外研社高中英语必修18课文原文(翻译)(DOC 170页).doc

1、必修一Module 1 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 Im writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers

2、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 and information from web

3、sites. Theyre brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. Were using a new textbook and Ms Shens method of teaching is nothing like the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak

4、 a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I dont think I will be bored in Ms Shens 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 us instructions and then we worked by

5、 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-five students in my class more than my p

6、revious 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 to write a description of the street wh

7、ere we live. Im looking forward to doing it! My After-school Activities .As the students of modern times, we have colorful school life. Everyday, we learn plenty of knowledge on different subjects in class. And our school organizes many extracurricular activities in order to help us put what we have

8、 learned into practice. After class, we take part in various activities, like playing football, basketball, badminton, etc. They are good for our health. Besides, we are able to join in the lectures organized by literature association, music group, art group, where you can enjoy famous works, learn

9、to play instruments or draw pictures. Also, there are chances for us to use computers in the laboratory and talk with some foreign teachers about anything we are interested in at the English corner. Now, most of us may operate computers freely and have a good command of spoken English. In addition t

10、o the after-class activities mentioned here, there are still many others such as sports meeting, debate, social investigation, etc. All those activities make our school life attractive and interesting. We will take advantages of the experience in the future. Moudle 2 My New Teachers They say that fi

11、rst impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. 人们常说第一印象很重要。李老师给我留下的第一印象是既紧张又胆怯。 I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. 我想，可能她就是这样，因为这是她给我们上的第一节课。但是，过了两周了，全班学

12、生真的喜欢上她的课。 Shes kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! 她非常和蔼，又有耐心，英语语法解释得如此清楚，连我都能够明白！ She avoids making you feel stupid! Ive always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, 她避免让人感到愚笨！讲英语时，我总是憎恶出错或者是憎恶发音不正确， b

13、ut Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you dont feel completely stupid! 但是，李老师只是笑一笑，因此，你不会感到完全愚笨！ I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me its wonderful! I feel Im going to make progress with her. 我想可能对于好学生来说她的课进行得有点慢，但对我来说，真是太棒了！我觉得我跟着她学习肯定将取得进步。 Id guess that Mrs. Chen

14、is almost sixty. Shes very strictwe dont dare to say a word unless she asks us to. Shes also very serious and doesnt smile much. 我猜想陈老师几乎快 60 岁了。她很严格除非她让我们讲话，我们一句话也不敢说。她还很严肃，很少微笑。 When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! 当她要求你做某事时，你就马上去做！ There are a few students in our class who ke

15、ep coming to class late but theyre always on time for Mrs. Chens lessons! 陈老师的课，我们班几位不断迟到的学生，总是准时上陈老师的课。 Some of our class dont ike her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! 我们班有的同学不喜欢她，但大多数同学都很欣赏她，因为她的课讲得

16、很清楚、教学组织得又好。一些学生甚至承认喜欢她！ During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. 在做科学实验时，她对发生的现象解释得很准确，因此，我在实验方面在取得进步。 Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that Ill do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me. 物理绝对不是我最喜欢的科目，但我想由

17、陈老师教我，我会考出好成绩。 Mr. Wus only been teaching us for two weeks and hes already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature -吴老师仅仅教过我们两个礼拜，他已经很受欢迎了。我想这是因为他的确喜欢教中国文学 he loves it, in fact! Hes got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! Hes about

18、28, I think, and is rather good-looking. 实际上，他喜爱中国文学！他精力是那样充沛，上他的课，你不会想睡觉（不会感到困倦） ！我想他大约 28 岁，长得很帅。 He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. Hes really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks were getting bored. 他讲话语速快、声音洪亮，当讲到兴奋的时候，不时挥手。他上课真很有趣，当他认为我们疲倦的时候，就给我们

19、讲笑话。 Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot. 即使是象作文和总结这样的事情，吴老师也搞得很有趣。我很尊敬他。 Module 3 My First Ride on a Train 我的首次火车之旅 My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and Im 18 years old. 我是爱丽丝汤普森。我来自澳大利亚的悉尼,今年18岁。 Recently I had my first ride

20、on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I traveled on the famous Ghan train. 近来我进行了首次远程火车之旅。真是太棒了! 我和一位朋友乘坐的是有名的阿富汗火车。 We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometers away. 我们在悉尼上车, 在澳大利亚中部的艾丽普林斯下车,行程四千多公里。 We

21、spent two days and nights on the train. 整个旅程花费了我们两天两夜。 The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! 坐火车很舒服而且车上的食物也很可口。我们吃的美味饭菜是烹饪大师们做的。 For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. 在旅程开始的几百公里, 风景优美。 There were fields an

