【正文】 s to where it she is planning our schedule for the 。雖然許多美國(guó)人經(jīng)常搬遷，但是他們?nèi)匀荒軌虮鎰e、理解彼此的方言。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)的一些人說(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，在電視和收音機(jī)里，你也會(huì)聽(tīng)出人們?cè)谡f(shuō)話時(shí)的差異。STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS What 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 people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent , on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people ？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)。事實(shí)上，中國(guó)可能擁有世界上最多的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者。在新加坡、馬來(lái)西亞和非洲其它國(guó)家，比如南非，人們也說(shuō)英語(yǔ)。比如說(shuō)，印度擁有眾多講英語(yǔ)很流利的人，這是因?yàn)橛?guó)于 1765年到 1947 年統(tǒng)治過(guò)印度。那時(shí)，英語(yǔ)在拼寫(xiě)上發(fā)生了兩大變化：首先，塞繆爾?約翰遜編寫(xiě)了詞典，后來(lái)，諾厄 ?韋伯斯特編纂了《美國(guó)英語(yǔ)詞典》，后者體現(xiàn)了美國(guó)英語(yǔ)拼寫(xiě)的不同特色。后來(lái)，到了 19世紀(jì)，有些英國(guó)人也被送往澳大利亞，兩個(gè)國(guó) 家的人都開(kāi)始說(shuō)英語(yǔ)了。所以到 17 世紀(jì)，莎士比亞所用的詞匯量比 以前任何時(shí)期都大。因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)的英國(guó)的統(tǒng)治者起初講 丹麥語(yǔ)后來(lái)講法語(yǔ)。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。So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and the English spoken was based more on German than the English we speak at gradually between about AD800 to 1150, English became less like germen because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later new settlers enriched the English language and especially its by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever 1620 some British settlers moved to in the 18 century some British people were taken to Australia began to be spoken th th in both ，英語(yǔ)在一段時(shí)間里為什么會(huì)起變化呢？事實(shí)上，當(dāng)不同文化互相交流滲透時(shí)，所有的語(yǔ)言都會(huì)有所發(fā)展，有所變 化。請(qǐng)看以下例子： British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? 英國(guó)人貝蒂：“請(qǐng)到我的公寓（flat）里來(lái)看看，好嗎？” American Amy: ’d like to e up to your ：“好的。Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don39。于是，許多別的國(guó)家開(kāi)始說(shuō)英語(yǔ)了。Your, AnneFriday, 10 July 1942 When we arrived at Prinsengracht, we went quickly upstairs and the hiding closed the door behind us and we were had e faster on her bicycle and already waiting for the rooms were full of lay on the floor and the little room was filled with had to start clearing up at once, if we wished to sleep in fortable beds that and Margot were not able to were tired and lay down on their Daddy and I, the two “helper” of the family, started at whole day we unpacked the boxes, filled the cupboards and tidied, until we were extremely did sleep in clean beds that hadn’t had any warm food to eat all day, but we didn’t and Margot were too tired and worried to eat, and Daddy and I were too culture has its own ways to show the islands of Hawaii, friendship is part of the “aloha spirit”.InthelanguageoftheHawaiianswhofirstsettledtheislandslongago, is “to be with happiness”.Hawaiians believe that once somebody loves the land, they are ready to love their people or is the second most import sign of is called lokahi in Hawaiian language, which means “oneness with all people”.To enjoy the land you should not be land is for everyone who lives on many different people call Hawaii their , Hawaii is a place where people make one big munity from many smaller person gives kokua(help)to other people so that all fell ’s believed that the islands can be a paradise when the people live in are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the problems happen, people are asked to solve them with when people of Hawaii talk about ohana(family), they are really talking about all those who live on the in peace, Hawaiians have developed a third sign of personal friendship is shown by giving leis to one lie, a string of flowers, is put over a friend’s the friend is given a kiss on to the islands are also given they hear aloha, visitors begin to feel at also means “goodbye”, so visitors will hear it again when they can also mean “our hearts singing together”.Perhaps this is how most visitors will remember their new 2THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH At the end of the 16 century, about five to seven million people spoke all of them lived in in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English begin to be spoken in many other , more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever 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)。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，窗戶是開(kāi)著的。it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face….……比方說(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。自從我來(lái)到這里，這一切都變了。Thursday 15 Dear Kitty，thJune 1944 I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me ’s changed since I was ，我變得對(duì)一切與大自然有關(guān)的事物都無(wú)比狂熱。我要把這本日記當(dāng)作我的朋友，我要把我這個(gè)朋友稱作基蒂”。在這段時(shí)間里，她唯一的忠實(shí)朋友就是她的日記了。她一家人都是猶太人，所以他們不得不躲藏起來(lái)，否則他們就會(huì)被 德國(guó)納粹抓去。第一篇：高中英語(yǔ)課文Unit 1ANNE’S BEST FRIENDDo you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her best ？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?弗蘭克想要的是第一種類型的朋友，于是她就把日記當(dāng)成了她最好的朋友。Anne lived in Amsterdam in Netherlands during Would WarⅡ.Her family was Jewish so they had to hide or they would be caught by the German and her family hid away for nearly twentyfive months before they were that time the only true friend was her said ,”I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do ,but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.”Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 。她和她的家人躲藏了兩年之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。她說(shuō)，“我不 愿像大多數(shù)人那樣在日記中記流水賬。安妮自從 1942年 7月 起就躲藏在那兒了，現(xiàn)在，來(lái)看看她的心情吧。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)?！璅or example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose