人教版高中英语课文文本 (必修2)
高中英语人教版必修二Unit2课文内容
必修二Unit 2课文内容1.I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long timeago.句中and连接两个并列分句，在第一个分句中what引导宾语从句，并在从句中作call 的宾语，what相当于the place that。
△ what引导的宾语从句what引导的宾语从句在句中作宾语，what在从句中可作主语、宾语、表语或定语。
They don’t know what happened.You can’t imagine what he was ten years ago.I don’t know what books he likes reading.△ 归纳拓展what还可以引导主语从句、表语从句和同位语从句。
What you will do next is none of my business.She is no longer what she used to be.The question what makes the matter worse has been puzzling me.△在名词性从句中使用引导词what还是that,是经常考察的重点。
解题的关键在于分清句子结构。
that在引导名词性从句中没有词义，也不充当任何成分，当从句意义完整且不缺任何成分时用that连接；what在名词性从句中表示“……的东西”在从句中需充当主语、宾语、表语、定语等成分。
That they need more oil is very clear.What they need is more oil.练习：⑴ Reading her biography, I was lost in admiration for Doris Lessing had achievedin literature.A. whatB. thatC. whyD. how⑵ I think impresses me about his painting is the colours he uses.A. whatB. thatC. whichD. who⑶ Pick yourself up. Courage is doing you,re afraid to do.A. thatB. whatC. howD. whether2.There are two main sets of Games - the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held everyfour^ears on a regular basis.本句是and连接的并列句。
Unit 3课文文本和翻译 人教版高中英语必修第二册
人教版高中英语新教材必修二Unit 3课文文本和翻译STRONGER TOGETHER: HOW WE HAVE BEEN CHANGEDBY THE INTERNET我们一起更加强大：我们是如何被互联网改变的Much has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles telling us how the Internet has made our lives more convenient. We no longer have to wait in line or carry cash around when we go shopping. We can get the most updated information from large databases. We can download software, documents, and images whenever we need them. But the Internet has done much more for people than simply make life more convenient. People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.关于万维网奇迹的文章有很多。
有无数的文章告诉我们互联网是如何使我们的生活更加方便。
当我们去购物时，我们不再需要排队或随身携带现金。
我们可以从大型数据库获得最新的信息。
我们可以随时下载软件、文档和图像。
但互联网为人们带来的不仅仅是简单地让生活更加便利。
在线社区和社交网络改变了人们的生活。
Jan Tchamani, an English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly developed a serious illness and had to quit her job. At age 50, she found herself out of work and stuck at home with only her computer to keep her company. After a while, she discovered that surfing the Internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She could listen to music, watch films, play games, and explore the world. She also joined an online group wh ere she could talk about her problems and get support and advice from others. She realised that one of the greatest benefits of the Internet was its ability to remove the distance that usually exists between people.英国伯明翰的一位英语教师简•夏曼尼突然得了重病，因此不得不辞职。
【人教版】2019版高中英语电子课本(必修2)(Word版,16页)
必修2 unit1IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-bro wn colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in th ose days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William Ⅰ,to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber R oom because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres l ong, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .Later,Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersb urg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it .I n 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Am ber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing .In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time when the two countries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer p alace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects fro m the Amber Room . However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs. There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery .Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the s ummer palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have ma de the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St P etersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city .A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything tha t can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is di fficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where th at person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has give n true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of informatio n is called evidence.Unit 2AN INTERVIEWPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a m agical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Gam es. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you cal l “Ancient Greece” and I use d to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to fi nd out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they w ere held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olymp ics?L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summ er Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Ol ympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who h ave reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. T hey may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there ar e competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That’s why th ey’re called the Winter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the ru nning races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. Ther e are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only all owed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main rece ption building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Game s?L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great respon sibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They ha ve already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiu ms will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and …P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L: No, we don’t. it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and thr ow further. That’s the mott o of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Strong er.”P: Well, that’s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster tha n any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she mu st marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him,"These are my rule s. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot ru n as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned."Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,"Why are these men so foolish?" he thought. "Why will the y let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" How ever, when she saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed h is mind."I will marry Atlanta--or die!" he said.The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hi ppomenes watched he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to ask the Greek Godness of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him th ree golden apples. She said," Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is runni ng past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win."Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said," I want to marry Atlanta ." The King was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said," I will marry her------or die!" So the race beganUnit 3WHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine i n France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytic al machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who use d cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than an y person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult math ematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any la rger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was ma ke smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been u sed in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was st ored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totall y changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anythingI have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they ga ve me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with o thers through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for my. I have beco me very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into r obots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. A nyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly fill ed with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!ANDY –THE ANDROIDI’m part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I’m as big as a human. It fact, I look like on e too. On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer ships help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have le arned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last yea r our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Person ally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better syste m. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possi ble moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliablemoves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves us ing my “artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic br ain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!Unit 4HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and fou nd a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it ask ed. Daisy responded immediately. “I’d like to see some endangered wildlife,” she s aid. “Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At onc e the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There d aisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said, “We’re being killed for the wool beneat h our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered specie s.” At that Daisy cried, “I’m sorry I didn’t know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protection.”The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Dai sy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant. “Have y ou come to take my photo?” it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Don’t lau gh,” said the elephant, “We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowe d tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now t he farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being d one here to save local wildlife.”Daisy smiled, “That’s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.” The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?” asked Daisy. “I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it repl ied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful dr ug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest wher e I live the appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.”Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF a nd we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help.” The m onkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. T wo minutes later everything had gone-the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF…ANIMAL EXTINCTIONMany animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.The most f amous of these animals are dinosaurs.They lived on the earth tens of millions of y ears ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at t hat time.There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to liv e in China.The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,County,Nanya ng, Henan Province.Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was disc overed in Chaoyang County,Liaoning Province.When scientists inspeacted the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the othersbut also climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined togethe r.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth a nd put too much dust into the air.Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosa ursto live on any more.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappear ed from the earth in such a short time.We know many other wild plants, animals,insects and birds have died out mor e recently.According to a UN report,some 844 animals and plants have disappeare d in the last 500 years.The dodo is one of them.It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal.Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it dis appeared frome the earthUnit 5THE BAND THAT WASN’THave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke an d pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Lin Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play th eir own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practi cing their music in someone’s hours is the first step to fame. Sometimes they mayplay to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra mon ey for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performance s in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band hat started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each oth er as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the beatles. The T V organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. Th ey put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. An yhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Mondees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they beca me more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and play their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily t he reunited in the mid-1980s. they produced a new record in 1996, with which the y celebrated their former time as a real band.FREDDY THE FROG(II)Not long after Freddy and the band became famous,they visited Britain on a b rief tour.Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tichkets for their co ncerts.Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall.He enjoye d singing and all the congratulations afterwards!His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called "Top of the Pops."He had to go to London,wear a n expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.It felt very strange.But as soon as the programme was over,the telephones which were in the same room st arted ringing.Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band agai n. They were truly stars.Then things went wrong.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere witho ut being followed.Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized th em. Fans found them even when they went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries,but it was useless.Someone was always there!Their pers onal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive,Freddy and his ba nd to which they were never to return,and went back to the lake必修3 unit1Festivals and celebrationsFestivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancien t times.Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in s pring and harvest in autumn.Sometimes celebratewould be held after hunters had c aught animals.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find,especially during the cold winter months.Today’s festivals have many origins ,some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.Festivals of the DeadSome festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,who mi ght return either to help or to do harm.For the Japanese festival.Obon,people shoul d go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.On this i mpoutant feast day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with”bones”on them.They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It i s now a children’s festival,when they can dress up and to to their neighbours’home s to ask for sweets.Ifthe neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might play a trick on them.Festivals to Honour PeopleFestivals can also be held to honour famous people .The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet,Qu Yuan.In the USA Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in New World.India has a nation al festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi,the leader who helped gain In dia’s independence from Britain.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.People are gratef ul because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.In European countries,people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flow ers and fruit,and will get together to have meals.Some people might win awards fortheir farm produce,like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.Chin a and Japan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in Chin a,enjoy mooncakes.Spring FestivalsThe most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to th e end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.There are dragon dances and carnivals,and families celebrate the Lunar New Year toget her.Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,which take place forty day s before Easter,usually in February.These carnivals might include parades,dancing i n the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians aroud the world.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered with pink snow.People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other.Festiva ls let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little whileA SAD LOVE STORYLi Fang was heart-broken.It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she wou ld meet him at the coffee shop after work. But she didn’t turn up. She could be wi th her friends right now laughing at him.She said she would be there at seven o’cl ock, and he thought she would keep her word. He had looked forward to meeting her all day, and now he was alone with his roses and chocolates, like a fool. Well,he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize. He would drown his sa dness in coffee.It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave-he wiped the tables, then sat down and turned on the TV-just what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese story about lost love.The granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven visted the earth. Her name was Zhinü,the weaving girl. While she was on earth she met the herd boy Niulang an d they fell in love.(“Just like me and Hu Jin,”thought Li Fang.)They got married sec retly, and they were very happy.(“We could be like that,”thought Li Fang.)When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she b ecame very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven.Niulang tried to foll ow her, but the river of stars,the Milly Way, stopped him.Finding that Zhinüwas he art-broken, her grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way t o meet once a year. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cros s the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. People in Chin a hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinü is weeping and the couple won’t be able to meet.The announcer said,”This is the story of Qiqiao Festival.When foreigners hear about the story, they call it a Chinese Valentine’s story.It’s a fine day today, so I h ope you can all meet the one you love.”As Li Fang set off for home, he thought,”I guess Hu Jin doesn’t love me .I’ll j ust throw these flowers and chocolates away. I don’t want them to remind me of h er.” So he did.As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling him. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling , “why are you so late?I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!And I have a gift for you!”What would he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts!She would never f orgive him. This would not be a happy Valentine’s Day!。
高中英语必修2全部单元课文翻译
必修二Module 1 Zhou Kai (1) 周凯（1）周凯的妈妈看到他没有穿夹克衫就往前门走去时，她担心地盯着周凯，问道"周凯，上哪儿去呀""去公园踢球，"周凯说。
"下着雨呢!会得重感冒的，"妈妈说。
"不会的，没事，"周凯边说边开门。
"周凯，你会生病的，肯定会的。
你至少可以去拿上你的夹克衫。
"好吧，好吧，"周凯听话地带了件夹克，走了出去。
Zhou Kai (2) 周凯（2）我妈妈总是想方设法让我们吃得健康，新鲜水果和蔬菜是我们食谱中很重要的一部分。
我们家靠近大海，一周吃四次鱼。
脂肪和糖分的摄取不是很多。
学校里很多同学每天都吃:甜食，我很幸运我不喜好甜食,我宁愿吃一块(一片)美味的水果。
我不是很胖，所以;我不必节食，也不必做其他类似的事情。
我很健康。
很少感冒。
不过很少见的是上周得了重感冒还有点发烧。
但那是因为我真是够蠢的，居然在雨中踢足球。
我也不常染上流感。
去年冬天全班同学儿乎都得了流感---我却幸免了。
我认为我不会得这些病，因为我经常锻炼，很健康。
两年前我在踢球时胳膊骨折了。
伤口疼得厉害，胳膊一个月不能动，太讨厌了。
从我上面的话你可以看出，我是个普通的人。
不过有一件事我非常喜爱-----我对足球太着迷了。
我是班上足球队的队长，也是高中球队的球员。
正因为如此，我确保自己的合理膳食，我早就说过，这没问题，妈妈照顾我们吃得真是太好了。
必修二Module 2Article 1文章一我叫亚当?鲁斯，19岁。
我曾经是个瘾君子，15岁时我开始尝试毒品。
我从街上一个男人手中购买大麻，大约有六个月我一直从这个人手里买大麻。
一天他给了我一些纯可卡因。
Article 2文章二可卡因是一种极容易使人上瘾的毒品。
有些毒品使用者注射可卡因，有些则吸人体内。
两种途径都很危险。
如果那些注射毒品的人和其他吸毒者共用针头的话，他们会面临更多危险。
高中英语人教版必修二Unit4课文内容
⾼中英语⼈教版必修⼆Unit4课⽂内容必修⼆Unit 4 课⽂内容1. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.△“No +n., no +n.”句式本句属于“No +n., no +n.”句式，该句式表⽰“没有……，就没有……”。
No pains, no gains. ⼀分耕耘，⼀分收获。
No money, no talk. 没钱免谈。
No fire, no smoke. ⽆风不起浪。
No cross, no crown. 不经历风⾬，怎能见彩虹。
2. But what an experience!本句是由what引出的感叹句，补充完整是But what an experience it was!△what引出的感叹句其常见结构有：What + a/an (+形容词) + 可数名词单数（+主语+ 谓语）！What + 形容词+ 不可数名词/可数名词复数（+ 主语+谓语）！What a wonderful time we had yesterday!What fine weather (it is)!What pretty girls (they are)!△how引出的感叹句How + 形容词+ a/an + 可数名词单数（+ 主语+ 谓语）！How + 形容词/副词（+ 主语+ 谓语）！(其中的主语⼀般由“the + 名词”引出)How + 主语+ 谓语！How clever a boy (he is)!How beautiful a park (it is)!How fast the boy runs!How interesting!练习：⑴Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ______ close you may be to victory.A. howB. whatC. whichD. where⑵_______ difficult questions they are! I can’t answer them.A. HowC. WhatD. What an⑶_______ beautiful your new dress is!A. HowB. How anC. WhatD. What an⑷I miss my friend very much. _______ I want to see her!A. HowB. How anC. WhatD. What an⑸单句改错①I was surprised by her words, which made me recognize how silly mistakes I had made.②I think parents should be taught to understand what important education is to their children’s future.3. What must be done if wildlife protection is to succeed?本句是含有if引导的条件状语从句的复合句，从句中的动词不定式作表语，表⽰预的结果。
(完整版)高中英语必修2课文逐句翻译(人教新课标)
1.必修二Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . 普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。
This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . 这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为造这间房子用了好几吨的琥珀。
The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . 选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。
The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。
It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。
一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。
In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . 事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。
2019届【人教版】版高中英语电子课本(必修2)(Word版)
必修2 unit1IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-bro wn colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in th ose days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William Ⅰ,to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber R oom because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres l ong, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .Later,Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersb urg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it .I n 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Am ber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing .In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time when the two countries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer p alace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects fro m the Amber Room . However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs. There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery .Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the s ummer palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have ma de the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St P etersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city .A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything tha t can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is di fficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where th at person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has give n true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of informatio n is called evidence.Unit 2AN INTERVIEWPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a m agical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Gam es. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I use d to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to fi nd out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they w ere held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olymp ics?L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summ er Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Ol ympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who h ave reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. T hey may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there ar e competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. Th at’s why th ey’re called the Winter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the ru nning races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. Ther e are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only all owed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main rece ption building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Game s?L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great respon sibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They ha ve already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiu ms will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and …P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L: No, we don’t. it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and th r ow further. That’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Strong er.”P: Well, that’s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster tha n any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she mu st marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him,"These are my rule s. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot ru n as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned."Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,"Why are these men so foolish?" he thought. "Why will the y let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" How ever, when she saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed h is mind."I will marry Atlanta--or die!" he said.The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hi ppomenes watched he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to ask the Greek Godness of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him th ree golden apples. She said," Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is runni ng past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win."Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said," I want to marry Atlanta ." The King was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said," I will marry her------or die!" So the race beganUnit 3WHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine i n France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytic al machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who use d cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than an y person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult math ematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any la rger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was ma ke smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been u sed in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was st ored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totall y changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anythingI have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they ga ve me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with o thers through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for my. I have beco me very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into r obots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. A nyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly fill ed with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!ANDY –THE ANDROIDI’m part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I’m as big as a human. It fact, I look like on e too. On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer ships help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have le arned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last yea r our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Person ally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better syste m. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possi ble moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliablemoves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves us ing my “artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a hu man team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic br ain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!Unit 4HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it ask ed. Daisy responded immediately. “I’d like to see some endangered wildlife,” she s aid. “Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There d aisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said, “We’re being killed for the wool beneat h our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “I’m sorry I didn’t know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protection.”The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Dai sy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant. “Have y ou come to take my photo?” it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Don’t lau gh,” said the elephant, “We us ed to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowe d tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now t he farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being d one here to save local wildlife.”Daisy smiled, “That’s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.” The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?” asked Daisy. “I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it repl ied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful dr ug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest wher e I live the appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.”Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpe t, please take me home so I can tell WWF a nd we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help.” The m onkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. T wo minutes later everything had gone-the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF…ANIMAL EXTINCTIONMany animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.The most f amous of these animals are dinosaurs.They lived on the earth tens of millions of y ears ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at t hat time.There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to liv e in China.The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,County,Nanya ng, Henan Province.Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was disc overed in Chaoyang County,Liaoning Province.When scientists inspeacted the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the othersbut also climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined togethe r.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth a nd put too much dust into the air.Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosa ursto live on any more.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappear ed from the earth in such a short time.We know many other wild plants, animals,insects and birds have died out mor e recently.According to a UN report,some 844 animals and plants have disappeare d in the last 500 years.The dodo is one of them.It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal.Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it dis appeared frome the earthUnit 5THE BAND THAT WASN’THave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke an d pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Lin Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play th eir own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practi cing their music in someone’s hours is the first step to fame. Sometimes they mayplay to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra mon ey for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performance s in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band hat started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each oth er as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the beatles. The T V organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. Th ey put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. An yhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Mondees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they beca me more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and play their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily t he reunited in the mid-1980s. they produced a new record in 1996, with which the y celebrated their former time as a real band.FREDDY THE FROG(II)Not long after Freddy and the band became famous,they visited Britain on a b rief tour.Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tichkets for their co ncerts.Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall.He enjoye d singing and all the congratulations afterwards!His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called "Top of the Pops."He had to go to London,wear a n expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.It felt very strange.But as soon as the programme was over,the telephones which were in the same room st arted ringing.Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band agai n. They were truly stars.Then things went wrong.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere witho ut being followed.Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized th em. Fans found them even when they went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries,but it was useless.Someone was always there!Their pers onal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive,Freddy and his ba nd to which they were never to return,and went back to the lake必修3 unit1Festivals and celebrationsFestivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancien t times.Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in s pring and harvest in autumn.Sometimes celebratewould be held after hunters had c aught animals.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find,especially during the cold winter months.Today’s festivals have many origins ,some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.Festivals of the DeadSome festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,who mi ght return either to help or to do harm.For the Japanese festival.Obon,people shoul d go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.On this i mpoutant feast day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with”bones”on them.They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It i s now a children’s festival,when they can dress up and to to their neighbours’home s to ask for sweets.Ifthe neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might play a trick on them.Festivals to Honour PeopleFestivals can also be held to honour famous people .The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet,Qu Yuan.In the USA Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in New World.India has a nation al festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi,the leader who helped gain In dia’s independence from Britain.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.People are gratef ul because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.In European countries,people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flow ers and fruit,and will get together to have meals.Some people might win awards fortheir farm produce,like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.Chin a and Japan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in Chin a,enjoy mooncakes.Spring FestivalsThe most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to th e end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.There are dragon dances and carnivals,and families celebrate the Lunar New Year toget her.Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,which take place forty day s before Easter,usually in February.These carnivals might include parades,dancing i n the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians aroud the world.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.Ja pan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered with pink snow.People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other.Festiva ls let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little whileA SAD LOVE STORYLi Fang was heart-broken.It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she wou ld meet him at the coffee shop after work. But she didn’t turn up. She could be wi th her friends right n ow laughing at him.She said she would be there at seven o’cl ock, and he thought she would keep her word. He had looked forward to meeting her all day, and now he was alone with his roses and chocolates, like a fool. Well,he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize. He would drown his sa dness in coffee.It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave-he wiped the tables, then sat down and turned on the TV-just what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese story about lost love.The granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven visted the earth. Her name was Zhinü,the weaving girl. While she was on earth she met the herd boy Niulang an d they fell in love.(“Just like me and Hu Jin,”thought Li Fang.)They got married sec retly, and they were very happy.(“We could be like that,”thought Li Fang.)When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she b ecame very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven.Niulang tried to foll ow her, but the river of stars,the Milly Way, stopped him.Finding that Zhinüwas he art-broken, her grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way t o meet once a year. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cros s the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. People in Chin a hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinü is weeping and the couple won’t be able to meet.The announcer said,”This is the story of Qiqiao Festival.When f oreigners hear about the story, they call it a Chinese Valentine’s story.It’s a fine day today, so I h ope you can all meet the one you love.”As Li Fang set off for home, he thought,”I guess Hu Jin doesn’t love me .I’ll j ust throw these flowers and choco lates away. I don’t want them to remind me of h er.” So he did.As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling him. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling , “why are you so late?I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!And I have a gift for you!”What would he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts!She would never f orgive him. This would not be a happy Valentine’s Day!。
新人教版高中英语必修二第二单元课文讲解
新人教版高中英语必修二第二单元课文讲解A DAY IN THE CLOUDS在云间度过的一天The air is thin and we have to rest several times on the short hike from camp. To our left, snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch. On the plain in front of us, we can just make out a herd of graceful animals. This is why we’re here—to observe Tibetan antelopes.空气很稀薄，我们不得不在离开营地的短途徒步旅行中休息多次。
在我们的左方，白雪皑皑的群山消失在似乎触手可及的云层中。
放眼平原，我们隐约看到一群体形优美的动物。
这就是我们来到此地的原因——观察藏羚羊。
Tibetan antelopes live on the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai. Watching them move slowly across the green grass. I’m struck by their beauty. I’m also reminded of the danger they are in. They are being hunted, illegally, for their valuable fur.藏羚羊生活在西藏、新疆和青海的平原上。
看着它们在绿色的草地上缓慢移动。
我被其美丽所震撼，也想到了它们所处的险境。
因其珍贵的羊毛，它们正遭受非法猎杀。
My guide is Zhaxi, a village from Changtang. He works at the Changtang National Nature Reserve. The reserve is a shelter for the animals and plants of northwestern Tibet. To Zhaxi, the land is sacred and protecting the wildlife is a way of life. “We’re not trying to save the animals,”he says. “Actually, we’re trying to save ourselves.”我的导游扎西是一位来自羌塘的村民。
人教版本2019版本高中英语电子课本必修2.docx
必修 2 unit1IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick WilliamⅠ， the King of Prussia ,could never have imagined that his greatest gift to t he Russian people would have such an amazing history .This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it .The amber which was s elected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey .The design of the room was in the fancy st yle popular in those days .It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .In fact , the room was not made to be a gift .It was designed for the palace of FrederickⅠ . However,the next King of Prussia, Frederick WilliamⅠ,to whom the amber room belonged,decide d not to keep it. In1716he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .Later,CatherineⅡ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she s pent her summers.She told her artists to add more details to it .In1770the room was completed t he way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room,and its mirrors and pictures shone li ke gold.Sadly , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world,it is now missing .In September1941,the Nazi army was near St Petersburg .This was a time when the two co untries were at war .Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room .However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself .In less than two days100,000pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs .There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg,which wa s at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea .After that,what happened to the Amber Room re mains a mystery .Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace .By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city .A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world.T his is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been prove d.So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial.For example, it is an opinion if you say “ Cats are better pets than dogs” .It may be true,but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with t his opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The jud ge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather tha n opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.Unit 2AN INTERVIEWPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call“Ancient Greece” and I used to write about t he Olympic Games a long time ago. I ’ vecome to your time to find out about the present -day Olym pic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some que stions about the modern Olympics?L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any qu estions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics,and both are held every four years on a regular basis.The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors.They may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horse s?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions lik e skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. Th at ’ whys they ’ recalled the Winter Olympics.I t ’ sin the Summer Olympics that you have the running races,together with swimming, sailing and al l the team sports.P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Gr eek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning.No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 s ports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important rol e in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and ⋯P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Wh ere are all the athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, se veral stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It ’as great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There ’ sas much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already starte d planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of Lon don. New medals will be designed of course and⋯P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compet e for prize money too?L: No, we don’t. it ’still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That ’s the motto of the Olympics, you know- “ Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P:Well, that ’goods news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess.She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Gr eece.But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games.She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him.She said to him,"Th ese are my rules.When a man says he wants to marry me,I will run against him. If he cannot ru n as fast as me,he will be killed.No one will be pardoned."Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules they knew it wa s hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,"Why are these men so fo olish?" he thought. "Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" However, when she saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind."I will marry Atlanta--or die!" he said.The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watche d he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to ask the Greek Godness of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said," Throw an apple in fr ont of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win."Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said," I want to marry Atlanta ." The Kin g was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said," I will marry her------or die!" So the race beganUnit 3WHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 164 2.Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.I developed very slowly and it took nearly t wo hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.After I was pro grammed by an operator who used cards with holes,I could“ think logically”and produce an answe r quicker than any person.At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “ artificial intelligence”In . 1936my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “ universal machine ” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was make smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been us ed in offices and homes since the1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved.First it was stored in tubes, the n on transistors and later on very small chips.As a result I totally changed my shape.As I have gr own older I have also grown smaller.Over time my memory has developed so much that,like an e lephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I cou ldn ’believet it! But I was always so lonely standing ther e by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.I was able to share my knowledge with others through the W orld Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for my. I have become very important in communication,finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile p hones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent t o explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality.I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!ANDY–THE ANDROIDI ’mpart of an android football team.About once a year we are allowed to get together to playa game of football.I ’m as big as a human.It fact,I look like one too. On the football team I ’ ma s triker so I have to be able to run very fast.My computer ships help me to move and think like a h uman.For example,I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me th e ball when I am open and have a good for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya,Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle,Washington in the USA.We won second place. Personally,I think the team that won firs t place cheated.They had developed a new type of program just before the competition.So we ne ed to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an e ven better system.In a way our programmer is like our coach.She programs us with all the possib le moves she has seen while watching human games.Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises.In this way I can make up new moves using my“ artificial intelligence”Icou.ld like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I ’ m all about!Unit 4HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and fou nd a flying carpet by her bed. “ Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy responded immediately.“ I’liked to see some endangered wildlife, she” said.“ Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater. ”At once the carpet flew away and took her toTibet. There daisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said, ur stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for “ We’ rebeing killed for the wool beneath o people like you. As a result, we are nowan endangered species.”At that Daisy cried,“ I’sorrym I didn ’knowt that. I wonder what is being d one to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there ’ some wildlife protection.”The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe.Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant.“ Have you come to take my photo? ”it as ked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter.“ Don’laugh,t”said the elephant,“ Weus ed to be an endang ered species.Farmers hunted us without mercy.They said we destroyed their farms,and money fro m tourists only went to the large tour companies.So the government decided to help.They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers.Now the farmers are ha ppy and our numbers are increasing.So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.”Daisy smiled,“That’goods news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I ’dlike to h elp as the WWF suggests.”The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainfore st. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself.“ What are you doing? ”asked Daisy.“ I’protectingmmyself from mosquitoes,”it replied.When I find a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains should pay more attention to the rainforest where Ilive the appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs. ”Daisy was amazed.“Flying carpe t, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help. ”The monkey agreed. The carpet flew ho me. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone-the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF⋯ANIMAL EXTINCTIONMany animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs.They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans ca me into being and their future seemed secure at that time.There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in China.The e ggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,County,Nanyang,Henan Province.Not long agoa rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County,Liaoning Province.When scientists inspeacted the bones,they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined together.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaursto live on any more.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.We know many other wild plants,animals,insects and birds have died out more recently.Accordi ng to a UN report,some844animals and plants have disappeared in the last500 years.The dodo i s one of them.It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal.Please listen to a st ory of the dodo and how it disappeared frome the earthUnit 5THE BAND THAT WASN’THave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever d reamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and a ppreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuyin g or Lin Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music.Th ey may start as a group of high- school students,for whom practicing their music in someone’ s hours is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their ter they may giv e performances in pubs or clubs,for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make rec ords in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However,there was one band hat started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and be gan as a TV show.The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most o f which was based loosely on the beatles.The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians w ho could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three m embers of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough,they had to rely on other musicians to hel p them.So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were hum orous enough to be copied by clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV,the Mondees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However,after a year or so in wh ich they became more serious about their work,the Monkees started to play and sing their own so ngs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and play their own music.In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about1970,but happily the reunited in the mid-1980s.they produced a new rec ord in1996,with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.FREDDY THE FROG(II)Not long after Freddy and the band became famous,they visited Britain on a brief tour.Fans sho wed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tichkets for their concerts.Freddy was now quite confi dent when he went into a concert hall.He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards!His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called"Top of the Pops."He had to go to L ondon,wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.It felt very strange.But as so on as the programme was over,the telephones which were in the same room started ringing.Everybo dy was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again.They were truly stars.Then things went wrong.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed. Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even when t hey went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries,but it was useless.Someo ne was always there!Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive,Freddy and his ban d to which they were never to return,and went back to the lake必修 3 unit1Festivals and celebrationsFestivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times.Most anci ent festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Somet imes celebratewould be held after hunters had caught animals.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find,especially some religious,some seasonal,during the cold winter months.Today ’ s festivals have many origins, and some for special people or events.Festivals of the DeadSome festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,who might return either t o help or to do harm.For the Japanese festival.Obon,people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music because they think that thi s will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early Nov ember.On this impoutant feast day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with ” bones” ont hem.They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.It is now a children’festival,when the y can dress up and to to their neighbours’ homesto ask for sweets.Ifthe neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might play a trick on them.Festivals to Honour PeopleFestivals can also be held to honour famous people .The Dragon Boat Festival in China honour s the famous ancient poet,Qu Yuan.In the USA Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christ opher Columbus in New World.India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gand hi,the leader who helped gain India’independences from Britain.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.People are grateful because their f ood is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.In European countries,people will usu ally decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,and will get together to have meals.Som e people might win awards for their farm produce,like the biggest watermelon or the most handsom e rooster.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in China,en joy mooncakes.Spring FestivalsThe most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.There are dragon dances and carnivals,and families ce lebrate the Lunar New Year together.Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,which take 11place forty days before Easter,usually in February.These carnivals might include parades,dancing in the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.Easter is an important religio us and social festival for Christians aroud the world.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.Ja pan’ sCherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.The co untry, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered with pink snow.People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other.Festivals let us enjoy lif e,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little whileA SAD LOVE STORYLi Fang was heart- broken.It was Valentine’sDay and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work.But she didn ’turn up. She could be with her friends right n ow laughing at him.She said she would be there at seven o’ clock, and he thought she would keep her word. He had looked forward to meeting her all day, and now he was alone with his roses and chocolates, l ike a fool. Well,he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize.He would drown his sadn ess in coffee.It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave-he wiped t he tables, then sat down and turned on the TV-just what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese story abo ut lost love.The granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven visted the earth.Her name was Zhin ü,the weavin g girl.While she was on earth she met the herd boy Niulang and they fell in love.(“ Justlike me an d Hu Jin, ” thoughtLi Fang.)They got married secretly,and they were very happy.(“ Wecould be like t hat, ” thoughtLi Fang.)When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human,she became very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven.Niulang tried to follow her, but the river of stars,the Milly Way,stopped him.Finding that Zhin ü was heart-broken,her grand mother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh 12lunar month. People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is rainin g, it means that Zhin ü is weeping and the couple won’ t be able to meet.The announcer said, ”Thisis the story of Qiqiao Festival.When foreigners hear about the story,t hey call it a Chinese Valentine’story.It’a sfine day today, so I hope you can all meet the one you love. ”As Li Fang set off for home, he thought, ”Iguess Hu Jin doesn’t love me .I ’lljust throw these fl owers and choco lates away. I don’ twant them to remind me of her. ”So he did.As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling him. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling , “ why are you so late?I’ vebeen waiting for you for along time!And I have a gift for you! ”What would he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts!She would never forgive him.This would not be a happy Valentine’Day!s13。
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高中英语必修2（人教版）Unit1 Cultural relicsIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined thathis greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because severaltons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had abeautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in thefancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with goldand jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peterthe Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. Aboutfour metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and smallart objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stolethe room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put1on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the BalticSea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room atthe summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, theyhave made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for thepeople of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anythingthat can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more peoplethan any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true buthas not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. Forexample, it is an opinion if you say“ Cats are better pets than dogs” . It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion butthey also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which notto believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like orwhere that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether theeyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather thanopinions. This kind of information is called evidence.第一单元文化遗产阅读一寻找琥珀普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世从未想过他送个普鲁士人民伟大的礼物会有一点如此惊奇的历史。
新人教版高中英语必修二课文原文及翻译
新人教版高中英语必修二课文原文及翻译（Word精校版）Unit 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE 文化遗产Reading and thinkingFROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS从问题重重到迎刃而解Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society. There comes a time when the old must give way to the new, and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future. Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.社会进步需要经济发展。
新旧更替的时代已经到来,在走向未来的过程中,我们不可能将过去的一切都保存下来。
在发展与文化遗址保护之间找到恰当的平衡点,并加以保持，这可能是一项巨大的挑战。
Big challenges, however, can sometimes lead to great solutions. In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area. But the proposal led to protests. Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. Af ter listening to the scientists who had studied the problem, and citizens who lived near the dam, the government turned to the United Nations for help in 1959.然而，巨大的挑战有时候会带来伟大的解决方案。
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1.必修二Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia ，could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history 。
普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。
This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . 这件礼物就是琥珀屋,它之所以有这个名字，是因为造这间房子用了好几吨的琥珀. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow—brown colour like honey . 选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days 。
琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。
It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels ，which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品.一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。
In fact ，the room was not made to be a gift 。
事实上,这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的. It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. 它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿设计(制作）的。
人教版英语必修2课文翻译(Unit2)
In order to save this species from extinction, the Chinese government placed it under national protection. Zhaxi and other volunteers watched over the antelopes day and night to keep them safe from attacks. Bridges and gates were added to let the antelopes move easily and keep them safe from cars and trains.
人教版英语必修2课文翻译（Unit2）
A DAY IN THE CLOUD
在云间度过的一天
The air is thin and we have to rest several times on the short hike from camp. To our left, snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch. On the plain in front of us, we can just make out a herd of graceful animals. This is why we’re here—to observe Tibetan antelopes.
