Unit 1
Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in
mountain clim bing. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to (冒险). This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. There were （许多次） when Aron almost（失去生命） because of accidents. 在 April 26，2003，he found himself in a very dangerous situation when 爬 in Utah.
在 that day，Aron ’s arm 被压住 under a 360公斤的rock that fell on him when he was climbing 独自 in the mountains. Because he could not free his arm , he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him. But when his water 用完,he knew that he would have to do something 救his own life. He was not ready to die that day. So he used his knife 切除 half his right arm. Then , 用 his left arm , he bandaged him self 以便于he would not lose 太多blood. After that, he climbed down
the mountain to find help.
After losing his arm he 写了 a book called 生死两难. This means 处在 in a difficult situation that you cannot seem 从……中出来. In this book, Aron tells of the importance of 做正确抉择,and being in control of one’s life. His love for mountain climbing is so great that he 继续 climbing mountains even after this experience.
Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let’s think about it before we find ourselves “between a rock and a hard place”，and before we have to make a decision that could 意味着 life or death.
At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 沿着…行驶 Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man 躺着 on the side of the road. A woman next to him 大声呼救.
The bus driver, 24岁的 Wang Ping, stopped the bus 没犹豫. He got off and asked the woman 发生了什么. She said that the man had 心脏问题 and should go to the hospital Mr. Wang knew he had to 立刻行动. He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospitaL He expected most or all of the passengers 下车 and wait for the next bus. But 令他惊讶的是, they all agreed 去 with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man on the bus.
多亏Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man 及时. “It’s sad that many people don’t want to help others because they don’t want any trouble , ”says one passenger. “But the driver didn’t think about himself. He only thought about 救人一命. ”
Unit 2
Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School give up 数小时 each week to help others. Mario loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario
believes it can help him to get his future dream job. \"It's 难的工作,\"he says,\"but I want to learn more about how 照顾 animals.“ I get 那样一种满足感, when I see the animals 渐好 and the 喜悦的表情 on their owners' faces.\" ”Mary is a book lover. She could read 独自 at the age of four. Last year, she decided to 参加……的选拔 a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. \"The kids are sitting in the library,“ but you can see in their eyes that they're going on a different journey with each new book. 当志愿者 here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.\"
Dear Miss Li,
I’d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers. This group was set up to help 1. (残疾)people like me. You helped to make 2. possible for me to have lucky. Lucky makes a big 3.
(different) to my life. Let me tell you my story.
What would it be like to be blind or deaf? Or 4. (想象) you can’t walk or use hands easily.
Most people would never think about this. One day last year, a friend of 5. ( I ) helped me out.
She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a
special 6. (train) dog. I love animals and I was
excited about the idea of having a dog.
After six months of 7. (训练) with a dog at
Animal Helpers, I was able to bring him home. My dog’s name is Lucky----- a good name for him
because I feel lucky 8. (have) him. Lucky is a 9. (特殊训练的) dog. Thanks again 10. changing my life.
Best wishes,
Ben Smith
Unit 3
I do not understand why some parents make their kids 帮助做家务 and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough 压力 from school. They don’t have time 学习 and do housework,too. Housework is 浪费时间. Could we just let them 做 their job 作为 students? They should spend their time on schoolwork为了 get good grades and get into 一所好大学. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so there is 没必要 for them to do it now. It is the 父母的job 提供 a clean and comfortable environment at home 为 their children. And 而且, I think 干杂活 is not so difficult. I don’ t mind做
them.
I think it is important for children to learn how 做杂活 and help their parents with housework, it is not enough 仅仅取得好成绩 at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” . Doing chores helps to 培养孩子的独立and teaches them how 照顾自己. It also helps them to understand 平等意识. 因为 they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should 尽自己的职责 keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbor’s son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how 照顾自己. 结果, he often生病 and his grades 下降. 越早 kids learn to be independent, 越好 it is for their future.
Last month, our dog welcomed me when I 放学回家. He wanted a walk, but I was too tired. I 扔 down my bad and went into the living room. 当 I 坐 down in front of the TV, my mom 走过来. “Could you please take the dog for a walk?” she asked.
“could I watch one节目 first?” I asked. “No！” she replied 生气地. “You watch TV 一直 and never help out around the house! I can’t work all day and do housework all evening.” “Well, I work all day at school, too! I’m just 一样累 you are！” I shouted back.
My mom did not say anything and walked away. For one week, she didn’t do any housework and 我也没有做. Finally, I could not find a clean dish or a
clean shirt.
The next day, my mom came home from work 发现 the house clean and tidy.
“发生了什么?” she asked 惊讶地.
