高一英語必修2_課文及翻譯

1、必修2 unit1IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The a

2、mber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .第一單元 文化遺產(chǎn)普魯士國王腓特烈·威廉一世從未想過他送個

3、普魯士人民偉大的禮物會有一點如此驚奇的歷史。這個禮物是因為由幾噸琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。這些被挑選的琥珀都有著像蜂蜜一樣漂亮的黃棕色。這間屋的設(shè)計是當(dāng)時最流行的奇特的風(fēng)格。這同樣是一件花了當(dāng)時最好的藝術(shù)家大約十年用黃金和珠寶修飾制成的寶物。In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick . However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William ,to whom the amber room belonged,

4、 decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .事實上，這間

5、屋不是制來當(dāng)禮物的。這是為腓特烈一世的領(lǐng)土而設(shè)計的。然而，普魯士下一任國王同樣是琥珀屋的擁有者，腓特烈威廉一世決定不保留琥珀屋。在1716年他把琥珀屋送給了彼得大帝。作為報答，沙皇給了腓特烈一隊他最好的士兵。因此琥珀屋成為了沙皇避寒圣地圣彼得堡的一部分。琥珀屋作為一個大概四米長的只為重要訪客的小接待處。Later,Catherine had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to

6、it .In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing . 后來，葉卡捷琳娜二世把琥珀屋在圣彼得堡之外的一個她避暑的地方。她讓她的藝術(shù)家加了跟多的細節(jié)在里面。在1770年琥

7、珀屋完全成了她想要的樣子。接近600只蠟燭在屋內(nèi)燃燒著，把鏡子和圖畫都照得像金子一樣。令人傷心的，雖然被譽為是世界奇跡之一的琥珀屋現(xiàn)在丟失了。In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time when the two countries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art object

8、s from the Amber Room . However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs . There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . Afte

9、r that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery .在1941年9月，納粹軍隊在圣彼得堡附近。這正是兩個國家在交戰(zhàn)的時候。在納粹去到避暑地方之前，俄國人民能夠從琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的藝術(shù)品。然而，一些納粹神秘的偷走了琥珀屋。至少兩天內(nèi)100000多片琥珀被放進27個木箱里。這些箱子無疑會被放進一艘去往當(dāng)時德軍駐扎的菠蘿的海的哥尼斯堡的船上。之后，琥珀屋發(fā)生了神馬仍然是個迷。Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer

10、 palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city . 近來，俄羅斯人和德國人已經(jīng)在夏宮建起了一個新的琥珀屋，通過研究琥珀屋原來的照片，他們建造的新琥珀屋樣子和舊的看起來非常像。2003年春，圣彼得堡人民就用它來慶祝該

11、市建成30周年。閱讀二A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.一個事實還是一個觀點什么是事實呢？是不是人們所相信的就是事實呢？不是。事實是可以證實的信息。舉例來說，中國人口比世界上任何其它

12、國家的人口都多，這是可以得到證實的。Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not

13、agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right. 那么，什么是看法呢？看法是人們相信是真實的但是未經(jīng)證實。因此，在審判中，看法不是強有力的證據(jù)，舉例來說，如果你說：“貓作為寵物比狗好?！边@就是看法，這個看法可能是正確的，但是它難以被證實。有些人可能同意這種看法，但是他們也不能證明他們是正確的。In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not

14、 consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence. 在審判中，法官必須斷定哪些證明人可以相信，哪些證人不能相信，法官并不考慮證人的長相如何，也不考慮這個人住在哪里，在哪兒

15、工作，他們關(guān)心的是目擊者是否提供了真實的信息，這些信息必須是事實而不是個人觀點或看法，這種信息就叫做證據(jù)。Unit 2AN INTERVIEWPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: M

16、y name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. Ive come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern O

17、lympics?L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years o

18、n a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world. P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And

19、 what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. Thats why theyre called the Winter Olympics. Its in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sai

20、ling and all the team sports. P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any cou

21、ntry can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking

22、part! Where are all the athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well. P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?L: As a matter of fact, every

23、 country wants the opportunity. Its a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. Theres as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud. L: Certain

24、ly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced

25、! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L: No, we dont. its still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. Thats the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P: Well, thats good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time. 第二單元 奧林匹克運動會

26、閱讀一一個采訪大約2000年前的一個希臘作者帕薩尼亞斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明關(guān)于現(xiàn)代的奧林匹克運動會。他正在采訪一個2008年奧林匹克運動會志愿者李巖(L)。P:我是帕薩尼亞斯。我住在你們所說的“古希臘”而且在很久之前我常常寫以一些關(guān)于奧林匹克運動會的事情。我來到你的時代是為了解關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會因為我知道2004年奧林匹克運動會會在我家鄉(xiāng)舉辦。我可以問你一些關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會的問題么？L:真是極為愉快的事!你真的來自那么久遠的時代么？不過當(dāng)然你可以問你想問的問題。你想知道神馬？P:你們多久會舉辦一次運動會？L:四年一次。有兩種主要的運動會形式-冬季和

