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80年代初中英语课本第五册课文
Whythebatcomesoutonlyatnight
80年代初中英语课本第五册第1课)
Thebatdid
Long,longago,therewasawarbetweenthebirdsandthebeasts.
Nooneknowswhattheyfoughtabout.
notknowwhosesideheshouldtake.Hethoughtandthought,thendecidedhemusttrytobeonthesideofthewinners.Sohewatchedfromfaraway.Afterawhile,
itseemedthatthebirdsweregoingtowin.Heflewovertojointhem.“Whatonearthareyoudoinghere”abird
shoutedathim.“Can'tyouseeI'mabird”the
batsaidwithasmile.“Look,Ihaveswings,justlikeyou.”“Comealong,then,”saidthebird.
“Don'thidebehindothers.”Butthingschangedsoon.Nowitseemedthatthebeastswerewinning.Sothebatleftthebirdsinahurryandwentovertothebeasts.“Whatareyoudoingonourside”and
animalcalledouttohim.“Areyouspyingonus”“Don'tyouknowI'moneofyou”askedthe
bat,showinghisteeth.“Look.Can'tyouseeI'vegotteeth,too”“Whoaretryingtofool”saidtheanimals.
“Wesawyoufightingonthesideofthebirdsjustnow.”Sothebeastsdrovehimoff.Ofcoursethe
Whenthebeastsand
birdsrefusedtotakehimback.
thebirdssawneithersidecouldwin,theydecidedtostop
fighting.Neitherbeastsnorbirdswouldhavethebatastheirfriend,sohewasafraidtoleavehishome.Eversincethen,hecomesoutonlyatnight.
Lesson2NathanHale
(80年代初中英语课本第五册第2课)
TheyoungAmericanstoodquietlywhiletheBritishguardssearchedhisclothes.Theyfoundnothing.“Iftheydon'tfindthemapsinmyboot,”hethought,“maybetheywillletmego.
ThenI'll
trytosend
the
maps
toGeneral
Washington.”
“Takeoff
your
boots,
”oneofthe
guardsordered.
TheAmerican'sheart
beat
faster.
Hetookoff
hisbootsandhandedthemtotheguard.Theguardlookedinsideoneboot,thenanother.“Useyour
knife,man!
”orderedtheBritishofficer
bootopen.HestoppedsuddenlyandtheAmericanknewwhatit
meant.The
mapsoftheBritisharmy'sdefence
works!
TheguardstooktheAmericantoGeneral
Howe.Thegenerallookedatthemaps.“Iseeyou'vemadesomedrawingofourdefenceworks,”hesaid.“Thiscanonlymean
onething.”
“Yes,sir.”“Doyou
haveanything
tosayforyourself”“No,
nothing.”
“What'syour
name”
“Nathan
Hale.”
“Rank”“Captain.”
Thegeneralstudiedthemapsafewmoreminutes.
CaptainHale,”hesaidfinally.“I'veneverseensuchfine
drawings.Youknow,wecoulduseamanlikeyou.Whynotjoin
usYoudon't
pay.”
havetoworryaboutrankor
NathanHalelookedstraightatthegeneral.
*NathanHalelookedaroundasaBritishsoldierputtheropearoundhisneck.“Now,
NathanHale,”saidtheBritishofficer.
“Let'shearwhatyou
havetosaybeforeyoudie.”
NathanHaletooka
lastlookathisbeautifulcountryandsaid,
“Ionlyregret
thatIhavebutonelifetoloseformycountry.
Lesson3Aquestionofpronunciation
(80年代初中英语课本第五册第3课)
ThishappenedinLondon.ItwasNovemberandtheweatherwasverywetandcold.AFrenchmanhadcaughtaverybadcold.Hecougheddayandnight.Sohedecidedtogoandgetsomemedicineforhiscough.AshedidnotknowmuchEnglish,hegotouthisdictionaryandlookeduptheword“cough”.Butthedictionarydidnottellhimhowtopronouncetheword.Hethoughtitoverandrememberedthathehadlearnedtheword“plough”.Herememberedthatitwaspronounced[plau].Sohethoughtthatc-o-u-g-hmustbepronounced[kau].Theheputonhiscoatandhatandwentto
achemist'sshop.Whenthemanintheshopaskedhimwhathewanted,theFrenchmansaid:
“Iwantsomethingfor
mycow,please.”Themanintheshoplookedathim.
Hadheheardhimcorrectly“Ibegyourpardon,
sir”heasked.TheFrenchmanrepeated:
“Iwant
somemedicineformycow.”“Foryourcow”asked
theman.“Areyouafarmer”“Afarmer”saidthe
Frenchmaninsurprise.“WhatmakesyouthinkI'mafarmerIcomefromParis.I'mnotafarmer.”“Where's
yourcow,then”askedthemanintheshop.“It's
here!
”repliedtheFrenchman.Heputhishandonhischestandbegantocough.“Hereitis!
”hesaid.“I'veaverybadcowhere.”Thenthemanintheshopunderstoodwhat
theFrenchmanmeant.Hewantedsomemedicineforhiscough.
Lesson4TheArabinthedesert
(80年代初中英语课本第五册第4课)
AnArabwaswalkingalonethroughthedesertwhenhemettwomen.Themenlookedworried.Itseemedthattheyhadlost
something.TheArabwentovertothem.“Haveyoulostoneofyourcamels”heaskedthem.“Yes,”
theysaid.“Washeblindintherighteyeandlame
inthe
left
foot”asked
the
Arab.“Yes,he
was
“Hadhe
lost
atoothandwashecarrying
corn”
“Yes,”
saidthemen.“Pleasetellus
whereheis.”
