦公室和家里。

These changes only became possible as my memory improved.First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips.As a result I totally changed my shape.As I have grown older I have also grown smaller.Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it!But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.這些變化只因為我記憶力的增強。開始記憶被存放于電子管里，然后是晶體管和后來更小的晶片。因此我改變了我的整個外型。隨著我慢慢變老我也慢慢的變小。隨著時間推移我的記憶力發(fā)展的那么快，像頭大象，我不會忘記任何我曾被告知的東西！而且我的記憶力變得如此的大以至于我都不敢相信!不過我總是自己那么孤單的站在那里，直到1960年他們通過網絡給了我一個家庭關系。我能夠通過萬維網和其他的電腦分享我的知識。

Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.I have become very important in communication, finance and trade.I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations.I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars.Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality.I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!從1970年起很多新的應用為我而被發(fā)明。我在交流，金融和貿易方面變得重要。我同樣被放進遙控裝置中被用來制造移動電話也幫助醫(yī)學手術。我已經被放進太空火箭并被送去探測月亮和火星。即使如此，我的目的是為人們提供高質量的生活。我現(xiàn)在充滿快樂應為我成為了人類種族中的一個忠心的朋友和幫助者。

Book2 Unit 4 Wildlife protection

HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WLDLIFE

如何學習去幫助野生動物

Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife.One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed.“Where do you want to go?” it asked.Daisy responded immediately.“I'd like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said.“Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet.There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad.It said, “We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs.Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you.As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “I'm sorry I didn't know that.I wonder what is being done to help you.Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection.” Daisy常常渴望去幫助瀕臨滅絕的種類的野生動物。一天她醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)一個正在飛行的飛毯在她包里。“你想去哪里？”它問。Daisy立刻回答它。“我想去看那些瀕臨滅絕的動物，”她說。“請帶我去那個我可以找到供給皮毛去制造這件毛衣的動物的一個遙遠的地方。”飛毯立刻帶她飛去了西藏。在那里Daisy看到了一支看起來很傷心的羚羊。它說，“我們被殺是為了我們肚子下的毛。我們的皮毛被人類用來制造像你這樣的毛衣。因此，現(xiàn)在我們是一種瀕臨滅絕的種類。”然后Daisy哭喊著，“我很抱歉我不知道那些。我想知道什么可以被做來幫助你們。飛毯，請帶我去一個有一些野生動物保護區(qū)的地方。”

The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe.Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant.“Have you come to take my photo?” it asked.In relief Daisy burst into laughter.“Don't laugh,” said the elephant, ”We used to be an endangered species.Farmers hunted us without mercy.They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies.So the government decided to help.They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers.Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing.So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.“ 飛毯飛得如此的快以至于他們下一分鐘就在Zimbabwe。Daisy轉來轉去然后發(fā)現(xiàn)她被一頭大象盯著。“你過來跟我照相了么？”它問。Daisy松了口氣突然笑起來。“不要笑，”大象說，“我們曾經是瀕臨滅絕的品種。農民好不仁慈地獵殺我們。他們說我們破壞了他們的天地，和來自那些只游覽大工廠的游客的錢。所以政府決定去幫助。他們允許游客給錢農民然后可以去獵殺確定數(shù)量的動物。現(xiàn)在農民很高興而且我們的數(shù)量在增加。所以好事情正被做于營救當?shù)氐囊吧鷦游铩aisy smiled.”That's good news.It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests.“ The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest.A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself.”What are you doing?“ asked Daisy.” I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it replied.“When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body.It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes.You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together.No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.” Daisy微笑了。“那是個好消息。它展示了野生動物保護的重要性，不過我喜歡去幫助像WWF這樣的建議。”飛毯再次升起然后幾乎同一時間他們在一個陰霾的熱帶雨林。一支猴子看著他們就像它摩擦它自己。“你在干什么？”Daisy問。“我在保護自己不受蚊子的傷害，”它回答。“當我找到一只千足蟲昆蟲，我會在我身上摩擦它。它包涵了一種強大的可以影響蚊子的藥物。你應該更加注意那些我居住的熱帶雨林并好好鑒賞動物們如何居住在一齊。沒有雨林，沒有動物，沒有藥物。”

Daisy was amazed.“Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug.Monkey, please come and help.” The monkey agreed.The carpet flew home.As they landed, things began to disappear.Two minutes later everything had gone-the monkey, too.So Daisy was not able to make her new drug.But what an experience!She had learned so much!And there was always WWF?

Daisy很驚訝。“飛毯，請帶我回家這樣我可以聯(lián)系WWF并開始保護這種新的藥物。猴子，請過來幫忙。”那猴子同意了。飛毯飛回家了。當他們降落時，事物開始消失了。兩分鐘后所有東西都消失了-那只猴子也是。所以Daisy不能去制造她的新藥物。不過如此的一段經歷！她已經學習了那么多東西！而且還有WWF......Book2 Unit 5 Music THE BAND THAT WASN'T 并非樂隊的樂隊

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.But just how do people form a band? 你曾經想過要成為一個樂隊里有名的歌手或音樂家嗎？你是否曾夢想過在音樂會上面對成千上萬的觀眾演唱，觀眾欣賞你的歌唱為你鼓掌嗎？你唱卡拉OK時是否假裝自己就是像宋祖英或劉歡一樣著名的歌星嗎？說實在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。那么，人們又是怎樣一起組成樂隊的呢？

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music.They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone's house is the first step to fame.Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments.Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash.Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!許多音樂家聚在一起組成樂隊，是因為他們喜歡自己作曲，演奏自己的音樂。他們開始可能是一組中學生，在某個人家里排練音樂是成名的第一步。有時他們可能在街上或地鐵里為過路人演奏，這樣他們可以為自己或自己要買的樂器多掙一些錢。后來，他們可能在酒吧或者俱樂部里演出，這樣他們可以得到現(xiàn)金。當然，他們希望在錄音棚里錄音，然后賣掉上百萬張碟，從而成為百萬富翁。

However, there was one band that started in a different way.It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show.The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles.The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing.They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough.They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.然而，也有一個用不同方式組建起來的樂隊。這支樂隊叫“門基樂隊”，它開始時是以電視節(jié)目表演的形式出現(xiàn)的。組成樂隊的音樂人演奏音樂，還彼此打趣都笑。這些玩笑和音樂大多都在模仿“甲殼蟲”樂隊。電視制作人原計劃想尋找四位會唱又會表演的樂手。他們在報紙上登了一則廣告，想招搖滾樂手，但他們只招到一個滿意的。樂隊的其他三人只能用演員來代替。

As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them.So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing.Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by other groups.They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them.Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians.However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music.In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records.The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s.They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band 因為這些演員中有些人唱得不是很好，他們不得不依靠隊里的其他人幫助。所以在演出的時候他們只是假唱。不管怎樣，他們的表演非常幽默以至于其他的樂隊也開始模仿。他們非常走紅使得歌迷們?yōu)榱烁邮煜に麄兌闪⒘司銟凡俊ｉT基樂隊每個星期都要在電視上演唱由別的音樂家創(chuàng)作的歌曲。然而，經過大約一年以后，門基樂隊逐漸對自己的工作認真起來，他們開始像一支真正的樂隊那樣演唱自己創(chuàng)作的歌曲。然后他們錄制自己的唱片，并且開始巡回表演他們自己的音樂。在美國，他們甚至比“甲殼蟲”樂隊還要受歡迎，出售的錄音專輯還要多。“門基樂隊”大約在1970年左右解散，但是令人高興的是，到80年代中期他們再次聚首。在1996年，他們推出了一張新的專輯，像真正的樂隊一樣以此來慶祝他們以往的時光

第二篇：人教版高中英語課文原文和翻譯-必修1

必修1 第一單元 Reading 閱讀

ANNE’S BEST FRIEND

Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.安妮最好的朋友

你想不想有一位無話不談能推心置腹的朋友？或者你會不會擔心你的朋友會嘲笑你，會不理解你目前的困境呢？安妮?弗蘭克想要的是第一種類型的朋友，所以她把的日記視為自己最好的朋友。

Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II.Her family was Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis.She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered.During that time the only true friend was her diary.She said, “I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，安妮住在荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹。她一家人都是猶太人，所以他們不得不躲藏起來，否則就會被德國的納粹分子抓去。她和她的家人躲藏了25個月之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。在那段時期，她的日記成了她唯一忠實的朋友。她說：“我不愿像大多數(shù)人那樣在日記中記流水賬。我要把我的日記當作自己的朋友，我把我的這個朋友叫做基蒂。”現(xiàn)在，來看看安妮自1942年7月起躲進藏身處后的那種心情吧。[來源:學科網]

Thursday 15, June, 1944 Dear kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.That’s changed since I was here.?For example, when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to have a good look at the moon for once by myself.But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window.Another time some months ago, I happened to be upstairs one evening when the window was open.I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut.The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power;it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face…

?Sadly…I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows.It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.Yours, Anne 1944年6月15日，星期四

親愛的基蒂：

我不知道這是不是因為我太久無法出門的緣故，我變得對一切與大自然有關的事物都無比狂熱。我記得非常清楚，以前，湛藍的天空、鳥兒的歌唱、月光和鮮花，從未令我心迷神往過。自從我來到這里之后，這一切都變了。[來源:學#科#網Z#X#X#K] ??比如說，有一天晚上天氣很暖和，我故意熬到晚上11點半都不睡覺，為的就是能獨自好好地看看月亮。但是因為月光太亮了，我都不敢打開窗戶。還有一次，就在五個月以前的一個晚上，我碰巧在樓上，窗戶是開著的，我一直呆到非關窗不可的時候才下樓去。漆黑的雨夜，刮著大風，電閃雷鳴，烏云滾滾，我完全被這種景象鎮(zhèn)住了。這是我一年半以來第一次親眼目睹的夜晚??

??不幸的是??我只能透過那滿是灰塵的窗簾下那臟兮兮的窗戶看看大自然。只能隔著窗戶看那大自然實在沒意思，因為大自然是需要真正體驗的東西。你的安妮

Using Language 語言運用

Reading and listening

讀與聽

[來源:學科網] 1 Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers and predict what Miss Wang will say.After listening, check and discuss her advice.Dear Miss Wang, I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment.I’m getting along well with a boy in my class.We often do homework together and we enjoy helping each other.We have become really good friends.But other students have started gossiping.They say that this boy and I have fallen in love.This has made me angry.I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping.What should I do? Yours, Lisa 1 讀讀琳達為青少年寫給電臺王小組的這封信，然后王小姐可能會怎么說。聽完錄音之后，核對并討論她的建議。親愛的王小姐：

現(xiàn)在我同班上的同學有些麻煩事。我跟我們班里的一位男同學一直相處的很好。我們常常一起做家庭作業(yè)，而且很樂意互相幫助。我們成了真正好朋友。可是，其他同學卻在背后議論起來，他們說我和這位男同學在談戀愛，這使我很生氣。我不想中斷這段友誼，但是，我又討厭人家背后說閑話。我該怎么辦呢？[來源:學+科+網] 你的莉薩

Reading and writing

讀與寫

Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong.He is also asking for some advice.Read the letter on the right carefully and help Miss Wang answer it.王小姐收到小冬的一封來信。小冬是要征求一些意見。仔細閱讀右邊的信，然后幫王小姐回復。

Dear Miss Wang, I’m a student from Huzhou Senior High School.I have a problem.I’m not very good at communicating with people.Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find it hard to make good friends with them.So I feel quite lonely sometimes.I do want to change this situation, but I don’t know how.I would be grateful if you could give me some advice.Yours, Xiaodong 親愛的王小姐：

我是湖州高中的一名學生，我有一個難題，我不大善于與人們交際。雖然我試著和班上的同學交談，但是，我還是很難跟他們成為好朋友。因此，有時候我感到十分的孤獨。我確實想改變這種現(xiàn)狀，但是我卻不知道怎么辦。如果您能給我提些建議，我會非常感謝的。你的小東 Decide which are the best ideas and put them into an order.Then write down your advice and explain how it will help.Each idea can make one paragraph.The following sample and the expressions may help you Dear Xiaodong, I’m sorry you are having trouble in making friends.However, the situation is easy to change if you follow my advice.Here are some tips to help you.First, why not…? If you do this,…

Secondly, you could / can … Then / That way, …

Thirdly, it would be a good idea if … By doing this, …

I hope you will find these ideas useful.Yours Miss Wang 2 決定哪些是最好并把它們按順序組織起來。然后把你的建議寫出來，并解釋它為什么會有所幫助。每個想法可以自成一個段落。下面的例子和表達可能對你有所幫助。親愛的小冬：

很遺憾聽說你在交朋友的過程中遇到了困難。但是，如果你聽聽我的建議，這種情況是很容易改變的。這些建議會對你有所幫助。第一，為什么不??呢？ 如果你這樣做??

第二，你可以?? 這樣的話??

第三，如果??那將是個不錯的主意。通過做??

我希望你會發(fā)現(xiàn)這些想法對你有所幫助。你的王小姐

LEARNING TIP 學習建議

It’s a good habit for you to keep a diary.It can help you remember past events.You can express your feelings and thoughts in it.It will help you improve your English if you write your diary in English.Why not have a try?

寫日記對你來說是一個好習慣。它可以幫你記住一些過去發(fā)生的事件。你還可以在日記中表達你的情感和思想。如果你用英語寫日記的話，還可以幫助你提高英語水平。為什么不試一試呢？

[來源:學科網ZXXK]

第二單元

Reading 閱讀

THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.Nearly all of them lived in England.Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.通向現(xiàn)代英語之路

在16世紀末，大約有五至七百萬人講英語。幾乎所有這些講英語的人都住在英格蘭。在其后的一個世紀中，英格蘭人為征服世界航海到了世界其他一些地方，結果世界的其他地方的人們也開始說英語了。今天，把英語作為自己的第一語言、第二語言或外語來使用的人比以往任何時候都多。

Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.Look at this example: British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come up to your apartment.以英語作為母語的人，即使他們所講不是同一種英語，他們也能彼此聽懂。請看看這個例子： 英國人貝蒂：來看看我的公寓嗎？

美國人艾米：好的，我來看看你的公寓吧。

So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoken first Danish and later French.These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary.So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.In 1620 some British settlers moved to America.Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too.English began to be spoken in both countries.那么，隨著時間的推移英語為什么發(fā)生了變化呢？實際上，當不同文化相互交流滲透時，所有的語言都會有所發(fā)展和變化。開始，英格蘭人在大約公元450年到1150年之間所說的英語與我們今天所說的英語很不一樣。當時的英語更多的是以德語為基礎的，不像我們現(xiàn)在說的英語。后來，大約在公元800年至1150年之間，英語慢慢變得不那么像德語，因為統(tǒng)治英格蘭的那些人開始是說丹麥語，后來說法語。這些新來的定居者豐富了英語語言，尤其是豐富了英語詞匯。所以到17世紀初的時候，莎士比亞能夠得以使用比以往任何時候都豐富的詞匯。1620年一些英國定居者來到了美洲，后來到了18世紀的時候，一些英國人還被帶到了澳大利亞。英語也就開始在這兩個國家使用。

Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.最后到19世紀的時候，英語這種語言就變得穩(wěn)定了。當時，英語的拼寫發(fā)生了兩個很大的變化：先是塞繆爾?約翰遜編寫了他的英語詞典，后是諾亞?韋伯斯特出版了《美國英語詞典》。后者使得美式英語的拼寫有了其獨特的個性。

English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.During that time English became the language for government and education.English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa.Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners.Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.現(xiàn)在英語在南亞地區(qū)也被作為外語或第二語言使用。比如，印度就有很多人說英語說得很流利，因為在1765年到1947年之間英國統(tǒng)治著印度。在此期間，英語成了印度政府和教育所用的語言。在新加坡和馬來西亞以及像非洲的南非，人們現(xiàn)在也說英語。當今，在中國學英語的人數(shù)正在快速增加，事實上，中國可能是學英語人數(shù)最多的國家。中國式英語是否也能發(fā)展成一種具有自己獨特個性的語言？這還有待時間去證明。

Using Language 語言運用

STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English.This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.[來源:學科網ZXXK] When people use words and expressions different form “standard language”, it is called a dialect.American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects.Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently.American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.[來源:學#科#網Z#X#X#K] Geography also plays a part in making dialects.Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older kind of English dialect.When Americans moved form one place to another, they took their dialects with them.So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA.The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken.Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects.什么是標準英語？是在英國、美國、加拿大、澳大利亞、印度、新西蘭所說的英語嗎？信不信由你，（世界上）沒有什么標準英語。許多人認為，電視和收音機里所說的英語就是標準英語，這是因為在早期的電臺節(jié)目里，人們期望新聞播音員所說的英語是最好的英語。然而，在電視和收音機里，你也會聽出人們在說話時的差異。

當人們使用不同于“標準語言”的詞語和表達時，那就叫做方言。美國英語有許多方言，特別是中西部地區(qū)和南部地區(qū)的方言，以及美國黑人和西班牙人的方言。即使在美國有些地區(qū)，兩個相鄰城鎮(zhèn)的人所說的方言也可能稍有不同。美國英語之所以有這么多的方言是因為美國人是來自世界各地的緣故。

地理位置對方言的形成也有所影響。住在美國東部山區(qū)的一些人說著比較古老的英語方言。當美國人從一個地方搬到另一個地方時，他們也就把他們的方言隨著帶去了。因此，美國東南部山區(qū)的人同美國西北部的人所說的方言就幾乎相同。美國是一個大國，有著許許多多彼此不同的方言。雖然許多美國人經常搬家，但是他們仍然能夠辨別和理解彼此的方言。

Reading and speaking 讀與說

Amy and her American friends are visiting London.They plan to visit Amy’s aunt and decide to go there by underground, but cannot find the nearest underground station.So she asks directions and then tells her friends.Read the dialogue and circle the words that mean the same.1 艾米和她的美國朋友正在參觀倫敦。她們計劃去拜訪艾米的姑媽，并決定乘地鐵去，但是她們找不到最近的地鐵站。所以她問問了路，然后告訴她的朋友。讀對話，然后圈出意思相同的詞。

AMY: Excuse me, Ma’ma.Could you tell me where the nearest subways is?

LADY: Er...the underground? Well, go round the corner on your left-hand side, straight on and cross two streets.It’ll be on your right-hand side.AMY: Thanks so much.FRIENDS: What did she say, Amy? AMY: She told us to go around the corner on the left and keep going straight for two blocks.The subway will be on our right.艾米：對不起，夫人，你能告訴我去最近的地鐵站怎么走嗎？[來源:學科網ZXXK] 夫人：呃??地鐵？哦，往左邊拐過去，一直往前走，走過兩條街，地鐵就是右邊。艾米：多謝了。

朋友：艾米，她說什么？

艾米：她叫我們往左邊拐過去，一直往前走，走過兩條街，地鐵就是右邊。【意思相同的詞】

subway←→underground（地鐵）right-hand side←→right（右邊）street←→block 街道，街區(qū)

第三單元

Travel journal JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN

My name is Wang Kun.Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one.Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming.They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too.After graduating from college.we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming.She can be really stubborn.Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.Now, I know that the proper way is always her way.I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet.Of course, she hadn't;my sister doesn't care about details.So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province.She gave me a determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind.When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it.When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience.I know my sister well.Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.Finally, I had to give in.Several months before our trip,Wang Wei and I went to the library.We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography.From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain.At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold.Then it begins to move quickly.It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, travelling across western Yunnan Province.Sometimes the river becomes a waterfall and enters wide valleys.We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China.After it leaves China and the high altitude,the Mekong becomes wide，brown and warm.As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.[來源:Zxxk.Com]

沿湄公河而下的旅行

第一部分 夢想與計劃

我的名字叫王坤。從高中起，我姐姐和我就一直夢想作一次偉大的自行車旅行。兩年前，她買了一輛價錢昂貴的山地自行車，然后她還說服我也買了一輛。去年她去看望了我們的表兄弟—在昆明讀大學的刀偉和宇航。他們是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近瀾滄江的地方長大，湄公河在中國境內的這一段叫瀾滄江，流經其他國家后就叫湄公河。很快，王薇使表兄弟也對騎車旅行產生了興趣。到大學畢業(yè)后，我們終于有了作一次騎車旅行的機會。我問姐姐：“我們要去哪里？”首先想到要沿湄公河從源頭到終點騎車旅行的是我的姐姐。現(xiàn)在，她正為這次旅行制訂計劃。

我很喜歡我姐姐，但是她有一個嚴重的缺點，她有時確實很固執(zhí)。盡管她對到某些地方的最佳路線并不清楚，她卻堅持要把這次旅行安排的盡善盡美。現(xiàn)在我知道了這個盡善盡美的方式總是她的方式。我老是問她：“我們什么時候動身？什么時候回來？”我問她是否已經看過地圖。當然她并沒有看過，我的姐姐是不會考慮細節(jié)的。于是我告訴她湄公河的源頭在青海省。她給了我一個堅定的眼神—這種眼神表明她是不會改變主意的。當我告訴她我們的旅行將從5000多米的的高地出發(fā)時，她似乎顯得很興奮。當我告訴她那里空氣稀薄，呼吸會很困難，而且天氣會很冷時，她卻說這將是一次很有趣的經歷。我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了決心，就什么也不能使她改變。最后，我只好讓步了。

在我們旅行前的幾個月，王薇和我去了圖書館。我們找到了一本大型的地圖冊，里面有一些世界地理的明細圖。我們從圖上可以看到，湄公河源于西藏一座山上的冰川。起初，河很小，河水清澈而冷冽，然后它開始快速流動。它穿過深谷時就變成了急流。流經云南西部。有時，這條河形成瀑布進入寬闊的峽谷。我們驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)這條河有一半是在中國境內。當流出中國，流出高地后，湄公河就變寬，變暖了。河水也變成了黃褐色。而當它進入東南亞以后，流速減慢，河水變寬慢慢地穿過低谷，到了長著稻谷的平原。最后，湄公河三角洲的各支流流入中國南海。

Reading and discussing

JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG [來源:學,科,網] PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS

Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet.Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice.Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like!Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us.In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze.However,the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual.She is very reliable and I knew I did't need to encourage her.To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us,we were surprised by the view.We seemed to be able to see for miles.At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds.Then we began going down the hills.It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer.In the valleys colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass.At this point we had to change our caps,coats,gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.In the early evening we always stop to make camp.We put up our tent and then we eat.After supper Wang Wei put her head down on her pillow and went to sleep but I stayed awake.At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter.It was so quiet.There was almost no wind-only the flames of our fire for company.As I lay beneath the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon,where our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join us.We can hardly wait to see them!

Unit 4 Earthquakes

Reading

A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.A smelly gas came out of the cracks.In the farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervois to eat.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.At about 3:00 am on july 28,1976,some people saw bright lights in the sky.The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.but the one million people of the city,who thiught little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.At 3:42 am everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world was at an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had begun.It was felt in Beijing,which is more than two hundred kilometres away.One-third of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses,roads and canals.Steam burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dir.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.The suffering of the people was extreme.Two-thirds of them died or were left without parents.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.But how could the survivors believe it was natural?Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All of the city's hospitals,75%of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind,however,could blow them away.Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.Half a million oigs and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were shocked.Then,later that afternoon,another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.More buildings fell down.Water,food,and electricity were hard to get.people begab to wonder how long the disaster would last.All hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.To the north of the city,most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city bu train,truck and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.Office of the City Government Tangshan,Hebei

China

July5,2007

Dear____，Congratulations!We are pleased to tell you that you have won the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan.Your speech was heard by a group of five judges, all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year.Your parents and your school should be very proud of you!

Next month the city will open a new park to honour those who died in the terrible disaster.The park will also honour those who helped the survivors.Our office would like to have you speak to the park vistors on July 28 at 11:00 am.As you know,this is the day the quake happened thirty-____years ago.We invite you to bring your family and friends on that special day.Sincerely，Zhang Sha

Unit 5

ELIAS’ STORY

My name is Elias.I am a poor black worker in South Africa.The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.I was twelve years old.It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice.He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful.I needed his help because I had very little education.I began school at six.The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away.I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare.I could not read or write well.After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine.However, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become out of work.The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest.He told my how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg.I became more hopeful about my future.I never forgot how kind Mandela was.When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could.He said:

“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”

It was the truth.Black people could not vote or choose their leaders.They could not get the jobs they wanted.The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people.The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa.No one could grow food there.In fact as Nelson Mandela said:

“?we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government.We chose to attack the laws.We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful;when this was not allowed…only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.As a matter of fact, I do not like violence…but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings.It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison.But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.THE REST OF ELIAS' STORY

You cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made us afraid.It was a prison from which no one escaped.There I spent the hardest time of my life.But when I got there Nelsom Mandela was also there and he helped me.Mr Mandela began a school for those of us who had little learning.He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should have been asleep.We read books under our blankets and used anything we could find to make candles to see the words.I became a good student.I wanted to study for my degree but I was not allowed to do that.Later, Mr Mandela allowed the prison guards to join us.He said they should not be stopped from studying for their degrees.They were not cleverer than me , but they did pass their exams.So I knwe I could get a degree too.That made me feel good about myself.When I finished the four years in prison, I went to find a job.Since I was better educated, I got a job working in an office.However, the police found out and told my boss that I had been in prinson for blowing up government buildings.So I lost my job.I did not work again for twenty years until M r Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1994.All that time my wife and children had to beg for good and help from relatives or friends.Luckily Mr Mandela remembered me and gave me a job taking tourists around my old prison on Robben Islannd.I felt bad the first time I talked to a group.All the terror and fear of that time came back to me.I remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had died.I felt I would not be able to do it, but my family encouraged me.They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government were my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the Blacks.So now at 51 I am proud to show visitors over the prison, for I helped to make our people free in their own land.

第三篇：人教版高中英語課文原文和翻譯_必修3

必修3 unit1

Festivals and celebrations

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times.Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Sometimes celebratewould be held after hunters had caught animals.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find,especially during the cold winter months.Today’s festivals have many origins ,some religious,some seasonal, and some for special people or events.Festivals of the Dead

Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,who might return either to help or to do harm.For the Japanese festival.Obon,people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.On this impoutant feast day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with”bones”on them.They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.It is now a children’s festival,when they can dress up and to to their neighbours’homes to ask for sweets.Ifthe neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might play a trick on them.Festivals to Honour People

Festivals can also be held to honour famous people.The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet,Qu Yuan.In the USA Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in New World.India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi,the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.Harvest Festivals

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.In European countries,people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,and will get together to have meals.Some people might win awards for their farm produce,like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in China,enjoy mooncakes.Spring Festivals

The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.There are dragon dances and carnivals,and 高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,which take place forty days before Easter,usually in February.These carnivals might include parades,dancing in the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians aroud the world.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered with pink snow.People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other.Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while

A SAD LOVE STORY

Li Fang was heart-broken.It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work.But she didn’t turn up.She could be with her friends right now laughing at him.She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word.He had looked forward to meeting her all day, and now he was alone with his roses and chocolates, like a fool.Well, he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize.He would drown his sadness in coffee.It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave-he wiped the tables, then sat down and turned on the TV-just what Li Fang needed!A sad Chinese story about lost love.The granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven visted the earth.Her name was Zhinü,the weaving girl.While she was on earth she met the herd boy Niulang and they fell in love.(“Just like me and Hu Jin,”thought Li Fang.)They got married secretly, and they were very happy.(“We could be like that,”thought Li Fang.)When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she became very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven.Niulang tried to follow her, but the river of stars,the Milly Way, stopped him.Finding that Zhinü was heart-broken, her grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year.Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinü is weeping and the couple won’t be able to meet.The announcer said,”This is the story of Qiqiao Festival.When foreigners hear about the story, they call it a Chinese Valentine’s story.It’s a fine day today, so I hope you can all meet the one you love.”

As Li Fang set off for home, he thought,”I guess Hu Jin doesn’t love me.I’ll just throw these flowers and chocolates away.I don’t want them to remind me of her.” So he did.高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling him.There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling , “why are you so late?I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!And I have a gift for you!”

What would he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts!She would never forgive him.This would not be a happy Valentine’s Day!