22、d the soil was dark red. 有成片的田野,那里的土壤是深红色。 After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. 接着是沙漠。艳阳高照,没有风而且晴空万里。 Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago. 可是接着,时空像是突然发生了转

23、变。映入眼帘的是建造于一百多年前一些废弃的农庄。 The train was comfortable and the people were nice. 火车很舒服而且车上的人也都很友好。 During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. 白天,我坐着看窗外,有时和别的旅客说说话。 I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (Im studying Chinese at school). 我看书, 听

24、着汉语录音带(我在学校学汉语)。 One night,at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds. 一天晚上, 大约是在半夜,差不多有整整一个小时我都在注视着夜晚的天空。星星像钻石一样眨着眼。 Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. 为什么火车叫阿富汗号？很久以前,澳

25、大利亚人到国家中部地区有很长一段路程。 They tried riding horses, but the horses didnt like the hot weather and sand. 他们试着骑马,但那些马不喜欢炎热的天气和沙漠。 A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. 一百五十年前, 他们从阿富汗带入了一些骆驼。Ghan是阿富汗的缩写。 Camels were much better than horses fo

26、r travelling a long distance. 作长途旅行,骆驼比马匹强多了。 For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. 多年来, 经过训练的骆驼驮运食物及其他用品, 返回时还带着羊毛和其他产品。 The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. 直到二十世纪二十年代,阿富汗人和他们的骆驼还在做着这样的工作。 Then the government bu

27、ilt a new railway line, so they didnt need the camels any more. 那时政府建了一条新的铁路线,所以阿富汗人不再需要骆驼了 In 1925,they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. 在1925年, 他们通过了法律,如果它们引发问题，允许人们射杀骆驼。 In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day. 在1935年,一个城镇的警察仅一天就射杀153

28、头骆驼。 Moudle 4 a social survey my neighbourhood 一A lively city Its great to see you again, John. 约翰，很高兴又见到你了。 Its great to see you! Its been six years since we last saw each other, you know. 见到你真是太好了！要知道，我们 6 年没见面了。 And this is the first time Ive visitedyour hometown. Yes, Im so glad you could come.

29、而且这是第一次来到你的家乡。是的，你能来，我真是很高兴 你知道，我去过中国很多地方，也游览过一些美丽的城市，但这是我到过的最吸引人的地方之一。 You know, Ive 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. Yes, its one of the most interesting cities

30、 on the coast,everyone says so. 它生机勃勃，人们看上去都那么友好。是的，大家都说这是最富有的沿海城市之一。 I feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside. You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?Yes, thats right. 生活在这里我感到很荣幸。我喜欢在海边生活。你住的地方是在厦门的西北面，对吗？是的。 Whats the climate like?Pretty hot and wet in the s

31、ummer, but it can be quite cold in the winter. 这里气候怎么样?夏天相当热，相当潮湿，可是冬天可能很冷。 Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around. Dont they bother you? 对我不成问题。这里到处都有游客。他们对你们有干扰吗？ Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them. 是的，游客太多了，夏天有时候会有点讨厌。 Oh, look at that huge ap

32、artment block!Yes, theyve just completed it. 哎哟，看看那栋高大的公寓楼！是啊，刚刚完工的。 The rent for an apartment there is very high. I believe you! This areas so modern! 租一套那儿的公寓要不少钱呢。这我相信！这是一个很现代化的地方啊！ Yes, this is the business district. Theyve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great s

33、hopping malls. 对，这是商业区。最近他们建造了许多摩天大厦，也有一些大商场。 See, were just passing one now. My wifes just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there. 瞧，我们正好经过一个商厦呢。我太太刚从那边的一家买了件衣服，好漂亮。 Maybe I could buy a few presents there. Ill take you there tomorrow. Now were leaving the business district and approac

34、hing the harbour. 也许我可以去那买些礼物。明天我带你去那吧。现在我们要离开商业区去港口。 Were entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. Its got some really pretty parks . 我们即将进入西区，也就是这个城市最有趣的地区。那有一些非常漂亮的公园. It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, just across the water? Yes, it is. Its a gorgeous island w

35、ith some really interesting architecture. 看上去很不错。水那边是鼓浪屿海岛吗？是的。那是个很迷人的海岛，岛上有一些非常有意思的建筑。 So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while? Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there. 他们也是这么跟我说的。你觉得我们可以停下来逗留一会儿吗？可以啊，我正想那么做呢。我们可以在那边停车。 A friends told me about a nice

36、 little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch? That sounds great. Im starving! 有朋友跟我说起过这附近有一家很不错的渔家小饭馆，我们去那吃午餐怎么样？听起来不错。我快饿死了！ Moudle 5 a lesson in a Lab Passage A 很难想象没有金属的世界。 It is hard to think of a world without metals. 不同的金属有不同的用处，比如说，钢材用于制造汽车，铁用于制造电子设备。 Different metals have d

