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Module1

MyNameisLiKang.IliveinShijiazhuang,acitynotfar

fromBeying.ItisthecapitalcityofHebeiProvince.Today

ismyfirstdayatSeniorHighschoolandI'mwritingdown

mythoughtsaboutit.MynewschoolisverygoodandI

canseewhy.Theteachersareveryenthusiasticand

friendlyandtheclassroomsareamazing.Everyroomhas

acomputerwithaspecialscreen,almostasbigasa

cinemascreen.Theteacherswriteonthecomputer,and

theirwordsappearonthescreenbehindthem.The

screensalsoshowphotographs,textandinformationfrom

websites.They'rebrilliant!TheEnglishclassisreally

interesting.Theteacherisaveiyenthusiasticwoman

calledMsShen.We'reusinganewtextbookandMs

Shen'smethodofteachingisnothinglikethatofthe

teachersatmyJuniorHighschool.Shethinksthat

readingcomprehensionisimportant,butwespeakalotin

class,too.Andwehavefun.Idon'tthinkIwillbeboredin

MsShen'sclass!Todayweintroducedourselvestoeach

other.Wedidthisingroups.Somestudentswere

embarrassedatfirstbuteveiyonewasveryfriendlyandit

wasreallynice.MsShengaveusinstructionsandthen

weworkedbyourselves.MsShenwantstohelpus

improveourspellingandhandwriting.Wedothisinafun

way,withspellinggamesandotheractivities.Ilikeher

attitudeverymuch,andthebehaviouroftheother

studentsshowsthattheylikeher,too.Therearesixty-five

studentsinmyclass一morethanmypreviousclassin

JuniorHigh.Forty-nineofthemaregirls.Inotherwords,

therearethreetimesasmanygirls

asboys.Theysaythatgirlsareusuallymorehard-

workingthanboys,butinthisclass,everyoneishard-

working.Forourhomeworktonight,wehavetowrite

adescriptionofthestreetwherewelive.I'mlooking

forwardtodoingit!

Module2

Theysaythatfirstimpressionsareveryimportant.My

firstimpressionofMrs.Liwasthatshewasnervousand

shy.Ithinkperhapsshewas,asitwasherfirstlesson

withus.Butnow,aftertwoweeks,theclassreallylikes

workingwithher.She'skindandpatient,andshe

explainsEnglishgrammarsoclearlythatevenIcan

understandit!—Sheavoidsmakingyoufeelstupid!I've

alwayshatedmakingmistakesorpronouncingaword

incorrectlywhenIspeakEnglish,butMrs.Lijustsmiles,

sothatyoudon'tfeelcompletelystupid!Ithinkmaybe

shegoesabittooslowlyforthefasterstudents,butfor

meit'swonderful!IfeelI'mgoingtomakeprogresswith

her.

I'dguessthatMrs.Chenisalmostsixty.She'svery

strict—wedon'tdaretosayawordunlesssheasksusto.

She'salsoveryseriousanddoesn'tsmilemuch.When

sheasksyoutodosomething,youdoitimmediately!

Thereareafewstudentsinourclasswhokeepcoming

toclasslatebutthey'realwaysontimeforMrs.Chen's

lessons!Someofourclassdon'tlikeher,butmostofus

reallyappreciateherbecauseherteachingissowell

organisedandclear.Andafewstudentsevenadmit

likingher!Duringscientificexperiments,sheexplains

exactlywhatishappeningandasaresultmyworkis

improving.Physicswillneverbemyfavouritelesson,

butIthinkthatI'lldowellintheexamwithMrs.Chen

teachingme.

Mr.Wu'sonlybeenteachingusfortwoweeksandhe's

alreadyverypopular.Ithinkthisisbecausehereally

enjoysteachingChineseliterature一helovesit,infact!

He'sgotsomuchenergy;thisisoneclassyoudonotfall

asleepin!He'sabout28,Ithink,andisrathergood-

looking.Hetalksloudlyandfast,andwaveshishands

aboutalotwhenhegetsexcited.He'sreallyamusingand

tellsjokeswhenhethinkswe'regettingbored.Even

thingslikecompositionsandsummariesarefunwithMr.

Wu.Irespecthimalot.

Module3

MynameisAliceThompson.IcomefromSydney,

AustraliaandI'm18yearsold.RecentlyIhadmyfirst

rideonalong-distancetrain.Andwhataride!Afriend

andItravelledonthefamousGhantrain.Wegotonin

SydneyandwegotoffinAliceSprings,rightinthe

middleofAustralia,morethanfourthousandkilometres

away.Wespenttwodaysandnightsonthetrain.

Thetrainwaswonderfulandthefoodwasgreat.Weate

greatmealscookedbyexperts!Forthefirstfewhundred

kilometresofthejourney,thescenerywasveiycolourful.

Therewerefieldsandthesoilwasdarkred.Afterthat,it

wasdesert.Thesunshone,therewasnowindandthere

werenocloudsinthesky.Suddenly,itlookedlikeaplace

fromanothertime.Wesawabandonedfarmswhichwere

builtmorethanahundredyearsago.

Thetrainwascomfortableandthepeoplewerenice.

Duringtheday,Isatandlookedoutofthewindow,and

sometimestalkedtootherpassengers.Ireadbooksand

listenedtomyChinesecassettes(I'mstudyingChineseat

school).Onenight,ataboutmidnight,Iwatchedthenight

skyforaboutanhour.Thestarsshonelikediamonds.

WhyisthetraincalledtheGhan?Alongtimeago,

Australiansneededawaytotraveltothemiddleofthe

countiy.Theytriedridinghorses,butthehorsesdidn't

likethehotweatherandsand.Ahundredandfiftyyears

ago,theybroughtsomecamelsfromAfghanistan.