必修3 UNIT2 COME AND EAT HERE(1)

Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated.It had been a very strange morning.Usually he got up early and prepared his menu of barbecued mutton kebabs, roast pork, stir-flied vegetables and fried rice.Then by lunchtime they would all be sold.By now his restaurant ought to be full of people.But not today!Why was that? What could have happened? He thought of his mutton, beef and bacon cooked in the hottest, finest oil.His cola was sugary and cold, and his ice cream was made of milk, cream and delicious fruit.“Nothing could be better,” he thought.Suddenly he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by.“Hello, Lao Li,” he called.“Your usual?” But Li Chang seemed not to hear.What was the matter? Something terrible must have happened if Li Chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did.Wang Peng followed Li Chang into a new small restaurant.He saw a sign in the window.Tired of all that fat? Want to lose weight?

Come inside Yong Hui’s slimming restaurant.Only slimming foods served here.Make yourself thin again!

Curiosity drove Wang Peng inside.It was full of people.The hostess, a very thin lady, came forward.“Welcome,” she said.“My name is Yong Hui.I'll help you lose weight and be fit in two weeks if you eat here every day.” Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng.There were few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water.Wang Peng was amazed at this and especially at the prices.It cost more than a good meal in his restaurant!He could not believe his eyes.He threw down the menu and hurried outside.On his way home he thought about his own menu.Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find out.He could not have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!He had better do some research!

At the library Wang Peng was surprised to find that his restaurant served far too much fat and Yong Hui’s far too little.Even though her customers might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit.They would become tired very quickly.Wang Peng felt more hopeful as he drove back home.Perhaps with a discount and a new sign he could win his customers back.So he wrote:

Want to feel fit and energetic?

Come and eat here!Discounts today!高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

Our food gives you energy all day!

The competition between the two restaurants was on!

到這里來用餐吧（1）

王鵬做在他那空蕩蕩的餐館里，感到很沮喪。這個上午真是怪的很。通常他很早就起床，準備他的菜肴—烤羊肉串、烤豬肉、炒菜和炒飯。然后到午飯時分，這些菜都會賣完。到了這個時候，他的餐館本該賓客盈門的，但今天卻不是！為什么會這樣？發(fā)生了什么事？他想起了他用滾燙的精制油烹制的羊肉串、牛排和臘肉。他的可樂又甜又冷，冰激凌用牛奶、奶油和水果制成的。他想：“再沒有比這些更好吃的了”。突然間，他看到自己的朋友李昌匆匆地走過。他喊道，“喂，老李！你還是吃老一套的吧？”可是李昌似乎沒有聽到。怎么會事呢？要是李昌不像往常那樣到他店里吃飯，那問題一定嚴重了。

王鵬跟著李昌來到街尾一家新開張的小餐館。窗子上的標牌寫著這樣一些字：“肥膩的東西吃厭了吧！想變瘦嗎？請到雍慧減肥餐館來。此地只供應減肥食品，讓你恢復苗條！”

王鵬受到好奇心的驅使，走了進去。里面坐滿了人。店老板，一個清瘦的女人走上前來說道：“歡迎光臨！我叫雍慧。您要是每天來這兒用餐，我可以保證在兩周內去掉您的全部脂肪，”然后，她遞給王鵬一張菜譜，菜譜上有很少幾樣食物和飲料：米飯、蘸醋吃的生蔬菜、水果和水。王鵬對此感到吃驚，特別是對它們的價格。這比在他的餐館里吃一頓好飯花的錢還要多。他幾乎不能相信他的眼睛！他甩了菜譜就急急往外走。在回家的路上，他想起了自己的菜譜。那些菜讓人發(fā)胖了嗎？也許他該去圖書館查查看。他可不能讓雍慧哄騙人們后跑掉。他最好做一番調查！

在圖書館，王鵬很驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，他餐館的食物脂肪含量太高，而雍慧餐館的食物脂肪含量又太低。盡管顧客吃她的餐館里的飯會變得苗條，但他們攝取不到足夠的熱量來保持健康，很快就會感到疲乏。開車回家時，王鵬覺得又有了希望。也許寫個新的標牌、打點折，能夠幫他贏回顧客！于是他寫下了他的標牌：

“想保持苗條、健康又精力旺盛嗎？

到這里來用餐吧！今天打折！

我們的食物能夠給您提供一整天所需的熱量！”

這兩家餐館之間的競爭開始了！

COME AND EAT HERE(2)

A week later, Wang Peng' s restaurant was nearly full and he felt happier.Perhaps he would be able to earn his living after all and not have to close his restaurant.He did not look forward to being in debt because his restaurant was no longer popular.He smiled as he welcomed some customers warmly at the door but the smile left his face when he saw Yong Hui walking in.She 高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

did not look happy but glared at him.“ May I ask what you were doing in my restaurant the other day? I thought you were a new customer and now I know that you only came to spy on me and my menu,” she shouted.“ Please excuse me,” he calmly explained,“ I wanted to know where all my customers had gone last week.I followed one of them and found them in your restaurant.I don' t want to upset you, but I found your menu so limited that I stopped worrying and started advertising the benefits of my food.Why don' t you sit down and try a meal?”

Yong Hui agreed to stay and soon they were both enjoying dumplings and breast of chicken cooked with garlic.When they were served the ice cream,Yong Hui began to look ill.“I feel sick with all this fat and heavy food,”she said,“I miss my vegetables and fruit.”Wang Peng was enjoying a second plate of dumplings so he sighed.“ Yes,” he added,“ and I would miss my dumplings and fatty pork.Don't you get tired quickly?”“Well,I do have to rest a lot,”admitted Yong Hui.“But don't you think it would be better if you were a bit thinner? I’m sure you ' d feel much healthier.”

They began to talk about menus and balanced diets.“ According to my research, neither your restaurant nor mine offers a balanced diet,” explained Wang Peng.“ I don' t offer enough fibre and you don' t offer enough body-building and energy-giving food.Perhaps we ought to combine our ideas and provide a balanced menu with food full of energy and fibre.” So that is what they did.They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than frying them.They served fresh fruit with the ice cream.In this way they cut down the fat and increased the fibre in the meal.Their balanced diets became-such a success that before long Wang Peng became slimmer and Yong Hui put on more weight.After some time the two found that their business cooperation had turned into a personal one.Finally they got married and lived happily ever after!到這里來用餐吧（2）

一周后，王鵬的餐館幾乎坐滿了人，他感到高興些了。也許他仍然能夠謀生，而不至于關閉自己的餐館。他不希望由于餐館不受歡迎而負債。他微笑地站在門口熱情地迎接他的客人。但他一見到雍慧走進來，臉上的笑容馬上就消失了。雍慧瞪著他，看上去不太高興。“請問你那天到我餐館里來干什么？”她大聲問道，“我本來以為你是一位新顧客，現(xiàn)在我才發(fā)現(xiàn)你只是過來打探我和我的菜譜的。”王鵬心平氣和地解釋說，“很對不起，上周我想知道我的顧客是上哪兒吃飯去了。我并不想讓你心煩，不過我發(fā)現(xiàn)你的菜譜上的菜太少了，所以我也就不著急了，我也開始宣傳我餐館食物的好處。你為什么不坐下吃頓飯呢？”

雍慧同意留下來。沒過一會，他們兩人就津津有味地吃起餃子和蒜蓉及胸。當要吃冰激凌時，雍慧開始感到不舒服了。她說，“吃了這么多油膩的、難消化的食物，我都覺得惡心了。我想吃我的蔬菜和水果。”這時候，王鵬正在吃第二盤餃子，他嘆了一口氣，說道，“同樣地，（如果在你的餐館）我還想吃我的餃子和肥肉呢。你不覺得自己很容易疲乏么？”“是的，我的確經常需要休息；”雍慧承認了，“不過，難道你不認為你瘦一點更好么？我相信，那樣你會覺得更健康些。”

他們開始談論菜譜和平衡膳食的問題。王鵬解釋道，“我的研究表明，你我兩家所提供的都不是平衡膳食。我沒有提供足夠的纖維食物，而你提供的食物沒有足夠的營養(yǎng)和熱量。也許我們應該把我們的想法綜合起來，作出一份富于營養(yǎng)、熱量和纖維的平衡食譜。”于是，高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

他們就照此做了。他們用生蔬菜配漢堡包，煮土豆不是油炸土豆，還拿新鮮水果配上冰激凌。這樣，他們減少了飯菜中的脂肪含量，增加了纖維素。他們的平衡食譜非常有效，王鵬很快就瘦了，而雍慧卻胖了，過了不久，這兩個人發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們生意上的合作變成了私人的合作了。最后，他們結了婚，過上了幸福美滿的生活。

必修3 Unit 3

THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE

Act I, Scene 3 NARRATOR: It is the summer of 1903.Two old and wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver, have made a bet.Oliver believes that with a million pound bank note a man could survive a month in London.His brother Roderick doubts it.At this moment, they see a penniless young man wandering on the pavement outside their house.It is Henry Adams, an American businessman, who is lost in London and does not know what he should do.RODERICK:

Young man, would you step inside a moment, please? HENRY:

Who? Me, sir? RODERICK:

Yes, you.OLIVER:

Through the front door on your left.HENRY:

(A servant opens a door)Thanks.SERVANT:

Good morning, sir.Would you please come in? Permit me to lead the way, sir.OLIVER:

(Henry enters)Thank you, James.That will be all.RODERICK:

How do you do, Mr...er...? HENRY:

Adams.Henry Adams.OLIVER:

Come and sit down, Mr Adams.HENRY:

Thank you.RODERICK:

You're an American?

