【人教版】高一英語(yǔ)必修一課文

精品文檔 1歡迎下載 必修一 Unit1 Anne s Best Friend Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to like your deepest feeli ngs and thoughts Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you or wou ld not understand what you are going through Anne Frank wanted the first kind so she made her diary her best friend Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War Her family was Jewish so nearly twenty five months before they were discovered During that time the only true friend was her diary She said I don t want to set down a series of facts in a dia ry as most people do but I want this diary itself to be my friend and I shall call my friend Kitty Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place s ince July 1942 Thursday 15th June 1944 Dear Kitty I wonder if it s because I haven t been able to be outdoors for so long that I ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky the song of the birds moonlight and flo wers could never have kept me spellbound That s changed since I was here For example one evening when it was so warm I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by my self But as t he moon gave far too much light I didn t dare open a window Another time five months ago I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open I didn t go downstairs until the window bad to be shut The dark rainy evening the wind the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power it was the first t ime in a year and a half that I d seen the night face to face Sadly I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging befor e very dusty windows It s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced Yours Anne 精品文檔 2歡迎下載 第一單元 友誼 Reading 安妮最好的朋友 你是不是想有一位無(wú)話不談能推心置腹的朋友呢 或者你是不是擔(dān)心你的朋友會(huì)嘲笑你 會(huì)不理解你目前的困境呢 安妮 弗蘭克想要的是第一種類型的朋友 于是她就把日記當(dāng) 成了她最好的朋友 安妮在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間住在荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹 她一家人都是猶 太人 所以他們不得不躲藏起來(lái) 否則他們就會(huì)被德國(guó)納粹抓去 她和她的家人躲藏了兩 年之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn) 在這段時(shí)間里 她唯一的忠實(shí)朋友就是她的日記了 她說(shuō) 我不愿像大 多數(shù)人那樣在日記中記流水賬 我要把這本日記當(dāng)作我的朋友 我要把我這個(gè)朋友稱作基 蒂 安妮自從 1942 年 7 月起就躲藏在那兒了 現(xiàn)在 來(lái)看看她的心情吧 親愛(ài)的基蒂 我不知道這是不是因?yàn)槲议L(zhǎng)久無(wú)法出門的緣故 我變得對(duì)一切與大自然有關(guān)的事物都無(wú)比 狂熱 我記得非常清楚 以前 湛藍(lán)的天空 鳥(niǎo)兒的歌唱 月光和鮮花 從未令我心迷神 往過(guò) 自從我來(lái)到這里 這一切都變了 比方說(shuō) 有天晚上天氣很暖和 我熬到 11 點(diǎn)半故意不睡覺(jué) 為的是獨(dú)自好好看看月亮 但是因?yàn)樵鹿馓亮?我不敢打開(kāi)窗戶 還有一次 就在五個(gè)月以前的一個(gè)晚上 我碰巧 在樓上 窗戶是開(kāi)著的 我一直等到非關(guān)窗不可的時(shí)候才下樓去 漆黑的夜晚 風(fēng)吹雨打 雷電交加 我全然被這種力量鎮(zhèn)住了 這是我一年半以來(lái)第一次目睹夜晚 令人傷心的是 我只能透過(guò)臟兮兮的窗簾觀看大自然 窗簾懸掛在沾滿灰塵的窗 前 但觀看這些已經(jīng)不再是樂(lè)趣 因?yàn)榇笞匀皇悄惚仨氂H身體驗(yàn)的 Using Language Reading listening and writing 親愛(ài)的王小姐 我同班上的同學(xué)有件麻煩事 我跟我們班里的一位男同學(xué)一直相處很好 我們常常一起做 家庭作業(yè) 而且很樂(lè)意相互幫助 我們成了非常好的朋友 可是 其他同學(xué)卻開(kāi)始在背后 議論起來(lái) 他們說(shuō)我和這位男同學(xué)在談戀愛(ài) 這使我很生氣 