高中英语课文背诵节选10.docx

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高中英语课文背诵节选10

高中英语课文背诵节选

ASelectionofReading

fromSeniorEnglishTextbooks

UNIT1Friendship

1.

Doyouwantafriendwhomyoucouldtelleverythingto,likeyourdeepestfeelingsandthoughts?

Orareyouafraidthatyourfriendwouldlaughatyou,orwouldnotunderstandwhatyouaregoingthrough?

AnneFrankwantedthefirstkind,soshemadeherdiaryherbestfriend.

——from“Annie’sBestFriend”

2.

Iwonderifit’sbecauseIhaven’tbeenabletobeoutdoorsforsolongthatI’vegrownsocrazyabouteverythingtodowithnature.Icanwellrememberthattherewasatimewhenadeepbluesky,thesongofthebirds,moonlightandflowerscouldneverhavekeptmespellbound.That’schangedsinceIwashere.

3.

DearMissWang,

I’mastudentfromHuzhouSeniorHighSchool.Ihaveaproblem.I’mnotverygoodatcommunicatingwithpeople.AlthoughItrytotalktomyclassmates,Istillfindithardtomakegoodfriendswiththem.SoIfeelquitelonelysometimes.Idowanttochangethissituation,butIdon’tknowhow.Iwouldbegratefulifyoucouldgivemesomeadvice.

Yours,

Xiaodong

UNIT2Friendship

1.

EnglishnowisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Forexample,IndiahasaverylargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakersbecauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.EnglishisalsospokeninSingaporeandMalaysia.TodaythenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasingrapidly.Infact,ChinamayhavethelargestnumberofEnglishlearners.WillChineseEnglishdevelopitsownidentity?

Onlytimewilltell.

——from“TheRoadtoModernEnglish”

2.

WhatisstandardEnglish?

IsitspokeninBritain,theUS,Canada,Australia,IndiaandNewZealand?

Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.ManypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish.Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.However,onTVandtheradioyouwillheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.

UNIT3TravelJournal

1.

Iamfondofmysisterbutshehasoneseriousshortcoming.Shecanbereallystubborn.Althoughshedidn'tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.Now,Iknowthattheproperwayisalwaysherway.Ikeptaskingher,"Whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?

"Ofcourse,mysisterdoesn'tcareaboutdetails.

Shegavemeadeterminedlook—thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.Iknowmysisterwell.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Finally,Ihadtogivein

——from“JourneyDowntheMeikong”

2.

Althoughitwasautumn,thesnowwasalreadybeginningtofallinTibet.Ourlegsweresoheavyandcoldthattheyfeltlikeblocksofice.Haveyoueverseensnowmenridebicycles?

That'swhatwelookedlike!

Alongthewaychildrendressedinlongwoolcoatsstoppedtolookatus.Inthelateafternoonwefounditwassocoldthatourwaterbottlesfroze.However,thelakesshonelikeglassinthesettingsunandlookedwonderful.

UNIT4Earthquakes

1.

StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheastHebei.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell,roseandfell.Farmersnoticedthatthewellwallshaddeepcracksinthem.Asmellygascameoutofthecracks.Inthefarmyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.Fishjumpedoutoftheirbowlsandponds.

2.

DearLiMing,

Congratulations!

WearepleasedtotellyouthatyouhavewonthehighschoolspeakingcompetitionaboutnewTangshan.Yourspeechwasheardbyagroupoffivejudges,allofwhomagreedthatitwasthebestonethisyear.Yourparentsandyourschoolshouldbeveryproudofyou!

Nextmonththecitywillopenanewparktohonorthosewhodiedintheterribledisaster.Theparkwillalsohonorthosewhohelpedthesurvivors.OurofficewouldliketohaveyouspeaktotheparkvistorsonJuly28at11:

00am.

Weinviteyoutobringyourfamilyandfriendsonthatspecialday.

Yourssincerely

UNIT5NelsonMandela

1.

“Thelastthirtyyearshaveseenthegreatestnumberoflawsstoppingourrightsandprogress,untiltodaywehavereachedastagewherewehavealmostnorightsatall.”Itwasthetruth.Blackpeoplecouldnotvoteorchoosetheirleaders.Theycouldnotgetthejobstheywanted.

InfactasNelsonMandelasaid,“Wewereputintoapositioninwhichwehadeithertoacceptwewerelessimportantorfightthegovernment.Wechosetoattackthelaws.Wefirstbrokethelawinapeacefulway;whenthiswasnotallowed…onlythendidwedecidetoanswerviolencewithviolence.

——from“Elia’sStory”

2.

YoucannotimaginehowthenameofRobbenIslandmadeusafraid.Itwasaprisonfromwhichnooneescaped.ThereIspentthehardesttimeofmylife.Alltheterrorandfearofthattimecamebacktome.Irememberedthebeatingsandthecrueltyoftheguardsandmyfriendswhohaddied.IfeltIwouldnotbeabletodoit,butmyfamilyencouragedme.

