Unit 1 Women of achievement
Reading
A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE
It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa.
Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of
the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the
night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family beings to
wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns
us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right.
However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Them we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We
realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as long as in a human family.
Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help
her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the
way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts.
She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system.
Four forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up
Once I special places where they can li v e safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: “stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It’s terrible. I t affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, ‘Aren’t they luck?’
And then I
think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have
”
seen that you can never forget…
She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own
ive in the forest as men environment, gaining a doctor’s degree and showing that women can l
can. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievement of women.
Using language
WHY NOT CARRY ON HER GOOD WORD?
I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should I choose to
study at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the
computer to do some research on great women of China.
By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in
women’s diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had been very busy in
her chosen career, traveling abroad to study as well as writing books and articles. One of
them caught my eye. I was a small book explaining how to cut the death rate from having
and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to follow for keeping babies clean,
healthy and free from sickness. Why did she write that? Who were the women that Lin
Qiaozhi thought needed this advice?I looked carefully at the text and realized that it was
intended for women in the countryside. Perhaps if they had an emergency they could not
reach a doctor.
Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time.
That was a generation when girl’s education was always placed second to boys’.
Was she so
much cleverer than anyone else? Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and
determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school. What made her
succeed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients. There
was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day’s work, went late at night to deliv a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.
By now I could not wait to find out more about her. I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had
devoted her whold life to her patients and had chosen not to have a family of her own.
Instead she made sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered. By this time I was
very excited. Why not study at medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and carry on her good work?
It was still not too late for me to improve my studies, prepare for the university entrance
examinations, and…
Unit 2 Working the land
A PILNEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Although he is one of China’s most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers h
imself a
farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his
slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has
struggled for the past five decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid
rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rich that has a
high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the
crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from
this hybrid strain.
Born in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since
then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the
great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in
many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without
expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million
tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was
produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% fo the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam
and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his
research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid
rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous.
He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for
his hobbies. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.
Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.
Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.
He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. Long ago Dr Yuan had a dream about
rice plants as tall as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a
kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another
dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always
enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.
Using Language
CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC FARMING?
Over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming.
Many farmers welcomed them as a great way to stop crop disease and increase production.
Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-term use of these fertilizers can
cause damage to the land and, even more dangerous, to people’s health.
What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? First, they damage the
land by killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also
stay in the ground and underground water for a ling time. This affects crops and, therefore,
animals and humans, since chemicals get inside the crops and cannot just be washed off.
ime. Many of these
These chemicals in the food supply build up in people’s bodies over t
chemicals can lead to cancer or other illnesses. In addition, fruit, vegetables and other food
grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition. They may
look beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamins and minerals.
With these discoveries, some farmers and many customers are beginning to turn to organic
farming. Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals. They focus on
keeping their soil rich and free of disease. A healthy soil reduces disease and helps crops
grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, often prefer using natural waste from animals as fertilizer. They feel that this makes the soil in their fields richer in minerals and
so more fertile. This also keeps the air, water and crops free from chemicals.
Organic farmers also use many other methods to keep the soil fertile. They often change
the kind of crop in each field every few years, for example, growing corn or wheat and then
the next year peas or soybeans. Crops such as peas or soybeans put important minerals back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. Organic farmers also plant crops to use different levels of soil, for example, planting peanuts
that use the ground’s surface followed by vegetables that put down deep roots.
Some
organic farmers prefer planting grass between crops to prevent wind or water from carrying
away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next
year’s crop. These many different organic farming methods have the same goal: to grown
good food and avoid damaging the environment or people’s health.
Unit 3 A state of English humour
Reading
A MSTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR
As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He brightened
the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.
He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content
with their lives.
Not that Charlie’s own life was easy!
He was born in a poor family in 1889. his parents were both poor music hall performers. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught
to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially when the family income was often
uncertain. Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent
his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had,
through his humour, become one of the most popular child actors in English. He could
mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching
him— his subtle acting made everything entertaining.
As time went by, he began making films. He grew more and more popular as his
charming character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick. This character was a social failure
but was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties. He was the underdog who was kind even when others were unkind to him.
How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining? Here is an example from one
of his most famous films, The Gold Rush. It is the mid-nineteenth century and gold has just been discovered in California. Like so many others, the little tramp and his friend have rushed there in search of gold, but without success. Instead they are hiding in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a snowstorm with nothing to eat. They are so hungry that
they try boiling a pair of leather shoes for their dinner. Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak. Finally he tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe. I he eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it
is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!
Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and produced the films he starred in. In 1972 he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films. He lived in English and the USA
but spent his last years in Switzerland, where he was buried in 1977. He is loved and remembered as a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence.
Using language
ENGLISH JOKES
One person asks
1. There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to amuse us.
a question which expects a particular reply. Instead, what he gets is another kind of answer which makes the situation funny. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes. Can you match the joke with the explanation?
1. C: What’s that fly doing in my soup?
W: Swimming, I think!
2. C: What’s that?
W: It’s bean soup.
I want to know what it is now.
C: I don’t want to know what it’s been.
3. C: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?
W: No, sir. Round.
Explanation
A The first person is asking for information about time. The second person treats it as a question about shape.
B The first person is angry about something and wants to say, “Why is this here?” The second person treats it as a request for information and gives an answer to the question.
C The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken, can have two
meanings.
2. Some jokes are longer and tell a short, funny story. The following is one of those jokes
about the famous detective Sherlock Homes and his friend Doctor Watson. Read it and
decide which of these two kinds of jokes you like better. Give your reasons.
Sherlock Homes and Doctor Watson went camping in an mountainous area. They ware
lying in the open air under the stars. Sherlock Homes looked up at the stars and whispered,
“Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of?” Watson replied,
of how short life is and how long the universe has lasted.”“No, no, Watson!” Home
Watson tried again. “I think of how small I am and how
“what do you really think of?”
Said Holmes. Watson tried a third time. “I
“Try again, Watson! ”
vast the sky is.”
Holmes said,
think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds.” “Watson, you fool! You should be thinking that someone has stolen our tent! ”
Unit 4 Body Language
Reading
COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?
Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university’s student association, went
They were
the Capital International Airport to meet this year’s international students.
coming to study at Beijing University. We would taken them first to their dormitories and
then to the student canteen. After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw
several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. I stood fro a minute
watching them and then went to greet them.
The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, closely followed by Julia
Smith from Britain. After I met them and then introduced them to each other, I was very
surprised. Tony approached Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She
stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence. I guessed that there
was probably a major misunderstanding. Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smiling,
together with George Cook from Canada. As they were introduced, George reached his
hand out to the Japanese student. Just at that moment, however, Akria bowed so his nose
another cultural mistake!
touched George’s moving hand.
They both apologized—
Ahmed Aziz, another international student, was from Jordan. When we met yesterday, he
moved very close to me as I introduced myself. I moved back a bit, but he came closer to
ask a question and then shook my hand. When Darlene Coulon from France came dashing
through the door, she recognized Tony Garcia’s smiling face.
They shook hand and then
kissed each other twice on each cheek, since that is the French custom when adults meet
people they know. Ahmed Aziz, on the contrary, simply nodded at the girls. Men from
Middle Eastern and other Muslim countries will often stand quite close to other men to talk
but will usually not touch women.
As I get to know more international friends, I learn more about this cultural “bod language”. Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable in the
same way with touching or distance between people. In the same way that people
communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using unspoken
“language” through physical distance, actions or posture.
English people, for example, do
not usually stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However,
people from places like Spain, Italy or South American countries approach others closely and
are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other by
shaking hands, but some cultures use other greetings as well, such as the Japanese, who prefer
to bow.
These actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures have developed.
I have seen, however, that cultural customs for body language are very general—not all
members of a culture behave in the same way. In general, though, studying international
customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads!
Using Language
SHOWING OUR FEELINGS
Body language is one of the most powerful means of communication, often even more
powerful than spoken spoken language. People around the world show all kinds of feelings,
wishes and attitudes that they might never speak aloud. It is possible to “read” others around
us, even if they do not intend for us to catch their unspoken communication. Of course,
body language can be misread, but many gestures and actions are universal.
The most university facial expression is, of course, the smile— its function is to show
happiness and put people at ease. It does not always mean that we are truly happy, however.
Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There
Howev er, the
are unhappy smiles, such as when someone “loses face” and smiles to hide it.
general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.
From the time we are babies, we show unhappiness or anger by frowning. In most places
Making a fist
around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger.
and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry and threatening anther person.
There are many ways around the world to show agreement, but nodding the head up and
down is used for agreement almost worldwide. Most people also understand that shaking
the head from side to side means disagreement or refusal.
