2020新上教版高中英語(yǔ)選擇性必修一unit2課文及翻譯

2020新上外版選擇性必修一課文及翻譯Unit2MakingadifferenceAReadingandInteractionIslandstory“WhenIwasalittleboy,Ilovedtogofishingintheseawithmyspear,”saysJohnSailike,sadly.“WhenIleavetheisland,I’lllosetheseaandthehappinessofthisplace.I’llmissthesoundofthewavesatnight...Iwon’thearitanymore.”JohnisafishermanfromtheCarteretIslandsintheSouthPacific,abeautifulandpeacefulsemicircleofwhitesand,palmtreesandcrystalclearwaters.Eachday,hegoesoutinasmallboattocatchfishforhisfamily,whilehiswifelooksafterthechildrenandgrowsvegetablesintheirgarden.Thefamilylivesinawoodhutwithsandfloorsandtheydon’tusemuchelectricity,sowhenthesungoesdown,itisusuallytimeforbed.Thispeaceful,underdevelopedplacehasatinypopulationandonlyonecontactwiththeoutsideworld—ashipwhichbringssuppliesfromBougainville,alargeisland86kmaway.Butallthisisabouttochange,becauseJohn,alongwith3,000otherpeople,isleavinghisislandhome.Thequestionis,why?Takeacloserlookattheislandsandthereasonbecomesclear.TheCarteretsarethevictimofglobalwarming.Hightidesoftenfloodacrossthevillagesandwashawaypeople’shomes.Saltwaterfromtheseaisoverflowingintovegetablegardensanddestroyingfruittrees.It’spollutingthefreshwatersupplytoo.Islandersarestrugglingtosurviveoncoconutmilkandfish,andchildrenaresufferingfrommalnutrition.Thedyingtreesarehometomosquitoesthatspreaddiseases,likemalaria.Johnandhisfellowislandersarefacinggreatchallenges,andtheyknowthatlifeontheislandiscomingtoanend.ExpertspredictthattheCarteretswillbeunderwaterinthenot-so-distantfuture.Beforethen,theislanderswillrelocatetoplaceslikeBougainvilleandrebuildtheirlives.Thismovewillprovidepeoplewithfoodandshelter,butwhatwillhappentotheirculture?Theislandershavesongsfordifferenteverydayactivities,andtraditionsandcelebrationslinkedtothesea.Theyalsohavetheirownlanguage,called“Halia”.Iftheycoexistwithothercultures,thismaydieout.“We’relosingourhome,ouridentity,ourwholelife,”saysoneislander.“Wehopetheworldislistening.”Itis.Inrecentyears,articlesininternationalnewspapers,onlinevideosandanOscar-nominateddocumentaryfilmcalledSunComeUphavetalkedabouttheCarteretIslands.Peoplehavesupportedtheislandersandasaresult,theyhaveturnedtheirangerandfrustrationintoaction.Peoplearealsolookingforwaystopreservetheislanders’wayoflifeandrecordtheirlanguageandtraditionsforfuturegenerations.Backontheisland,JohnSailikeisgettingintohisboatforthelasttime.He’ssayinggoodbyetohishomeandtohisancestors.Hedoesnotknowwhatthefuturewillbring;hedoesnotknowifhisculturewillsurvive.Heisthehumanfaceofclimatechange.