【正文】 ew record in 1996, with which they cel ebrated their former tim e as a real band. Freddy the frog（Ⅱ） Not long after Freddy and the band becam e fam ous, they vi si ted Britai n on a bri ef tour. Fans showed thei r devoti on by wai ti ng for hours to get tickets for thei r concerts . Freddy was now qui te confi dent when he went i nto a concert hal. He enjoyed si ngi ng and al l the congratul ati ons afterwards! H is most exciting invitati on was to perform on a TV programme cal ed “ Top of pops “. He had to go to London, wear an expensi ve sui t and give a performance to a TV cam era. It fel t very strange. But as son as the programm e was over, the tel ephones which were i n the sam e rom started ri nging. Everybody was aski ng when they coul d see Freddy and hi s band agai n. They were trul y stars. Then thi ngs went wrong. Freddy and his band coul d not go out anywhere without bei ng fol owed. Even when they wore sunglasses or beards peopl e recogni zed them. Fans found them even when they went i nto toil et. They tried to hi de in the reading rom s of li brari es, but i t was usel es. Someone was al ways there! Thei r personal li fe was regul arly discused by peopl e who di d not know them but tal ked as if they cl ose fri ends. At l ast feel ing very upset and sensi ti ve, Freddy and his band real i zed that they must leave the country before i t becam e too painful for them. So they l eft Britai n, to which they were never to return, and went back to the l ake. 必修三 Uni t 1 Festi vals and cel ebrati ons Festi vals and cel ebrati ons of al l ki nds have been hel d everywhere si nce anci ent tim es. Most ancient festi vals woul d cel ebrate the end of col d weather, pl anti ng i n spri ng and harvest i n autum n. Som etim es celebrati ons would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that tim e people woul d starve i f food was diffi cul t to fi nd, especi al y duri ng the cold wi nter m onths. Today’s festi val s have m any origins, som e rel igious, som e seasonal, and som e for speci al peopl e or events. Festival s of the Dead Som e festi val s are hel d to honour the dead or satisfy the ancestors, who m i ght return either to help or to do harm . For the Japanese festi val O bon, people shoul d go to clean graves and li ght i ncense in m emory of thei r ancestors. They also li ght l am ps and pl ay m usic because they thi nk that thi s wi l l ead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexi co, peopl e celebrate the Day of the Dead i n earl y Novemver. O n thi s important feast day, peopl e eat fod i n the shape of skul s and cakes wi th “bones” on them. They offer food, fl owers and gi fts to the dead. The Western holi day H al owen also had i ts origin i n ol d bel i efs about the return of the spi ri ts of dead peopl e. It i s now a chil dren’s festi val, when they can dres up an go to thei r nei ghbours’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweers, the children might pl ay a trick on them. Fetival s to Honour People Festi vals can also be hel d to honour fam ous people. The Dragon Boat Festi val in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Col umbus Day is i n mem ory of the arri val of Christopher Columbus i n the N ew Worl d. Indi a has a nati onal festi val on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi , the leader who hel ped gain India’s independece from Britain. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgi vi ng festi val can be very hapy events. People are grateful because their food i s gathered for the have di ed out more recently. Accordi ng to a UN report , some 844 anim al s and pl ants have di sappeared i n the l ast 500 years. The dodo is one of them. It l ived on the Isl and of Mauri ti us and was a very fri endl y anim al .Please l isten to a story of the dodo and how i t disapeared from the earth. (3) The return of the mi lu deer My nam e i s Linhui. I li ke to tel l stori es about peopl e who work i s even beter i s when countri es hel p each other and bui l d a good fri endshi p. An excel lent exam pl e of thi s happened when Britai n and Chi na worked together to bri ng the Mil u der back to Chi na. The Mil u deer,a speci es wi th l arge horns, used to be m on i n Chi na long ago. Like other der they li ve together and eat gras and the soft parts of trees such as sm al l u der were often hunted for food or sport in the past. The , Mi ng and Qing dynasti es di d not protect them and m any were kil i s how the Mi lu deer di sappeared from Chi na. Luckil y before al of them were kil ed, some were taken to Britai n to im prove the envi ronm ent of the beauti ful park whi ch bel onged to the Duke of e li ked them so m uch that he tok them al the way from Chi na to Mil u deer li ked the cool, wet weather i n England and thei r number increased year by year. As a result, when in 1985 the governm ent of Chi na wanted to rei ntroduce the Mil u deer,the Duke of Bedford was happy to hel p. The fi rst deer cam e back to Chi na to the N anhai zi Mil u Park 20 ki lom eters south of Beijing and the centre i n Dafeng, Ji ngsu Province. The deer centainly seem hapy to be back in China because thei r num bers have grown rapidl y. There are now so m any of them that a new park has been opened for them in H ebei Provi nce. At the m om ent the Mi lu deer l ive i n centres where they are bei ng wel protected and care for . It is hoped that one day there wil l be enough animals to let them l ive i n the wil d again. So Britai n hel ped Chi na by bri ngi ng back an animal that had di sappeared from its homel and. Thi s is a good exam pl e of fri endshi p and understandi ng betwen these two countri es. Unit 5 The band that wasn’t H ave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a fam ous singer or musi ci ans? Have you ever dreamed of pl ayi ng i n front of thousands of peopl e at a concert, at which everyone is cl appi ng and appreci ati ng your m usic? Do you si ng Karaoke and pretend yo