“I
don'tknowwhereheis,”said
the
Arab.
“I've
neverseensuchan
animal.
Did
someonetellyouabout
him”
“No.”
Thetwomenlookedat
eachotherinsurprise.TheycouldnotbelievetheArab'swords.Finally,theycameupclosetohim,tookholdofhim,andshouted:
“Where'stheanimalAndwhathaveyou
donewithourgoods”TheArabinsistedthathehad
neverseenthecamel.Atlastthementookhimbeforeajudge.
TheysaidthattheArabhadstolentheircamel.“I'veneverseentheircamel,”insisted
theArab.“ButI'mamanofthedesert,andI'velearnedtolookcarefullyateverythingIsee.ThismorningIsawthe
tracksofalostcamel.Iknewthisbecausetherewerenoman'stracksnearthoseofthecamel.Ialsosawthatthecamelmustbeblindintherighteye,becausehehadonlyeatenthegrassonhisleftsideandhadnottouchedthegrassonhisright.
Theanimalwaslamebecausewithonefootheleftatrackmuchlighterthatanyoftheothers.Hehadlostatooth,becausewhereverheategrass,therewasalwaysasmallspaceleftuntouched.Ialsofoundgroupsofantsnearthetracksofthe
camel.Theywerepulling
pieces
ofcorn.Fromthesefacts
Iwas
ableto
tell
what
goods
theanimal
was
carrying.”
The
judge
andthetwomen
were
satisfiedwithwhattheArabhadsaid.Togetherthefourmensetouttolookforthelostanimal.
Lesson5
TheseagullsofSaltLakeCity
North
80年代初中英语课本第五册第5课)
SaltLakeCityisabeautifulcityinthewestof
America.Thenamecomesfromagreatsaltlakenearby.Thecityliesinavalleywithhighmountainsallaroundit.Butlongagotherewasalmostnothinginthisplaceandtherewerevery
ago,agroupofmen,womenandchildrenmovedfromtheeasttothewest.Theyhadtraveledalongway.Atlastthesebravepeoplecametothegreatmountainsbythesaltlake.Theycrossedthemountainsandreachedthisquietplace.Theydecidedtostayhere,andsotheybuilttheirhomesandmadetheirfarms.ThiswaswhereSaltLakeCitynowlies.Thepeoplehadtoworkhardontheirfarms,
becausetheirlivesdependedontheircrops.One
daywhiletheywereworkinginthefields,somefarmerssawsomethingstrangeinthesky.“What'sthat”
askedoneofthem.“Where”askedanother,ashe
stoppedtolook.“Overthere,”wasthe
reply.Theysawsomethinglikeacloudcoming,butitwastoolowinthesky.Astheywatched,itcamenearerandnearer.Suddenlyashoutwentup:
“Locusts!
Millionsof
them!
”Thewordsputfearintotheheartsofall,
becausetheyknewwhatlocustscoulddo,andtheyhadneverseensomanyofthembefore.Innotimethelocustscame
downandstartedeatingeverything–thewheat,thecorn,thegrassandeventheleavesonthetrees.Thefarmersbroughtoutthingstofightthelocusts.Theytriedeverything.Butwhiletheywerekillingthelocustsinoneplace,millionsmorearrivedinanother.WhatcouldthefarmersdoSuddenlytherewasagreatnoise.Astheylookedup,theysawanothercloudcomingtowardsthem.Totheirsurprise,theysawnotlocuststhistime,butseagulls.Thefarmerscriedout,“They'vecometoeatwhatthelocustshaveleft.”Buttotheirjoy,theyfoundthattheseagullshadcometoeatnotthecrops,butthelocusts.TheyhadseenorsmelledthelocustsandhadcomefromtheGreat
SaltLake.Nowtheywereeatingthelocusts!
Inashortwhile
theyateupmillionsofthem.Thefarmers'cropsweresaved!
Thepeoplewereverythankful.Theydecidedthatfromthenonnooneshouldeverkillaseagull.Andtoday,ifyougotoSaltLakeCity,youcanseeamonumentwith
seagullsontopofit.
Lesson7ThePyramids
(80年代初中英语课本第五册第7课)
Thousandofyearsago,thekingsofEgyptbuiltstrongbombsforthemselves.Overthesetombstheybuiltpyramids.Theythoughttheirbodieswouldbewellkeptintheseuntiltheycouldcomebacktolife.Theyalsohopedtheworldcouldlookonthepyramidsasmonumentstothemandwouldrememberthemforever.Therearearound80pyramidsinEgypt.ButtheGreatPyramidisthebiggestofall.Itisnearly5,000yearsold.Itisabout137metreshightoday,butitwasoncehighter.Itismadeof2,300,000hugestones.Mostofthemarehigherthanamanandweighabouttwoandahalftonseach.Someweighasmuchasfifteentons.Ittookmorethan100,000mentwentyyearstobuildtheGreatPyramid.Whenyou
lookatthepyramids,youcan'thelpwonderinghowtheEgyptianswereabletobuildthemthousandsofyearsago.Howdidtheycut,carryandliftsuchhugestonesEachstonefitssowell,yettheydidn'thaveourmodernmachines!
Scientistshavestudiedthepyramids,butnobodycantelljusthowthe
Egyptiansbuildthemsolongago.Insidethepyramidsaretheroomsforthebodiesofthekingsandqueens.Therearelotsofwonderfultreasuresinthepyramids,too.
are
Thieveshavebrokenintosomeofthepyramidsandtakenawaymanyofthetreasurestoforeigncountries.Theyhaveevenstolenthemummies.Todaysome