27、夏季奧運會，并且在一個有規(guī)律的基礎(chǔ)上他們都是四年舉辦一次的。冬季奧運會一般會在夏季奧運會前兩年舉辦。只有達到該項目既定的標(biāo)準的運動員才會被容許成為競爭者。他們可以來自世界各地。P:冬季奧運會？田徑運動員如何在冬季享受比賽？還有馬術(shù)又怎樣？L:哦不!冬季奧運會沒有賽跑和騎馬的項目。反而會有一些像滑雪和溜冰這些需要雪和冰的項目。這就是為神馬他成為冬季奧運會。只有在夏季奧運會會有你說賽跑，同時還有游泳，帆船運動和所有團隊運動。P:我懂了。之前你說那些運動員都被邀請來自世界各地。你了解希臘世界么？我們希臘城過去互相競賽只為勝利的榮譽。沒有其他的地區(qū)可以參加，奴隸和婦女也不可以。L:現(xiàn)在只要他們的運動員

28、夠好的話任何國家都可以參加。有超過250種項目并且每一種都有它自己的標(biāo)準。婦女不僅允許參加比賽，并且她們在體操比賽，競技比賽，團隊比賽和其他各種比賽中都扮演著重要的角色。P:麻煩稍等一下！所有的這些項目，所有的國民甚至婦女都可以參加！那么這些運動員們居住在哪里？L:在每一場奧運會前，一座特別的村莊會被建來給他們居住，還有一座主要的接待建筑，幾個用來比賽的體育場和一座體育館等P:那聽起來很貴。有哪個國家會想要舉辦奧運會么？L:事實上，每個國家都想要這個機會。這是一個很大的責(zé)任同樣是一個很大的榮譽如果被挑選到。在國家之間有很多競爭去為舉辦奧運會就像去贏得奧林匹克獎牌一樣。2008年的奧運會將會在北

29、京舉行。這你知道么？P:哦是的！你一定非常自豪。L:當(dāng)然。之后的2012年奧運會將在倫敦舉行。他們早就開始為這個做準備了。一座讓運動員居住的村莊和所有的運動場將會被建在東倫敦。當(dāng)然新的獎牌會被設(shè)計.P:你是說獎牌么？所以甚至是橄欖花圈也已經(jīng)被取代了！哦親愛的！你們比賽也為了獎金么？L:不我們不?，F(xiàn)在仍然想要跑得更快跳的更高扔得更遠。正如你知道的奧運會的格言-“更快更高更強”。P:好吧，那是個好消息。多么有趣啊！耽擱你的時間，謝謝了。THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could

30、 run faster than any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him.

31、She said to him,"These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned."Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of

32、them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,"Why are these men so foolish?" he thought. "Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" Ho

33、wever, when she saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind."I will marry Atlanta-or die!" he said.The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to a

34、sk the Greek Godness of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said," Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win."Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King.

35、 He said," I want to marry Atlanta ." The King was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said," I will marry her-or die!" So the race began. 閱讀二亞特蘭大的故事亞特蘭大是一個希臘公主。她很漂亮并且可以跑得比希臘的任何一個男人都快。不過她不被允許在奧運會上跑步去為她自己贏得榮譽。她很生氣因此她跟她父親說她不會嫁任何跑不過她的男人。她父親說她必須要嫁，所以亞特蘭大與她父親定下一個條件。她對她父親說，“這是我的

36、原則。如果有男人說想要嫁我，我會跟她賽跑。如果他跑不贏我，他會被殺。沒有人能被例外?！焙芏鄧鹾屯踝酉胍喬靥m大，不過當(dāng)他們聽到這個規(guī)定的時候他們就知道自己沒希望了。所以他們當(dāng)中的很多人都傷心地回家了，不過其他的人都留著去賽跑。一個叫做希波墨涅斯的男人聽到亞特蘭大的消息后感到非常驚奇，他想“為神馬這些男的都這么愚蠢呢？”“為神馬他們會因為跑不過這個公主而讓自己被殺呢？”然而，當(dāng)他看到亞特蘭大從她的房子出來跑步的時候，希波墨涅斯改變了他的心意。他說，“我會娶亞特蘭大或者死！”賽跑開始的時候雖然男人們都跑得很快，但是亞特蘭大總是會更快。希波墨涅斯邊看邊想，“我要怎樣才能贏過亞特蘭大呢？”他去向希