【參考譯文】島的故事“當(dāng)我還是個(gè)小男孩的時(shí)候，我喜歡拿著我的矛去海里釣魚(yú)，”約翰·塞里克悲傷地說(shuō)?！爱?dāng)我離開(kāi)這個(gè)島，我將失去大海和這個(gè)地方的幸福。我會(huì)想念夜晚的海浪聲……我不想再聽(tīng)了?！奔s翰是來(lái)自南太平洋卡特里特群島的一名漁民，該島是一個(gè)美麗而寧?kù)o的半圓形，由白色的沙灘、棕櫚樹(shù)和清澈的海水組成。每天，他乘小船為家人捕魚(yú)，而他的妻子照看孩子，在花園里種蔬菜。這家人住在一間鋪著沙地板的小木屋里，他們不用電，所以太陽(yáng)下山時(shí)，通常是睡覺(jué)的時(shí)間。這個(gè)和平、不發(fā)達(dá)的地方人口很少，與外界只有一種聯(lián)系——一艘從86公里外的大島布干維爾(Bougainville)運(yùn)補(bǔ)給的船。但這一切即將改變，因?yàn)榧s翰和其他3000人，要離開(kāi)他在島上的家。問(wèn)題是,為什么?仔細(xì)看看這些島嶼，原因就一目了然了?？ㄌ乩锾匾患沂侨蜃兣氖芎φ?。漲潮經(jīng)常淹沒(méi)村莊，沖走人們的房屋。海水涌進(jìn)菜園，毀壞了果樹(shù)。它也污染了淡水供應(yīng)。島民靠椰奶和魚(yú)為生，兒童營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良。瀕臨死亡的樹(shù)木是傳播疾病的蚊子的家園，比如瘧疾。約翰和他的同伴們正面臨著巨大的挑戰(zhàn)，他們知道島上的生活即將結(jié)束。專(zhuān)家預(yù)測(cè)，卡特里特家族將在不久的將來(lái)被淹沒(méi)在水下。在那之前，島民們將遷移到布干維爾這樣的地方，重建他們的生活。此舉將為人們提供食物和住所，但他們的文化將會(huì)發(fā)生什么呢?島上的居民為不同的日?；顒?dòng)、傳統(tǒng)和與海洋有關(guān)的慶?；顒?dòng)唱歌。他們也有自己的語(yǔ)言，叫做“Halia”。如果他們與其他文化共存，這可能會(huì)消亡?！拔覀冋谑ノ覀兊募覉@，我們的身份，我們的整個(gè)生活，”一位島民說(shuō)?！拔覀兿Ｍ澜缍荚趦A聽(tīng)。”它是。近年來(lái)，國(guó)際報(bào)紙、網(wǎng)絡(luò)視頻和奧斯卡提名紀(jì)錄片《太陽(yáng)升起來(lái)》都在談?wù)摽ㄌ乩锾厝簫u。人們支持島民，因此，他們將憤怒和沮喪化為行動(dòng)。人們也在尋找方法來(lái)保護(hù)島民的生活方式，并為后代記錄他們的語(yǔ)言和傳統(tǒng)?；氐綅u上，約翰·塞利克正在最后一次上他的船。他在向他的家和祖先告別。他不知道未來(lái)會(huì)發(fā)生什么;他不知道他的文化是否能生存下去。他是氣候變化下的人類(lèi)面孔。BGrammaractivityTheflashmobphenomenonFlashmobsarepublicperformancesgivenbygroupsofstrangerswhofindoutabouteventsthroughsocialmedia,blogsandtextmessages.Flashmobbersmeetataprecisetimeandperformashortactiontogetherwhenasignalisgiven.Theperformancefinishessuddenly,atanarrangedtimeandthepeoplethenmoveawayimmediately.Forsomepeople,flashmobsareabouthavingfun.Butforothers,they’reawayofgettingagroupofpeopletogethertomakeanimportantpoint.WeaskedJoeltotellusabouthisnextflashmobevent.Joelisa19-year-oldCanadianandhe’sastrongadvocateofrecycling.“OnSaturday,1I’morganizingaflashmobeventtopromoterecycling.2Itstartsatteninthemorning.3Howwillweorganizetheevent?Probablythroughsocialmedia.Accordingtotheweatherforecast,4it’sgoingtobesunnyonSaturday,so5Ihopethatlotsofpeoplewillbethere.6We’regoingtoleavesomerubbishneararecyclingbinandthenwaitinthepark.Ihopewe’lllooklikeordinarypeople,enjoyingadayout.Buteveryone’sgoingtostartclappingandcheeringassoonassomeonepicksuptherubbishandputsitintherecyclingbin.7I’msuremorepeoplewillbejoiningthemthen.8Somepeoplemaynotunderstandwhatwe’redoing,butIthinkthatitwillbefun.Flashmobbinglikeoursispossiblethankstothewidespreadsupportfortheenvironmentalprotectionaroundtheworld.It’sanewwayofraisingenvironmentalawareness.”【參考譯文】快閃現(xiàn)象“快閃族”是一群陌生人通過(guò)社交媒體、博客和短信了解事件的公開(kāi)表演?？