英语(外研版)九年级上册Unit2课文原文及中文翻译

Module 1 Module 2

When I arrived, it was early morning and it was My favourite great book is the adventures of tom

raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked sawyer by mark twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the

along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but

quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and

beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting

but there was nothing to see. adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn

After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River

me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I

for days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with

was going. “yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five

Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of

minutes.” Finally, I came to some rock, and stopped. I

gold.

looked carefully over them, but it was still too dark to see My favourite scene in the book is when everyone

anything. thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He

Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears.

The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the

Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to

ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was see him alive.

on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other

natural world. important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is

I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000

afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s

metres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.

world at the bottom of the canyon, they still won’t reach the

The themes of the story are to do with children

top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how

How far is it? It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I

strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks

looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for

canyon disappeared into ver 400 kilometres bad behaviour.

long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge!

Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark

That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked

Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it’s still read and loved by

myself a question. It’s not “how deep is it? ” or “how wide is

people all over the world today. And although it’s only a

it? ”or “how long is it? ” but “Is the Grand Canyon the

story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern

greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world? ” I know the

states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real.

answer. But what do you think?

Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in

American literature. Go on---read it! I know you’ll enjoy it,

自然界最伟大的奇观

我到达的时候是一大早，天正在下雨。我走出汽车，too.

名著：《汤姆·索亚历险记》

穿过一个门口，沿着一条小路前行。在东方，天空正在我们每月关于最喜欢的名著的文章。这个月，我们变亮，但路边仍然很黑。我知道，它就在那里，但什么邀请的作家是杰克逊先生。

也看不见。

我最喜欢的名著是马克·吐温写的《汤姆·索亚历险大约过了1000米，一个陌生人出现在我面前。我问：。汤姆和他的波莉阿姨住在密苏里州圣彼得斯堡的僻“我走的路对吗？他知道我要去哪里。他回答：“对，5分记》钟后你就会到那里。”最后，我来到一些岩石旁边停下。静的街上。他是一个活泼聪明的小男孩，他发现自己陷我仔细地从这些岩石上面看，但是天仍然太黑，我看不入了许多令人兴奋的冒险之中。他和他的两个朋友哈克·费恩和乔逃跑到密西西比河中部的一个岛上呆发许多见任何东西。

突然，云散了，雨停了。太阳从我身后升起，它离天。他和哈克去寻宝，和贝基在山洞之中迷路，最后，那些岩石很远。我看见地面沉降到下面深谷中的一条河他们找到了个盒金子。

书中我最喜欢的情景是当每个人都认为汤姆死了，里，离我特别遥远。我站在自然界的奇观之一 ——大峡他决定去参加他自己的葬礼。他藏起来看了一会儿，然谷的边缘。

我俯视着距我大约2000米之遥的科罗拉多河。如果后突然出现，每个人看到他都很惊讶，但是他们看到他你把世界上最高的三座建筑物放在峡谷的底部，它们也还活着也很高兴。

汤姆是故事里的主人，但是也有其他重要的角色，不能达到顶部。然后，我眺望峡谷的另一边，它多远？20000米或许更远。最后，我向左右遥望，在两边，大峡哈克是一个局外人，但是每个人都怕他。贝基长着金发，乔是故事里的谷消失在远方……400多千米长。大峡谷不仅是大。它是非常可爱。乔是汤姆最好的朋友，印第安·坏人。

巨大！

故事的主题和孩子们的成长以及变得更加成熟稳重那天早上在大峡谷的边缘，我问了自己一个问题。它不是“它多深？”或者“它多宽？”或者“它多长？”而是有关。它描述了在美国的小城镇陌生人是怎样被看见。“大峡谷是自然界最伟大的奇观吗？”我知道答案。但是你最后，它谈论自由，社会规章制度和人们是怎样因为做坏事而被惩罚。

怎样认为？

为什么我认为《汤姆·索亚历险记》是名著？马克·吐

温是在1876年写的这个故事，但它今天仍被全世界的人

们阅读和喜爱。虽然它仅仅是个故事，但是马克·吐温用

19世纪美国南部各州的日常英语写成，所以它听起来非

常真实。今天它被认为是美国文学中最伟大的著作之一。

去读它吧，我知道你会喜欢它的。

Module 3

For liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun.

First of all, he’ll be invited to competitions around the world.

He’ll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games.

He’s a symbol of China’s international sporting success.

And now that he’s well known all over the world, liu

Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and

films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping

is making sure that he trains regularly. Liu Xiang will be

advised by his coach how to be a great sportsman, and by his

manager how to be a star.

Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born

in Shanghai on July 13, 1983 and like many Olympic sports

stars, he stared training when he was very young. In Grade

Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District

of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high

jumper. Then, in 1998,his skill at hurdling was noticed by

his coach Sun Haiping.

Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It

was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and

sportswomen. Liu’s races were recorded, and his

performance was compared with the world’s best sports stars.

Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu’s training

programme. In 2002 he won his first international 110m

hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold

medal at the Asia Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu won the

first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in

Athens, Greece.

So what’s next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that

there’s more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to

spend more time away form sport?

No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China

because he was trained for gold!

刘翔——训练夺金 2004年体育年鉴

对刘翔来说，作为体育英雄的生活刚刚开始。首先，他将被邀请去世界各地参加比赛。他将被推选代表中国参加奥运会。他是中国国际体育成功的象征。

现在，由于刘翔已经世界闻名了，他还会被邀请做广告、拍电影、甚至录唱片。但是，她的教练孙海平正确保他又规律地训练。刘翔被教练建议如何成为一名优秀运动员，被经纪人建议如何成为明星。

刘翔并不是一夜成名。他于1983年7月13日出生于上海，想许多奥林匹克体育明星一样，当他很小时就开始训练了。在四年级的时候，他去了上海普陀区初级体校。起初，教练支持刘翔练跳高。后来在1998年，他在跨栏方面的技能引起了教练孙海平的注意。

刘翔被一个特别的项目所帮助。这个项目建于2001年，用来帮助年轻运动员。刘翔的比赛被记录下来，把他的成绩与世界最好的体育明星作比较。孙海平用这些信息来改变刘翔的训练计划。在2000年，他们在瑞士赢得了他的第一次国际110米栏的比赛。同年，他在韩国亚运会上获得金牌。在2004，在希腊雅典他为中国赢得了这个项目的第一块奥运金牌。

那么，对刘翔来说，下一步会是什么？他发现对生活而言，有比训练更多的东西吗？他会被鼓励在体育之外花费更多的时间吗？

不，刘翔会为中国争取更多的奖牌，因为，他为夺金而训练。

Module 4

Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way

to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my

lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines

at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos

of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall

before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or

print?

Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and

has been made of silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th

century, of wood. People learned to write words on paper to

make a book. But in those days, books could only be

produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were

expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books,

few people learned to read.

Then printing was invented in China. The first

printed books were made by putting ink against a wooden

block and holding the paper against it. When printing was

developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century,

books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a

result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge

and ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared

with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.

But will books be needed in the future? Today

information can be received online, downloaded from the

Internet rather than found in books, and information can be

kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These

machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can

be carried very easily.

Computers are already used in classrooms, and

newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So

will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t

think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be

replaced by a computer two metres high!

