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1、English2 课文和译文必修二Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀厅 Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used

2、 to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make.弗雷德里克?威廉?我,普鲁士国王,从未想像过这恩赐

3、与俄罗斯人会令人惊喜的历史。这个礼物,琥珀屋的,赐给这个名字,因为好几吨的琥珀被用来制造它。琥珀被选有一个美丽的黄棕色的颜色就像蜂蜜。房间的设计是别致的流行的日子。这也是一种珍惜用金子来装饰和珠宝,将国家的最好的艺术家们大约10年了。 In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, d

4、ecided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors. 事实上,这个房间没有是作为礼

5、物送人的。它是设计出用于弗雷德里克的宫殿。然而,普鲁士的下一任国王弗雷德里克威廉?我、就是琥珀属于,决定不去保持它。在1716他给了彼得最重要的东西。作为回报,沙皇送给他一群他最好的士兵。所以琥珀房成了沙皇的一部分在圣彼得堡冬宫。大约四米长,房间作为一个小接待大厅为重要的游客。Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 17

6、70 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.后来,凯瑟琳二世琥珀屋的搬到一座宫殿外面圣彼得堡她在她的夏天。她告诉她的艺术家添加更多的细节。在1770年房间是完成了她想要的。几乎六百蜡烛

7、照亮了房间,它的镜子,图片闪闪发光。遗憾的是,尽管琥珀厅被认为是世界奇迹之一,现在不见了。 In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. Howev

8、er, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amb

9、er Room remains a mystery.在1941年9月期间,纳粹军队近了圣彼得堡。这是一段时间,两国处于交战状态。在纳粹寒得赴颐和园,俄国人能够取消一些家具和小艺术品从琥珀厅。然而,一些的纳粹暗中偷了房间本身。在不到两天的时间内摆放了10万件27木箱里。毫无疑问,这些箱子然后穿上了Konigsberg的火车在那时波罗的海边的一个德国城市。在那之后,琥珀屋的发生了什么仍然是个谜。Unit2THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than

10、 any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him,

11、 These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me. he will be killed. No one will be pardoned.Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, b

12、ut others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlantas rules, Why are these men so foolish? he thought. Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess? However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to

13、 run, Hippomenes changed his mind. I will marry Atlanta - or die! he said. The race started and although the men ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought, How can I run as fast as Atlanta? He went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave

14、 him three golden apples. She said, Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win. Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said, I want to marry Atlanta. The King was sad to see another man die, but Hip

15、pomenes said, I will marry her - or die! So the race began.Unit 2面试波塞尼亚斯,谁是希利尼人作家,大约有2000年前,取得了魔幻之旅3月18日,2007年了解现在的奥运会。他现在面试李岩,一名志愿者2008年奥运会。病人:我的名字叫波塞尼亚斯。我住在你们称为古希腊时代,我过去总是写关于奥运会的很久以前的事了。我来你的时间了解现在的奥运会的到来,因为我知道2004年他们曾被关押在我的家乡。我可以问你一些问题现代奥运会?李:天哪!你真的来自多久以前?当然你可以问任何问题你喜欢的地方。你想知道些什么呢?你多久做一次紧握你的游戏吗?李:

16、每四年举行一次。主要有两套场比赛冬季和夏季奥运会,两者都是每四年举办一次定期进行。冬季奥运会通常在夏季来临之前两年举行比赛。只有运动员,谁已达到签协议标准为他们的活动将参赛。他们可以来自任何地方在世界上。病人:冬奥会?赛跑运动员怎么能享受的竞争在冬天吗?那马?李:噢,不!没有赛跑或骑马的事件。取而代之的是比赛象滑雪、滑冰需要雪和冰的。这就是为什么他们被叫作冬季奥运会的原因。它是在夏季奥运会你所需要的赛跑,一起游泳、帆船、所有的团队性运动。警:我明白。你说的早些时候:运动员被邀请来自世界各地。你的意思是希腊世界吗?我们的希腊城市使用互相竞争只是为了纪念胜利。没有其他的国家可以加入,也不可能或此妇

17、女!李:目前任何国家参赛,只要它们的运动员是足够好的。有250多个运动和每一个项目都有它自己的标准。女人并非只允许,但方面起着非常重要的作用体操、田径、团队运动和警:请等一下!所有这些宇宙事件,所有的这些国家,甚至女人参加!居住运动员都到哪里去了?李:每次奥运,有一个特殊的村庄供他们住在,一个主要的接待建筑、几个露天体育场体育竞赛,并一个体育成绩也很好。顾客:听起来很贵。有人想举办奥运会吗?李:作为一个事实,每个国家都想的机会。这是一个伟大的责任,但也是一个巨大的荣誉被选中。有尽可能多的国家之间的竞争,要主办奥运会赢得奥运会奖牌。2008年奥运会将在中国北京举行。你以前知道吗?病人:噢,对了!

18、你一定会感到很自豪。”李:当然可以。以后主办2012年奥运会将在伦敦举行。他们已经开始计划。一个新的村庄的运动员和所有的球场将兴建东伦敦。新奖牌都将被设计当然和顾客:你是说奖牌吗?所以即使橄榄枝花环已经取代了!哦,天啊!你争夺奖金了?李:不,我们没有。对一切都还能跑得更快、跳得更高、掷得更远。这是奥林匹克的格言,你知道的“更快、更高、更强”。顾客:好吧,那是好消息。多有趣啊!非常谢谢你的时间。亚特兰大的故事亚特兰大是希利尼人的公主。她长得非常漂亮,能跑得过有人在希腊。但却不让她跑赢的荣耀,为自己在奥林匹克运动会。她非常生气,她说她的父亲,她不会嫁给谁不能跑得过她。她的父亲说,她必须结婚,所以亚

19、特兰大疯了便宜货。她说,“这是我的规则。当一个人说他想嫁给我,我要与他背道而驰。如果他不能跑得过我,就必被杀。没有人会得到宽恕。”许多君王和首领想嫁给亚特兰大,但是当他们听说她的规则因为知道是不可救药了。他们中许多可悲的是回家了,但是其他人留下来参加比赛的。有一个人叫Hippomenes谁惊讶,当他听到亚特兰大的规则,“为什么这些人如此愚蠢呢?”他想。“为什么他们会让他们自己被杀,因为他们无法这公主跑得快吗?”但是,当他看见亚特兰大出来的她的房子跑,Hippomenes改变他的想法。”我要嫁给Atlanta-or死!”他说。比赛开始了,虽然男人跑得非常快,亚特兰大跑得更快。作为Hippomen

20、es曾看着他心想,“我怎么亚特兰大跑得快吗?”他走过去问希腊神的爱寻求帮助。她答应帮他,给他三次金苹果。她说,“抛出的苹果面前亚特兰大当她跑过。当她停下来把它捡起来,你将能跑过去她赢球。”Hippomenes把苹果,就去找国王了。他说,“我想嫁给亚特兰大。”国王很伤心看到另一个人死亡,但Hippomenes说:“我要嫁给her-or死!”于是比赛开始了。Unit3WHO AM I? Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I w

21、as young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could think logically and produce an answer quicker than any perso

22、n. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my artificial intelligence. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a universal machine to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size

23、and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 197

24、0s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I n

25、ever forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldnt believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web. Si

26、nce the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon

27、and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!我是谁长期以来,我已经改变很多。我刚开始的时候只是一个机器在法国1642年的计算。虽然我年轻的时候,我能够简化困难的总结。我养成了非常缓慢,它花了近两百年以前,我建造机器,作为一种分析查尔斯?巴贝奇。我由操作员可使用卡片上,我可以“思考”的答案,并且产生一个合乎

28、逻辑的速度比任何人。那时,人们认为技术革命,开始准备我的“人工智能”。1936年我真正的父亲,艾伦?图灵,写了一本关于我怎么能够正常运做“通用机器”来解决任何困难的数学问题。从那以后,我保持快速增长无论大小和智力。在1940年代我成长一样大的房间,我怀疑是否能有更大的增长。然而,这个实相也担心我的设计师。随着时间的推移,我叫小。首先作为一个PC(个人电脑),然后又成为了一名笔记本电脑,我被使用在20世纪70年代以来,办公室和家庭。这些变化是有可能的,因为我的记忆中提高。首先是储存在管,然后在晶体管和后来非常小的芯片。结果完全改变了我的形状。随着我的年龄增长我也变得渺小。随着时间的推移,我的记忆

29、中进展得如此之多,就像大象,我永远都不会忘记告诉我该做的事情!和我的记忆变得如此大,即使我真不敢相信!不过我还是太孤独了站在那里我自己,直到20世纪60年代初他们给了我一个家庭网络连接。我能分享我的知识与另一些是通过万维网上。20世纪70年代以来,许多新的应用了我。我成了非常重要的通信、金融和贸易。我也被推到机器人和用于制造手机以及帮助与医疗操作。我也被向太空发射火箭和派去探索月球和火星。总之,我的目标是给人类提供了高质量的生活。我现在真正充满幸福的,我是一个忠实的朋友和帮手人类!Unit4HOW DAISY LEARNED TOHELP WLDLIFE Daisy had always lo

30、nged to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. Where do you want to go? it asked. Daisy responded immediately. Id like to see some endangered wildlife, she said. Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make

31、 this sweater. At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, Were being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species. At that Daisy cried, Im

32、 sorry I didnt know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where theres some wildlife protection. The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. Have you come to take my photo? it asked.In relief Daisy burst into laughter. Dont laugh,said the elephant, We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without