外研高中新标准英语必修一必修二课文.docx

1、外研高中新标准英语必修一必修二课文 外研高中新标准英语必修一必修二课文 My First Day at Senior High My Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I m writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I c

2、an see why. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text

3、 and information from websites. They re brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We re using a new textbook and Ms Shen s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comp

4、rehension is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don t think I will be bored in Ms Shen s class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave

5、 us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-fi

6、ve students in my class-more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have t

7、o write a description of the street where we live. I m looking forward to doing it! My New Teachers I hey say that first im pressions are very im portant. 1 2: 52.1 6 My first im pression of Mrs Li was that she was nervous and shy. 1 2: 58.45 I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with

8、us. 1 3: 03.88 But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. 1 3: 09.59 Shes kind and patient, 1 3: 1 2.05 and she explains English gram m ar so clearly that even I can understand it! 1 3: 1 7.81 She avoids m aking you feel stupid! I ve always hated m aking m istakes 1 3: 23.1 2

9、 or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, 1 3: 26.95 but Mrs Li just sm iles, so that you dont feel com pletely stupid! 1 3: 32.84 I think m aybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, 1 3: 37.24 but for m e its wonderful!I feel I m going to m ake progress with her. 1 3: 4

10、3.70 I d guess that Mrs Chen is alm ost sixty. 1 3: 48.09 Shes very strict we dont dare to say a word unless she asks us to. 1 3: 54.1 5 Shes also very serious and doesnt sm ile m uch. 1 3: 59.00 When she asks you to do som ething, you do it im m ediately! 1 4: 04.32 There are a few students in our

11、class who keep com ing to class late 1 4: 09.1 8 but theyre always on tim e for Mrs Chens lessons! 1 4: 1 3.23 Som e of our class dont like her, but m ost of us really appreciate her 1 4: 1 8.72 because her teaching is so well organised and clear. 1 4: 22.84 And a few students even adm it liking her

12、! 1 4: 27.1 8 During scientific experim ents, she explains exactly what is happening 1 4: 32.90 and as a result m y work is im proving. 1 4: 36.88 Physics will never be m y favourite lesson, 1 4: 40.04 but I think that I ll do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching m e. 1 4: 45.34 Mr Wus only been

13、teaching us for two weeks and hes already very popular 1 4: 52.1 5 I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature 1 4: 57.00 he loves it,in fact! 1 4: 59.63 Hes got so m uch energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! 1 5: 05.69 Hes about 28, I think, and is rather goo

14、d-looking. 1 5: 1 0.60 He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited 1 5: 1 7.62 Hes really am using and tells jokes when he thinks were getting bored. 1 5: 22.87 Even things like com positions and sum m aries are fun with Mr Wu. 1 5: 27.62 I respect him a lot. My fi

15、rst ride on a train My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and Im 1 8 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Au

16、stralia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train. The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was d

17、ark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago. The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day, I s

18、at and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (Im studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds. Why is the train called the Ghan? A lo

19、ng time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didnt like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. Camels were much better than horses for

20、 travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1 920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didnt need the camels any more. In 1 925, they passed

21、a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1 935, the police in a town shot 1 53 camels in one day. A Lively City (XLXiao Lli JM-John Martin) XL: Its great to see you again,john. JM: Its great to see you! Its been six years since we last saw each other,you know. And t

22、his is the first time Ive visited your hometown. XL: Yes ,Im so glad you could come . JM:You know ,I have seen quite a lot of china and Ive visited some beautiful cities ,but this is one of the most attractive places Ive been to.Its so lively, and everyone seems so friendly. XL:Yes ,its one of the m

23、ost intreresting cities on the coast,everyone says so.I feel very fortunate living here.And I love living by the seaside. JM: You live in the northwest of Xiamen ,is that right? XL:Yes ,thats right. JM:Whats the climate like? XL:Pretty hot and wet in the summer,but it can be quite cold in the winter

24、. JM:Sounds Ok to me.There are a lot of tourists around.Dont they bother you? XL:Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them. JM: Oh, look at that huge apartement block! XL:Yes, theyre just completed it.The rent for an apartment there is very high. JM:I believe you!Th

25、is areas so modern ! XL:Yes, this is the business district.Theyve put up a lot high-rise buildings recently.And there are some great shopping malls.See,were just passing one now .My wifes just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there. JM:Maybe I could buy a few presents there. XL:Ill tak

26、e you there tomorrow. Now were leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. Were ehtering the western district, the most intererting part of the city .Its got some really pretty parks. JM:It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island,just across the water? XL:Yes, it is .Its a gorgeous isla

27、nd with some really intereting architecture. JM:So they tell me.Do you think we could stop and walk aroud for a while ? XL:Yes, I was just going to do that.We can park over there .A friends told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch ? JM:That sounds great.Im s

28、tarving! MODULE 5 A Lesson in a Lab Passage A I t is hard to think of a world without m etals. 02: 01 .75 Different m etals have different uses, for exam ple, steel is used in cars, 02: 08.94 and iron is used in electrical equipm ent. When we use m etals, 02: 1 4.81 it is im portant to know how they

29、 react with different substances, 02: 1 9.43 for exam ple, water and oxygen. 02: 23.37 The reaction of m etals with these substances can be put in order. 02: 29.50 Here is a table with the m etals that react m ost at the top, 02: 34.36 and the m etals that react least at the bottom . Passage B A Sim

30、 ple Scientific Experim ent 02: 52.88 Below is a description of a sim ple scientific experim ent. 02: 58.04 I t shows us how iron reacts with air and with water. 03: 03.50 Aim : To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; 03: 09.93 (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); 03: 1 6.67 (c) in

31、 ordinary water. 03: 20.45 Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder; 03: 28.51 cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner. 03: 34.33 I ron in dry air keep air out of the water. Method 03: 37.56 (1 ) Put som e iron nails at the bottom of a test tube. 03: 43.59 (2) Push som e cotton wool down

32、the tube. (3) Leave the tube for one week. 03: 53.91 Result After one week, the nails have not rusted. 04: 00.44 Conclusion I ron does not rust in dry air. 04: 07.73 I ron in air-free water Method 04: 1 2.1 4 (1 ) Half-fill a test tube with water. (2) Boil the water for three m inutes. 04: 21 .20 (This m akes sure there is no air in the water.) 04: 25.45 (3) Put two or three clean nails in the water. 04: 31 .37 (4) Add som e oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water. 04: