高二英语人教版选修7课后中文翻译

马蒂的故事您好，我的名字是结婚调遣，我想你可以说我是“百万分之一”。

换句话说，有很多人不喜欢我。

你看，我有一个肌肉疾病，这让我非常弱，所以我不能运行或其他人尽快爬楼梯。

此外，有时我很笨拙和删除的东西或撞到家具。

不幸的是，医生不知道如何让我更好，但我很外向，已经学会了适应我的残疾。

我的座右铭是：活一天一次。

直到我10岁，我是其他人一样。

我用爬树，游泳和踢足球。

事实上，我用梦想踢职业足球，可能代表我国在世界杯。

然后，我开始变得越来越弱，直到我只能从替补席上享受足球在球场。

最后，我走进了医院的医疗测试。

我在那里呆了近3个月。

我觉得我至少有10亿的测试，其中包括他们在切出一块从我的腿肌肉，看着它在显微镜下。

即使毕竟，没有人可以给我的病名称，它是很难知道将来会怎样。

一个问题是，我不看其他人有什么不同。

所以我的一些小学的儿童有时会笑，当我出了一口气后运行一个简短的方式或不得不停止，中途休息了楼梯。

太多，有时候，我太软弱，上学，所以我的教育遭遇。

我每次缺席后返回时，我感到愚蠢，因为我背后的其他。

我的生命是在高中轻松了许多，因为我的同学都接受了我。

少数人不能看到我的身体内的真正的人不会让我恼火，和我不理会他们。

总而言之，我有一个美好的生活。

我很高兴发现有很多事情我可以不喜欢写作和计算机编程，。

我的志向是为公司开发的计算机软件，当我长大工作。

去年发明了一种电脑足球游戏，和一家大公司已决定从我这里购买。

我有一个非常忙碌的生活，没有时间坐下来为自己感到悲伤。

以及朋友的电影和足球比赛，我花了很多时间与我的宠物。

我有两只兔子，一只鹦鹉，池鱼和龟。

要妥善照顾我的宠物需要大量的时间，但我觉得值得。

我也做了很多工作，特别是如果我已经有一段时间了。

我的残疾在许多方面帮助我成长的心态更坚强，变得更加独立。

我要努力过正常的生活，但它是值得的。

，如果我有机会健康的孩子说一件事，那将是这样的：有残疾并不意味着你的生活是不能令人满意的。

所以不要感到遗憾，为残疾人士或使其中的乐趣，千万不要忽视它们。

All things come to those who wait. 苍天不负有心人Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. ( M. Moore )胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。

(穆尔)2017高考我们必胜！选修七课文译文Unit1 （A篇）MARTY’S STORY马蒂的故事Hi, my name is Marty Fielding and I guess you could say that I am "one in a million".你好。

我叫马蒂·菲尔丁。

我想你可能会说我是“百万人中才有一个”的那种人。

In other words, there are not many people like me. 换句话说，世界上像我这样的人并不多见。

You see, I have a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. 你瞧，我的肌肉有毛病，使我的身体非常虚弱，所以我不能像别人那样快跑快步爬楼梯。

In addition, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. 再说，有时候我还会笨手笨脚、不小心摔掉东西，或磕碰到家具上。

Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability. 不幸的是，大夫们不知道如何治好我的病，但是我很开朗乐观，学会了适应身体的残疾。

Part 1. Warming up1.Do you know anyone with a mental or physical disability?disability n．伤残；无力；无能归纳拓展与disability有关的词汇：(1)able adj.有能力的；能够的；能干的ability n．能力；能耐；本领(2)unable adj.不能的(3)disable vt.使丧失能力；使残疾；使不能正常运转disabled adj.有残疾的；丧失能力的the disabled残疾人；伤残者She manages to lead a normal life in spite of her disabilities.尽管身有残疾，她仍然努力像正常人一样生活。

Our ability to think and speak separates us from other mammals.思维和说话的能力使我们有别于其他哺乳动物。

