【正文】 候，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)由于天冷我們的水壺都凍上了。Using Language夜晚的西藏山景第二部分山中一宿雖然是秋天，但是西藏已經(jīng)開始下雪了。我們倆驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)這條河有一半是在中國境內(nèi)。我們從圖上可以看到，湄公河發(fā)源于西藏一座山上的冰川。我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了決心，什么也不能使她改變。于是，我告訴她，湄公河的源頭在青海省。盡管她對去某些地方的最佳路線并不清楚，她卻堅持要自己把這次旅游安排得盡善盡美。我問我姐姐：“我們要去哪兒？”首先想到要沿湄公河從源頭到終點騎車旅游的是我的姐姐。去年她去看望了我們的表兄弟——在昆明讀大學(xué)的刀衛(wèi)和宇航。Unit3Journey Down the Mekong My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college if Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got time interested in cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shorting. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we ing back?” I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t。因此，美國東南部山區(qū)的人同美國西北部的人所說的方言就幾乎相同。美國英語之所以有這么多的方言是因為美國人是來自世界各地的緣故。然而，在電視和收音機里，你也會聽出人們在說話時的差異。事實上，中國可能擁有世界上最多的英語學(xué)習(xí)者。比如說，印度擁有眾多講英語很流利的人，這是因為英國于1765年到1947年統(tǒng)治過印度。那時，英語在拼寫上發(fā)生了兩大變化：首先，塞繆爾所以到17世紀(jì)，莎士比亞所用的詞匯量比以前任何時期都大。當(dāng)時的英語更多地是以德語為基礎(chǔ)的，而現(xiàn)代英語不是。請看以下例子：英國人貝蒂：“請到我的公寓（flat）里來看看，好嗎？”美國人艾米：“好的。后來，在17世紀(jì)英國人開始航海征服了世界其它地區(qū)。我確實想改變這種現(xiàn)狀，但是我卻不知道該怎么辦。我該怎么辦呢？Reading and writing尊敬的編輯：我是蘇州高中的一名學(xué)生。我跟我們班里的一位男同學(xué)一直相處很好，我們常常一起做家庭作業(yè)，而且很樂意相互幫助。我一直等到非關(guān)窗不可的時候才下樓去。自從我來到這里，這一切都變了。我要把這本日記當(dāng)作我的朋友，我要把我這個朋友稱作基蒂”。她一家人都是猶太人，所以他們不得不躲藏起來，否則他們就會被德國納粹抓去。Unit1 Anne’s Best FriendDo you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War Ⅱ. Her family was Jewish so nearly twentyfive months before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. She said, ”I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.Thursday 15th June, 1944Dear Kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That’s changed since I was here.…For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by my self. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window bad to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely