高中英语第一册-第五册课文缩略

B1 Unit 1 Friendship编撰：王兴仁A best friend is someone who you can tell everything to, even your deepest feelings and thoughts. Anne Frank treated her diary as her best friend.The German Nazis were in search of Anne and her family. The family had to hide away from the chase. They didn’t dare to go out even in the evenings. They had to stay indoors day and night. Not being able to go out for such a long time, Anne missed the beauty of nature so much that she grew crazy about everything to do with it. She stayed up until eleven thirty one evening on purpose just to see the moonlight. She said: “This is the first time I have seen the moonlight since I was here.”Unfortunately, the family were discovered at last and taken away from the hiding place.- 1 -B1 Unit 2 English around the world编撰：李庆云At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. Today, the largest number of people speaking English may be in China. A lot of Chinese people speak English as their foreign language.The English language has changed quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English sounded more or less like German for it was based on German, but modern English sounds more like French than German because England was once ruled by the French.Two people had great effects on the English changes. One was Shakespeare, who enlarged the English vocabulary; the other was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictionary which gave American English its own identity.- 2 -B1 Unit 3 Travel journal编撰：依智Wang Kun and Wang Wei are brothers and sisters. They have dreamed of taking a great bike trip. It was Wang Wei who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River. They rode bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, whose source is in Qinghai Province. When it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and the plains where rice grows. Despite the difficulties, Wang Kun and Wang Wei were determined to begin their journey at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters in Qinghai Province. During their journey, they enjoyed the continuous change of the weather. Finally, they reached Dali in Yunnan Province, where Dao Wei and Yu Hang joined them. The four of them went on with their great bike trip.- 3 -B1 Unit 4 Earthquakes编撰：郭影Several days before July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. The water in the village wells rose and fell. The water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. They were signs for the earthquake. But people in the city didn’t think much of these. At 3:42 a. m. that day, the earth began to shake, which destroyed the city. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to rescue those trapped under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big quake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings fell down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Teams were organized to dig out the trapped and bury the dead.- 4 -B1 Unit 5 Nelson Mandel a—amodern hero编撰：韩素宏Nelson Mandela, born on July 18, 1918, is the first black president of South Africa. He studied law after he entered university. Then in 1952 he set up a law office to help poor black people. Because of his fight against the government and anti-black laws, he was sentenced to five years of hard labour. After that he formed ANC Youth League. Fighters from ANC began to blow up buildings in 1963 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. Twenty seven years later, he was freed by the white government. In 1993 he was made president of South Africa and the government for the black people was finally set up.Nelson Mandela was really a great man!- 5 -B2 Unit 1 Cultural relics编撰：李红星The Amber Room, one of the great wonders of the world, was a great work that took ten years to make. In 1716, the Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a gift of friendship by Frederick William I, who loved best soldiers more than the Amber Room than the Amber Room itself. In Russia, the room first served as a small reception hall for important visitors and later moved and redesigned by Catherine II. Unfortunately, the Amber Room disappeared when the Nazi Germany and Russia were at war and now nobody knows what happened to it. In the spring of 2003, however, a new Amber Room, built by the Russians and Germans on the basis of old photos, was ready for the people of St Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city.- 6 -B2 Unit 2 The Olympic Games编撰：徐峰Pausanias and Lili are talking about the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics. The Ancient Olympic Games were first held in Athens, in which only men from the Greece had the honour to compete. The champions were awarded olive wreaths as prizes. The modern Olympics started in 1896. From then on, athletes from all over the world have come to take part in the games every four years. There are two sets of Games—the summer and the winter Olympics. All countries can take part if their athletes reach the standard to be admitted to the games. There are over 250 sports. To host all the competitors, a special village is usually built, with a stadium, a very large swimming pool, a gymnasium as well as seats for those who watch the games. The winners of- 7 -the first three places are awarded gold, silver and bronze medals. The motto of the Olympic Games is: swifter, higher and stronger.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 8 -B2 Unit 3 Computers编撰：韩莉The history of computer began in 1642 in France. It was first built only as a calculating machine, and later as an Analytical Machine that followed instructions from cards with hotels. Still later, the “universal machine”is built to solve mathematical problem, and this made computers huge! It was thought to be simple-minded until people discovered it had “artificial intelligence.”As the years have gone by, computer has been made smaller, quicker and cleverer. Later, computers were connected by network and brought into common people’s homes to deal with information and help communication between people around the world. Since its birth, computer has always been designed serve the human race.- 9 -B2 Unit 4 Wildlife protection编撰：王兴仁Not long ago there was a girl called Daisy, who went to see the animals that gave fur to make her sweater with the help of a flying chair. In Tibet, she saw an antelope with a sad face looking at her, who told her that they were killed for the wool that was taken from under their stomachs. Every year over 29,000 of them were killed, with only 72,000 left. In Zimbabwe, the elephant Daisy saw said they were endangered there. Farmers used to hunt them because they were considered to have destroyed the farms. Later, the government tried to help the farmers by asking the tour companies to bring more tourists to the area and setting the number of animals to be hunted, which brought the farmers a lot of incomes. As a result, farmers started to protect them. In the thick rain forest,- 10 -Daisy saw a monkey rubbing an insect over his body to protect against mosquitoes. With all her experience, Daisy had learned how to work with WWF to protect wildlife.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 11 -B2 Unit 5 Music编撰：李庆云If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of becoming famous. Most musicians form a band because of the same interest in writing and playing music. They may play anywhere to earn some extra money as well as fulfill their dreams. However, “The Monkees”, which started differently, began as a TV show with musicians playing jokes and music in the programme. Only after a year or so did they become more serious and they produced their own records and later became even more popular than “The Beatles”in the USA. The band once broke up and reunited. In memory of their time as a real band, they produced a new record in 1996.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________- 12 -B3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world编撰：依智There are all kinds of festivals throughout the world, festivals to satisfy and please the ancestors, to honour some famous people or important events, and to express people’s gratitude to the God for bringing them a year of plenty. For example, Japanese observe Obon, when people go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. In India, October 2 is a national festival to honour Mahatma Gandhi who helped India become an independent country. And in China the Spring Festival, which is celebrated in January or February, is the most energetic and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.- 13 -B3 Unit 2 Healthy eating编撰：郭影Wang Pengwei felt very frustrated when he saw none of his patrons(常客) would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion, nothing could be better than his fried rice, mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his sugary cola. Who won his customers? He followed one of his best friends into Yong Hui’s newly opened slimming restaurant and was amazed at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious that Yong Hui was telling lies when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library to do some research, which showed Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. Having found out the weakness of Yong Hui’s menu, Pengwei wrote his own sign, saying energy-giving food served. In fact, there was weakness in Wang- 14 -Pengwei’s menus, too. Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So the only solution is to combine the two menus together to be a balanced menu. 记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 15 -Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note编撰：李红星Sailing home, Henry, a San Francisco businessman, found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. When he had just about given himself up for lost, he was spotted by a ship and so he landed in London by accident. Hungry and alone, he walked the streets of the city when he was unexpectedly called into a mansion (宅邸), where two rich brothers, Oliver and Roderick, gave him a letter and told him not to open it till two o’clock of the day.Not knowing it was a million pound banknote, Henry left the mansion and went into a cheap restaurant to stuff his stomach. Everybody was rude to him because he was in rags and looked depressed. Then, to the surprise of everybody, he handed the owner a million-pound bank-note to pay for the meal. On- 16 -seeing the note, all the people in the restaurant became polite and tried their best to please Henry. Don’t you think it’s the most incredible table in the world?记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 17 -B3 Unit 4 Astronomy: the scienceof the stars编撰：徐峰At the very beginning, the earth was just a cloud of energetic dust. Then the dust combined into a ball moving around the sun. After that, it exploded loudly with fire and rock, producing water vapour, carbon, dioxide and other gases, which in the end made the earth’s atmosphere. Then the earth cooled down, and water, one of the earth’s special qualities, appeared and stayed on the earth, which made it possible for life to begin to develop. Some small plants growing in the water appeared on the earth’s surface, followed by land animals, including insects, amphibians, reptiles and the most important animals called dinosaurs until finally dinosaurs disappeared all of a sudden and some small clever animals with hands and feet appeared and spread all over- 18 -the earth and in place of dinosaurs they became the most important animals on the plane t—that is, human beings.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 19 -Unit 5 Canad a—“The True North”编撰：韩莉My cousin and I traveled across Canada by train from west to east. We saw many things from the train on the way across, and in the cities of Toronto and Montreal.We passed through the Rocky Mountains on the train, and saw wild scenery, a grizzly bear and some mountain goats. Canada is very empty in the centre, which is a wheat growing area. The city of Thunder bay is a port in the centre of Canada. Ocean ships can come all the way to the top of the Great lakes.In Toronto, we went up the CN Tower and saw the mist from Niagara Falls. We visited the covered stadium, which is the home of the famous basketball team. We saw Chinatown and had dinner at the Pink Pearl restaurant.When we arrived in Montreal the- 20 -next day, we saw many signs and ads in French. Then we went to Old Montreal, sitting in a typical cafébeside the St Lawrence River. We spent the afternoon in shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces. 