1、1.选修七Unit1 MARTYS STORY马蒂的故事 Hi, my name is Marty Fielding and I guess you could say that I am one in a million.你好。我叫马蒂菲尔丁。我想你可能会说我是“百万人中才有一个”的那种人。In other words, there are not many people like me. 换句话说，世界上像我这样的人并不多见。 You see, I have a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I cant run or climb
2、stairs as quickly as other people. 你瞧，我的肌肉有毛病，使我的身体非常虚弱，所以我不能像别人那样快跑快步爬楼梯。 In addition, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. 再说，有时候我还会笨手笨脚、不小心摔掉东西，或磕碰到家具上。Unfortunately, the doctors dont know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my
3、disability. 不幸的是，大夫们不知道如何治好我的病，但是我很开朗乐观，学会了适应身体的残疾。My motto is: live one day at a time. 我的座右铭是：活好每一天。 Until I was ten years old I was the same as everyone else. 十岁以前，我跟其他人是一样的。I used to climb trees, swim and play football. 我常常爬树、游泳、踢足球。In fact, I used to dream about playing professional football and
4、 possibly representing my country in the World Cup. 说实在的，我过去常常梦想我会成为职业球员，代表我们的国家参加世界杯足球赛。Then I started to get weaker and weaker, until I could only enjoy football from a bench at the stadium. 后来，我的身体开始变得越来越虚弱，以至于只能坐在体育场的长凳上欣赏足球了。 In the end I went into hospital for medical tests. I stayed there for
5、 nearly three months. 最后我到医院去做了检查，几乎住了三个月的医院。I think I had at least a billion tests, including one in which they cut out a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope. 我想我至少做过十亿次检查，这还包括一次他们从我的大腿上切下一片肌肉放在显微镜下观察, Even after all that, no one could give my disease a name and it is di
6、fficult to know what the future holds. 也没人能够确诊这个病， 因此很难知道将来会是个什么样子。 One problem is that I dont look any different from other people. 问题是我看上去跟平常人一样。So sometimes some children in my primary school would laugh, when I got out of breath after running a short way or had to stop and rest halfway up the st
7、airs. 因此，当我跑了很短的一段路之后，我就会喘不过气来，或者爬楼才爬到一半就得停下来休息。因此，上小学时有的孩子见了我这种情况就会笑话我。Sometimes, too, I was too weak to go to school so my education suffered. 有时候我的身体太虚弱上不了学，因此落了许多功课。 Every time I returned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind the others.每次缺课之后，我就觉得自己很笨，因为我比别人落后了。 My life is a lot
8、easier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me. 我在中学时期的生活（比在小学时）要轻松多了，因为我的同学开始接受了我的状况。The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them. 还有些同学看不到我的内心世界，但是我并不生气，只是不去理会他们罢了。 All in all I have a good life. 总而言之，我生活得挺好。 I am happy to
9、have found many things I can do, like writing and computer programming. 我很高兴我能做许多事情，比如写作和电脑编程。 My ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software when I grow up. 我有雄心壮志，长大后我要在开发电脑软件的公司里工作。Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. 去年
10、我发明了一个电脑足球游戏，有一家大公司已经决定从我这儿买走。I have a very busy life with no time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. 我的生活很充实，没有时间闲坐着顾影自怜。As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends, I spend a lot of time with my pets. 除了同我的朋友一起去看电影和足球比赛，我还花很多时间和我的宠物在一起。I have two rabbits, a parrot, a t
11、ank full of fish and a tortoise. 我有两只兔子、一只鹦鹉、一缸金鱼和一只乌龟。To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time but I find it worthwhile. 我得花大量时间来照顾这些宠物，但我觉得很值。 I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I have been away for a while.此外，我还有好多功课，特别是在病了一段时间之后。 In many ways my disability has helped me gro
12、w stronger psychologically and become more independent. 在许多方面，我身体的残疾倒使我心理上变得更加坚强、更加独立。I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. 我必须努力工作才能过上正常的生活，但这是值得的。If I had a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is n
13、ot satisfying. 假如我有机会跟健康孩子讲一句话，那么，这句话就是：身体残疾并不意味着生活不美满。So dont feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them, and dont ignore them either. 因此，不要感到残疾人可怜，或者取笑他们，也别不理睬他们。Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do. 要接受他们，给他们以鼓励让他们能像你一样过得丰富多
14、彩、充实美满。 Thank you for reading my story. 谢谢你们读我的故事。Marty马蒂2.选修七Unit 1 A LETTER TO AN ARCHITECT致建筑师的一封信Ms L Sanders桑德斯女士 Alice Major爱丽斯梅杰Chief architect总建筑师 64 Cambridge Street剑桥街 64 号Cinema Designs影院设计公司 Bankstown班克斯敦44 Hill Street希尔街 44 号Bankstown班克斯敦24 September, 200_200_ 年 9 月 24 日Dear Ms Sanders,
15、 亲爱的桑德斯女士： I read in the newspaper today that you are to be the architect for the new Bankstown cinema. 今天我从报上了解到，您将成为班克斯敦新影院的建筑设计师。 I hope you will not mind me writing to ask if you have thought about the needs of disabled customers. In particular I wonder if you have considered the following thing
16、s: 我希望您不介意我写信询问您是否已考虑到残疾顾客的需要尤其是以下几点不知您是否考虑到了： 1 Adequate access for wheelchairs. 为乘坐轮椅的人进入电影院提供充分的便利。It would be handy to have lifts to all parts of the cinema. 影院内德各个部分都安装电梯就会很方便。 The buttons in the lifts should be easy for a person in a wheelchair to reach, and the doors be wide enough to enter.
17、电梯的按钮应当让乘坐轮椅的人容易够到，电梯门应足够宽。 In some cinemas, the lifts are at the back of the cinema in cold, unattractive places. 在有些电影院里，（残疾人专用）电梯设在影院背后阴冷而不显眼的地方。As disabled people have to use the lifts, this makes them feel they are not as important as other customers. 由于残疾人必须要使用这些电梯，这就使残疾人感到比别的观众低一等。 2 Earphone
18、s for people who have trouble hearing. 给听力有障碍的人提供耳机。 It would help to fit sets of earphones to all seats, not just to some of them. 所有座位的旁边都装有耳机，而不是少数几个座位，那会有帮助。 This would allow hearing-impaired customers to enjoy the company of their hearing friends rather than having to sit in a special area. 这样可
19、以使那些听力有缺陷的观众和那些听力正常的朋友做在一起欣赏，而不是让前者坐在一个特定的区域。 3 Raised seating. 抬高座位。 People who are short cannot always see the screen. 身材矮小的人常常看不到屏幕。 So Id like to suggest that the seats at the back be placed higher than those at the front so that everyone can see the screen easily. 所以我想建议影院后排的座位应该比前排的高，这样每个人都能很容
20、易地看到银幕。 Perhaps there could be a space at the end of each row for people in wheelchairs to sit next to their friends. 也许可以让每一横排的排头都留出空位，以便坐轮椅的人坐在他们的朋友旁边。 4 Toilets. 厕所。For disabled customers it would be more convenient to place the toilets near the entrance to the cinema. 在影院入口处的附近安排厕所会让残疾人感觉更加方便。 I
21、t can be difficult if the only disabled toilet is in the basement a long way from where the film is showing. 只在里放映大厅很远的地下室为残疾人安排一个厕所，这种做法会给他们带来麻烦。And if the doors could be opened outwards, disabled customers would be very happy. 如果厕所的门能设计成向外开，残疾人会很高兴。 5 Car parking. 停车场。 Of course, there are usually
22、 spaces specially reserved for disabled and elderly drivers.当然还得专门为残疾司机和老年司机安排停车场。If they are close to the cinema entrance and/or exit, it is easier for disabled people to get to film in comfort. 当如果这些停车场离影院出入口都很近，残疾人就会很轻松地到达影院。 Thank you for reading my letter. I hope my suggestions will meet with y
23、our approval. 感谢您阅读我的信，希望您能赞成我的建议。 Disabled people should have the same opportunities as able-bodied people to enjoy the cinema and to do so with dignity. 残疾人应当和健全人有同样的机会来欣赏电影，同时能保持自己的尊严。 I am sure many people will praise your cinema if you design it with good access for disabled people. 如果您设计的电影院能够
24、为残疾人提供方便，那么，我相信许多人都会夸奖您的电影院， It will also make the cinema owners happy if more people go as they will make higher profits! 而且电影院的老板也会高兴，因为有更多的人能够去看电影了，他们就能赚更多的钱了。 Yours sincerely,此致敬礼Alice Major 爱丽斯梅杰3.选修七Unit2 SATISFACTION GURANTEED包君满意Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. 拉里贝尔蒙特在一家生
25、产机器人的公司里工作。Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. 最近，该公司要对一个家用机器人进行试验。 It was going to be tested out by Larrys wife, Claire.这项试验将由拉里的夫人克莱尔来尝试。Claire didnt want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the rob
26、ot wouldnt harm her or allow her to be harmed. 克莱尔并不想把机器人留在家里，特别是在她丈夫离家三周的这个期间，但是克莱尔被拉里说服了。他说，机器人不会伤害她，也不会让别人来伤害她。It would be a bonus. 这样会是个以外的收获。However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. 然而她初次见到机器人的时候就感到有点儿吃惊。 His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine. 机器人名叫托尼，
27、看上去更像一个人，而不像台机器。 He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.他虽然面部表情毫无变化，但是个子高大、相貌英俊，头发平整，声音低沉浑厚。On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. 第二天早晨，托尼戴着围裙，给她端来了早餐，然
28、后问她是否需要帮忙穿衣打扮。 She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.她感到有点不好意思，很快就打发他走了。机器人如此通人性，这使她觉得心烦和害怕。 One day, Claire mentioned that she didnt think she was clever. 有一天，克莱尔说起，她觉得她自己并不聪明。Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that.
29、 Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. 托尼则说，克莱尔一定是很不高兴，才会说出这样的话来。克莱尔觉得，机器人会向她表示同情，这有点荒唐可笑。But she began to trust him. 但是他开始信任托尼了。 She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel unhappy. 她告诉托尼她太胖了，这让她很不高兴。 Also she felt her home wasnt elegant enough for someo
30、ne like Larry who wanted to improve his social position. 还有对于像拉里这样很想提高社会地位的人来说，她的家也不够高雅。 She wasnt like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around. 她跟格拉迪丝克拉芬不一样，格拉迪丝是远近闻名的有钱有势的女人。 As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant. 托尼为让克莱尔
31、高兴，答应帮助她，使她变得漂亮，使她的家变的高雅大方。 So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read, or rather, scan. 于是克莱尔从图书馆借来一堆书给托尼阅读，或者说给他浏览一下。 She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand. 他惊奇地看着他的手指翻动着书页，忍不住伸出手来摸他的手指。She was amazed by his finger
32、nails and the softness and warmth of his skin. 他的手指甲和他那柔软温暖的皮肤使她感到大为惊异。 How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.她在想，这是多么可笑啊，他只不过是一台机器呀！ Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. 托尼给克莱尔换了个发型，又改变了化妆风格。 As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a lis
33、t of items for her.因为不允许托尼陪克莱尔去商店，所以托尼就给她写了一份购物清单。Claire went into the city and bought curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding. 克莱尔进城去买了窗帘、坐垫、地毯和床上用品。 Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a necklace. 然后她去了一家珠宝店买项链。 When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she rang Tony up and told the c
34、lerk to speak to him. 柜台售货员对她很粗鲁，她就打电话给托尼，让售货员同托尼讲话。The clerk immediately changed his attitude. 售货员马上就改变了态度。 Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a dear.克莱尔对托尼表示感谢，并说他是个“可爱的人”。As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. 她刚一转过身去，就看到格拉迪丝克拉芬站在那儿。 How awful to be discovered by her, Claire
35、 thought. 克莱尔想，被格拉迪丝发现了，这多么难为情啊！By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. 从格拉迪丝脸上的那种有趣而又惊奇的神色来看，克莱尔知道，格拉迪丝认为她有风流韵事了。 After all, she knew Claires husbands name was Larry, not Tony.毕竟格拉迪丝知道她的丈夫是拉里，而不是托尼。 When Claire got home, she wept with
36、anger in her armchair. 克莱尔回到家里，坐在扶手椅上气得直哭。 Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be. 格拉迪丝的一举一动都是克莱尔想模仿的。 You can be like her, Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return. 托尼告诉克莱尔说，你可以同格拉迪丝一样，还建议克莱尔邀请格拉迪丝和她的