书会被电脑代替吗？

每天早上我爸爸在去上班的路上买一份报纸。每天我在课堂上打开书，开始学习我的功课。每天傍晚，我妈妈在家翻阅杂志。每天晚上在入睡之前，我看卧室墙上有大卫.贝克汉姆和姚明照片的海报。我们能想像汲有纸或者印刷品的生活吗？

纸最早约2000年前被制造。它由丝、棉、竹子制造，自从19世纪开始，用木头制造。人们学着在纸上写字，做成书。但在那个年代，依靠手工，一次只能制作一本将。所以，他们非常昂贵，非常稀少。因为没有很多书，很少有人学着读书。

印刷术是中国发明的。最初印刷的书是把墨水涂在木块的反殖面，把纸反扣在木块上。在11世纪初，印刷术有大的发展时，书能够更快、更便宜地被制作出来。结果是，更多的人学着读书。在那之后，知识和思想迅速传播开来，其速度之快，可与20世纪因特网的引入相媲美。

但是，将来还需要书吗？如今，信息可以从网上接收、从因特网下载，而不必到书中去寻找，信息可以被保存在光盘或音像MP3播放器里那样的机器中。这些机器比书更小、耿轻，为的是携带方便。

电脑已经在教室中使用，报纸和杂志已经能够在网上阅读。所以，有一天，书会被电脑取代？不，我认为墙上姚明的海报决不会被一台两米高的电脑取代！

Module 5

The most unusual museum in London is the Science

Museum. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no

running, and you aren’t allowed to touch the exhibits. But

the Science Museum because it’s noisy! People

talk about what the can see and do there, and some of the

machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is

fun and it’s a great way to learn about science because you

can work things out and try out ideas.

When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch

Pad. This is my favourite room because you can do physics

experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with

falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels

into the correct position. You can also learn how to make

explosions. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how

we travel into space and back again.

Then I go upstairs to the Human and Nature room.

You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a

noise and push a button. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion

catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still

catches me.

There are also rooms on transport, the environment

and space technology, as well as maths, physics and

chemistry.

You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you

have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn’t

take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy

postcards of them in the museum shops.

Above all, the Science Museum is free. That means

you can drop in for a few minutes or you can stay as long as

you like--- it’s open every day, from 10am to 6pm. So if you

ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum.

It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.

伦敦的科学博物馆

在伦敦，最不同寻常的博物馆是科学博物馆。在大多数博物馆里都有禁止喧哗和禁止跑动的规定，而且你不许触摸展品。但是科学博物馆不同……因为那儿很喧哗！人们谈论他们在那儿可看、可做的事情，其中，一些机器也很嘈杂。参观科学博物馆很有趣，而且是了解科学的极好方式，因为你可以寻求事情的答案，尝试想法。

当我参观科学博物馆时，我去了发射台。这是我最爱房间，因为你可以做物理实验。例如，你想用下落的沙子装一个袋子，你得移动一种卡车的轮子到正确的位置。你也可以学习怎样制造爆炸。我也去了火箭展。你可以知道我们怎样到太空中旅行并返回。

然后，我到楼上去人与自然室。在那里，你可以和动物比速度。你听到一个声音并按一个按钮。如果你不够快的话，狮子捉住你！我比我所有的朋友都快，但狮子仍然抓住了我。

也有关于交通、环境和太空技术的室，还有数学、物理和化学室。

在这个博物馆你可以做许多事情，但是你也必须遵守一些规定。例如，在博物馆里，你不能拍展品的照片。但是你可以在博物馆的商店里买有关他们的明信片。

最重要的是科学博物馆是免费的。也就是说，你可以顺便进去看一会儿，也可以愿意停留多久就停留多久——他每天从上午10点到下午6点开放。因此，如果你在某时去伦敦，你务必要参观科学博物馆。它是在全世界中我最喜爱的博物馆。

Module 6

Do you try to walk or ride a bike to school?

Do you buy new clothes just because they are the latest

fashions?

Do you open a window instead of turning on air

conditioning?

Do you buy things produced locally instead of made

abroad?

Do you take you own clot bag when shopping instead

of using plastic bags?

Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?

We all need a healthy environment, but we produce

waste every day and it does harm to our environment.

Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In

fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real

difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you.

Remember these three words: reduce, reuse and

recycle.

Reduce

Reduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. This

saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into the

environment. Before we buy something new, think whether

it is really necessary---- or maybe the old one will be just as

good! When we do buy things, choose local products if

possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. It

may cost a lot of money to bring them to us.

Reuse

Reuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as

possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a

long time. We should look after them so that they will last,

and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing

them away and buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup or a

paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunch box

because you can use them again.

Recycle

Recycle means “change things into something else”.

Although it takes energy to change something into

something else, it’s better than throwing things away or

burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your

neighbourhood and take part in recycling progremmes. We

should also buy products made from recycled materials,

such as recycled paper, to help save trees.

怎样环保

你环保意识怎样？你关心环保和节能吗？尝试一下这些问题看看。

你尽量步行或骑自行车上学吗？

你买新衣服仅仅是因为它们时髦吗？

你开窗子代替开空调吗？

你买当地产品代替国外做的吗？

购物时你带自己的布包代替塑料袋吗？

在你扔废品之前你挑拣一下吗？

我们都需要一个有益健康的环境，但是我们每天都会制造垃圾，而这些垃圾对我们的环境有害。尽管我们还年轻，我们仍然还可以做些有帮助的事情。事实上，即使是最简单的日常小事也能对环境产生很大影响。这里是一些给你的建议。

记住这三个单词：减少、重新利用和循环使用。

减少

减少意思是减少“利用”。不要浪费东西。这样省钱，减少污染并减少垃圾进入到环境中去。在我们买新东西

之前，想一想是不是真的需要--或者旧的将刚刚好！当我们买东西时，如果可能选当地产品，尽量不要买太多的进口东西。把它们带给我们可能会花许多钱。

重新利用

重新利用意思是“再用”。用东西尽可能时间长一些。当我们买东西时，确信它们持续很长一段时间。我们应当小心使用它们以便它们会持续，如果我们能修理它们就修理，而不是扔掉和买新的。不要用纸杯和纸袋。用瓷杯和饭盒更好，因为你可以再用它们。

循环使用

循环使用，意思是“把东西转变成别的东西”。虽然把一种东西变成另一种东西会消耗能源，但还是比把它们扔掉或远掉好。弄明白在你们附近什么能被回收并参加回收项目。我们也应当买用循环使用材料制造的产品，例如循环使用纸张，来节约木材。

Module 7

I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of

Australia.

At the moment we’re staying near Uluru--- that’s the

Aboriginal name for Ayer Rock. On the first day, we took a

helicopter tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big

it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high. The colours

of the rock are fantastic, and at different times of the day,

people that have lived in Australia from the earliest times,

and the ancient Aboriginal storied describe the spirits that

created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture.

The Australians have many British relatives and

they’re like us in many ways. Their family life is similar to

ours, and they enjoy the same food and hobbies. The food

and drink that most Australians like are grapes, lamb, ham

and especially wine that they make in the south of the

country. They love all sports, but the games that they love

the most are football, cricket and rugby. Because most

Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach,

swimming and surfing.

Although it’s December, it’s summer over here. The

sunshine is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is

very green. There are lots of sheep in the fields and on the

hills, but the outback is more like a desert, full of rocks and

sand.

Most Australians speak English, although they have

some special expressions such as “good day! ” And “ no

worries, mate.” They mean “hello!” and “don’t worry about

it. it’s not a problem!”

The next day after we arrived at Uluru, we went on a

camel ride. The camel that I rode had a bad temper, and I got

very tired. Everyone else thought it was very funny that my

camel kept

Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back

to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a fantastic trip!

