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Module

1

My

First

Day

at

Senior

High

My

name

is

Li

Kang.

I

live

in

Shijiazhuang,

a

city

not

far

from

Beijing.

It

is

the

capital

city

of

Hebei

Province.

Today

is

my

first

day

at

Senior

High

school

and

I’m

writing

down

my

thoughts

about

it.

My

new

school

is

very

good

and

I

can

see

why.

The

teachers

are

very

enthusiastic

and

friendly

and

the

classrooms

are

amazing.

Every

room

has

a

computer

with

a

special

screen,

almost

as

big

as

a

cinema

screen.

The

teachers

write

on

the

computer,

and

their

words

appear

on

the

screen

behind

them.

The

screens

also

show

photographs,

text

and

information

from

websites.

They’re

brilliant!

The

English

class

is

really

interesting.

The

teacher

is

a

very

enthusiastic

woman

called

Ms

Shen.

We’re

using

a

new

textbook

and

Ms

Shen’s

method

of

teaching

is

nothing

like

that

of

the

teachers

at

my

Junior

High

school.

She

thinks

that

reading

comprehension

is

important,

but

we

speak

a

lot

in

class,

too.

And

we

have

fun.

I

don’t

think

I

will

be

bored

in

Ms

Shen’s

class!

Today

we

introduced

ourselves

to

each

other.

We

did

this

in

groups.

Some

students

were

embarrassed

at

first

but

everyone

was

very

friendly

and

it

was

really

nice.

Ms

Shen

gave

us

instructions

and

then

we

worked

by

ourselves.

Ms

Shen

wants

to

help

us

improve

our

spelling

and

handwriting.

We

do

this

in

a

fun

way,

with

spelling

games

and

other

activities.

I

like

her

attitude

very

much,

and

the

behavior

of

the

other

students

shows

that

they

like

her,

too.

There

are

sixty-five

students

in

my

class

–

more

than

my

previous

class

in

Junior

High.

Forty-nine

of

them

are

girls.

In

other

words,

there

are

three

times

as

many

girls

as

boys.

They

say

that

girls

are

usually

more

hard-working

than

boys,

but

in

this

class,

everyone

is

hard-working.

For

our

homework

tonight,

we

have

to

write

a

description

of

the

street

where

we

live.

I’m

looking

forward

to

doing

it!

A

Letter

from

a

Senior

High

Student

Dear

Li

Kang,

How’s

it

going?

I

thought

I’d

write

to

tell

you

about

the

American

school

system.

Secondary

school

in

the

US

usually

covers

seven

years,

grades

six

to

twelve.

Ninth

to

twelfth

grades

are

high

school.

At

the

end

of

twelfth

grade,

American

students

receive

the

high

school

diploma.

Students

need

a

high

school

diploma

if

they

want

to

go

to

college.

The

school

year

is

divided

into

two

semesters,

the

first

of

which

is

September

through

December,

and

the

second

January

through

May.

We

have

a

LONG

summer

vacation!

We

start

school

at

7:50

am

and

we

finish

at

3

pm.

I

take

part

in

all

kinds

of

after-school

activities

–

I

play

football,

basketball,

volleyball,

table

tennis

and

I

go

to

theater

club.

Will

you

tell

me

something

about

your

summer

vacation

and

the

Chinese

school

system

in

your

next

letter?

Best

wishes,

Rob

MarshallModule

2

My

New

Teachers

They

say

that

first

impressions

are

very

important.

My

first

impression

of

Mrs.

Li

was

that

she

was

nervous

and

shy.

I

think

perhaps

she

was,

as

it

was

her

first

lesson

with

us.

But

now,

after

two

weeks,

the

class

really

likes

working

with

her.

She’s

kind

and

patient,

and

she

explains

English

grammar

so

clearly

that

even

I

can

understand

it!

–

She

avoids

making

you

fell

stupid!

I’ve

always

hated

making

mistakes

or

pronouncing

a

word

incorrectly

when

I

speak

English,

but

Mrs.

Li

just

smiles,

so

that

you

don’t

feel

completely

stupid!

I

think

maybe

she

goes

a

bit

too

slowly

for

the

faster

students,

but

for

me

it’s

wonderful!

I

feel

I’m

going

to

make

progress

with

her.

I’d

guess

that

Mrs.

Chen

is

almost

sixty.

She’s

very

strict

–

we

don’t

dare

to

say

a

word

unless

she

asks

us

to.

She’s

also

very

serious

and

doesn’t

smile

much

.when

she

asks

you

to

do

something,

you

do

it

immediately!

There

are

a

few

students

in

our

class

who

keep

coming

to

class

late

but

they’re

always

on

time

for

Mrs.

Chen’s

lessons!

Some

of

our

class

don’t

like

her,

but

most

of

us

really

appreciate

her

because

her

teaching

is

so

well

organized

and

clear.

And

a

few

students

even

admit

liking

her!

During

scientific

experiments,

she

explains

exactly

what

is

happening

and

as

a

result

my

work

is

improving.

Physics

will

never

be

my

favourite

lesson,

but

I

think

that

I’ll

do

well

in

the

exam

with

Mrs.

Chen

teaching

me.

Mr.

Wu’s

only

been

teaching

us

for

two

weeks

and

he’s

already

very

popular.

I

think

this

is

because

he

really

enjoys

teaching

Chinese

literature

–

he

loves

it,

in

fact!

He’s

got

so

much

energy,

this

is

one

class

you

do

not

fall

asleep

in!

He’s

about

28,

I

think,

and

is

rather

good-looking.

He

talks

loudly

and

fast,

and

waves

his

hands

about

a

lot

when

he

gets

excited.

He’s

really

amusing

and

tells

jokes

when

he

thinks

we’re

getting

bored.

Even

things

like

compositions

and

summaries

are

fun

with

Mr.

Wu.

I

respect

him

a

lot.

Different

Countries,

Different

Schools

It

is

interesting

to

look

at

differences

between

schools

in

different

countries.

In

many

European

countries,

for

example,

the

relationship

between

teachers

and

students

is

quite

formal.

This

is

true

of

France,

Germany,

and

Spain,

where

discipline

and

respect

for

the

teacher

is

considered

very

important.

The

same

is

true

of

Russia.

In

northern

European

countries,

however,

the

relationship

between

teachers

and

students

is

much

friendlier

and

more

relaxed.

In

America,

students

and

teachers

are

quite

relaxed

with

each

other.

In

Britain,

relationships

are

quite

relaxed,

but

teachers

can

have

big

problems

with

discipline.

Another

important

difference

is

whether

schools

are

state

schools

or

private

schools.

State

schools

are

paid

for

by

the

government,

but

in

private

schools,

the

parents

pay

for

the

education

of

their

children.

Germany

and

France

have

both

state

and

private

schools,

but

most

students

go

to

state

schools,

which

are

very

good.

Similarly,

America

has

both

state

and

private

schools.

Most

American

children

go

to

state

schools,

but

the

private

schools

can

be

very

good.

Britain

has

both

state

and

private

schools.

In

Russia,

children

go

to

state

schools.Module

3

My

First

Ride

on

a

Train

My

name

is

Alice

Thompson.

I

come

from

Sydney,

Australia

and

I’m

18

years

old.

Recently

I

had

my

first

ride

on

a

long-distance

train.

And

what

a

ride!

A

friend

and

I

traveled

on

the

famous

Ghan

train.

We

got

on

in

Sydney

and

we

got

off

in

Alice

Springs,

right

in

the

middle

of

Australia,

more

than

four

thousand

kilometers

away.

We

spent

two

days

and

nights

on

the

train.

The

train

was

wonderful

and

the

food

was

great.

We

ate

great

meals

cooked

by

experts!

