高中英语必修2课文及原文

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高中英语必修2课文及原文

高中英语必修

2（人教版）

Unit1 Cultural relics

IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have

imagined that his greatest

amazing history. This gift

gift to the

Russian people would have such an

name

was the Amber Room, which

was given this

becau veral tons of amber were ud to make it. The amber which was

lected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of

the room was in the fancy style popular in tho 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 madeto 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 nt him a troop

of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter

palace in

St Petersburg. About four

reception hall for important visitors.

metres long,

the room rved as a small

Later,

Catherine

II

had the

AmberRoommovedto 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

like gold.

Sadly,

although

the room, and its

mirrors

and pictures shone

the Amber Roomwas 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

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to the summerpalace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture

and

small art objects from the AmberRoom. However, someof the Nazis cretly

stole the room itlf.

In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside

the boxes were then put

twenty-ven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that

on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the

Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the AmberRoomremains 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

can be proved that

that

can be proved. For example, it

China has more people

than any other country in the world. This is a fact.

Then what is

an opinion

An opinion

is

what someonebelieves

has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For

example, it is an opinion if you say

is

true

but

“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 eyewitness

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

which must be facts

rather

than

the

eyewitness

has given

true information,

opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.

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第一单元

文化遗产

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找寻琥珀

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品会有一

点这样诧异的历史。 这个礼品是由于由几吨琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。 这些被精选的琥珀都有着像蜂蜜相同美丽的黄棕色。 这间屋的设计是当时最流行的奇异的风格。这相同是一件花了当时最好的艺术家大概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品的。 这是为腓特烈一世的国土而设计的。 但是，普鲁士下一任国王相同是琥珀屋的拥有者，腓特烈威廉一世决定不保存琥珀屋。

在 1716 年他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。作为报恩，沙皇给了腓特烈一队他最好

的士兵。所以琥珀屋成为了沙皇避寒圣地圣彼得堡的一部分。 琥珀屋作为一个大体四米长的只为重要访客的小招待处。

此后，叶卡捷琳娜二世把琥珀屋在圣彼得堡以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 年琥珀屋完整成了她想要的样子。靠近 600

只蜡烛在屋内焚烧着， 把镜子和图画都照得像金子相同。 令人悲伤的， 固然被誉为是世界奇观之一的琥珀屋此刻丢掉了。

在 1941 年 9 月，纳粹军队在圣彼得堡邻近。这正是两个国家在开战的时候。在纳粹去到避暑地方以前，俄国人民能够从琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的艺术

品。但是，一些纳粹神奇的偷走了琥珀屋。起码两天内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

琥珀屋的照片，他们制造了一座新的琥珀屋像旧的那座相同。在 2003 年它被圣彼

得堡的人民用来庆贺这座城市的 300 岁诞辰。

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一个事实仍是一个看法

斯堡的船上。以后，琥珀屋发生了神马仍旧是个迷。

近来，俄国和德国人民在避暑的地方制造了一座新的琥珀屋。 经过研究以前的

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神马是事实是一些人们相信的东西吗不！事实是能够被证明的任何事。比如，能够证明中国人口比世界上任何其余国家的人口都要多。这是一个事实。

那么神马是一个看法一个看法是人们相信那是真的但还没有被证明的。 所以一个看法在一个审讯中不是一个好的凭证。 比如，假如你说“猫是比狗好的宠物”这会是一个看法。 这可能是真的， 可是很难去证明。 一些人可能不一样意这个看法可是他们也不可以去证明他们是对的。

在一场审批中，一个审讯官必定要去决定相信哪个目睹者哪个目睹者不该当相

信。这个审讯官不会去考虑每个目睹者的长相或人们在哪里居住或工作。他 / 她只关怀目睹者能否会供给真是的信息， 信息必定是事实而不是看法。 这种的信息被称为凭证。

Unit 2 The Olympic Games

AN INTERVIEW

Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come

on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the prent-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 ud to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I ’ve come to your time

to find out about the prent-day Olympic Games becau I know

that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some

questions about the modern Olympics

L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago But of cour

you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know

P: How often do you hold your Games

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L: Every four years. There are two main ts 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 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 hors

L: Oh no! There are no running

races

or hor riding

events.

Instead there

are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice.

That ’s why they ’re called the Winter Olympics. It

Olympics that you have the running

and all the team sports.