HENRY:

That's right, from San Francisco.RODERICK:

How well do you know London? HENRY:

Not at all, it's my first trip here.RODERICK:

I wonder, Mr Adams, if you'd mind us asking a few questions.HENRY:

Not at all.Go right ahead.RODERICK:

May we ask what you're doing in this country and what your plans are? HENRY:

Well, I can't say that I have any plans.I'm hoping to find work.As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain by accident.OLIVER:

How is that possible? HENRY:

Well, you see, back home I had my own boat.About a month ago, I was sailing out of the bay...(his eyes stare at what is left of the brother's dinner on table)OLIVER:

Well, go on.HENRY:

Oh, yes.Well, towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.It was all my fault.I didn't know whether I could survive until morning.The next morning I'd just about given myself up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

OLIVER:

And it was the ship that brought you to England.HENRY:

Yes.The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.I went to the American embassy to seek help, but...(The brothers smile at each other.)RODERICK: Well, you mustn't worry about that.It's an advantage.HENRY:

I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, sir.RODERICK: Tell us, Mr Adams, what sort of work did you do in America? HENRY:

I worked for a mining company.Could you offer me some kind of work here? RODERICK: Patience, Mr Adams.If you don't mind, may I ask you how much money you have? HENRY:

Well, to be honest, I have none.OLIVER:

(happily)What luck!Brother, what luck!(claps his hands together)HENRY:

Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me!On the contrary, in fact.If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don't think it's very funny.(Henry stands up to leave)Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll be on my way.RODERICK:

Please don't go, Mr Adams~ You mustn't think we don't care about you.Oliver, give him the letter.OLIVER:

Yes, the letter.(gets it from a desk and gives it to Henry like a gift)The letter.HENRY:

(taking it carefully)For me? RODERICK:

For you.(Henry starts to open it)Oh, no, you mustn't open it.Not yet.You can't open it until two o'clock.HENRY:

Oh, this is silly.RODERICK: Not silly.There's money in it.(calls to the servant)James? HENRY:

Oh, no.I don't want your charity.I just want an honest job.RODERICK: We know you're hard-working.That's why we've given you the letter.James, show Mr Adams out.OLIVER:

Good luck, Mr Adams.HENRY:

Well, why don't you explain what this is all about? RODERICK: You'll soon know.(looks at the clock)In exactly an hour and a half.SERVANT:

This way, sir.RODERICK: Mr Adams, not until 2 o'clock.Promise? HENRY:

Promise.Goodbye.THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE

Act I, Scene 4

(Outside a restaurant Henry looks at the envelope without opening it and decides to go in.He sits down at a table next to the front window.)OWNER:

(seeing Henry's poor appearance)That one's reserved.This way, please.(to the waiter)Take this gentleman's order, Horace.HENRY:

(after sitting down and putting the letter on the table)I'd like some ham and eggs and a nice big steak.Make it extra thick.I'd also like a cup of coffee and a pineapple

dessert.WAITER:

Right, sir.I'm afraid it'll cost a large amount of money.高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

HENRY:

I understand.And I'll have a large glass of beer.WAITER:

OK.(The waiter leaves and soon returns with all the food.)HOSTESS: My goodness!Why, look at him.He eats like a wolf.OWNER:

We'll see if he's clever as a wolf, eh? HENRY:

(having just finished every bit of food)Ah, waiter.(waiter returns)Same thing again, please.Oh, and another beer.WAITER:

Again? Everything? HENRY:

Yes, that's right.(sees the look on the waiter's face)Anything wrong? WAITER:

No, not at all.(to the owner)He's asked for more of the same.OWNER:

Well, it is well-known that Americans like to eat a lot.Well, we'll have to take a chance.Go ahead and let him have it.WAITER:

(reading the bill after the meal)All right.That's two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thick steaks, two large glasses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts.HENRY:

(looking at the clock on the wall)Would you mind waiting just a few minutes? WAITER:

(in a rude manner)What's there to wait for? OWNER:

All right, Horace.I'll take care of this.HENRY:

(to owner)That was a wonderful meal.It's amazing how much pleasure you get out of tile simple things in life, especially if you can't have them for a while.OWNER:

Yes, very interesting.Now perhaps, sir, if you pay your bill I can help the other customers.HENRY:

(looking at the clock on the wall again)Well, I see it's two o'clock.(he opens the envelope and holds a million pound bank note in his hands.Henry is surprised but the owner and waiter are shocked)I'm very sorry.But...I...I don't have anything smaller.OWNER:

(still shocked and nervous)Well..er...just one moment.Maggie, look!(the hostess screams, the other customers look at her and she puts a hand to her mouth)Do you think it's genuine? HOSTESS: Oh, dear, I don't know.I simply don't know.OWNER:

Well, I did hear that the Bank of England had issued two notes in this amount...Anyway, I don't think it can be a fake.People would pay too much attention to a bank note of this amount.No thief would want that to happen.HOSTESS: But he's in rags!OWNER:

Perhaps he's a very strange, rich man.(as if he has discovered something for the first time)Why, yes!That must be it!HOSTESS:(hits her husband's arm)And you put him in the back of the restaurant!Go and see him at once.OWNER:

(to Henry)I'm so sorry, sir, so sorry, but I cannot change this bank note.HENRY:

But it's all I have on me.OWNER:

Oh, please, don't worry, sir.Doesn't matter at all.We're so very glad that you even entered our little eating place.Indeed, sir, I hope you'll come here whenever you like.HENRY:

Well, that's very kind of you.OWNER:

Kind, sir? No, it's kind of you.You must come whenever you want and have whatever you like.Just having you sit here is a great honour!As for the bill, sir, please forget it.HENRY:

Forget it? Well...thank you very much.That's very nice of you.高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

OWNER:

Oh, it's for us to thank you, sir and I do, sir, from the bottom of my heart.(The owner, hostess and waiter all bow as Henry leaves.)

必修3 Unit 4 HOW LIFE BEGAN ON THE EARTH

No one knows exactly how the earth began, as it happened so long ago.However, according to a widely accepted theory, the universe began with a “Big Bang” that threw matter in all directions.After that, atoms began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies.For several billion years after the “Big Bang”, the earth was still just a cloud of dust.What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe.The earth became so violent that it was not clear whether the shape would last or not.It exploded loudly with fire and rock.They were in time to produce carbon, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases, which were to make the earth's atmosphere.What is even more important is that as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.Water had also appeared on other planets like Mars but, unlike the earth, it had disappeared later.It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the development of life.What many scientists believe is that the continued presence of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases and acids into the oceans and seas.This produced a chain reaction, which made it possible for life to develop.Many millions of years later, the first extremely small plants began to appear on the surface of the water.They multiplied and filled the oceans and seas with oxygen, which encouraged the later development of early shellfish and all sorts of fish.Next, green plants began to grow on land.They were followed in time by land animals.Some were insects.Others, called amphibians, were able to live on land as well as in the water.Later when the plants grew into forests, reptiles appeared for the first time.They produced young enerally by laying eggs.After that, some huge animals, called dinosaurs, developed.They laid eggs too and existed on the earth for more than 140 million years.However, 65 million years ago the age of the dinosaurs ended.Why they suddenly disappeared still remains a mystery.This disappearance made possible the rise of mammals on the earth.These animals were different from all life forms in the past, because they gave birth to young baby animals and produced milk to feed them.Finally about 2.6 million years ago some small clever animals, now with hands and feet, appeared and spread all over the earth.Thus they have, in their turn, become the most important animals on the planet.But they are not looking after the earth very well.They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevents heat from escaping from the earth into space.As a result of this, many scientists believe the earth may become too hot to live on.So whether life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can be solved.高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

A VISIT TO THE MOON

Last month I was lucky enough to have a chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li Yanping, an astronomer.We visited the moon in our spaceship!

Before we left, Li Yanping explained to me that the force of gravity would change three times on our journey and that the first change would be the most powerful.Then we were off.As the rocket rose into the air, we were pushed back into our seats because we were trying to escape the pull of the earth's gravity.It was so hard that we could not say anything to each other.Gradually the weight lessened and I was able to talk to him.“Why is the spaceship not falling back to the earth? On the earth if I fall from a tree I will fall to the ground.” I asked.“We are too far from the earth now to feel its pull,” he explained, “so we feel as if there is no gravity at all.When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us, but it will not be as strong a pull as the earth's.” I cheered up immediately and floated weightlessly around in our spaceship cabin watching the earth become smaller and the moon larger.When we got there, I wanted to explore immediately.“Come on,” I said.“If you are right, my mass will be less than on the earth because the moon is smaller and I will be able to move more freely.I might even grow taller if I stay here long enough.I shall certainly weigh less!” I laughed and climbed down the steps from the spaceship.But when I tried to step forward, I found I was carried twice as far as on the earth and fell over.“Oh dear,” I cried, “walking does need a bit of practice now that gravity has changed.” After a while I got the hang of it and we began to enjoy ourselves.Leaving the moon's gravity was not as painful as leaving the earth's.But returning to the earth was very frightening.We watched, amazed as fire broke out on the outside of the spaceship as the earth's gravity increased.Again we were pushed hard into our seats as we came back to land.“That was very exhausting but very exciting too,” I said.“Now I know much more about gravity!Do you think we could visit some stars next time?” “Of course,” he smiled, “which star would you like to go to?”

必修3 Unit 5 A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast.Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada.The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport.He was going to take them and their baggage to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train.On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip.“You're going to see some great scenery.Going eastward, you'll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

kilometres from coast to coast.Here in Vancouver, you're in Canada's warmest part.People say it is Canada's most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada's most popular cities to live in.Its population is increasing rapidly.The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres.”

That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats.Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.Their next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede.Cowboys from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede.Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.After two days' travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty.At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border, and Canada's population is only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed to see such an empty country.They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres.After dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes.The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world.In fact, it has one-third of the world's total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes.That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.“THE TURE NORTH”FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL

The next morning the bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold and orange, and there was frost on the ground, confirming that fall had arrived in Canada.Around noon they arrived in Toronto, the biggest and most wealthy city in Canada.They were not leaving for Montreal until later, so they went on a tour of the city.They went up the tall CN Tower and looked across the lake.In the distance, they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great Niagara Falls, which is on the south side of the lake.The water flows into the Niagara River and over the falls on its way to the sea.They saw the covered stadium, home of several famous basketball teams.As they walked north from the harbour area, Li Daiyu said, “Lin Fei, one of my mother's old schoolmates, lives here.I should phone her from a telephone booth.”

They met Lin Fei around dusk in downtown Chinatown, one of the three in Toronto.Over dinner at a restaurant called The Pink Pearl, the cousins chatted with Lin Fei, who had moved to Canada many years earlier.“We can get good Cantonese food here,” Lin Fei told them, “because most of the Chinese people here come from South China, especially Hong Kong.It's too bad you can't go as far as Ottawa, Canada's capital.It's approximately four hundred kilometres northeast of Toronto, so it would take too long.”

The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal at dawn the next morning.At the station, people everywhere were speaking French.There were signs and ads in French, but some of them had English words in smaller letters.“We don't leave until this evening,” said Liu Qian.“Let's go downtown.Old Montreal is close to the water.” They spent the afternoon in lovely 高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

shops and visiting artists in their workplaces beside the water.As they sat in a buffet restaurant looking over the broad St Lawrence River, a young man sat down with them.“Hello, my name is Henri.I'm a student at the university nearby,” he said, “and I was wondering where you are from.” The girls told him they were on a train trip across Canada and that they had only one day in Montreal.“That's too bad,” he said.“Montreal is a city with wonderful restaurants and clubs.Most of us speak both English and French, but the city has French culture and traditions.We love good coffee, good bread and good music.”

That night as the train was speeding along the St Lawrence River toward the Gulf of St Lawrence and down to the distant east coast, the cousins dreamed of French restaurants and red maple leaves.高考學習網－中國最大高考學習網站Gkxx.com | 我們負責傳遞知識！

第四篇：高中英語必修2課文及原文

高中英語必修2（人教版）

Unit1 Cultural relics IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it.The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey.The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift.It was designed for the palace of Frederick I.However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it.In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great.In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.She told her artists to add more details to it.In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted.Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg.This was a time when the two countries were at war.Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room.However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself.In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes.There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace.By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one.In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.A FACT OR AN OPINION? What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No.A fact is anything that can be proved.For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world.This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved.So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial.For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”.It may be true, but it is difficult to prove.Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe.The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works.He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions.This kind of information is called evidence.第一單元

文化遺產 閱讀一 尋找琥珀

普魯士國王腓特烈·威廉一世從未想過他送個普魯士人民偉大的禮物會有一點如此驚奇的歷史。這個禮物是因為由幾噸琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。這些被挑選的琥珀都有著像蜂蜜一樣漂亮的黃棕色。這間屋的設計是當時最流行的奇特的風 格。這同樣是一件花了當時最好的藝術家大約十年用黃金和珠寶修飾制成的寶物。

事實上，這間屋不是制來當禮物的。這是為腓特烈一世的領土而設計的。然而，普魯士下一任國王同樣是琥珀屋的擁有者，腓特烈威廉一世決定不保留琥珀屋。在1716年他把琥珀屋送給了彼得大帝。作為報答，沙皇給了腓特烈一隊他最好的士兵。因此琥珀屋成為了沙皇避寒圣地圣彼得堡的一部分。琥珀屋作為一個大概四米長的只為重要訪客的小接待處。

后來，葉卡捷琳娜二世把琥珀屋在圣彼得堡之外的一個她避暑的地方。她讓她的藝術家加了跟多的細節(jié)在里面。在1770年琥珀屋完全成了她想要的樣子。接近600只蠟燭在屋內燃燒著，把鏡子和圖畫都照得像金子一樣。令人傷心的，雖然被譽為是世界奇跡之一的琥珀屋現(xiàn)在丟失了。

在1941年9月，納粹軍隊在圣彼得堡附近。這正是兩個國家在交戰(zhàn)的時候。在納粹去到避暑地方之前，俄國人民能夠從琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的藝術品。然而，一些納粹神秘的偷走了琥珀屋。至少兩天內100000多片琥珀被放進27個木箱里。這些箱子無疑會被放進一艘去往當時德軍駐扎的菠蘿的海的哥尼斯堡的船上。之后，琥珀屋發(fā)生了神馬仍然是個迷。

最近，俄國和德國人民在避暑的地方制造了一座新的琥珀屋。通過研究之前的琥珀屋的照片，他們制造了一座新的琥珀屋像舊的那座一樣。在2003年它被圣彼得堡的人民用來慶祝這座城市的300歲生日。閱讀二

一個事實還是一個觀點

神馬是事實？是一些人們相信的東西嗎？不！事實是可以被證明的任何事。例如，可以證明中國人口比世界上任何其他國家的人口都要多。這是一個事實。那么神馬是一個觀點？一個觀點是人們相信那是真的但還沒有被證明的。所以一個觀點在一個審判中不是一個好的證據(jù)。例如，如果你說“貓是比狗好的寵物”這會是一個觀點。這可能是真的，不過很難去證明。一些人可能不同意這個觀點不過他們也不能去證明他們是對的。

在一場審批中，一個審判官一定要去決定相信哪個目擊者哪個目擊者不應該相信。這個審判官不會去考慮每個目擊者的長相或人們在哪里居住或工作。他/她 只關心目擊者是否會提供真是的信息，信息一定是事實而不是觀點。這類的信息被稱為證據(jù)。

Unit 2 The Olympic Games

AN INTERVIEW Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games.He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias.I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago.I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland.May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics? L: Good heavens!Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like.What would you like to know? P: How often do you hold your Games? L: Every four years.There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis.The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors.They may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses? L: Oh no!There are no running races or horse riding events.Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice.That’s why they’re called the Winter Olympics.It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P: I see.Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world.Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning.No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough.There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard.Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …

P: Please wait a minute!All those events, all those countries and even women taking part!Where are all the athletes housed? L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive.Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games? L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity.It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen.There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals.The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China.Did you know that? P: Oh yes!You must be very proud.L: Certainly.And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London.They have already started planning for it.A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London.New medals will be designed of course and …

P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced!Oh dear!Do you compete for prize money too? L: No, we don’t.it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further.That’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”

P: Well, that’s good news.How interesting!Thank you so much for your time.第二單元

奧林匹克運動會 閱讀一 一個采訪

大約2000年前的一個希臘作者帕薩尼亞斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明關于現(xiàn)代的奧林匹克運動會。他正在采訪一個2008年奧林匹克運動會志愿者李巖(L)。P:我是帕薩尼亞斯。我住在你們所說的“古希臘”而且在很久之前我常常寫以一些關于奧林匹克運動會的事情。我來到你的時代是為了解關于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會因為我知道2004年奧林匹克運動會會在我家鄉(xiāng)舉辦。我可以問你一些關于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會的問題么？ L:真是極為愉快的事!你真的來自那么久遠的時代么？不過當然你可以問你想問的問題。你想知道神馬？

P:你們多久會舉辦一次運動會？

L:四年一次。有兩種主要的運動會形式--冬季和夏季奧運會，并且在一個有規(guī)律的基礎上他們都是四年舉辦一次的。冬季奧運會一般會在夏季奧運會前兩年舉辦。只有達到該項目既定的標準的運動員才會被容許成為競爭者。他們可以來自世界各地。P:冬季奧運會？田徑運動員如何在冬季享受比賽？還有馬術又怎樣？

L:哦不!冬季奧運會沒有賽跑和騎馬的項目。反而會有一些像滑雪和溜冰這些需要雪和冰的項目。這就是為神馬他成為冬季奧運會。只有在夏季奧運會會有你說賽跑，同時還有游泳，帆船運動和所有團隊運動。

P:我懂了。之前你說那些運動員都被邀請來自世界各地。你了解希臘世界么？我們希臘城過去互相競賽只為勝利的榮譽。沒有其他的地區(qū)可以參加，奴隸和婦女也不可以。L:現(xiàn)在只要他們的運動員夠好的話任何國家都可以參加。有超過250種項目并且每一種都有它自己的標準。婦女不僅允許參加比賽，并且她們在體操比賽，競技比賽，團隊比賽和其他各種比賽中都扮演著重要的角色。

P:麻煩稍等一下！所有的這些項目，所有的國民甚至婦女都可以參加！那么這些運動員們居住在哪里？

L:在每一場奧運會前，一座特別的村莊會被建來給他們居住，還有一座主要的接待建筑，幾個用來比賽的體育場和一座體育館等

P:那聽起來很貴。有哪個國家會想要舉辦奧運會么？

L:事實上，每個國家都想要這個機會。這是一個很大的責任同樣是一個很大的榮譽如果被挑選到。在國家之間有很多競爭去為舉辦奧運會就像去贏得奧林匹克獎牌一樣。2008年的奧運會將會在北京舉行。這你知道么？ P:哦是的！你一定非常自豪。

L:當然。之后的2012年奧運會將在倫敦舉行。他們早就開始為這個做準備了。一座讓運動員居住的村莊和所有的運動場將會被建在東倫敦。當然新的獎牌會被設計......P:你是說獎牌么？所以甚至是橄欖花圈也已經被取代了！哦親愛的！你們比賽也為了獎金么？