How about showing that I am bored? Looking away from people or yawning will, in most
cases, make me appear to be uninterested. However, if I turn toward and look at someone or something, people from almost every culture will think that I am interested. If I roll my eyes
and turn my head away, I most likely do not believe what I am hearing or do not like it.
Being respectful to people is subjective, based on each culture, but in general it is probably
not a good idea to give a hug to a boss or teacher. In almost every culture, it is not usually
good to stand too close to someone of a higher rank. Standing at a little distance with open
hands will show that I am willing to listen.
With so many cultural differences between people, it is great to have some similarities in
body language. We can often be wrong about each other, so it is an amazing thing that we understand each other as well as we do!
Unit 5 Theme parks
Reading
THEME PARKES—FUN AND MORE THAN FUN
Which theme park would you like to visit? There are various kinds of theme parks, with a
different park for almost everything: food, culture, science, cartoons, movies or history.
Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest roller coasters, others for showing
the famous sights and sounds of a culture. Whichever and whatever you like, there is a
theme park for you!
The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland. It can be found in
several parts of the world. It will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams
come true, whether you are traveling through space, visiting a pirate ship or meeting, your
favourite fairly tale or Disney cartoon character. As you wander around the fantasy
amusement park, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street.
Of course Disneyland also has many exciting rides, from giant swinging ships to terrifying
free-fall drops. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is
a Disneyland. If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to Disneyland!
Dollywood, in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in the southeastern USA, is one of the most
unique theme parks in the world. Dollywood shows and celebrates America’s traditional southeastern culture. Although Dollywood has rides, the park’s main attraction is its culture. Famous country music groups perform there all year in indoor and outdoor theatres. People
come form all over America to see carpenters and other craftsmen make wood, glass and iron
objects in the old-fashioned way. Visit the candy shop to try the same kind of candy that
American southerners made 150 years ago, or take a ride on the only steam-engine train still
working in the southeast USA. You can even see beautiful bald eagles in the world’s largest
bald eagle preserve. And for those who like rides, Dollywood has one of the best old
wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead. It is world-famous for having the most length in the
smallest space. Come to Dollywood to have fun learning a ll about America’s historical southeastern culture!
If you want to experience the ancient days and great deeds of English knights and ladies,
Every area of the
princes and queens, then England’s Camelot Park is the place for you.
park is modeled after life in the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In
one place, you can watch magic shows with Merlin the Wizard. If you want to see fighting
with swords or on horseback, then the jousting area is a good place to visit. If you do well
there, King Arthur may choose you to fight in the big jousting tournament. Do you like
animals? Then visit the farm area, and learn how people in ancient England ran their farms
and took care of their animals. To enter a world of fantasy about ancient England ran their
farms and took care of their animals. To enter a world of fantasy about ancient England,
come to Camelot Park!
Using Language
FUTUROSCOPE- EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING
Last week I took a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, and was pulled
into a black hole. Then I took a trip to Brazil and experienced surviving an airplane crash in
the jungle. After that, I joined some divers and went to the bottom of the ocean to see
strange blind creature that have never seen sunlight. For a break, I took part in some car
racing and then skied down some of the most difficult mountains in the world. I ended my
travels by meeting face to face with a dinosaur, the terrible T-Rex, and survived the
experience!
I did all this in one great day at Futuroscope. Opened in 1987, Futuroscope is one of the
largest space-age parks in the world. This science and technology-based theme park in
France uses the most advanced technology. Its 3-D cinemas and giant movie screens
provide brand new experiences of the earth and beyond. Visitors can get close to parts of
the world they have never experienced, going to the bottom of the ocean, flying through the
jungle or visiting the edges of the solar system. The amazing, up-to-date information
together with many opportunities for hands-on learning makes the world come to life in a
completely new way for visitors. Learning centers throughout the park let visitors try their
own scientific experiments, as well as learn more about space travel, the undersea world and
much more.
I bought tickets for myself and my friends at the park’s entrance, but tickets are also available online. Futuroscope is not only for individuals, but is also the perfect mix of fun
and learning for class outings. Classes or other large groups that let Futuroscope know their
plans in advance can get the group admission rate. For anyone coming from out of town,
Futuroscope has many excellent hotels nearly, most of which provide a shuttle service to the
park. If driving, Futuroscope is within easy reach of the freeway. Plan your trip well
before starting, since Futuroscope has so many shows, activities and great souvenir shops that
it is difficult to see them all. Come ready to walk a lot— be sure to wear some comfortable sneakers or other walking shoes!
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Module 1 Reading The City of the Future What will the city of the future look like No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain— they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth's natural resources run out. We will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain. To find out what young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. Here are some of the ideas they had: Garbage ships To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems. Batman Nets Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns.
Unit 1 Women of achievement Reading A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family beings to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Them we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as long as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. Four forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: “Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, ‘Aren't they luck?' And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget…” She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own environment, gaining a doctor's degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievement of women. Using language WHY NOT CARRY ON HER GOOD WORD? I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should I choose to study at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the
教科版高中英语必修四全册教案 UNIT 3 SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT 【教学目标】 1.知识目标 (1)重点单词: sweet potato, native, frost, tuber, tropical, moist, flesh, yam, firm, root, cutting, inch, manure, add, depth, length, decrease, smooth, nutritious, fiber (2)重点短语: add to (3)能理解、应用句型: a. Sweet potatoes, which are native to Central and South America, are one of the most important food crops in tropical and subtropical countries. b. The tomato, which is a widely cultivated South American plant, the tomato has edible, flesh, and usually red fruit. 2.语言技能目标 (1)理解并掌握新词的含义及应用。 (2)理解材料内容:通过上下文克服生词困难,掌握听力技巧,提高英语听力能力。 3.情感态度、文化意识、学习策略 在“学生为主体”的思想指导下,让学生成为课堂的主人,形成有效的“生生互动”,“和谐对话”,同时借助多媒体的优势使学生主动融入课堂教学情境之中,以调动学生积极性,激发学生参与课堂的潜能,建立良好的课堂氛围,真正发挥情感教
高中英语黄金阅读(高一版) 习俗类 (1) In the US, people prefer waiting for a table to sitting with people they don’t know. This means a hostess may not seat a small group until a small table is available, even if a large one is. If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to light up a cigarette without asking if it will disturb them. At American restaurants and coffee shops you are usually served tap water before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill. Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores or restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day. Serving in restaurants is often large; too large for many people. If you can’t finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a “doggie bag”. It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you’re taking the food for yourself. Supper and dinner are both words for the evening meal. Some people have “Sunday dinner”. This is an especially big noon meal. Tips are not usually added to the check. They are not included in the price of the meal, either. A tip of about 15% is expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitress brings you your change. 1. Which statement is true? A. American people like sitting with people they don’t know. B. A hostess always seats a small group at a large table. C. American people never sit with people they don’t know. D. American people would not light a cigarette if the people who sit at the same table mind their smoking. 2. What is served before you order? A. bread B. butter C. coffee D. cold water 3. What do American people always do when servings are too large for them? A. They take the food home with a doggie bag for their dogs. B. They leave the food on the table and go away. C. They take the food home with a doggie bag and enjoy the food later. D. They ask the waitress or waiter to keep the food for them. 4. Sunday dinner is_______. A. a dinner in the evening B. A big noon meal C. a big lunch on Sunday D. A supper on Sunday 【答案解析】本文介绍了美国人在外就餐时的风俗习惯。 1. D。细节题。根据第一段及关键句…it is impolite to light up a cigarette without asking if it will disturb them 可知 A、B、C 与原文不相符,同时关键句告诉我们“未
Book 4 Unit 5 Theme Parks . There are v arious kinds of theme parks, with a different park for almost everything: food, culture, science, c artoons, movies or history. . Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest r oller coasters, others for showing the famous sights and sounds of a culture. . Whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you! . It will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams come true, whether traveling through space, visiting a pirate ship or meeting your favourite fairy tale or Disney cartoon character. 8. As you wander around the fantasy amusement park, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street. 9. Of course Disneyland also has many exciting rides, from giant swinging ships to terrifying free-fall drops. 10. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing w herever there is a Disneyland. 12. Dollywood, in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in the southeastern USA, is one of the most unique theme parks in the world. Dollywood shows and celebrates America's traditional southeastern culture. Although Dollywood has rides, the park's main a ttraction is its culture. People come from all over America to see carpenters and other craftsmen make wood, glass and iron objects in the old-fashioned way. Visit the candy shop to try the same kind of candy that American southerners made 150 years ago, or take a ride on the only steam- engine train still working in the southeast USA. preserve. You can even see beautiful bald eagles in the world's largest bald eagle And for those who like rides, Dollywood has one of the best old wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead. It is world-famous for having the most length in the smallest space. Come to Dollywood to have fun learning all about America's historical southeastern culture! If you want to experience the ancient days and great deeds o f English knights and ladies, princes and queens, then England's Camelot Park is the place for you.
