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上海牛津英语高二上第一学期全部课文

S2A

Chapter1

ReadingMyfavoritesport

Skiingismyfavoritesport,eventhoughIhaveonlyskiedforfourdaysin

mywholelife.Lastyear,myfatherpromisedtotakemeonaholidayifI

didwellinmyexams.WhenIgotstraightA's,Dadsaid'‘Howabouta

weekendattheBotanicalGardens?

'

However,mymusaid,‘No,youpromisedaspecialholiday.Ithinkyou

oughttokeepyourword.'And,despitetheexpense,hedid,

Mydreamwastoseesomerealsnow,sointheChristmasvacationwe

flewtoSeoul,SouthKorea,andthentookashuttlebuswhichrunsback

andforthbetweenSeoulandMujuResort.Asthebusclimbedthrough

themountains,wesawthesnowinthetrees.Iwasdyingtogetoutofthe

bus.

Nooneinmyfamilyhadevertouchedsnowbefore.Wewerealllike

littlechildren---wepickeditup,madesnowballs,andthrewthemateach

other!

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Thenwecheckedinatthehotel.Ourroomoverlookedoneoftheski

slopes.Theslopewasfloodlit,sowewatchedpeopleskiinguntil10p.m.

Wecouldnotwaittotryitourselves.

Thenextdaywehadourfirstskiinglesson.Werentedourskisuits,boots

adskis,andwentoutsideontothesnow.Wearingskisforthefirsttime

makesyoufeelverystrange.Suddenlyyoufindyoucannotevenwalk.

Ourinstructortookusontoagentleslope,andshowedussomebasic

skills.Inordertodoupahill,youhavetostandsideways,andgoupstep

bystep.Youmustpointthetipsofyourskistogethersothatyoucanstop.

However,thetipsmustnotcross,oryouwillfall.Youshouldnotski

aloneincaseyoufallandgetinjured.Tobehonest,thatfirstlessonwas

notagreatsuccess,andIkeptfallingdown!

However,thenextdayIdefinitelyimproved.Ionlyfelloverafewtimes,

andImanagedtodoafewlongerruns.Ifeltpleasedwithmyself,andthe

instructorcongratulatedme,soIfeltgreat.Althoughitwasverycold,I

spentmostofthatholidayskiing.Itwasthemostwonderfultimeofmy

life.

Nevertheless,itwasallovertoosoon.NowIhavedecidedtowork

part-timethissummer,soIcanearnenoughmoneyforanothersuper

skiingholiday.

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MorereadingFaster,Higher,Stronger

TheOlympicGameshavealonghistory.ThefirstmodernGameswere

heldinAthens,Greecein1896.Everyfouryears,athleticsfromallover

theworldcompeteinvarioussportsattheGames.Thelargestgroup

participatesinathletics.

‘Athletics'referstosportsinfourareas:

track,field,roadandcombined

events.Trackevents,suchasrunningandhurdling,testaperson'sspeed.

Inordertowinatrackevent,apersonneedstogofasterthaneveryone

else.Fieldevents,however,testhowhighorfarsomeonecanjumpin

eventssuchasthelongjumporhighjump.Theyalsotesthowfar

someonecanthrowineventssuchastheshot-put,discusorjavelin.The

marathonandracewalksareroadevents.Theytestendurance.In

combinedevents,athletesarerequiredtocompeteinaseriesof

competitionfromeachcategory.Themostfamouscombinedeventisthe

decathlon.Thedecathloninvolvestendifferentathleticseventsthattake

placeovertwodays.Sincethedecathloninvolvestendifferentathletics

eventsthattakeplaceovertwodays.Sincethedecathlontestsall-around

physicalability,thewinnerofthedecathlonisoftencalled‘theworld‘s

greatestathlete.'

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AlthoughallOlympicsportsareequalinimportance,athleticsis,inmany

ways,thebestpictureoftheOlympicmotto‘Faster,Higher,Stronger”.

Thedesireofhumanitytodobetter---torunfaster,tosoarhigherandto

pushfarther---iswhattheOlympicsareallabout.

Chapter2

ReadingTutorialcentres

Helpful

Ihavebeenstudyingatatutorialcentrefortwoyears.Thefeesarevery

reasonable,andmycommandofEnglishhasimprovedgreatlysinceI

started.

Mytutorsareallqualifiedteachers.Theyaresincereandkind.Ihave

beenhelpedalotbythem.

OneofmyteacherswasBritish.Atfirst,Icouldnotsayanythingtoher.

However,laterIlearnthowtocommunicateinEnglishwithawesterner.

Ithinkthatthetutorialcentrehasgivenmealotofconfidenceinusing

English.

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Igotosleep

Ihavebeenattendingatutorialcentrefortwomonths.Ihavebeenforced

toattendbymyparents,butIdonotthinkitisusefulforme.

Iamalwaysverytiredafterschool.SometimesIevensleepduringthe

classesintheevening.

Furthermore,theteachersareveryboring.Theygiveusalotof

supplementaryexercisesbuttheyteachusnothing.Iusuallyreadcomics

duringclass.SometimesIgotoavideoarcadeinstead.Ithinktutorial

centresareuseless

Wasteofmoney

Ihavestudiedatatutorialcentreforoneyear.However,IthinkthatI

havebeencheated.

