【正文】 忙，這是我一生中最高興的日子。非常遺憾的是我沒(méi)有這個(gè)證件，因?yàn)槲也皇窃谀抢锍錾模液軗?dān)心我是不是會(huì)失業(yè)。幾經(jīng)周折，我才在一家金礦找到一份工作。我不得不輟學(xué)，因?yàn)槲业募彝o(wú)法繼續(xù)支付學(xué)費(fèi)和交通費(fèi)。當(dāng)時(shí)我才12歲，那是在1952年，他開(kāi)設(shè)了一家黑人律師事務(wù)所，為那些遇到麻煩的窮苦黑人提供咨詢(xún)服務(wù)。第一次見(jiàn)到納爾遜曼德拉——一位當(dāng)代英雄 Reading 伊萊亞斯的故事 我的名字叫伊萊亞斯。在這個(gè)特殊的日子里，我們邀請(qǐng)你把家人和朋友一起帶來(lái)。我們辦公室想請(qǐng)你在7月28日上午11點(diǎn)給來(lái)公園的參觀(guān)者進(jìn)行演講。評(píng)委會(huì)的五位評(píng)委聽(tīng)了你的演講，他們都認(rèn)為你的那篇是今年收到的演講稿中最好的一篇。慢慢地、慢慢地，這座城市又開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)了生機(jī)。在唐山市的北邊，有一個(gè)萬(wàn)名礦工的煤礦，其中多數(shù)人得救了。部隊(duì)派了15萬(wàn)名戰(zhàn)士到唐山來(lái)協(xié)助救援人員，數(shù)十萬(wàn)的人得到了援助。人們開(kāi)始納悶，這場(chǎng)災(zāi)難還會(huì)持續(xù)多久。更多的房屋倒塌了。接著，在下午晚些時(shí)候，又一次強(qiáng)烈的地震震撼著唐山。井里滿(mǎn)是沙子，而不是水。好幾萬(wàn)頭牛再也擠不出奶來(lái)。兩座大壩垮了，多數(shù)橋梁不是塌了就是無(wú)法安全通行了。所有的市內(nèi)醫(yī)院、75%的工廠(chǎng)和建筑物、90%的家園都消失了。死傷的人數(shù)達(dá)到40多萬(wàn)。2/3的人在地震中死去或受傷。地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸氣。世界似乎到了末日！二十世紀(jì)最大的一次地震就在唐山市正下方11公里處發(fā)生了，100公里以外的北京市都聽(tīng)到了地震聲，全國(guó)1 / 3的地方都有震感。但是，唐山市的一百萬(wàn)居民幾乎都沒(méi)有把這些情況當(dāng)一回事，當(dāng)天晚上照常上床睡覺(jué)了。即使天空沒(méi)有飛機(jī)，在唐山城外也可以聽(tīng)到飛機(jī)聲。魚(yú)缸和池塘里的魚(yú)會(huì)往外跳。農(nóng)家大院里的雞, 甚至豬都緊張得不吃食。我們迫不及待地想要見(jiàn)到他們！四單元 地震 Reading 地球的一個(gè)不眠之夜 河北省東北部的農(nóng)村不斷有些怪事發(fā)生：三天來(lái)，村子里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏。我們已經(jīng)走得很遠(yuǎn)了，馬上就要到達(dá)云南的大理。半夜里，天空變得清朗了，星星很亮。剛到傍晚，我們就停下來(lái)宿營(yíng)，先把帳篷支起來(lái)，然后吃飯。等我們到達(dá)山谷，天氣就暖和多了，我們不得不把帽子、外衣、手套和長(zhǎng)褲換成T恤衫和短褲。你看到過(guò)雪人騎自行車(chē)嗎？像往常一樣，王薇在我的前面，我知道我用不著給她鼓勁兒。Using Language Reading and speaking 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(kāi)始下雪了。而當(dāng)它進(jìn)入東南亞以后，河水慢慢地穿過(guò)小山和低谷，以及長(zhǎng)著稻谷的平原。我們倆驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)這條河有一半是在中國(guó)境內(nèi)。它穿過(guò)深谷時(shí)就變成了急流，流經(jīng)云南西部。我老是問(wèn)她，“我們什么時(shí)候動(dòng)身？什么時(shí)候回來(lái)？”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。在我們旅行前的幾個(gè)月，王薇和我去了圖書(shū)館。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。我說(shuō)，我們的旅行將從5, 000多米的高地出發(fā)，這時(shí)她似乎顯得很興奮。于是，我告訴她，湄公河的源頭在青海省。我問(wèn)她是否看過(guò)地圖。她告訴我，她要把這次旅游安排得盡善盡美。王薇有時(shí)確實(shí)很固執(zhí)。他們是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近瀾滄江的地方長(zhǎng)大，湄公河在中國(guó)境內(nèi)的這一段叫瀾滄江，在其他國(guó)家（境內(nèi)）叫湄公河。兩年前，她買(mǎi)了一輛價(jià)錢(qián)昂貴的山地自行車(chē)，然后她還說(shuō)服我也買(mǎi)了一輛（山地車(chē)）。首先想到要沿湄公河從源頭到終點(diǎn)騎車(chē)旅游的是我的姐姐。從高中起，我姐姐王薇和我就一直夢(mèng)想作一次偉大的自行車(chē)旅行。雖然許多美國(guó)人經(jīng)常在搬家，但是他們?nèi)匀荒軌虮鎰e彼此的方言。因此，美國(guó)東南部山區(qū)的人同美國(guó)西北部的人所說(shuō)的方言就幾乎相同。住在美國(guó)東部山區(qū)的某些人說(shuō)著比較古老的英語(yǔ)方言。美國(guó)英語(yǔ)之所以有這么多的方言是因?yàn)槊绹?guó)人是來(lái)自世界各地的緣故。美國(guó)英語(yǔ)有許多方言，特別是中西部和南部地區(qū)的方言，以及黑人和西班牙人的方言。然而，即使在電視和收音機(jī)里，你也會(huì)聽(tīng)出人們?cè)谡f(shuō)話(huà)時(shí)的差異。Using Language Reading and talking 什么是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)？是在英國(guó)、美國(guó)、加拿大、澳大利亞、印度、新西蘭所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)嗎？信不信由你，（世界上）沒(méi)有什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)。目前在中國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的人數(shù)正在迅速增長(zhǎng)。在非洲和亞洲許多其它國(guó)家，比如南非、新加坡、馬來(lái)西亞等國(guó)，人們也說(shuō)英語(yǔ)。印度擁有眾多講英語(yǔ)的人，這是因?yàn)橛?guó)于1765 年到1947年統(tǒng)治過(guò)印度。如今，澳大利亞英語(yǔ)也有它自己的特色了。韋伯斯特編纂《美國(guó)英語(yǔ)詞典》的那個(gè)時(shí)期，這本詞典體現(xiàn)了美國(guó)英語(yǔ)的特色。在17世紀(jì)，莎士比亞所用的詞匯量比以前任何時(shí)期都大。實(shí)際上，當(dāng)時(shí)的英語(yǔ)更多地是以德語(yǔ)為基礎(chǔ)的，而現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)不是?！?那么，英語(yǔ)在一段時(shí)間里為什么會(huì)起變化呢？當(dāng)不同文化互相溝通時(shí)，所有的語(yǔ)言都會(huì)發(fā)生變化。然而，他們可能不是什么都懂。中國(guó)也許是把英語(yǔ)作為外語(yǔ)來(lái)說(shuō)的人數(shù)最多的國(guó)家。于是，許多別的國(guó)家開(kāi)始說(shuō)英語(yǔ)了。