His disability prevents him from doing the job.他的残疾使他无法做这项工作。

The burglars gained entry to the building after disabling the alarm.窃贼破坏报警器后便得以进入大楼。

【链接训练】As his disease has ________ him，Hawking has to sit in his wheelchair and speak through a computer. A．disabled B．unabled C．abled D．enable2.She is proud to have taken part in competitions and to have broken a record by running two laps (800 metres) this year.她为自己参加了比赛而且在今年的800米长跑中打破了记录而感到骄傲。

Unit ‎4一封家‎信亲爱的‎罗斯玛丽：‎‎谢谢你的来‎信，收到你‎的信真是太‎高兴了。

我‎知道你急于‎了解我在这‎儿的生活情‎况。

我在信‎中附有几张‎照片，能够‎帮助你想象‎出我所谈到‎的地方。

‎你‎问起我中学‎情况。

它是‎一所丛林学‎校——教室‎是用竹子搭‎起来的，屋‎顶是用茅草‎盖的。

我只‎要步行几分‎钟就到学校‎了。

每次我‎走到学校操‎场的时候，‎迎接我的是‎男孩子们一‎片“早上好‎”的声音。

‎他们中许多‎人走了很长‎的路，有时‎候要走两个‎小时才能到‎学校。

‎这儿‎没有电，也‎没有水，甚‎至连课本也‎没有。

我还‎在努力适应‎这儿的条件‎。

但是有一‎点是肯定的‎，我在教学‎中更富有想‎象力了。

理‎科对我来说‎是最富挑战‎性的课，因‎为没有设备‎。

如果需要‎水，我还得‎从家里用水‎桶提过来！‎有一天，我‎正给孩子们‎做化学实验‎的演示，我‎还没有明白‎怎么回事，‎混合剂就到‎处冒气泡了‎！孩子们从‎来没有见过‎这种情况，‎吓的都往窗‎外跳去。

有‎时候我真想‎知道，化学‎对这些孩子‎究竟有多大‎的用处。

他‎们中的大多‎数学完八年‎级以后就要‎回到他们的‎村庄去了。

‎说实在的，‎我真的不知‎道我教的课‎是否让这些‎孩子的生活‎有所改变。

‎‎你问我是否‎了解当地百‎姓。

这实在‎是太难了，‎因为我还说‎不了几句洋‎泾浜英语（‎当地人说的‎英语）。

不‎过，上星期‎的周末，我‎和另外一位‎叫杰妮的教‎师真的去访‎问了一个村‎庄，那是我‎的学生汤贝‎的家。

这是‎我第一次到‎村子里去。

‎我们步行了‎两个半小时‎才到那里—‎—先是爬山‎，爬到山顶‎能看到奇妙‎的景色，然‎后走一个陡‎坡，一直走‎到下边的山‎谷。

当我们‎到达村庄的‎时候，汤贝‎的母亲齐亚‎克本来在园‎子里干活的‎，看到我们‎就“嗳矣，‎嗳矣，嗳矣‎”地叫了起‎来。

我们同‎所有的村名‎都握了手。

‎每个人看上‎去都是汤贝‎的亲戚。

‎汤‎贝的父亲叫‎莫卡普，他‎把我们带到‎他的家里。

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人教版英语选修七课文逐句翻译Unit 1 Living wellMarty's StoryHi, my name is Marty Fielding and I guess you could say that I am ＂one in a million" In other words, there are not many people like me You see, I have a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people In addition, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability My motto is: live one day at a time嗨，我叫马蒂·菲尔丁，我想你们可以说我是“万里挑一”的。

换句话说，像我这样的人并不多。

你瞧，我得了一种肌肉疾病，这使我非常虚弱，所以我不能像其他人那样快跑或爬楼梯。

而且，有时我还很笨拙，会掉东西或者撞到家具。

不幸的是，医生们不知道如何能让我好起来，但我性格很开朗，并且已经学会适应自己的残疾。

我的座右铭是：过好每一天。

Until I was ten years old I was the same as everyone else I used to climb trees, swim and play football In fact, I used to dream about playing professional football and possibly representing my country in the World Cup Then I started to get weaker and weaker At last I went into hospital for tests I stayed there for nearly three months The doctors told me I had a seriousdisease and that I might not live much longer I was in shock I think my parents were too They didn't know what to do直到十岁，我都和其他人一样。

