最新外研社高中英语必修12课文原文.docx

1、最新外研社高中英语必修12课文原文My First Day at Senior HighMy 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 teach

2、ers 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 from

3、 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 that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important,

4、but 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

5、we worked 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-mor

6、e than 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 th

7、e street where we live. Im looking forward to doing it!My New TeahcersTheysaythatfirstimpressionsareveryimportant.MyfirstimpressionofMrs.Liwasthatshewasnervousandshy.Ithinkperhapsshewas,asitwasherfirstlessonwithus.Butnow,aftertwoweeks,theclassreallylikesworkingwithher.Sheskindandpatient,andsheexplai

8、nsEnglishgrammarsoclearlythatevenIcanunderstandit!Sheavoidsmakingyoufeelstupid!IvealwayshatedmakingmistakesorpronouncingawordincorrectlywhenIspeakEnglish,butMrs.Lijustsmiles,sothatyoudontfeelcompletelystupid!Ithinkmaybeshegoesabittooslowlyforthefasterstudents,butformeitswonderful!IfeelImgoingtomakep

9、rogresswithher.IdguessthatMrs.Chenisalmostsixty.Shesverystrictwedontdaretosayawordunlesssheasksusto.Shesalsoveryseriousanddoesntsmilemuch.Whensheasksyoutodosomething,youdoitimmediately!ThereareafewstudentsinourclasswhokeepcomingtoclasslatebuttheyrealwaysontimeforMrs.Chenslessons!Someofourclassdontik

10、eher,butmostofusreallyappreciateherbecauseherteachingissowellorganisedandclear.Andafewstudentsevenadmitlikingher!Duringscientificexperiments,sheexplainsexactlywhatishappeningandasaresultmyworkisimproving.Physicswillneverbemyfavouritelesson,butIthinkthatIlldowellintheexamwithMrsChenteachingme.Mr.Wuso

11、nlybeenteachingusfortwoweeksandhesalreadyverypopular.IthinkthisisbecausehereallyenjoysteachingChineseliterature-helovesit,infact!Hesgotsomuchenergy,thisisoneclassyoudonotfallasleepin!Hesabout28,Ithink,andisrathergood-looking.Hetalksloudlyandfast,andwaveshishandsaboutalotwhenhegetsexcited.Hesreallyam

12、usingandtellsjokeswhenhethinksweregettingbored.EventhingslikecompositionsandsummariesarefunwithMr.Wu.Irespecthimalot.My First Ride on a TrainMy 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

13、and I travelled 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 kilometres 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! Fo

14、r the first few 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

15、which were built 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 mid

16、night, I watched 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

17、ago, they brought 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

18、 1920s. Then 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.Module4ASocialSurveyMyNeighbourhoodAlivelycityItsgreatto

19、seeyouagain,John.Itsgreattoseeyou!Itsbeensixyearssincewelastsaweachother,youknow.AndthisisthefirsttimeIvevisitedyourhometown.Yes,Imsogladyoucouldcome.Youknow,IveseenquitealotofChinaandIvevisitedsomebeautifulcities,butthisisoneofthemostattractiveplacesIvebeento.Itssolively,andeveryoneseemssofriendly.

20、Yes,itsoneofthemostinterestingcitiesonthecoast,everyonesaysso.Ifeelveryfortunatelivinghere.AndIlovelivingbytheseaside.YouliveinthenorthwestofXiamen,isthatright?Yes,thatsright.Whatstheclimatelike?Prettyhotandwetinthesummer,butitcanbequitecoldinthewinter.SoundsOKtome.Therearealotoftouristsaround.Dontt

21、heybotheryou?Yes,theycanbeanuisanceinthesummerbecausetherearesomanyofthem.Oh,lookatthathugeapartmentblock!Yes,theyvejustcompletedit.Therentforanapartmentthereisveryhigh.Ibelieveyou!Thisareassomodern!Yes,thisisthebusinessdistrict.Theyveputupalotofhigh-risebuildingsrecently.Andtherearesomegreatshoppin

22、gmalls.See,werejustpassingonenow.Mywifesjustboughtabeautifuldressfromoneoftheshopsthere.MaybeIcouldbuyafewpresentsthere.Illtakeyoutheretomorrow.Nowwereleavingthebusinessdistrictandapproachingtheharbour.Wereenteringthewesterndistrict,themostinterestingpartofthecity.Itsgotsomereallyprettyparks.Itseems

23、lovely.IsthatGulangyuIsland,justacrossthewater?Yes,itis.Itsagorgeousislandwithsomereallyinterestingarchitecture.Sotheytellme.Doyouthinkwecouldstopandwalkaroundforawhile?Yes,Iwasjustgoingtodothat.Wecanparkoverthere.Afriendstoldmeaboutanicelittlefishrestaurantnearhere.Shallwegothereforlunch?Thatsounds

24、great.Imstarving!Module 5 A Lesson in a LabPassage AIt 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 electrical equipment. When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances,

25、 for example, water and oxygen. The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, and the metals that react least at the bottom.Passage B A Simple Scientific ExperimentBelow is a description of a simple scientific experiment

26、. It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water.Aim: To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); (c) in ordinary water.Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder;cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner.Iron in dry airMethod(1) Put som

27、e iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.(2) Push some cotton wool down the tube.(3) Leave the tube for one week.ResultAfter one week, the nails have not rusted.ConclusionIron does not rust in dry air.Iron in air-free waterMethod(1) Half-fill a test tube with water.(2) Boil the water for three minu

28、tes. (This makes sure there is no air in the water.)(3) Put two or three clean nails in the water.(4) Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water.(5) Leave the tube of one week.ResultThe nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water.ConclusionIron rusts in ordinary water.My fe

29、elings about science have really changed. I never used to enjoy science，but last year I changed schools，and the science teachers at my new school are excellent. The science facilities are very good，with laboratories that have all the latest equipment. Our chemistry teacher，Mr Longford，takes us to pu

30、blic science lectures about four times a term，and these are always very interesting， as the lecturers are people who have made real discoveries in their area of science. The fact is，Canada has many first-class scientists. In the last twenty years，seven Canadian scientists have won the Nobel Prize！The Nobel Prize is the highest scientific prize there is，so