For

the

first

few

hundred

kilometers

of

the

journey,

the

scenery

was

very

colorful.

There

were

fields

and

the

soil

was

dark

red.

After

that,

it

was

desert.

The

sun

shone,

there

was

no

wind

and

there

were

no

clouds

in

the

sky.

Suddenly,

it

looked

like

a

place

from

another

time.

We

saw

abandoned

farms

which

were

built

more

than

a

hundred

years

ago.

The

train

was

comfortable

and

the

people

were

nice.

During

the

day,

I

sat

and

looked

out

of

the

window,

and

sometimes

talked

to

other

passengers.

I

read

books

and

listened

to

my

Chinese

cassettes

(I’m

studying

Chinese

at

school).

One

night,

at

about

midnight,

I

watched

the

night

sky

for

about

an

hour.

The

stars

shone

like

diamonds.

Why

is

the

train

called

the

Ghan?

A

long

time

ago,

Australians

needed

a

way

to

travel

to

the

middle

of

the

country.

They

tried

riding

horses,

but

the

horses

didn’t

like

the

hot

weather

and

sand.

A

hundred

and

fifty

years

ago,

they

brought

some

camels

from

Afghanistan.

Ghan

is

short

for

Afghanistan.

Camels

were

much

better

than

horses

for

traveling

a

long

distance.

For

many

years,

trained

camels

carried

food

and

other

supplies,

and

returned

with

wool

and

other

products.

The

Afghans

and

their

camels

did

this

until

the

1920s.

Then

the

government

built

a

new

railway

line,

so

they

didn’t

need

the

camels

any

more.

In

1925,

they

passed

a

law

which

allowed

people

to

shoot

the

animals

if

they

were

a

problem.

In

1935,

the

police

in

a

town

shot

153

camels

in

one

day.

The

Maglev

–

the

Fastest

Train

in

the

World

The

fastest

train

in

the

world,

the

Transrapid

Maglev,

runs

between

Shanghai’s

Pudong

Airport

and

Longyang

station

in

downtown

Shanghai.

Traveling

at

a

speed

of

over

400

kilometers

per

hour,

the

train

can

complete

the

30-kilometer

journey

in

eight

minutes.

Maglev

means

“magnetically

levitated”.

The

Transrapid

Maglev

is

the

world’s

first

high-speed

train

using

magnetic

levitation

technology.

Magnetically

levitated

trains

travel

in

a

vacuum

between

two

magnets.

There

are

no

rails

and

no

noise.

They

travel

very

fast

and

they

use

less

energy.

On

December

31,

2002,

Premier

Zhu

Rongji

and

the

German

chancellor

attended

the

opening

ceremony

of

the

train

service.

Both

leaders

took

the

train

to

Pudong

Airport.

On

November

12,

2003,

the

Maglev

reached

a

speed

of

501

kilometers

per

hour

on

the

track

between

Longyang

Station

and

Pudong,

a

new

world

record

speed

for

a

train.

Module

4

A

Social

Survey

–

My

Neighourhood

A

Lively

City

XL:

It’s

great

to

see

you

again,

John.

JM:

It’s

great

to

see

you!

It’s

been

six

years

since

we

last

saw

each

other,

you

know.

And

this

is

the

first

time

I’ve

visited

your

hometown.

XL:

Yes,

I’m

so

glad

you

could

come.

JM:

You

know,

I’ve

seen

quite

a

lot

of

China

and

I’ve

visited

some

beautiful

cities,

but

this

is

one

of

the

most

attractive

places

I’ve

been

to.

It’s

so

lively,

and

everyone

seems

so

friendly.

XL:

Yes,

it’s

one

of

the

most

interesting

cities

on

the

coast,

everyone

says

so.

I

feel

very

fortunate

living

here.

And

I

love

living

by

the

seaside.

JM:

you

live

in

the

northwest

of

Xiamen,

is

that

right?

XL:

Yes,

that’s

right.

JM:

What’s

the

climate

like?

XL:

Pretty

hot

and

wet

in

the

summer,

but

it

can

be

quite

cold

in

the

winter.

JM:

Sounds

OK

to

me.

There

are

a

lot

of

tourists

around.

Don’t

they

bother

you?

XL:

Yes,

they

can

be

a

nuisance

in

the

summer

because

there

are

so

many

of

them.

JM:

Oh,

look

at

that

huge

apartment

block!

XL:

Yes,

they’ve

just

completed

it.

The

rent

for

an

apartment

there

is

very

high.

JM:

I

believe

you!

This

area’s

so

modern!

XL:

Yes,

this

is

the

business

district.

They’ve

put

up

a

lot

of

high-rise

buildings

recently.

And

there

are

some

great

shopping

malls.

See,

we’re

just

passing

one

now.

my

wife’s

just

bought

a

beautiful

dress

from

one

of

the

shops

there.

JM:

Maybe

I

could

buy

a

few

presents

there.

XL:

I’ll

take

you

there

tomorrow.

Now

we’re

leaving

the

business

district

and

approaching

the

harbour.

We’re

entering

the

western

district,

the

most

interesting

part

of

the

city.

It’s

got

some

really

pretty

parks…

JM:

It

seems

lovely.

Is

that

Gulangyu

Island,

just

across

the

water?

XL:

Yes,

it

is.

It’s

a

gorgeous

island

with

some

really

interesting

architecture.

JM:

So

they

tell

me.

Do

you

think

we

could

stop

and

walk

around

for

a

while?

XL:

Yes,

I

was

just

going

to

do

that.

We

can

park

over

there.

A

friend’s

told

me

about

a

nice

little

fish

restaurant

near

here.

Shall

we

go

there

for

lunch?

JM:

That

sounds

great.

I’m

starving!

Cultural

corner

In

some

countries

in

western

Europe,

such

as

France,

Spain

and

Britain,

the

countryside

is

changing.

Life

has

become

difficult

for

many

villages,

and

some

are

disappearing.

There

are

a

number

of

reasons

for

this.

Firstly,

young

people

from

villages

usually

want

to

live

somewhere

livelier

and

they

often

move

to

the

towns

and

do

not

return.

Secondly,

people

move

to

the

cities

to

find

work,

as

there

are

often

very

few

jobs

in

the

countryside.

Sometimes

villages

remain

because

people

from

the

cities

have

bought

a

“second

home”

in

the

village,

where

they

come

and

stay

at

weekends.

The

price

of

homes

goes

up

and

people

from

the

area

cannot

afford

to

buy

a

house

there.

Another

problem

is

that

it

is

becoming

more

and

more

difficult

for

farmers

to

make

money

from

theirfarms.

So

they

sell

their

land

and

find

another

job.

All

these

things

mean

that

many

villages

in

Western

Europe

are

fighting

to

survive.

We

can

only

hope

that

they

will

remain.

The

countryside

would

be

a

sadder

and

uglier

place

without

them.

Module

5

A

Lesson

in

a

Lab

Passage

A

It

is

hard

to

think

of

a

world

without

metals.

Different

metals

have

different

uses,

for

example,

steel

is

used

in

cars,

and

iron

is

used

in

electrical

equipment.

When

we

use

metals,

it

is

important

to

know

how

they

react

with

different

substances,

for

example,

water

and

oxygen.

The

reaction

of

metals

with

these

substances

can

be

put

in

order.

Here

is

a

table

with

the

metals

that

react

most

at

the

top,

and

the

metals

that

react

least

at

the

bottom.

Passage

B

A

Simple

Scientific

Experiment

Below

is

a

description

of

a

simple

scientific

experiment.

It

shows

us

how

iron

reacts

with

air

and

with

water.

Aim:

To

find

out

if

iron

rusts

(a)

in

dry

air;

(b)

in

water

that

has

no

air

in

it

(air-free

water);

(c)

in

ordinary

water.