Module 7Unit 5 Travelling abroad (词汇识记·汉译英)教案序号：19-20 备课人：审核人：2016/4/121.适应；调节2.保持优秀成绩；继续干下去3.相适应；相融合4.n. 祖国5.n. 签证6.n. 队列；行列vi.排队7.n. 自助食堂；自助餐厅8.n. & vi. 演讲；讲课9.n. 资格；资历10.n. 准备；预备11.vt. 推荐；建议12.n. 店主13.n. 习语；成语14.n. 舒适；安慰vt.安慰15.n. 代替者；代用品vt.用…代替…16.adj. 学校的；学术的17.n. 需要；要求18.n. 文章；散文19.n. 导师；助教；家庭教师20.vt. 复查；修正；复习21.n. 复查；修正；复习22.n. 草稿；草案vt.草拟；起草23.adj. 麻木的；失去知觉的24.vt. 承认；确认；答谢25.就……而言26.vt. 反驳；反斥27.adj. 自主的；自治的；独立的28.vt. 占用；占领；占据29.忙着做……；忙于某事物30.n. 事业；事业心31.n. 道谦；谢罪32.n. （专题）研讨会33.n. 可视电话34.n. 获学士学位的人；未婚男子35.学士学位36.n. 常规；日常事务adj.通常的；例行的37.n. 小型公共汽车38.adj. 可选择的；随意的39.日复一日40.n. 鸟笼；兽槛41.vi. 吠叫;咆哮n.犬吠声；树皮42.n. 电池（组）；电瓶；炮台43.n. 地方；地点；现场44.vi. & vt. 钻（孔）n.钻；钻机班级45.n. 油田46.n. 代理人；经纪人47.旅行代办人；旅行代理人48.adj. 地理（学）的49.adj. 平行的；相同的；类似的50.adj. 丰富的；充裕的51.vt. & vi. 统治；支配；管理姓名52.adv. 向前地；前进地53.n. 目的地54.n. 客栈55.不可能的；不值得讨论的56.vi. & n. 远足；徒步旅行57.n. 坟墓58.（迁入新居、更换工作后）安顿下来选修7 unit 5 课文对照翻译 Reading Two秘鲁秘鲁是南美洲临太平洋海岸的一个国家。

人教版高中英语选修7课文注释与翻译（Unit1-5）Unit 1 ReadingUnit 1 Using languageUnit 2 ReadingUnit 2 Using languageUnit 3 Reading○59rough adj.狂暴的，汹涌的；粗糙的；粗暴的○60terrified adj.感到恐怖的○61abandon/ə'bændən/v t.放弃；遗弃；抛弃○62shark/ʃɑːk/n．鲨鱼○63It takes (sb.) some time to do sth.是固定句型，意为“(某人)花时间去做某事”。

○64approach v t.& v i.接近，靠近n．方法；手段；尝试○65see sb.being done 看到某人正在被……○66hold up 举起；阻止○67well done (口)干得好，干得不错○68pull ...back 把……拉回来○69where 引导定语从句，修饰地点名词the hunt (捕猎的地方)。

