外研高中新标准英语必修一必修二课文
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Unit 1 A new startPassage 1My first day at senior highAfter I had pictured it over and over again in my mind, the big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high! I woke up early and rushed out of the door in my eagerness to get to know my new school.The campus was still quiet when I arrived, so I decided to explore a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard when I heard a voice behind me. “New here?” Turning around, I saw an older man. "Yes," I replied. “I’m wondering what life is going to be like here. " "Don't worry,” he gave me a smile. "You'll soon find out.”How true these words were! When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was surprised to see the same older man I had met earlier.“Good morning, everyone. Before we start, please come to the front one by one and introduce yourself to the class. I'll go first…”“What?!" I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn't start. “I should say my name, of course. But what else? What could I say to make a good first impression? Something about my insect collection, perhaps. “I was organising my words in my head when the girl next to me gave me a nudge. “It' s your turn!”With butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply. “Hi, I’m Meng Hao.” Everyone started laughing.I looked at them in panic. Nice to know we share the same name,” said my new teacher. I had been too nervous to pay attention when he introduced himself! Although I was embarrassed, his words made me a lot more relaxed!When we had all introduced ourselves, Mr Meng said, “ Well done, everyone! I know this isn't easy for many of you. But this is just the kind of thing you are going to face at senior high. Challenges like this might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all depends on what you do. Keep calm and be prepared. That way, you'll make the most of your time at senior high.”People say, "Well begun, half done.” I guess this was a good beginning to my new school life.Passage 2High school hintsInterviewer: Hello and welcome to School Talk! Today I'm joined by Lisa Osborne. Lisa graduated from our school last June and is about to go to college. Lisa, thank you for coming to share your suggestions for high school with us.Lisa: Hi, everybody. I'm very glad to be back. I feel as if high school was only yesterday. Interviewer: So what helped when you first started high school?Lisa: Orientation Day was really helpful. It's a fantastic opportunity for new students to get to know the school and the other students. I even made some new friends! Just keep an open mind and take part in as much as possible.Interviewer: That's sound advice for sure. But how did you deal with new challenges, like starting a new course?Lisa: I had a chemistry test right at the end of the first week. I was frightened at the sight of the test paper. But then I figured I'd better just go all out and see what happens. If you fail, no problem --next time you can fail better!Interviewer: So, hold your head up, then. But life is not always easy. You must have had some moments when you were disappointed. If so, how did you deal with them?Lisa: As a member of the school volleyball team, I wasn’t selected for the end-of-year competition. At first I was really sad, but later I realised that I joined the team for the love of the sport. It wasn't just about winning. So I kept working hard to support my teammates during our training. There's always a way to be part of something you love, isn't there?Interviewer: Yes, I totally agree. Is there anything else in particular that you'd like to share with us? Lisa: Looking back at my high school life, the most important advice I'd give are these wonderful words from the writer Maya Angelou. She said, “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.” So, give your friends a hand when they need it. And this will make you feel good, too.Interviewer: Awesome! Well, thanks again for coming to speak to us, Lisa. And good luck with college. Lisa: Thank you.Unit 2 Exploring EnglishPassage 1Neither Pine nor Apple in PineappleHave you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English? I hadn't, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. There isn't. This made me realise that there's no egg in eggplant either. Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo. And when we are travelling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus! While we're doing all this travelling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, but we don't get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of home, why aren't homework and housework the same thing?If “hard" is the opposite of “soft”, why are “hardly" and “softly" not an opposing pair? If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behaviours the same?When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say "it's raining" or “It's snowing”. But when we see sunshine, we can't say “it's sunshining”.Even the smallest of words can be confusing. When you see the capitalized "WHO" in a medical report, do you read it as the "who" in “Who's that?" What about “IT" and “US”?You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes!English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race.That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.Passage 2(Mis)adventures in EnglishLast week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didn't expect to get so many posts! Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!AlbaPeople say that the British always play safe with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn't teach that day because she had a frog in her throat. Poor Maggie-but why did she try to eat such a big frog?YancyWhen I first visited New York, I went to a shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk I asked a lady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn't find any shoes. When I was about to leave, I saw that shoes were actually sold on the ground floor, not the first floor. How confusing!JulienI've got an English pen friend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer. He had told me that his grandfather was "really wicked". But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I was very confused. Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?Zheng XuThe British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange between a university in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a good grade. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment "Not bad!" Not bad? I was a bit disappointed.Unit 3 Family mattersPassage 1Like Father Like Son(The living room, Friday night. A table and two chairs at front centre. Grandfather and Father, seated at the table, are playing chess.)Grandfather: And... I win! (enter Son)Father: Not again! Oh look, here comes my boy. How are you, son?Son: (nervously approaching the table) Erm... Dad, can we talk?Father: Sure! You know you can always turn to your dad for a chat.Son: OK. Here it is. I've decided not to go to university. I want to focus my band and have a career in music when I leave school.Father: (raising his voice in surprise) You can't be serious! What about your future career as a lawyer?!Son: I knew you'd say that. You just assume I want to be a lawyer, but that's only because you are a lawyer.Father: What's wrong with being a lawyer? People respect lawyers and you can have a good income.Son: Yes, but I'm not interested in law, I want to work in a studio, not a court.Grandfather: (looking at Father) Calm down, OK?Father: (ignoring Grandfather's words) Stop daydreaming! Playing in a band is not a job.Son: Of course it is! The music industry is developing fast now. Making music is a job.Grandfather: (stepping between Father and Son and raising his voice) Hey! I told you to calm down, both of you!Father: But I told him to study something useful at university!Grandfather:(laughing) Easy, son! I remember when you were his age you said that you wanted to be a professional soccer player.Father: And you wanted to be an engineer.Grandfather: I just wanted you to be happy, and an engineer-a happy engineer.Father: But in the end, you just advised me to think carefully.Grandfather: Yes, and you found the career that suited your talents. I'm so proud of you. Your son is proud of you, too.Son: Of course I am, but I have different talents.Grandfather: (turning to Son)Why don’t you also take my advice and think carefully before jumping in with both feet?Son: Well, I could try…Grandfather: If you go to university and play music at the same time, you will have two options for you future. And I’m sure playing in a band will help you make lots of new friends at university.Father: Yes, lots of new lawyer friends!Son: (with a sigh) Dad… (curtain.)Passage 2Just a BrotherIt was the final part of the 2016 Triathlon World Series in Mexico. With just 700 metres to go, Alistair Brownlee was in third place and his younger brother, Jonny, was in the lead. Alistair pushed himself towards the finish line in the burning heat, but as he came round the corner, he saw his brother about to fall onto the track. Alistair had to choose--brotherly love, or a chance to win the race?For Alistair, the choice was clear. His brother was in trouble. He had to help. Alistair ran towards Jonny, caught him and started pulling him towards the finish line. Alistair then pushed his brother over the line. The move put Jonny in second place and Alistair himself in third. It was an unexpected end to the race, but Alistair did not want to discuss it with the media. He just wanted to see his younger brother who had been rushed to the medical area.The Brownlee brothers have been doing triathlons since they were children. "Obviously, when your older brother is doing it, you think it's a cool thing to do,” says Jonny. Alistair says that they encourage each other as much as they can when they train. Despite arguments over "stupid things” now and then, Alistair agrees that having a brother is an advantage. “Throughout my entire life, I've had my brother trying to beat me at everything I do. It has been an enormously positive force.”Watched by millions, the ending to the race has divided opinions: should the brothers have been disqualified or highly praised for their actions? But for Alistair, his decision was easy to explain: "Mum wouldn't have been happy if I'd left Jonny behind.” At that moment, he was no longer an athlete aiming for a medal—he was just a brother.Unit 4 Friends foreverPassage 1Click for a Friend?How would you feel if moving to a new town meant losing track of your friends? What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters? This was how things worked not so very long ago. Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly.Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships without missing a beat.The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests, such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.But when you "friend" people online, does this mean that they really are your friends?It depends.If people always exchange true personal information online, then yes, these friendships can be real and meaningful. But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.On social media sites, people tend to post only good things that make them appear happy and friendly. But smiling photos can hide real problems. Remember the saying: on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information with criminals.But this doesn't mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Although technology has changed the way we are connected, the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same. As Aristotle said, no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all other goods.Passage 2After Twenty Years (excerpts)The short story "After Twenty Years" is set in New York on a cold, dark night. Most people have left work to go home, and this part of the city is now quiet. A police officer who is checking the area sees a man outside a shop. He goes up to the man and finds the man has a scar on his face. They have a chat. The man starts to tell his story.“Twenty years ago to-night,” said the man, "I dined here at 'Big Joe’ Brady's with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”It sounds pretty interesting, "said the policeman." Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven't you heard from your friend since you left?”Well, yes, for a time we corresponded, said the other. "But after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he's alive, for he always was the truest, stanchest old chap in the world. He'll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door to-night, and it's worth it if my old partner turns up.”Unit 5 Into the wildPassage 1The Monarch’ s JourneyMany animals move from one place to another at certain times of the year. This movement is called migration. They migrate to find food, find a partner or search of warmer weather. Of all the mass migrations, that of the North American monarch butterflies is one of the most wonderful.Every autumn, millions of these beautiful insects with delicate black and orange wings begin a long and difficult journey. Somehow they manage to travel around 4, 000 kilometers south and find their way to places where they will spend the winter. However, until recently no one knew how they do this.A team of scientists led by Professor Eli Schlizerman at the University of Washington has now found the answer. They have discovered that the monarch is able to tell the time of day. It then uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun. These two pieces of information —the time of day and the point where the sun is in the sky—allow the butterfly to determine which way it needs to go and change its direction when necessary. Eventually, it manages to reach California or Mexico.The solution to the mystery of the monarch's amazing ability comes at a time when it is in serious trouble. Its population has crashed by as much as ninety per cent in the last few years. Unfortunately, human activity is the main reason why the monarch numbers are falling. In many of the places where monarchs can be found, people are destroying the natural environment by cutting down trees and using chemicals that kill the plants that monarch caterpillars eat.A better understanding of the monarch's behaviour has however led to a greater awareness and appreciation of this creature. Volunteers have been working together to record their migration and make sure that there are enough plants for them to feed on. If this work is successful, there may come a time when monarch numbers increase once again. The more we know about the delicate creatures, the greater the chance they will survive. By doing more research, the monarch butterfly can keep its place in the human imagination for a long time to come.Passage 2An Encounter with NatureAs a nature photographer, I have to brave the elements. But despite the wind and the rain, I still enjoy working outside in the wild. One of the best things about this job is that you can observe animals in their natural environment.My favorite place to take photos is Yellowstone National Park. As the world's first national park, Yellowstone is famous for the variety of its wildlife, but it is probably best known for its bears. These huge, strong animals can live for up to thirty years. Despite an average weight of over 180 kilograms, they can run at a speed of 72 kilometres per hour and are also excellent swimmers.Last spring in Yellowstone, I followed a path that took me through a dark forest. When I finally stepped out of the trees, the view was breathtaking. An eagle flew over the snowcapped mountains, which were reflected in the still lake below. While I was concentrating on photographing this amazing scene, I suddenly had a feeling that I was being watched. Slowly, and with the camera still held to my eye, I turned… and froze. Only metres away from me was a bear. With water falling off its thick, brown hair, the bear stared back at me. Time stood still as the bear and I both waited to see who would move first. My legs started shaking. Somehow, I forced my finger to press the button. A second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest. When I recovered from the shock, I looked at my camera. My most frightening but magical experience was now captured forever in a single image.From time to time I look at the photo as a reminder to show respect to all animals. It is after all we who are the visitors to their world.Unit 6 At one with naturePassage 1Longji Rice TerracesImagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are flash gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top.So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn entire mountains into terraces? Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terraces therefore meant that they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. Secondly, although the region has plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the earth is shallow. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away.But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with each other. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. The sun heats the water and turins it into gas. This forms clouds from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again. These terraces also provide a perfect environment for birds and fish, some of which feed on insects that can harm the rice crops.Although modern technology could help produce more crops, the rice growers are people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge is passed down through families, which means that new generations continue to use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces. Today, the Longji rice Terraces attract thousands of visitors who come to admire this great wonder created by people and nature working together.Passage 2A Love of Gardening“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” These words come from the book The Secret Garden, first published in 1911. At that time, only the very rich in Britain had gardens. Very soon after this, homes started to be built with gardens. Since then, the British love of gardening began! Today, millions of Brits like to say that they have “green fingers", with around half the population spending most of their free time gardening.For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world. Each spring, children plant sunflowers and wait to see which one is the tallest. Expert gardeners know just the right corner for roses, and others spend hours trying to grow perfect vegetables to enter into competitions. And while many Brits like nothing better than spending their Sunday cutting the grass, some are happy just to sit and enjoy the beauty of their small world.But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions. Those without outside space can rent small pieces of land on which to grow things. Today, there are over 4, 000 people in London waiting for such pieces of land. One recent idea has been to turn rooftops and walls into private gardens. These gardens have helped make the cities greener and improve air quality.As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul. What other free-time activity allows you to be at one with nature and create more beautiful living things? And if you’re in any doubt about this, take a moment to reflect on this line from The Secret Garden: "Where you tend a rose... A thistle cannot grow.”。
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译（中英Word精编）