UNIT1CulturalRelics

1.

Infact,theroomwasnotmadetobeagift.ItwasdesignedforthepalaceofFrederickⅠ.However,thenextKingofPrussia,towhomtheamberroombelonged,decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGreat.Inreturn,theCzarsenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzar'swinterpalaceinStPetersburg.Aboutfourmeterslong,theroomservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportantvisitors.

2.

AFACTORANOPINION?

Whatisafact?

Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve?

No.Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved.Forexample,itcanbeprovedthatChinahasmorepeoplethananyothercountryintheworld.Thisisafact.Thenwhatisanopinion?

Anopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved.

UNIT2TheOlympicGames

1.

ForeachOlympics,aspecialvillageisbuiltforatheletestolivein,amainreceptionbuilding,severalstadiumsforcompetitions,andagymnasiumaswell.Asamatteroffact,everycountrywantstheopportunity.It’sagreatresponsibilitybutalsoagreathonortobechosen.There’sasmuchcompetitionamongcountriestohosttheOlympicsastowinOlympicmedals.The2008OlympicswillbeheldinBeijing,China.

2.

AtlantawasaGreekprincess.ShewasverybeautifulandcouldrunfasterthananymaninGreece.ButshewasnotallowedtorunandwingloryforherselfintheOlympicGames.Shewassoangrythatshesaidtoherfatherthatshewouldnotmarryanyonewhocouldnotrunfasterthanher.Herfathersaidthatshemustmarry,soAtlantamadeabargainwithhim.Shesaidtohim,"Thesearemyrules.Whenamansayshewantstomarryme,Iwillrunagainsthim.Ifhecannotrunasfastasme,hewillbekilled.Noonewillbepardoned."

UNIT3Computers

1.

Sincethe1970smanynewapplicationshavebeenfoundforme.Ihavebecomeveryimportantincommunication,financeandtrade.Ihavealsobeenputintorobotsandusedtomakemobilephonesaswellashelpwithmedicaloperations.IhaveevenbeenputintospacerocketsandsenttoexploretheMoonandMars.Anyhow,mygoalistoprovidehumanswithalifeofhighquality.IamnowtrulyfilledwithhappinessthatIamadevotedfriendandhelperofthehumanrace!

——from“WhoAMI”

2.

MyfirstfootballcompetitionwasinNagoya,Japanseveralyearsago.LastyearourteamwenttoSeattle,WashingtonintheUSA.Wewonsecondplace.Personally,Ithinktheteamthatwonfirstplacecheated.Theyhaddevelopedanewtypeofprogramjustbeforethecompetition.Soweneedtoencourageourprogrammertoimproveourintelligencetoo.Wearedeterminedtocreateanevenbettersystem.InthiswayIcanmakeupnewmovesusingmy“artificialintelligence”.Icouldliketoplayagainstahumanteam.Afterall,withthehelpofmyelectronicbrainwhichneverforgetsanything,usingmyintelligenceiswhatI’mallabout!

UNIT4WildlifeProtection

1.

Daisyhadalwayslongedtohelpendangeredspeciesofwildlife.Onedayshewokeupandfoundaflyingcarpetbyherbed.“Wheredoyouwanttogo?

”itasked.Daisyrespondedimmediately.“I’dliketoseesomeendangeredwildlife,”shesaid.“PleasetakemetoadistantlandwhereIcanfindtheanimalthatgavefurtomakethissweater.”AtoncethecarpetflewawayandtookhertoTibet.Theredaisysawanantelopelookingsad.

——from“HowDaisyLearnedtoHelpWildlife”

2.

Manyanimalshavedisappearedduringthelonghistoryoftheearth.Themostfamousoftheseanimalsaredinosaurs.Theylivedontheearthtensofmillionsofyearsago,longbeforehumanscameintobeingandtheirfutureseemedsecureatthattime.

Dinosaursdiedoutsuddenlyabout65millionyearsago.Somescientiststhinkitcameafteranunexpectedincidentwhenahugerockfromspacehittheearthandputtoomuchdustintotheair.Othersthinktheearthgottoohotforthedinosaurstoliveonanymore.Nobodyknowsforsurewhyandhowdinosaursdisappearedfromtheearthinsuchashorttime.

——from“AnimalExtinction”

UNIT5Music

1.

Haveyoueverwantedtobepartofabandasafamoussingerormusician?

Haveyoueverdreamedofplayinginfrontofthousandsofpeopleataconcert,atwhicheveryoneisclappingandappreciatingyourmusic?

DoyousingkaraokeandpretendyouareafamoussingerlikeSongZuyingorLiuHuan?

Tobehonest,alotofpeopleattachgreatimportancetobecomingrichandfamous.Butjusthowdopeopleformaband?

——from“TheBandThatWasn’t”

2.

NotlongafterFreddyandthebandbecamefamo