我不想中斷這段友誼 但是 我又討厭人家背后說(shuō)閑話 我該怎么辦呢 Reading and writing 尊敬的編輯 我是蘇州高中的一名學(xué)生 我有一個(gè)難題 我不太善于同人們交際 雖然我的確試著去跟 班上的同學(xué)交談 但是我還是發(fā)現(xiàn)很難跟他們成為好朋友 因此 有時(shí)候我感到十分孤獨(dú) 我確實(shí)想改變這種現(xiàn)狀 但是我卻不知道該怎么辦 如果您能給我提些建議 我會(huì)非常感 激的 精品文檔 3歡迎下載 Unit2 the Road to Modern English At the end of the 16th century about five to seven million people spoke Engli sh Nearly all of them lived in England Later in the next century people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that English began to be spoken in many other countries Today more people speak E nglish as their first second or a foreign language than ever before Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don t speak the same kind of English Look at this example British Betty Would you like to see my flat American Amy Yes I d like to come up to you apartment So why has English changed over time Actually all languages change and develo p when cultures meet and communicate with each other At fist the English spoke n in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today It was base more on German than the English we speak at present Then gradually between about AD 500 and 1150 English became less like German b ecause those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French These new s ettlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary So by the 1600 s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before In 1620 some British settlers moved to America Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia to English began to be spoken in both countries Finally by the 19th century the language was settled At that time two big cha nges in English spelling happened first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary an d later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English language The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia For example India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Brita 精品文檔 4歡迎下載 in ruled India from 1765 to 1947 During that time English became the language for government and education English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa Today the number of people learni ng English in China is increasing rapidly In fact China may have the largest number of English learners Will Chinese English develop its own identity Only time will tell 第二單元 世界上的 英語(yǔ) Reading 通向現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)之路 16 世紀(jì)末期大約有 5 百萬(wàn)到 7 百萬(wàn)人說(shuō)英語(yǔ) 幾乎所 有這些人都 生活在英國(guó) 后來(lái) 在 17 世紀(jì)英國(guó)人開(kāi)始航海征服了世界其它地區(qū) 于是 許多別的國(guó)家 開(kāi)始說(shuō)英語(yǔ)了 如今說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的人比以往任何時(shí)候都多 他們有的是作為第一語(yǔ)言來(lái)說(shuō) 有 的是作為第二語(yǔ)言或外語(yǔ) 以英語(yǔ)作為母語(yǔ)的人 即使他們所講的語(yǔ)言不盡相同 也可 以互相交流 請(qǐng)看以下例子 英國(guó)人貝蒂 請(qǐng)到我的公寓 flat 里來(lái)看看 好嗎 美國(guó)人艾米 好的 我很樂(lè)意到你的公寓 apartment 去 那么 英語(yǔ)在一段時(shí)間 里為什么會(huì)起變化呢 事實(shí)上 當(dāng)不同文化互相交流滲透時(shí) 