外研版高一必修一英语课本

2021年1月25日发(作者：peugeot怎么读)
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Module 1 My First Day at Senior High

My name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing.
It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior
High school and
I’m
writing down my thoughts about it.

My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are ver
y enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every roo
m has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema scr
een. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on t
he screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and i
nformation from websites.
They’re
brilliant!

The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthus
iastic woman called Ms Shen.
We’re
using a new textbook and Ms Sh
en’s
method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Ju
nior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important
, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I
don’t
think I wil
l be bored in Ms
Shen’s
class!

Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups
. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very frien
dly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we
worked by ourselves.

Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting.
We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like
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her attitude very much, and the behavior of the other students shows
that they like her, too.

There are sixty-five students in my class
–
more than my previous
class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, the
re are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usuall
y more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-wo
rking. For our homework tonight, we have to write a description of the
street where we live.
I’m
looking forward to doing it!




A Letter from a Senior High Student

Dear Li Kang,

How’s
it going? I thought
I’d
write to tell you about the American sc
hool system. Secondary school in the US usually covers seven years, g
rades six to twelve. Ninth to twelfth grades are high school. At the end
of twelfth grade, American students receive the high school diploma.
Students need a high school diploma if they want to go to college.

The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is
September through December, and the second January through May.
We have a LONG summer vacation! We start school at 7:50 am and we
finish at 3 pm.

I take part in all kinds of after-school activities
–
I play football, ba
sketball, volleyball, table tennis and I go to theater club.

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Will you tell me something about your summer vacation and the C
hinese school system in your next letter? Best wishes, Rob Marshal
l





Module 2 My New Teachers

They say that first impressions are very important. My first impression
of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was
, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class
really likes working with her.
She’s
kind and patient, and she explai
ns English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it!
–
She a
voids making you fell stupid!
I’ve
always hated making mistakes or p
ronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs. Li just s
miles, so that you
don’t
feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goe
s a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me
it’s
wonderful! I f
eel
I’m
going to make progress with her.


I’d
guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty.
She’s
very strict
–
we
don
’t
dare to say a word unless she asks us to.
She’s
also very seri
ous and
doesn’t
smile much .when she asks you to do something, yo
u do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep co
ming to class late but
they’re
always on time for Mrs. C
hen’s
lesson
s! Some of our class
don’t
like her, but most of us really appreciate h
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er because her teaching is so well organized and clear. And a few stud
ents even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains
exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Phys
ics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that
I’ll
do well in th
e exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.

Mr.
Wu’s
only been teaching us for two weeks and
he’s
already
very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese
literature
–
he loves it, in fact!
He’s
got so much energy, this is one
class you do not fall asleep in!
He’s
about 28, I think, and is rather g
ood-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot
when he gets excited.
He’s
really amusing and tells jokes when he t
hinks
we’re
getting bored. Even things like compositions and summa
ries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.




Different Countries, Different Schools

It is interesting to look at differences between schools in different coun
tries. In many European countries, for example, the relationship betw
een teachers and students is quite formal. This is true of France, Ger
many, and Spain, where discipline and respect for the teacher is consi
dered very important. The same is true of Russia. In northern Europea
n countries, however, the relationship between teachers and students
is much friendlier and more relaxed. In America, students and teacher
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s are quite relaxed with each other. In Britain, relationships are quite
relaxed, but teachers can have big problems with discipline.

Another important difference is whether schools are state schools o
r private schools. State schools are paid for by the government, but in
private schools, the parents pay for the education of their children. Ge
rmany and France have both state and private schools, but most stud
ents go to state schools, which are very good. Similarly, America has b
oth state and private schools. Most American children go to state scho
ols, but the private schools can be very good. Britain has both state a
nd private schools. In Russia, children go to state schools.






Module 3 My First Ride on a Train

My name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and
I’m

18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And
what a ride! A friend and I traveled on the famous Ghan train. We got
on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Au
stralia, more than four thousand kilometers away. We spent two days
and nights on the train.

The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meal
s cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometers of the journe
y, the scenery was very colorful. There were fields and the soil was dar
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k red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and
there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from
another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a
hundred years ago.

The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the da
y, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other p
assengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes
(I’m
st
udying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched th
e night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.

Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians nee
ded a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding hors
es, but the horses
didn’t
like the hot weather and sand. A hundred a
nd fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan
is short for Afghanistan.

Camels were much better than horses for traveling a long distance.
For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and r
eturned with wool and other products.

The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the go
vernment built a new railway line, so they
didn’t
need the camels an
y more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the
animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153
camels in one day.

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The Maglev
–
the Fastest Train in the World

The fastest train in the world, the Transrapid Maglev, runs between S
hanghai’s
Pudong Airport and Longyang station in downtown Shang
hai. Traveling at a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour, the train ca
n complete the 30-kilometer journey in eight minutes.

Maglev means
“magnetically

levitated”.
The Transrapid Maglev is
the
world’s
first high-speed train using magnetic levitation technolo
gy. Magnetically levitated trains travel in a vacuum between two magn
ets. There are no rails and no noise. They travel very fast and they use
less energy.

On December 31, 2002, Premier Zhu Rongji and the German chan
cellor attended the opening ceremony of the train service. Both leaders
took the train to Pudong Airport.

On November 12, 2003, the Maglev reached a speed of 501 kilomet
ers per hour on the track between Longyang Station and Pudong, a ne
w world record speed for a train.







Module 4 A Social Survey
–
My Neighourhood

A Lively City

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