killers were fierce○52hunters, theynever harmed or attacked people.Infact, they protected them.There wasone day when we were out in the bayduring a hunt and James was washedoff○53the boat○54.“Man overboard○55！Turn theboat around○56！”urged○57 George, shouting loudly○58.The sea was rough○59that dayand it was difficult to handle theboat.The waves were carrying Jamesfurther and further away fromus.From James's face, I could see hewas terrified○60of being abandoned○61by us.Then suddenlyI saw a shark○62.“Look, there's a shark out there，” I screamed.“Don't worry, Old Tom won'tlet it near，” Red replied.It took over half an hour to getthe boat back to James○63，and when we approached○64him, I ○65saw James being firmly held up○66in the water by Old Tom.I couldn't believe my eyes.There were shouts of “Well done○67，Old Tom”and “Thank God” as we pulled James back○68into the boat.And then Old Tom wasoff and back to the hunt where theother killers were still attacking the whale○69.Unit 3 Using language①dimension/dI'menʃn/n．维(数)；方面；侧面②with a cold drink in my hand 是A NEW DIMENSION① OF LIFE19th JanuaryI'm sitting in the warm night air with崭新的生活空间[第1～2段译文]1月19日Unit 4 ReadingUnit 4 Using languageUnit 5 ReadingUnit 5 Using language。

