1、空白演示单击输入您的封面副标题1. After l had pictured it over and over again in my mind,the big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high!l woke up early and rushed out of the door in myeagerness tO get to know my new school.我在脑海中进行了无数次的想象之后，如今这一天终于来了:我高中生活的第一天!我一大早就起床冲出了家门，迫不及待地想了解我的新学校。2. The campus was s
2、till quiet when l arrived, so I decidedto explore a bit. I was looking at the photos on thenoticeboard when l heard a voice behind me. Newhere? Turning around, I saw a white-haired man.“Yes, I replied.Tm wondering what life is going tobe like here.“Dont worry,he gave me a smile. Youllsoon find out.”
3、我来到学校时，四周还是一片寂静,我决定四处探索一番。我正在浏览公告牌上的照片,身后忽然传来一个声音:“你是新生吗?”我转过身，看到一位白发老人。“是的,”我答道，“我正在想这里的生活将是怎么样的。”“别担心,”他对我微微一笑，“你很快就会知道了。3. How true these words were! When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was surprised to see the same man I had met earlier.这话说得真是太对了。当我的英语老师走进教室时,我惊讶地发现,他就是我之前遇到的那位
4、老人。4. “Good morning, everyone.Before we start, please come to the front one by one and introduce yourself to the class.lll go first.”“大家早上好。开始上课前,请大家依次到前面来向全班介绍一下你自己。我先来.5. What?! I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldntstart.I should say my name, of course. But what elsc? What couldI
5、 say to make a good first impression? Something about my insectcollection, perhaps.”I was organising my words in my head when thegirl next to me gave me a nudge. Its your turn!“什么?!”我试图让大脑运转起来，可引擎怎、么就是无法发动呢。“我肯定得先介绍我的名字。还有呢?我该说些什么才能给别人留下个不错的第一印象呢?也许可以说说我牧集昆虫标本的事。”我正忙着在脑海中组织语言,坐在我旁边的女孩轻轻推了我一下:“轮到你了!”
6、6. With butterflies in my stomach, l breatheddeeply.Hi, Im Meng Hao.”Everyone started laughing. I looked at them in panic.“Nice to know we share the same name,”said my new teacher. I had been too nervousto pay attention when he introduced himself!Although I was embarrassed, his wordsmade me a lot mo
7、re relaxed!我心里七上八下、紧张万分。我深吸了一口气说:“大家好,我叫孟浩。”大家一下子哄笑起来,我惊慌失措地盯着他们。“很高兴我们同名啊。”我的新老师说。我刚才太紧张了，竟然没有仔细听老师的自我介绍!尽管有些尴尬，老师的话还是让我放松了很多!7. When we had all introduced ourselves,MrMeng said, Well done, everyone! I knowthis isnt easy for many of you.But this isjust the kind of thing you are going to faceat seni
8、or high. Challenges like this might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all depends on what youdo. Keep calm and be prepared. That way, youll make the most ofyour time at senior high.我们都介绍完后,孟老师说:“大家都做得很好!我知道这对你们很多人来说并不容易，但这种情况正是大家在高中阶段将要面对的。类似的挑战有时可能会让大家倍感压力,但是一切都取决于你自己的努力。大家要时刻保持冷静,做好准备，这样就可以
9、充分利用高中的时光了。”8. People say, Well begun, half done. I guess this was a good beginning to my new school life.常言道:“好的开始是成功的一半。”我想,我的高中生活开了一个好头。高中生活指南Interviewer: Hello and welcome to School Talk! Today Im joined by a former student ofour school, Lisa Osborne. Lisa graduated from our school last June and
10、 is about to go tocollege in New York. Lisa, thank you for coming to share your suggestions for high school with us.Lisa:Hi, everybody. Im very glad to be back. l feel as if high school was only yesterday!采访人:大家好，欢迎收看校园访谈!本期嘉宾是我校校友莉萨奥斯本。莉萨今年六月从我校毕业,即将前往纽约上大学。莉萨,感谢你来与我们分享高中生活的一些建议。莉萨:大家好。非常高兴回到母校。我觉得
11、高中生活就像昨天发生的事一样历历在目!Interviewer: So what helped when you first started high school?Lisa: Orientation Day was really helpful. Its a fantastic opportunity for new students toget to know the school and the other students. I even made some new friends! Just keepan open mind and take part in as much as po
12、ssible.采访人:那么,刚上高中时，有哪些事对你有所帮助?莉萨:迎新日真的非常有用。这是新生了解学校和认识同学的绝好机会。我那天还交了一些新朋友呢!只管敞开心扉,尽可能地参与其中。Interviewer: Thats sound advice for sure.But how did you deal with new challenges,like starting a new course?Lisa: I had a chemistry test right at the end of the first week.I was frightened at thesight of the
13、 test paper.But then I figured Id better just go all out and see what happens.If you fail, no problem - next time you can fail better!采访人:这的确是个好建议。不过，你是如何应对全新挑战的呢?比如学习一门新课程?莉萨:开学第一周才刚结束的时候,我就有一场化学考试。我看到试卷的时候好害怕。不过接着我就觉得,最好还是全力以赴考考看。这次考不好，没关系的一下次你会做得更好!Interviewer: So, hold your head up, then.But lif
14、e is not always easy.You must have hadsome moments when you were disappointed. If so, how did you deal with them?采访人:也就是说,诀窍就是永不气馁。可是生活并非总是一帆风顺。你肯定也经历过灰心丧气的时刻。在这种情况下,你是如何应对的呢?Lisa:As a member of the school volleyball team, I wasn t selected for the end-of-yearcompetition.At first l was really sad, b
15、ut later I realized that I joined the team for thelove of the sport. It wasnt just about winning.So I kept working hard to support myteammates during our training.Theres always a way to be part of something you love,isnt there?莉萨:我是学校排球队的一员,可年终赛却没有选我参加。开始我非常泪丧，但是后来我意识到，我是因为热爱这项运动才加入球队的，与我（是不是能上场）赢球无
16、关。所以,在后来的训练中我一直努力支持我的队友。对于自己热爱的事情，总是有办法参与其中的,不是吗?Interviewer: Yes, I totally agree. Is there anything else in particular that youd like toshare with us?Lisa: Looking back on my high school life, the most important advice Td give is thesewonderful words from the writer Maya Angelou. She said, Be a ra
17、inbow in somebodyelse s cloud.So, give your friends a hand when they need it.And this will make you feelgood, too.采访人:没错,我完全赞同。你还有没有其他想和大家特别分享的事情呢?莉萨:回顾高中生活,我能给大家最重要的建议是作家玛雅安吉罗的一司精彩名言。她说:“要成为别人云朵中的一道彩虹。”所以,在朋友需要帮助时要施以援手，这也会让你觉得很开心。Interviewer: Neat! Well, thanks again for coming to speak to us, Lisa
18、. And good luckwith college!Lisa: Thank you.采访人:太棒了!好的,再次感谢你今关来和大家分享,莉萨。祝你在大学一切顺利!莉萨:谢谢。1. Have you ever asked yourself why peopleoften have trouble learning English?l hadn t, until one day my five-year-oldson asked me whether there was ham ina hamburger.There isn t. This made merealize that theres
19、no epg in eggplanteither. Neither is there pine nor applein pineapple.This got me thinking howEnglish can be a crazy language to learn.你有没有问过自己，为什么人们常常觉得学英语很困难?我以前从未想过这个问题，直到有一天，我5岁的儿子问hamburger (汉堡包）里面有没有ham(火腿。答案是没有,这让我意识到，eggplant茄子）里面也没有egg (鸡蛋，而pineapple（菠萝）里既没有pine（松树)，也没有apple(苹果）。这让我陷入思考:对于学