亲爱的爸爸妈妈：

我现在正在从澳大利亚的中心给你们写这封信。此时我们正待在乌奴奴附近——那是艾尔斯岩石的土著名字。在第一天，我们乘直升机在岩石的上空游览，而且我惊讶与它的巨大：3.6千米长，348米高。岩石的颜色很奇异，在一天中的不同时刻，它们由紫色到红色（不断地）进行变化。土著人是从远古时代就住在澳大利亚的人并且古代的土著故事描述了创造世界的灵魂。乌奴奴是土著文化的一个中心。

澳大利亚人有许多英国亲戚，并且他们在许多方面和我们相象。他们的家庭生活和我们的类似，而且他们喜爱同样的食品并且有着相同的爱好。大部分澳大利亚人喜欢的事物和饮料是葡萄、羔羊肉、火腿，而且尤其喜欢在他们国家南部酿造的葡萄酒。他们喜爱所有的体育运动，但是他们最喜欢的运动是足球、板球和橄榄球。因为大部分澳大利亚人住在海岸附近，他们喜爱去海滩、游泳和冲浪。

尽管（现在）十二月，但是在这里确实夏季。阳光很明媚，并且海岸线附近的农村绿意盎然。田野里和山上有许多绵羊，但是内陆更像沙漠，充满了岩石和沙子。

大多数澳大利亚人讲英语，尽管他们有一些像“愉快的一天！”和“别担心，老兄。”这样特殊的措辞。他们意思是“你好！”和“别担心，那不成我问题。”

第二天在我们到达乌奴奴后，我们继续骑骆驼。我骑的那头骆驼脾气很坏，我很累。其他的每个人都觉得我的骆驼坚持躺下很有趣……

最后，今天晚上稍晚些时候，我们将坐飞机回到悉尼并且将要回家，这是一次奇异的旅行

爱你们的 托尼

Module 8

We were very pleased with the photo competition.

Compared with other years, we received many more photos.

Even though all of the photos are excellent, we can’t give

prizes to everyone. There are four prizes, so read on to find

out who the winners are.

The person who won the prize for the “Most

Beautiful Nature” photography is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li

took photos of the mountains in Xiangshang Park. The park

isn’t far from his home, about 500 metres, and he knows it

very well.

The photo which we liked best in the “Historic

China” group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao is only 12 years

old. Her photo is of Tian’anmen Square, the largest public

square in the world. It’s 880 metres from north to south and

500 metres wide at the northern end. Her photo shows the

size and beauty of the square perfectly.

The best photo in the “Music” category was taken by

He Zhong. His photo of his this year’s best band Crazy Feet

shows the singer, Becky Wang, and the band playing at a

concert in Shenzhen. He Zhong manages to show the

movement and the sounds of this great new band, and the

fun which their fans are having.

A collection of photos called the “Many Faces of Our

City” which features Beijing won the prize for the “Most

Unusual” category. Three pupils at the same school worked

on this entry. It includes photos of different parts of the city,

old and new. It successfully shows the rich culture which

makes Beijing so famous.

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to

everyone who entered the competition. We are very luck that

the famous photographer John William is in China to talk

about his new book. Ha has agreed to present the prizes at

the prize giving ceremony at the end of this month.

学生摄影比赛结果

我们对摄影比赛很满意。和往年相比，我们收到了更多的照片。虽然所有的照片都很优秀，但我们不能给予每个人奖励。本次大赛设四个奖项，继续向下读，找出谁是获胜者。

赢得“最美大自然”摄影奖的人是15岁的李伟。李伟在香山公园拍了些山的照片。公园离他家不远，大约500米，他对那个公园很熟悉。

在“历史中国”组中，我们最喜欢的相片是由赵敏拍的。赵仅仅12岁。她拍的是天安门广场--世界上最大的公共广场。它从北向南长880米，北端是500米宽。她的相片完美地显示了天安门广场的规模与美丽。

在“音乐”类中的最佳照片是贺忠拍的。他拍的是今年的最佳乐队“疯狂足迹”。贺忠拍的照片展现了歌手贝基王和“疯狂足迹”乐队在深圳一个音乐会上演出的情景。贺忠想方设法展示了这一支非常好的新乐队的动作和声音，及乐迷们正在享受着的乐趣。

一种以北京为特点的被叫做“我们城市的多张面孔”的照片采集获得了“最不寻常”类的奖项。三个在同一所学校的学生忙于这次参赛。它包括这个城市的不同部分、旧貌和新颜的照片它成功地展现了让北京负有盛名的丰富的文化。

向我们的获胜者表示感谢，向参加比赛的每个人表示感谢。我们很幸运在中国的著名摄影师约翰·威廉姆要谈论一下他的新书。他己同意在这个月底在颁奖典礼上颁奖。

Module 9 cartoon heroes

Nemo, a cute orange-and white fish, and Sherk, a huge

green monster have won the hearts of young people in China

and all over the world. The heroes of popular cartoons are

everywhere, on office desks, handbags, and computer

screens.

But there are some cartoon favourites which are

older. The cartoon of the Monkey King has just had its 40th

birthday. Called Havoc in Heaven, it tells the story of a

monkey who leads a group of monkeys against the rule of

the Emperor in heaven. But it is above all the jokes played

by the monkey that people remember. “Havoc in Heaven”

has become a common expression used by a parent or a boss

when they return to the house or office and see a mess.

Another favourite who has celebrated an important

birthday in China is a reporter with red hair and a small

white dog. Tintin has been popular for 75 years, ever since

Belgian cartoonist Herge invented the character in 1929. His

books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and

about 200 million copies have been sold. In December 1984

the whole series of Tintin began to be published in china.

Many Chinese still keep collections of these black-and-white

Tintin books. There are several fan clubs in China which

have held birthday parties for Tintin in Beijing, Shanghai,

Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan.

Finally, Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s lovable dog who lives

in his own private dream world, also had his 50th birthday

celebrated by China’s Snoopy fans in 2000.

I didn’t draw the cartoons only for children. Adults

who have experienced life understand them better, said the

late Charles Schultz, creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts

cartoons.

尼莫，一条聪明的橘色与白色相间的鱼和史瑞克，一个巨大的绿色怪物，在中国和全世界年轻人中大受欢迎。这些受欢迎的卡通英雄到处都是，在办公桌上，手提包上，及电脑屏幕上。

但有一些比较老的受欢迎的卡通片。卡通片猴王刚过了它的“四十岁生日”。这部叫《大闹天宫》的卡通片讲述了一个带领一群猴子反对天条的猴子的故事。但是，人们印象最深的是那个猴子所作的恶作剧。“闹翻了天”成为父亲（母亲）或老板回到家或办公室里看见脏乱场面时的普遍表达。

另一个受欢迎的，在中国庆祝了一个重要生日的卡通人物是一名留着红头发、带有一条白色小狗的记者。自从比利时卡通画家艾尔势在1929年创作了这个人物以来，丁丁已经流行了75年了。他的书已经被翻译成50多种语言，并且大约已经买了两亿本。在1984年12月丁丁整个系列开始在中国发行。很多中国人仍旧收集有许多黑白版的有关丁丁的书。在中国有几家影迷俱乐部在北京、上海、广州、南京和武汉为丁丁举行了生日聚会。

最后，史努比，查理·布朗创作的生活在他的私人梦幻世界里的可爱的狗，也在2000年由中国的史努比影迷们庆祝了它的“五十岁生日”。

“我不只给孩子创作卡通片。有生活经验的成年人能更好地理解它们。”查尔斯·舒尔茨，史努比和动画片《花生米》的创作者后来说。

Module 10

Jamie Oliver is a young cook who wants to improve

school dinners. In 2005 he went back to see what the

children were eating.

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Jamie asked the children what their meals were like.

“we have hamburgers and chips, or pizza,” they told him,

“and sometimes there is fruit, but we prefer ice cream.”

Jamie thought the menu was terrible. The children were

eating junk food, and it was a problem. Junk food isn’t just

bad for the body. Children whose midday meals were

unhealthy were difficult to teach in the afternoon. Teachers

said that children behaved very badly after lunch.