Apparatus:

3

clean

iron

nails;

rest

tubes;

test

tube

holder;

cotton

wool;

oil;

Bunsen

burner.

Iron

in

dry

air

Method

Put

some

iron

nails

at

the

bottom

of

a

test

tube.

Push

some

cotton

wool

down

the

tube.

Leave

the

tube

for

one

week.

Result

After

one

week,

the

nails

have

not

rusted.

Conclusion

Iron

does

not

rust

in

dry

air.

Iron

in

air-free

water

Method

Half-fill

a

test

tube

with

water.

Boil

the

water

for

three

minutes.

(this

makes

sure

there

is

no

air

in

the

water.)

Put

two

or

three

clean

nails

in

the

water.

Add

some

oil

to

the

water.

This

will

keep

air

out

of

the

water.

Leave

the

tube

for

one

week.

ResultThe

nails

do

not

rust

in

the

tube

with

air-free

water.

ConclusionIron

does

not

rust

in

air-free

water.

Iron

in

ordinary

water

Method

Half-fill

a

test

tube

with

water

and

add

two

or

three

clean

nails.

Leave

the

tube

for

one

week.

Result

The

nails

rust

in

the

tube

with

ordinary

water.

Conclusion

Iron

rusts

in

ordinary

water.

Cultural

Corner

My

feelings

about

science

have

really

changed.

I

never

used

to

enjoy

science,

but

last

year

I

changed

schools,

and

the

science

teachers

at

my

new

school

are

excellent.

The

science

facilities

are

very

good,

with

laboratories

that

have

all

the

latest

equipment.

Our

chemistry

teacher,

Mr

Longford,

takes

us

to

public

science

lectures

about

four

times

a

term,

and

these

are

always

very

interesting,

as

the

lecturers

are

people

who

have

made

real

discoveries

in

their

area

of

science.

The

fact

is,

Canada

has

many

first-class

scientists.

In

the

last

twenty

years,

seven

Canadian

scientists

have

won

the

Nobel

Prize!

The

Nobel

Prize

is

the

highest

scientific

prize

there

is,

so

we

should

be

very

proud

of

that,

I’m

becoming

more

and

more

interested

in

physics,

and

have

decided

that

I

want

to

study

it

at

university.

I’m

going

to

try

to

go

to

either

Montreal

or

Ottawa

University,

as

both

are

supposed

to

have

good

Physics

Departments.

My

parents

are

astonished.

They

always

thought

I

would

become

an

English

teacher!

Module

6

The

internet

and

Telecommunications

Passage

The

internet

is

the

biggest

source

of

information

in

the

world,

and

it’s

accessible

through

a

computer.

It

consists

of

millions

of

pages

of

data.

In

1969,

DARPA,

a

US

defence

organization,

developed

a

way

for

all

their

computers

to

“talk”

to

each

other

through

the

telephone.

They

created

a

network

of

computers

called

DARPANET.

For

fifteen

years,

only

the

US

army

could

use

this

system

of

communication.

Then

in

1984,

the

US

National

Science

Foundation

(NSF)

started

the

NSFNET

network.

It

then

became

possible

for

universities

to

use

the

system

as

well.

NSFNET

became

known

as

the

Inter-Network,

or

“Internet”.

The

World

Wide

Web

(the

web)

is

a

computer

network

that

allows

computer

users

to

access

information

from

millions

of

websites

via

the

Internet.

At

the

moment,

about

80

percent

of

web

traffic

is

in

English,

but

this

percentage

is

going

down.

By

2020,

much

web

traffic

could

be

in

Chinese.The

World

Wide

Web

was

invented

in

1991

by

an

English

scientist,

Tim

Berners-Lee.

Berners-Lee

built

his

first

computer

while

he

was

at

university

using

an

old

television!

He

came

up

with

the

idea

of

the

World

Wide

Web

in

1989

while

he

was

working