37、臘的愛神求助。愛神答應(yīng)幫他并給了他三個金蘋果。她說，“在亞特蘭大跑過你的時候扔一個在亞特蘭大面前。當(dāng)亞特蘭大停下來去撿蘋果的時候，你就可以跑過她并贏得比賽?！毕２鼓弥O果并跑去找國王。他說，“我想娶亞特蘭大?！眹鮽牡乜粗忠粋€男人要死，不過希波墨涅斯說，“我會娶她或者死！”然后賽跑開始了。Unit 3WHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify di

38、fficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was con

39、sidered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By

40、the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was make smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only

41、became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I

42、 have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldnt believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new appl

43、ications have been found for my. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal i

44、s to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race! 第三單元 電腦閱讀一我是誰隨著時間的推移我被改變了很多。在1642年的法國，我是作為一個計算機器而開始的。雖然我很年輕我可以簡化一些計算題。在我被Charles Babbage改造成分析機器之前我很慢的發(fā)展了接近兩百年。之后我被一個操作員用帶洞的卡調(diào)制成了可以合邏輯地思考并且比任何人都快地得出一些問題的答案。那是

45、一個被成為技術(shù)改革的時候并且開始了我的人造智能。在1936年我真正的父親Alan Turing寫了一本關(guān)于我如何像普遍的機器一樣去解決任何困難的數(shù)學(xué)問題的書。從那起，我在體積和智能方面快速的發(fā)展。在1940年我變得像一個房間一樣大，并且我想知道我是否還能變得更大。然而，事實也在困擾著我的設(shè)計者。隨著時間的推移，我被制的更小。首先是個人電腦再到后來的手提電腦，在1970年我已經(jīng)開始被用在辦公室和家里。這些變化只因為我記憶力的增強。開始記憶被存放于電子管里，然后是晶體管和后來更小的晶片。因此我改變了我的整個外型。隨著我慢慢變老我也慢慢的變小。隨著時間推移我的記憶力發(fā)展的那么快，像頭大象，我不會忘記

46、任何我曾被告知的東西！而且我的記憶力變得如此的大以至于我都不敢相信!不過我總是自己那么孤單的站在那里，直到1960年他們通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)給了我一個家庭關(guān)系。我能夠通過萬維網(wǎng)和其他的電腦分享我的知識。從1970年起很多新的應(yīng)用為我而被發(fā)明。我在交流，金融和貿(mào)易方面變得重要。我同樣被放進遙控裝置中被用來制造移動電話也幫助醫(yī)學(xué)手術(shù)。我已經(jīng)被放進太空火箭并被送去探測月亮和火星。即使如此，我的目的是為人們提供高質(zhì)量的生活。我現(xiàn)在充滿快樂應(yīng)為我成為了人類種族中的一個忠心的朋友和幫助者。ANDY THE ANDROIDIm part of an android football team. About once a

47、 year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. Im as big as a human. It fact, I look like one too. On the football team Im a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer ships help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammate

48、s in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They h

49、ad developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watchin

50、g human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which

51、 never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what Im all about! 閱讀二機器人-Andy我是一個機器人球隊的一份子。我們被允許在一齊踢足球大約一年了。我像一個人類一樣高大。事實上，我長得也像人類。在球隊里我是前鋒因此我要跑得非?？?。我的電腦芯片幫助我移動并且像人類一樣思考。例如，我已經(jīng)學(xué)會了當(dāng)我要開動去射一個好球的時候用電腦語言向我的隊友發(fā)信號讓他們把球傳給我。我的第一場足球比賽是在幾年前在日本的名古屋。去年我們球隊去了美國華盛頓和西雅圖。我們勝利的第二個地方。就我個人觀點，我認為我們球隊第一次贏的地方是作弊的。他們已經(jīng)在

52、比賽之前一種新的程序類型。所以我們也要促進我們的程序去提高我們的智能。我們決心要去一種甚至更好的標(biāo)志。一定程度上說我們的程序就像我們的教練。她訓(xùn)練我們所有在人類比賽中她能看到的所有可能的動作。如果一種新情況出現(xiàn)她會準備可靠的動作去運用。用這種方式我可以用我的“人造只能”去制造新的動作。我能夠被編程成像人類一樣的表現(xiàn)我就可以真的與一隊人類球隊去比賽。畢竟，在我不會忘掉任何東西的電子腦袋的幫助下，我的所有就是用我的智能！Unit 4HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered species

53、 of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy responded immediately. “Id like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said. “Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once th

54、e carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said, “Were being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “Im sorry I didnt know t

55、hat. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where theres some wildlife protection.”The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant. “Have you come to take my ph

56、oto?” it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Dont laugh,” said the elephant, “We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allo

57、wed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.”Daisy smiled, “Thats good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but Id like to help as

58、the WWF suggests.” The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?” asked Daisy. “Im protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it replied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful

59、 drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live the appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.”Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help.” The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes la