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80年代初中英语课本第五册课文

Whythebatcomesoutonlyatnight

80年代初中英语课本第五册第1课）

Thebatdid

Long,longago,therewasawarbetweenthebirdsandthebeasts.

Nooneknowswhattheyfoughtabout.

notknowwhosesideheshouldtake.Hethoughtandthought,thendecidedhemusttrytobeonthesideofthewinners.Sohewatchedfromfaraway.Afterawhile,

itseemedthatthebirdsweregoingtowin.Heflewovertojointhem.“Whatonearthareyoudoinghere”abird

shoutedathim.“Can'tyouseeI'mabird”the

batsaidwithasmile.“Look,Ihaveswings,justlikeyou.”“Comealong,then,”saidthebird.

“Don'thidebehindothers.”Butthingschangedsoon.Nowitseemedthatthebeastswerewinning.Sothebatleftthebirdsinahurryandwentovertothebeasts.“Whatareyoudoingonourside”and

animalcalledouttohim.“Areyouspyingonus”“Don'tyouknowI'moneofyou”askedthe

bat,showinghisteeth.“Look.Can'tyouseeI'vegotteeth,too”“Whoaretryingtofool”saidtheanimals.

“Wesawyoufightingonthesideofthebirdsjustnow.”Sothebeastsdrovehimoff.Ofcoursethe

Whenthebeastsand

birdsrefusedtotakehimback.

thebirdssawneithersidecouldwin,theydecidedtostop

fighting.Neitherbeastsnorbirdswouldhavethebatastheirfriend,sohewasafraidtoleavehishome.Eversincethen,hecomesoutonlyatnight.

Lesson2NathanHale

（80年代初中英语课本第五册第2课）

TheyoungAmericanstoodquietlywhiletheBritishguardssearchedhisclothes.Theyfoundnothing.“Iftheydon'tfindthemapsinmyboot,”hethought,“maybetheywillletmego.

ThenI'll

trytosend

the

maps

toGeneral

Washington.”

“Takeoff

your

boots,

”oneofthe

guardsordered.

TheAmerican'sheart

beat

faster.

Hetookoff

hisbootsandhandedthemtotheguard.Theguardlookedinsideoneboot,thenanother.“Useyour

knife,man!

”orderedtheBritishofficer

bootopen.HestoppedsuddenlyandtheAmericanknewwhatit

meant.The

mapsoftheBritisharmy'sdefence

works!

TheguardstooktheAmericantoGeneral

Howe.Thegenerallookedatthemaps.“Iseeyou'vemadesomedrawingofourdefenceworks,”hesaid.“Thiscanonlymean

onething.”

“Yes,sir.”“Doyou

haveanything

tosayforyourself”“No,

nothing.”

“What'syour

name”

“Nathan

Hale.”

“Rank”“Captain.”

Thegeneralstudiedthemapsafewmoreminutes.

CaptainHale,”hesaidfinally.“I'veneverseensuchfine

drawings.Youknow,wecoulduseamanlikeyou.Whynotjoin

usYoudon't

pay.”

havetoworryaboutrankor

NathanHalelookedstraightatthegeneral.

*NathanHalelookedaroundasaBritishsoldierputtheropearoundhisneck.“Now,

NathanHale,”saidtheBritishofficer.

“Let'shearwhatyou

havetosaybeforeyoudie.”

NathanHaletooka

lastlookathisbeautifulcountryandsaid,

“Ionlyregret

thatIhavebutonelifetoloseformycountry.

Lesson3Aquestionofpronunciation

（80年代初中英语课本第五册第3课）

ThishappenedinLondon.ItwasNovemberandtheweatherwasverywetandcold.AFrenchmanhadcaughtaverybadcold.Hecougheddayandnight.Sohedecidedtogoandgetsomemedicineforhiscough.AshedidnotknowmuchEnglish,hegotouthisdictionaryandlookeduptheword“cough”.Butthedictionarydidnottellhimhowtopronouncetheword.Hethoughtitoverandrememberedthathehadlearnedtheword“plough”.Herememberedthatitwaspronounced[plau].Sohethoughtthatc-o-u-g-hmustbepronounced[kau].Theheputonhiscoatandhatandwentto

achemist'sshop.Whenthemanintheshopaskedhimwhathewanted,theFrenchmansaid:

“Iwantsomethingfor

mycow,please.”Themanintheshoplookedathim.

Hadheheardhimcorrectly“Ibegyourpardon,

sir”heasked.TheFrenchmanrepeated:

“Iwant

somemedicineformycow.”“Foryourcow”asked

theman.“Areyouafarmer”“Afarmer”saidthe

Frenchmaninsurprise.“WhatmakesyouthinkI'mafarmerIcomefromParis.I'mnotafarmer.”“Where's

yourcow,then”askedthemanintheshop.“It's

here!

”repliedtheFrenchman.Heputhishandonhischestandbegantocough.“Hereitis!

”hesaid.“I'veaverybadcowhere.”Thenthemanintheshopunderstoodwhat

theFrenchmanmeant.Hewantedsomemedicineforhiscough.

Lesson4TheArabinthedesert

（80年代初中英语课本第五册第4课）

AnArabwaswalkingalonethroughthedesertwhenhemettwomen.Themenlookedworried.Itseemedthattheyhadlost

something.TheArabwentovertothem.“Haveyoulostoneofyourcamels”heaskedthem.“Yes,”

theysaid.“Washeblindintherighteyeandlame

inthe

left

foot”asked

the

Arab.“Yes,he

was

“Hadhe

lost

atoothandwashecarrying

corn”

“Yes,”

saidthemen.“Pleasetellus

whereheis.”

“I

don'tknowwhereheis,”said

the

Arab.

“I've

neverseensuchan

animal.

Did

someonetellyouabout

him”

“No.”

Thetwomenlookedat

eachotherinsurprise.TheycouldnotbelievetheArab'swords.Finally,theycameupclosetohim,tookholdofhim,andshouted:

“Where'stheanimalAndwhathaveyou

donewithourgoods”TheArabinsistedthathehad

neverseenthecamel.Atlastthementookhimbeforeajudge.

TheysaidthattheArabhadstolentheircamel.“I'veneverseentheircamel,”insisted

theArab.“ButI'mamanofthedesert,andI'velearnedtolookcarefullyateverythingIsee.ThismorningIsawthe

tracksofalostcamel.Iknewthisbecausetherewerenoman'stracksnearthoseofthecamel.Ialsosawthatthecamelmustbeblindintherighteye,becausehehadonlyeatenthegrassonhisleftsideandhadnottouchedthegrassonhisright.

Theanimalwaslamebecausewithonefootheleftatrackmuchlighterthatanyoftheothers.Hehadlostatooth,becausewhereverheategrass,therewasalwaysasmallspaceleftuntouched.Ialsofoundgroupsofantsnearthetracksofthe

camel.Theywerepulling

pieces

ofcorn.Fromthesefacts

Iwas

ableto

tell

what

goods

theanimal

was

carrying.”

The

judge

andthetwomen

were

satisfiedwithwhattheArabhadsaid.Togetherthefourmensetouttolookforthelostanimal.

Lesson5

TheseagullsofSaltLakeCity

North

80年代初中英语课本第五册第5课）

SaltLakeCityisabeautifulcityinthewestof

America.Thenamecomesfromagreatsaltlakenearby.Thecityliesinavalleywithhighmountainsallaroundit.Butlongagotherewasalmostnothinginthisplaceandtherewerevery

ago,agroupofmen,womenandchildrenmovedfromtheeasttothewest.Theyhadtraveledalongway.Atlastthesebravepeoplecametothegreatmountainsbythesaltlake.Theycrossedthemountainsandreachedthisquietplace.Theydecidedtostayhere,andsotheybuilttheirhomesandmadetheirfarms.ThiswaswhereSaltLakeCitynowlies.Thepeoplehadtoworkhardontheirfarms,

becausetheirlivesdependedontheircrops.One

daywhiletheywereworkinginthefields,somefarmerssawsomethingstrangeinthesky.“What'sthat”

askedoneofthem.“Where”askedanother,ashe

stoppedtolook.“Overthere,”wasthe

reply.Theysawsomethinglikeacloudcoming,butitwastoolowinthesky.Astheywatched,itcamenearerandnearer.Suddenlyashoutwentup:

“Locusts!

Millionsof

them!

”Thewordsputfearintotheheartsofall,

becausetheyknewwhatlocustscoulddo,andtheyhadneverseensomanyofthembefore.Innotimethelocustscame

downandstartedeatingeverything–thewheat,thecorn,thegrassandeventheleavesonthetrees.Thefarmersbroughtoutthingstofightthelocusts.Theytriedeverything.Butwhiletheywerekillingthelocustsinoneplace,millionsmorearrivedinanother.WhatcouldthefarmersdoSuddenlytherewasagreatnoise.Astheylookedup,theysawanothercloudcomingtowardsthem.Totheirsurprise,theysawnotlocuststhistime,butseagulls.Thefarmerscriedout,“They'vecometoeatwhatthelocustshaveleft.”Buttotheirjoy,theyfoundthattheseagullshadcometoeatnotthecrops,butthelocusts.TheyhadseenorsmelledthelocustsandhadcomefromtheGreat

SaltLake.Nowtheywereeatingthelocusts!

Inashortwhile

theyateupmillionsofthem.Thefarmers'cropsweresaved!

Thepeoplewereverythankful.Theydecidedthatfromthenonnooneshouldeverkillaseagull.Andtoday,ifyougotoSaltLakeCity,youcanseeamonumentwith

seagullsontopofit.

Lesson7ThePyramids

（80年代初中英语课本第五册第7课）

Thousandofyearsago,thekingsofEgyptbuiltstrongbombsforthemselves.Overthesetombstheybuiltpyramids.Theythoughttheirbodieswouldbewellkeptintheseuntiltheycouldcomebacktolife.Theyalsohopedtheworldcouldlookonthepyramidsasmonumentstothemandwouldrememberthemforever.Therearearound80pyramidsinEgypt.ButtheGreatPyramidisthebiggestofall.Itisnearly5,000yearsold.Itisabout137metreshightoday,butitwasoncehighter.Itismadeof2,300,000hugestones.Mostofthemarehigherthanamanandweighabouttwoandahalftonseach.Someweighasmuchasfifteentons.Ittookmorethan100,000mentwentyyearstobuildtheGreatPyramid.Whenyou

lookatthepyramids,youcan'thelpwonderinghowtheEgyptianswereabletobuildthemthousandsofyearsago.Howdidtheycut,carryandliftsuchhugestonesEachstonefitssowell,yettheydidn'thaveourmodernmachines!

Scientistshavestudiedthepyramids,butnobodycantelljusthowthe

Egyptiansbuildthemsolongago.Insidethepyramidsaretheroomsforthebodiesofthekingsandqueens.Therearelotsofwonderfultreasuresinthepyramids,too.

are

Thieveshavebrokenintosomeofthepyramidsandtakenawaymanyofthetreasurestoforeigncountries.Theyhaveevenstolenthemummies.Todaysome