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译（中英Word精编）Unit 1 Laugh out loud!Understanding ideasThe Best Medicine最佳妙药1 As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. That is until I put on my curly rainbow wig, big red nose, and add my name badge “Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-Loud”. I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there’s a familiar atmosphere of boredom and tension. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously. Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.当我穿着白大褂走进医院时，我看起来和其他医生没什么两样——直到我戴上卷曲的彩虹色假发和大红鼻子，别上我的名牌“拉里，笑哈哈医生”。
我穿过一道道门进入候诊区，这里充斥着常见的厌烦和紧张情绪。
人们别扭地坐在塑料椅上，翻阅着那些已经被读过数百遍的旧杂志。
焦虑的父母们正尽其所能安抚紧张哭闹的孩子。
2 In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size. I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.在这个特别的场景里，我注意到一个小女孩，她的脚踝肿成了原来的两倍。
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译(中英Word精编)
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译（中英Word精编）Unit 1 Laugh out loud!Understanding ideasThe Best Medicine最佳妙药1 As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. That is until I put on my curly rainbow wig, big red nose, and add my name badge “Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-Loud”. I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there’s a familiar atmosphere of boredom and tension. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously. Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.当我穿着白大褂走进医院时，我看起来和其他医生没什么两样——直到我戴上卷曲的彩虹色假发和大红鼻子，别上我的名牌“拉里，笑哈哈医生”。
我穿过一道道门进入候诊区，这里充斥着常见的厌烦和紧张情绪。
人们别扭地坐在塑料椅上，翻阅着那些已经被读过数百遍的旧杂志。
焦虑的父母们正尽其所能安抚紧张哭闹的孩子。
2 In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size. I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.在这个特别的场景里，我注意到一个小女孩，她的脚踝肿成了原来的两倍。
外研社高中英语必修1-8课文原文(翻译)
必修一Module 1 My First Day at Senior HighMy name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province.Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’m writing down my thoughts about it.My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen.The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them.The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They’re brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen.We’re using a new textbook and Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun.I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-five students in my class — more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live.I’m looking forward to doing it!My After-school Activities .As the students of modern times, we have colorful school life. Everyday, we learn plenty of knowledge on different subjects in class. And our school organizes many extracurricular activities in order to help us put what we have learned into practice. After class, we take part in various activities, like playing football, basketball, badminton, etc. They are good for our health. Besides, we are able to join in the lectures organized by literature association, music group, art group, where you can enjoy famous works, learn to play instruments or draw pictures.Also, there are chances for us to use computers in the laboratory and talk with some foreign teachers about anything we are interested in at the English corner. Now, most of us may operate computers freely and have a good command of spoken English.In addition to the after-class activities mentioned here, there are still many others such as sports meeting, debate, social investigation, etc. All those activities make our school life attractive and interesting. We will take advantages of the experience in the future.Moudle 2My New TeachersThey say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy.人们常说第一印象很重要。
完整外研版高中英语课文文本
-外研版高中英语课文文本必修一Module 1My Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Todayis my first day at Senior High school and I'm writing downmy thoughts about it. My newschool is very good and Ican see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic andfriendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room hasa computer with a special screen, almost as big as acinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, andtheir words appear on the screen behind them. Thescreens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They're brilliant! The English class is reallyinteresting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic womancalled Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and MsShen's method of teaching is nothing like that of theteachers at my Junior High school. She thinks thatreading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. Idon't think I will be bored inMs Shen's class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Somestudents wereembarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and itwas really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and thenwe worked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help usimprove our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the otherstudents shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-fivestudents in my class—more than my previous class inJunior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words,there are three times as many girls ----as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to writea description of the street where we live. I'm lookingforward to doing it!Module 2They say that first impressions are very important. Myfirst impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous andshy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lessonwith us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likesworking with her. She's kind and patient, and sheexplains English grammar soclearly that even I canShe avoids making you feel stupid! I've understand it!—always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a wordincorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just smiles,so that you don't feel completely stupid! I think maybeshe goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but forme it's wonderful! I feel I'm going to make progress withher.I'd guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She's verywe don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to. strict—She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. Whenshe asks you to do something, you do it immediately!There are a few students in our class who keep comingto class late but they're always on time for Mrs. Chen'slessons! Some of our class don't like her, but most of usreally appreciate her because her teaching is so wellorganised and clear. And a few students even admitliking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson,----but I think that I'll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chenteaching me.Mr. Wu's only been teaching us for two weeks and he'salready very popular. I think this is because he reallyenjoys teaching Chinese literature —he loves it, in fact!He's got so much energy; this is one class you do not fall asleep in! He's about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his handsabout a lot when he gets excited.He's really amusing andtells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored. Eventhings like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.Module 3My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney,Australia and I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my firstride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friendand I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in themiddle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ategreat meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, thescenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, itwas desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and therewere no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice.----During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan?A long time ago,Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of thecountry. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn'tlike the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty yearsago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan.Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for travelling along distance. For many years,trained camelscarried food and other supplies, and returned withwool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.Then the government built a new railway line, so theydidn't need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed alaw which allowed people to shoot the animals if theywere a problem. In 1935, thepolice in a town shot 153 camels in one day.Module 4XIAO LI: It's great to see you again, John.JOHN MARTIN: It's great to see you! It's been six yearssince we last saw each other, you know. And this is thefirst time I've visited your hometown.----XIAO LI: Yes, I'm so glad you could come.JOHN MARTIN: You know, I've seen quite a lot of Chinaand I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of themost attractive places I've been to. It's so lively, andeveryone seems so friendly.XIAO LI: Yes, it's one of the mostinteresting cities onthe coast, everyone says so. I feel very fortunate livinghere. And I love living by the seaside.JOHN MARTIN: You live in the northwest of Xiamen,is that right?XIAO LI: Yes, that's right.JOHN MARTIN: What's the climate like?XIAO LI: Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can bequite cold in the winter.JOHN MARTIN: Sounds OK to me. There are a lotof tourists around. Don't they bother you?XIAO LI: Yes, they can be a nuisance in thesummer because there are so many of them.JOHN MARTIN: Oh, look at that huge apartment block!XIAO LI: Yes, they've just completed it. The rent foran apartment there is very high.----JOHN MARTIN: I believe you! This area's so modern!XIAO LI: Yes, this is the businessdistrict. They've putup a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there aresome great shopping malls. See, we're just passingone now. My wife's just bought a beautiful dress fromone of the shops there.JOHN MARTIN: Maybe I could buy a few presents there.XIAO LI: I'll take you there tomorrow. Now we'releaving the business district and approaching the harbour.We're entering the western district, the most interestingpart of the city. It's got some really pretty parks ...JOHN MARTIN: It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island,just across the water?XIAO LI: Yes, it is. It's a gorgeous island with somereally interesting architecture.JOHN MARTIN: So they tell me. Do you think wecould stop and walk around for a while?XIAO LI: Yes, I was just going to do that. We can parkover there. A friend's told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch?JOHN MARTIN: That soundsgreat. I'm starving!Module 5The Internet is the biggest source of information in the----world, and it's accessible through a computer. Itconsists of millions of pages of data.In 1969, DARPA, a U.S. defenceorganisation, developeda way for all their computers to alk to each otherthrough the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. For fifteen years, only theU.S. army could use this system of communication. Thenin 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)started the NSFNET network. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET becameknown as the Inter-Network, or Internet.The World Wide Web (the web) is a computernetwork that allows computer users to accessinformation from millions of websites via the Internet.At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is inEnglish, but this percentage is going down. By 2020,much web traffic could be inChinese.The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by anEnglish scientist, TimBerners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university using anold television! He came up with the idea of the WorldWide Web in 1989 while he was working in Switzerland.Berners-Lee made it possible foreveryone to use theInternet, not just universities and the army. He designedthe first web browser, which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. From thatmoment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users rose from 600 000 to----40 million.The Internet has created thousands of millionaires, but Berners-Lee is not one of them. Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system.He now works as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.Passage A It is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have differentuses, for example, steel isused in cars, and iron is used in electrical equipment.When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water andoxygen. The reaction of metals with these substancescan be put in order. Here is a table with the metals thatreact most at the top, and the metals that react least atthe bottom.Passage BA Simple Scientific Experiment Below is a description of a simple scientific experiment.It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water.Aim: To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; (b) in waterthat has no air in it (air-free water);(c) in ordinary water. Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; testtubes; test tube holder;cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner. Iron in dry airMethod 1. Put some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.----2.Push some cotton wool down the tube.3.Leave the tube for one week.ResultAfter one week, the nails have not rusted.ConclusionIron does not rust in dry air.Iron in air-free waterMethodHalf-fill a test tube with water.1.Boil the water for three minutes. (This makes sure2. there is no air in the water.)Put two or three clean nails inthe water.3.Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of4.the water.Leave the tube for one week. 5.ResultThe nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water.ConclusionIron does not rust in air-free water.Iron in ordinary waterMethodHalf-fill a test tube with water and add two or 1.three clean nails.Leave the tube for one week. 2.ResultThe nails rust in the tube with ordinary water.----ConclusionIron rusts in ordinary water.---。
外研版新高一必修一全册课文
Unit 1 A new startU1 Section AMy First Day at Senior HighAfter I had pictured it over and over again in my mind, the big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high!I woke up early and rushed out of the door in my eagerness to get to know my new school.The campus was still quiet when I arrived, so I decided to explore a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard when I heard a voice behind me. “New here?” Turning around, I saw a white-haired man. “Yes,” I replied. “I’m wondering what life is going to be like here.” “Don’t worry,” he gave me a smile. “You’ll soon find out.”How true these words were! When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was surprised to see the same man I had met earlier.“Good morning, everyone. Before we start, please come to the front one by one and introduce yourself to the class. I’ll go first...”“What?!” I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn’t start. “I should say my name, of course. But what else? What could I say to make a good first impression? Something about my insect collection, perhaps.” I was organising my words in my head when the girl next to me gave me a nudge. “It’s your turn!”With butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply. “Hi, I’m Meng Hao.” Everyone started laughing. I looked at them in panic. “Nice to know we share the same name,” said my new teacher. I had been too nervous to pay attention when he introduced himself! Although I was embarrassed, his word made me a lot more relaxed!When we had all introduced ourselves, Mr Meng said, “Well done, everyone! I know this isn’t easy for many of you. But this is just the kind of thing you are going to face at senior high. Challenges like this might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all depends on what you do. Keep calm and be prepared. That way, you’ll make the most of your time at senior high.”People say, “Well begun, half done.” I guess this was a good beginning to my new school life.U1 Section CHigh School HintsSchool TalkSubscribed 3,101+Add to Share ...More1,231 viewsPublished on 10 July 2017❤998Interviewer:Hello and welcome to School Talk! Today I’m joined by a former student of our school, Lisa Osborne.Lisa graduated from our school last June and is about to go to college in New York.Lisa, thank you for coming to share your suggestions for high school with us.Lisa: Hi,everybody. I’m very glad to be back. I feel as if high school was only yesterday!Interviewer:So what helped when you first started high school?Lisa: Orientation Day was really helpful. It’s a fantastic opportunity for new students to get to know the school and the other students. I even made some new friends! Just keep an open mind andtake part in as much as possible.Interviewer:That’s sound advice for sure. But how did you deal with new challenges, like starting a new course?Lisa: I had a chemistry test right at the end of the first week. I was frightened at the sight of the test paper. But then I figured I’d better just go all out and see what happens. If you fail, no problem --next time you can fail better!Interviewer:So, hold our head up, then. But life is not always easy. You must have had some moments when you were disappointed. If so, how did you deal with them?Lisa: As a member of the school volleyball team, I wasn’t selected for the end-of-year competition. At first I was really sad, but later I realized that I joined the team for the love of the sport. It wasn’tjust about winning. So I kept working hard to support my teammates during our training. There’salways a way to be part of something you love, isn’t there?Interviewer:Yes, I totally agree. Is there anything else in particular that you’d like to share with us?Lisa: Looking back on my high school life, the most important advice I’d give is these wonderful words from the writer Maya Angelou. She said, “Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.” So,give your friends a hand when they need it. And this will make you feel good, too.Interviewer:Neat! Well, thanks again for coming to speak to us, Lisa. And good luck with college!Lisa: Thank you.Unit 2 Exploring EnglishU2 Section ANeither Pine nor Apple in PineappleHave you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English? I hadn’t, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. There isn’t. This make me realize that there’s no egg in eggplant either. Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo. And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus! While we’re doing all this traveling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, but we don’t get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of home, why aren’t homework and housework the same thing?If “hard” is the opposite of “soft”, why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair? If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behaviors the same?When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing”. But when we see sunshine, we can’t say “it’s sunshining”.Even the smallest words can be confusing. When you see the capitalized “WHO” in a medical report, do you read it as the “who” in “Who’s that?” What about “IT” and “US”?You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.Misadventures in EnglishLast week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didn’t expect o get so many posts! Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!People say that the British always play sage with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat. Poor Maggie -- but why did she try to eat such a big frog?135 commentsWhen I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn’t find any shoes. I decided to leave. When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong information? X-(128 commentsI’ve got an English penfriend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer. He had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked”. But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I found it very odd. Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?63 commentsThe British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my university in China.I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive comment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “Not bad!” Not bad? But there weren’t any errors in my paper. :-(85 commentsUnit 3 Family mattersLike Father, Like Son( The living room. Friday night. A table and two chairs at front centre. Grandfather and Father, seated at the table, are playing chess.)Grandfather:And ... I win!(Son enters room.)Father:Not again! Oh look, here comes my boy. How are you, son?Son:(nervously approaching the table) Erm ... Dad, can we talk?Father:Sure! You know you can always turn to your dad for a chat.Son:OK. Here it is. I’ve decided not to go to university. I want to focus on my band and have a career in music when I leave school.Father:(raising his voice in surprise) You can’t be serious! What about your future career as a lawyer?!Son:I knew you’d say that. You just assume I want to be a lawyer, but that’s only because you are a lawyer.Father:What’s wrong with being a lawyer? Lawyers help people and are respected by others.Son:Yes, but I’m not interested in law. I want to work in a studio, not a court.Grandfather:(looking at Father) Calm down. OK?Father:(ignoring Grandfather’s words) Stop daydreaming! Playing in a band is not a job.Son:Of course it is! The music industry is developing fast now. Making music is a job.Grandfather:(stepping between Father and Son and raising his voice) Hey! I told you to calm down, both of you!Father:But I told him to study something useful at university!Grandfather:(laughing) Easy, son! I remember when you were his age, you said that you wanted to be a professional football player.Father:And you wanted me to be an engineer!Grandfather:I just wanted you to be happy, and an engineer -- a happy engineer.Father:But in the end, you just advised me to think carefully.Grandfather:Yes, and you have found the career that suits your talents. I’m so proud of you. Your son is proud of you, too.Son:Of course I am, but I have different talents.Grandfather:(turning to Son) Why don’t you also take my advice and think carefully before jumping in with both feet?Son:Well, I could try...Grandfather:If you go to university and play music at the same time, you will have two options for your future. And I’m sure playing in a band will help you make lots of new friends at university.Father:Yes, lots of new lawyer friends!Son:(with a sigh) Dad ...(Curtain)U3 Section CJust a BrotherIt was the final part of the 2016 World Triathlon Series in Mexico. With just 700 metres to go, Alistair Brownlee was in third place and his younger brother, Jonny, was in the lead. Alistair pushed himself towards the finish line in the burning heat, but as he came round the corner, he saw his brother about to fall onto the track. Alistair had to choose -- brotherly love, or a chance to win the race?For Alistair, the choice was clear. His brother was in trouble. He had to help. Alistair ran towards Jonny, caught him and started pulling him towards the finish line. Alistair then pushed his brother over the line. The move put Jonny in second place and Alistair himself in third. It was an unexpected end to the race, but Alistair did not want to discuss it with the media. He just wanted to see his younger brother, who had been rushed to the medical area.The Brownlee brothers have been doing triathlons since they were children. “Obviously, when your olderbrother is doing it, you think it’s a cool thing to do,” says Jonny. Alistair says that they encourage each other as much as they can when they train. Despite arguments over “stupid things” now and then, Alistair agrees that having a brother is an advantage. “Throughout my entire life, I’ve had my brother trying to beat me at everything I do. It has been an enormously positive force.”Watched by millions, the ending to the race has divided opinions : should the brothers have been disqualified or highly praised for their actions? But for Alistair, his decision was easy to explain : “Mum wouldn’t have been happy if I’d left Jonny behind.” At that moment, he was no longer an athlete aiming for a medal -- he was just a brother.Unit 4 Friends foreverU4 Section AClick for a Friend?How would you feel if moving to a new town meant losing track of your friends? What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered? This was how things worked not very long ago. Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly.Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships. All you need is a wi-fi connection.The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests, such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.But when you “friend” people online, does this mean that they really are your friends?It depends.If people always exchange true personal information online, then yes, these friendships can be real an meaningful. But we need to keep in mink that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.On social media sites, people tend to psst only positive updates that make them appear happy and friendly. But smiling photos can hide real problems. Remember the saying : on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information with criminals.But this doesn’t mean that we should throw the baby our with the bathwater. Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends, the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same. As Aristotle said, no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all other goods.U4 Section CAfter Twenty YearsThe short story “After Twenty Years” is set in New York on a cold, dark night. Most people have left work to go home, and this part of the city is now quiet. A policeman who is checking the area sees a man outside a shop. He goes up to the man and finds he has a scar on his face. They have a chat and the man starts to tell his story.“Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”“It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven’t you heard from your friend since you left?”“Well, yes, for a time we corresponded, ” said the other. “But after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he’s alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world. He’ll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it’s worth it if my old partner turns up.”(Excerpts from “After Twenty Years” by O.Henry)Unit 5 Into the wildU5 Section AThe Monarch’s JourneyMany animals move from one place to another at certain times of the year. This annual movement is called migration. They migrate to find food, seek a partner, or in search of warmer weather. One of the most wonderful migrations in nature is that of the North American monarch butterfly.Every autumn, millions of these beautiful insects with fine black and orange wings begin a long and difficult journey. Somehow they manage to travel around 4,000 kilometres south and find their way to California or Mexico. However, until recently no one knew how they did this.A team of scientists led by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington has now found the answer. They have found out that the monarch is able to tell the time of day. It uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun. These two pieces of information -- the time of day and the point where the sun is in the sky -- allow the butterfly to determine the way to go. Eventually, it manages to reach the place where it will spend the winter.The solution to the mystery of the monarch’s amazing ability comes at a time when it is in serious trouble. Its population has crashed by as mush as 90 per cent in the last few years. Sadly, human activity is the main reason why the number of monarch butterflies is falling. In many of the places where the butterfly can be found, people are destroying the natural environment. They cut down trees and use chemicals that kill the plants that monarch caterpillars eat.The research on the monarch’s behaviour has however led to a greater awareness of this creature. People have been working together to record its migration and make sure that there are enough plants for it to feed on. If this works, there may come a time when the number of monarch butterflies increases once again. The more we know about this lovely creature, the greater the chance it will survive and keep its place in the natural world for a long time to come.U5 Section CAn Encounter with NatureAs a nature photographer, I have to brave the elements. But despite the wind and the rain, I still enjoy working outside in the wild. One of the best things about this job is that you can observe animals in their natural environment.My favourite place to take photos is Yellowstone National Park. As the world’s first national park, Yellowstone is famous for the variety of its wildlife, but it is probably best known for its bears. These huge, stronganimals can live for 30 years. Despite a weight of up to 300 kilograms, they can run at a speed of around 64 kilometres per hour and are also excellent swimmers.Last spring in Yellowstone, I followed a path that took me through a dark forest. When I finally stepped out of the trees, the view was breathtaking. An eagle flew over the snowcapped mountains, which were reflected in the still lake below. While I was concentrating on photographing this amazing scene, I suddenly had a feeling that I was being watched. Slowly, and with the camera still held to my eye, I turned ... and froze. Only metres away from me was a bear. With water falling off its thick, brown hair, the bear stared back at me. Time stood still as the bear and I both wanted to see who would move first. My legs started shaking. Somehow, I forced my finger to press the button. A second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest. When I recovered from the shock, I looked at my camera. My most frightening but magical experience was now captured forever in a single image.From time to time, I look at the photo as a reminder to show respect to all animals. It is after all we who are the visitors to their world.Unit 6 At one with natureU6 Section ALongji Rice TerracesImagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in then Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top.So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn entire mountains into terraces? Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terraces therefore meant that they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. Secondly, although the region has plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away.But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice.The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with each other. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. The sun heats the water and turns it into vapour. This form s clouds from which rain falls downonto the mountain terraces once again. These terraces also provide a perfect environment for birds and fish, some of which feed on insects that can harm the rice crops.Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still mean a lot to the local people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge is passed down through families, which means that new generations continue to use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces. Today, the Longji Rice Terraces attract thousands of visitors who come to admire this great wonder created by people and nature working together.U6 Section CA Love of Gardening“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” These words come from the author of the book The Secret Garden, first published in 1911. At that time, only the very rich in Britain had gardens. Very soon after this, homes with gardens began to be built. This is what started the British love of gardening! Today, millions of Brits like to say that they have “green fingers”, with around half the population spending their free time gardening.For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world. Each spring, children pant sunflowers and wait to see which one is the tallest. Expert gardeners know just the right corner for roses, and others spend hours trying to grow perfect vegetables to enter into competitions. And while many Brits like nothing better than spending their Sunday cutting the grass, some are happy just to sit under the branches of the trees and enjoy the beauty of the world around them.But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions. Those without outside space can rent small pieces of land on which to grow things. Today, there are over 4,000 people in London waiting for such pieces of land. One recent idea has been to turn rooftops and walls into private gardens. These gardens have helped make the cities greener and improve air quality.As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul. What other free time activities allows you to be at one with nature and create more beautiful living things? And if you’re in any doubt about this, take a moment to reflect on this line from The Secret Garden : “Where you tend a rose ... A thistle cannot grow.”。
外研新标准英语必修一Moudle 2 My New Teachers课文及翻译
Moudle 2 My New TeachersThey say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. She's kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English,but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me it's wonderful! I feel I'm going to make progress with her.I'd guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She's very strict—we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to. She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they're always on time for Mrs. Chen's lessons! Some of our class don't ike her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that I’ll do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me.Mr. Wu’s only been teaching us for two weeks and he’s already very popular.I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature ---- he loves it, in fact! He’s got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! He’s about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. He’s really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we’re getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.我的新老师人们常说第一印象很重要。
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译(中英Word精编)
Unit 1 Laugh out loud!Understanding ideasThe Best Medicine最佳妙药1 As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. That is until I put on my curly rainbow wig, big red nose, and add my name badge “Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-Loud”. I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there’s a familiar atmosphere of boredom and tension. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously. Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.当我穿着白大褂走进医院时，我看起来和其他医生没什么两样——直到我戴上卷曲的彩虹色假发和大红鼻子，别上我的名牌“拉里，笑哈哈医生”。
我穿过一道道门进入候诊区，这里充斥着常见的厌烦和紧张情绪。
人们别扭地坐在塑料椅上，翻阅着那些已经被读过数百遍的旧杂志。
焦虑的父母们正尽其所能安抚紧张哭闹的孩子。
2 In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size. I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.在这个特别的场景里，我注意到一个小女孩，她的脚踝肿成了原来的两倍。
外研版必修1课文
必修1Module 1 My First Day at Senior HighMy First Day at Senior HighMy name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’m writing down my thoughts about it.My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They’re brilliant!The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We’re using a new textbook and Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class!Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behavior of the other students shows that they like her, too.There are sixty-five students in my class –more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live. I’m looking forward to doing it!A Letter from a Senior High StudentDear Li Kang,How’s it going? I thought I’d write to tell you about the American school system. Secondary school in the US usually covers seven years, grades six to twelve. Ninth to twelfth grades are high school. At the end of twelfth grade, American students receive the high school diploma. Students need a high school diploma if they want to go to college.The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December, and the second January through May. We have a LONG summer vacation! We start school at 7:50 am and we finish at 3 pm.I take part in all kinds of after-school activities – I play football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis and I go to theater club.Will you tell me something about your summer vacation and the Chinese school system in your next letter?Best wishes,Rob MarshallModule 2 My New TeachersMy New TeachersThey say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. She’s kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! – She avoids making you fell stupid! I’ve always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you don’t feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me it’s wonderful! I feel I’m going to make progress with her.I’d guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She’s very strict –we don’t dare to say a word unless she asks us to. She’s also very serious and doesn’t smile much .when she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they’re always on time for Mrs. Chen’s lessons! Some of our class don’t like her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organized and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that I’ll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.Mr. Wu’s only been teaching us for two weeks and he’s already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature – he loves it, in fact! He’s got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! He’s about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. He’s really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we’re getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.Different Countries, Different SchoolsIt is interesting to look at differences between schools in different countries. In many European countries, for example, the relationship between teachers and students is quite formal. This is true of France, Germany, and Spain, where discipline and respect for the teacher is considered very important. The same is true of Russia. In northern European countries, however, the relationship between teachers and students is much friendlier and more relaxed. In America, students and teachers are quite relaxed with each other. In Britain, relationships are quite relaxed, but teachers can have big problems with discipline.Another important difference is whether schools are state schools or private schools. State schools are paid for by the government, but in private schools, the parents pay for the education of their children. Germany and France have both state and private schools, but most students go to state schools, which are very good. Similarly, America has both state and private schools. Most American children go to state schools, but the private schools can be very good. Britain has both state and private schools. In Russia, children go to state schools.Module 3 My First Ride on a TrainMy First Ride on a TrainMy name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and