高考英語40篇英語短文搞定高考3500詞

40篇短文搞定3500個英語單詞必修一Unit11.FallinLovewithEnglish愛上英語

Hidingbehindthe

loose

dusty

curtain,a

teenager

packed

up

hisovercoat

intothe

suitcase.Heplannedtoleavehome

atdusk

thoughtherewas

thunder

and

lightning

outdoors.He

hadgottodo

thisbecausehe

wastiredof

hisparents’naggingabouthisEnglishstudyanddidnotwantto

gothrough

itanylonger.Hecouldn’t

getalong

well

with

Englishand

dislikejoining

in

Englishclassesbecausehethoughthisteacher

ignoredhim

onpurpose.Asaresult,hisscoreineachexamnever

added

up

to

over60.

His

partner

wasconcernedabout

himverymuch.Sheunderstoodexactly

whathewas

suffering

from,but

entirely

disagreed

with

hisidea.Inorderto

calm

him

down

and

settle

hisproblem,shetalkedwithhimfacetoface

and

swapped

aseries

of

learning

tipswithhim.The

itemsshe

setdown

helpedhimfindthe

highway

tostudyingEnglishwell.

The

teenagerwas

grateful

andgotgreat

power

fromhisfriend’swords.Now,hehas

recovered

from

being

upset

andhas

fallen

inlovewith

English.有個少年躲在積滿灰塵的松散窗簾后把大衣裝入手提箱。盡管外面正打雷閃電，

他仍計劃在黃昏時分離家出走。他不得不這樣做是因?yàn)閰捑肓烁改笇λ⒄Z學(xué)習(xí)的嘮叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英語學(xué)習(xí)總是無法取得進(jìn)展，而且不喜歡參加英語課的學(xué)習(xí)，因?yàn)樗詾槔蠋熡幸夂鲆曀?。結(jié)果，他每次考試的分?jǐn)?shù)合計從未超過60。

他的搭檔很關(guān)心他，也確切地理解他遭受的折磨，但卻完全不同意他的想法。為了使他冷靜下來好好解決問題，她和他面對面地交談，并交換了一系列的學(xué)習(xí)心得技巧。她寫下來的條款幫助他找到了學(xué)好英語的最佳捷徑。這個少年非常很感激，并從朋友的話里獲得極大的動力。現(xiàn)在，他已經(jīng)從沮喪中恢復(fù)過來，真正愛上了英語。

必修一

Unit22.DifferentCountriesHaveDifferentKindsofEnglishes不同的國家有不同的英語

VoyagesofpeoplefromEngland

playan

important

partin

spreadingtheEnglishlanguage.

Atpresent,Englishis

frequently

spoken

asanofficial

orcommonlanguageinmanycountries,

suchas

America,

Singapore,Malaysia

andsome

African

countries.All

based

on

BritishEnglish,theEnglishspokeninthesecountriescanbewellunderstoodby

native

Englishspeakers.But

actually,theseEnglisheshavebeen

gradually

changinginaccents,

spellings,sandthe

usage

of

vocabulary.Becauseof

thisfact,youcan

makeuseof

thedifferencestotellwhichcountrytheforeignersofyour

block

arefrom.Forexample,ifabossfluently

commands

hisdriver,“Comeupstraight

tomy

apartment

byelevator

andtake

some

gas

formytrucksand

cabs”,insteadofrequesting,“Pleasecometomy

flat

by

lift

andtakesome

petrol

formylorries

andtaxis”,youcan

recognize

hisAmerican

identity,whilethelatter

suggeststhatheisBritish.

英國人的航海在英語的傳播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英語在許多國家被作為官方語言或通用語言頻繁地使用，例如美國、新加波、馬來西亞和一些非洲的國家。這些國家的英語都以英式英語為基礎(chǔ)，能很好地為以英語為本族語的人所理解。但是實(shí)際上，這些英語在口音、拼寫、表達(dá)和詞匯的使用方面都在逐漸變化。因?yàn)檫@一情況的存在，你就可以利用這些英語之間的區(qū)別說出你們街區(qū)的外國人是哪個國家來的了。例如，如果有個老板流利地命令他的司機(jī)：“Comeupstraighttomyapartmentbyelevatorandtakesomegasformytrucksandcabs（直接搭電梯到我公寓上來拿卡車和出租車的汽油）”，而不是要求說，“Pleasecometomyflatbyliftandtakesomepetrolformylorriesandtaxis（請直接搭電梯到我公寓上來拿卡車和出租車的汽油）”，你就可以輕易地辨認(rèn)出他的美國人身份，而后者卻暗示著那是一位英國人。（請注意：聽力錄音里第二段兩個“電梯”的單詞跟原文不一致，原文是對的，錄音弄錯了，elevator才是美式說法而lift是英式說法。)必修一

Unit33.AHardTrip一次辛苦的旅行Mysister

wasfondof

traveling.

