高中英语读写校本课程----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”
Contents
Part I Myths and Tales神话传说
Lesson 1 The Little Match Girl (2)
Lesson 2 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (8)
Lesson 3 Pangu Separates Sky fro m Earth (15)
PartⅡFigure stories人物故事
Lesson 1自由斗士曼德拉 (17)
Lesson 2 Pop Star and Songwriter: Han Hong (20)
Lesson 3 Louis Armstrong (24)
Part ⅢSocial customs社会风情
Lesson 1 The Origin of Kiss (27)
Lesson 2 International Left-hander’s Day (31)
Lesson 3 Make Sports a Kind of Culture (34)
Part ⅣLife attitudes and ambitions人生态度与理想
Lesson 1 You Are the World (39)
Lesson 2 Facing Life Positively (44)
Lesson 3 Honesty (49)
PartⅤ History and Culture历史文化
Lesson 1 Studying difference (52)
Lesson 2 Spring Festival’s Symbols (56)
Lesson 3 Cleopatra, Queen (60)
PartⅥScience and Economy科学与经济
Lesson 1 Greenhouse Effect Occurred 5,000 Years Ago (63)
Lesson 2 China’s New “Four Great Inventions” (69)
Lesson 3 China’s launching plans for Shenzhou 7 (73)
Part I Myths and Tales神话传说
Lesson 1 The Little Match Girl
卖火柴的小女孩
Once upon a time, a little girl tried to make a living by selling matches in the street.
It was New Year’s Eve and the snow clad streets were deserted. From brightly lit windows came the tinkle (发出清脆的声响)of laughter and the sound of singing. People were getting ready to bring in the New Year. But the poor little match seller sat sadly beside the fountain. Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground. She hadn’t sold one box of matches all day and she was frightened to go home, for her father would certainly be angry. It wouldn’t be much warmer anyway, in the draughty attic (阁楼) that was her home. The little girl’s fingers were frozen with cold. If only she could light a match! But what would her father say at such a waste! Falteringly (迟疑地)she took out a match and lit it. What a
nice warm flame! The little match seller cupped her hand over it, and as she did so, she magically saw in its light a big brightly burning stove.
She held out her hands to the heat, but just then the match went out and the vision faded. The night seemed blacker than before and it was getting colder. A shiver (寒噤) ran through the little girl’s thin body. After hesitating for a long time, she struck another match on the wall, and this time, the glimmer turned the wall into a great sheet of crystal. Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick. Holding out her arms towards the plates, the little match seller seemed to pass through the glass, but then the match went out and the magic faded. Poor thing: in just a few seconds she had caught a glimpse of everything that life had denied her: warmth and good things to eat. Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.
She lit the third match and an even more wonderful thing happened. There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering (闪烁) with tinsel (金属箔) and colored balls. “Oh. How lovely!” shouted the little match seller, holding up the match. Then, the match burned her finger and went out. The light from the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, then one of the lights fell, leaving a trail behind it. “Someone is dying,” murmured the little girl, as s he remembered her beloved Granny who used to say: “When a star falls, a heart stops beating!”
