【正文】 ,the Mekong bees wide，brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.沿湄公河而下的旅行第一部分 夢想與計(jì)劃　　我的名字叫王坤?！疽馑枷嗤脑~】subway←→underground （地鐵）righthand side←→right （右邊）street←→block 街道，街區(qū)第三單元Travel journalJOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN　　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 in 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 them interested in cycling too. After graduating from 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 didn39。讀對話，然后圈出意思相同的詞。雖然許多美國人經(jīng)常搬家，但是他們?nèi)匀荒軌虮鎰e和理解彼此的方言。住在美國東部山區(qū)的一些人說著比較古老的英語方言。美國英語有許多方言，特別是中西部地區(qū)和南部地區(qū)的方言，以及美國黑人和西班牙人的方言。 Using Language 語言運(yùn)用STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTSWhat is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.When people use words and expressions different form “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects because people have e from all over the world.Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older kind of English dialect. When Americans moved form one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects. 什么是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語？是在英國、美國、加拿大、澳大利亞、印度、新西蘭所說的英語嗎？信不信由你，（世界上）沒有什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語。在此期間，英語成了印度政府和教育所用的語言。當(dāng)時(shí)，英語的拼寫發(fā)生了兩個(gè)很大的變化：先是塞繆爾?約翰遜編寫了他的英語詞典，后是諾亞?韋伯斯特出版了《美國英語詞典》。所以到17世紀(jì)初的時(shí)候，莎士比亞能夠得以使用比以往任何時(shí)候都豐富的詞匯。開始，英格蘭人在大約公元450年到1150年之間所說的英語與我們今天所說的英語很不一樣。今天，把英語作為自己的第一語言、第二語言或外語來使用的人比以往任何時(shí)候都多。如果你用英語寫日記的話，還可以幫助你提高英語水平。通過做……我希望你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這些想法對你有所幫助。親愛的小冬：很遺憾聽說你在交朋友的過程中遇到了困難。你的小東 2 Decide which are the best ideas and put them into an order. Then write down your advice and explain how it will help. Each idea can make one paragraph. The following sample and the expressions may help youDear Xiaodong,I’m sorry you are having trouble in making friends. However, the situation is easy to change if you follow my advice. Here are some tips to help you.First, why not…?If you do this,… Secondly, you could / can …Then / That way, …Thirdly, it would be a good idea if …By doing this, …I hope you will find these ideas useful.YoursMiss Wang 2 決定哪些是最好并把它們按順序組織起來。雖然我試著和班上的同學(xué)交談，但是，我還是很難跟他們成為好朋友。我該怎么辦呢？你的莉薩Reading and writing 讀與寫 Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong. He is also asking for some advice. Read the letter on the right carefully and help Miss Wang answer it.王小姐收到小冬的一封來信。我們常常一起做家庭作業(yè)，而且很樂意互相幫助。你的安妮 Using Language 語言運(yùn)用 Reading and listening 讀與聽 1 Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers and predict what Miss Wang will say. After listening, check and discuss her advice.Dear Miss Wang,I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment. I’m getting along well with a boy in my class. We often do homework together and we enjoy helping each other. We have bee really good friends. But other students have started gossiping. They say that this boy and I have fallen in love. This has made me angry. I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping. What should I do?Yours,Lisa 1 讀讀琳達(dá)為青少年寫給電臺(tái)王小組的這封信，然后王小姐可能會(huì)怎么說。還有一次，就在五個(gè)