Eversince

graduating,shehadbeendetermined

to

organize

atriptoanold

temple.Since

transporting

farewasexpensive,shedecidedtouseabicycleto

cycle

therenot

caringaboutthe

disadvantages.Her

stubborn

attitude

wasalwaysher

shortcoming.Onceshe

madeup

her

mind

todosomething,noonecould

persuade

hertochange

her

mind.

Finally,

we

gavein

asusual

thoughwe

preferredtotakeatrain.Afterwepreparedeverything,includingthe

schedule,reliable

weather

forecast

andthe

insurance,webeganourtrip.

Our

journey

wasalongariver

flowingfromahigh

altitude.Our

pacewasslowbecausetheriverfrequentlyhadmanysharp

bendsthroughdeepvalleys,wherethewaterseemedto

boil.JustasIrecordedinmy

journal,itwasreallyahardjourney.Butwealsoenjoyedgreat

views.Onenight,Iputmyheadonmy

pillow--aparcelof

wool

coats,andlay

beneath

thestars.Whenthe

flame

infrontofour

cave

wentout

atmidnight,Ifoundtheskysobeautiful!我的妹妹很喜歡旅行。自從畢業(yè)以來，她就下定決心要組織一次往一座古廟的旅行。因?yàn)榻煌ㄙM(fèi)用昂貴，她決定騎自行車去，毫不擔(dān)心其中的不利情況。頑固的態(tài)度一直都是她的缺點(diǎn)，一旦她下定決心要做的事，就沒有人能說服她改變主意。最后，我們像往常一樣讓步，盡管我們更喜歡乘火車去。我們準(zhǔn)備好了所有東西，包括時間表、可靠的天氣預(yù)報，還有保險，就開始了旅程。我們的旅程沿著一條從高海拔處流下來的河流前行。但我們的步伐很慢，因?yàn)楫?dāng)流經(jīng)深深的峽谷時，這條河流急轉(zhuǎn)彎很多，急湍的河水都似乎沸騰起來。正如我在旅行日志里記錄的那樣，這真是一次艱苦的旅行。但是我們也欣賞到了美麗的景色。一天晚上，我把頭枕在一包羊毛衣服做的枕頭上，躺在星空下，當(dāng)巖洞前的火焰在午夜熄滅時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)夜空是如此的美麗！必修一

Unit44.AHorribleEarthquake可怕的地震Dirty

waterrosein

wellsand

canalsbeforethe

earthquake.Butnoonejudgedthatanearthquakewascoming.Suddenly,everythingshook.Itseemed

asif

theworldwas

atanend.

Millionsof

brick

housesand

anumberof

damswere

destroyed.Railway

tracksbecame

useless

bars.Pipesin

mines

burst

andletout

smelly

steam.Huge

cracks

trappedcyclistseverywhere.Thenextday,this

event

wasthe

headline

ormain

title

ofallnewspapers.Withthe

reportersgivingan

outline

ofthe

disaster,thewhole

nation

was

shockedbythe

damage

andthevictim’s

extremesuffering.Peopleweremovedwhentheyreadthatthe

survivors

comfortedeachotherbysaying“Congratulations!Yousurvived!”.Sotheynotonlyexpressedtheirsympathy

sincerely,butalsoorganizedtogethertohelpthevictims

rightaway.The

injuredwere

rescuedandthedeadwereburied.The

frightenedsurvivorswere

dugout

fromunderthe

ruinsandwereoffered

shelter,freshwaterand

electricity.Thankstopeople’shelp,thelosswasminimized.地震前，水井和運(yùn)河里的污水都漲涌起來。但是卻沒人判斷出地震即將來臨。霎那間，一切都在搖晃，似乎整個世界就要結(jié)束。數(shù)以百萬的磚房和許多水壩遭到破壞；鐵路軌道都變成無用的鐵條；煤礦管道紛紛爆裂，發(fā)出有臭味的蒸汽；到處都有騎車的人被巨大的裂縫陷住。第二天，所有報紙都紛紛以大字標(biāo)題或主要標(biāo)題報道了這一事件。記者們描述了災(zāi)難的大概情況，全國都被地震的破壞和災(zāi)民們極度的苦難所震驚。當(dāng)人們讀到幸存者以“恭喜啊，你還活著?！眮砘ハ喟参繒r，都被感動了。人們不僅衷心地表達(dá)了他們的同情，而且還立刻組織起來幫助災(zāi)民。傷員被救助了，死者被埋葬了，嚇壞的幸存者被從廢墟中挖出來了，棲身處、凈水和電力也很快得到提供。多虧了人們的幫助，災(zāi)區(qū)的損失被減到了最小。必修一

