1、1 北师大版高中英语新教材(选择性必修第一册)课文 （Unit 1) Lesson 1 Teachers My teacher 我的老师 I havent seen Mr Jenkins since I left school, but I often think about him. I wasnt very good at most school subjects before I met Mr Jenkins. I suppose I was a bit lazy, especially in maths. The only thing I can remember from schoo
2、l maths is that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees! But when I was 15 and went into Mr Jenkinsclass, I really became interested in a subject for the first time. 虽然离开学校之后再也没有见过詹金斯先生，但我经常想起他。在遇到詹金斯先生之前，大多数科 目我都不是很擅长。我想我那时候有点懒惰，特别是在数学方面。我唯一还记得的数学课内容是三 角形的内角和 180 度！但是在 15 岁那年，我走进了詹金斯先生的课堂，第一
3、次对一个学科真正产生 了兴趣。 Before Mr Jenkins taught me, science had simply been a subject full of strange words to me. I had no idea what hydrogen was, and I didnt really want to know, either! I found it all so boring and difficult. But Mr Jenkins made everything interesting. He used to explain things which se
4、emed difficult with lots of practical examples and in simple language. One day, he took us outside, and we built a rocket! I remember that he let me pour some fuel into the rocket, and then another student lit a match to set it off. It was great fun. 在上詹金斯先生的课之前，科学课对我来说就是一堆奇怪的词语。我不知道氢是什么，而且也不想 知道！我觉
5、得这些东西既无聊又难以理解。但詹金斯先生让一切变得有趣起来。他结合很多实际例 子用简单的语言解释看似很难的知识。有一天，他把我们带到户外，一起制造了一枚火箭！我记得 他让我把燃料倒进火箭，然后另一名学生点燃了一根火柴发射火箭。这非常有趣。 I know that I wasnt a willing student, but I wasnt slow to learn new things. The problem was that I lacked confidence in myself. Mr Jenkins made me feel that I had my own strengths
6、. I was interested in the study of the stars and planets and he asked me to give a presentation to the class. That was really the first time I tried to explain science to an audience and now its my job! Often when Im preparing a programme, I think about how Mr Jenkins would have done it. Sometimes I
7、 think, if only I could call him and ask for his opinion! 我知道自己不是一个主动学习的学生，但我学习新事物并不慢，问题是对自己缺乏信心。詹金斯先 生让我认识到我有自己的长处。我对恒星和行星的研究很感兴趣，他让我给全班同学做一个展示。 这是我第一次尝试向观众讲解科学知识，现在这成了我的工作！在准备一个项目时，我常会想如果 是詹金斯先生，他会怎么做。有时甚至想，如果能打电话征求他的意见就好了！ 选择性必修第一册 Unit 1 P8 2 My student 我的学生 Ive read a couple of Grahams books an
8、d seen him on TV. I always say to my wife, “Oh look, I used to teach him!” I remember Graham was very difficult before he came into my class. I had heard stories about his bad behaviour. Once I caught him and his friends seeing who could jump the farthest off the school stage! But when he got intere
9、sted, he changed. The first day he walked into my class, he was dragging his schoolbag behind him and looking bored, but as soon as I set up an experiment to show how the human stomach works using acid and an onion, he gave me his full attention. He loved science! He was very bright and he had done
10、very well in science subjects. 我读了几本格雷厄姆的书，也在电视上看到过他。我总会对妻子说：“喏，看，我曾经教过他！”我 记得格雷厄姆来我的班上之前学习很成问题。我听说过一些他的不良行为。有一次我撞见他和几个 朋友比赛，看谁能从学校的舞台上跳得最远。但当他对学习产生兴趣时，他变了。第一次走进我的 班级时，他书包在身后拖着，一幅百无聊赖的样子，当我用酸和洋葱做了一个展示人类的胃如何运 作的实验时，他全神贯注。他爱科学！他非常聪明，科学课学得非常好。 However, I have not done as well with all my students as I
11、have with Graham. I think its important to understand that theres no such thing as a good or a bad student. Look at Graham! Everyone is good at something and its important to find out what that is for each student. We teachers should have more time to make friends with all our students and really un
12、derstand them. Then we could make sure that we found the path to success, both at school and in later life, for all of them. 不过，并不是每一个学生我都能像教格雷厄姆那么成功。我认为重要的是要知道没有所谓的好学生 或者坏学生。看看格雷厄姆!每个人都有擅长的事，重要的是要找出每个学生擅长的是什么。我们老 师应该花更多的时间和所有的学生交朋友，真正了解他们。这样才能确保我们为他们都找到了通向 成功的道路，不管在学业上还是以后的生活中。 I knew I had chosen
