【正文】 ngsu Provi nce. The deer centainl y seem happy to be back i n China because thei r numbers have grown rapidly. There are now so many of them that a new park has been opened for them in Hebei Provi nce. At the m oment the Mi lu deer li ve in centres where they are being wel l protected and care for . It is hoped that one day there wil l be enough anim al s to l et them l ive in the wi l d agai Bri tain hel ped China by bringing back an anim al that had di sapeared from its homel and. This is a good example of friendship and understandi ng between these two countri es. Uni t 5 The band that wasn’t H ave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous si nger or musici ans? Have you ever dreamed of pl aying i n front of thousands of peopl e at a concert, at whi ch everyone is cl apping and appreciating your m usi c? Do you sing Karaoke and pretend you are a famous si nger li ke Song Zuyi ng or Liu Huan? To be honest, a l ot of people attach great im portance to bei ng rich and fam ous. But just now do peopl e form a band? Many m usi cians meet and form a band because they l ike to write and pl ay their own music. They may start as a group of highschool students, for whom practising thei r musi c in som eone’s house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may pl ay to passersby in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra m oney for them sel ves or to pay for their instrum ents. Later they may gi ve performances in pubs or clubs, for whi ch they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studi o and sel m il lions of copi es to bee mil li onai res! However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was cal ed the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musi ci ans were to pl ay jokes on each other as wel as pl ay music, m ost of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV ani zer had pl anned to find four m usi cians who coul d act as wel l as sing. They put an advertisement i n a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could onl y find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three m embers of theband. As some of these actors could not si ng wel l enough, they had to rely on other musici ans to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow thei r performances were humorous enough to be copi ed by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs i n order to get more fami li ar wi th them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other m usi cians. However, after a year or so in whi ch they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing thei r own songs li ke a real band. Then they produced thei r own records and started touring and playing thei r own musi c. In the USA they became even more popul ar than the Beatles and sol d even m ore records. The band broke up about 1970, but happil y they reunited i n the m id1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, wi th whi ch they celebrated their former ti me as a real band. Freddy the frog（Ⅱ） Not l ong after Freddy and the band became fam ous, they vi si ted Britain on a bri ef tour. Fans showed their devoti on by wai ti ng for hours to get tickets for their concerts . Freddy was now qui te confi dent when he went into a concert hal . He enjoyed singing and al the congratul ati ons afterwards! H is m ost exci ting i nvitati on was to perform on a TV programm e cal ed “ Top of pops “. H e had to go to London, wear an expensive sui t and gi ve a perform ance to a TV camera. It fel t very strange. But as soon as the program me was over, the telephones whi ch were i n the same room started ri ngi ng. Everybody was aski ng when they could se Freddy and hi s band again. They were truly stars. Then things went wrong. Freddy and hi s band could not go out anywhere wi thout 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 toi let. They tried to hide in the readi ng room s of l ibraries, but it was usel ess. Som eone was always there! Their personal life was regularly di scussed by peopl e who di d not know them but tal ked as i f they cl ose fri ends. At last feeli ng very upset and sensi ti ve, Freddy and his band real ized that they m ust leave the country before it became too pai nful for them. So they left Bri tai n, to which they were never to return, and went back to the lake. 必修三 Unit 1 Festival s and cel ebrati ons Festivals and celebrati ons of al ki nds have been held everywhere si nce anci ent tim es. Most anci ent festi val s would celebrate the end of col d weather, planting i n spring and harvest i n autum n. Som eti mes cel ebrations woul d be held after hunters had caught ani mal s. At that ti me peopl e would starve i f food was di fficult to find, especi aly duri ng the col d wi nter m onths. Today’s festivals have many origins, some rel igious, some seasonal , and some for special people or events. Festivals of the Dead Some festi vals are hel d to honour the dead or sati sfy the ancestors, who mi ght return ei ther to help or to do harm . For the Japanese festival Obon, peopl e should go to clean graves and l ight i ncense in m emory of their ancestors. They al so li ght l am ps and play music because they think that thi s wi l lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexi co, people cel ebrate the Day of the Dead i n earl y N ovemver. On thi s i mportant feast day, peopl e eat food i n the shape of skul s and cakes wi th “bones” on them. They ofer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Hal oween also had its origi n i n old beli efs about the return of the spi rits of dead peopl e. It is now a chil dren’s festi val , when they can dress up an go to their nei ghbours’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not gi ve any sweers, the chi ldren m ight pl ay a trick on them . Feti val s to Honour People Fe