【文章內容簡介】 e text would you like to try? Write marks at the side of the text while you read. √ nice not very nice2. What are the ways of baths of the following countries? Which do you think were the best baths? Give marks to the countries from 0 (worst bath) to 10 (best bath)COUNTRRIES BATHS MARKJapan ____________Turkey ____________Britain (16th century) ____________Scandinavia ____________The Roman Empire ____________ The Romans were the first great engineers of the western world. Over a period of about 500 years, from 100BC to 410 AD, they built an empire around the Mediterranean Sea. Wherever they went, they built public baths for themselves. They dislike the cold, wet winters in England. Luckily, they found a hot spring, just hot enough for baths, in southwest England. So they built some baths. Roman baths were very brand. They were steam rooms and hot rooms for sitting around and talking. There were hot baths as big as swimming pools, warms ones, cool ones and cold ones. Servants kept fires burning outside the building. After the Romans left Britain, baths were little used, even by rich people. One ruler said in the 16th century, I have a bath once every six months, whether I need it or not. Towns in those days were dirty and smelly. Different countries have different bathing habits. In Japan you must first stand outside the bathtub(浴桶) and wash yourself with soap. Then you take a shower to wash off the soap. Finally, you sit in the bath of hot water without using any soap. In Turkey, many baths were built near hot springs, like Roman baths. After you bath, you can ask an assistant to give you a massage (按摩). After a good massage, most people want to have a little sleep. In Scandinavia, saunas (桑拿浴室)are very popular. Saunas are little rooms made of wood. There is a hot stove in the middle of the room. You can sit on benches, or you can lie on them. The room gets very hot, up to 5060 degrees Centigrade! Water runs down your body in small rivers. At the end of half an hour your body is so hot that you can run outside into the cold air. (292 words)Key Sentences: 1 Wherever they went, they built public baths for themselves. 2 Luckily, they found a hot spring, just hot enough for baths, in southwest England 3 There were hot baths as big as swimming pools, warms ones, cool ones and cold ones. 4 At the end of half an hour your body is so hot that you can run outside into the cold air.UNIT 3 Science（科普知識）Article 1 ☆☆☆protect our environment It is important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us: 1. Reduce If you want to reduce waste, you should use things cleverly. A lot of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don39。t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste. 2. Reuse You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones that are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters. 3. Recycle Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are made for new ones. 4. Recover When you buy a box of apples, there may be few rotten apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food. 5. Repair If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it is better for you sell the old things or give them to others who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a throwaway society, but the time has e to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.(300 words)Key Sentences:1 A lot of trees are being cut down to make paper.2 But the time has e to change our way life so that we can protect our environment.1. The Reduce rule mainly asks us to ________ A. use things wisely B. cut down many trees C. use a lot of paper D. throw away your old clothes2. Which is the best way to do with your broken tables? A. Throwing them away B. Repairing them C. Selling them D. Putting them away3. The Recover rule mainly asks us to ________ A. throw waste things away B. cover waste things with earth C. get back the useful parts D. throw the whole things awayKey:15 ABCArticle 2 ☆☆☆☆☆Mobile phones A mobile phone (手機) is in fact a small radio. A radio sends a person39。s voice over a long way to another radio. A voice that is sent by radio is called a signal (信號). A radio signal travels very quickly. Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very large. They needed large batteries (電池). They had to be powerful (功率高的) to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower (中繼站) for mobile phones. Today39。s mobile phones are small and easy to use. Now most cities have a lot of antenna towers, not just one. This means that each mobile phone doesn39。t have to send its signal far away, so they don39。t need to be so powerful. Mobile phones today use small batteries. A large city, where lots of mobile phones are used, can have hundreds of towers. Do you know what use a mobile phone has? Yes, you can use it to do a lot of things. Call your friends and family from almost an