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1、高中课文 高中英语必修7Unit 1 Living wellReading：MARTYS STORYHi,my name is Marty Fielding and I guess you could say I am “one is a million”.In other words,there are not many people in the world like me.You see,I have a muscle disease that sometimes makes me very weak and I cant run or climb stairs as quickly a

2、s other people.Also,sometimes I am clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture.The doctors dont know exactly what is wrong with me,so they dont know how to make me well.Unfortunately,they cant me whether I will get worsg as I get older,or I will stay the same as I am now.I have learned to adapt to

3、 my disability.My motto is:live one day at a time.Up until I was about 10 years old,I was the same as everyone else in my class.I used to climb trees and swim and play football.In fact,I used to dream about one day being a famous football player and representing my country in the World Cup.Then I st

4、arted to get weaker and weaker.Some days I was too tired to get out of bed. I went into hospital for tests.I stayed there for nearly three months and missed a lot of school.I think I had at least o billion tests while I was there,including one in which they cut out a piece of muscle from my leg and

5、looked at it under a microscope.Even after all the tests,no one could give my disease a name,so it is difficult to know what the future will be like.One of the worst things about my disease is that I dont look any different from other people.So sometimes kids laugh at me when I get out of breath aft

6、er running just a short way or I have to stop half way up the stairs and rest before I can get up to the top.Sometimes,I am too weak to go to school,so I have missed a lot of lessons.Every time after a long absence from school,I feel really stupid because I am a bit behind the others.My life is a lo

7、t easier at high school than it was at primary school.My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am.Of course,there will always be a few who cannot see the real person inside my body,but I do not get annoyed,I just ignore them.All in all,I have a good life.I am happy to have found many thi

8、ngs I can do really well,like writing and computer programming.My am-bition is to work in the computer industry when I grow up.Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me.I have a very busy life and I dont have time to sit around feeling sorry for my

9、self.As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends when I am well enough,I spend a lot of time with my pets.I have two rabbits,five mice and a tank full of fish.Also,I am the only student in my class to have a pet snake.My pets take a lot of time to look after,but I get a lot o

10、f enjoyment out of them.I have a lot of study to do as well,especially after I have been sick for a while.In many ways my disability has made me grow stronger and more independent.I have had to work hard to live a normal life,but it has been worth it.If I had the chance to say one thing to healthy k

11、ids,it would be this:Just having a disability doesnt mean your life is not satisfying.So dont feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them,and dont ignore them either.Just accept them for who they are and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.Thank you for reading my s

12、tory.Unit 1 Living wellReading,speaking and writingA LETTER TO AN ARCHITECTMs L Sanders Alice MajorChief architect 64 Cambridge StreetCinema Designs Bankstown44 Hill Street Bankstown24 SeptemberDear Ms Sanders,I read in the newspaper that you are the architect who is to desigh the new Bankstown cine

13、ma.I am writing to ask you to consider the matter of easy use of the cinema by disabled customers.In particular,I Would like you to consider the following things:1 Access to the cinema for people in wheelchairs and those who have difficulty walking.There should be lifts to all parts of the cinema in

14、cluding toilets,the ticket office.sweet shop and the theatre itself.The buttons in the lift should be easy for people in wheelchairs to reach and the lift should be attractive and comfortable.In some cinemas,the lifte are at the back of the cinema in cold,unattractive areas.This makes disabled peopl

15、e feel they are not as important as other customers.2 Earphones for people who have trouble hearing.There should be earphones beside all seats,not just a few.This will allow hearing-Impaired customers to enjoy the company of their hearing friends rather than having to sit in a special area.3 Raised

16、seating.The seats at the back of the cinema should be placed higher than the ones at the front so that everyone,whether they are short or tall,can see the screen easily.There should be a space at the end of each row so that people in wheelchairs can sit beside their friends.4 Toilets.There should be

17、 toilets for the disabled near the entrances to the cinema.It is not good enough to have only one disabled toilet in the basement a long way from where the movie is showing.5 Car parking.Of course,there also have to be car parking spaces especially for the disabled and elderly and it should be easy

18、for them to get from the car park to the cinema.Thank you for reading my letter.I hope you will consider my suggestions.Disabled people should have the same opportunities as able-bodied people to enjoy the cinema and they should be able to do so with dignity.I am sure many people will praise your ci

19、nema if you design it with good access for disabled people.The cinema owners will also be happy as more people will be able to go there.Yours sincerely.Alice MajorUnit 2 RobotsReadingSATISFACTION GUARANTEEDLarry Belmont worked for a company that made robots.Recently it was experimenting with a robot

20、 that could be used to do the housework.It was going to be tested out by Larrys wife,Claire.Claire didnt want the robot in her house,especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks,but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldnt harm her or allow her to be harmed.However,when she first saw

21、the robot,she felt alarmed.The robot,called Tony,didnt look like a machine at all.He was tall and handsome although his facial expressions never changed.His hair was smooth and black and his voice was deep.On the second morning Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dr

22、essing.She felf embarrassed and quickly told him to go.It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.One day,Claire mentioned that she didnt think she was clever.Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that.Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.But s

23、he began to trust him.She told him how she and her home werent elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position.She wasnt like Gladys Claffern,one of the richest and most powerful women around.Tony wanted to please Claire by helping her make herself and her home elegan

24、t.So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read or,rather,scan.She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand.She was amazed by his fingernails and the softhess and warmth of his skin.How absurd,she thought.He was just a machine

25、.Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore.As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops,he wrote out a list of items for her.claire went into the city and bought curtains,cushions,a carpet and paint.Then she went into a dress shop.When the salesman was rude to her,she ran

26、g Tony up and told the salesman to speak to him.The salesman immediately changed his attitude.Claire thanked Tony,telling him that he was a“dear”.As she turned around,there stood Gladys Claffern.How awful to be discovered by her,Claire thought.By the amused and surprised look on her face,Claire knew

27、 that Gladys thought she was having an affair.After all,she knew Claires husbands name was Larry,not Tony.When Claire got home,she wept with anger.Gladys was evergthing Glaire wanted to be.You can be like her,Tony told her and he suggested that she in vite Gladys and her friends to the house the nig

28、ht before he was to leave and Larry was to return.By that time,Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.Tony worked steadily on the improvements.Claire tried to help once but was too clumsy.She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room,he managed to catcn her in time.He

29、 held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body.She screamed,pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.The night of the party arrived.The clock struck eight.The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room.At that moment.Tony folded hi

30、s arms around her,bending his face close to hers.She cried out “Tony”and then heard him declare that he didnt want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her.Then the front door bell rang.Tony freed her and disappeared from sight.It was then that Claire realiz

31、ed that Tony had opened the curtains on the front window.Her guests had seen everyghing!The women were impressed by Claire and the house.Just before they left,Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony.What a sweet victory to be envied by those

32、 women!She might not be as beautiful as them,but none of them had such a handsome lover. Then she remembered-Tony was just a machine.She shouted“Leave me alone”and ran to her bed.She cried all night.The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away.The company was very pleased with Tonys report on his three weeks with Claire.Tony had protected a human being from harm.He had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of failure.He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire,knowing that there was no risk to Claires marriage.But