37、ifferent uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in electrical equipment. 当我们使用金属的时候，知道它们和不同物质的反应是很重要的，例如水和氧气。 When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. 金属和这些物质的反应是有顺序的。 Moudle 6 因特网是世界上的信息最大储存源,它可以通过电脑来访问。

38、 The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, and its accessible through a computer. 它含有数以百万计的数据。 It consists of millions of pages of data. 1969 年,美国的一个防御组织 DARPA 发明了一种通过电话把多台电脑进行连接的方式。 In 1969, DARPA, a U.S. defence organisation, developed a way for all their computers to talk to

39、 each other through the telephone. 他们创建了一个叫做 DARPANET 的电脑网络。 They created a network of computers called DARPANET. 在 15 年间,只有美国军方可以利用这种交流系统。 For fifteen years, only the U.S. army could use this system of communication. 1984 年,美国的国家科学基金会发明了 NSFNET 网。 Then in 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation

40、(NSF) started the NSFNET network. 它使得大学也可以利用这种系统。 It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET 就以内部网络或“因特网”而闻名。 NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network, or Internet. 万维网是一个网络系统,它允许电脑用户通过因特网来访问众多网站上的信息。 The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network that allows comp

41、uter users to access information from millions of websites via the Internet. 目前,大约百分之八十的网络用语都是英语,但这一比率正在下降。 At the moment, about 80 percent of web traffic is in English, but this percentage is going down. 到 2020 年时,较多的用语可能会是汉语。 By 2020, much web traffic could be in Chinese. 全球信息网是于 1991 年由一个英国的科学家蒂姆

42、.贝尔纳斯-李创建的。 The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. 读大学时,贝尔纳斯-李用一台废旧电视机制成了他的第一台电脑! Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university using an old television! 1989 年,当他在瑞士工作时,他提出了创建万维网的想法。 He came up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 w

43、hile he was working in Switzerland. 蒂姆.贝尔纳斯-李使得每一个人而不仅仅是大学或军队来使用因特网。 Berners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army. 他设计了第一个“网页浏览器”,它使得计算机用户可以访问其他电脑的文件。 He designed the first web browser, which allowed computer users to access documents from other c

44、omputers. 从那时起,网站日益增多,因特网也日益普及。在五年内,因特网用户就从 60 万户增加到 4000 万户。 From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users rose from 600 000 to 40 million. 因特网已经使得千万人成为百万富翁,但是,蒂姆.贝尔纳斯-李却不是其中的一个。 The Internet has created thousands of millionaires, but Berners-Le

45、e is not one of them. 世界上的任何人都可以用他的万维网进入因特网。 Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system. 如今他还是一名位于波士顿的麻省理工大学里的讲师。 He now works as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.必修二窗体顶端必修二窗体底端Module 1 Zhou Kai (1) Our Body and Healthy Habits Our Body

46、and Healthy Habits When Zhou Kais mother saw him heading towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously. 当周凯的母亲看见他没穿夹克就朝着前门走时，她担心地盯着他。 “Zhou Kai, where are you going?” she asked. “To the park. Im gong to play football,” said Zhou Kai. 问道“周凯，你去准备去哪里？”周凯说，“去公园。我要去踢足球。 “But its rain

47、ing! Youll catch a bad cold,” said his mother. “No, I wont. Ill be fine,” said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door. 母亲接着说，“但是快下雨了！你会感冒的。“不会的，我不会有事的。”周凯一边开门一边回答说。 “Zhou Kai, youll get ill. You know you will. You can at least go and get your jacket.” “OK, OK” Zhou Kai went and did as he was told. “周凯，那样你会

48、生病的。我了解你会的。至少你要去的话，得穿上你的夹克。“好，好。”周凯去做了母亲要他做的。 Zhou Kai (2) My mother has always made sure we eat very healthily, and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet. 我母亲一直以来都重视饮食健康，新鲜的水果和蔬菜是我们膳食很重要的一部分。 We live near the sea and we have fish about four times a week. We dont eat much

49、fat or sugar. 我住在靠海的地方，所以一周差不多吃四次鱼。我们吃的含脂肪或含糖的东西不多。 A lot of my school friends eat sweets every day but Im lucky because I dont have a sweet tooth - 我在学校的朋友中许多都是每天吃糖果，但是我很幸运，因为我不会喜欢吃甜食我情愿多吃一份好的水果。 Id rather eat a nice piece of fruit. And Im not too heavy, so I never have to diet, or anything like that. 我不是很重，所以我从不减肥，或者做其它类似的事情。 Im quite healthy. I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for me, I had a bad c