选修7 Unit 1 Living well-ReadingMARTY’S STORYHi, my name is Marry Fielding and I guess you could say that I am "one in a million". In other words, there are not many people like me. You see, I have a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. In addition, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability. My motto is: live One day at a time.Until I was ten years old I was the same as everyone else. I used to climb trees, swim and play football. In fact, I used to dream about playing professional football and possibly representing my country in the World Cup. Then I started to get weaker and weaker, until I could only enjoy football from a bench at the stadium. In the end I went into hospital for medical tests. I stayed there for nearly three months. I think I had at least a billion tests, including one in which they cut out a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope. Even after all that, no one could give my disease a name and it is difficult to know what the future holds.One problem is that I don't look any different from other people. So sometimes some children in my primary school would laugh, when I got out of breath after running a short way or had to stop and rest halfway up the stairs. Sometimes, too, I was too weak to go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind the others.My life is a lot easier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me. The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them. All in all I have a good life. I am happy to havefound many things I can do, like writing and computer programming. My ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software when I grow up. Last year invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends, I spend a lot of time with my pets. I have two rabbits, a parrot, a tank full of fish and a tortoise. To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time but I find it worthwhile. I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I have been away for a while.In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more independent. I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If I had a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.Thank you for reading my story.A LETTER TO AN ARCHITECTLook at the pictures. Discuss the problems that people with walking difficulties might have in a cinema.Ms L Sanders Alice MajorChief architect 64 Cambridge Street Cinema Designs Bankstown44 Hill StreetBankstown24 September, 200__Dear Ms Sanders,I read in the newspaper today that you are to be the architect for the new Bankstown hope you will not mind me writing to ask if you have thought about the needs of disabled customers. In particular I wonder if you have considered the following things:1 Adequate access for wheelchairs. It would be handy to have lifts to all parts of the cinema. The buttons in the lifts should be easy for a person in a wheelchair to reach, and the doors be wide enough to enter. In some cinemas, the lifts are at the back of the cinema in cold, unattractive places. As disabled people have to use the lifts, this makes them feel they are not as important as other customers.2 Earphones for people who have trouble hearing. It would help to fit sets of earphones to all seats, not just to some of them. This would allow hearing-impaired customers to enjoy the company of their hearing friends rather than having to sit in a special area.3 Raised seating. People who are short cannot always see the screen. So I'd like to suggest that the seats at the back be placed higher than those at the front so that everyone can see the screen easily. Perhaps there could be a space at the end of each row for people in wheelchairs to sit next to their friends.4 Toilets. For disabled customers it would be more convenient to place the toilets near the entrance to the cinema. It can be difficult if the only disabled toilet is in the basement a long way from where the film is showing. And if the doors could be opened outwards, disabled customers would be very happy.5 Car parking. Of course, there are usually spaces specially reserved fordisabled and elderly drivers. If they are close to the cinema entrance and/or exit,it is easier for disabled people to get to film in comfort.Thank you for reading my letter. I hope my suggestions will meet with yourapproval. Disabled people should have the same opportunities as able-bodied peopleto enjoy the cinema and to do so with am sure many people will praise your cinemaif you design it with good access for disabled people. It will also make the cinemaowners happy if more people go as they will make higher profits! Yours sincerely,Alice Major选修7 Unit 2 Robots - ReadingSATISFACTION GURANTEEDLarry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begunexperimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larry's wife,Claire.Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband wouldbe absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm heror allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. However, when she first saw the robot,she felt alarmed. His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine.He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facialexpression never changed.On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast andthen asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quicklytold him to go. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.One day, Claire mentioned that she didn't think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. But she began to trust him. She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel unhappy. Also she felt her home wasn't elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position. She wasn't like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand. She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her. Claire went into the city and bought curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding. Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a necklace. When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she rang Tony up and told the clerk to speak to him. The clerk immediately changed his attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a "dear". As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. After all, she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony.When Claire got home, she wept with anger in her armchair. Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be. "You can be like her," Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return. By that time, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.Tony worked steadily on the improvements. Claire tried to help once butwas too fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day. The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another that moment, Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers. She cried out "Tony" and then heard him declare that he didn't want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. Then the front door bell rang. Tony freed her and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had seen everything !The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.Then she remembered -Tony was just a machine. She shouted "Leave me alone" and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away.The company was very pleased with Tony's report on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected a human being from harm. He had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of failure. He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk to Claire's marriage. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt -you cannot have women failing in love with machines.A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOVIsaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. But he is best known for his science fiction stories. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past.Asimov's life began in Russia, where he was born on 2 January, 1920. It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so years. At the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant with her third child, Asimov started working part-time in the store. He helped out through his school and university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a master's degree in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. The next year he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a full-time writer.It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for writing became obvious. He had told a friend two chapters of a story he had written. The friend thought he was retelling a story from a book. This really surprised Asimov and from that moment, he started to take himself seriously as a writer. Asimov began having stories published in science fiction magazines in 1939. In 1950 he published his first novel and in 1953 his first science book.Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, both for his science fiction books and his science books. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award was the Foundation trilogy (1951-1953), three novelsabout the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future. It was loosely based on the fall of the Roman Empire but was about the future. These books are famous because Asimov invented a theoretical framework which was designed to show how ideas and thinking may develop in the future. He is also well known for his collection of short stories, I, Robot (1950), in which he developed a set of three "laws" for robots. For example, the first law states that a robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. Some of his ideas about robots later influenced other writers and even scientists researching into artificial intelligence.Asimov was married twice. He married his first wife in 1942 and had a son and a daughter. Their marriage lasted 31 years. Soon after his divorce in 1973, Asimov married again but he had no children with his second wife.选修7 Unit 3 Under the sea - ReadingOLD TOM THE KILLER WHALEI was 16 when I began work in June 1902 at the whaling station. I had heard of the killers that every year helped whalers catch huge whales. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was I sorting out my' accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again. It was black and white and fish-shaped. But I knew it wasn't a fish."That's Old Tom, the killer," one of the whalers, George, called out to me. "He's telling us there's a whale out there for us."Another whaler yelled out, "Rush-oo ...rush-oo." This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt."Come on, Clancy. To the boat," George said as he ran ahead of me. I hadalready heard that George didn't like being kept waiting, so even though I didn'thave the right clothes on, I raced after him.Without pausing we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headedout into the bay. I looked down into the water and could see Old Tom swimming bythe boat, showing us the way. A few minutes later, there was no Tom, so George startedbeating the water with his oar and there was Tom, circling back to the boat, leadingus to the hunt again.Using a telescope we could see that something was happening. As we drewcloser, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killers."What're they doing" I asked George."Well, it's teamwork - the killers over there are throwing themselves ontop of the whale's blow-hole to stop it breathing. And those others are stoppingit diving or fleeing out to sea," George told me, pointing towards the hunt. Andjust at that moment, the most extraordinary thing happened. The killers startedracing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.Then the harpoon was ready and the man in the bow of the boat aimed it atthe whale. He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot. Being badly wounded, the whalesoon died. Within a moment or two, its body was dragged swiftly by the killers downinto the depths of the sea. The men started turning the boat around to go home."What's happened" I asked. "Have we lost the whale""Oh no," Jack replied. "We'll return tomorrow to bring in the body. It won'tfloat up to the surface for around 24 hours." "In the meantime, Old Tom, and theothers are having a good feed on its lips and tongue," added Red, laughing. Although Old Tom and the other killers were fierce hunters, they, neverharmed or attacked people. In fact, they protected them. There was one day when wewere out in the bay during a hunt and James was washed off the boat."Man overboard! Turn the boat around!" urged George, shouting loudly. The sea was rough that day and it was difficult to handle the boat. The waves were carrying James further and further away from us. From James's face, I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us. Then suddenly I saw a shark."Look, there's a shark out there," I screamed."Don't worry, Old Tom won't let it near," Red replied.It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James, and when we approached him, I saw James being firmly held up in the water by Old Tom. I couldn't believe my eyes.There were shouts of "Well done, Old Tom" and 'Thank God" as we pulled James back into the boat. And then Old Tom was off and back to the hunt where the other killers were still attacking the whale.A NEW DIMENSION OF LIFE19th JanuaryI'm sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand and reflecting on the day –a day of pure magic! I went snorkelling on the reef offshore this morning and it was the most fantastic thing I have ever done. Seeing such extraordinary beauty, I think every cell in my body woke up. It was like discovering a whole new dimension of life.The first thing I became aware of was all the vivid colours surrounding me - purples, reds, oranges, yellows, blues and greens. The corals were fantastic - they were shaped like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, the branches of trees and the horns of deer. And all kinds of small, neat and elegant fish were swimming in and around the corals.The fish didn't seem to mind me swimming among them. I especially loved the little orange and white fish that hid in the waving long thin seaweed. And I also loved the small fish that clean the bodies of larger fish - I even saw them get inside their mouths and clean their teeth! It seemed there was a surprise waiting for me around every corner as I explored small caves, shelves and narrow passages with my underwater flashlight: the yellow and green parrotfish was hanging upside down, and sucking tiny plants off the coral with its hard bird-like mouth; a yellow-spotted red sea-slug was sliding by a blue sea-star; a large wise-looking turtle was passing so close to me that I could have touched it.There were other creatures that I didn't want to get too close to - an eel with its strong sharp teeth, with only its head showing from a hole, watching for a tasty fish (or my tasty toe!); and the giant clam halt buried in some coral waiting for something to swim in between its thick green lips. Then there were two grey reef sharks, each about one and a half metres long, which suddenly appeared from behind some coral. I told myself they weren't dangerous but that didn't stop me from feeling scared to death for a moment!The water was quite shallow but where the reef ended, there was a steep drop to the sandy ocean floor. It marked a boundary and I thought I was very brave when I swam over the edge of the reef and hung there looking down into the depths of the ocean. My heart was beating wildly - I felt very exposed in such deep clear water.What a wonderful, limitless world it was down there! And what a tiny spot I was in this enormous world!