【正文】 ong the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shorting. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn39。艾米：多謝了。讀對話，然后圈出意思相同的詞。她們計劃去拜訪艾米的姑媽，并決定乘地鐵去，但是她們找不到最近的地鐵站。雖然許多美國人經(jīng)常搬家，但是他們?nèi)匀荒軌虮鎰e和理解彼此的方言。因此，美國東南部山區(qū)的人同美國西北部的人所說的方言就幾乎相同。住在美國東部山區(qū)的一些人說著比較古老的英語方言。美國英語之所以有這么多的方言是因為美國人是來自世界各地的緣故。美國英語有許多方言，特別是中西部地區(qū)和南部地區(qū)的方言，以及美國黑人和西班牙人的方言。然而，在電視和收音機里，你也會聽出人們在說話時的差異。 Using Language 語言運用STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTSWhat is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.When people use words and expressions different form “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects because people have e from all over the world.Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older kind of English dialect. When Americans moved form one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects. 什么是標準英語？是在英國、美國、加拿大、澳大利亞、印度、新西蘭所說的英語嗎？信不信由你，（世界上）沒有什么標準英語。當今，在中國學英語的人數(shù)正在快速增加，事實上，中國可能是學英語人數(shù)最多的國家。在此期間，英語成了印度政府和教育所用的語言。English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.現(xiàn)在英語在南亞地區(qū)也被作為外語或第二語言使用。當時，英語的拼寫發(fā)生了兩個很大的變化：先是塞繆爾?約翰遜編寫了他的英語詞典，后是諾亞?韋伯斯特出版了《美國英語詞典》。英語也就開始在這兩個國家使用。所以到17世紀初的時候，莎士比亞能夠得以使用比以往任何時候都豐富的詞匯。后來，大約在公元800年至1150年之間，英語慢慢變得不那么像德語，因為統(tǒng)治英格蘭的那些人開始是說丹麥語，后來說法語。開始，英格蘭人在大約公元450年到1150年之間所說的英語與我們今天所說的英語很不一樣。請看看這個例子：英國人貝蒂：來看看我的公寓嗎？美國人艾米：好的，我來看看你的公寓吧。今天，把英語作為自己的第一語言、第二語言或外語來使用的人比以往任何時候都多。幾乎所有這些講英語的人都住在英格蘭。如果你用英語寫日記的話，還可以幫助你提高英語水平。它可以幫你記住一些過去發(fā)生的事件。通過做……我希望你會發(fā)現(xiàn)這些想法對你有所幫助。這些建議會對你有所幫助。親愛的小冬：很遺憾聽說你在交朋友的過程中遇到了困難。每個想法可以自成一個段落。你的小東 2 Decide which are the best ideas and put them into an order. Then write down your advice and explain how it will help. Each idea can make one paragraph. The following sample and the expressions may help youDear Xiaodong,I’m sorry you are having trouble in making friends. However, the situation is easy to change if you follow my advice. Here are some tips to help you.First, why not…?If you do this,… Secondly, you could / can …Then / That way, …Thirdly, it would be a good idea if …By doing this, …I hope you will find these ideas useful.YoursMiss Wang 2 決定哪些是最好并把它們按順序組織起來。我確實想改變這種現(xiàn)狀，但是我卻不知道怎么辦。雖然我試著和班上的同學交談，但是，我還是很難跟他們成為好朋友。仔細閱讀右邊的信，然后幫王小姐回復。我該怎么辦呢？你的莉薩Reading and writing 讀與寫 Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong. He is also asking for some advice. Read the letter on the right carefully and help Miss Wang answer it.王小姐收到小冬的一封來信。可是，其他同學卻在背后議論起來，他們說我和這位男同學在談戀愛，這使我很生氣。我們常常一起做家庭作業(yè)，而且很樂意互相幫助。親愛的王小姐：現(xiàn)在我同班上的同學有些麻煩事。你的安妮 Using Language 語言運用 Reading and listening 讀與聽 1 Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers and predict what Miss Wang will say. After listening, check and discuss her advice.Dear Miss Wang,I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment. I’m getting along well with a boy in my class. We often do homework together and we enjoy helping each other. We have bee really good friends. But other students have started gossiping. They say that this boy and I have fallen in love. This has made me angry. I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping. What should I do?Yours,Lisa 1 讀讀琳達為青少年寫給電臺王小組的這封信，然后王小姐可能會怎么說。這是我一年半以來第一次親眼目睹的夜晚…… ……不幸的是……我只能透過那滿是灰塵的窗簾下那臟兮