Thesetutorialcentresareonlyinterestedinmakingmoney,sotheyaccept

toomanystudentsforeachclass.However,theydonotwanttopayfor

goodteachers.MyEnglishteacherwasauniversitystudentwhostudied

physics,notEnglish!

Veryoften,hecouldnotanswerourquestionsabouttheuseofthe

language.

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Inmyopinion,itisbettertospendmoretimeonschoolworkthanto

wastemoneyata‘money-making'tutorialcentre.

Goodandbad

Ihaveexperiencedbothgoodandbadtutorialcentres.

Inmyfirstcentre,Iwasinaverybigclass.MyteacherwasanAustralian.

Hejusttalkedabouthistravels.Icouldlearnnothingfromhim.Ileft

withinamonth.

ThenIaskallmyfriendsfortheiradvice.Asaresultoftheir

recommendations,Ienrolledonacourseatanothercentre.

Theteachersareexcellenthereandtheclassesaresmall.Wehavebeen

taughtmanygoodtechniquesfordevelopingourlanguageandstudying

skills.

Therearebothgoodandbadtutorialcentres,soyoumustdosome

detectiveworkbeforeyouenroll.

However,themostimportantthingiswhetheryouarewillingtolearn

andtoworkhard.Thekeyfactorisyourself.

MorereadingIndependentlearning

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Independentlearningisonesolutionforthosewhowanttocontinuetheir

education,nuthavenotimeforit.Itisoftendescribedas‘aclassofone',

becauseyouworkalone.Youstudyatyourownpace,atatimeandplace

convenientforyou.Thesecoursescanhelpyougetadegree,helpyour

career,orhelpyoulearnwhatinterestsyou.

Onetypeofindependentlearningisthecorrespondencecourse,Ina

correspondencecourse,aschoolsendsyoutextbooks,studyguides,and

materialssuchasvideoandaudiodiscs.Youcommunicatewithyour

teacherbymail.Yourteacherreadsyourpapersandmakescomments,

Yourmarksarerecordedbytheschoolbeforetheyaremailedbackto

you.

Anewerstyleofindependentlearningise-learning.Withe-learning,you

studyusingcomputersoftwareortheInternet.Youcanlearnonyourown,

oryoucanenrollonacourse.Usually,inane-learningcourse,students

communicatewiththeirteachersthroughe-mail.However,somestudents

havebeenusingvideorecently.Thisallowstheteacherandthestudents

toseeandcommunicatewitheachotheratthesametime.

Independentlearninggivesyouthefreedomtoadaptyourlearningto

yourlifestyle.However,itrequiresself-disciplineandhardwork,sonot

everyoneissuccessfulatit.Thosewhoaresuccessfulreceivearealsense

ofachievementandsatisfaction.

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Chapter3

ReadingFashion

Mytopicis‘Fashion'.Fashionisimportanttoalmostallofus.Byfashion,

weusuallymeanpopulartrendsinstylesofdress.Whenwedooutortoa

party,weusuallyliketowearfashionableclothes.Toillustratemytalk,I

havebroughtalongfiveobjects.

Myfirstobjectisthisblouse.Itlooksbeautiful,doesn'tit?

It'smymost

expensivepieceofclothing,andIloveit.Itcostme$200.Itmayseem

veryextravagant,butIcouldafforditwithmyownsavings.Itwasn't

easyformetoearnthemoney,butwhenbuyingclothes,Ithinkthemore

youspendthebetterthequality.Soyousee,fashionisquiteimportantto

me.

However,I'mnotaskeenonfashionasmybrotherGary.Lastsummer,

hewonafreetriptoLondoninacontest.Theorganizerswantedtoshow

himsomefamoussights.Buthedidn'tappreciateoldbuildings.Hejust

spentallhistimesearchingforthecoolestpairoftrainers!

Forhim,

fashionwasmoreimportantthanculture.Thesearethetrainershebought.

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WasitworthatriptoLondontobuythese?

Well,Idon'tthinkso.Itwas

awasteoftimeandmoney.

Fashionisverybigbusiness.Changesinfashioncancreateorruinjobs.

Asanexample,Ihavebroughtthisblondewigtoshowyou.Itbelongsto

oneofmymum'sfriends.Inthe1960s,thesewereveryfashionable.But

afewyearslaterfashionschanged,andwomenworewigsmuchless

often.Manywigfactoriescloseddown,andhundredsofworkerslost

theirjobs,whichwasterrible!

Fashioncanaffectthenaturalworld,aswell.I'mholdinganoldhat

borrowedfromadramacompany.It'smadeofbeaverfur.Thesehats

wereveryfashionableabout200yearsago.Asaresult,beaversalmost

becameextinct.Luckily,inthe1850s,thesehatswentoutofstyleandthe

beaversweresaved.

Finally,weshouldrememberthesaying,'neverjudgeabookbyits

cover.'Clotheswillnotmakeusmoreorlessclever,betterorworse,

moreorlesshonest.IoncesawamovieaboutMotherTeresa.Shespent

allherlifehelpingpoorpeopleinIndia,mostofwhomweredying.In

1979,shewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforPeace.Whensheflewtoget

theaward,sheworethesameoldclothesasusual,andcarriedallher

p