Unit55.TheGreatPresident偉大的總統(tǒng)

Asthe

founder

ofthe

republic,the

president

hadmanygood

qualities.Before

comingto

power,hewasa

generous

lawyer.He

waswillingtoselflessly

helpeveryonewho

turnedto

him.Heacceptedno

fee

toofferlegal

guidance

and

opinionstothosewhowere

outofwork

oruneducated.Later,believingall

mankind

tobe

equal,he

devotedhimselfto

stoppingtheunfair

anti-blacklaws.He

setup

theBlack

YouthLeague

andwas

votedtobetheleader.However,thoughhekept

peaceful

principleswithoutviolence

and

terror,his

mean

enemiesstill

blewup

hishouseand

attackedhis

relatives,andhehimselfcouldn’t

escape

being

sentencedto

30yearsinprison.Notfearingoftheprisonguards’

cruelty,hekept

active

and

beggednomercyfromthem.

Asamatteroffact,hewasalways

hopeful

andnever

lostheart

duringthe

stage

eventhoughhewas

introuble.Finally,people

rewardedhimwiththeleader’spositionandagoldblanket.作為共和國的創(chuàng)始人，這位總統(tǒng)具備許多的優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)。還在掌權(quán)之前，他就是一位慷慨的律師。他愿意無私地幫助那些向他求助的人。他免費(fèi)為失業(yè)的，或沒有受過教育的人提供法律指導(dǎo)和意見。后來，因?yàn)橄嘈潘腥祟惗际巧鷣砥降龋硇耐度氲綇U除不平等的反黑人法律工作中。他建立了黑人青年團(tuán)并被選為領(lǐng)袖。然而，盡管他堅持沒有暴力、沒有恐怖的和平原則，卑鄙的敵人還是炸毀了他的家、襲擊了他的親屬，他自己也無法逃脫被判30年徒刑的遭遇。在獄中，他毫不畏懼獄警的殘酷，始終保持積極的態(tài)度，不向他們乞求憐憫。實(shí)際上，他在任何一個困境時期都充滿著希望，從未灰心。最后，人們以領(lǐng)袖的職位和一塊金毯子回報了他的貢獻(xiàn)。必修二

Unit16.ABraveMaid勇敢的女仆

A

wooden

vase

fromtheMing

Dynasty

atthe

entrance

ofthereception

hall

amazedeveryone.The

artists

designeditina

rare

styleand

selected

valuable

jewelsto

decorate

it.People

thoughthighlyof

itsfancy

colourof

honey

andthebeautiful

paintingsonit.Thevaseusedto

belongto

a

former

castle.Butwhenthecountrywasatwar,theenemy

troops

explodedthecastle.

Debatesonhowthevasesurvivedwentonandon.Inorderto

remove

people’s

doubt,ateamofnolessthan

20peoplecarriedoutan

informal

investigation.The

evidencestheyfoundshowedthata

maid

took

thevase

apart

andaskeda

sailor

tosink

itina

local

well.Shenevergaveawaythesecretevenunderthe

crueltrial

oftheenemieswhowere

insearchof

treasures.Itis

worth

givingthisbravemaidafortune

inreturn.接待大廳入口處的明朝木制花瓶

使每個人都驚奇不已。藝術(shù)家以一種罕有的風(fēng)格設(shè)計它，并挑選了貴重的珠寶裝飾它。人們高度贊賞它那蜂蜜般的奇特顏色，還有上面繪制的繪畫。這個花瓶曾經(jīng)屬于一座從前的城堡，但在戰(zhàn)爭期間，敵人的軍隊炸毀了城堡，于是關(guān)于這個花瓶是如何幸存下來的爭論就一直在持續(xù)著。為了解開人們的疑問，一個由不少于20人的調(diào)查隊開展了一次非正式的調(diào)查。他們找到的證據(jù)表明，有個女仆

把花瓶拆開，然后讓一名水手把它沉到當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋€水井里。她從來沒有泄露這個秘密，即使是在搜尋財寶的敵人殘酷的審訊下。這位女仆真是值得給予一大筆錢作為對她的回報。

必修二

Unit27.AFairCompetition公平的比賽

Swifter,HigherandStronger

standsfor

thespiritoftheOlympics.Butfairnessisthe

basis

ofthis

motto.Onlywhenyouwinfairlywillyouandyour

homeland

deserve

thegreat

glory.But

nowadays,unliketheancient

honest

slave

competitors,some

hopeless

athleteswhocan’tbearthe

pain

oftrainingcheatwhen

takingpartin

games.

Medalsseemtohavemagical

powercausingthemtocheat,andtheprizemoneyhas

replacedthemottoastheironlygoal.

So,inthe

gymnastics

eventtobeheldinourcitynextmonth,oneofthe

host’s

responsibilities

istokeepcompetitionsfair.They

advertisedonpostersoutsidethe

stadium

topromisethateverycompetitoristohavearegular

physical

examinationina

gymnasium

oneafter

another.Noonecan

bargain

onthis.The

volunteers

incharge

willbeverystrict.Itisfoolish

tocheatbecausetheywillnotbe

admittedto

compete

andwillevenbe

fined

aswell.“更快！更高！更強(qiáng)！”代表著奧運(yùn)精神。但是公平卻是這一格言的基礎(chǔ)。只有當(dāng)你公平地贏得比賽，你和你的祖國才會承受這樣的光榮。但如今，不像古代那些誠實(shí)的奴隸參賽者，有些沒有希望的運(yùn)動員無法承受訓(xùn)練的痛苦，于是在參加比賽時作假。獎牌似乎有某種魔力使他們作假，獎金也已經(jīng)代替了奧運(yùn)格言成為了他們唯一的目標(biāo)。因此，在我們市下個月即將舉行的一場體操賽事中，主辦方的其中一項責(zé)任就是要確保比賽的公平。他們在體育場外的海報上做廣告，承諾說每個參賽者都將在體育館一個一個地參加常規(guī)的身體檢查。對此沒有人可以討價還價。負(fù)責(zé)此事的志愿者將非常嚴(yán)格。作假是很愚蠢的，因?yàn)樗麄儗⒉槐辉试S去競賽，甚至還將被罰款。必修二

Unit38.Computers電腦

The

goal

ofearly

calculating

machineswasto

simplify

difficult

sums.But

withthehelpof

new

technology,

electronic

chipsreplaced

tubesanda

revolution

of

artificialintelligence

has

arisen.

From

then

on,theappearance

ofcomputers

totally

changedourlives.Theycannotonlydownload

informationfromthe

wet

whenconnectedbythe

network

ormobile

phone

signals,butalso

solve

different

typesof

logical

problems.With

operatorsastheir

coaches,theycanevencontrol

rocketsto

explorethemoonandinstruct

androidswiththe

humanrace’s

charactersto

mopfloorsand

watchover

your

naughty

niece.

Anyhow,computersare

sohelpful

that

theydobring

happiness.

However,computersareeasilyattackedby

viruses.This

reality

hasbecomeahard-to-dealwith-problem.

Asaresult,computersaredangerous

inaway.So,

personally,Iworryabouttheir

universalapplicationsinsomefields,suchas

finance.早期計算機(jī)器的目的是簡化比較難的計算。但是在新技術(shù)的幫助下，電子芯片代替了電子管，一場人工智能革命由此掀起。從那時起，電腦的出現(xiàn)完全改變了我們的生活，它們不僅能在網(wǎng)絡(luò)或移動電話信號的連接下從網(wǎng)上下載信息，而且可以解決各種類型的邏輯問題。在操作員的教練下，它們甚至還可以控制火箭探索月球，指導(dǎo)具有人類性格的機(jī)器人擦洗地板和照顧你調(diào)皮的侄女。不管怎么說，電腦都是如此的有用，以致的確給人們帶來了快樂。然而，電腦很容易受到病毒的攻擊，這一現(xiàn)實(shí)已經(jīng)成為一個難以處理的難題，結(jié)果，電腦在某種程度上是很危險的。因此，就個人而言，我很擔(dān)心電腦在某些領(lǐng)域，例如金融方面的廣泛應(yīng)用。必修二

Unit49.

WildlifeProtection保護(hù)野生動植物

Dinosaurs

diedout

becauseofan

unexpected

incident.But

wildlife

todaydisappearsoris

indanger

justbecausehumansdo

harm

toit.Forexample,tigersare

huntedfor

fur

tomake

carpets

sothat

they

canonlyliveinsecure

reserves;grasslandisdestroyedwithout

mercy

sothat

duststorms

comeinto

being

affecting

distant

cities.

Lastyear,scientistssawsomemonkeys

rubbingthemselveswithacertain

kindof

insectsto

protect

themselves

from

fierce

mosquitoes’biting.

Accordingto

theresultofthe

inspection,theyfoundthattheinsectcontainsa

powerful

drug,solocalfarmerswere

employedtocatchtheinsects.The

ending

wasthattheinsectsdisappearedfromthewhole

zone.Whentoldthatitwasa

loss

tohumans,thefarmers

burstintolaughterand

responded,“Ourreallossisour

decreasing

income.”