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When Jamie took vegetables into class, the children

didn’t know what they were. Jamie realized that the children

didn’t know about healthy food. Then he talked to the

people who worked in the kitchens. He found out that they

didn’t know enough about food and health, and they didn’t

have very much money to spend.

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He decided to teach the cooks and the children about

healthy food. It was hard work! He cooked healthy meals for

them including meat, rice, pasta and vegetables, but a lot of

the teenagers refused to eat the new food. Jamie showed

them why the junk food wasn’t healthy. In the end, when

Jamie persuaded them to try his cooking, they liked it!

4.-------------

Jamie talked to the government. He told them they

needed to ban junk food form schools, train the cooks,

educate the children and spend more money on school

dinners. A lot of parents, teachers and children agreed with

him, and a TV programme showed his visits to the school.

Jamie is a cook whose ideas are changing school dinners all

over Britain.

让我吃得更好

杰米·奥利弗是一个像改善学校餐饮的年轻厨师。在2005年他回到学校看孩子们在吃些什么。

杰米问孩子们他们的饭食怎么样。“我们吃汉堡包、薯片或比萨饼，”他们告诉，“有时候有水果，但我们更喜

欢冰激凌。”杰米认为是普太可怕了，孩子们在吃垃圾食品，这是一个问题。垃圾食品不仅对身体有害。那些吃不健康午饭的孩子们下午很难教。教师说那些孩子们午饭后表现很差。

当杰米把蔬菜拿进班里时，孩子们不知道他们是什么。杰米认识到孩子们不知道健康的食品，然后他和在厨房里工作的人谈了话。他发现，对于食品与健康他们知道得不够多，并且他们没有很多钱消费。

他决定教厨师和孩子们有关健康食品的知识。这是项艰巨的任务！它为他们烹调包括肉、米饭、意大利面及蔬菜在内的健康饭菜，但很多青少年拒绝吃新的饭菜。杰米向他们说明了为什么垃圾食品不健康。最后当杰米税法他们试试他做的饭菜时，他们喜欢上了它。

杰米和政府部门谈了谈，他告诉他们，他们需要禁止垃圾进入学校，训练厨师，教育孩子们在餐费上多些钱。或许父母、教师和孩子们同意他的观点。报社写文章报道他，电视台节目播了他在学校的采访。杰米是全英国正在方改变学校餐饮的厨师。

Module 11 Visions of the city

Jo is 15 and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents

first came to Parkville 50 years ago, it was a quiet country

village in the centre of the country. At that time, they had a

small house on the edge of town, with some fields and the

hills in the distance.

But Parkville was close to a big city, Arnwick, with

about 200,000 people. People from the countryside began to

arrive in Arnwick to find jobs and have a better life. And of

course they needed somewhere to live. However, it was

expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick, so the city

government decided to build flats around the edge of the city.

And soon Parkville became a suburb of Arnwick. It now has

over a million people. Jo’s family live in one of those new

flats – there’s no room for small houses any more.

The small local school in Parkville closed down five

years ago. Jo goes to a school close to the centre of Arnwick,

with 2000 pupils. No one knows all their names.

Jo takes an hour to get to school, and adds to the traffic

and pollution. But it’s not her fault. She liked her old school.

Arnwick needs larger hospitals and more doctors, better

public transport and fewer private cars. There need to be

shops and offices. It also needs clean water and no rubbish

in the streets. It’s difficult to run a big city, and to protect

people from crime. So it also needs more laws and more

taxes to pay for everything.

Well, what do you think of all this? Do you like the

things which are happening in Parkville? In fact, “visions of

the city” is just a story. But does your town have the same

problems as Arnwick?