为了使这个物种免遭灭绝，中国政府将其置于国家保护之下。扎西和其他志愿者昼夜守卫着藏羚羊，保护它们免受攻击。新增的桥梁和涵洞，便于藏羚羊自由穿行，防止它们撞上汽车和火车。
人教版高中英语必修二课文原文及翻译
新人教版高中英语必修二课文原文及翻译（Word精校版）Unit 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE 文化遗产Reading and thinkingFROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS从问题重重到迎刃而解Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society.There comes a time when the old must give way to the new, and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.社会进步需要经济发展。
新旧更替的时代已经到来,在走向未来的过程中,我们不可能将过去的一切都保存下来。
在发展与文化遗址保护之间找到恰当的平衡点,并加以保持, 这可能是一项巨大的挑战。
Big challenges, however, can sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area.But the proposal led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage.After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem, and citizens who lived near the dam, the government turned to the United Nations for help in 1959.然而, 巨大的挑战有时候会带来伟大的解决方案。
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第一单元文化遗产阅读一寻找琥珀普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世从未想过他送个普鲁士人民伟大的礼物会有一点如此惊奇的历史。
这个礼物是因为由几吨琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。
这些被挑选的琥珀都有着像蜂蜜一样漂亮的黄棕色。
这间屋的设计是当时最流行的奇特的风格。
这同样是一件花了当时最好的艺术家大约十年用黄金和珠宝修饰制成的宝物。
事实上，这间屋不是制来当礼物的。
这是为腓特烈一世的领土而设计的。
然而，普鲁士下一任国王同样是琥珀屋的拥有者，腓特烈威廉一世决定不保留琥珀屋。
在1716年他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。
作为报答，沙皇给了腓特烈一队他最好的士兵。
因此琥珀屋成为了沙皇避寒圣地圣彼得堡的一部分。
琥珀屋作为一个大概四米长的只为重要访客的小接待处。
后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世把琥珀屋在圣彼得堡之外的一个她避暑的地方。
她让她的艺术家加了跟多的细节在里面。
在1770年琥珀屋完全成了她想要的样子。
接近600只蜡烛在屋内燃烧着，把镜子和图画都照得像金子一样。
令人伤心的，虽然被誉为是世界奇迹之一的琥珀屋现在丢失了。
在1941年9月，纳粹军队在圣彼得堡附近。
这正是两个国家在交战的时候。
在纳粹去到避暑地方之前，俄国人民能够从琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的艺术品。
然而，一些纳粹神秘的偷走了琥珀屋。
至少两天内100000多片琥珀被放进27个木箱里。
这些箱子无疑会被放进一艘去往当时德军驻扎的菠萝的海的哥尼斯堡的船上。
之后，琥珀屋发生了神马仍然是个迷。
最近，俄国和德国人民在避暑的地方制造了一座新的琥珀屋。
通过研究之前的琥珀屋的照片，他们制造了一座新的琥珀屋像旧的那座一样。
在2003年它被圣彼得堡的人民用来庆祝这座城市的300岁生日。
阅读二一个事实还是一个观点神马是事实？是一些人们相信的东西吗？不！事实是可以被证明的任何事。
例如，可以证明中国人口比世界上任何其他国家的人口都要多。
这是一个事实。
那么神马是一个观点？一个观点是人们相信那是真的但还没有被证明的。
必修人教版高中英语课文原文和翻译
必修人教版高中英语课文原文和翻译公司内部编号：（GOOD-TMMT-MMUT-UUPTY-UUYY-DTTI-Book2 Unit1 Cultural relicsIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有一段令人惊讶的历史。
这件礼物就是琥珀屋,它之所以有这个名字,是因为造这间房子用了近几吨琥珀,被选择的琥珀色彩艳丽,呈黄褐色,像蜜一样。
屋子的设计当时流行的极富艺术表现力的建筑风格。
琥珀屋这件珍品还镶嵌着黄金和珠宝,全国最优秀的艺术家用了是年的时间才完成它。
In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of theCzar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.事实上,琥珀屋并不是作为礼物而建造的。
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高中英语必修2（人教版）Unit1 Cultural relicsIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then puton a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.第一单元文化遗产阅读一寻找琥珀普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世从未想过他送个普鲁士人民伟大的礼物会有一点如此惊奇的历史。
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必修2 unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took th e country's best artists about ten years to make . In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William Ⅰ,to whom the amber room belonged, decid ed not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.A bout four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors . Later,Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it .In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing . In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time when the two c ountries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room . However , some of the Na zis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-sev en woooden boxs . There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, whic h was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . After that, what happened to the Amber Roo m remains a mystery . Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the ol d one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthd ay of their city . A FACT OR AN OPINION? What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. T his is a fact. Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been prov ed. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats ar e better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree wi th this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right. In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The ju dge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/sh e only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather t han opinions. This kind of information is called evidence. Unit 2 AN INTERVIEW Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey o n March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Y an, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games. P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Oly mpic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some q uestions about the modern Olympics? L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any q uestions you like. What would you like to know? P: How often do you hold your Games? L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, an d both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two ye ars before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their eve nt will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world. P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horse s? L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions li ke skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That’s why they’re called the Winter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports. P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the G reek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. N o other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women! L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and … P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! W here are all the athletes housed? L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, s everal stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well. P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games? L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that? P: Oh yes! You must be very proud. L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already start ed planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of L ondon. New medals will be designed of course and … P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you comp ete for prize money too? L: No, we don’t. it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That ’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.” P: Well, that’s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time. THE STORY OF ATLANTA Atlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in G reece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was s o angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster tha n her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him," These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned." Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules they knew it w as hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,"Why are these men s o foolish?" he thought. "Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" However, when she saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes chang ed his mind."I will marry Atlanta--or die!" he said. The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watch ed he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to ask the Greek Godness of Love fo r help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said," Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run p ast her and win." Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said," I want to marry Atlanta ." The Ki ng was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said," I will marry her------or die!" So the rac e beganUnit 3 WHO AM I? Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 16 42. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was pr ogrammed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an ans wer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the star t of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was make smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s. These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, th en on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like a n elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they g ave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through t he World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for my. I have become very importa nt in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race! ANDY – THE ANDROID I’m part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I’m as big as a human. It fact, I look like one too. On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer ships help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good for a goal. My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that won fir st place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we n eed to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer islike our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a human team, for I ha ve been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which nev er forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!Unit 4 HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and fo und a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy responded immediatel y. “I’d like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said. “Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once the carpet flew away and took he r to Tibet. There daisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said, “We’re being killed for the wool ben eath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we ar e now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “I’m sorry I didn’t know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protecti on.” The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned aroun d and found that she was being watched by and elephant. “Have you come to take my photo?” it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Don’t laugh,” said the elephant, “We used to be an enda ngered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allo wed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers ar e happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlif e.” Daisy smiled, “That’s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.” The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?” asked Daisy. “I’m protectin g myself from mosquitoes,” it replied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It cont ains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest wh ere I live the appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.” Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help.” The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone-the monk ey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learnedso much! And there was always WWF… ANIMAL EXTINCTION Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs.They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans c ame into being and their future seemed secure at that time. There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in China.The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,County,Nanyang, Henan Province.Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County,Liaoning Province.W hen scientists inspeacted the bones,they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined toge ther. Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air.O thers think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time. We know many other wild plants, animals,insects and birds have died out more recently.Accord ing to a UN report,some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years.The dodo is one of them.It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal.Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared frome the earthUnit 5 THE BAND THAT WASN’T Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuy ing or Lin Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and fam ous. But just how do people form a band? Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. T hey may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone’s ho urs is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so th at they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires! However, there was one band hat started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and b egan as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicia ns, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other thre e members of the band. As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to h elp them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were h umorous enough to be copied by clubs in orderto get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Mondees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their w ork, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced t heir own records and started touring and play their own music. In the USA they became even mor e popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happi ly the reunited in the mid-1980s. they produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated t heir former time as a real band. FREDDY THE FROG(II) Not long after Freddy and the band became famous,they visited Britain on a brief tour.Fans sh owed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tichkets for their concerts.Freddy was now quite co nfident when he went into a concert hall.He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards! His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called "Top of the Pops."He had to go to London,wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.It felt very strange.But as soon as the programme was over,the telephones which were in the same room started ringing. Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again. They were truly stars. Then things went wrong.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followe d.Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even whe n they went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries,but it was useless.So meone was always there!Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know t hem but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive,Freddy and hi s band to which they were never to return,and went back to the lake必修3 unit1 Festivals and celebrations Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times.Most an cient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.So metimes celebratewould be held after hunters had caught animals.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find,especially during the cold winter months.Today’s festivals have many orig ins ,some religious,some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,who might return either to help or to do harm.For the Japanese festival.Obon,people should go to clean graves and light in cense in memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music because they think that t his will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.On this impoutant feast day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with”bones ”on them.They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival,wh en they can dress up and to to their neighbours’homes to ask for sweets.Ifthe neighbours do not g ive any sweets,the children might play a trick on them. Festivals to Honour People Festivals can also be held to honour famous people .The Dragon Boat Festival in China honou rs the famous ancient poet,Qu Yuan.In the USA Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Chri stopher Columbus in New World.India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas G andhi,the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.In European countries,people will u sually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,and will get together to have meals.Some people might win awards for their farm produce,like the biggest watermelon or the most han dsome rooster.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in C hina,enjoy mooncakes. Spring Festivals The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat an d may give children lucky money in red paper.There are dragon dances and carnivals,and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,which t ake place forty days before Easter,usually in February.These carnivals might include parades,dancin g in the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.Easter is an important r eligious and social festival for Christians aroud the world.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered with pink snow. People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other.Festivals let us enjoy l ife,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while A SAD LOVE STORY Li Fang was heart-broken.It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work. But she didn’t turn up. She could be with her friends right now laughin g at him.She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. He had looked forward to meeting her all day, and now he was alone with his roses and chocolat es, like a fool. Well, he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize. He would drown his sadness in coffee. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave-he wiped the tables, then sat down and turned on the TV-just what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese story a bout lost love. The granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven visted the earth. Her name was Zhinü,the weavi ng girl. While she was on earth she met the herd boy Niulang and they fell in love.(“Just like me and Hu Jin,”thought Li Fang.)They got married secretly, and they were very happy.(“We could be li ke that,”thought Li Fang.)When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married t o a human, she became very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven.Niulang tried to f ollow her, but the river of stars,the Milly Way, stopped him.Finding that Zhinü was heart-broken, he r grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinü is weeping and the couple won’t be able to meet. The announcer said,”This is the story of Qiqiao Festival.When foreigners hear about the story, they call it a Chinese Valentine’s story.It’s a fine day today, so I hope you can all meet the one y ou love.” As Li Fang set off for home, he thought,”I guess Hu Jin doesn’t love me .I’ll just throw these f lowers and chocolates away. I don’t want them to remind me of her.” So he did. As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling hi m. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling , “why are you so late?I’ve been waiting for you f or a long time!And I have a gift for you!” What would he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts!She would never forgive him. This would not be a happy Valentine’s Day!。
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Book2 Unit1 Cultural relicsIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM找寻琥珀屋Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不行能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的重礼会有一段令人吃惊的历史。
这件礼品就是琥珀屋 ,它之所以有这个名字 ,是由于造这间房屋用了近几吨琥珀 , 被选择的琥珀色彩明丽 ,呈黄褐色 ,像蜜相同。
房屋的设计当时流行的极富艺术表现力的建筑风格。
琥珀屋这件珍品还镶嵌著黄金和珠宝 ,全国最优异的艺术家用了是年的时间才达成它。
In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.事实上 ,琥珀屋其实不是作为礼品而建筑的。
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Unit 1 Cultural relics
Warming Up
1. Do you know what a cultural relic is?
2. Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? Is it enough to have survived for a long time?
3. Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too? Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not.
Ming Dynasty vase Taj Mahal ivory dragon boat Mogao Caves
Pre-reading
1. Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it?
2. Look at the title and the picture of the reading passage and predict what it is about. Then skim it quickly and see if you were right.
Reading
IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM
Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.
In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.
Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.
In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.
Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for
the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.
Comprehending
1. Join the correct parts of the sentences together.
①Frederick I A. stole the Amber Room.
②Frederick William I B. sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.
③Peter the Great C. had the Amber Room made.
④Catherine Ⅱ D. had it moved outside St Petersburg.
⑤The Nazi army E. gave it to the Czar as a gift.
⑥The Russians and Germans F. built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.
2. The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes. Then answer the questions.
□How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?
□How was a new Amber Room built?
□How did the Amber Room get lost?
□How was the Amber Room made?
□Why did the Kong of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
3. In groups discuss: Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.。