“I’m sorry, mom. I finally understand that we need to 分摊 the housework有 a clean and comfortable home,” I 回答道.
my problem is that I can’t 和睦相处 my family. 关系 between my parents have become difficult. They fight a lot, and I really don’t like it. It’s the 唯一的交流 they have. I don’t know if I should say anything to them about this. When they argue, it’s like a big, black cloud 笼罩在 our home. Also, my 年长的 brother is not very nice to me. He always refuses 让我 me watch my favorite TV show. 相反 he watches whatever he wants until late at night. I don’t think this is fair. At home I always 感到寂寞 and nervous. Is that normal? What can I do?
It’s not easy 在 your age, and it’s normal 有 these feelings. Why don’t you 谈论 these feelings with your family? If your parents are having problems, you should 主动help. Maybe you could do more jobs around the house 以便于 they have more time for 恰当的交流. Secondly, why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother? You should 解释 that you don’t mind him 看 TV all the time. However, he should let you watch your favorite show. I 希望
things will be better for you soon.
These days, chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to 上那么多的 after-school classes. Many of them are learning 考试技巧 so that they can get into a good high school and 之后 a good university. Others are practicing sports 以便于they can 参与竞争 and win. However, this doesn’t only happen in china.
泰勒一家 are a 典型的 amrican family. Life for cathy taylor’s three children is very busy. “在 most days after school,” cathy says,” I take one of my two boys to basketball 练习 and my daughter to football 训练. Then I 得 take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could 减掉 a few of their 活动, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I really want them to be 成功.” However, the tired children don’t get home until after 7 p.m. they have a 快的 dinner, and then 该 homework.
Linda Miller, a mother of three, know all about 这种压力. “in some families, competition starts very young and 持续 until the kids getter older,” says she. “Mothers send their small kids to 各种各样的 classes. And they 总是比较 them with other children. It’s crazy. I don’t think it’s fair. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids? People shouldn’t 鞭策 their so hard.”
Doctors say 太多 pressure is not good for a child’s 成长. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can 造成 a lot of stress for children. “kids should have time 放松 and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal to want 成功的
children, it’s even more important to have happy children.”
动词过去式形式、be+动词ing形式、动作的延续与非延续
The storm brought people closer together
Ben could hear 强烈的 winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were 使得 the sky very dark. With no light 在外面, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a 猛烈的 rainstorm was in the area.
Everyone in the neighborhood was busy. Ben’s dad （put） pieces of wood over the windows while his mom 确认 the flashlights and radio were 正常使用. She also put some candles and matches on the table.
Ben （help） his mom make dinner when the rain began 重重地敲打 the windows. After dinner, they tried 玩 a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm 发生 outside.
Ben could not sleep 开始的时候. He finally fell asleep when the wind 逐渐减弱 at around 3:00 a.m. When he 醒来, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood 一团糟. 倒下的 trees, 破碎的 windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the nighbors 帮助 them clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm 破坏 many things支离破碎, it brought the families and neighbors 关系更近 together.
现在时形式、过去式形式
People often remember what they were doing when they 听到 the news of important events 历史上. In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing 在 April 4,1968. This was an important 事件 in amrican history. On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King 被杀害. Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil 当时.”I was at home with my parents,” Robert 回忆道. “we were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said,‘Dr. King 去世 just 10 minutes ago.’ My parents were 完全震惊了! My parents did not talk after that, and we finished 剩下的of our dinner 没有说话.”
更近一点, most americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York 被摧毁 by terrorists. Even the date—September 11, 2001—has 对……有意义 most amricans.
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers 工作 in her office near the two towers.
“my friend shouted that a plane just 撞击了 the World Trade Center! I （not believe） him at first, but then I looked out of the window and realized that it was true. I was so 害怕 that I 几乎神志不清了 after that.”
在 November 1979, 学生 in England (be) able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story 第一次. However, this story is not new to chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the 最主要的角色 in the 传统的 chinese book Journey to the West. The Monkey King is not just any 普通的 monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even 看起来像 a monkey! This is because he can make 72 改变 to his 外形和大小, （turn） himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can 藏 his 尾巴, he cannot turn himself into a man. （fight） bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. 有时候, he is able to make it big and long.
The Monkey King （excite） the children of china for many years. And as soon as the TV program 推出 more than 30 years ago, 西方的 children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps （斗争） to help 弱者and never gives up.
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that （not） food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he （leave） the children to die in the forest, the whole family （die）. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan （save） himself and his sister.
Scene one: the children learn that something bad is going to happen.
Gretel:Did you hear our stepmother （plan）to kill us?
Hansel: Don’t 担心! I have a plan to save us.
Gretel: How can you save us?
Hansel:Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the 月光. Now, 睡觉.
Scene two: the children wake up
Wife: Get up, lazy children!
Husband: yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get 木头.
Wife: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat it until you get to the forest.
Scene three: Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan
Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing?