扉W族在一個(gè)精確的時(shí)間集合，并在信號(hào)發(fā)出時(shí)一起做一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的動(dòng)作。演出在約定的時(shí)間突然結(jié)束，人們隨即離去。對(duì)一些人來(lái)說(shuō)，快閃族就是為了找樂(lè)子。但對(duì)其他人來(lái)說(shuō)，它們是一種讓一群人聚在一起表達(dá)重要觀點(diǎn)的方式。我們讓喬爾告訴我們他的下一個(gè)快閃活動(dòng)。喬爾是一名19歲的加拿大人，他是回收利用的強(qiáng)烈倡導(dǎo)者?！爸芰?，我要組織一個(gè)快閃活動(dòng)來(lái)促進(jìn)回收利用。它在早上10點(diǎn)開(kāi)始。我們將如何組織這次活動(dòng)?可能是通過(guò)社交媒體。根據(jù)天氣預(yù)報(bào)，星期六將是晴天，所以我希望很多人會(huì)去那里。我們打算在回收站附近留下一些垃圾，然后在公園里等著。我希望我們能像普通人一樣，享受一天的戶外活動(dòng)。但當(dāng)有人撿起垃圾并把它放進(jìn)回收箱時(shí)，每個(gè)人都會(huì)開(kāi)始鼓掌和歡呼。我相信到時(shí)候會(huì)有更多的人加入他們。有些人可能不明白我們?cè)谧鍪裁?，但我認(rèn)為它會(huì)很有趣。多虧了全世界對(duì)環(huán)境保護(hù)的廣泛支持，像我們這樣的快閃族才有可能發(fā)生。這是提高環(huán)境意識(shí)的新途徑?！盓CulturalfocusGoodrunnersrunforgoodEveryOctober,thousandsofrunnersgatherinBeijingtotakepartintheannualmarathon.In2016,oneofthoserunnerswasTengLijun,whonotonlyranthemarathonbutalsovolunteeredhertimeandenergytothemarathon’sRunforCharityinitiative.Suchvolunteersdomorethanjustcompleteamarathon,theyalsohelpraisemoneyforagoodcause!Inparticular,TengwantedtodosomethingtohelppoorchildreninGansuProvince.ThemoneythatTengcollectedfromhersponsorshelpedprovidewarmjacketsforchildrentherewhosefamiliescouldnotaffordwinterclothing.Teng’scontributiondidn’tendwhenshecrossedthefinishline:shegotthechancetotraveltoGansuanddeliverthejacketsinperson,alongwithsomeoftheothercharityrunners.Theyalsohadachancetosharetheirenthusiasmforrunning.Hopefully,theirvisitwillhelpimprovethechildren’slivesandinspirethemtohavedreamsforthefuture.Fortherunners,themostrewardingmomentwasseeingthejoyinthechildren’seyesastheyputontheirnewjackets.Forthe2016RunforCharityevent,2,000runnersdonatedatotalof87,000yuantothecause.Thesefundswenttobuyjacketsandstationeryfor590childrenfrom15schoolsacrossfourcountiesinGansuProvince.However,thegoalofthisRunforCharityeventwasnotonlytoaddressthematerialneedsofpoorchildren,itwasalsototransformtheirlivesbyshowingthemwhatispossibleinthefuture.TherunnersshowedthechildrenashortvideoabouttheBeijingMarathonandsharedtheirexperiencesfromtherace.Someofthechildrenimaginedthelengthofamarathonbycomparingitwithhowfartheyhavetowalktoschool!ZhangXin,afourthgradestudent,regularlyhastowalkalmosteightkilometrestoschoolwithhisyoungersister.That’snotasfarasamarathon,butit’sanawfullylongwayforachildtowalk.TherunnersdidmorethanjusttalkwiththechildrenofGansu,though.Relayraceswiththechildrenwereorganizedaswell.Beforeracing,therunnersledthechildreninstretchingexercises.Andafterallthechildrenhadrun,BeijingMarathonmedalswereawardedtothewin