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Unit 1

ANNE
’
S BEST FRIEND
Do 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 diary her best friend.

Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II. Her family was Jewish so they
had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hid away for nearly
twenty-five
months
before
they
were
discovered.
During
that
time
the
only
true
friend
was
her
diary. She 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 1942.

Thursday 15
th
June, 1942

Dear Kitty,

I wondered if it is because I haven
’
t been able to be outdoors for so long that I
’
ve grown so crazy
about everything to do with nature. I 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
spellbound.
That
’
s
changed since I came here.
…

For
example,
one evening
when
it
was
so
warm,
I stayed
awake
on
purpose
until
half
past
eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave far too much
light, I didn
’
t dare to open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at
dusk when the window was open. I didn
’
t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The dark,
rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time
in a year and a half that I
’
d seen the night face to face
…

…

Sadly
…

I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty
windows. It
’
s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really
must be experienced.












































Yours,












































Anne






















Unit 2 English around the world






















The road to modern English



At the end of the 16
th
century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in
England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and
because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their
first, second or foreign language than ever before.



Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don
’
t speak the same kind of English. Look at
this example:



British Betty:
Would you like to see my flat?



American Amy:
Yes. I
’
d like to come up to your apartment.



So why has English changed over time? Actually, all languages change and develop when cultures meet and
communicate with each other. At first, the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very
different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then
gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England
spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary.
So by the 1600
’
s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British
settlers moved to America. Later in the 18
th
century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began
to be spoken in both countries.



Finally by the 19
th
century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened:
first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote
The America Dictionary of the English
Language.
The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.



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.



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 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 from
“
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
neighboring
towns
speak
a
little
differently.
American
English
has so
many dialects because people have come 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 from 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.



Unit 3
JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
PART I THE DREAM AND THE PLAN



My
name
is
Wang
Kun.
Ever
since
middle
school,
my
sister
Wang
Wei
and
I have
dreamed
about
taking
a
great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last
year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Y
u Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in
western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in
other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got
the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister,
“
Where are we going?
”
It was my sister who first had the idea to
cycle along 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 shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn
’
t
know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper
way
is
always
her

way.
I
kept
asking
her,
“
When
are
we
leaving
and
when
are
we
coming
back?
”

I
asked
her
whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn
’
t; my sister doesn
’
t care about details. So I told her that
the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look--the kind that said she would not
change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she said it