GhanisshortforAfghanistan.

Camelsweremuchbetterthanhorsesfortravellinga

longdistance.Formanyyears,trainedcamels

carriedfoodandothersupplies,andreturnedwith

woolandotherproducts.

TheAfghansandtheircamelsdidthisuntilthe1920s.

Thenthegovernmentbuiltanewrailwayline,sothey

didn'tneedthecamelsanymore.In1925,theypasseda

lawwhichallowedpeopletoshoottheanimalsifthey

wereaproblem.In1935,thepoliceinatownshot153

camelsinoneday.

Module4

XIAOLI:It'sgreattoseeyouagain,John.

JOHNMARTIN:It'sgreattoseeyou!It'sbeensixyears

sincewelastsaweachother,youknow.Andthisisthe

firsttimeI'vevisitedyourhometown.

XIAOLI:Yes,I'msogladyoucouldcome.

JOHNMARTIN:Youknow,I'veseenquitealotofChina

andI'vevisitedsomebeautifulcities,butthisisoneofthe

mostattractiveplacesI'vebeento.It'ssolively,and

everyoneseemssofriendly.

XIAOLI:Yes,it'soneofthemostinterestingcitieson

thecoast,everyonesaysso.Ifeelveryfortunateliving

here.AndIlovelivingbytheseaside.

JOHNMARTIN:YouliveinthenorthwestofXiamen,

isthatright?

XIAOLI:Yes,that'sright.

JOHNMARTIN:What'stheclimatelike?

XIAOLI:Prettyhotandwetinthesummer,butitcanbe

quitecoldinthewinter.

JOHNMARTIN:SoundsOKtome.Therearealot

oftouristsaround.Don'ttheybotheryou?

XIAOLI:Yes,theycanbeanuisanceinthe

summerbecausetherearesomanyofthem.

JOHNMARTIN:Oh,lookatthathugeapartmentblock!

XIAOLI:Yes,they'vejustcompletedit.Therentfor

anapartmentthereisveryhigh.

JOHNMARTIN:Ibelieveyou!Thisarea'ssomodern!

XIAOLI:Yes,thisisthebusinessdistrict.They'veput

upalotofhigh-risebuildingsrecently.Andthereare

somegreatshoppingmalls.See,we'rejustpassing

onenow.Mywife'sjustboughtabeautifuldressfrom

oneoftheshopsthere.

JOHNMARTIN:MaybeIcouldbuyafewpresentsthere.

XIAOLI:I'lltakeyoutheretomorrow.Nowwe're

leavingthebusinessdistrictandapproachingtheharbour.

We'reenteringthewesterndistrict,themostinteresting

partofthecity.It'sgotsomereallyprettyparks...

JOHNMARTIN:Itseemslovely.IsthatGulangyuIsland,

justacrossthewater?

XIAOLI:Yes,itis.It'sagorgeousislandwithsome

reallyinterestingarchitecture.

JOHNMARTIN:Sotheytellme.Doyouthinkwe

couldstopandwalkaroundforawhile?

XIAOLI:Yes,Iwasjustgoingtodothat.Wecanpark

overthere.Afriend'stoldmeaboutanicelittlefish

restaurantnearhere.Shallwegothereforlunch?

JOHNMARTIN:Thatsoundsgreat.I'mstarving!

Module5

TheInternetisthebiggestsourceofinformationinthe

world,andit'saccessiblethroughacomputer.It

consistsofmillionsofpagesofdata.

In1969,DARPA,aU.S.defenceorganisation,developed

awayforalltheircomputersto"talk"toeachother

throughthetelephone.Theycreatedanetworkof

computerscalledDARPANET.Forfifteenyears,onlythe

U.S.armycouldusethissystemofcommunication.Then

in1984,theU.S.NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)

startedtheNSFNETnetwork.Itthenbecamepossiblefor

universitiestousethesystemaswell.NSFNETbecame

knownastheInter-Network,or"Internet".

TheWorldWideWeb(theweb)isacomputer

networkthatallowscomputeruserstoaccess

informationfrommillionsofwebsitesviatheInternet.

Atthemoment,about80percentofwebtrafficisin

English,butthispercentageisgoingdown.By2020,

muchwebtrafficcouldbeinChinese.

TheWorldWideWebwasinventedin1991byan

Englishscientist,TimBerners-Lee.Berners-Leebuilt

hisfirstcomputerwhilehewasatuniversityusingan

oldtelevision!HecameupwiththeideaoftheWorld

WideWebin1989whilehewasworkinginSwitzerland.

Berners-Leemadeitpossibleforeveryonetousethe

Internet,notjustuniversitiesandthearmy.Hedesigned

thefirst"webbrowser",whichallowedcomputerusersto

accessdocumentsfromothercomputers.Fromthat

momenton,thewebandtheInternetgrew.Withinfive

years,thenumberofInternetusersrosefrom600000to

40million.

TheInternethascreatedthousandsofmillionaires,but

Berners-Leeisnotoneofthem.Everyoneintheworld

canaccesstheInternetusinghisWorldWideWebsystem.

HenowworksasalectureratMassachusettsInstituteof

TechnologyinBoston.

PassageAItishardtothinkofaworldwithoutmetals.

Differentmetalshavedifferentuses,forexample,steelis

usedincars,andironisusedinelectricalequipment.

Whenweusemetals,itisimportanttoknowhowthey

reactwithdifferentsubstances,forexample,waterand

oxygen.Thereactionofmetalswiththesesubstances

canbeputinorder.Hereisatablewiththemetalsthat

reactmostatthetop,andthemetalsthatreactleastat

thebottom.

PassageB

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