I’m 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I traveled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometers away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometers of the journey, the scenery was very colorful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I’m studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for traveling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn’t need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.The Maglev – the Fastest Train in the WorldThe fastest train in the world, the Transrapid Maglev, runs between Shanghai’s Pudong Airport and Longyang station in downtown Shanghai. Traveling at a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometer journey in eight minutes.Maglev means “magnetically levitated”. The Transrapid Maglev is the world’s first high-speed train using magnetic levitation technology. Magnetically levitated trains travel in a vacuum between two magnets. There are no rails and no noise. They travel very fast and they use less energy.On December 31, 2002, Premier Zhu Rongji and the German chancellor attended the opening ceremony of the train service. Both leaders took the train to Pudong Airport.On November 12, 2003, the Maglev reached a speed of 501 kilometers per hour on the track between Longyang Station and Pudong, a new world record speed for a train.Module 4 A Social Survey – My NeighourhoodA Lively CityXL: It’s great to see you again, John.JM: It’s great to see you! It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know. And this is the first time I’ve visited your hometown.XL: Yes, I’m so glad you could come.JM: You know, I’ve seen quite a lot of China and I’ve visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most attractive places I’ve been to. It’s so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.XL: Yes, it’s one of the most interesting cities on the coast, everyone says so. I feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside.JM: you live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?XL: Yes, that’s right.JM: What’s the climate like?XL: Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter.JM: Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around. Don’t they bother you?XL: Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.JM: Oh, look at that huge apartment block!XL: Yes, they’ve just completed it. The rent for an apartment there is very high.JM: I believe you! This area’s so modern!XL: Yes, this is the business district. They’ve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great shopping malls. See, we’re just passing one now. my wife’s just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.JM: Maybe I could buy a few presents there.XL: I’ll take you there tomorrow. Now we’re leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. We’re entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. It’s got some really pretty parks…JM: It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, just across the water?XL: Yes, it is. It’s a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture.JM: So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while?XL: Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there. A friend’s told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch?JM: That sounds great. I’m starving!Cultural cornerIn some countries in western Europe, such as France, Spain and Britain, the countryside is changing.Life has become difficult for many villages, and some are disappearing. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live somewhere livelier and they often move to the towns and do not return. Secondly, people move to the cities to find work, as there are often very few jobs in the countryside. Sometimes villages remain because people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village, where they come and stay at weekends. The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there. Another problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from theirfarms. So they sell their land and find another job.All these things mean that many villages in western Europe are fighting to survive. We can only hope that they will remain. The countryside would be a sadder and uglier place without them.Module 5 A Lesson in a LabPassage AIt is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in electrical equipment.When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, and the metals that react least at the bottom.Passage BA Simple Scientific ExperimentBelow is a description of a simple scientific experiment. It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water.Aim: To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); (c) in ordinary water.Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; rest tubes; test tube holder; cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner.Iron in dry airMethodPut some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.Push some cotton wool down the tube.Leave the tube for one week.ResultAfter one week, the nails have not rusted.ConclusionIron does not rust in dry air.Iron in air-free waterMethodHalf-fill a test tube with water.Boil the water for three minutes. (this makes sure there is no air in the water.)Put two or three clean nails in the water.Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water.Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water.ConclusionIron does not rust in air-free water.Iron in ordinary waterMethodHalf-fill a test tube with water and add two or three clean nails.Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails rust in the tube with ordinary water.ConclusionIron rusts in ordinary waterCultural CornerMy feelings about science have really changed. I never used to enjoy science, but last year I changed schools, and the science teachers at my new school are excellent. The science facilities are very good, with laboratories that have all the latest equipment. Our chemistry teacher, Mr Longford, takes us to public science lectures about four times a term, and these are always very interesting, as the lecturers are people who have made real discoveries in their area of science. The fact is, Canada has many first-class scientists. In the last twenty years, seven Canadian scientists have won the Nobel Prize! The Nobel Prize is the highest scientific prize there is, so we should be very proud of that,I’m becoming more and more interested in physics, and have decided that I want to study it at university. I’m going to try to go to either Montreal or Ottawa University, as both are supposed to have good Physics Departments. My parents are astonished. They always thought I would become an English teacher!Module 6 The internet and TelecommunicationsPassageThe internet is the biggest source of information in the world, and it’s accessible through a computer. It consists of millions of pages of data.In 1969, DARPA, a US defence organization, developed a way for all their computers to “talk” to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. For fifteen years, only the US army could use this system of communication. Then in 1984, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) started the NSFNET network. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network, or “Internet”.The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network that allows computer users to access information from millions of websites via the Internet. At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, but this percentage is going down. By 2020, much web traffic could be in Chinese.The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university using an old television! He came up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 while he was working in Switzerland.Berners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army. He designed the first “web browser”, which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users rose from 600,000 to 40 million.The Internet has created thousands of millionaires, but Berners-Lee is not one of them. Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system. He now works as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.Passage BTalking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it even cheaper by shortening the words that you use. You can do this by taking out “unimportant”letters in the words (usually vowels) and using numbers instead of words (2=to, 3=free, 4=for, 8=ate, so h8=hate, etc.). You can also avoid using punctuation like inverted commas. Here is an example: Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll? (I’m home now, why not give me a call?)What do you think these text messages mean?Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cllDo U wnt 2 g 2 the cnma tnite?I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on strdy. Do U wnt 2 cm?Mobile phone users have developed a series of symbols to show how they feel. They are called emoticons, nad there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways.For example, if you say something in a text message which is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this:Why didt u call me? I’m so sad. :)Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where you could use them?。
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译（中英Word精编）
新外研版新教材高中英语选择性必修一全册课文及翻译（中英Word精编）Unit 1 Laugh out loud!Understanding ideasThe Best Medicine最佳妙药1 As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. That is until I put on my curly rainbow wig, big red nose, and add my name badge “Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-Loud”. I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there’s a familiar atmosphere of boredom and tension. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously. Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.当我穿着白大褂走进医院时，我看起来和其他医生没什么两样——直到我戴上卷曲的彩虹色假发和大红鼻子，别上我的名牌“拉里，笑哈哈医生”。
我穿过一道道门进入候诊区，这里充斥着常见的厌烦和紧张情绪。
人们别扭地坐在塑料椅上，翻阅着那些已经被读过数百遍的旧杂志。
焦虑的父母们正尽其所能安抚紧张哭闹的孩子。
2 In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size. I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.在这个特别的场景里，我注意到一个小女孩，她的脚踝肿成了原来的两倍。
外研社新课标高中英语必修2 课文
外研社新课标必修二课文Module 1 Zhou KaiWhen Zhou Kai’s mother saw him heading towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously.“Zhou Kai, where are you going?” she asked.“To the park. I’m gong to play football,” said Zhou Kai.“But it’s raining! You’ll catch a bad cold,” said his mother.“No, I won’t. I’ll be fine,” said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door.“Zhou Kai, you’ll get ill. You know you will. You can at least go and get your jacket.”“OK, OK” Zhou Kai went and did as he was told.Zhou Kai (2)My mother has always made sure we eat very healthily, and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet. We live near the sea and we have fish about four times a week. We don’t eat much fat or sugar. A lot of my school f riends eat sweets every day but I’m lucky because I don’t have a sweet tooth ----I’d rather eat a nice piece of fruit. And I’m not too heavy, so I never have to diet, or anything like that.I’m quite healthy. I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for me, I had a bad cold and a bit of a fever last week. But that’s because I was stupid enough to play football in the rain. I don’t often get things like flu either. Last winter almost all my class mates got flu ----but I didn’t.I think I don’t get these things because I take a lot of exercise and am very fit. Two years ago I broke my arm playing football. The injury was quite painful and I couldn’t move my arm for month----I hated that.So as you can see from what I’ve said, I’m a normal kind of perso n.But there’s one thing I really love ----I’m crazy about football.I’m captain of the class team at school and I’m also a member of the Senior High team.Because of this, I make sure that I have a good diet, and as I’ve said, this isn’t a problem becaus e my mother feeds us so well.CULTURAL CORNERThe health care system of a country is very important and different countries have different ways of paying for it. Britain was the first country in the world to have a free health care system paid for by the government. Health care is free for everyone living in Britain. Most doctors and nurses work for the government and most hospitals are owned by the government. Until recently this system was very successful but recently there have been problems. This is because the governmenthas not put enough money into the health service. As a result, more people are using private health insurance. They see doctors who work for themselves and pay the doctors through the health insurance company.In America the system is very different. Most people have private health insurance. Doctors work for themselves and hospitals are privately owned. The health insurance company pays the doctors and the hospitals. The problem with this system is that poorer people don’t have to pay for private health insurance. As a result, they often have both health and money problems.Canada has a different system again. Health care is free. Doctors work privately and hospitals are privately owned. When you become ill, medical fees are paid for by the government.Module 2Article 1 No DrugsMy name is Adam Rouse. I'm 19 years old and I used to be a drug addict. I first started using drugs when I was 15. I bought cannabis from a man in the street. I continued to buy cannabis from the same man for about six months. One day, he offered me some crack cocaine.Article 2Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug. Some drug users inject cocaine, others smoke it. Both ways are dangerous. Users who inject the drug are also in more danger if they share needles with other users.Crack cocaine is the most addictive form of cocaine. Users become addicted to crack cocaine much more easily if they smoke it. Smoking allows cocaine to reach the brain very quickly.When I went back to the man again, I wanted more crack cocaine. But he asked me for a lot of money. I didn't have enough money so he didn't give me any drugs. I was in terrible pain.The next day, I broke into a house and stole a television and a video recorder. I took them to the drug dealer. He told me to take them to a shop in a nearby street. The man in the shop gave me some money. I took the money to the drug dealer and he gave me some more crack cocaine.Using cocaine increases the user's heart rate and blood pressure.As a result, cocaine users sometimes have heart attacks. Smoking crack cocaine also causes anti-social behaviour.By this time, I was addicted to crack cocaine. If I didn't have any drugs, I was in terrible pain. And I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs. One day, the police took me to the police station.The next day, a doctor came to see me. He told me that I could die if I didn't stop taking crack cocaine, so I took his advice and stopped immediately.Now I work in a centre for drug addicts, helping others to stop taking drugs.CULTURAL CORNERStop Smoking Now—We Can Help!In almost every US city and town, there are local organisations to help people stop smoking. Participants learn to recognize smoking triggers (things that start them smoking) and they try to set a date in the future when they will stop smoking.One of the most popular and successful is the California Smokers' Helpline. Here is an extract from one of their leaflets.When you really want a cigarette—try the four Ds:1Delay: Look at your watch and wait for a couple of minutes. If you can wait two minutes, you won't want to smoke.2Distraction: Whatever you're doing when you want to smoke—do something else! For example, if you're alone, find someone to talk to. If you're sitting down, take a short walk.3 Drink water: If you drink water, you reduce the need to have something in your mouth.4Deep breathing: Breathe in slowly and deeply. Count to five when your lungs are full. Then breathe out slowly. Repeat several times.And here are some ideas to help people to give up smoking:1Make a plan: Make a list of friends who smoke and places where you smoke. Don't see those people and don't go to those places!2Set a date when you're going to stop: Choose a time when you will be relaxed but also too busy to think about smoking.3Keep busy: Instead of smoking, make a phone call, take a short walk, talk with a friend.4Develop new interests: Exercise—walking, hiking, jogging, swimming, or taking a gymnastic class—helps you to forget about cigarettes.Module 3 MusicJoseph Haydn (1732--1809) was an Austrian composer and is known as "the father of the symphony". Other composers had written symphonies before Haydn, but he changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.He was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria, where he became director of music.Having worked there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful.Mozart (1756--1791) was a composer, possibly the greatest musical genius of all time. He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 pieces of music.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. His father Leopold was a musician and orchestra conductor. Wolfgang had musical talent from a very early age. He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four, he started composing music when he was five, and when he was six, he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria.By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star and toured Europe giving concerts. Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him. "He is the greatest composer the world has known," he said. The two were friends until Mozart's death in 1791.Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was born in Bonn, Germany. He showed musical talent when he was very young, and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer. Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him. "He will give something wonderful to the world," he said.Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed by the older man. After they had known each other for many years, Beethoven said, "He is a good composer, but he has taught me nothing." However, it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna.Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for the rest of his life. As he grew older, he began to go deaf. He became completely deaf during the last years of his life, but he continued composing.CULTURAL CORNERYe XiaogangYe Xiaogang, who was born in 1955,is one of a group of Chinese composers known as the New Tide. He writes symphonies and pieces for smaller groups of musicians. He also writes film music. He showed musical ability at an early age and began studying piano when he was four years old.From 1978 till 1983, he studied at the Central Conservatory of Music of China. After graduation, he worked there as a lecturer.In 1985, there was a concert of Ye Xiaogang's symphonies in Beijing. From that time, he has been one of the leading modern composers of Chinese classical music. In 1986, his album Horizon appeared and his music was played at the First Contemporary Chinese Composers' Festival in Hong Kong. He is famous for mixing Chinese musical traditions with western forms and instrumentation.Ye is a member of the Beijing music group Eclipse. Eclipse is perhaps the first independentmusic group in China which plays works by modern Chinese composers. In November 1996, the group played with Italian musician Enrico Rava at the Beijing International Jazz Festival.Ye Xiaogang has received many prizes, in China and in other countries. Since 1993, he has worked part of the time in Beijing and part of the time in the US. He's a professor of music at the Central Conservatory of Music of China, and composes pieces for the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.MODULE 4 Fine Arts-Western Chinese and Pop Arts A．This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century. Picasso and another painter, George Braque, started Cubism, one of the most important of all modern art movements.Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time.This painting by contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923 -1997) is a world famous example of pop art.Pop art (from the word "popular") was an important modern art movement that aimed to show ordinary twentieth-century city life. For example, it shows things such as soup cans and advertisements.Qi Baishi (1863-1957), one of the China's greatest painters, followed the traditional Chinese style of painting. Chinese painting is known for its brush drawings in black inks and natural colours. Qi Baishi observed the world of nature very carefully, and his paintings are special because of this.Xu Beihong (1895-1953) was one of China's best-known twentieth-century artists.Like Qi Baishi, Xu painted in the traditional Chinese style.Both painters have a beautiful brush line.Xu Beihong believed that artists should show reality, but not just imitate it. Instead, a picture should try to show the "life" of its subject. He is most famous for his lively paintings of horses..I'm studying art at school, and I enjoy it a lot, although I can get tired of looking at pictures all the time. I'm crazy about the paintings of Qi Baishi, and this delightful picture of the little shrimps is such a lovely example of his work. But I can't stand that picture of a golden-haired girl. I think it's stupid.My parents are fond of going to art galleries and often take me with them, so I've developed an interest in art. I must say, I love that picture of the six horses. They look so alive. It's by a Chinese artist, isn't it? I can tell by the style. I think the painting of the young girl is probably by Picasso. I really like him. I think he's an extraordinary artist.CULTURAL CORNERPeople generally agree that Pablo Picasso, who lived from 1881 to 1973, is the twentieth-century's greatest western artist. He was born in Spain and at the age of ten was already an excellent artist. He had his first exhibition at the age of 16. Picasso studied art in Spain, but moved to France, in his early twenties. From 1902 to 1904 he painted a series of pictures where the main colour was blue. These pictures showed poor, unhappy people and are known as Picasso's "blue period". From 1904 to 1906 Picasso painted much happier pictures in the colour pink. This period was known as Picasso's "pink period".With another Spanish artist called George Braque, Picasso then started an important new artistic movement called Cubism. Picasso's first Cubist paintings were all painted in brown and grey. People agree that Picasso's greatest Cubist painting is Guernica, which was painted in Madrid in 1937. Guernica is the name of a town that was destroyed during the 1930s war in Spain. In this painting, Picasso showed his feelings about what had happened to the town.MODULE 5 Newspapers and MagazinesChinese Taikonaut Back on Earth!China's first taikonaut Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei landed safely this morning in the Shenzhou V capsule in Inner Mongolia, 300 kilometres northwest of Beijing. Yang was in space for twenty-one and a half hours and made 14 orbits of the earth."It is a great moment in the history of China—and also the greatest day of my life," said Yang. When he was orbiting in the capsule, he took photographs of planet earth."Our planet is so beautiful," he said.The Beijing Space Control Centre said the flight was a "complete success". When Yang landed, Premier Wen Jiabao telephoned the Control Centre to offer his congratulations.When Yang took off from Jiuquan in northwest China at 9 am yesterday, China became the third nation to send a man into space.Yang is the 438th person to travel in space, including astronauts from 32 countries. In total, these astronauts have spent more than 26,000 days in space.While he was travelling in space, Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which is orbiting the earth, American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. Lu, whose parents were born in China, spoke to Yang in Chinese during his flight. "Welcome to space," he said. Malenchenko said, "I am glad there is somebody else in space with us. It's great work by thousands and thousands of people from China."Many countries around the world sent messages of congratulations. Sean O'Keefe from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the US said that Yang's space flight was "animportant historical achievement and NASA wishes China continuing success with its space flight programme". United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the flight "a step forward for the whole world".CULTURAL CORNERDaily Newspapers in Britain and the United StatesNewspapers in Britain can be divided into the quality press (more serious newspapers) and the popular press. Quality newspapers have home and international news, and sports and cultural events. They also carry financial reports, travel news and book and film reviews.Popular newspapers are also known as tabloids. They have large headlines, a lot of big photographs and concentrate on news and events about famous people, and news about the British royal family.The Times is the most famous of the quality newspapers. It began in 1785. It is read by important people such as politicians, lawyers and businessmen. The Sun, founded in 1964, is the most successful of the popular newspapers. Around four million people read it every day and it sells more than any other daily newspaper.In the United States, newspapers usually have the name of the city where they are produced (for example, The New York Times ). You can buy the bigger ones all over the country. The US also has a lot of tabloid newspapers, such as The New York Daily News, which are similar to British tabloids.MODULE 6 Films and TV ProgrammesFilm Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonMartial arts films are often enjoyable but they are seldom great art. Now, to everyone's surprise, Ang Lee, director of a number of excellent films, has made a martial arts film called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The result is a masterpiece.The film belongs to a type of Chinese story called wuxia.These stories tell of nineteenth-century martial arts masters with unusual abilities. Wuxia films are popular in China, and they are now popular in the west too.The story takes place in the early 1800s in China. A man and a woman, Li Mubai (played by Chow Yun-Fat) and Yu Xiulian (played by Michelle Yeoh), both masters of the martial arts, are in love with each other. But Xiulian had a fiancé who has died. Because this fiancé was a good friendof Mubai, Mubai feels that he cannot marry Xiulian. When someone steals Xiulian's sword, Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back. The action takes place on Peking rooftops, and in places as far away as the deserts of western China. As in the old wuxia stories, characters leap through the air every now and then, with beautiful, graceful movements, while audiences shout in surprise.Unusually, it is the female characters that interest us most. Brave, good and strong, Xiulian is the character we care about most.Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays the part of Yu Jiaolong, a young woman who is not as good as she seems. The fight scenes between Jiaolong and Xiulian are some of the most exciting moments in modern cinema. But one cannot forget the wonderful Chow Yun-Fat, who is as good with a sword as he is with a gun.His romantic scenes with Yu Xiulian are very moving, as their eyes show all the love that they must not express in words.Film like this rarely reach the cinema.Go and see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.It will make your heart leap with excitement at its beauty.CULTURAL CORNERSteven Spielberg—Film DirectorAsk a young person in the street who the greatest American film director is, and you may get the answer Steven Spielberg. He has certainly made more successful films than any other director in the west.Spielberg was born in the state of Ohio, America, in 1946. He showed that he had unusual abilities when he was very young, completing his first 15-minute home movie at the age of 13. When he was 16 he made a 135-minute home movie called Firelight. This was shown at a local cinema and made $100.At the age of 24, Spielberg made a 26-minute film called Amblin. A Hollywood film studio liked it and employed Spielberg to make a full-length film. This film, Sugarland Express, made in 1974, had some success. Spielberg's next film was Jaws, a film about a shark that ate people. This was one of the most successful films of all time. Other wonderful films followed: E.T.—The Extra Terrestrial (1982), The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Jurassic Park(a film about dinosaurs), and Schindler's List. For this last film Spielberg won an Oscar, Hollywood's highest prize.For many years, Spielberg could not make a mistake. However, in the last fifteen years, some of his films have been less successful. But it is generally agreed, that he, more than anyone else in the history of films, understands the meaning of the word "entertainment".。
外研社高中英语必修1-5-课文-中英文对照
外研社高中英语必修1-5 课文中英文对照必修一我上高中的第一天\ Module 1 My First Day at Senior High My name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing。
It is the capital city of Hebei Province. 我叫李康。
居住在石家庄，一座离北京不远的城市.这座城市是河北省省会. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’m writing down my thoughts about it。
今天是我上高中的第一天，我将我对这一天的看法写下来。
My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing。
我的新学校很好，并且我能够明白其原因。
老师非常热情、友好,课堂令人感到惊奇. Every room has a computer with a special screen，almost as big as a cinema screen。
每个教室都有一台计算机，并配有特别的显示屏，其大小几乎同电影院的银幕一样。
The teachers write on the computer，and their words appear on the screen behind them。
老师写在电脑上，单词就出现在后面的屏幕上。
The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites。
They’re brilliant！屏幕还可展示图片、课文、和网站上的信息。
外研社高中英语必修1-5-课文-中英文对照
外研社高中英语必修1-5 课文中英文对照必修一我上高中的第一天\ Module 1 My First Day at Senior High My name is Li Kang。
I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. 我叫李康。
居住在石家庄，一座离北京不远的城市。
这座城市是河北省省会。
Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’m writing down my thoughts about it. 今天是我上高中的第一天，我将我对这一天的看法写下来。
My new school is very good and I can see why。
The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. 我的新学校很好，并且我能够明白其原因。
老师非常热情、友好，课堂令人感到惊奇。
Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. 每个教室都有一台计算机，并配有特别的显示屏，其大小几乎同电影院的银幕一样。
The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them。
老师写在电脑上，单词就出现在后面的屏幕上. The screens also show photographs, t ext and information from websites. They’re brilliant！屏幕还可展示图片、课文、和网站上的信息。
外研高中新标准英语必修一必修二课文
---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 外研高中新标准英语必修一必修二课文My First Day at Senior High My Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’ m writing down my thoughts about i t. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They’ re brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We’ re using a new textbook and Ms Shen’ s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don’ t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’ s class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked1/ 20by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spellingand handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling gamesand other activities. I like her attitude very much, and thebehaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too.There are sixty-five students in my class--more than myprevious class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls.In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys,but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For ourhomework tonight, we have to write a description of the streetwhere we live. I’ m looking forward to doing it! My New Teachers I hey say that first im pressions are very important. [ 1 2: 52.1 6] My first im pression of Mrs Li was thatshe was nervous and shy. [ 1 2: 58.45] I think perhaps she was,as it was her first lesson with us. [ 1 3: 03.88] But now, aftertwo weeks, the class really likes working with her. [ 1 3: 09.59]She’s kind and patient, [ 1 3: 1 2.05] and she explains Englishgram m ar so clearly that even I can understand it! [ 1 3:1 7.81 ] She avoids m aking you feel stupid! I ‘ve always hatedm aking m istakes [ 1 3: 23.1 2] or pronouncing a wordincorrectly when I speak English, [ 1 3: 26.95] but Mrs Li justsm iles, so that you don’t feel com pletely stupid! [ 1 3: 32.84]---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------I think m aybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, [ 1 3: 37.24] but for m e it’s wonderful!I feel I ‘m going to m ake progress with her. [ 1 3: 43.70] I ‘d gues s that Mrs Chen is alm ost sixty. [ 1 3: 48.09] She’s very strict we don’t dare to say a word unless she asks us to. [ 1 3: 54.1 5] She’s also very serious and doesn’t sm ile m uch. [ 1 3: 59.00] When she asks you to do som ething, you do it im m ediately! [ 1 4: 04.32] There are a few students in our class who keep com ing to class late [ 1 4: 09.1 8] but they’re always on tim e for Mrs Chen’s lessons! [ 1 4: 1 3.23] Som e of our class don’t like her, but m ost of us really appreciate her [ 1 4: 1 8.72] because her teaching is so well organised and clear. [ 1 4: 22.84] And a few students even adm it liking her! [ 1 4: 27.1 8] During scientific experim ents, she explains exactly what is happening [ 1 4: 32.90] and as a result m y work is im proving. [ 1 4: 36.88] Physics will never be m y favourite lesson, [ 1 4: 40.04] but I think that I ‘ll do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching m e. [ 1 4: 45.34] Mr Wu’s only been teaching us for two weeks and he’s already very popular [ 1 4: 52.1 5] I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature [ 1 4: 57.00] he loves it,in fact! [ 1 4: 59.63]3/ 20He’s got so m uch energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! [ 1 5: 05.69] He’s about 28, I think, and is rathergood-looking. [ 1 5: 1 0.60] He talks loudly and fast, and waveshis hands about a lot when he gets excited [ 1 5: 1 7.62] He’sreally am using and tells jokes when he thinks we’re getting bored. [ 1 5: 22.87] Even things like com positions and sum maries are fun with Mr Wu. [ 1 5: 27.62] I respect him a lot. My first ride on a train My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and I’m 1 8 years old. Recently I had my firstride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend andI travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney andwe got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia,more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train. The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. Afterthat, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and therewere no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more thana hundred years ago. The train was comfortable and the peoplewere nice. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window,---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I’m studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds. Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1 920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so the y didn’t need the camels any more. In 1 925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1 935, the police in a town shot 1 53 camels in one day. A Lively City (XLXiao Lli JM--John Martin) XL: Its great to see you again,john. JM: Its great to see you! Its been six years since we last saw each other,you know. And this is the first time Ive visited your hometown. XL: Yes ,Im so glad you could come . JM:You know ,I5/ 20have seen quite a lot of china and Ive visited some beautiful cities ,but this is one of the most attractive places Ive been to.Its so lively, and everyone seems so friendly. XL:Yes ,its one of the most intreresting cities on the coast,everyone says so.I feel very fortunate living here.And I love living by the seaside. JM: You live in the northwest of Xiamen ,is that right? XL:Yes ,thats right. JM:Whats the climate like? XL:Pretty hot and wet in the summer,but it can be quite cold in the winter. JM:Sounds Ok to me.There are a lot of tourists around.Dont they bother you? XL:Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them. JM: Oh, look at that huge apartement block! XL:Yes, theyre just completed it.The rent for an apartment there is very high. JM:I believe you!This areas so modern ! XL:Yes, this is the business district.Theyve put up a lot high-rise buildings recently.And there are some great shopping malls.See,were just passing one now .My wifes just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there. JM:Maybe I could buy a few presents there. XL:Ill take you there tomorrow. Now were leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. Were ehtering the western district, the most intererting part of the city .Its got some really pretty parks.. JM:It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island,just across the---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ water? XL:Yes, it is .Its a gorgeous island with some really intereting architecture. JM:So they tell me.Do you think we could stop and walk aroud for a while ? XL:Yes, I was just going to do that.We can park over there .A friends told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch ? JM:That sounds great.Im starving! MODULE 5 A Lesson in a Lab Passage A I t is hard to think of a world without m etals. [ 02: 01 .75] Different m etals have different uses, for exam ple, steel is used in cars, [ 02: 08.94] and iron is used in electrical equipm ent. When we use m etals, [ 02: 1 4.81 ] it is im portant to know how they react with different substances, [ 02: 1 9.43] for exam ple, water and oxygen. [ 02: 23.37] The reaction of m etals with these substances can be put in order. [ 02: 29.50] Here is a table with the m etals that react m ost at the top, [ 02: 34.36] and the m etals that react least at the bottom . Passage B A Sim ple Scientific Experim ent [ 02: 52.88] Below is a description of a sim ple scientific experim ent. [ 02: 58.04] I t shows us how iron reacts with air and with water. [ 03: 03.50] Aim : To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; [ 03: 09.93] (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); [ 03: 1 6.67] (c) in ordinary water. [ 03: 20.45]7/ 20Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder; [ 03: 28.51 ] cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner. [ 03: 34.33]I ron in dry air keep air out of the water. Method [ 03: 37.56](1 ) Put som e iron nails at the bottom of a test tube. [ 03: 43.59] (2) Push som e cotton wool down the tube. (3) Leave the tube for one week. [ 03: 53.91 ] Result After one week, the nails have not rusted. [ 04: 00.44] Conclusion I ron does not rust in dry air. [ 04: 07.73] I ron in air-free water Method [ 04: 1 2.1 4] (1 ) Half-fill a test tube with water. (2) Boil the water for three m inutes. [ 04: 21 .20] (This m akes sure there is no air in the water.) [ 04: 25.45] (3) Put two or three clean nails in the water. [ 04: 31 .37] (4) Add som e oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water. [ 04: 38.90] (5) Leave the tube for one week. [ 04: 44.06] Result The nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water. [ 04: 52.02] Conclusion I ron does not rust in air-free water. [ 04: 59.31 ] I ron in ordinary water Method [ 05: 04.86] (1 ) Half-fill a test tube with water and add two or three clean nails. [ 05: 1 4.89] (2) Leave the tube for one week. [ 05: 1 9.70] Result The nails rust in the tube with ordinary water. [ 05: 27.35] Conclusion I ron rusts in ordinary water. Module6 Internet [ 1 4: 44.61 ] The I nternet is the biggest source of inform ation in the world, [ 1---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 4: 49.27] and it’s accessible through a com puter. [ 1 4: 52.86]I t consists of m illions of pages of data. [ 1 4: 57.77] I n1 969, DARPA, a US defence organisation developed a way [ 1 5: 04.1 5] for all their com - puters to talk to each other through the telephone. [ 1 5: 09.22] They created a net- work of com puters called DARPANET. [ 1 5: 1 4.84] For fifteen years, only the US army [ 1 5: 1 8.32] could use this system of com m unication. [ 1 5: 21 .71 ] Then in 1 984, the US National Science Foundation [ 1 5: 26.72] (NSF) started the NSFNET network. [ 1 5: 32.20] I t then becam e possible for universities to use the system as well. [ 1 5: 37.81 ] NSFNET becam e known as the I nter-Network or I nternet. [ 1 5: 46.20] The World Wide Web (the web) is a com puter network [ 1 5: 51 .02] that allows com puter users to access inform ation [ 1 5: 54.31 ] from m illions of websites via the I nternet. [ 1 5: 58.50] At the m om ent, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, [ 1 6: 03.22] but this percentage is going down. [ 1 6: 06.36] By 2020, m uch web traffic could be in Chinese. [ 1 6: 1 2.72] The World Wide Web was invented in 1 991 by an English scientist, [ 1 6: 1 8.45] Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first com puter [ 1 6: 23.45] while he was at university using an old television! [ 19/ 206: 28.06] He cam e up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1 989 [ 1 6: 32.72] while he was working in Switzerland. [ 1 6: 36.27] Derners-Lee m ade it possible for everyone to use the I nternet, [ 1 6: 40.22] not just univer- sities and the army. He designed the first web browser, [ 1 6: 46.24] which allowed com puter users to access docum ents from other com puters [ 1 6: 52.00] From that m om ent on, the web and the I nternet grew. [ 1 6: 56.56] Within five years, the num ber of I nternet users rose [ 1 7: 00.97] from 600,000 to 40 m illion. [ 1 7: 05.26] The I nternet has created thousands of m illionnaires, [ 1 7: 09.06] but Berners-Lee is not one of them . [ 1 7: 1 2.51 ] Everyone in the world can access the I nternet [ 1 7: 1 5.43] using his World Wide Web system . [ 1 7: 1 8.62] He now works as a lecturer [ 1 7: 20.54] at Massachusetts I nstitute of Technology in Boston. MODULE 1 Our Body and Healthy Habits Zhou Kai(1 ) When Zhou Kai’s m other saw him heading towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously. Zhou Kai, where are you going? she asked. To the park.I ‘m going to play football, said Zhou Kai. But it’s raining! You’ll catch a bad cold, said his m other. No, I won’t. I ‘ll be fine, said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door. Zhou Kai, you’ll get ill. You k now you will. You can at least go and get---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ your jacket. OK, OK. Zhou Kai went and did as he was told. Zhou Kai (2) My m other has always m ade sure we eat very healthily, and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very im portant part of our diet. We live near the sea and we have fish about four tim es a week. We don’t eat m uch fat or sugar. A lot of m y school friends eat sweets every day but I ‘m lucky because I don’t have a sweet tooth I ‘d rather eat a nice piece of fruit. And I ‘m not too heavy, so I n ever have to diet, or anything like that. I ‘m quite healthy. I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for m e,I had a bad cold and a bit of a fever last week. But that’s because I was stupid enough to play football in the rain. I don’t often get things like flu either. Last winter alm ost all my classm ates got flu but I didn’t. I think I don’t get these things because I take a lot of exercise and am very fit. Two years ago I broke my arm playing football. The injury was quite painful and I couldn’t m ove my arm for a m onth I hated that. So as you can see from what I ‘ve said, I ‘m a norm al kind of person. But there’s one thing I really love I ‘m crazy about football.I ‘m captain of the class team at school and I ‘m also a m em ber of the Senior High team . Because of this, I m ake11/ 20sure that I have a good diet, and as I ‘ve said, his isn’t a problem because my m other feeds us so well. NO drugs My name is Adam Rouse. Im 1 9 years old and I used to be a drug addict. I first started using drugs when I was 1 5. I bought cannabis from a man in the street. I continued to buy cannabis from the same man for about six months. One day, he offered me some crack cocaine. Article 2 Cocaine is a powerful addictive drug. Some drug users inject cocaine, others smoke it. Both ways are dangerous. Users who inject the drug are also in more danger if they share needles with other users. 1 Crack cocaine is the most addictive form of cocaine much more easily if they smoke it. Smoking allows cocaine to reach the brain very quickly. 2 When I went back to the man again, I wanted more crack cocaine. But he asked me for a lot of money. I didnt have enough money so he didnt give me any drugs I was in terrible pain. 3 The next day, I broke into a house and stole a television and a video recorder. I took them to the drug dealer. He told me to take them to a shop in a nearby street. The man in the shop gave me some money. I took the money to the drug dealer and he gave me some more crack cocaine. 4 Using cocaine increases the users heart rate and blood pressure. As a result, cocaine users sometimes have heart attacks. Smoking crack cocaine also causes---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ anti-social behavior. 5 By this time, I was addicted to crack cocaine. If I didnt have any drugs, I was in terrible pain. And I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs. One day, the police took me to the police station. 6 The next day, a doctor came to see me. He told me that I could die if I didnt stop taking crack cocaine, so I took his advice and stopped immediately. Now I work in a centre for drug addicts, helping others to stop taking drugs. Three Great Child Com posers [ 25: 54.29] Joseph Haydn (1 732 -1 809) was an Austrian com poser [ 26: 00.38] and is known as the father of the sym phony . [ 26: 04.44] Other com posers had written sym phonies before Haydn, [ 26: 08.01 ] but he changed the sym phony into a long piece for a large orchestra. [ 26: 1 3.68] He was born in a village in Austria, [ 26: 1 3.67] He was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. [ 26: 1 8.32] He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying m usic in Vienna, [ 26: 24.1 2] Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria, [ 26: 28.39] where he becam e director of m usic. Having worked there for 30 years, [ 26: 34.31 ] Haydn m oved to London, where he was very successful. [ 26: 39.90] Wolfgang Am adeus Mozart (1 756 1 791 ) was a com poser, [ 26: 47.00] possibly the greatest13/ 20m usical genius of all tim e. [ 26: 51 .33] He only lived 35 years and he com posed m ore than 600 pieces of m usic. [ 26: 58.59] Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. [ 27: 02.41 ] His father Leopold was a m usician and orchestra conductor. [ 27: 07.36] Wolfgang had m usical talent from a very early age. [ 27: 1 2.02] He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four, [ 27: 1 5.1 8] he started com posing m usic when he was five, and when he was six, [ 27: 1 9.84] he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Em press of Austria. [ 27: 25.43] By the tim e he was 1 4, Mozart had com posed m any pieces for the harpsichord, [ 27: 30.96] piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. [ 27: 35.66] While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star [ 27: 40.36] and toured Europe giving concerts. [ 27: 43.91 ] Haydn m et Mozart in 1 781 and was very im pressed with him . [ 27: 49.59] He is the greatest com poser the world has known, he said. [ 27: 54.79] The two were friends until Mozart’s death in 1 791 . [ 27: 59.86] Ludwig van Beethoven (1 770 1 827) was born in Bonn, Germ any. [ 28: 07.86] He showed m usical talent when he was very young, [ 28: 1 1 .1 1 ] and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer. [ 28: 1 6.92] Mozart m et Beethoven and was im pressed by him . [ 28: 21 .05] He will give som ething---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ wonderful to the world, he said. [ 28: 25.68] Beethoven m et Haydn in 1 791 , but was not im pressed by the older m an. [ 28: 32.61 ] After they had known each other for m any years,Beethoven said [ 28: 36.84] He is a good com poser, but he has taught m e nothing. [ 28: 41 .63] However,it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to m ove to Vienna. [ 28: 46.83] Beethoven becam e very popular in the Austrian capital [ 28: 50.97] and stayed there for the rest of his life. [ 28: 54.27] As he grew older, he began to go deaf. [ 28: 57.86] He becam e com pletely deaf during the last years of his life, [ 29: 01 .67] but he continued com posing. paragraphs E and F. [ 38: 03.09] A This is a painting by the Spanish artist, [ 38: 08.1 3] Pablo Picasso, [ 38: 1 0.28] considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century. [ 38: 1 5.61 ] Picasso and another painter,George Braque, started Cubism , [ 38: 21 .50] one of the m ost im portant of all m odern art m ovem ents. [ 38: 26.23] Cubist artists painted objects and people, [ 38: 30.1 8] with different aspects of the object [ 38: 32.72] or person showing at the sam e tim e. [ 38: 37.1 5] B This painting [ 38: 39.70] by contem porary Am erican artist Roy Lichtenstein (1 923 1 997) [ 38: 48.70] is a world fam ous exam ple of pop15/ 20art. [ 38: 52.81 ] Pop art (from the word popular) was an im portant m odern art m ovem ent [ 38: 58.90] that aim ed to show ordinary twentieth- century city life. [ 39: 03.64] For exam ple,it shows things such as soup cans and advertisem ents. [ 39: 1 0.88] c Qi Baishi(1 863 - 1 957) ,one of China’s greatest painters, [ 39: 22.51 ] followed the traditional Chinese style of painting. [ 39: 27.1 7] Chinese painting is known for its brush drawings in black inks [ 39: 32.75] and natural colours. [ 39: 34.81 ] Qi Baishi observed the world of nature very carefully, [ 39: 40.02] and his paintings are special because of this. [ 39: 45.90] D Xu Beihong (1 895 - 1 953) [ 39: 53.74] was one of China’s best-known twentieth -century artists. [ 39: 58.59] Like Qi Baishi, Xu painted in the traditional Chinese style. [ 40: 04.86] Both painters have a beautiful brush line. [ 40: 08.07] Xu Beihong believed that artists should show reality,but not just im itate it. [ 40: 1 5.02] I nstead, a picture should try to show the life of its subject. [ 40: 21 .06] He is m ost fam ous for his lively paintings of horses. [ 40: 27.29] E I ‘m studying art at school, and I enjoy it a lot, [ 40: 33.38] although I can get tired of looking at pictures all the tim e. [ 40: 38.79] I ‘m crazy about the paintings of Qi Baishi, [ 40: 42.56] and this delightful picture of the---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ little shrim ps [ 40: 46.33] is such a lovely exam ple of his work. [ 40: 50.1 3] But I can’t stand that picture of a golden-haired girl. [ 40: 55.29] I think it’s stupid. [ 40: 59.86] F My parents are fond of going to art galleries [ 41 : 06.21 ] and often take m e with them , so I ‘ve developed an interest in art. [ 41 : 1 0.64] I m ust say, I love that picture of the six horses. They look so alive. [ 41 : 1 7.54] I t’s by a Chinese artist, isn’t it? I can tell by the style. [ 41 : 23.97] I think the painting of the young girl is probably by Picasso. I really like him . [ 41 : 31 .00] I think he’s an extraordinary artist. Chinese Taikonaut Back on Earth! [ 00: 21 .04] 1 .China’s first taikonaut Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei [ 00: 26.60] landed safely this m orning in the Shenzhou V capsule in I nner Mongolia, [ 00: 32.24] 300 kilom etres northwest of Beijing. [ 00: 36.1 8] Yang was in space for twenty-one and a half hours [ 00: 39.75] and m ade 1 4 orbits of the earth. [ 00: 44.34] I t is a great m om ent in the history of China [ 00: 47.47] and also the greatest day of my life, said Yang. [ 00: 52.33] When he was orbiting in the capsule, he took photographs of planet earth. [ 00: 57.97] Our planet is so beautiful, he said. [ 01 : 02.31 ] The Beijing Space17/ 20Control Centre said the flight was a com plete success. [ 01 : 08.75] When Yang landed, Prem ier Wen Jiabao telephoned the Control Centre [ 01 : 1 3.60] to offer his congratulations. [ 01 : 1 7.54] When Yang took off from Jiuquan in northwest China at 9 am yesterday, [ 01 : 23.1 0] China becam e the third nation to send a m an into space. [ 01 : 28.29] Yang is the 438th person to travel in space, [ 01 : 33.00] including astronauts from 32 countries. [ 01 : 37.50] I n total, [ 01 : 38.70] these astronauts have spent m ore than 26,000 days in space. [ 01 : 45.61 ] 2 While he was travelling in space, [ 01 : 49.20] Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the I nternational Space Station, [ 01 : 54.02] which is orbiting the earth, [ 01 : 55.99] Am erican astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosm onaut Yuri Malenchenko. [ 02: 02.23] Lu, whose parents were born in China, [ 02: 04.88] spoke to Yang in Chinese during his flight. [ 02: 08.42] Welcom e to space, he said. Malenchenko said, [ 02: 1 3.22] I am glad there is som ebody else in space with us. [ 02: 1 6.86] I t’s great work by thousands and thousands of people from China. [ 02: 22.54] 3 Many countries around the world sent m essages of congratulations. [ 02: 29.84] Sean O’Keefe from NASA [ 02: 32.22] (National Aeronau -tics and Space Adm inistration) in the US [ 02: 36.49] said that Yang’s space flight was [ 02:---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 38.68] an im portant historical achievem ent [ 02: 41 .34] and NASA wishes China continuing success [ 02: 44.1 5] with its space flight program m e. [ 02: 47.1 3] United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the flight [ 02: 51 .84] a step forward for the whole world. Film Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [ 1 3: 35.22] Martial arts film s are often enjoyable but they are seldom great art. [ 1 3: 41 .50] Now, to everyone’s surprise, Ang Lee, director of a num ber of excellent film s, [ 1 3: 48.40] has m ade a m artial arts film called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. [ 1 3: 54.31 ] The result is a m asterpiece. [ 1 3: 58.36] The film belongs to a type of Chinese story called wuxia. [ 1 4: 04.40] These stories tell of nineteenth- century m artial arts m asters [ 1 4: 09.63] with unusual abilities. Wuxia film s are popular in China, [ 1 4: 1 6.44] and they are now popular in the west too. [ 1 4: 20.94] The story takes place in the early 1 800s in China. [ 1 4: 26.1 5] A m an and a wom an, Li Mubai (played by Chow Yun-Fat) [ 1 4: 31 .70] and Yu Xiulian (played by Michelle Yeoh), [ 1 4: 35.97] both m asters of the m artial arts, are in love with each other. [ 1 4: 41 .38] But Xiulian had a fiance who has died. [ 1 4: 46.1 5] Because this fiance was a good friend of Mubai, [ 1 4:19/ 2050.1 6] Mubai feels that he cannot m arry Xiulian. [ 1 4: 54.27] When som eone steals Xiulian’s sword, Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back. [ 1 5: 01 .91 ] The action takes place on Peking rooftops, [ 1 5: 05.69] and in places as far away as the deserts of western China. [ 1 5: 1 1 .00] As in the old wuxia stories, characters leap through the air every now and then, [ 1 5: 1 7.04] with beautiful, graceful m ovem ents, while audiences shout in surprise. [ 1 5: 24.68] Unusually, it is the fem ale characters that interest us m ost. [ 1 5: 30.1 3] Brave, good and strong, Xiulian is the character we care about m ost. [ 1 5: 36.81 ] Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays the part of Yu Jiaolong, [ 1 5: 41 .88] a young wom an who is not as good as she seem s. [ 1 5: 46.1 8] The fight scenes between Jiaolong and Xiulian [ 1 5: 49.75] are som e of the m ost exciting m om ents in m odern cinem a. [ 1 5: 53.77] But one cannot forget the wonderful Chow Yun-Fat, [ 1 5: 57.83] who is as good with a sword as he is with a gun. [ 1 6: 01 .84] His rom antic scenes with Yu Xiulian are very m oving, [ 1 6: 07.1 5] as their eyes show all the love that they m ust not express in words. [ 1 6: 1 4.93] Film s like this rarely reach the cinem a. [ 1 6: 1 8.40] Go and see Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon. [ 1 6: 21 .51 ] I t will m ake your heart leap with excitem ent at its beauty.。
外研版高中英语课文文本
外研版高中英语课文文本必修一Module 1My Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I'm writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They're brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-five students in my class—more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girlsas boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live. I'm looking forward to doing it!Module 2They say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. She's kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it!—She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me it's wonderful! I feel I'm going to make progress with her.I'd guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She's very strict—we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to. She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they're always on time for Mrs. Chen's lessons! Some of our class don't like her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson,but I think that I'll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.Mr. Wu's only been teaching us for two weeks and he's already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature—he loves it, in fact! He's got so much energy; this is one class you do not fall asleep in! He's about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. He's really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.Module 3My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice.During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn't need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.Module 4XIAO LI: It's great to see you again, John.JOHN MARTIN: It's great to see you! It's been six years since we last saw each other, you know. And this is the first time I've visited your hometown.XIAO LI: Yes, I'm so glad you could come.JOHN MARTIN: You know, I've seen quite a lot of China and I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most attractive places I've been to. It's so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.XIAO LI: Yes, it's one of the most interesting cities on the coast, everyone says so. I feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside.JOHN MARTIN: You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?XIAO LI: Yes, that's right.JOHN MARTIN: What's the climate like?XIAO LI: Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter.JOHN MARTIN: Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around. Don't they bother you?XIAO LI: Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.JOHN MARTIN: Oh, look at that huge apartment block! XIAO LI: Yes, they've just completed it. The rent for an apartment there is very high.JOHN MARTIN: I believe you! This area's so modern!XIAO LI: Yes, this is the business district. They've putup a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great shopping malls. See, we're just passing one now. My wife's just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.JOHN MARTIN: Maybe I could buy a few presents there.XIAO LI: I'll take you there tomorrow. Now we're leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. We're entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. It's got some really pretty parks ...JOHN MARTIN: It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, just across the water?XIAO LI: Yes, it is. It's a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture.JOHN MARTIN: So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while?XIAO LI: Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there. A friend's told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch?JOHN MARTIN: That sounds great. I'm starving!Module 5The Internet is the biggest source of information in theworld, and it's accessible through a computer. It consists of millions of pages of data.In 1969, DARPA, a U.S. defence organisation, developed a way for all their computers to "talk" to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. For fifteen years, only the U.S. army could use this system of communication. Then in 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) started the NSFNET network. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network, or "Internet".The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network that allows computer users to access information from millions of websites via the Internet. At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, but this percentage is going down. By 2020, much web traffic could be in Chinese.The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university using an old television! He came up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 while he was working in Switzerland. Berners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army. He designed the first "web browser", which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users rose from 600 000 to40 million.The Internet has created thousands of millionaires, but Berners-Lee is not one of them. Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system. He now works as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.Passage A It is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in electrical equipment. When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, and the metals that react least at the bottom.Passage BA Simple Scientific ExperimentBelow is a description of a simple scientific experiment. It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water.Aim: To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); (c) in ordinary water.Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder; cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner.Iron in dry airMethod 1. Put some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.2. Push some cotton wool down the tube.3. Leave the tube for one week.ResultAfter one week, the nails have not rusted.ConclusionIron does not rust in dry air.Iron in air-free waterMethod1. Half-fill a test tube with water.2. Boil the water for three minutes. (This makes sure there is no air in the water.)3. Put two or three clean nails in the water.4. Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water.5. Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water. ConclusionIron does not rust in air-free water.Iron in ordinary waterMethod1. Half-fill a test tube with water and add two or three clean nails.2. Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails rust in the tube with ordinary water.ConclusionIron rusts in ordinary water.。
外研社高中英语必修1-5-课文-中英文对照
外研社高中英语必修1-5 课文中英文对照必修一我上高中的第一天\ Module 1 My First Day at Senior High My name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang， a city not far from Beijing。
It is the capital city of Hebei Province。
我叫李康。
居住在石家庄，一座离北京不远的城市。
这座城市是河北省省会。
Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’m writing down my thoughts about it。
今天是我上高中的第一天，我将我对这一天的看法写下来。
My new school is very good and I can see why。
The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. 我的新学校很好,并且我能够明白其原因.老师非常热情、友好，课堂令人感到惊奇。
Every room has a computer with a special screen，almost as big as a cinema screen。
每个教室都有一台计算机，并配有特别的显示屏，其大小几乎同电影院的银幕一样. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them。
老师写在电脑上，单词就出现在后面的屏幕上。
The screens also show photographs，text and information from websites。
They're brilliant! 屏幕还可展示图片、课文、和网站上的信息.简直太精彩了！The English class is really interesting。
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外研版高中英语课文文本必修一Module 1My Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I'm writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They're brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-five students in my class—more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girlsas boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live. I'm looking forward to doing it!Module 2They say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. She's kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it!—She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me it's wonderful! I feel I'm going to make progress with her.I'd guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She's very strict—we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to. She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they're always on time for Mrs. Chen's lessons! Some of our class don't like her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson,but I think that I'll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.Mr. Wu's only been teaching us for two weeks and he's already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature—he loves it, in fact! He's got so much energy; this is one class you do not fall asleep in! He's about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. He's really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.Module 3My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice.During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn't need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.Module 4XIAO LI: It's great to see you again, John.JOHN MARTIN: It's great to see you! It's been six years since we last saw each other, you know. And this is the first time I've visited your hometown.XIAO LI: Yes, I'm so glad you could come.JOHN MARTIN: You know, I've seen quite a lot of China and I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most attractive places I've been to. It's so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.XIAO LI: Yes, it's one of the most interesting cities on the coast, everyone says so. I feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside.JOHN MARTIN: You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?XIAO LI: Yes, that's right.JOHN MARTIN: What's the climate like?XIAO LI: Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter.JOHN MARTIN: Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around. Don't they bother you?XIAO LI: Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.JOHN MARTIN: Oh, look at that huge apartment block! XIAO LI: Yes, they've just completed it. The rent for an apartment there is very high.JOHN MARTIN: I believe you! This area's so modern!XIAO LI: Yes, this is the business district. They've putup a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great shopping malls. See, we're just passing one now. My wife's just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.JOHN MARTIN: Maybe I could buy a few presents there.XIAO LI: I'll take you there tomorrow. Now we're leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. We're entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. It's got some really pretty parks ...JOHN MARTIN: It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, just across the water?XIAO LI: Yes, it is. It's a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture.JOHN MARTIN: So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while?XIAO LI: Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there. A friend's told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch?JOHN MARTIN: That sounds great. I'm starving!Module 5The Internet is the biggest source of information in theworld, and it's accessible through a computer. It consists of millions of pages of data.In 1969, DARPA, a U.S. defence organisation, developed a way for all their computers to "talk" to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. For fifteen years, only the U.S. army could use this system of communication. Then in 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) started the NSFNET network. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network, or "Internet".The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network that allows computer users to access information from millions of websites via the Internet. At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, but this percentage is going down. By 2020, much web traffic could be in Chinese.The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university using an old television! He came up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 while he was working in Switzerland. Berners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army. He designed the first "web browser", which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users rose from 600 000 to40 million.The Internet has created thousands of millionaires, but Berners-Lee is not one of them. Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system. He now works as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.Passage A It is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in electrical equipment. When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, and the metals that react least at the bottom.Passage BA Simple Scientific ExperimentBelow is a description of a simple scientific experiment. It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water.Aim: To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); (c) in ordinary water.Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder; cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner.Iron in dry airMethod 1. Put some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.2. Push some cotton wool down the tube.3. Leave the tube for one week.ResultAfter one week, the nails have not rusted.ConclusionIron does not rust in dry air.Iron in air-free waterMethod1. Half-fill a test tube with water.2. Boil the water for three minutes. (This makes sure there is no air in the water.)3. Put two or three clean nails in the water.4. Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water.5. Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water. ConclusionIron does not rust in air-free water.Iron in ordinary waterMethod1. Half-fill a test tube with water and add two or three clean nails.2. Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails rust in the tube with ordinary water.ConclusionIron rusts in ordinary water.。
外研版高中英语课文文本
外研版高中英语课文文本外研版高中英语课文文本必修一Module 1My Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I'm writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They're brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-five students in my class—more than my previous class in JuniorHigh. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live. I'm looking forward to doing it!Module 2They say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. She's kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it!—She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me it's wonderful! I feel I'm going to make progress with her. I'd guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She's very strict—we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to. She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they're always on time for Mrs. Chen's lessons! Some of our class don't like her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientificexperiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that I'll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.Mr. Wu's only been teaching us for two weeks andhe's already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature—he loves it, in fact! He's got so much energy; this is one class you do not fall asleep in! He's about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. He's really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot. Module 3My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil wasdark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time.We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn't need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.Module 4XIAO LI: It's great to see you again, John.JOHN MARTIN: It's great to see you! It's been six years since we last saw each other, you know. And this is the first time I've visited your hometown.XIAO LI: Yes, I'm so glad you could come.JOHN MARTIN: You know, I've seen quite a lot of China and I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most attractive places I've been to. It's so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.XIAO LI: Yes, it's one of the most interesting cities on the coast, everyone says so. I feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside.JOHN MARTIN: You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?XIAO LI: Yes, that's right.JOHN MARTIN: What's the climate like?XIAO LI: Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter.JOHN MARTIN: Sounds OK to me. There are a lotof tourists around. Don't they bother you?XIAO LI: Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.JOHN MARTIN: Oh, look at that huge apartmentblock!XIAO LI: Yes, they've just completed it. The rent for an apartment there is very high.JOHN MARTIN: I believe you! This area's so modern!XIAO LI: Yes, this is the business district. They've put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great shopping malls. See, we're just passing one now. My wife's just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.JOHN MARTIN: Maybe I could buy a few presents there.XIAO LI: I'll take you there tomorrow. Now we're leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. We're entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. It's got some really pretty parks ...JOHN MARTIN: It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, just across the water?XIAO LI: Yes, it is. It's a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture.JOHN MARTIN: So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while?XIAO LI: Yes, I was just going to do that. We canpark over there. A friend's told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch? JOHN MARTIN: That sounds great. I'm starving! Module 5The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, and it's accessible through a computer. It consists of millions of pages of data.In 1969, DARPA, a U.S. defence organisation, developed a way for all their computers to "talk" to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. For fifteen years, only the U.S. army could use this system of communication. Then in 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) started the NSFNET network. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network, or "Internet".The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network that allows computer users to access information from millions of websites via the Internet. At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, but this percentage is going down. By 2020, much web traffic could be in Chinese.The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university using an old television! He came up with the idea of the WorldWide Web in 1989 while he was working in Switzerland.Berners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army. He designed the first "web browser", which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users rose from 600 000 to 40 million.The Internet has created thousands of millionaires, but Berners-Lee is not one of them. Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system. He now works as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. Passage A It is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in electrical equipment. When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, and the metals that react least at the bottom.Passage BA Simple Scientific ExperimentBelow is a description of a simple scientific experiment. It shows us how iron reacts with air andThe nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water. ConclusionIron does not rust in air-free water.Iron in ordinary waterMethod1. Half-fill a test tube with water and add two or three clean nails.2. Leave the tube for one week.ResultThe nails rust in the tube with ordinary water. ConclusionIron rusts in ordinary water.。
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My First Day at Senior HighMy Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I'm writing down my thoughts about it.My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They're brilliant!The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class!Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too.There are sixty-five students in my class--more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live. I'm looking forward to doing it!My New TeachersIhey say that first impressions are very important.[12:52.16]My first impression of Mrs Li was that she was nervous and shy. [12:58.45]I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. [13:03.88]But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. [13:09.59]She's kind and patient,[13:12.05]and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! —[13:17.81]She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes[13:23.12]or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English,[13:26.95]but Mrs Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid! [13:32.84]I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, [13:37.24]but for me it's wonderful!I feel I'm going to make progress with her.[13:43.70]I'd guess that Mrs Chen is almost sixty.[13:48.09]She's very strict — we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to.[13:54.15]She's also very serious and doesn't smile much.[13:59.00]When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! [14:04.32]There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late[14:09.18]but they're always on time for Mrs Chen's lessons![14:13.23]Some of our class don't like her, but most of us really appreciate her[14:18.72]because her teaching is so well organised and clear.[14:22.84]And a few students even admit liking her![14:27.18]During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening[14:32.90]and as a result my work is improving.[14:36.88]Physics will never be my favourite lesson,[14:40.04]but I think that I'll do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me. [14:45.34]Mr Wu's only been teaching us for two weeks and he's already very popular[14:52.15]I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature —[14:57.00]he loves it,in fact![14:59.63]He's got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in![15:05.69]He's about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking.[15:10.60]He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited[15:17.62]He's really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored.[15:22.87]Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr Wu. [15:27.62]I respect him a lot.My first ride on a trainMy name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red.After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fiftyyears ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn't need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if theywere a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.A Lively City(XL—Xiao Lli JM--John Martin)XL: It’s great to see you again,john.JM: It’s great to see you! It’s been six years since we last saw each other,you know. And this is the first time I’ve visited your hometown.XL: Yes ,I’m so glad you could come .JM:You know ,I have seen quite a lot of china and I’ve visited some beautiful cities ,but this is one of the most attractive places I’ve been to.It’s so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.XL:Yes ,it’s one of the most intreresting cities on the coast,everyone says so.I feel very fortunate living here.And I love living by the seaside.JM: You live in the northwest of Xiamen ,is that right?XL:Yes ,that’s right.JM:What’s the climate like?XL:Pretty hot and wet in the summer,but it can be quite cold in the winter.JM:Sounds Ok to me.There are a lot of tourists around.Don’t they bother you?XL:Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them. JM: Oh, look at that huge apartement block!XL:Yes, they’re just completed it.The rent for an apartment there is very high.JM:I believe you!This area’s so modern !XL:Yes, this is the business district.They’ve put up a lot high-rise buildings recently.And there are some great shopping malls.See,we’re just passing one now .My wife’s just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.JM:Maybe I could buy a few presents there.XL:I’ll take you there tomorrow. Now we’re leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. We’re ehtering the western district, the most intererting part of the city .It’s got some really pretty parks…..JM:It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island,just across the water?XL:Yes, it is .It’s a gorgeous island with some really intereting architecture.JM:So they tell me.Do you think we could stop and walk aroud for a while ?XL:Yes, I was just going to do that.We can park over there .A friend’s told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch ?JM:That sounds great.I’m starving!MODULE 5 A Lesson in a Lab Passage A It is hard to think of a world without metals.[02:01.75]Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars,[02:08.94]and iron is used in electrical equipment. When we use metals, [02:14.81]it is important to know how they react with different substances, [02:19.43]for example, water and oxygen.[02:23.37]The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. [02:29.50]Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, [02:34.36]and the metals that react least at the bottom.Passage B A Simple Scientific Experiment[02:52.88]Below is a description of a simple scientific experiment.[02:58.04]It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water.[03:03.50]Aim:To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air;[03:09.93](b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water);[03:16.67](c) in ordinary water.[03:20.45]Apparatus:3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder; [03:28.51]cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner.[03:34.33]Iron in dry air keep air out of the water. Method[03:37.56](1) Put some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.[03:43.59](2) Push some cotton wool down the tube. (3) Leave the tube for one week.[03:53.91]Result After one week, the nails have not rusted.[04:00.44]Conclusion Iron does not rust in dry air.[04:07.73]Iron in air-free water Method[04:12.14](1) Half-fill a test tube with water. (2) Boil the water for three minutes.[04:21.20](This makes sure there is no air in the water.)[04:25.45](3) Put two or three clean nails in the water.[04:31.37](4) Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water. [04:38.90](5) Leave the tube for one week.[04:44.06]Result The nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water. [04:52.02]Conclusion Iron does not rust in air-free water.[04:59.31]Iron in ordinary water Method[05:04.86](1) Half-fill a test tube with water and add two or three clean nails. [05:14.89](2) Leave the tube for one week.[05:19.70]Result The nails rust in the tube with ordinary water.[05:27.35]Conclusion Iron rusts in ordinary water.Module6 Internet[14:44.61]The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, [14:49.27]and it's accessible through a computer.[14:52.86]It consists of millions of pages of data.[14:57.77]In 1969, DARPA, a US defence organisation developed a way [15:04.15]for all their com- puters to "talk" to each other through the telephone.[15:09.22]They created a net- work of computers called DARPANET. [15:14.84]For fifteen years, only the US army[15:18.32]could use this system of communication.[15:21.71]Then in 1984, the US National Science Foundation[15:26.72](NSF) started the NSFNET network.[15:32.20]It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. [15:37.81]NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network or "Internet". [15:46.20]The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network[15:51.02]that allows computer users to access information[15:54.31]from millions of websites via the Internet.[15:58.50]At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, [16:03.22]but this percentage is going down.[16:06.36]By 2020, much web traffic could be in Chinese.[16:12.72]The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, [16:18.45]Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer[16:23.45]while he was at university using an old television![16:28.06]He came up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 [16:32.72]while he was working in Switzerland.[16:36.27]Derners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, [16:40.22]not just univer- sities and the army. He designed the first "web browser",[16:46.24]which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers[16:52.00]From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew.[16:56.56]Within five years, the number of Internet users rose[17:00.97]from 600,000 to 40 million.[17:05.26]The Internet has created thousands of millionnaires,[17:09.06]but Berners-Lee is not one of them.[17:12.51]Everyone in the world can access the Internet[17:15.43]using his World Wide Web system.[17:18.62]He now works as a lecturer[17:20.54]at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.MODULE 1 Our Body and Healthy HabitsZhou Kai(1)When Zhou Kai's mother saw him heading towards the front doorwithout a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously."Zhou Kai, where are you going?" she asked.To the park. I'm going to play football," said Zhou Kai."But it's raining! You'll catch a bad cold," said his mother."No, I won't. I'll be fine," said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door."Zhou Kai, you'll get ill. You know you will.You can at least go and get your jacket.""OK, OK." Zhou Kai went and did as he was told.Zhou Kai (2)My mother has always made sure we eat very healthily,and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet.We live near the sea and we have fish about four times a week.We don't eat much fat or sugar.A lot of my school friends eat sweets every daybut I'm lucky because I don't have a sweet tooth —I'd rather eat a nice piece of fruit.And I'm not too heavy, so I never have to diet, or anything like that.I'm quite healthy. I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for me,I had a bad cold and a bit of a fever last week.But that's because I was stupid enough to play football in the rain.I don't often get things like flu either.Last winter almost all my classmates got flu — but I didn't.I think I don't get these thingsbecause I take a lot of exercise and am very fit.Two years ago I broke my arm playing football.The injury was quite painfuland I couldn't move my arm for a month — I hated that.So as you can see from what I've said, I'm a normal kind of person.But there's one thing I really love — I'm crazy about football.I'm captain of the class team at schooland I'm also a member of the Senior High team.Because of this, I make sure that I have a good diet, and as I've said,his isn't a problem because my mother feeds us so well.NO drugsMy name is Adam Rouse. I’m 19 years old and I used to be a drug addict. I first started using drugs when I was 15. I bought cannabis from a man in the street. I continued to buy cannabis from the same man for about six months. One day, he offered me some crack cocaine.Article 2Cocaine is a powerful addictive drug. Some drug users inject cocaine, others smoke it. Both ways are dangerous. Users who inject the drug are also in more danger if they share needles with other users.1Crack cocaine is the most addictive form of cocaine much more easily if they smoke it. Smoking allows cocaine to reach the brain very quickly.2When I went back to the man again, I wanted more crack cocaine. But he asked me for a lot of money. I didn’t have enough money so he didn’t give me any drugs I was in terrible pain.3The next day, I broke into a house and stole a television and a video recorder. I took them to the drug dealer. He told me to take them to a shop in a nearby street. The man in the shop gave me some money. I took the money to the drug dealer and he gave me some more crack cocaine.4Using cocaine increases the user’s heart rate and blood pressure. As a result, cocaine users sometimes have heart attacks. Smoking crack cocaine also causes anti-social behavior.5By this time, I was addicted to crack cocaine. If I didn’t have any drugs, I was in terrible pain. And I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs. One day, the police took me to the police station.6The next day, a doctor came to see me. He told me that I could die if I didn’t stop taking crack cocaine, so I took his advice and stopped immediately. Now I work in a centre for drug addicts, helping others to stop taking drugs.Three Great Child Composers[25:54.29]Joseph Haydn (1732 -1809) was an Austrian composer[26:00.38]and is known as "the father of the symphony" .[26:04.44]Other composers had written symphonies before Haydn, [26:08.01]but he changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.[26:13.68]He was born in a village in Austria,[26:13.67]He was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. [26:18.32]He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying music in Vienna, [26:24.12]Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria, [26:28.39]where he became director of music. Having worked there for 30 years,[26:34.31]Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful. [26:39.90]Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 —1791) was a composer, [26:47.00]possibly the greatest musical genius of all time.[26:51.33]He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 pieces of music.[26:58.59]Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.[27:02.41]His father Leopold was a musician and orchestra conductor. [27:07.36]Wolfgang had musical talent from a very early age.[27:12.02]He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four,[27:15.18]he started composing music when he was five, and when he was six,[27:19.84]he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria. [27:25.43]By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord,[27:30.96]piano and violin, as well as for orchestras.[27:35.66]While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star [27:40.36]and toured Europe giving concerts.[27:43.91]Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him. [27:49.59]"He is the greatest composer the world has known," he said. [27:54.79]The two were friends until Mozart's death in 1791.[27:59.86]Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 —1827) was born in Bonn, Germany.[28:07.86]He showed musical talent when he was very young,[28:11.11]and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer.[28:16.92]Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him.[28:21.05]"He will give something wonderful to the world," he said. [28:25.68]Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed by the older man.[28:32.61]After they had known each other for many years,Beethoven said [28:36.84]"He is a good composer, but he has taught me nothing." [28:41.63]However,it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna.[28:46.83]Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital[28:50.97]and stayed there for the rest of his life.[28:54.27]As he grew older, he began to go deaf.[28:57.86]He became completely deaf during the last years of his life, [29:01.67]but he continued composing.paragraphs E and F.[38:03.09]A This is a painting by the Spanish artist,[38:08.13]Pablo Picasso,[38:10.28]considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.[38:15.61]Picasso and another painter,George Braque, started Cubism, [38:21.50]one of the most important of all modern art movements. [38:26.23]Cubist artists painted objects and people,[38:30.18]with different aspects of the object[38:32.72]or person showing at the same time.[38:37.15]B This painting[38:39.70]by contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923 — 1997) [38:48.70]is a world famous example of pop art.[38:52.81]Pop art (from the word "popular") was an important modern art movement[38:58.90]that aimed to show ordinary twentieth- century city life.[39:03.64]For example,it shows things such as soup cans and advertisements.[39:10.88]c Qi Baishi(1863 - 1957),one of China's greatest painters, [39:22.51]followed the traditional Chinese style of painting.[39:27.17]Chinese painting is known for its brush drawings in black inks [39:32.75]and natural colours.[39:34.81]Qi Baishi observed the world of nature very carefully,[39:40.02]and his paintings are special because of this.[39:45.90]D Xu Beihong (1895 - 1953)[39:53.74]was one of China's best-known twentieth -century artists. [39:58.59]Like Qi Baishi, Xu painted in the traditional Chinese style. [40:04.86]Both painters have a beautiful brush line.[40:08.07]Xu Beihong believed that artists should show reality,but not just imitate it.[40:15.02]Instead, a picture should try to show the "life" of its subject. [40:21.06]He is most famous for his lively paintings of horses.[40:27.29]E I'm studying art at school, and I enjoy it a lot,[40:33.38]although I can get tired of looking at pictures all the time. [40:38.79]I'm crazy about the paintings of Qi Baishi,[40:42.56]and this delightful picture of the little shrimps[40:46.33]is such a lovely example of his work.[40:50.13]But I can't stand that picture of a golden-haired girl.[40:55.29]I think it's stupid.[40:59.86]F My parents are fond of going to art galleries[41:06.21]and often take me with them, so I've developed an interest in art. [41:10.64]I must say, I love that picture of the six horses. They look so alive. [41:17.54]It's by a Chinese artist, isn't it? I can tell by the style.[41:23.97]I think the painting of the young girl is probably by Picasso. I really like him.[41:31.00]I think he's an extraordinary artist.Chinese Taikonaut Back on Earth! [00:21.04]1.China's first taikonaut Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei[00:26.60]landed safely this morning in the Shenzhou V capsule in InnerMongolia,[00:32.24]300 kilometres northwest of Beijing.[00:36.18]Yang was in space for twenty-one and a half hours[00:39.75]and made 14 orbits of the earth.[00:44.34]"It is a great moment in the history of China —[00:47.47]and also the greatest day of my life," said Yang.[00:52.33]When he was orbiting in the capsule, he took photographs of planet earth.[00:57.97]"Our planet is so beautiful," he said.[01:02.31]The Beijing Space Control Centre said the flight was a "complete success".[01:08.75]When Yang landed, Premier Wen Jiabao telephoned the Control Centre[01:13.60]to offer his congratulations.[01:17.54]When Yang took off from Jiuquan in northwest China at 9 am yesterday,[01:23.10]China became the third nation to send a man into space. [01:28.29]Yang is the 438th person to travel in space,[01:33.00]including astronauts from 32 countries.[01:37.50]In total,[01:38.70]these astronauts have spent more than 26,000 days in space. [01:45.61]2 While he was travelling in space,[01:49.20]Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station,[01:54.02]which is orbiting the earth,[01:55.99]American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.[02:02.23]Lu, whose parents were born in China,[02:04.88]spoke to Yang in Chinese during his flight.[02:08.42]"Welcome to space," he said. Malenchenko said,[02:13.22]"I am glad there is somebody else in space with us.[02:16.86]It's great work by thousands and thousands of people from China."[02:22.54]3 Many countries around the world sent messages of congratulations.[02:29.84]Sean O'Keefe from NASA[02:32.22](National Aeronau -tics and Space Administration) in the US [02:36.49]said that Yang's space flight was[02:38.68]"an important historical achievement[02:41.34]and NASA wishes China continuing success[02:44.15]with its space flight programme".[02:47.13]United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the flight[02:51.84]"a step forward for the whole world".Film Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [13:35.22]Martial arts films are often enjoyable but they are seldom great art.[13:41.50]Now, to everyone's surprise, Ang Lee, director of a number of excellent films,[13:48.40]has made a martial arts film called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.[13:54.31]The result is a masterpiece.[13:58.36]The film belongs to a type of Chinese story called wuxia. [14:04.40]These stories tell of nineteenth- century martial arts masters [14:09.63]with unusual abilities. Wuxia films are popular in China,[14:16.44]and they are now popular in the west too.[14:20.94]The story takes place in the early 1800s in China.[14:26.15]A man and a woman, Li Mubai (played by Chow Yun-Fat) [14:31.70]and Yu Xiulian (played by Michelle Yeoh),[14:35.97]both masters of the martial arts, are in love with each other. [14:41.38]But Xiulian had a fiance who has died.[14:46.15]Because this fiance was a good friend of Mubai,[14:50.16]Mubai feels that he cannot marry Xiulian.[14:54.27]When someone steals Xiulian's sword, Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back.[15:01.91]The action takes place on Peking rooftops,[15:05.69]and in places as far away as the deserts of western China. [15:11.00]As in the old wuxia stories, characters leap through the air every now and then,[15:17.04]with beautiful, graceful movements, while audiences shout in surprise.[15:24.68]Unusually, it is the female characters that interest us most. [15:30.13]Brave, good and strong, Xiulian is the character we care about most.[15:36.81]Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays the part of Yu Jiaolong,[15:41.88]a young woman who is not as good as she seems.[15:46.18]The fight scenes between Jiaolong and Xiulian[15:49.75]are some of the most exciting moments in modern cinema. [15:53.77]But one cannot forget the wonderful Chow Yun-Fat,[15:57.83]who is as good with a sword as he is with a gun.[16:01.84]His romantic scenes with Yu Xiulian are very moving,[16:07.15]as their eyes show all the love that they must not express in words.[16:14.93]Films like this rarely reach the cinema.[16:18.40]Go and see Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon.[16:21.51]It will make your heart leap with excitement at its beauty.。