Weshould

appreciate

thenaturalbalanceand

pay

more

attentiontothe

importance

ofwildlife

protection.Notuntilwe

succeedin

lettingwildlifelive

inpeace,canwesmile

inrelief.

恐龍因一次意外事件而滅絕，但是今天的野生動植物卻是因?yàn)槿祟惖膫ΧЩ蛱幵谖ｋU中。例如，老虎被獵殺以獲取做地毯的皮毛，以致它們只能生活在安全的保護(hù)區(qū)里；草地被毫不憐憫地破壞，以致沙塵暴開始影響遙遠(yuǎn)的城市。

去年，科學(xué)家觀察到猴子在身上擦某種昆蟲來保護(hù)自己不受兇猛的蚊子的叮咬。根據(jù)檢查的結(jié)果，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這種昆蟲含有一種具有強(qiáng)大效力的藥物，于是，當(dāng)?shù)氐霓r(nóng)民都被雇來抓蟲子。結(jié)果是，這種昆蟲從這整個地區(qū)都消失了。當(dāng)被告知說這是整個人類的損失時，農(nóng)民們都突然大笑著回應(yīng)道：“我們減少的收入才是我們真正的損失呢！”我們應(yīng)該意識到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生動植物的保護(hù)。直到我們成功讓野生動植物安詳平靜地生活，我們自己才能如釋重負(fù)地笑開顏。必修二

Unit510.MyFirstBand我的第一支樂隊

Iwasvery

sensitive

tomusic.Just

dipping

into

themusicbooksbriefly,Icouldsingorplaywell.

Tobehonest,Ialways

dreamt

ofbecomingafamous

folkactor.Iwasso

confident

thatIneverdecreasedmy

devotion.

I

formedmyfirstbandcalled“RollingFrog”.Atthebeginning,wereliedon

performingon

instrumentsin

pubsorto

passers–by

to

earnextra

money

incash.Thenweworefalse

beards

to

pretend

tobethemusicianswhompeople

werefamiliarwith.

Inaddition,we

attachedhumorous

actstoour

performances

and

played

jokeson

eachother.Soon,our“funny

jazz”becamefamousand

invitationstoperformfor

broadcaststationsbegantocome.

Afterwards,we

sorted

out

attractive

musicandmadearecordina

studio.Amillion

orso

copiesweresoldandwebecamemillionaires.

Itwas

painful

thattheband

brokeup

finally.But

aboveall,Irealizedmydreamtobeamusician.我對音樂很敏感，只要簡要地瀏覽一下樂譜，我就能演唱或演奏得很好。說實(shí)話，我一直都夢想著能成為出名的民間演員，自信的我從未減少過熱愛。

我組成的第一支樂隊叫做“搖滾蛙”。開始，我們依靠在酒吧里或向路人表演樂器來掙些零花的現(xiàn)金。然后我們帶上假胡子假扮人們熟悉的音樂家，除此之外，我們在表演中加上幽默的動作，互相開著玩笑。很快，我們的“滑稽爵士樂”出了名，到廣播電臺表演的邀請開始多起來。隨后，我們把我們吸引人的音樂做了分類，在一間音樂工作室錄制了1張唱片，大約賣出了100萬張，這使我們都成了百萬富翁。

樂隊最終的解散讓我很心痛，但最重要的是，我實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己當(dāng)音樂家的夢想。必修三

Unit111.AnInterestingFestival有趣的節(jié)日The

Agricultural

Feast

takes

place

afterthe

Independence

Day.Itisnota

worldwide

celebration.Only

Christiansin

Mexico

lookforwardto

itsarrival

forits

religious

origin:Longago,humans’

ancestorswerebad.They

fooledand

played

trickson

eachotherandnever

kept

their

word.SoGod

turned

up

and

drownedalltheircrops.Humans

starved

dayandnight,

weeping.Inorderto

gainGod’s

forgiveness,awoman

poet

setoff

toseeGod.She

admiredGodandkept

apologizing.Godwasmoved.Withhis

permission,humansfinallyhadgood

harvestsagain.So,to

wipe

sadness

and

remind

themselves

of

thebelief

inGod,peoplebeganthefestival.Onthefestival,people

gather

inopenair,suchasplaygroundsorparkinglots,and

energetically

havefunwith

eachother

allnightlong,

asthough

theywerenevertired.Whena

beauty

dressed

up

inlovelyclothing

readspoems

inmemoryof

thepoet,everyone

holds

theirbreath.Then,itisthe

custom

thatthe

bone

ofa

rooster

headisgiventoherasanaward.Obviously,thestoryisnottrue,butthefestivalisinteresting.必修三

Unit212.BalancedDiet平衡膳食

WangPeng

earnedhis

living

byrunninga

barbecue

restaurant,whichserveddelicious

bacon,

fried

chicken

breast

and

mutton

roasted

withpepper

and

garlic.Buthisfoodand

discount

attractedfewerandfewercustomers.Finally,hewas

indebt.YongHui’s

slimmingrestaurantservedfresh

peas,

carrots,

eggplants,and

raw

cucumberswith

vinegar.Asthehostess,shesaid

fibres

benefitedcustomers'

digestion

themost.InordernottoletYongHui

getawaywith

tellinglies,WangPeng

spiedon

YongHuidespiteher

glare.Buthewassurprisedthatshewaslosinghercustomers,too.

Curiosity

droveWangPengto

consult

anexpert.Theexpert

sighedandsaid,“Bothofyourmenushave

weakness

and

limited

strength.Yourcustomers

putonweight

tooeasily,whileYongHui’s

loseweight

tooquickly.So,WangPeng,

cutdown

thefatofyourfoodandincreasevegetablesandfruits,like

nuts,

beans,

mushrooms,

peachesand

lemons.You

oughtto

combine

thetwomenusandprovidea

balanced

diet.”

Beforelong,WangPengwonhiscustomersback.必修三

Unit313.SailingHome劃船回家

This

novel

wasaboutan

unbelievable

but

genuine

adventure.Itsauthor

wasablack

businessman

whowas

broughtup

inAmerica.

In1956,hevisitedAfrica,his

birthplace.Oneday,whenhewas

wanderingonthepavement

nearthe

bay

enjoyingthesea

scenes,helosthismoneyandpassportthathekeptinan

envelope.Sohewenttothe

embassy

to

seekhelp,buttheambassadorwith

rude

mannersdidn’t

permit

hisstafftohelpthoughhe

bowedtohim.

Staringat

his

impatient

face,heunderstoodthatitwasthe

fault

ofhisskincolourthat

accounted

for

their

refection.Sohedecidedto

takeachance

tosailonasmallboathome.Hemet

alargeamountof

difficultybutwasneverstopped.

Onthecontrary,difficultypushedhimto

goahead

harder.Threemonthslater,hewas

spottedbyaship

byaccident.Hewas

inrags

indeed.Amaidevenscreamedwhenbringinghima

steak

and

pineapple

dessert.Aboard,heearnedhis

passage

byworkingasabarberandgothomefinally.

Asforthenameofhisnovel,hecouldn’tthinkofabetteronethanthe

phrase

“GoAhead”.

必修三

Unit414.ExploreMKII探測MKII行星MKII,aplanet

billionsofkilometersaway,istheoriginoflifeinmanyreligions.

Physicistshaveprovedthe

theory

thatits

gentle

climate

andthepull

ofits

gravity

aresimilartotheearth’s.And

astronomershavefoundthat

oxygen

atomsand

carbon

dioxide,whichare

fundamental

tolife,existinits

atmosphere

through

satellites.

Cheered

up

bythisnews,biologists,intheirturn,begantodosomeresearchtoremovepeople’spuzzles—Nowthat

therearesomesuitableconditions,doeslifereallyexist

onthis

globe?Dothey

multiply

by

laying

eggs

or

givingbirthtobabies?Lastmonth,a

spaceship

wassentthere.It’sapitythatthismissionfailed.

Unlike

theearth,MKIIisamuchyoungerplanet.

Thus,

massesofharmful

acid

clouds

float

everywherecausing

violent

chainreactions

tobreakout.Thesecloudsnotonly

blocked

out

thepilots’sightbutalsodamagedtheengine

system.Luckily,thepilots

watched

out

carefullyandpreventedthespaceshipfrom

crashing

intime.

必修三

Unit515.AJourneyacrossCanada橫穿加拿大的旅行

Aftera

quiz

lastautumn,Kuangcrossedthe

continent

eastward

toTorontotovisithis

schoolmate,the

distance

measuring

approximately5,000kilometers,

HistrainstartedfromVancouver,acity

surroundedbymountains.After

confirminghis

baggage

was

aboard

thetrain,Kuang

settled

down

inhisseat.

Havingagiftfor

communication,hestarted

chattingwithanotherpassenger

within

5minutes.Their

topicsincludedthe

Canadian

traditions,the

PrimeMinister,the

mixture

ofraces,andthe

terrifying

GreatFall.Afteranice

buffet

atnoon,hewas

pleased

tofindthatthe

scenery

wasimpressive.Hesawbeautiful

harbours

inthedistance,

wealthy

urbanareasand

maple

forestthatcoveredthousandsof

acres.Heeven

managedto

catchsightof

an

eagle

flying

upward

over

bush

KuangreachedTorontowhichlies

slightly

nearthe

border

ata

mistydawn.Therewas

frost

andthe

broad

downtown

streetswereveryquiet.Thoughitwasearly,Kuangphonedhisschoolmateina

booth

nearby

atonceratherthan

waitingforhimtocome.Theyhadagoodtimetogether.必修四

Unit116.AWomanDoctor-Lina女醫(yī)生麗娜

Borninapigs’

nest,Lina

leda

poor

life

inher

childhood.Shewaslooked

downupon

bythechildrenofher

generation.But

she

intendedtobecomeadoctoraftershe

cameacross

LinQiaozhi

bychance,whowasdeliveringmedicalcoursestoan

audience

crowdingaroundher.Beforemovingoff,Lin

inspiredherto

carryon

herstudy.WithLin’s

support,Linaenteredan

institute

andstudiedhardsparingnotimefor

entertainment.Herbeing

outspoken

and

modest

won

respect

forher.Herexcellentarguing

skillsand

observation

ability

put

others

intotheshade.

Now,Linahasbecomea

specialist

in

humanbeings’

emergencysickness.Her

kindness

and

considerate

behavior

tothepoorwerewellknown.The

organization

shefoundedcarriedout

campaignsand

welfareprojectstohelpcutthedeath

rate

forthepoor.Herjobwashardbutworthwhile.Sheoften

refers

to

the

connection

betweenher

achievementandLinQiaozhi,andsaysthatherpoorchildhoodisthe

bond

betweenherandthepoor.必修四

Unit217ANewFarmingWay新的耕種方式Tuanwasafarmerin

Vietnam.For

decades,hehadbeen

struggling

torid

hisfamilyof

hunger.However,italways

confusedhimhowto

expandthe

output

ofhis

crops.This

disturbing

problem

ledto

his

regrettingbeingafarmer.He

wouldrather

havechosenanotherjob.

Oneday,when

skimmingthroughanewspaper,Tuanreada

comment

onYuanLongpin.He

underlinedYuan’s

nationality

and

occupation,andthenfocused

on

his

discovery

andthe

statisticsofhisresearch.HefoundtheknowledgeYuan

circulatedverypractical.

Therefore,hemadea

summaryandbeganto

buildup

anewfarmingmethod.Heplanted

supergrain

ofrich

nutrition

and

equippedhimselftokeephiscrops

rootsfreefrombacteria

and

pests.Healsoenriched

mineralsinthe

soil

while

reducingchemicalfertilizers.Thoughitcosthimmoretimeand

freedom,hewasfullofhope.

Thenextyear,Tuanwas

sunburnt

but

satisfiedwith

his

productionverymuch.

Thanksto

YuanLongpin,henotonlywonthe

battle

againsthunger,buthecouldalso

export

hiscropsabroad.必修四

Unit318.Chaplin-AGreatMasterofHumour幽默大師卓別林

Chaplinwasan

extraordinary

performer

who

starred

in

and

directedmany

outstanding

comedies.Fewwere

bored

watchinghis

moustache,hisgesturesorhis

entertaining

reactionswhenchasedby

detectives.Beingdrunk,

sliding

onabananaskinor

whisperinghisown

failurestonobody,hemadeus

feel

more

contentwith

ourlifewithoutany

verbal

explanation.His

particular

senseof

humor

has

astonishedeverybody

throughout

theworld

uptonow.

Inasmall

budget

film,heplayeda

badly-off

and

homeless

personwearing

worn-out

shoesand

messy

clothes.Onone

occasion,hewastrappedbya

snowstorm

inavast

mountainous

area.Thoughhe

overcamemanydifficulties,hewasn’t

fortunate

enough.Withallthe

porridge

eatenup,he

picked

out

ashoeandboiledittoeat.He

cutoff

the

leather

bottomand

cheweditlikea

pancake.Accordingtoan

actress,hisactingwassoconvincing

and

amusing

thateverybody

couldn’thelp

burstingintolaughter.必修四

Unit419.AMisunderstanding一場誤會Ingeneral,

spokenstatementsarethe

major

wayofcommunication,butbodylanguageand

facial

salsohavesuchkindsof

function.Forexample,

yawningmeansbeingnotinterestedand

turning

one’sback

tosomeoneorswingingyour

fist

showsyour

anger.Butwhatthosegesturesreallymeanis

subjective

indifferentcultures.Thus,

misunderstandingshappennowandthenintoday’sworldofcultural

crossroads.Once,

representingthe

Adults’Education

Association,Iwenttotheairporttomeetanofficialofhigh

rank

from

Columbia

andtakehimtohisdormitory

andthentothe

canteen.Afterthe

flight

arrived,Isawamanlookingaround

curiously.SoI

approachedto

greet

him.Hesuddenlydashedto

hug

meandkissedmeonboth

cheeks.Asayounggirl,Ifelttruly

embarrassedandputupmyhandsto

defend

myself.His

false

smiletoldmethathehad

lostface.Later,Ireceiveda

cassette

fromhim,inwhichherecordedhisapology.OnhearingthatColumbians

were

more

likelyto

kissothers,Isoonfelt

atease.