城市畅想

乔，15岁，住在帕克威尔。50年前，当乔的祖父母第一次来帕克威尔时，它是国家中部的一个宁静的山村。那时，他们镇子的边缘地带有一所小房子，有些天地，远方还有山。

但帕克威尔靠近有着大约20万的大城市阿恩威克。乡村的人们开始到达阿韦恩科去找工作，过更好的生活。当然 他们需要住的地方。然而，住在阿恩威克中心的是昂贵的，因此市政府决定在城市边缘间公寓。很快帕克威尔成为阿恩威克的一个郊区。它现在有100多万人口。周的家人住在其中一座新公寓里——那里再也没有地方盖小房子了。

5年以前，帕克威尔当地的那所小学校关闭了。乔去了靠近阿恩威克中心的一所学校。那儿有2000名学生。没有人知道他们所有人的名字。

乔花一个小时去上学，增加了交通和污染。但那不是她的错误。她喜欢她以前的学校。

阿恩威克需要更大的医院和更多的医生。更好的公共交通和更少的私人汽车。需要有商店和办公楼。它也需要干净的水，街上不能有垃圾。管理一个大城市还要保护人们不受犯罪侵害时艰难的。因此它也需要更多的法律和警察，以及更多的税收来支付这一切的费用。

那么，所有这些你认为怎么样？你喜欢发生在帕克威尔的事情吗？事实上，“城市幻想”仅仅是个故事。但你们的城镇有与阿恩威克同样的问题吗？

Module 12

We provide summer English courses which are the best

you can find. You will enjoy coming to Los Angeles to learn

about American culture and improve your English at the

same time. The courses last for four, six or eight weeks.

They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers

are well-trained and very experienced. They teach English

classes for four hours a day. You can choose between small

groups of two or three, or larger of up to 15. We provide

weekly tests to see the progress you ‘re making with your

language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

We also provide books and other materials.

As well as learning English, we want you to

experience life in the UAS. You live with an American

family, and you take part in American life. You have meals

with an American family and do some activities with them,

too. For many of our students this is the most interesting part

of the course. Many families create friendships with the

students which last a long time. Of course, if you prefer, we

can arrange hotel accommodation.

Of course, there are many things to do in Los

Angeles. Every day we have activities which take pace after

class. You can choose to take trips to Holly wood,

Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also

go to various shopping centers, sports centres, movies and

concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San

Francisco and other places of interest in California.

We try to give our students the best possible

experience of English and life in the USA. Just ask our

students! They say our summer English Course are fantastic!

We hope that you’ll enjoy a course with us, too. If

you’re interested, pleased fill in our application from where

you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid

for one month before it begins.

在洛杉矶学英语

我们提供你能找到的最好的英语课程。你会乐意来洛杉矶学习美国文化，同时提高你的英语水平。课程持续四、六、或八周。他们在七月和八月处开始。我们的老师受过很好的训练并且经验很丰富。他们一天教四小时的英语课。你可以选择两三个人以小组，或最高十五人的大组。我们提供每周一次的测验，看你在阅读、写作、口语、和听力方面的语言技能进步。我们也提供数和其他材料。

除了学习英语之外，我们还希望你能体验一下美国的生活。你和他一个美国家庭住在一起，并且参加美国

生活。你和美国家庭一起吃饭，也和他们一起做一些活动。对我们很多学生来说这是课程最有趣的部分。很多家庭和那些课程持续长的学生建立了友谊。当然，如果你喜欢，我们可以安排旅店住宿。

当然了，在洛杉矶有很多事要做。我们在每一天的课后都安排一些活动。你可以选择去好莱坞、迪斯尼乐园或洛杉矶附近的著名海滩去旅行。你也可以去各种各样的购物中心、运动中心，电影院和音乐会。也有志去旧金山和别的加利福尼亚名胜的周末旅游。

我们尽力给我们学生提供尽可能最好的美国生活和英语经历。只问问我们的学生！他们说我们的夏季英语课程是了不起的。

我们希望你也和我们一样喜欢这个课程。如果你对课程感兴趣的话，请填写我们的申请表，在表格中你还会看到我们的价目表，课程必须在课程开始前一个月交。