13、a job with a lot of stress but I love what I do. The thing about being a teacher is that you have access to childrens minds when they are open and eager to learn. If what I do as a teacher can help turn a child like Graham into such a successful adult, then I know what Im doing is worthwhile. As Joh
14、n Dewey, the famous educationalist, said, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” 我知道我选择了一份压力很大的工作，但我爱我的工作。做教师意味着，你有机会在孩子们敞开心 扉、渴望学习的时候，走进他们的心灵。作为老师如果可以帮助像格雷厄姆这样的孩子成长为如此 成功的人，那么我知道我做的是值得的。正如著名教育家约翰杜威所说：“教育不是为生活做准备； 教育就是生活本身。” 3 Lesson 3 So Close, Yet So Far 第三课 这么近，但又那么远 M
15、ark never stops socializing with his friends online. But hes also never felt more alone. 马克一直在和网上的朋友们交往却也从未感到如此孤独。 Where am I? What am I doing? If youre one of my 500 friends online, youll always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so Im constantly posting u
16、pdates on social mediawhether Im having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV. even when Im in the shower. As soon as I open my eyes in the morning, I check through all my social networking apps, read my emails and answer text messages. I do the same thing all over again while Im having breakfa
17、st. 我在哪里？我在做什么？如果你是我的 500 个网友之一，你总会第一个知道。我的手机和笔记本电 脑一直在身边， 所以我可以不断地在社交媒体上更新无论是在喝咖啡、 上学的路上、 看电视 甚至在洗澡的时候。早上一睁开眼，我就会立刻查看所有社交网络应用程序，阅读电子邮件并回复 短信。我在吃早餐的时候会再做一遍这些事情。 I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I asso
18、ciate with online. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely. 我住在大学宿舍里，室友们都很好。我总是不停地收到交往的网友发来的信息和最新消息。然而事 实却是：我感到孤独。 Im barely the only person who feels this way. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”. Im way beyond
19、 a shy or reserved person, but Im wired up every day, like most of my friends. On the surface, I have an active social life. I attend parties and play sports but Im always distracted. They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away. I obsess o
20、ver exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I cant remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates. 我不是唯一个有这种感觉的人。研究显示，超过三分之二的年轻人发现在网上交朋友比在“现实生活 中”交朋友更容易。我远非一个害羞或含蓄的人，但是我每天都在网上，我的朋友们大多也是如此。 从表面上看，我的社交生活很丰富。我也参加派对和体育运动，但总是不能专心。他们说手机让人 们联系更加紧密，但实际上，我的思绪总是“飞到十万八千里之外。我总是掂记自己的账号有多少人 关注，但却记
21、不起一些老朋友的生日。 Social networking dominates my life in so many ways. Sometimes I set deadlines for myself: I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and aim to finish in two hours. At 7.50 pm, Im still scrolling through my friendssilly posts and photos. Before I know it, its 9.30 pm and I still havent mov
22、ed an inch from the sofa. 4 I download song after song, video after video, but Im not really paying attention. The stimulation is in chasing after the next song rather than truly enjoying it. My friends try to drag me away from my phone, but as soon as Im alone again, Im desperate to get back to the
23、 online world and the intense activity that it provides. 社交网络在很多方面都控制着我的生活。有时我会为自己设定截止时间：我要在晚上 8 点开始做作 业，并且要在两小时内完成。晚上 7:50，我还在浏览朋友们发的无聊帖子和照片。等我意识到的时 候已经是晚上 9:30 了，我还在沙发上坐着一动没动。我下载一首又一首歌曲、一个又一个视频，但 其实并不在意。刺激来自于获取下一首歌而不是真正欣赏音乐。朋友们试图让我远离手机，但是一 旦我独自一人，就会不顾一切地回到网络世界和网上紧张的活动中。 I constantly feel depressed
24、, dissatisfied and alone. Since I spend so much time socialising online, I keep delaying things that are important in my real life: homework, tasks, connecting with my friends and family members in a meaningful way. Its funny that my friends and I chatter away online so much, but we end up having no
25、thing to say when we meet. 我经常感到沮丧、不满和孤独。因为我花了很多时间上网社交，所以我一直在推迟现实生活中重要 的事情：家庭作业、任务、以有意义的方式和家人朋友联系。有趣的是，我和朋友们经常在网上聊 天，但我们见面时却无话可说。 A few days ago, I went out for a dinner get-together with some friends. My best friend left the table for 30 minutes because he had to take a call. Some spent the dinner