20、习者而言,英语到底可以有多疯狂呢?2. For example, in our free time we cansculpt a sculpture and paint a painting,but we take a photo.And when we aretraveling we say that we are in the car orthe ta xi, but on the train or bus! Whilewere doing all this traveling,we can getseasick at sea，airsick in the air and carsicki
21、n a car, but we dont get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of home,why arent homework and housework thesame thing?例如，闲暇时我们可以雕一座雕像(sculpta sculpture)、画一幅画(paint a painting)，但只能拍一张照片(take a photo 。方旅行时,我们坐汽车或出租车时是说坐在里面(in),坐火车或公共汽车时却要说坐在上面(on) !同样,我们会在海上晕船(seasickat sea) 、在飞机里晕机（airsick in
22、the air) 、在车里晕车(carsick in a car） ，但回到家里我们却不会“晕家”(homesick，实际意义为“思乡的”)。说到家,为什么h o me w o rk(家庭作业）和housework家务）(这两个英语单词看起来很像意思却）不是一回事呢.?3. If “hard” is the opposite of “soft” , why arehardly and “softly not an opposing pair ?lf harmless actions are the opposite of harmfulactions, why are shameless an
23、d shameful behaviors the same?如果说hard（硬）是soft(软）的反义词，为什么hardly (几乎不）和softly柔和地）却不是一对反义词?如果说harmless actions（无害行为）和harmful actions（有害行为）意思相反，为什么shamelessbehaviors（无耻行为）和shamefulbehaviors (可耻行为）反而是一回事?4. When we look out of the window and seerain or snow, we can say “its raining or“its snowing”.But wh
24、en we see sunshine,we cant say it s sunshining.当我们望向窗外，看到雨(rain）或雪(snow）时，我们可以说正在下雨(itsraining)或正在下雪(itssn owing )。可我们看见阳光(sunshine)的时候却不能说“正在下阳光”(its sunshining) 。5.Even the smallest words can be confusing.When you see the capitalized “WHOin amedical report,do you read it as the who”in- Whos that?”
25、 What about“IT” and “US?就算是最短小的单词都让人费解。如果你在医学报告中看到大写的wHO，你会把它读成whos that?中的who吗那么IT和US又该怎么读呢?6. You also have to wonder at the unique madnessof a language in which a house can burn upas it burns down, in which you fill in a formby filling it out, and in which an alarm is onlyheard once it goes off!英
26、语这门语言独有的疯狂令你不得不感到惊奇。在英语里,房子烧成灰烬的时候,可以说burn up（字面意思为“烧上去”)，也可以说burndown(字面意思为“烧下去”)填表的时候,你可以fill in a form（字面意思为“填入表里”），也可以filloutaform字面意思为“填到表外”）而且只有闹钟走了（go off字面意思为“离开”)以后你才能听到铃声!7.English was invented by people,not computers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race.That is why when the st
27、ars are out, they arevisible,but when the lights are out, they areinvisible.And that is why when l wind upmy watch, it starts, but when l wind up thispassage, it ends.英语是人创造的,不是计算机发明的,它反映了人类的创造力。这就是为什么stars are out星星出来了)的时候我们能看到星星,而lights areout（灯灭了）的时候我们却看不到灯光。这也是当我wind up my watch(给手表上紧发条以后表针开始走，而
28、我wind up this passage（将本文收尾）后这篇文章结束的原因。Last week, our forum asked if youhad any funny or strange storiesabout using English.We didn tcxpoct to gct so many posts! Hcreare some of our favourites, torcmind us that some of the Englishwe learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in thco
29、utside world!366325 commentssharefavourites上个星期，我们在论坛里问大家在使用英语时有没有遇到过什么搞笑或者离奇的事情。我们没想到会收到这么多回帖!以下是我们最喜欢的几篇，它们让我们意识到，有些在课堂上学到的英语和在课堂之外使用的英语真是太不一样了!People say that the British always play safe with what they eat.Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my Englishteacher was called Maggie.