必修五

Unit120.AUniqueThemePark獨(dú)一無二的主題公園Assoonasour

shuttle

gotcloseto

the

theme

parkbythe

freeway,everyone

cametolife

andputon

clothsneakers

inadvance

foran

outing.Our

translator

paidforthe

admission,andwestartedenjoyingthe

variousattractionsinthe

sunlight.Accordingtothetravel

brochure,this

unique

park

isfamousfor

itswell

preserved

minority

culture.Weexperiencedmany

deedsoftheearlysettlers,suchas

swingingacrossrivers,hunting

creaturesinthe

jungle,ortakingpartin

swordsfighting

tournaments.

Thisparkisalsofamousforitswooden

souvenirs.

Whichever

weboughtinthe

central

shopwasmadeofwood,and

wherever

wewentwecouldseeminority

carpentersworking.Theymadewoodentools,woodencartoon

figures,wooden

athletic

productsandsoon.Theyevenbuiltahugewooden

engine

witha

length

of20metres,which

wasmodeledafter

arealone.

Thisthemeparkisreallya

fantasy

amusement

park.

Nowonder

ithasbecomethe

brand

oflocal

tourism.必修五

Unit221.AStrangeDiseaseWhenthe

construction

ofthe

firework

factorycametothestageofpainting,a

pump

wasputin.Then,allthe

paintersinthe

neighborhoodwere

defeatedbya

severe

diseasewhose

characteristic

was

alike

tothatofabadburn.An

expert

physician

was

instructedto

attend

tothe

victimsandhandle

thiscase.Hewas

enthusiastic,buthedidn’t

foresee

thatitwasahard

challenge.Aftersimple

enquiry,he

announcedthatthe

pollutedpaintwasto

blame.Butwithout

positive

evidence,people

suspectedandrejectedhisview,sayingthetheoryhe

putforward

madenosense.Beingmuchmore

strict

with

himself,he

contributedhimselftothecase.

Apartfrom

makingenquiries,hemadedetailed

chartsand

analysedthedatacautiously.Finally,he

drewascientificconclusion,

linkingthediseasetothe

radium

inthepump.

Exposed

to

radium,akindofradioactivematerialinthe

universe,people

absorbedradiationandgotsickimmediately.Spinningthepump

backward,hetookawaytheradium.Thissimplemovement

curedallthevictims.

必修五

Unit222.SightseeingintheUnitedKingdom觀光聯(lián)合王國Afterthe

wedding,mycousinandhiswifewenttothe

UnitedKingdomfor

nationwide

sightseeing.He

faxedalettertomeinEnglishyesterday.Tomy

delight,henolongermadeany

tenseerror.Andhis

descriptionroughly

clarified

myquestionsabouttheUK--its

currency,itsadministration,the

institution

which

dividesit

into

four

provinces,andthehistorical

conflictsand

quarrelswhenSouthernIreland

brokeawayfromtheUK.Unwilling

to

leaveout

anyattraction,mycousin

arrangedhisenjoyable

journeycarefully.One

attractive

placehevisitedwasacastleinthe

countryside

ofScotland,whichlies

neara

port.Itusedtobetheheadquartersofthe

CommunismUnion

but

brokedown

duringthewar.Findingnothingcouldtaketheplaceof

this

splendid

architecture,people

accomplishedrebuildingitin1952.Itwas

totheir

credit

thatall

furnishedroomsareconsistent

withwhattheyusedtobe.Mycousinwas

thrilledbyitscollectionsconsistingof

statues

plus

royal

uniforms

foldedinglasstanks.Thoughtherewasno

possibility

tobuysomeoftheseexhibits,itwasconvenient

totakephotos,whichhesentmealongwithhisfax.

必修五

Unit323.AnAirCrash飛機(jī)失事

Iwasa

previous

typist

inapostoffice.BecauseIcouldn’t

toleratetypinganymore

postage

billsor

postcodesona

typewriter

everyday,Iresigned.Witha

greedy

motivation

ofmakingbigmoney,I

tookupworkingasabusiness

representative

fortheG.E

Ecology

Company,whichproduced

goods

by

recycling

useful

materialsfromour

dustbins.Mynewjobleftmegood

impressionsinmany

aspectsexceptthattheworkingtimetable

wasfulloftravelingby

jets.

Once,when

speeding

up,ourjetwas

swallowedbyathunderstorm,whichdestroyedourGPS

receiver

andmadeu