所有的語(yǔ)言都會(huì)有所發(fā)展 有所變化 首先 在公元 450 年到 1150 年間 人們所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)跟今天所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)就很不一 樣 當(dāng)時(shí)的英語(yǔ)更多地是以德語(yǔ)為基礎(chǔ)的 而現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)不是 然后 漸漸地 大約在公元 800 年到 1150 年期間 英語(yǔ)不那么像德語(yǔ)了 因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)的英國(guó)的統(tǒng)治者起初講丹麥語(yǔ)后來(lái) 講法語(yǔ) 這些新的定居者大大豐富了英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言 特別是在詞匯方面 所以到 17 世紀(jì) 莎士 比亞所用的詞匯量比以前任何時(shí)期都大 在 1620 年 一些英國(guó)人搬遷到美洲定居 后來(lái) 到了 19 世紀(jì) 有些英國(guó)人也被送往澳大利亞 兩個(gè)國(guó)家的人都開(kāi)始說(shuō)英語(yǔ)了 最后 到 20 世紀(jì) 英語(yǔ)才真正定形 那時(shí) 英語(yǔ)在拼寫上發(fā)生了兩大變化 首先 塞繆爾 約翰遜 編寫了詞典 后來(lái) 諾厄 韋伯斯特編纂了 美國(guó)英語(yǔ)詞典 后者體現(xiàn)了美國(guó)英語(yǔ)拼寫的 不同特色 現(xiàn)在 英語(yǔ)在南亞也被當(dāng)作外語(yǔ)或第二語(yǔ)言來(lái)說(shuō) 比如說(shuō) 印度擁有眾多講英 語(yǔ)很流利的人 這是因?yàn)橛?guó)于 1765 年到 1947 年統(tǒng)治過(guò)印度 在那期間 英語(yǔ)成了官方 語(yǔ)言和 精品文檔 5歡迎下載 教育用語(yǔ) 在新加坡 馬來(lái)西亞和非洲其它國(guó)家 比如南非 人們也說(shuō)英語(yǔ) 目前在 中國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的人數(shù)正在迅速增長(zhǎng) 事實(shí)上 中國(guó)可能擁有世界上最多的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者 中 國(guó)英語(yǔ)會(huì)發(fā)展出自己的特色嗎 這只能由時(shí)間來(lái)回答了 Using Language 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)和方 言 什么是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ) 是在英國(guó) 美國(guó) 加拿大 澳大利亞 印度 新西蘭所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)嗎 信不信由你 世界上 沒(méi)有什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ) 許多人認(rèn)為 電視和收音機(jī)里所說(shuō)的就是標(biāo)準(zhǔn) 英語(yǔ) 這是因?yàn)樵谠缙诘碾娕_(tái)節(jié)目里 人們期望新聞播音員所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)是最好的英語(yǔ) 然 而 在電視和收音機(jī)里 你也會(huì)聽(tīng)出人們?cè)谡f(shuō)話時(shí)的差異 當(dāng)人們用不同于 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)語(yǔ)言 的詞語(yǔ)時(shí) 那就叫做方言 美國(guó)英語(yǔ)有許多方言 特別是中西部和南部地區(qū)的方言 以及 黑人和西班牙人的方言 在美國(guó)有些地區(qū) 即使是相鄰城鎮(zhèn)的兩個(gè)人所說(shuō)的語(yǔ)言都可能稍 有不同 美國(guó)英語(yǔ)之所以有這么多的方言是因?yàn)槊绹?guó)人是來(lái)自世界各地的緣故 地理位 置對(duì)方言的產(chǎn)生也有影響 住在美國(guó)東部山區(qū)的一些人說(shuō)著比較古老的英語(yǔ)方言 當(dāng)美國(guó) 人從一個(gè)地方搬到另一個(gè)地方時(shí) 他們也就把他們的方言隨著帶去了 因此 美國(guó)東南部 山區(qū)的人同美國(guó)西北部的人所說(shuō)的方言就幾乎相同 美國(guó)是一個(gè)使用多種方言的大國(guó) 雖 然許多美國(guó)人經(jīng)常搬遷 但是他們?nèi)匀荒軌虮鎰e 理解彼此的方言 Unit3 Journey Down the Mekong My name is Wang Kun Ever since middle school my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip Two years ago she bought an expensive 精品文檔 6歡迎下載 mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one Last year she visited our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college if Kunming They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries Wang Wei soon got time interested in cycling too After graduating from college we finally got the chance to take a bike trip I asked my sister Where are we going It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends Now she is planning our schedule for the trip I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming She can be really stubborn Although she didn t know the best way of getting to places she insisted that she organize the trip properly Now I know that the proper way is always her way I kept asking her When are we leaving and when are we coming back I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet Of course she hadn t my sister doesn t care about details So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province She gave me a determined look the kind that said she would not change her mind When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5 000 meters she seemed to be excited about it When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold she said it would be an interesting experience I know my sister well Once she has made up her mind nothing can change it Finally I had to give in Several months before our trip Wang Wei and I went to the library We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier to move quickly It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys traveling across western Yunnan Province Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and enters wide valleys We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China After it leaves China and high altitude the Mekong becomes wide brown and warm As it enters Southeast Asia its pace slows It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows At last the river delta enters the South China Sea 精品文檔 7歡迎下載 第三單元 游記 Reading 沿湄公河而下的旅程 第一部分夢(mèng)想與計(jì)劃 我的名字叫王坤 從高中起 我姐姐王薇和我就一直夢(mèng)想作一次偉大的自行車旅行 兩年 前 她買了一輛昂貴的山地自行車 然后還說(shuō)服我買了一輛 山地車 去年她去看望了我 們的表兄弟 在昆明讀大學(xué)的刀衛(wèi)和宇航 他們是傣族人 在云南省西部靠近瀾滄江的 地方長(zhǎng)大 湄公河在中國(guó)境內(nèi)的這一段叫瀾滄江 在其他國(guó)家 境內(nèi) 叫湄公河 很快 王薇使表兄弟也對(duì)騎車旅游產(chǎn)生了興趣 大學(xué)畢業(yè)以后 我們終于有了機(jī)會(huì)騎自行車旅行 我問(wèn)我姐姐 我們要去哪兒 首先想到要沿湄公河從源頭到終點(diǎn)騎車旅游的是我的姐 姐 現(xiàn)在她正在為我們的旅行制定計(jì)劃 我很喜歡我姐姐 但是她有一個(gè)很嚴(yán)重的缺點(diǎn) 她有時(shí)確實(shí)很固執(zhí) 盡管她對(duì)去某些地 方的最佳路線并不清楚 她卻堅(jiān)持要自己把這次旅游安排得盡善盡美 于是 我就知道這 個(gè)盡善盡美的方式總是她的方式 我不停地問(wèn)她 我們什么時(shí)候出發(fā) 什么時(shí)候回來(lái) 我還問(wèn)她是否看過(guò)地圖 當(dāng)然她并沒(méi)有看過(guò) 我的姐姐是不會(huì)考慮細(xì)節(jié)的 于是 我告 訴她 湄公河的源頭在青海省 她給了我一個(gè)堅(jiān)定的眼神 這種眼神表明她是不會(huì)改變 主意的 我說(shuō) 我們的旅行將從 5 000 多米的高地出發(fā) 這時(shí)她似乎顯得很興奮 當(dāng)我告 訴她那里空氣稀薄 呼吸困難 而且天氣很冷時(shí) 她卻說(shuō)這將是一次有趣的經(jīng)歷 我非常 了解我的姐姐 她一旦下了決心 什么也不能使她改變 最后 我只好讓步了 在我們旅行前的幾個(gè)月 王薇和我去了圖書館 我們找到一本大型地圖冊(cè) 里面有一些世 界地理的明細(xì)圖 我們從圖上可以看到 湄公河發(fā)源于西藏一座山上的冰川 起初 江面 很小 河水清澈而冷冽 然后它開(kāi)始快速流動(dòng) 它穿過(guò)深谷時(shí)就變成了急流 流經(jīng)云南西 部 有時(shí) 這條江形成瀑布 進(jìn)入寬闊的峽谷 我們倆驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)這條河有一半是在中國(guó) 境內(nèi) 當(dāng)流出中國(guó) 流出高地之后 湄公河就變寬了 變暖了 河水也變成了黃褐色 而 當(dāng)它進(jìn)入東南亞以后 流速減緩 河水蜿蜒緩慢地穿過(guò)低谷 流向生長(zhǎng)稻谷的平原 最后 湄公河三角洲的各支流流入中國(guó)南海 Using Language 夜晚的西藏山景 第二部分山中一 宿 雖然是秋天 但是西藏已經(jīng)開(kāi)始下雪了 我們的腿又沉又冷 感覺(jué)就像大冰塊 你看到過(guò) 雪人騎自行車嗎 我們看上去就像那樣 一路上 一些身著羊毛大衣的孩子們停下來(lái)看著 我們 