【導讀】mobilephonesaswelashelpwithmedicaloperations.IhaveevenbeenputintospacerocketsandsenttoexploretheMoonandMars.Anyhow,mygoalistoprovidehumanswithalifeofhighquality.IamnowtrulyfiledwithhappinessthatIamadevotedfriendandhelperofthehumanrace!ANDY—THEANDROIDI’mpartofananandroidfootballteam.Aboutonceayearweareallowedtogettogethertoplayagameoffootball.I’masbigasahuman.Infact,IloklikeonethefootbalteamI’mastr

　　

【正文】 , at whi ch everyone i s cl appi ng and appreci ati ng your m usi c? Do you si ng Karaoke and pretend you are a fam ous singer li ke Song Zuyi ng or Li u H uan? To be honest, a l ot of peopl e attach great im portance to bei ng ri ch and fam ous. But just now do peopl e form a band? Many m usi ci ans m eet and form a band because they l i ke to wri te and pl ay their own m usic. They may start as a group of hi ghschool students, for whom practi sing thei r m usic i n som eone’s house i s the fi rst step to fam e. Som eti mes they m ay play to pasersby i n the street or subway so that they can earn some extra m oney for them sel ves or to pay for thei r instrum ents. Later they m ay gi ve perform ances i n pubs or clubs, for whi ch they are pai d i n cash. O f course they hope to m ake records i n a studi o and sel l mi li ons of copi es to be e mi l ionaires! H owever, there was one band that started i n a di fferent way. It was cal ed the Monkees and began as a TV show. The m usi cians were to pl ay jokes on each other as wel as pl ay m usi c, m ost of whi ch was based l oosel y on the Beatl es. The TV ani zer had pl aned to fi nd four m usi ci ans who coul d act as wel as si ng. They put an adverti sem ent i n a newspaper l ooking for rock m usi ci ans, but they coul d onl y fi nd one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three mem bers of theband. As som e of these actors coul d not si ng wel l enough, they had to rel y on other m usi ci ans to hel p them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to si ng. Anyhow thei r perform ances were hum orous enough to be copi ed by other groups. They were so popul ar that their fans form ed cl ubs i n order to get m ore fami li ar wi th them . Each week on TV, the Monkees woul d play and si ng songs written by other m usi ci ans. H owever, after a year or so i n whi ch they became m ore seri ous about thei r work, the Monkes started to play and si ng thei r own songs li ke a real band. Then they produced thei r own records and started touri ng and pl aying thei r own m usi c. In the USA they becam e even m ore popul ar than the Beatl es and sol d even m ore records. The band broke up about 1970, but happil y they reuni ted i n the mi d1980s. They produced a new record i n 1996, wi th whi ch they cel ebrated thei r form er tim e as a real band. Freddy the frog（Ⅱ） N ot l ong after Freddy and the band becam e fam ous, they visi ted Bri tai n on a bri ef tour. Fans showed thei r devotion by wai ti ng for hours to get ti ckets for thei r concerts . Freddy was now quite confi dent when he went i nto a concert hal l. H e enjoyed si ngi ng and al l the congratul ations afterwards! Hi s m ost exci ti ng i nvi tati on was to perform on a TV programm e cal led “ Top of pops “. H e had to go to London, wear an expensi ve suit and give a performance to a TV cam era. It felt very strange. But as soon as the programm e was over, the tel ephones which were in the sam e room started ringi ng. 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 wi thout bei ng fol owed. Even when they wore sungl asses or beards people recogni zed them. Fans found them even when they went i nto toi l et. They tri ed to hi de i n the readi ng room s of l i brari es, but i t was usel ess. Som eone was al ways there! Thei r personal li fe was regularl y discussed by peopl e who di d not know them but tal ked as i f they cl ose fri ends. At l ast feeli ng very upset and sensi ti ve, Freddy and hi s band reali zed that they m ust l eave the country before i t becam e too pai nful for them . So they l eft Bri tain, to whi ch they were never to return, and went back to the l ake. 必修三 Unit 1 Festi val s and cel ebrati ons Festi val s and cel ebrati ons of al l ki nds have been hel d everywhere since anci ent tim es. Most anci ent festi val s woul d cel ebrate the end of col d weather, pl anti ng i n spri ng and harvest i n autum n. Som eti m es cel ebrati ons woul d be hel d after hunters had caught anim al s. At that tim e peopl e woul d starve i f food was di ffi cul t to fi nd, especi al y duri ng the col d winter m onths. Today’s festi val s have m any ori gi ns, som e rel i gi ous, som e seasonal, and som e for speci al peopl e or events. Festi val s of the Dead Som e festi val s are hel d to honour the dead or sati sfy the ancestors, who m i ght return either to hel p or to do harm. For the Japanese festival O bon, peopl e shoul d go to cl ean graves and l ight i ncense i n m em ory of thei r ancestors. They al so li ght lam ps and pl ay m usi c because they thi nk that this wi l l ead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexi co, peopl e celebrate the Day of the Dead in early Novemver. m obil e phones as wel as hel p wi th m edi cal operati ons. I have even been put i nto space rockets and sent to expl ore the Moon and Mars . A nyhow, my goal i s to provi de hum ans wi th a l i fe of hi gh qual ity. I am now trul y fil ed wi th happi ness that I am a devoted fri end and hel per of the hum an race ! AN DY—TH E AN DRO ID I’m part of an an android football team . About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I’m as big as a human . In fact ,I lok like one the footbalteam I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast .My puter chips hel p m e to mova and thi nk li ke a hum an . For exam pl e , I have l earned to si gnal to m y team mates i n puter l anguages to gi ve m e the bal when I am open and have a good shot for a goal. My fi rat footbal petiti on was i n Nagoya , Japan several years ago . Last year our team went to Seattle , Washi ngton i n the USA. We won tsecong pl ace . Personal l y ,I thi nk the team that won fi rsy pl ace cheated . They had devel oped a new type of program just before the peti ti on. So we ne