Hansel: I’m 扔 white stones 沿路. Unless I do, we （be） lost. Tonight, when the moon is shining 明亮地, we将能 see the stones.
Scene four: the children surprise the parents
Wife: you bad children! 多么 a long time you slept in the forest!
Husband: we 以为 you were never coming back.
Wife: now , go to bed. 一……就 you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father.
Hansel: what, again? I want to go out to look at the moon.
Wife: no, you can’t 出去 now.
Scene five: Hansel has to change his plan
Gretel: what can we do? You have no more stones.
Hansel: I’ll 扔 pieces of bread. As soon as the moon 升起, we can follow them 相反.
Scene six: the children cannot find the pieces of bread.
Gretel: I can’t see any bread on the ground. 可能 it was the birds.
Hansel: 不要紧! Just keep （walk）. Unless we do, we （not find） our way out.
Scene seven: the children 迷路
Gretel: Hansel, we’re really lost!
Hansel: listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it.
Gretel: look! It’s 带路 us to that wonderful house 由……制成的 bread, cake and candy.
Hansel: let’s eat part of the house!
Then they hear an old woman’s 声音 from 在……里面 the house.
Voice: who is 你? Who is 大胆敢 to eat my house?
Once upon a time, there (be) an emperor. He (love) buying and looking at clothes. One day, two brothers (come) to the city. They (tell) the emperor that they could make beautiful clothes for him, but he must (give) silk and gold. The brothers (be) bad people. They (keep) all the silk and gold for themselves. They told the emperor the clothes they made (be) special because only clever people could (see) them. When the emperor (put) on the clothes, all he could see was his underwear. But he didn’t want people (think) he was stupid, so he (say) the clothes were beautiful. Then he (walk) around the city in his new clothes until one boy (shout),” the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes!”
Qomolangma—the most dangerous mountain in the world?
One of the world’s 最危险的运动 is mountain climbing, and one of 最受欢迎的地方 for this is the himalayas. The himalayas 绵延 the southwestern part of china. 所有的山中, qomolangma rises 最高 and is the most famous. It’s 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds 遮盖 the top and snow can 下落 very猛烈地. Even more serious difficulties 包括 freezing weather 状况 and heavy storms. It is also very hard to 吸入air 随着 you get near the top.
The first people 到达 the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary 在 May 29, 1953. The first chinese 团队 did so in 1960, 而 the first woman 成功 was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
Why do 那么多 climbers 冒生命危险? One of the main reasons is that people want to 在困难面前挑战自我. The 勇气 of these climbers 向我们展示 that we should never give up 努力实现我们的梦想. It also shows that 人类 can sometimes be stronger than the 自然力量.
It is 8:30 a.m. at the chengdu Research Base. Panda 饲养员 are 为…准备牛奶 the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies were already醒的 and 饿的. When the babies see the keepers, they 跑向 them with excitement and some of the young pandas even 撞上 their friends and跌倒!
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says,” they’re so cute and lovely. I take care of them 像 they’re my 自己的babies. I wash, feed and play with
them every day. They’re very special to me.” 事实上, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas (become) so popular that they are now 一个中国标志.
Scientist say there are now不到 2,000 pandas （live） in the 森林里.另外的 300 大约 live in zoos or research centers in china and other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one 每两年. The babies often 死于疾病 and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day 吃 about 10 kilos of 竹子. Many years ago, there were 多得多 bamboo forests and pandas in china, but then humans started to 砍伐 these forests. 随着 the forests 逐渐变得 smaller and other human活动 造成 more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having 更少的 babies.
An education program in Chengdu teaches children 关于 pandas and other 濒临灭绝的wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of （save） these animals. And the chinese 政府trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are 做研究 to 更好地理解 the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be 多得多的 pandas.
When I first 到达 this island, I had nothing. But I’ve found the ship and made a small boat. I’ve 带回 many things I can use—food and 饮料,tools, knives and guns. Although I have lost everything, I （not lose） my life. So I will not give up and I （wait for） another ship. I already （cut down） trees and built a house. I go out with my gun almost every day （kill） animals and birds for food. I’m even learning （grow） fruit and vegetables.
A few weeks ago, I found the 痕迹 of another man’s feet on the sand. Who else is on my island? How long have they 在 here? Not long after that, I saw some cannibals （try） to kill two men from a （break） ship. One of them died but the other ran 朝着 my house. I helped him kill the cannibals. This man now （live） with me and helps me. I 称呼 him Friday because that was the day I （meet） him. He is smart and I already (teach) him some english.
A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever
When sarah was a teenager, she used to 因……而争辩almost everything with her family. But five years ago,while she （study） abroad in england, she heard a song full of (feel) about returning home 通过收音机. It made sarah （think） about her family and friends back in the US. She 逐渐意识到 how much she 实际上 missed all of them. 自从那时起, she has been a fan of American country music.