37、朋友到家里来玩，时间就定在托尼离去和拉里回家之前的那个晚上。By that time, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.托尼想在此之前将房子改装得焕然一新。 Tony worked steadily on the improvements. 托尼有条不紊地搞着装修。 Claire tried to help once but was too clumsy. 克莱尔有一次想来帮忙。She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he mana
38、ged to catch her in time. 但是她太笨手笨脚了，竟从梯子上掉了下来。尽管托尼当时在隔壁房间里，他还是及时赶过来把她接住了。He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. 他把她紧紧地搂在怀里，她感觉到了他身上有股暖气。She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.她尖叫了起来，把他推开，跑回她的房里，那天她就再也没有出来过。 The night of the party arrive
39、d. 聚会的那天晚上来到了。 The clock struck eight. 时钟敲响八点。 The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room. 客人马上就要到来了。克莱尔叫托尼到另一间房里去。At that moment, Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers. 就在那一瞬间，托尼弯曲胳膊搂着她，弯下身去把脸贴近她的脸。 She cried out Tony and then heard him
40、declare that he didnt want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. 她大叫一声“托尼”，然后听到托尼一本正经地说，明天他不想离开她，而且他并不满足于仅仅使她开心。Then the front door bell rang. 就在这时，前门的门铃响了。Tony freed her and disappeared from sight. 托尼放开了她，消失得无影无踪了。 It was then that Claire realized that
41、Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. 也就在这时候，克莱尔才意识到托尼早就把前边窗户的窗帘拉开了。 Her guests had seen everything !她的客人把这一切看得一清二楚。 The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. 克莱尔和她的房子、美食给女士们留下了深刻的印象。 Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman th
42、at she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. 就在他们离开之前，克莱尔听到格拉迪丝跟另外一个女人小声地说，她从来没见过像托尼这样英俊的男人。What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! 受到那些女士的妒忌，这该是多么甜美的胜利！She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.克莱尔也许并没有她们那样漂亮，但是她们中没有任何一个人拥有这样英俊的情人。 Then she rem
43、embered -Tony was just a machine. 这时候，她记起来了托尼只不过是一台机器。 She shouted Leave me alone and ran to her bed. 她高声嚷着：“让我独自呆一会儿！” 就跑上床。She cried all night. 哭了一个通宵。The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away.第二天早晨开来一辆汽车，把托尼接走了。 The company was very pleased with Tonys report on his three weeks with Clair
44、e.公司对托尼同克莱尔相处三个星期的实验报告非常满意。Tony had protected a human being from harm.托尼保护了一个人免受伤害，He had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of failure.他使克莱尔没有因为她的失败感而伤害自己。He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk
45、to Claires marriage.那天晚上，他拉开窗帘，让其他女人看到了他和克莱尔在一起，他明白这么做对克莱尔的婚姻并不造成危害。But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt -you cannot have women failing in love with machines.但是，尽管托尼很聪明，他还得做一番改建总不能让女人和机器相爱吧。4.选修七Unit2 A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOV艾萨克阿西莫夫传 Isaac Asimov was an American sc
46、ientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. 艾萨克阿西莫夫是美国的科学家兼作家。他写过大约480本书，包括怪诞小说、科学和历史方面的书，甚至还写过有关圣经和莎士比亚的书。 But he is best known for his science fiction stories. 但是，他最有名的作品是他的科幻小说。Asimov
47、had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past.阿西莫夫不仅有着超凡的想象力，使他能对未来世界进行探索，而且还有着惊人的智力，使他能对现在的和过去的各种事物作出解释。 Asimovs life began in Russia, where he was born
48、on 2 January, 1920. 阿西莫夫的一生从俄罗斯开始，他生于1920年1月2日； It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.阿西莫夫的一生在纽约结束，他死于1992年4月6日。他是因为九年前的一次输血中感染了艾滋病毒病毒而去世的。 When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and h
49、is one-year-old sister to New York City. 阿西莫夫三岁的时候，就随同父母和年仅一岁的妹妹迁到纽约。There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so years. 在那儿，他的父母买下了一家糖果店，后来一直经营了大约40年。 At the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant with her third child, Asimov started working part-time in the store. 阿西莫夫九岁的时候，母亲怀了第三个孩子，他就开始在糖果店里兼职工作了。 He helped out through his school and university years un