下午晚些時(shí)候 我們發(fā)現(xiàn)由于天冷我們的水壺都凍上了 然而 湖水在落日的余暉 下閃亮如鏡 景色迷人 像往常一樣 王薇在我的前面 她很可靠 我知道我用不著給她 鼓勁兒 上山很艱難 但是當(dāng)我們環(huán)顧四周 眼前的 景色讓我們感到驚奇 我們似乎能 看到幾百里以外的地方 在某個(gè)時(shí)刻 我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己置身高處 彷佛騎車穿越云層 然后 我們開(kāi)始下山 這非常有趣 特別是天氣逐漸變得暖和多了 在山谷里 五彩斑斕的蝴蝶 翩翩飛舞在我們身旁 我們還看到牦牛和羊群在吃草 這時(shí) 我們不得不把帽子 外衣 手套和長(zhǎng)褲脫掉 換成 T 恤衫和短褲 一到傍晚 我們通常就停下來(lái)宿營(yíng) 于是 我們 先把帳篷支起來(lái) 然后吃飯 晚飯后 王薇把頭放在枕頭上就睡覺(jué)了 而我卻醒著 半夜 里 天空變得清朗了 星星更亮了 夜晚 非常安靜 幾乎沒(méi)有風(fēng) 只有篝火的火焰和 精品文檔 8歡迎下載 我們做伴 當(dāng)我躺在星空下 我想著我們已經(jīng)走了多遠(yuǎn) 我們很快就要到達(dá)云南的大理 在那里 我們的表兄弟刀衛(wèi)和宇航將加入我們的行列 我 們迫不及待地想要見(jiàn)到他們 Unit4 A Night the Earth didn t Sleep Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell rose and fell Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them A smelly gas came out of the cracks In the farmyards the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds At about 3 00 am on July 28 1976 some people saw bright lights in the sky The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky In the city the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst But the one million people of the city who thought little of these events were asleep as usual the night At 3 42 am everything began to shake It seemed as if the world was at an end Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had begun It was felt in Beijing which is more than two hundred kilometers away One third of the nation felt it A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses roads and canals Steam burst from holes in the ground Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins The suffering of the people was extreme Two thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake Thousands of families were killed of injured reached more than 400 000 But how could the survivors believe it was natural Everywhere they looked nearly every thing was destroyed All of the city s hospitals 75 of its factories and buildings and 90 of its homes were gone Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves No wind however could blow them away Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for 精品文檔 9歡迎下載 traveling The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead Sand now filled the wells instead of water People were shocked Then later that afternoon another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins More buildings fell down Water food and electricity were hard to get People began to wonder how long the disaster would last All hope was not lost Soon after the quakes the army sent 150 000 soldiers of thousands of people were helped The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead To the north of the city most of the 10 000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed Fresh water was taken to the city by train truck and plane Slowly the city began to breathe again 第四單元 地震 Reading 地球的一個(gè)不眠之夜 河北省東北部的農(nóng)村不斷有些怪事發(fā)生 三天來(lái) 村子里的井水升升降降 起起伏伏 農(nóng) 夫注意到 水井的井壁上有深深的裂縫 裂縫里冒出臭氣 農(nóng)家大院里的雞 甚至豬都緊張 得不想吃食 老鼠從田地里跑出來(lái)找地方藏身 魚(yú)缸和池塘里的魚(yú)會(huì)往外跳 在 1976 年 7 月 28 日凌晨 3 點(diǎn)左右 有些人看到天上一道道明亮的光 即使天空沒(méi)有飛機(jī) 在唐山城外 也可以聽(tīng)到飛機(jī)聲 在市內(nèi) 有些建筑物里的水管爆裂開(kāi)來(lái) 但是 唐山市的一百萬(wàn)居民 幾乎都沒(méi)有把這些情況當(dāng)一回事 當(dāng)天晚上照常睡著了 在凌晨 3 點(diǎn) 42 分 一切都開(kāi)始搖晃起來(lái) 世界似乎到了末日 二十世紀(jì)最大的一次地震就 在唐山市正下方 11 公里處發(fā)生了 100 公里以外的北京市都感到了地震 全國(guó) 1 3 的地 方都有震感 一條 8 公里長(zhǎng) 30 米寬的巨大裂縫橫穿房舍 馬路和渠道 地上一些洞穴冒出 了蒸氣 石頭山變成了泥沙河 在可怕的 15 秒鐘內(nèi) 一座大城市就沉淪在一片廢墟之中 人們?cè)馐艿臑?zāi)難極為深重 2 3 的人在地震中死去或受傷 成千上萬(wàn)個(gè)家庭遇難 許多孩 子變成了孤兒 死傷的人數(shù)達(dá)到 40 多萬(wàn) 精品文檔 10歡迎下載 幸存的人們又怎么能相信這是自然現(xiàn)象呢 人們無(wú)論朝哪里看 哪里的一切都幾乎被毀了 所有的市內(nèi)醫(yī)院 75 的工廠和建筑物 90 的家園都消失了 殘磚就像秋天的紅葉覆蓋著 大地 然而它們是不可能被風(fēng)刮走的 兩座大壩垮了 多數(shù)橋梁不是塌了就是無(wú)法安全通 行了 鐵軌如今成了一條條廢鋼 好幾萬(wàn)頭牛再也擠不出奶來(lái) 50 萬(wàn)頭豬和幾百萬(wàn)只雞全 都死了 井里滿是沙子 而不是水 人們驚呆了 接著 在下午晚些時(shí)候 又一次和第一 次一樣的強(qiáng)烈的地震震撼著唐山 有些醫(yī)生和救援人員被困在廢墟下面 更多的房屋倒塌 了 水 電和食物都很難弄到 人們開(kāi)始納悶 這場(chǎng)災(zāi)難還會(huì)持續(xù)多久 不是所有的希望都破滅了 地震后不久 部隊(duì)派了 15 萬(wàn)名戰(zhàn)士到唐山來(lái)協(xié)助救援人員 數(shù) 十萬(wàn)的人得到了救助 部隊(duì)人員組成小分隊(duì) 將受困的人們挖出來(lái) 將死者掩埋 在唐山 市的北邊 有一個(gè)萬(wàn)名礦工的煤礦 其中多數(shù)人得救了 援救人員為那些家園被毀的幸存 者蓋起了避難所 用火車 卡車和飛機(jī)向市內(nèi)運(yùn)來(lái)了水 慢慢地 慢慢地 這座城市又開(kāi) 始出現(xiàn)了生機(jī) Reading and speaking 唐山市政府辦公室 親愛(ài)的 恭喜你 我們很高興地告訴你 你在以新唐山為主題的中學(xué)演講比賽中獲得第一名 評(píng)委 會(huì)的五位評(píng)委聽(tīng)了你的演講 他們都認(rèn)為你的演講是今年最好的 你的父母親和你的學(xué)校 會(huì)為你而驕傲 下個(gè)月我們市將開(kāi)放一個(gè)新公園 以紀(jì)念在那次可怕的災(zāi)難中死去的人們 并向那些曾經(jīng) 為幸存者提供過(guò)幫助的人們致敬 我們辦公室想請(qǐng)你在 7 月 28 日上午 11 點(diǎn)給來(lái)公園的參 觀者進(jìn)行演講 你知道 三十 年前的這一天正是唐山發(fā)生地震的日子 在這個(gè)特殊的日子里 我們邀請(qǐng)你把家人和朋友一起帶來(lái) 誠(chéng)摯的 張沙 Unit5 精品文檔 11歡迎下載 Elias Story My name is Elias I am a poor black worker in South Africa The time when I fi rst met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life I was twelve yea rs old It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advi ce He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems He was ge nerous with his time for which I was grateful I needed his help because I had very little education I began school at six The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bu s fare I could not read or write well After trying hard I got a job in a gol d mine However this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there and I worr ied about whether I would become out of work The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest He told me how t o get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg I became more hopeful about my future I never forgot how kind Mandela was When he organized the AN C Youth League I joined it as soon as I could He said The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping out rig hts and progress until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no r ights at all It was the truth Black people could not vote or choose their leaders They co ul