’s in the Summer

races, together

with

swimming, sailing

P: I e. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the

world. Do you meanthe Greek world

Our Greek cities

each other just for

the honour

of

winning. No other

ud to compete against

countries could join

in, nor could slaves or women!

L: Nowadays any country

can take part

There are over 250 sports

if their athletes

are good enough.

Womenare not

and each on has its own standard.

only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics,

team sports and

⋯

P: Plea wait a minute! All tho events, all tho countries and

even women taking part! Where are all the athletes houd

L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a

main reception

building,

veral stadiums for competitions,

and a

gymnasium as well.

P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games

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L: As a matter of fact,

every country wants the

opportunity.

It ’s a great

’s as much

responsibility but also a great honour to be chon. There

competition

amongcountries to host

the Olympics as to

win Olympic medals.

The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that

P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.

L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London.

They have already

started

planning

for

it.

and all

the stadiums

will

be built

be designed of cour and

⋯

A new village

for

the

athletes

to

the

east

of

London. New medals will

P: Did you say medals So even the olive

Do you compete for prize money too

wreath

has been replaced!

Oh dear!

L: No, we don

’t. it ’s still all about being able to run faster, jump

higher

and

throw

further.

That ’s

the

”

motto

of

the

Olympics, you

know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.

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

time.

第二单元

奥林匹克运动会

阅读一

一个采访

大概 2000 年前的一个希腊作者帕萨尼亚斯

(P) ，在 2007 年 3 月 18 日踏上了一段魔幻的旅途

2008 年奥林匹克运动会志愿者李岩

去查明对于现代的奥林匹克运动会。他正在采访一个

(L) 。

P: 我是帕萨尼亚斯。 我住在你们所说的“古希腊”并且在好久以前我经常写以一些对于奥林

匹克运动会的事情。我到达你的时代是为认识对于现代奥林匹克运动会由于我知道

奥林匹克运动会会在我家乡举办。我能够问你一些对于现代奥林匹克运动会的问题么

2004 年

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L: 真是极为快乐的事 ! 你真的来自那么长远的时代么可是自然你能够问你想问的问题。你想知道神马

P: 你们多久会举办一次运动会

L: 四年一次。 有两种主要的运动会形式 -- 冬天和夏天奥运会， 并且在一个有规律的基础上他

们都是四年举办一次的。 冬天奥运会一般会在夏天奥运会前两年举办。 只有达到该项目既定的标准的运动员才会被允许成为竞争者。他们能够来自世界各地。

P: 冬天奥运会田径运动员如安在冬天享受比赛还有马术又如何

L: 哦不 ! 冬天奥运会没有赛跑和骑马的项目。反而会有一些像滑雪和滑冰这些需要雪和冰的项目。这就是为神马他成为冬天奥运会。只有在夏天奥运会会有你说赛跑，同时还有游泳，风帆运动和全部团队运动。

P: 我懂了。 以前你说那些运动员都被邀请来自世界各地。

你认识希腊世界么我们希腊城过去

相互比赛只为成功的荣誉。没有其余的地域能够参加，奴隶和妇女也不可以够。

L: 此刻只需他们的运动员够好的话任何国家都能够参加。

有超出 250 种项目并且每一种都有

团队比赛和其余

它自己的标准。 妇女不单赞同参加比赛， 并且她们在体操比赛，竞技比赛，

各样比赛中都饰演侧重要的角色。

P: 麻烦稍等一下！ 全部的这些项目， 全部的公民甚至妇女都能够参加！ 那么这些运动员们居住在哪里

L: 在每一场奥运会前， 一座特其余乡村会被建来给他们居住， 还有一座主要的招待建筑， 几个用来比赛的体育场和一座体育馆等

P: 那听起来很贵。有哪个国家会想要举办奥运会么

L: 事实上， 每个国家都想要这个时机。 这是一个很大的责任相同是一个很大的荣誉假如被挑

选到。在国家之间有好多竞争去为举办奥运会就像去博得奥林匹克奖牌相同。

运会将会在北京举行。这你知道么

2008 年的奥

P: 哦是的！你必定特别骄傲。

L: 自然。以后的 2012 年奥运会将在伦敦举行。他们早就开始为这个做准备了。一座让运动

员居住的乡村和全部的体育场将会被建在东伦敦。自然新的奖牌会被设计......

P: 你是说奖牌么所以甚至是橄榄花圈也已经被取代了！哦亲爱的！你们比赛也为了奖金么

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L: 不我们不。此刻仍旧想要跑得更快跳的更高扔得更远。正如你知道的奥运会的格言

快更高更强”。

P: 好吧，那是个好信息。多么风趣啊！耽误你的时间，感谢了。

- “更

THE STORY OF ATLANTA

Atlanta was a Greek princess.

She was very beautiful

and could

run faster

than

any man in

Greece. But she was not

allowed

to

run

and win

glory for herlf 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, "The are my rules. When a man says he wants

to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he

will be killed. No one will be pardoned."

Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when

they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly

went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called

Hippomenes who was amazedwhen he heard of Atlanta's

rules,

"Why are the

menso foolish"

he thought.

"Why will

they

let

themlves be killed

becau

they cannot run as fast as this princess" However, when he saw Atlanta

come out of her hou to run, Hippomenes changed his mind. "I will marry

Atlanta - or die!" he said.

The race started and although the men ran very fast, Atlanta

ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought, "How can I run as fast as

Atlanta" He went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for help. She promid

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 past her

and win."

Hippomenes took

the

apples

and went to the King. He said, "I want to marry Atlanta." The King was

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sad to e another man die, but Hippomenes said, "I will marry her - or

die!" So the race began.

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亚特兰大的故事

亚特兰大是一个希腊公主。 她很美丽并且能够跑得比希腊的任何一个男人都快。

可是她不被

赞同在奥运会上跑步去为她自己博得荣誉。

她很生气所以她跟她父亲说她不会嫁任何跑可是

她对她父亲说， “这

她的男人。 她父亲说她一定要嫁， 所以亚特兰大与她父亲定下一个条件。

是我的原则。假如有男人说想要嫁我，我会跟她赛跑。假如他跑不赢我，他会被杀。没有人

能被例外。”

好多国王和王子想要娶亚特兰大，可是当他们听到这个规定的时候他们就知道自己没希望

了。所以他们中间的好多人都悲伤地回家了，

可是其余的人都留着去赛跑。

一个叫做希波墨

涅斯的男人听到亚特兰大的信息后感觉特别诧异，他想“为神马这些男的都这么愚笨

呢”“为神马他们会由于跑可是这个公主而让自己被杀呢”但是，

当他看到亚特兰大从她的

房屋出来跑步的时候，希波墨涅斯改变了他的情意。他说，“我会娶亚特兰大或许死！”

赛跑开始的时候固然男人们都跑得很快，可是亚特兰大老是会更快。希波墨涅斯边看边想，

“我要如何才能赢过亚特兰大呢”他去处希腊的爱神求援。

爱神答应帮他并给了他三个金苹

当亚特兰大停下往来捡苹果

果。她说， “在亚特兰大跑过你的时候扔一个在亚特兰大眼前。

的时候，你就能够跑过她并博得比赛。”希波墨涅斯拿着苹果并跑去找国王。他说，“我想

娶亚特兰大。 ”国王悲伤地看着又一个男人要死，

可是希波墨涅斯说， “我会娶她或许死！ ”

而后赛跑开始了。

Unit 3 Computers

WHO AM I

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating

difficult

machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify

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

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programmed by an operator who ud cards with holes, I could "think"

logically

and produce an

answer quicker than any person. At that time

revolution

and the

start

of my "artificial

it

was considered

a technological

intelligence". In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about

how I could

be madeto

work as a "universal

machine" to solve any difficult

mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in

brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered

if

I would grow any larger.

However, this

reality

also

worried

my designers.

As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer)

and then as a laptop, I

have been ud in offices

and homessince the

1970s.

The changes only became possible as my memory improved. First

then

on transistors

and later

on very

small

chips.

I

have also

it

was stored

in tubes,

As a result

I

totally

changed my shape. As I have grown older

grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an

elephant, I never forget

anything I have

been told! And

my memory became

so large that even I couldn't believe it! But I was always so lonely

standing there by mylf, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family

connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others

through the World Wide Web.

Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.

in communication,

finance

and trade.

I have become very important

I have

also been put into robots and ud to make mobile phones as well as help

with medical operations.

I have even been put

into

space rockets

and nt

to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with

a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am

a devoted friend and helper of the human race!

第三单元

电脑

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我是谁

跟着时间的推移我被改变了好多。在

1642 年的法国，我是作为一个计算机器而开始的。虽

在我被 Charles Babbage 改造成剖析机器以前我很慢的

然我很年青我能够简化一些计算题。

发展了靠近两百年。 以后我被一个操作员用带洞的卡调制成了能够合逻辑地思虑并且比任何

人都快地得出一些问题的答案。那是一个被成为技术改革的时候并且开始了我的人造智能。

在 1936 年我真实的父亲

Alan Turing

写了一本对于我如何像广泛的机器相同去解决任何困

难的数学识题的书。从那起，我在体积和智能方面迅速的发展。在

1940 年我变得像一个房

间相同大， 并且我想知道我能否还可以变得更大。但是，事实也在困扰着我的设计者。跟着时

间的推移，我被制的更小。第一是个人电脑再到此后的手提电脑，在

1970 年我已经开始被

用在办公室和家里。

这些变化只由于我记忆力的加强。

开始记忆被寄存于电子管里，

而后是晶体管和此后更小的

跟着时间推移我的记

并且我的记忆力变得如

直到 1960 年他们经过网

晶片。 所以我改变了我的整个外型。 跟着我慢慢变老我也慢慢的变小。

忆力发展的那么快， 像头大象， 我不会忘记任何我曾被见告的东西！

此的大以致于我都不敢相信

! 可是我老是自己那么孤独的站在那边，

络给了我一个家庭关系。我能够经过万维网和其余的电脑分享我的知识。

从 1970 年起好多新的应用为我而被发明。我在沟通，金融和贸易方面变得重要。我相同被

放进遥控装置中被用来制造挪动电话也帮助医学手术。我已经被放进太空火箭并被送去探测

月亮和火星。 即便这样， 我的目的是为人们供给高质量的生活。 我此刻充满快乐应为我成为了人类种族中的一个忠心的朋友和帮助者。

ANDY – THE ANDROID

I ’m part

of an android

football

team. About once a year we are allowed

to get together to play a game of football. I

’m as big as a human. I

’m a striker so I have

n

fact, I look like one too. On the football team I

to be able to run very fast. My computer chips help me to move and think

like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in

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computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good shot for a

goal.

My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan veral years ago.

Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won

cond place. Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They

had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we

need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. Weare

determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is

like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has en

while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to u if a

new situation aris. In this way I can make up new moves using my

“artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a human team,

for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my

electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence

is what I

’m all about!

机器人 -Andy

我是一个机器人球队的一份子。 我们被赞同在一齐踢足球大概一年了。 我像一个人类相同高大。 事实上，我长得也像人类。 在球队里我是先锋所以我要跑得特别快。我的电脑芯片帮助我挪动并且像人类相同思虑。 比如，我已经学会了当我要开动去射一个好球的时候用电脑语言向我的队友发信号让他们把球传给我。

我的第一场足球比赛是在几年前在日本的名古屋。 昨年我们球队去了美国华盛顿和西雅图。 我们成功的第二个地方。 就我个人看法， 我认为我们球队第一次赢的地方是舞弊的。 他们已经在比赛以前一种新的程序种类。 所以我们也要促使我们的程序去提升我们的智能。 我们信心要去一种甚至更好的标记。 必定程度上说我们的程序就像我们的教练。 她训练我们全部在人类比赛中她能看到的全部可能的动作。假如一种新状况出现她会准备靠谱的动作去运用。 用这种方式我能够用

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我的“人造只好”去制造新的动作。

我能够被编程成像人类相同的表现我就能够

真的与一队人类球队去比赛。 毕竟，在我不会忘记任何东西的电子脑袋的帮助下，

我的全部就是用我的智能！

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Unit 4 Wildlife protection

HOW

DAISY

LEARNED TO

HELP

WLDLIFE

of

Daisy

had always longed

to help endangered species

wildlife.

One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. "Where do you

want to go" it

asked. Daisy responded

immediately. "I'd

like to e

some

endangered wildlife," she said. "Plea take me to a distant land where

I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater." At once the

carpet flew

away and took her to

Tibet.

There Daisy saw an antelope

sad. It said, "We're being

killed

for the wool beneath our

looking

stomachs. Our

fur is being ud 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

carpet,

know that.

I

wonder what is

being

done to help you. Flying

show me a place where there's some wildlife protection."

The flying carpet travelled

Zimbabwe. Daisy turned

so fast

that

plea

next

minute

they

were in

by an

around and found that she was being watched

elephant.

"Have you cometo

take my photo"

it

asked. In relief

into laughter

. "Don't laugh,

Daisy burst

” said the elephant, "We ud to be an

endangered

species.