曉東第二單元 世界上的英語(yǔ) Reading 通向 通向現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)之路 16世紀(jì)末期大約有5百萬(wàn)到7百萬(wàn)人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)，幾乎所有這些人都生活在英國(guó)。我確實(shí)想改變這種現(xiàn)狀，但是我卻不知道該怎么辦。雖然我的確試著去跟班上的同學(xué)交談，但是我還是發(fā)現(xiàn)很難跟他們成為好朋友。我該怎么辦呢？ 莉薩 Reading and writing 尊敬的編輯： 我是蘇州高中的一名學(xué)生。可是，其他同學(xué)卻開(kāi)始在背后議論起來(lái)，他們說(shuō)我和這位男同學(xué)在談戀愛(ài)，這使我很生氣。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(lè)意相互幫助。漆黑的夜晚，風(fēng)吹雨打，雷電交加，我全然被這種力量鎮(zhèn)住了。還有一次，就在五個(gè)月以前的一個(gè)晚上，我碰巧在樓上，窗戶(hù)是開(kāi)著的?！确秸f(shuō)，有天晚上天氣很暖和，我熬到 11點(diǎn)半故意不睡覺(jué)，為的是獨(dú)自好好看看月亮。我記得非常清楚，以前，湛藍(lán)的天空、鳥(niǎo)兒的歌唱、月光和鮮花，從未令我心迷神往過(guò)。現(xiàn)在，來(lái)看看安妮在藏身處躲了一年多之后的那種心情吧。她說(shuō)，“我不愿像大多數(shù)人那樣在日記中記流水賬。她和她的家人躲藏了兩年之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。安妮在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間住在荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹。 story You cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made us was a prison from which no one can I spent the hardest time of my when I got there Nelson Mandela was also there and he helped Mandela began a school for those of us who had little taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should have been read books under our blankets and use anything we could find to make candles to do , Mr Mandela allowed the prison guards to join said they should not be stopped from studying for their were not cleverer than me, but they did pass their I knew I could get a degree made me feel good about I finished the four years in prison, I went to find a I was better educated, I got a job working in an , the police found out and told my boss that I had been in prison for blowing up government I lost my did not work again for twenty years until Mr Mandela and the ANC came to power in that time my wife and children had to beg for food and help from relatives or Mr Mandela remembered me and gave me a job taking tourists around my old prison on Robben felt bad the first time I talked to a the terror and fear of that time came back to remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had felt I would not be able to do it, but my family encouraged said that the job and the pay from the new South African government were my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the now at 51 I am proud to show visitors over the prison, for I helped to make our people free in their own 友誼 Reading 安妮最好的朋友你是不是想有一位無(wú)話(huà)不談能推心置腹的朋友呢？或者你是不是擔(dān)心你的朋友會(huì)嘲笑你，會(huì)不理解你目前的困境呢？安妮 story My name is am a poor black worker in South time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my was twelve years was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went to for offered guidance to poor black people on their legal was generous with his time, for which I was needed his help because I had very little began school at school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus could not read or write trying hard, I got a job in a gold , this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would bee out of day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in became more hopeful about my never forgot how kind Mandela he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I said: “The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.” It was the people could not vote or choose their could not get the jobs they parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South one could grow food fact as Nelson Mandela said: “...we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the chose to attack the first broke the law in a way which was peaceful。t sleep Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in smelly gas came out of the the farmyards, the chickens and even the pig were too nervous to ran out of the fie