26、bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them. And the extraordinary thing is nobody thought this was rude; its just how life is nowadays. On a family holiday last summer, my sister spent all her time complaining that she needed to charge her pho
27、ne. When it was charged, she just spent hours reading about her favourite popstar; not once did she lift her head to enjoy the view outside her window. 几天前，我和一些朋友出去吃晚饭。我最好的朋友因为接听电话而离席 30 分钟。有些人整个晚餐都 埋头看手机，给网上的朋友发短信，却忽略了坐在他们面前的人。不可思议的是没有人认为这不礼 貌，这就是现在的生活方式。去年夏天一次全家去度假，我妹妹一直抱怨说她的手机需要充电。手 机充上电后，又花了数小时浏
28、览她最喜欢的流行歌星的消息，一次也没有抬起头欣赏窗外的景色。 What is really worrying is that no one I know, including myself, could go cold turkey. I cant even imagine going without social networking for a weethink of all the important appointments, invitations and news updates you would miss! Alcoholics who want to quit drinkin
29、g can avoid booze, but how do we give up our phones? After all, I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me at any 5 time. 令人真正担心的是，我认识的每个人，包括我自己，都不能够戒掉互联网。我甚至无法想象一周没 有社交网络的生活想想你会错过的所有重要约会、邀请和新闻更新！想要戒酒的酗酒者可以避 免饮酒，但我们如何放弃手机呢？毕竟，我需要它来学习，因为我的老师和同学需要随时与我联系。 So, thats t
30、he problem with social networking. Were hard-wired in, but were more disconnected than ever. 所以，这就是社交网络的问题。我们被网线连接，但人与人却比以往更加疏远。 北师大版高中英语新教材(选择性必修第一册)课文 （Unit 2) Lesson 1 Money VS Success 第一课 金钱 VS 成功 Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire Jason Harley 安吉拉约翰逊采访前百万富翁詹森哈利。 For a lot of people, becom
31、ing a millionaire is a symbol of success and they set this as their ultimate goal. They spend half of their time dreaming up ways of getting rich and achieving the success they expect, and the rest of their time thinking about all the things they will do once they become rich. But do all millionaire
32、s get the sense of success they were looking for after they achieve their goals? Some continue to worry about money when they become millionairesthey worked hard to become wealthy, but then they need to continue making money so they dont lose the sense of success they have achieved. However, there a
33、re people who have turned their backs on their millions and found other forms of success in their lives. Jason Harley is one example. 对于很多人来说，成为百万富翁是成功的象征，并将此作为最终目标。他们花一半时间想象各种发 财和达到他们期望的成功的方法，另一半时间则用来考虑一旦发了财他们会干什么。但是，百万富 翁们都在实现目标后获得所寻求的成功感了吗？有些人成为百万富翁后仍然担心金钱问题他们 努力工作，变得富有，但他们需要继续赚钱，这样才不会丧失已经获 得的成就感
34、。然而有些人却放弃了他们的百万财富，找到了人生中其他形式的成功。詹森哈利就是 一个例子。 Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture. There are certainly no signs that Jason is a rich and successful
35、 man! There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees, which Jason enjoys taking care of. He also grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops. 6 十六年前，詹森是一名大学教授，拥有一套 6 间卧室的大房子和 200 万美元的财富。现在他住在一 间只有二手家具的小宿舍里。根本没有迹象能表明詹森是一个富有而成功的人！房子
36、外面有一个小 花园，里面有几棵果树，詹森很喜欢侍弄它们。他还种了一些蔬菜和花。他从慈善商店买衣服和许 多其他的东西。 But Jason appreciates this change. He is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing. He made the choice to give all
37、 his money away. And this, he said, brought him happiness and a sense of success in life. “I dont need a lot of money. I dont want to buy more things. I have enough,” said Jason. “What I want is to live simply and be helpful to others. A few years ago, I was a millionaire, but I knew millions of peo
38、ple died of hunger every year, and there were places with no schools and no teachers. So many people could never go to school. They didnt have the chance to learn and get on in life. This worried me a lot and I felt very guilty being a rich man without doing anything.” 但是詹森喜欢这种变化。他很高兴能放弃富人的生活方式。他厌倦了