必修4 Unit 1 A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?" And then I think about small chimps in cages
Unit 1 achievement n. 成就;功绩 △Joan of Arc 圣女贞德 △Elizabeth Fry 伊丽莎白.弗赖伊 (英国慈善家) △Quaker n. 教友派信徒;贵格会会员welfare n. 福利;福利事业 project n. 项目;工程;规划 institute n. 学会;学院;协会 △China Welfare Institute 中国福利基金会specialist n. 专家;专业工作者specialize vi. 专攻;专门从事;专注于 △Jane Goodall 简.古道尔(英国动物学家) △chimp n. (非洲)黑猩猩 connection n. 连接;关系 human being 人类 △Jody Williams 乔迪.威廉斯 (美国诺贝尔和平奖得者)campaign n. 运动;战役 vi. 作战;参加运动 △landmine n. 地雷 organization n. 组织;机构;团体 △Gombe National Park 贡贝国家公园behave vt. & vi. 举动;(举止或行为)表现behaviour (=behavior) 行为;举止;习性shade n. 荫;阴凉处 vt. 遮住光线 move off 离开;起程;出发 worthwhile adj. 值得的;值得做的 nest n. 巢;窝 bond n. 联系;关系;结合;纽带observe vt. 观察;观测;遵守observation n. 观察;观测 childhood n. 童年;幼年时代 outspoken adj. 直言的;坦诚 respect vt. & n. 尊敬;尊重;敬意 argue vt. & vi. 讨论;辩论;争论 argument n. 争论;争辩;争吵 entertainment n. 款待;娱乐;娱乐表演 lead a … life 过着……的生活 crowd n. 人群;观众 vt. 挤满;使拥挤 crowd in (想法、问题等)涌上心头; 涌入脑海 inspire vt. 鼓舞;激发;启示 inspiration n. 灵感;鼓舞 support n. & vt. 支持;拥护 look down upon/on 蔑视;瞧不起 refer vi. 谈到;查阅;参考 refer to查阅;参考;谈到 audience n. 观众;听众;读者 by chance碰巧;凑巧 come across (偶然)遇见;碰见 △career n. 事业;生涯 rate n. 比率;速度 sickness n. 疾病;恶心 intend vt. 计划;打算 emergency n. 突发事件;紧急情况 generation n. 一代;一辈 △determination n. 决心;果断 kindness n. 仁慈;好意 considerate adj. 考虑周到的 consideration n. 考虑;体谅 deliver vt. 递送;生(小孩儿);接生; 发表(演说等) carry on 继续;坚持 modest adj. 谦虚的;谦让的;适度的Unit 2 statistic n. (常用pl statistics)数据;统计; 统计数字;统计资料 sunburnt adj. 晒黑的 struggle vt. & vi. 斗争;拼搏;努力decade n. 十年;十年期 super adj. 特级的;超级的 △hybrid adj. 混合的;杂种的 n. 杂交种;混血儿output n. 产量;输出 △strain n.(植物的)品种;种类 crop n. 庄稼;农作物;产量 hunger n. 饥饿;欲望 vt. & vi. (使)饥饿 disturbing adj. 引起烦恼的;令人不安的expand vt. & vi. 使变大;伸展circulate vt. & vi. 循环;流传
必修 4 Unit 1 A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?" And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget ..." She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own
教科版高中英语必修四导学案 UNIT 2 AGRICULTURE: OUR LIFELINE 【学习目标】 1.需要掌握的词汇和短语:minister, worship, awful, owe (to), advanced, suffer(form), production, hesitate, landowner, mow, chat 2.学习使用本课重点句型:sth b ecause…/What are the people like?/No matter how…【学习重难点】 1.掌握词汇和短语:minister, worship, awful, owe (to), advanced, suffer(form), production, hesitate, landowner, mow, chat 2.掌握重点句型:sth b ecause…/What are the people like?/No matter how… 3.学会如何表达一个地方的生活等各方面是什么样子的。 4.在情境中运用所学知识:表达一个地方的生活等各方面是什么样子的。 【学习过程】 一、新知学习 1.课文预习。阅读课文,将自己不认识的单词与句子写下来。 ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2.学习单词和句型。 知识点呈现: (1)词汇:minister, worship, awful, owe (to), advanced, suffer(form), production, hesitate, landowner, mow, chat (2)句型:sth b ecause…/What are the people like?/No matter how… (3)语法:sth because…/Countable nouns and uncountable nouns.可数名词和不可数名词
新人教版高中英语课文译文 必修四 第一单元卓有成就的女性 Reading 非洲野生动物研究者 清晨5点45分,太阳刚从东非的贡贝国家公园的上空升起,我们一行人准备按照简研究黑猩猩的方法去森林里拜访它们。简研究这些黑猩猩家族已经很多年了,她帮助人们了解了黑猩猩跟人类的行为是多么的相似。我们当天的首相任务就是观察黑猩猩一家是如何醒来的。这意味着我们要返回前一天晚上我们离开时黑猩猩睡觉的大树旁。大家坐在树荫下等待着,这时候黑猩猩睡醒了,准备离开。然后这群黑猩猩向森林深处漫步而去,我们尾随其后。在大部分时间里,黑猩猩或互相喂食,或彼此擦身,这在它们的家族里是爱的表达方式。简预先提醒我们,到下午的时候我们就会又脏又累。她说对了,但是到了傍晚时分我们就觉得这一切都是值得的。我们看到黑猩猩妈妈跟她的幼子们在树上玩耍,后来看见它们一起回窝里睡觉了。我们明白了黑猩猩家庭成员之间的联系像人类家庭一样紧密。 在简之前没有人完全了解黑猩猩的行为。她花了多年的时间来观察并记录黑猩猩的日常活动。从孩提时代起,简就想在动物生活的环境中研究它们。但是,这不是一件简单的事。当她1960年最初来到贡贝时。对女性来说,住进大森林还是很稀罕的事情。她母亲头几个月来帮过她的忙,这才使她得以开始自己的计划。她的工作改变了人们对黑猩猩的看法。比方说,她的一个重要发现是黑猩猩猎食动物。而在此之前,人们一直认为黑猩猩只吃水果和坚果。她曾经亲眼看到过一群黑猩猩捕杀一只猴子,然后把它吃掉。她还发现了黑猩猩是
如何交流的,而她对黑猩猩身势语的研究帮助她勾勒出黑猩猩的社会体系。 40年来,简·古道尔一直在呼吁世人了解并尊重这些动物的生活。她主张应该让野生动物留在野外生活,而不是用于娱乐或公告。她还为黑猩猩建起了可以安全生活的专门的保护区,她的生活是忙忙碌碌的,然而,正如她所说的:“我一旦停下来,所有的一切就会涌上心头。我就会想起实验室的黑猩猩,太可怕了。每当我看着野生黑猩猩时,这个念头总是萦绕着我。我会对自己说:‘难道它们不幸运吗?’然后我就想起了那些没有如何过错却被关在笼子里的小黑猩猩。一旦你看到这些,你就永远不会忘记……。” 简已经得到了她想要得到的一切:在动物的栖息地工作:获得博士学位;还向世人证明女人和男人一样也能在森林里生活。她激励着人们为妇女们的成就而喝彩。 Using Language 为什么不继承她的事业? 上学时我喜欢英语、生物和化学,但是我进大学该选哪门专业呢?直到有一天晚上坐在电脑旁研究中国的伟大女性时,我才有了答案。 很偶然地,我看到了一篇关于林稚巧大夫的文章。她是妇科专家,1901年生,1983年去世。林稚巧似乎一直都在为自己选择的事业而奔忙,去国外留学,写了很多书和文章。其中有一本书引起了我的注意。这是一本小书,介绍如何从妇女怀孕到护理婴儿的过程中降低死亡率,她提出了一些可以遵循的简单的做法,保持婴儿清洁和健康,让他们远离疾病。她为什么要写这些东西呢?林稚巧认为哪些妇女会需要这些忠告呢?我仔细地看了这篇文章,了解到那是为农村妇女写的。也许是她们在遇到紧急情况时找不到医生。 突然我想起,在那个年代,一个女子去学医是多么困难啊!那可是一个女