30、One day, a different teacher took our class.He told us that Maggie couldn t teach that day COZ she hada frog in her throat.Poor Maggie - but why did she try to eat such a big frog?135comments都说英国人吃东西很谨慎。才不是呢!我在曼彻斯特参加过一个暑期培训班,我的英语老师叫玛吉。有一天,另外一个老师来给我们代课。他说玛吉老师没法来上课,因为她的喉咙里卡了一只青蛙。可怜的玛吉老师一可是她为什么要吃那么大的青蛙
31、呢?When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shoppingcentre to buy some winter boots.At the information desk at theentrance, I asked a lady where the shoe section was. She said thatit was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn tfind any shoes. I decided to leave.Whe
32、n I was looking for the exit,l saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor,not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong information?X-(第一次去纽约的时候,我去市中心一家购物中心买冬靴。我在入口处问服务台的女士卖鞋的地方在哪里。她告诉我在二楼。于是我上到二楼,但是并没有找到鞋,所以决定离开。就在我找出口的时候,我发现鞋区是在一楼，不在二楼。她为什么告诉我错误的信息呢?X-(lve got an English
33、 penfriend, who I finally got to meet in Londonthis summer.He had told me that his grandfather was“freallywicked”. But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I found it very odd.Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?我有个英国笔友，今年夏天我们终于在伦敦见面了。他以前跟我说他的爷爷“很邪恶”。可我一见到他的爷爷就很喜欢他。
34、我觉得好奇怪。我的朋友为什么用一个贬义词来形容这么好的人呢?The British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writingmy first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was lookingforward to getting a
35、 positive comment. When I got the paper back, I foundmy teacher had written the comment Not bad!”Not bad? But there werent any errors in my paper. :-(英国人的标准一定很高很高。我在中国上的大学和英国一所大学有一个交换项目,我作为交换生到英国学习。我的第一篇英语论文,从准备到写作花了若干天时间。我知道自己写得很好，也期待着老师积极的评价。可是论文发下来后,我发现老师的评语竟然是“不算差!”不算差?可是我的论文里什么错误也没有呀。:-( ( The
36、living room.Friday night.A table and twwochairs at front centre.Grandfather ard Father,seated at the table, are playing chess.) Grandfather: And. I win! (Son enters room.) Father: Not again! Oh look, here comes my boy. How are you, son? (起居室。星期五晚上。舞台正前方有一张桌子，两把椅子。祖父和父亲坐在桌边下国际象棋。) 祖父:嗯.我赢了! (儿子走进房间。)
37、 父亲:怎么又输了!哟，我儿子来了。最近怎么样啊，儿子? Son: (nervously approaching the table) Erm.Dad, can we talk? Father: Sure! You know you can always turn to your dad for a chat. Son: OK.Here it is. Ive decided not to go to university. I want to focus onmy band and have a career in music when l leave school. 儿子: (小心贾翼地走近
38、桌子) 呃.老爸，咱们能聊聊么? 父亲:当然!你随时都可以找你老爸聊天啊。 儿子:好吧，是这样我不想上大学。我想专心搞我的乐队，毕业后走音乐这条路。 Father: (raising his voice in surprise) You cant be serious! What about yourfuture career as a lawyer? Son: l knew youd say that.You just assume I want to be a lawyer, butthat s only because you are a la wyer. Father: whats w
39、rong with being a lawyer? Lawyers help people and are respected by others. 父亲: ( 惊讶地抬高声音说)你是在开玩笑吧!你不准备做律师了吗? 儿子:我就知道您会这么说。您以为我想做律师，可那只是因为您自己是律师。 父亲:做律师哪里不好啦?律师帮助别人，还受人尊敬。 Son: Yes, but Im not interested in law. l want to work in a studio,not a court. Grandfather: ( looking at Father) Calm down. OK?
40、Father: (ignoring Grandfathers wwords) Stop daydreaming! Playing in a band is not a job. Son: Of course it is! The music industry is developing fast now.Makingmusic is a job. 儿子:的确，但我对法律不感兴趣。我想在录音棚里工作，不想在法院工作. 祖父:(看者父亲)先冷静一下，好吗? 父亲: (没有理会 祖父的话)别做白日梦了!搞乐队根本不是份工作。 儿子:当然是!现在音乐产业发展得很快。做音乐是-份工作。 Grandfat
41、her: (stepping between Father and Son and raising his voice) Hey! I told you to calm down,both of you! Father: But I told him to study somcthing useful at university! Grandfather: (laugbiong) Easy, son! I remember when you were his age, you said that you wanted to be a professional football player.
42、Father: And you wanted me to be an engineer! 祖父: (走到父亲和儿 子中间，提高嗓门)嘿!我说了冷静点，你们俩! 父亲:可我也说了他得去上大学，学些有用的东西! 祖父: (笑) 别生气,儿子!我记得你像他这么大的时候,你说你想当职业足球运动员。 父亲:可您想让我做工程师! Grandfather: l just wanted you to be happy, and an engineer - a happy engineer. Father: But in the end, you just advised me to think careful
43、ly. Grandfathcr: Yes, and you have found the career that suits your talents.Im so proud of you.Your son is proud of you, too. Son: Of course l am, but I have different talents. 祖父:我只是希望你能开心，而且能当一名工程师一一一名开心的工程师。 父亲:但最后您只是建议我认真考虑。 祖父:是的，而且你找到了能发挥你天赋的职业。我以你为荣。你儿子也以你为荣。 儿子:没错，但是我的天赋(和你的)并不一样。 Grandfathe
44、r: (turning to Son) why dont you also take my adlvice and think carefully before jumping in with both feet?Son: Well, I could try. . Grandfathcr: If you go to university and play music at the same time, you willhave two options for your future. And Im sure playing in a band willhelp you make lots of
45、 new friends at university. Father: Yes,lots of new la wyer friends! Son: (with a sigh) Dad. 祖父: (对儿 子说)要不然你也按照我说的，三思而后行? 儿子:嗯，我可以试试. 祖父:如果你边上大学边搞音乐，你将来就会有两种选择。而且，我相信加入乐队也能让你在大学里结识很多新朋友。 父亲:是的，很多新的律师朋友! 儿子:(叹了口气)老爸.1. It was the final part of the 2016 World Triathlon Series in Mexico. With just 700
46、metres to go, Alistair Brownlee was in third place and his younger brother, Jonny, was in the lead. Alistair pushed himself towards the finish line in the burning heat, but as he came round the cormer, he saw his brother about to fall onto the track. Alistair had to choose - brotherly love, or a cha
47、nce to win the race?这是2016年在墨西哥举行的世界铁人三项系列赛的最后一程。 距终点还有700米，阿利斯泰尔.布朗利位列第三，他的弟弟乔尼处于领先地位。阿利斯泰尔在酷热中奋力奔向终点。但就在他转过弯道时，却看到弟弟摇摇欲坠地要摔倒在跑道上。阿利斯泰尔必须做出选择- - -是要手足之情,还是要赢得比赛?2 For Alistair, the choice was clear. His brother was in trouble. He had to help. Alistair ran towards Jonny, caught him and started pulli
48、ng him towards the finish line. Alistair then pushed his brother over the line. The move put Jonny in second place and Alistair himself in thind. It was an unexpected end to the race, but Alistair did not want to discuss it with the media. He just wanted to see his younger brother, who had been rush
49、ed to the medical area.对阿利斯泰尔来说，如何选择显而易见。弟弟遇到了麻烦，他必须施以援手。阿利斯泰尔跑向乔尼，抓住他，并拖着他跑向终点。接着,阿利斯泰尔把乔尼推过终点线。这一举动使乔尼获得第二名，而他自己则位列第三。这是一个意料之外的结局，但阿利斯泰尔并不想与媒体讨论此事。他只想去探望被紧急送到医疗区的弟弟。3 The Brownlee brothers have been doing triathlons since they were children.“Obviously, when your older brother is doing it, you thin
50、k its a cool thing to do, says Jonny. Alistair says that they encourage each other as much as they can when they train. Despite arguments over stupid things now and then, Alistair agrees that having a brother is an advantage. Throughout my entire life, Ive had my brother trying to beat me at everyth