L:不我們不。現(xiàn)在仍然想要跑得更快跳的更高扔得更遠。正如你知道的奧運會的格言-“更快更高更強”。

P:好吧，那是個好消息。多么有趣啊！耽擱你的時間，謝謝了。

THE STORY OF ATLANTA Atlanta was a Greek princess.She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece.But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games.She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her.Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him.She said to him, “These are my rules.When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him.If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed.No one will be pardoned.” Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless.So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race.There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules, “Why are these men so foolish?” he thought.“Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?” However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind.“I will marry Atlantaor die!” So the race began.閱讀二

亞特蘭大的故事

亞特蘭大是一個希臘公主。她很漂亮并且可以跑得比希臘的任何一個男人都快。不過她不被允許在奧運會上跑步去為她自己贏得榮譽。她很生氣因此她跟她父親說她不會嫁任何跑不過她的男人。她父親說她必須要嫁，所以亞特蘭大與她父親定下一個條件。她對她父親說，“這是我的原則。如果有男人說想要嫁我，我會跟她賽跑。如果他跑不贏我，他會被殺。沒有人能被例外。”

很多國王和王子想要娶亞特蘭大，不過當他們聽到這個規(guī)定的時候他們就知道自己沒希望了。所以他們當中的很多人都傷心地回家了，不過其他的人都留著去賽跑。一個叫做希波墨涅斯的男人聽到亞特蘭大的消息后感到非常驚奇，他想“為神馬這些男的都這么愚蠢呢？”“為神馬他們會因為跑不過這個公主而讓自己被殺呢？”然而，當他看到亞特蘭大從她的房子出來跑步的時候，希波墨涅斯改變了他的心意。他說，“我會娶亞特蘭大或者死！” 賽跑開始的時候雖然男人們都跑得很快，但是亞特蘭大總是會更快。希波墨涅斯邊看邊想，“我要怎樣才能贏過亞特蘭大呢？”他去向希臘的愛神求助。愛神答應幫他并給了他三個金蘋果。她說，“在亞特蘭大跑過你的時候扔一個在亞特蘭大面前。當亞特蘭大停下來去撿蘋果的時候，你就可以跑過她并贏得比賽。”希波墨涅斯拿著蘋果并跑去找國王。他說，“我想娶亞特蘭大。”國王傷心地看著又一個男人要死，不過希波墨涅斯說，“我會娶她或者死！”然后賽跑開始了。

Unit 3 Computers

WHO AM I? Over time I have been changed quite a lot.I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642.Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person.At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”.In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem.From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger.However, this reality also worried my designers.As time went by, I was made smaller.First as a PC(personal computer)and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved.First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips.As a result I totally changed my shape.As I have grown older I have also grown smaller.Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it!But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.I have become very important in communication, finance and trade.I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations.I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars.Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality.I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!第三單元

電腦 閱讀一 我是誰

隨著時間的推移我被改變了很多。在1642年的法國，我是作為一個計算機器而開始的。雖然我很年輕我可以簡化一些計算題。在我被Charles Babbage改造成分析機器之前我很慢的發(fā)展了接近兩百年。之后我被一個操作員用帶洞的卡調制成了可以合邏輯地思考并且比任何人都快地得出一些問題的答案。那是一個被成為技術改革的時候并且開始了我的人造智能。在1936年我真正的父親Alan Turing寫了一本關于我如何像普遍的機器一樣去解決任何困難的數(shù)學問題的書。從那起，我在體積和智能方面快速的發(fā)展。在1940年我變得像一個房間一樣大，并且我想知道我是否還能變得更大。然而，事實也在困擾著我的設計者。隨著時間的推移，我被制的更小。首先是個人電腦再到后來的手提電腦，在1970年我已經開始被用在辦公室和家里。

這些變化只因為我記憶力的增強。開始記憶被存放于電子管里，然后是晶體管和后來更小的晶片。因此我改變了我的整個外型。隨著我慢慢變老我也慢慢的變小。隨著時間推移我的記憶力發(fā)展的那么快，像頭大象，我不會忘記任何我曾被告知的東西！而且我的記憶力變得如此的大以至于我都不敢相信!不過我總是自己那么孤單的站在那里，直到1960年他們通過網絡給了我一個家庭關系。我能夠通過萬維網和其他的電腦分享我的知識。

從1970年起很多新的應用為我而被發(fā)明。我在交流，金融和貿易方面變得重要。我同樣被放進遙控裝置中被用來制造移動電話也幫助醫(yī)學手術。我已經被放進太空火箭并被送去探測月亮和火星。即使如此，我的目的是為人們提供高質量的生活。我現(xiàn)在充滿快樂應為我成為了人類種族中的一個忠心的朋友和幫助者。

ANDY – THE ANDROID I’m part of an android football team.About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football.I’m as big as a human.In fact, I look like one too.On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast.My computer chips help me to move and think like a human.For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good shot for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago.Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA.We won second place.Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated.They had developed a new type of program just before the competition.So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too.We are determined to create an even better system.In a way our programmer is like our coach.She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games.Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises.In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”.I could like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them.After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!

機器人-Andy 我是一個機器人球隊的一份子。我們被允許在一齊踢足球大約一年了。我像一個人類一樣高大。事實上，我長得也像人類。在球隊里我是前鋒因此我要跑得非常快。我的電腦芯片幫助我移動并且像人類一樣思考。例如，我已經學會了當我要開動去射一個好球的時候用電腦語言向我的隊友發(fā)信號讓他們把球傳給我。我的第一場足球比賽是在幾年前在日本的名古屋。去年我們球隊去了美國華盛頓和西雅圖。我們勝利的第二個地方。就我個人觀點，我認為我們球隊第一次贏的地方是作弊的。他們已經在比賽之前一種新的程序類型。所以我們也要促進我們的程序去提高我們的智能。我們決心要去一種甚至更好的標志。一定程度上說我們的程序就像我們的教練。她訓練我們所有在人類比賽中她能看到的所有可能的動作。如果一種新情況出現(xiàn)她會準備可靠的動作去運用。用這種方式我可以用我的“人造只能”去制造新的動作。我能夠被編程成像人類一樣的表現(xiàn)我就可以真的與一隊人類球隊去比賽。畢竟，在我不會忘掉任何東西的電子腦袋的幫助下，我的所有就是用我的智能！Unit 4 Wildlife protection

HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WLDLIFE Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife.One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed.“Where do you want to go?” it asked.Daisy responded immediately.“I'd like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said.“Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet.There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad.It said, “We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs.Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you.As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “I'm sorry I didn't know that.I wonder what is being done to help you.Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection.” The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe.Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant.“Have you come to take my photo?” it asked.In relief Daisy burst into laughter.“Don't laugh,” said the elephant, ”We used to be an endangered species.Farmers hunted us without mercy.They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies.So the government decided to help.They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers.Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing.So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.“ Daisy smiled.”That's good news.It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests.“ The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest.A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself.”What are you doing?“ asked Daisy.” I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it replied.“When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body.It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes.You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together.No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.” Daisy was amazed.“Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug.Monkey, please come and help.” The monkey agreed.The carpet flew home.As they landed, things began to disappear.Two minutes later everything had gone-the monkey, too.So Daisy was not able to make her new drug.But what an experience!She had learned so much!And there was always WWF? 第四單元 閱讀一

Daisy如何學習去幫助野生動物

Daisy常常渴望去幫助瀕臨滅絕的種類的野生動物。一天她醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)一個正在飛行的飛毯在她包里。“你想去哪里？”它問。Daisy立刻回答它。“我想去看那些瀕臨滅絕的動物，”她說。“請帶我去那個我可以找到供給皮毛去制造這件毛衣的動物的一個遙遠的地方。”飛毯立刻帶她飛去了西藏。在那里Daisy看到了一支看起來很傷心的羚羊。它說，“我們被殺是為了我們肚子下的毛。我們的皮毛被人類用來制造像你這樣的毛衣。因此，現(xiàn)在我們是一種瀕臨滅絕的種類。”然后Daisy哭喊著，“我很抱歉我不知道那些。我想知道神馬可以被做來幫助你們。飛毯，請帶我去一個有一些野生動物保護區(qū)的地方。”

飛毯飛得如此的快以至于他們下一分鐘就在Zimbabwe。Daisy轉來轉去然后發(fā)現(xiàn)她被一頭大象盯著。“你過來跟我照相了么？”它問。Daisy松了口氣突然笑起來。“不要笑，”大象說，“我們曾經是瀕臨滅絕的品種。農民好不仁慈地獵殺我們。他們說我們破壞了他們的天地，和來自那些只游覽大工廠的游客的錢。所以政府決定去幫助。他們允許游客給錢農民然后可以去獵殺確定數(shù)量的動物。現(xiàn)在農民很高興而且我們的數(shù)量在增加。所以好事情正被做于營救當?shù)氐囊吧鷦游铩！?/p>

Daisy微笑了。“那是個好消息。它展示了野生動物保護的重要性，不過我喜歡去幫助像WWF這樣的建議。”飛毯再次升起然后幾乎同一時間他們在一個陰霾的熱帶雨林。一支猴子看著他們就像它摩擦它自己。“你在干神馬？”Daisy問。“我在保護自己不受蚊子的傷害，”它回答。“當我找到一只千足蟲昆蟲，我會在我身上摩擦它。它包涵了一種強大的可以影響蚊子的藥物。你應該更加注 意那些我居住的熱帶雨林并好好鑒賞動物們如何居住在一齊。沒有雨林，沒有動物，沒有藥物。”

Daisy很驚訝。“飛毯，請帶我回家這樣我可以聯(lián)系WWF并開始保護這種新的藥物。猴子，請過來幫忙。”那猴子同意了。飛毯飛回家了。當他們降落時，事物開始消失了。兩分鐘后所有東西都消失了-那只猴子也是。所以Daisy不能去制造她的新藥物。不過如此的一段經歷！她已經學習了那么多！還有那里的WWF......ANIMAL EXTINCTION Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs.They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in China.The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia, County, Nanyang, Henan Province.Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province.When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined together.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago.Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air.Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.We know many other wild plants, animals, insects and birds have died out more recently.According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years.The dodo is one of them.It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal.Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.Unit 5 Music

THE BAND THAT WASN'T Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.But just how do people form a band? Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music.They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone's house is the first step to fame.Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments.Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash.Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band that started in a different way.It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show.The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles.The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing.They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough.They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them.So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing.Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by other groups.They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them.Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians.However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music.In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records.The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s.They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.并非樂隊的樂隊

你曾經想過要成為一個樂隊里有名的歌手或音樂家嗎？你是否曾夢想過在音樂會上面對成千上萬的觀眾演唱，觀眾欣賞你的歌唱為你鼓掌嗎？你唱卡拉OK時是否假裝自己就是像宋祖英或劉歡一樣著名的歌星嗎？說實在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。那么，人們又是怎樣一起組成樂隊的呢？

許多音樂家聚在一起組成樂隊，是因為他們喜歡自己作曲，演奏自己的音樂。他們開始可能是一組中學生，在某個人家里排練音樂是成名的第一步。有時他們可能在街上或地鐵里為過路人演奏，這樣他們可以為自己或自己要買的樂器多掙一些錢。后來，他們可能在酒吧或者俱樂部里演出，這樣他們可以得到現(xiàn)金。當然，他們希望在錄音棚里錄音，然后賣掉上百萬張碟，從而成為百萬富翁。

然而，也有一個用不同方式組建起來的樂隊。這支樂隊叫“門基樂隊”，它開始時是以電視節(jié)目表演的形式出現(xiàn)的。組成樂隊的音樂人演奏音樂，還彼此打趣都笑。這些玩笑和音樂大多都在模仿“甲殼蟲”樂隊。電視制作人原計劃想尋找四位會唱又會表演的樂手。他們在報紙上登了一則廣告，想招搖滾樂手，但他們只招到一個滿意的。樂隊的其他三人只能用演員來代替。

因為這些演員中有些人唱得不是很好，他們不得不依靠隊里的其他人幫助。所以在演出的時候他們只是假唱。不管怎樣，他們的表演非常幽默以至于其他的樂隊也開始模仿。他們非常走紅使得歌迷們?yōu)榱烁邮煜に麄兌闪⒘司銟凡俊ｉT基樂隊每個星期都要在電視上演唱由別的音樂家創(chuàng)作的歌曲。然而，經過大約一年以后，門基樂隊逐漸對自己的工作認真起來，他們開始像一支真正的樂隊那樣演唱自己創(chuàng)作的歌曲。然后他們錄制自己的唱片，并且開始巡回表演他們自己的音樂。在美國，他們甚至比“甲殼蟲”樂隊還要受歡迎，出售的錄音專輯還要多。“門基樂隊”大約在1970年左右解散，但是令人高興的是，到80年代中期他們再次聚首。在1996年，他們推出了一張新的專輯，像真正的樂隊一樣以此來慶祝他們以往的時光。

FREDDY THE FROG(II)Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a brief tour.Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts.Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall.He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards!His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called “Top of the Pops.”He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.It felt very strange.But as soon as the programme was over, the telephones which were in the same room started ringing.Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again.They were truly stars.Then things went wrong.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed.Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized them.Fans found them even when they went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries, but it was useless.Someone was always there!Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends.At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band to which they were never to return, and went back to the lake.

第五篇：高中英語必修一第一單元課文原文和翻譯（定稿）

必修1 第一單元 Reading 閱讀

ANNE’S BEST FRIEND

Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.安妮最好的朋友

你想不想有一位無話不談能推心置腹的朋友？或者你會不會擔心你的朋友會嘲笑你，會不理解你目前的困境呢？安妮?弗蘭克想要的是第一種類型的朋友，所以她把的日記視為自己最好的朋友。

Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II.Her family was Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis.She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered.During that time the only true friend was her diary.She said, “I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，安妮住在荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹。她一家人都是猶太人，所以他們不得不躲藏起來，否則就會被德國的納粹分子抓去。她和她的家人躲藏了25個月之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。在那段時期，她的日記成了她唯一忠實的朋友。她說：“我不愿像大多數(shù)人那樣在日記中記流水賬。我要把我的日記當作自己的朋友，我把我的這個朋友叫做基蒂。”現(xiàn)在，來看看安妮自1942年7月起躲進藏身處后的那種心情吧。

Thursday 15, June, 1944 Dear kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.That’s changed since I was here.?For example, when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to have a good look at the moon for once by myself.But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window.Another time some months ago, I happened to be upstairs one evening when the window was open.I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut.The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power;it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face?

?Sadly?I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows.It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.Yours, Anne 1944年6月15日，星期四 親愛的基蒂：

我不知道這是不是因為我太久無法出門的緣故，我變得對一切與大自然有關的事物都無比狂熱。我記得非常清楚，以前，湛藍的天空、鳥兒的歌唱、月光和鮮花，從未令我心迷神往過。自從我來到這里之后，這一切都變了。??比如說，有一天晚上天氣很暖和，我故意熬到晚上11點半都不睡覺，為的就是能獨自好好地看看月亮。但是因為月光太亮了，我都不敢打開窗戶。還有一次，就在五個月以前的一個晚上，我碰巧在樓上，窗戶是開著的，我一直呆到非關窗不可的時候才下樓去。漆黑的雨夜，刮著大風，電閃雷鳴，烏云滾滾，我完全被這種景象鎮(zhèn)住了。這是我一年半以來第一次親眼目睹的夜晚??

??不幸的是??我只能透過那滿是灰塵的窗簾下那臟兮兮的窗戶看看大自然。只能隔著窗戶看那大自然實在沒意思，因為大自然是需要真正體驗的東西。你的安妮

Using Language 語言運用 Reading and listening 讀與聽

Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers and predict what Miss Wang will say.After listening, check and discuss her advice.Dear Miss Wang, I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment.I’m getting along well with a boy in my class.We often do homework together and we enjoy helping each other.We have become really good friends.But other students have started gossiping.They say that this boy and I have fallen in love.This has made me angry.I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping.What should I do? Yours, Lisa 1 讀讀琳達為青少年寫給電臺王小組的這封信，然后王小姐可能會怎么說。聽完錄音之后，核對并討論她的建議。親愛的王小姐：

現(xiàn)在我同班上的同學有些麻煩事。我跟我們班里的一位男同學一直相處的很好。我們常常一起做家庭作業(yè)，而且很樂意互相幫助。我們成了真正好朋友。可是，其他同學卻在背后議論起來，他們說我和這位男同學在談戀愛，這使我很生氣。我不想中斷這段友誼，但是，我又討厭人家背后說閑話。我該怎么辦呢？ 你的莉薩

Reading and writing 讀與寫

Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong.He is also asking for some advice.Read the letter on the right carefully and help Miss Wang answer it.王小姐收到小冬的一封來信。小冬是要征求一些意見。仔細閱讀右邊的信，然后幫王小姐回復。

Dear Miss Wang, I’m a student from Huzhou Senior High School.I have a problem.I’m not very good at communicating with people.Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find it hard to make good friends with them.So I feel quite lonely sometimes.I do want to change this situation, but I don’t know how.I would be grateful if you could give me some advice.Yours, Xiaodong 親愛的王小姐：

我是湖州高中的一名學生，我有一個難題，我不大善于與人們交際。雖然我試著和班上的同學交談，但是，我還是很難跟他們成為好朋友。因此，有時候我感到十分的孤獨。我確實想改變這種現(xiàn)狀，但是我卻不知道怎么辦。如果您能給我提些建議，我會非常感謝的。你的小東Decide which are the best ideas and put them into an order.Then write down your advice and explain how it will help.Each idea can make one paragraph.The following sample and the expressions may help you Dear Xiaodong, I’m sorry you are having trouble in making friends.However, the situation is easy to change if you follow my advice.Here are some tips to help you.First, why not??

If you do this,?

Secondly, you could / can ?

Then / That way, ?

Thirdly, it would be a good idea if ? By doing this, ?

I hope you will find these ideas useful.Yours Miss Wang 2 決定哪些是最好并把它們按順序組織起來。然后把你的建議寫出來，并解釋它為什么會有所幫助。每個想法可以自成一個段落。下面的例子和表達可能對你有所幫助。

親愛的小冬：

很遺憾聽說你在交朋友的過程中遇到了困難。但是，如果你聽聽我的建議，這種情況是很容易改變的。這些建議會對你有所幫助。

第一，為什么不??呢？ 如果你這樣做?? 第二，你可以?? 這樣的話??

第三，如果??那將是個不錯的主意。通過做??

我希望你會發(fā)現(xiàn)這些想法對你有所幫助。你的王小姐

LEARNING TIP 學習建議 It’s a good habit for you to keep a diary.It can help you remember past events.You can express your feelings and thoughts in it.It will help you improve your English if you write your diary in English.Why not have a try?

寫日記對你來說是一個好習慣。它可以幫你記住一些過去發(fā)生的事件。你還可以在日記中表達你的情感和思想。如果你用英語寫日記的話，還可以幫助你提高英語水平。為什么不試一試呢？