39、过别人眼中成功的生活，在很 多人一无所有的时候自己能够拥有一切。他决定把自己的钱财都捐赠出去。他说这给他的生活带来 了快乐和成功感。 “我不需要有很多钱， 也不想再买更多的东西。 我拥有的已经够多了， ”詹森说。 “我 想要简单的生活并乐于帮助别人。几年前，我是百万富翁，但我知道每年有数百万人死于饥饿，而 且有些地方没有学校和老师。这么多人永远不能上学，他们没有接受教育和开启新生活的机会。这 让我非常担心，作为一位富人不能有所为，我感到非常内疚。” Therefore he gave away all his money to charities. Whenever he had more t
40、han two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas. “It was a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success that I had never felt before,” said Jason. “Sure, many people think that success means having millions in the bank or a well-paid
41、 job. But I think my sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.” 因此，他把所有的钱都捐给了慈善机构。每当他的钱超过两千美元时，他就会给当地街头无家可归 的人赠送小额钞票。“这是一种我从未感受过的满足感和真正的成功感，”詹森说。“当然， 很多人 认为成功意味着有数百万银行存款或高薪的工作。 但我认为我的成就感来自于帮助他人并找到生活 真正的意义。” Most people believe when they are living comfortably a
42、nd earning enough money, they will have no worries. However, most people never feel they have earned enough. Jason Harley decided to drop out of this kind of lifestyle, and he discovered that having only a little money made him free. Are there any things 7 he misses from his past? “No, Im much happi
43、er now, because I am living according to my values. Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.” 大多数人相信，当他们生活舒适并赚到足够的钱时，就可以高枕无忧了。但是，大多数人从未觉得 自己赚够了。詹森哈利决定放弃这种生活方式，他发现只拥有少量的金钱使他获得了自由。和过去 相比，他错过了什么吗？“不， 现在我更开心，因为我依照自己的价值观在生活。衡量成功与否不 在于有多少金钱，而是如
44、何理解生命的真正意义。” Lesson 3 Getting to the Top 第三课 到达顶峰 Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to the limits? As one of the Olympic athletes, I miss birthday parties, ruin family holidays and skip nights out, but there is a very good reason for giving up so much. “Were worried about you,” said my friend
45、from across the table. He was worried that I had no longer become fun to train with and that I was in danger of being left with only a world championship medal and no one to share it with. 为什么奥林匹克运动员要将自己逼到极限呢？作为一名奥林匹克运动员，我错过生日聚会、放弃节 日与家人团聚、不参加派对，但是放弃这么多是有合理的理由的。 “我们很担心你， ”坐在我对面的 朋友说。他担心和我一起训练不再是一件愉悦
46、的事情，担心我处于只剩下世界冠军的奖牌而无人可 以分享的危险境地。 I could have become angry or defensive. Dont they know how hard it is to be at the top in sport? Dont they know what it takes to get there? However, deep down I knew elements of what he was saying were right. I was always tired and every workout had a mental intensi
47、ty that seemed too much for most to handle. I was pushing the limits and extremes beyond what most thought were healthy. 我本可以生气或者辩解一下的。难道他们不知道在运动中处于顶峰有多难吗？难道他们不知道走向 顶峰需要付出多少吗？然而，在内心深处，我知道他说的是对的。我总是疲惫不堪，每次锻炼带来 的心理压力对于大多数人来说都太难应对。我把极限逼到了大多数人认为的健康范围之外。 These are the fears I face as a professional athle
48、te on a day-to-day basis. Who am I doing this for? How much is too much? Why am I doing this? How can I be so selfish? What are the sacrifices for? 这些是我作为职业运动员日常面临的恐惧。我这样做是为了谁？太多是多少？我为什么要这样做？ 我怎么能这么自私？这些牺牲是为什么？ I think of countless birthday parties and nights out I have missed, ruining a family holi
49、day in France 8 because of the endless search for a swimming pool to train in, almost missing my brothers wedding because I was too busy hiring a car in downtown Johannesburg and driving through the “no-go” areas in order to do a group ride with the local triathletes. The list is endless. 我想到了曾经错过的无
50、数生日派对和本来可以外出狂欢的夜晚；因为一直寻找可以训练的游泳池， 而破坏了一次去法国的全家旅行；为了和当地的铁人三项运动员一起骑行训练，我忙着在约翰内斯 堡市中心租车，开车闯过“禁行”区，差点错过哥哥的婚礼。这样的事情不计其数。 It boils down to this: I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination. From a small girl, I would stay in at lunch time just to get ahead on class work rather than go ou