选修7 Unit 4 Sharing- ReadingA LETTER HOMEDear Rosemary,Thanks for your letter, which took a fortnight to arrive. It was wonderful to hear from you. I know you're dying to hear all about my life here, so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.You asked about my high school. Well, it's a bush school –the classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. It takes me only a few minutes to walk to school down a muddy track. When I reach the school grounds there are lots of "good mornings" for me from the boys. Many of them have walked a long way, sometimes up to two hours, to get to school.There's no electricity or water and even no textbooks either! l'm still trying to adapt to these conditions. However, one thing is for sure, I've become more imaginative in my teaching. Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no concept ofdoing experiments. In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket! The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere! The boys who had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I'm making any difference to these boys' lives at all.You asked whether I'm getting to know any local people. Well, that's actually quite difficult as I don't speak much of the local English dialect yet. But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and 1 did visit a village which is the home of oneof the boys, Tombe. It was my first visit to a remote village. We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below. When we arrived at the village, Tombe's mother, Kiak, who had been pulling weeds in her garden, started crying "ieee ieee". We shook hands with all the villagers. Everyone seemed to be a relative of Tombe's.Tombe's father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof - this shows it is a man's house. The huts were round, not rectangular like the school buildings.There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep on. Usually Kiak would sleep in her own hut, but that night she was going to share the platform with us. Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on small beds in another part of the hut. There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway. The only possessions I could see were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars.Outside Mukap was building a fire. Once the fire was going, he laid stones on it. When hot, he placed them in an empty oil drum with kau kau (sweet potato), corn and greens. He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam.I sniffed the food; it smelled delicious. We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire. I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language, even though I could not participate the conversation. Luckily, Tombe could be our interpreter.Later, I noticed a tin can standing upside down on the grill over the fire. After a short time Tombe threw it out of the was puzzled. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut. Otherwise they don't waste anything.We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes. My muscles were aching and my knees shaking as we climbed down the mountain towards home. That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe's family.It's getting late and I have to prepare tomorrow's lessons and do some paperwork. Please write soon.LoveJoTHE WORLD'S MOST USEFUL GIFT CATALOGUEWould you like to donate an unusual gift Then this is the catalogue for you. The gift you give is not something your loved one keeps but a voluntary contribution towards the lives of people who really need it. Choose from this catalogue a really useful gift for some of the world's poorest and bring hope for a better future to a community in need.When you purchase an item, we will send you an attractive card for you to send to your special person. You can use the cards for any special occasion-weddings ,births, birthdays,Christmas or anniversaries, etc.To………………………………………………To let you know that I am thinking of you, I have purchased a gift from the World’s Most Useful Gift Catalogue for you to give to some of the world’s poorest.This gift will train a whole village of around 40 families in India, Kenya, or Bangladesh in new agricultural methods, and provide seeds and simple agricultural equipment. Just 20% more produce will mean the difference between sickness and health, between families going hungry and families providing for themselves.From…………………………………………….选修7 Unit 5 Travelling abroad- ReadingKEEP IT UP,XIE LEICHINESE STUDENGT FITTING WELLSix months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane for London. It was the first time she had ever left her motherland. "After getting my visa I was very excited because I had dreamed of this day for so long. But I was also very nervous as I didn't know what to expect," Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting in a queue at the student cafeteria between lectures.Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification. She is halfway through the preparation year, which most foreign students complete before applying for a degree course. Xie Lei highly recommends it. "The preparation course is most beneficial," she said. "Studying here is quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first.""It's not just study that's difficult. You have to get used to a whole newway of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning," explained Xie Lei, who had lived all her life in the same city in China. She told me that she had had to learn almost everything again. "Sometimes I felt like a child," she said. "I had to learn how to use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper for things I didn't know the English for. When I got lost and had to ask a passer-by for directions, I didn't always understand. They don't talk like they do on our listening tapes," she said, laughing.Xie Lei lives with a host family who give her lots of good advice. Although some foreign students live in student accommodation or apartments, some choose to board with English families. Living with host families, in which there may be other college students, gives her the chance to learn more about the new culture. "When I hear an idiom that I don't understand, I can ask my host family for help," explains Xie Lei. "Also, when I miss my family, it's a great comfort to have a substitute family to be with."Xie Lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university. "I remember the first essay I did for my tutor," she told me. "I found an article on the Internet that seemed to have exactly the information I needed. So I made a summary of the article, revised my draft and handed the essay in. I thought I would get a really good mark but I got an E. I was numb with shock! So I went to my tutor to ask the reason for his revision. First of all, he told me, I couldn't write what other people had said without acknowledging them. Besides, as far as he was concerned, what other people thought was not the most important thing. He wanted to know what I thought, which confused me because I thought that the author of the article knew far more than I did. My tutor explained that I should read lots of different texts that contain different opinions and analyse what I read. Then, in my essay, I should give my own opinion and explain it by referring to other authors. Finally he even encouraged me to contradict the authors。