Country is a （tradition） kind of music from the southern states of America. Nashville, Tennessee is the 发源地 of country music. Many songs 如今 are just about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and 成功, but not about 归属 a group. However, country music 带我们回到 the “good old days”（that/which/on which/when）people were kind to 相互 and trusted 相互. It reminds us that the best things in life are free—笑声, friends, family, and 自然与乡村之美.
Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day.
She has already read a lot about the place and 对……做了些调查 it. She knows that there is a Country Music Hall of 名声 Museum in Nashville. There are also always a lot of great country music concerts 有 famous musicians and singers, like Garthe Brooks. Sarah has already listened to most of his songs. “Garth is one of the most 成功的 musicians in American history. He’s sold more than 120 million 唱片. I hope to see him 现场演唱 one day.”
Ken: The most interesting museum I ever （be） to is the American Computer Museum. They have 关于……的信息 different computers and who invented them. The old computers were much (big). It’s 难以置信 that 科技 has 进步 in 这么快的方式! I’ve also learned that there was a special computer. It could play chess even better than humans.改为定语从句 I wonder how much more computers 将能 do in the future.
Amy: I’ve 最近 been to a very 不同寻常的 museum in india, the international museum of toilets. I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I （see） so many different kinds of toilets there. The museum (teach)people about the history and （develop） of toilets. It also encourages governments and social groups (think) about ways (improve) toilets in the future.
Linlin: last year I (go) to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum. It’s a (relax) and peaceful place near a lake. The tea art (perform) show how (make) a perfect cup of tea 用 beautiful tea sets. (Watch) the tea (prepare) is just as (enjoy) as drinking the tea (it). I’ve finally (realize) why my grandpa loves drinking tea and collecting tea sets!
Singapore—a place you will never forget!
Have you ever (be) to singapore? For thousands of tourists from china, this small island in southeast asia is a wonderful and safe place (take) a holiday. 在一方面, more than three quarters of the population （be） chinese, so you can （simple） speak Putonghua a lot of the time.在另一方面, singapore is an 说英语的 country, so it’s also a good place （ practice） your english！
Have you ever 尝试 chinese food outside of china? Maybe you 害怕 that you 将不能 to find anything good to eat when you travel. In singapore, however, you’ll find a lot of food in china; you won’t have any problem （get） rice, noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an excellent place （try） new food. 不管you like indian food, western food or japanese food, you
（find） it all in singapore!
Most large cities have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo at night? Singapore has a Night Safari. It might seem strange （go） to a zoo when it’s dark. However, if you go to see lions, tigers or foxes 在白天, they’ll 可能 be asleep! A lot of animals only 醒来 at night, so this is the best time （watch） them. At the night safari, you can watch these animals in a much （natural） environment than in a normal zoo.
One great thing about singapore is that the temperature is 几乎 the same 一年到头. This is because the island is 如此靠近 the equator. So you can choose
to go 不管什么时候 you like—spring, summer, autumn or winter! And of course, it’s not too 离……远 china.
My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. 随着they get bigger, our house seems （get） smaller. So we want to sell some of our things in a 庭院拍卖会 and give the money to a children’s home.
We have already 清理 a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have decided to each sell five things that we不再 use. My son （be） quite sad at first. Although he （not play） with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to 持有 them. For example, he （own） a train and railway set since his fourth birthday, and he played with it 几乎 every week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, 也. He （sleep） next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more 善解人意的, although she also felt sad 舍弃 某些toys.
至于 me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, 说实在的, I have not played for 一阵子 now. I am getting older, too!
Hometown feelings
Some people still live in their hometown. However, 一些人 may only see it once or twice a year. 现在, millions of chinese leave the countryside to 寻找工作 in the cities. 其中 these is Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He
（live） in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. 有 a hard job in the crayon factory, he doesn’t find much time（visit） his hometown. “I used to （return） home 至少 once a year, but I (not be) back for almost three years now. it’s 惭愧, but I just don’t have the time,” he says.
Many people like Zhong Wei 看待 with great interest how their hometown have changed. Perhaps large hospitals and new roads have 出现. In many places, the government has also built new schools and （send） teachers 来自 the cities to help.
“I noticed that’s true of my hometown,” 继续说 Zhong Wei. “children have learned （read） and count at my old primary school since the mid-20th century. But now the buildings are really old. I hear they（build） a new school there.” Zhong Wei thinks 这样的进步 are good,and he also knows that his hometown cannot always 保持不变.
据……所说 Zhong Wei, however, some things will never change. “in my hometown, there was a big old tree 与……相对 the school. It is still there and has become quite a symbol of the place. Most of the children in my time （like） to play together under that big tree, 尤其 during the summer holidays. It was 那么快乐的童年. Our hometown has 留下 many soft and sweet 记忆 在我们心里.”
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