外研版高中英语必修一课文.docx

1、外研版高中英语必修一课文Module 1 My First Day at Senior High My name is Li Kang.I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing .It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and Im writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The t

2、eachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information

3、from websites. Theyre brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. Were using a new textbook and Ms Shens method of teaching is nothing like the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but

4、we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I dont think I will be bored in Ms Shens class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we w

5、orked by ourselves. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-five students in my class more t

6、han my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the s

7、treet where we live. Im looking forward to doing it! My After-school Activities .As the students of modern times, we have colorful school life. Everyday, we learn plenty of knowledge on different subjects in class. And our school organizes many extracurricular activities in order to help us put what

8、 we have learned into practice. After class, we take part in various activities, like playing football, basketball, badminton, etc. They are good for our health. Besides, we are able to join in the lectures organized by literature association, music group, art group, where you can enjoy famous works

9、, learn to play instruments or draw pictures. Also, there are chances for us to use computers in the laboratory and talk with some foreign teachers about anything we are interested in at the English corner. Now, most of us may operate computers freely and have a good command of spoken English. In ad

10、dition to the after-class activities mentioned here, there are still many others such as sports meeting, debate, social investigation, etc. All those activities make our school life attractive and interesting. We will take advantages of the experience in the future. Moudle 2 My New Teachers They say

11、 that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. Shes kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clea

12、rly that even I can understand it! She avoids making you feel stupid! Ive always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you dont feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me

13、 its wonderful! I feel Im going to make progress with her. Id guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. Shes very strictwe dont dare to say a word unless she asks us to. Shes also very serious and doesnt smile much. When she asks you to do something, you do it immediately! There are a few students in ou

14、r class who keep coming to class late but theyre always on time for Mrs. Chens lessons! Some of our class dont ike her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exac

15、tly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that Ill do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me. Mr. Wus only been teaching us for two weeks and hes already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chine

16、se literature - he loves it, in fact! Hes got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! Hes about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. Hes really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks were getting

17、 bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot. Module 3 My First Ride on a Train My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and Im 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travele

18、d on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometers away. We spent two days and nights on the train. The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first f

19、ew hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were bu

20、ilt more than a hundred years ago. The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (Im studying Chinese at school). One night,at about midnight, I watch

21、ed the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds. Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didnt like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, they bro

22、ught some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then

23、 the government built a new railway line, so they didnt need the camels any more. In 1925,they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day. Moudle 4 A Social Survey My Neighbourhood XL:A lively city Its great

24、 to see you again, John. JM:Its great to see you! Its been six years since we last saw each other, you know. And this is the first time Ive visitedyour hometown. XL:Yes, Im so glad you could come. JM:You know, Ive seen quite a lot of China and Ive visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of th

25、e most attractive places Ive been to. Its so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.XL: Yes, its one of the most interesting cities on the coast,everyone says so. I feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside. JM:You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?XL:Yes, thats

26、right. JM:Whats the climate like?XL:Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter. JM:Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around. Dont they bother you? 、XL:Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.JM:Oh, look at that huge apartme

27、nt block!XL:Yes, theyve just completed it. The rent for an apartment there is very high. JM:I believe you! This areas so modern!XL:Yes, this is the business district. Theyve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great shopping malls. See, were just passing one now. My wife

28、s just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there. JM:Maybe I could buy a few presents there. XL:Ill take you there tomorrow. Now were leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. Were entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. Its got some really p

29、retty parks .JM:It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, just across the water? XL:Yes, it is. Its a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture. JM:So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk around for a while? XL:Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there. A

30、friends told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Shall we go there for lunch?JM:That sounds great. Im starving! Moudle 5 A lesson in a Lab It is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in electr

31、ical equipment. When we use metals, it is importantto know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. Moudle 6 The Internet and TelecommunicationsThe Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, and its accessible through a computer. It consists of millio

32、ns of pages of data. In 1969, DARPA, a U.S. defence organisation, developed a way for all their computers to talk to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. For fifteen years, only the U.S. army could use this system of communication. Then in 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) started the NSFNET network. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. NSFNET NSFNET became known as the Inter-Network, or Internet. The World Wide Web (the web) is a computer network that allow