记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 21 -B4 Unit 1 Women of achievement编撰：韩素宏There are a lot of famous women of achievement in the world. They all do well in their work, such as Lin Qiaozhi, Jane Goodall and Song Qingling. Of all the famous women, I admire Madame Curie for her contribution to the world. I also admire Florence Nightingale for her great achievement as a nurse. There is no doubt that they are real heroines and worthy of being praised. But in my opinion, all healthy humans have the ability to do that. It just depends on whether you have the determination to do it and whether the situation is in your favor. But never before have I admired a person so much as Helen Keller, who I just read about. She was an unlucky girl, who could neither hear nor see. I just can’t imagine how she could be so successful. I really don’t believe that a deaf-blind lady- 22 -could become a world-famous writer. What great difficulties she must have met and what great efforts she must have made. If I were her, I wouldn’t have the courage to live on. It is by her courage and imagination and intelligence that I was struck.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 23 -B4 Unit 2 Working the land编撰：王兴仁Dr Yuan Long ping was a pioneer of agriculture in China. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture in 1953. Since then he devoted his life to finding ways to grow more rice. The rice farmers are now producing harvest twice as large as before by using his kind of rice. But he was not satisfied with his work. Although now he leads a rich life, he still insists on his work to develop his rice. I think his work is really important to the world. Because of his hard work, the production of food has been improved. And the problem of hunger can be solved. Thanks to Y uan Long ping’s great work, millions of people can benefit from his extraordinary work.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________- 24 -B4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour编撰：李庆云Some humor can be cruel, but some people seem to enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck at times. Perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life because we feel there is someone else worse off than ourselves. However, some actors can astonish us with the deep feelings they can inspire in us for a character. Charlie Chaplin, the most famous actor during the period of silent films, was such an actor. He was able to make terrible situations funny and at the same time show the humanity and kindness that can be found in the most difficult circumstances. Take The Gold Rush for example. The film is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century. Chaplin and his friend wash sand from the river in a pan of water and expect to find gold but they have not been fortunate- 25 -enough to find any. Instead, they are caught in a snowstorm in a small wooden house, where they have nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they have to boil a pair of leather shoes and eat it. Chaplin seems to eat every mouthful with great enjoyment and makes it seem as if it were one of the best meals he has ever had!记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 26 -B4 Unit 4 Body language编撰：依智Not all cultures greet each other the same way. Each country may have its own way to express feelings. In Britain, people may keep a certain distance. In Japan, they may bow to each other when they meet. In France, people shake hands and kiss each other twice on each cheek. And in South American countries, they may stand close and touch each other. But in Middle East Muslim countries, they shake hands only with men, not with women. In China today, people may shake hands with each other, sometimes they greet each other only with a smile. Perhaps they will kiss or embrace in the future to express their strong feelings.记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________- 27 -B4 Unit 5 Theme parks编撰：韩素宏Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves for a while. In recent decades, however, many parks have been designed to provide entertainment. We call them theme parks. The new parks are usually huge places and have a variety of things to see and do. Theme parks have a certain idea—a certain theme—that the whole parks are based on. For example, a sport theme park will offer visitors sports to play or watch; a history or culture theme park will let us see how our ancestors dressed, worked or lived. The oldest theme park in the world is Disneyland. It seemed like a place of fantasy. Besides these, we have the marine or ocean parks, which attract a lot of visitors.记事：___________________________________- 28 -B5 Unit 1 Great scientists编撰：郭影John Snow, a well-known doctor in London, became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people who were exposed to cholera, a deadly disease of its day. Many thousands of people died every time there was an outbreak because no one knew the cause of it. John wanted to help solve the problem.He got interested in two theories explaining how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory that suggested that people absorbed the disease with their meals. In 1854, when another outbreak hit London, he was ready to test the two theories. With the help of the map he made, he got a valuable clue about the cause of the disease and was able to announce that the water was to blame.- 29 -B5 Unit 2 The United Kingdom编撰：韩莉If you study British history, you may find the country went through several different names. The first name England referred to England and Wales, but when the two countries joined Scotland in 1603, the name Great Britain was given to represent the country. With the joining of Northern Ireland, the country got the name the United Kingdom, which was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.Of the four countries, England is the largest and is divided into three zones: the South, the North and the Midlands. Its capital London, which has been influenced by some invaders, like the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans, is the greatest historical treasure of all with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings.- 30 -B5 Unit 3 Life in the future编撰：徐峰Li Qiang couldn’t believe that he had traveled to the year AD 3005 in a time capsule.Because this was his first time trip, he was worried and unsettled so that he suffered from “time lag.”Besides, he was hit by the lack of fresh air. His guide, Wang Ping, who was very understanding, gave him some green tablets and a mask, which helped him overcome the problems.However, Li Qiang experienced something new. He flew above the ground in a hovering carriage. Arriving home, he was shown into a large bright, clean room with a wall of trees. After eating something, he fell fast asleep in the bed that was produced from the floor.记事：___________________________________- 31 -B5 Unit 4 Making the news编撰：李红星It is Zhou Yang’s first day at the office of China Daily. He is excited and eager to go out on a story on his own, but he can’t because he isn’t experienced enough. His new boss, Hu Xin, is sharing with him how to be a good reporter.To be a good reporter, one needs to be curious, which enables one to ask many different questions and acquire all the information he needs to know. Besides, it’s important for a reporter to have a nose for a story, knowing if someone is telling the truth. And while interviewing people, a reporter has to listen to the answers carefully because he has to listen to the detailed facts and prepare the next question depending on what people say. If possible, a reporter can record the interview in case he might be accused of printing lies.- 32 -B5 Unit 5 First aid编撰：王兴仁First aid is the kind of help given to someone who falls ill or gets injured before a doctor can be found. Of course, the illness or injury is not serious. Now let’s talk about FIRST AID for burns. Y ou have three layers of skin that protect yourself against diseases, poisons and the harmful rays from the sun. Your skin also gives you your sense of touch. First aid is a very important step in the treatment. People can get burned by many things, such as hot liquids, steam, fire, radiation, the sun, electricity, etc. There are three types of burns. Burns are called first degree, second degree or third degree burns, depending on which layers are burned. Different degree burn can be treated in a different way. Let’s keep these things in mind.- 33 -词汇小故事（1～3册）BI Unit 1Topic: FriendshipA letter to news agencyWe recently had a survey about the parents’ opinions to adolescents’ idols.Some are well concerned about it that their children can’t get along well with others for they are spellbound by their idols，they are so crazy for them that they try to imitate anything their idols do! For this reason, they raise a lot of problems home and at school. The parents think the idols have hidden away something on purpose that isn’t good and make glosses of well-off situations that the students could not judge! They hold the idea that the idols cheat their fans and have a bad effect on their children!On the contrary, some parents are not upset about it and think it is a nature that children should have their heroes. Good examples from the idols- 34 -can add experience to students, which makes it known that success comes with hard work. The trust and the concern that students keep to idols will do good to them.We know every coin has two sides. As long as parents and the whole society guide adolescents properly, letting them go through something happy or sad and something hard or easy and sharing love and pain, the adolescents can develop healthily. And that is the really meaningful point!记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 35 -BI Unit 2Topic: English around the worldAn epitome of American culture The United States of America is an immigrant county with all kind of races from all over the world, such as Africans, Asians, Europeans and South Americans, with the Indians its natives. Because of it,the USA is a country with colorful but special culture, in which English is a good example.The British had ruled America for over 300 years so the English play an important role in USA and becomes its only official language. If someone asks who do say only one language, the answer must be Americans. But the language differs from area to area in USA, for most of Americans have strong accent but less dialect. You can recognize Americans and know he is southeastern(one speaks a bit slow but clearly) or northeastern (one speaks quickly) by their accents. You- 36 -also can tell them from Englishmen by the words and phrases which they use. Take the followings as an example, if you hear an English-speaking person says “would you like to my flat for diner tonight?”, but not says: “would you like to my department…?”he may be an English but not American. In the modern time the USA play a most important part in the international affairs and many people regard American English as the standard English. Believe it or no t, many people retell what the Americans say and try to learn a mouthful of American accent! American English is an epitome of American culture which shows The USA is tolerant, easy-going, but commanding!记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________- 37 -BI Unit 3Topic: travel journalJourney home and abroadHaving a journey home or abroad is a general topic for us, going everywhere, enjoying all kinds of attractions and taking everything into your eyes and minds will improve your attitude to the whole world! to meet the local people, get familiar with their custom, enjoy their foods and can have a feast of exotic events. If necessary, you even can keep a record of them in detail in your journal for the pleasure of afterthought! Supposed you are brave enough, you can try having cycling instead of spending lots of fare on your transportation by car, train or plane, for cycling can benefit you with the most beautiful mountains, deep valleys and widest plains. You have the wonder of nature give in to you! Just think of it and it is so attractive! By the- 38 -way, you can do so on condition that you are strong and stubborn enough and have a proper plan before action! If you do so, no matter how wide the plain is or what the altitude of the mountain is, since you are determined, you can achieve them!So, why are you hesitating? Just do it! 记事：___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________- 39 -。