高一英语课程

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Unit1

Anne’sBestFriend

Doyouwantafriendwhomyoucouldtelleverythingto,likeyourdeepest

feelingsandthoughts?Orareyouafraidthatyourfriendwouldlaughatyou,or

wouldnotunderstandwhatyouaregoingthrough?AnneFrankwantedthe

firstkind,soshemadeherdiaryherbestfriend.

AnnelivedinAmsterdamintheNetherlandsduringWorldWarⅡ.Herfamily

d,”Idon’twanttotdown

ariesoffactsinadiaryasmostpeopledo,butIwantthisdiaryitlftobe

myfriend,andIshallcallmyfriendKitty.”Nowreadhowshefeltafterbeingin

thehidingplacesinceJuly1942.

Thursday15thJune,1944

DearKitty,

Iwonderifit’sbecauIhaven’tbeenabletobeoutdoorsforsolongthat

I’llremember

thattherewasatimewhenadeepbluesky,thesongofthebirds,moonlight

’schangedsinceIwas

here.

…Forexample,oneeveningwhenitwassowarm,Istayedawakeonpurpo

asthemoongavefartoomuchlight,Ididn’rtime

fivemonthsago,Ihappenedtobeupstairsatduskwhenthewindowwasopen.

Ididn’k,rainyevening,

thewind,thethunderingcloudsheldmeentirelyintheirpower;itwasthefirst

timeinayearandahalfthatI’denthenightfacetoface…

…Sadly…Iamonlyabletolookatnaturethroughdirtycurtainshanging

’snopleasurelookingthroughtheanylonger

becaunatureisonethingthatreallymustbeexperienced.

Yours,

Anne

Unit2

theRoadtoModernEnglish

Attheendofthe16thcentury,aboutfivetovenmillionpeoplespoke

nthenextcentury,people

fromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworld,andbecau

ofthat,,more

peoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,condoraforeignlanguagethanever

before.

NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’t

thixample:

BritishBetty:Wouldyouliketoemyflat?

AmericanAmy:Yes.I’dliketocomeuptoyouapartment.

SowhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?Actuallyalllanguageschange

the

EnglishspokeninEnglandbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasverydifferent

amoreonGermanthantheEnglish

aduallybetweenaboutAD500and1150,English

becamelesslikeGermanbecauthowhoruledEnglandspokefirstDanish

ewttlernrichedtheEnglishlanguageand

e1600’sShakespearewasabletomakeu

1620someBritishttlersmovedto

nthe18thcenturysomeBritishpeopleweretakentoAustralia

hbegantobespokeninbothcountries.

timetwobig

changesinEnglishspellinghappened:firstSamuelJohnsonwrotehis

dictionaryandlaterNoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryofthe

tergaveaparateidentitytoAmericanEnglish

spelling.

EnglishnowisalsospokenasaforeignorcondlanguageinSouthAsia.

Forexample,IndiahasaverylargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakers

thattimeEnglish

hisalsospokenin

,

ineEnglish

developitsownidentity?Onlytimewilltell.

Unit3

JourneyDowntheMekong

ncemiddleschool,mysisterWangWeiand

rsagosheboughtan

ar,

shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeifKunming.

TheyareDaiandgrewupinwesternYunnanProvinceneartheLancangRiver,

theChinepartoftheriverthatiscalledtheMekongRiverinothercountries.

raduatingfrom

college,mysister,“Where

arewegoing?”Itwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentire

isplanningour

scheduleforthetrip.

be

ghshedidn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,she

owthattheproperwayis

skingher,“Whenareweleavingandwhenarewe

comingback?”

shehadn’t;mysisterdoesn’dherthatthesourceof

emeadeterminedlook--thekind

oldherthatourjourney

wouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000meters,sheemedtobe

oldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwould

beverycold,ysister

ehasmadeuphermind,y,Ihadto

givein.

Severalmonthsbeforeourtrip,

foundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.

FromtheatlaswecouldethattheMekongRiverbeginsinaglaciertomove

mesrapidsasitpassthroughdeepvalleys,travelingacross

mestheriverbecomesawaterfalland

bothsurpridtolearnthathalfoftheriverisin

tleavesChinaandhighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,

tersSoutheastAsia,swide

,

theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.

Unit4

ANighttheEarthdidn’tSleep

threedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroandfell,s

ygascameoutof

armyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervous

mpedoutof

t3:00amonJuly28,1976,somepeoplesaw

ndofplanescouldbeheardoutsidethecityof

ity,thewaterpipesin

onemillionpeopleofthecity,who

thoughtlittleoftheevents,wereasleepasusualthenight.

At3:edasiftheworldwasatan

end!Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecitythegreatestearthquakeofthe

eltinBeijing,whichismorethantwohundred

rackthatwaight

kilometerslongandthirtymeterswidecutacrosshous,roadsandcanals.

llsofrockbecameriversofdirt.

feringofthepeople

-thirdsofthemdiedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake.

Thousandsoffamilieswerekilledofinjuredreachedmorethan400,000.

Buthowcouldthesurvivorsbelieveitwasnatural?Everywherethey

hecity’shospitals,75%ofits

factoriesandbuildingsand90%coveredthe

,however,

thousandsofcows

illionpigsandmillionsofchickenswere

,

laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakewhichwasalmostasstrongasthefirst

therescueworkersanddoctorsweretrapped

,food,andelectricitywere

begantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.

terthequakes,thearmynt150,000

yorganizedteamstodig

orthofthecity,most

ofthe10,sbuilt

aterwas

takentothecitybytrain,,thecitybegantobreathe

again.

Unit5

Elias’Story

ewhen

elve

n1952andMandelawastheblacklawyertowhomIwentfor

wasgenerouswithhistime,forwhichIwasgrateful.

schoolatsix.

toleavebecaumyfamilycouldnotcontinuetopaytheschoolfeesandthe

ryinghard,Igotajobinagold

r,thiswasatimewhenonehadgottohaveapassbooktolivein

didnothaveitbecauIwasnotbornthere,andI

worriedaboutwhetherIwouldbecomeoutofwork.

toldmehowtogetthecorrectpaperssoIcouldstayinJohannesburg.I

forgothowkindMandelawas.

WhenheorganizedtheANCYouthLeague,

said:

“Thelastthirtyyearshaveenthegreatestnumberoflawsstoppingout

rightsandprogress,untiltodaywehavereachedastagewherewehave

almostnorightsatall.”

tsoftowninwhichtheyhadtolive

cesoutsidethetownswheretheywere

ouldgrowfood

asNelsonMandelasaid:

“…wewereputintoapositioninwhichwehadeithertoacceptwewere

t

brokethelawinawaywhichwaspeaceful;whenthiswasnotallowed…only

thendidwedecidetoanswerviolencewithviolence.”

Asamatteroffact,Idonotlikeviolence…butin1963Ihelpedhimblow

erydangerousbecauifIwascaught

shappytohelpbecauIknewitwouldhelp

usachieveourdreamofmakingblackandwhitepeopleequal.