Farmers

hunted

us

without

mercy.

They

said

we

destroyed

their

farms,

and money from tourists

only

went to

the large

tour

companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to

hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the

farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing.

done here to save local wildlife."

Daisy

smiled.

wildlife

So good things

are being

"That's

but I'd

good

news.

It

shows

the

importance

of

protection,

like

to help as the

WWFsuggests."

The carpet

ro again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey

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watched them as it rubbed itlf. "What are you doing" asked Da

isy.

”

I ’m protecting mylf from mosquitoes," it replied. "When I find a

millipede inct, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which

where

affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest

I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no

animals, no drugs."

Daisy was amazed. "Flying carpet, plea take me home so I can tell

WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, plea come and

help." The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things

began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone - the monkey,

too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience!

She had learned so much! And there was always WWF

⋯

第四 元

一

Daisy 如何学 去帮助野生 物

Daisy 经常盼望去帮助 的种 的野生 物。 一天她醒来 一个正在 行的 毯在她包里。“你想去哪里”它 。 Daisy 马上回答它。“我想去看那些 的 物，”她 。 “ 我去那个我能够找到供 皮毛去制造 件毛衣的 物的一个遥 的地方。 ” 毯马上 她 去了西藏。 在那边 Daisy 看到了一支看起来很 心的羚羊。它 ， “我 被 是 了我 肚子下的毛。我 的皮毛被人 用来制造像你 的毛衣。所以， 在我 是一种 的种 。”

而后 Daisy 哭喊着，“我很对不起我不知道那些。 我想知道神 能够被做来帮助你 。

毯， 我去一个有一些野生 物保 区的地方。”

毯 得这样的快以致于他 下一分 就在 Zimbabwe。Daisy 来 去而后 她被一 大象

着。“你 来跟我照相了么”它 。 Daisy 松了口气忽然笑起来。“不要笑，”大象 ，“我 曾

是 的品种。 民好不仁爱地 我 。他 我 损坏了他 的天地，和来自那些只游 大工厂的旅客的 。

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所以政府决定去帮助。他们赞同旅客给钱农民而后能够去猎杀确立数目的动物。

此刻农民很快乐并且我们的数目在增添。

所以好事情正被做于救援当地的野生动

物。”

Daisy 浅笑了。“那是个好信息。它展现了野生动物保护的重要性，可是我喜

欢去帮助像 WWF这样的建议。 ”飞毯再次升起而后几乎同一时间他们在一个阴霾

的热带雨林。一支猴子看着他们就像它摩擦它自己。“你在干神马”

Daisy 问。

“我在保护自己不受蚊子的损害，”它回答。 “当我找到一只千足虫昆虫，我会

在我身上摩擦它。 它海涵了一种强盛的能够影响蚊子的药物。

你应当更为注意那

些我居住的热带雨林并好好鉴赏动物们如何居住在一齐。没有雨林，没有动物，

没有药物。”

Daisy 很吃惊。“飞毯，请带我回家这样我能够联系

WWF并开始保护这种新的

药物。猴子，请过来帮忙。”那猴子赞同了。飞毯飞回家了。当他们下降时，事

物开始消逝了。两分钟后全部东西都消逝了

- 那只猴子也是。所以 Daisy 不可以去

制造她的新药物。可是这样的一段经历！她已经学习了那么多！还有那边的

ANIMAL EXTINCTION

Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.

The most famous of the animals are dinosaurs. They lived on the earth

tens of millions of years ago, long before humanscameinto being and their

future emed cure at that time.

There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them ud

to live in China. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,

County, Nanyang, Henan Province. Not long ago a rare new species of

bird-like

dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning

Province.

When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprid to find that

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the 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. Somescientists

think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space

hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth

got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. Nobody knows for sure

why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.

We know many other wild plants,

more recently.

animals,

incts and

birds have died

out

According to a UN report,

some 844 animals and plants

have

disappeared in the last 500 years. The dodo is one of them. It lived on

the Island of Mauritius

and was a very friendly animal. Plea listen to

a story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.

Unit 5 Music

THE BAND THAT WASN'T

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or

musician Have you ever

dreamed of playing

in

front

of

thousands

of people

at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music

Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying

or Liu Huan To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to

becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band

Many musicians

meet and form a band becau they like to

play their own music.

write

and

They may start

as a group of high-school students,

for whom practicing their music in someone's hou is the first step to

fame. Sometimes they may play to pasrs-by in the street or subway so

that they can earn some extra money for themlves or to pay for their

instruments.

Later they may give

performances in

pubs or clubs,

for which

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they are paid in cash. Of cour they hope to make records in a studio

and ll millions of copies to become millionaires!

However, there was one band that started in a different way. It

was called the

Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians

were to

jokes on each other

as well as play

music,

most of

on the Beatles. The

play

which was bad looly

who

TV organizers

had planned to

find four musicians

could act

as well as sing. They put

an advertiment

for rock

musicians,

but they

could

only find

in

a newspaper looking

one who was good enough. They

had to u actors for the other three members of the band.

As some of the actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely

on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just

pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be

copied by other

groups. They were so popular

in order

to get

more familiar

play and sing songs

written by

that

their

fans

formed clubs

with

them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would

other

musicians. However, after a

about their

a real

year or

so in which they became more rious

to play and sing

their own songs like

work,

the Monkeesstarted

band. Then they produced their

own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA

they becameeven more popular

than the Beatles

The band broke

up about 1970,

but happily

and sold

even more records.

they

reunited

in the mid-1980s.

their

They produced a newrecord in

1996, with which they celebrated

time as a real band.

former

并不是乐队的乐队

你以前想过要成为一个乐队里出名的歌手或音乐家吗你能否曾梦想过在音

乐会上边对不计其数的观众演唱，观众赏识你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗你唱卡拉

OK时

高中英语必修2课文及原文

能否假装自己就是像宋祖英或刘欢相同有名的歌星吗说实在的， 好多人把名和利看得很重。那么，人们又是如何一同构成乐队的呢

很多音乐家聚在一同构成乐队，是由于他们喜爱自己作曲，演奏自己的音

乐。他们开始可能是一组中学生， 在某个人家里排演音乐是成名的第一步。 有时他们可能在街上或地铁里为过路人演奏， 这样他们能够为自己或自己要买的乐器多挣一些钱。此后，他们可能在酒吧或许俱乐部里演出， 这样他们能够获得现金。自然，他们希望在录音棚里录音，而后卖掉上百万张碟，进而成为百万富豪。

但是，也有一个用不一样方式组建起来的乐队。这支乐队叫“门基乐队”，

它开始时是以电视节目表演的形式出现的。 构成乐队的音乐人演奏音乐， 还相互打趣都笑。这些玩笑和音乐大多都在模拟“甲壳虫”乐队。电视制作人原计划想

找寻四位会唱又会表演的乐手。 他们在报纸上登了一则广告， 想招摇滚乐手， 但他们只招到一个满意的。乐队的其余三人只好用演员来取代。

由于这些演员中有些人唱得不是很好， 他们不得不依赖队里的其余人帮助。所以在演出的时候他们不过假唱。 不论如何，他们的表演特别风趣以致于其余的乐队也开始模拟。他们特别走红使得歌迷们为了更为熟习他们而建立了俱乐部。

门基乐队每个礼拜都要在电视演出唱由其余音乐家创作的歌曲。

但是，经过大概

一年此后，门基乐队渐渐对自己的工作仔细起来，

他们开始像一支真实的乐队那

样演唱自己创作的歌曲。 而后他们录制自己的唱片， 并且开始巡回表演他们自己

的音乐。在美国，他们甚至比“甲壳虫”乐队还要受欢迎，销售的录音专辑还要

多。“门基乐队”大概在 1970 年左右解散，可是令人快乐的是，到

80 年月中期

他们再次聚首。在

1996 年，他们推出了一张新的专辑，像真实的乐队相同以此

来庆贺他们过去的光阴。

FREDDY THE FROG (II)

高中英语必修2课文及原文

Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a

brief tour. Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tickets for their

concerts. Freddy was now quite confident when he went

into a concert hall. He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations

afterwards! His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme

called "Top of the Pops."He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit

and give a performance to a TV camera. It felt very strange. But as soon as

the programme was over, the telephones which were in the same room

started ringing. Everybody was asking when they could e 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 sunglass or beards people recognized

them. Fans found them even when they went into the toilet. They tried to hide in the

reading rooms of libraries, but it was uless.

Someonewas always there! Their personal life was regularly discusd by people

who did not know them but talked as if they were clo friends.

At last feeling very upt and nsitive, Freddy and his band to

which they were never to return, and went back to the lake.