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2021年1月25日发(作者：火星日)
Unit1 Festivals and celebrations

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have
been held everywhere since ancient times. Most
ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold
weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
Sometimes celebrations would be held
after hunters had caught animals. At that time
people would starve if food was difficult to find,
especially during the cold winter months.
Today's festivals have many origins,
some religious, some seasonal, and some for
special people or events.

Festivals of the Dead

Some festivals are held to honour the dead or
to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to
help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon,
people should go to clean graves and light
incense in memory of their ancestors. They also
light lamps and play music because they think
that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.
In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in
early November. On this important feast day,
people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes
with
gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween
also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of
the spirits of dead people. It is now a children's
festival, when they can dress up and go to their
neighbours' homes to ask for sweets. If the
neighbours do not give any sweets, the children
might play a trick on them.

Festivals to Honour People

Festivals can also be held to honour famous
people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours
the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA,
Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of
Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has
a national festival on October 2 to honour
Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who
helped gain India's independence from Britain.

Harvest Festivals

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be
very happy events. People are grateful because
their food is gathered for the winter and
the agricultural work is over. In European
countries, people will usually decorate churches
and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get
together to have meals. Some people might
win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest
watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China
and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when
people admire the moon and in China, enjoy
mooncakes.

Spring Festivals

The most energetic and important festivals
are the ones that look forward to the end of winter
and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival
in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat
and may give children lucky money in red paper.
There are dragon dances and carnivals, and
families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
Some Western countries have very exciting
carnivals, which take place forty days
before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals
might include parades, dancing in the streets day
and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all
kinds. Easter is an important religious and social
festival for Christians around the world. It
celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and
the coming of spring and new life. Japan's Cherry
Blossom Festival happens a little later. The
country, covered with cherry tree flowers,
looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

People love to get together to eat, drink
and have fun with each other. Festivals let us
enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our
work for a little while.
A SAD LOVE STORY

Li Fang was heart-broken. It was
Valentine's Day and Hu Jin had said she would
meet him at the coffee shop after work. But she
didn't turn up. She could be with her friends right
now laughing at him. She said she would be there
at seven o'clock, and he thought she would keep
her word. He had looked forward to meeting her all
day, and now he was alone with his roses and
chocolates, like a fool. Well, he was not going
to hold his breath for her to apologize. He
would drown his sadness in coffee.

It was obvious that the manager of the
coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave -
he wiped the tables, then sat down and turned on
the TV -just what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese
story about lost love.


The granddaughter of the Goddess of
Heaven visited the earth. Her name was Zhinü, the
weaving girl. While she was on earth she met the
herd boy Niulang and they fell in love. (
me and Hu Jin,
married secretly, and they were very happy. (
could be like that,
Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter
was married to a human, she became very angry
and made the weaving girl return to Heaven.
Niulang tried to follow her, but the river of stars,
the Milky Way, stopped him. Finding that Zhinii
was heart-broken, her grandmother finally decided
to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once
a year. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the
couple can cross the river to meet on the seventh
day of the seventh lunar month. People in China
hope that the weather will be fine on that day,
because if it is raining, it means that
Zhinü
is weeping and the couple won't be able to
meet.

The announcer said,
Qiqiao Festival. When foreigners hear about the
story, they call it a Chinese Valentine's story. It's a
fine day today, so I hope you can all meet the one
you love.
As Li Fang set off for home, he thought,
guess Hu Jin doesn't love me. I'll just throw these
flowers and chocolates away. I don't want them
to remind me of her.

As he sadly passed the tea shop on the
corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling
him. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling,

a long time! And I have a gift for you!
What would he do? He had thrown away her
Valentine gifts! She would never forgive him. This
would not be a happy Valentine's Day!

WINTER CARNIVAL IN QUEBEC

A group of very cold tourists are sitting in a
café
in old Quebec, drinking hot coffee to try to
warm up. The temperature is 32 degrees below
freezing. The windows are covered with steam from
the heat inside. Outside, snow covers the streets
and is piled up along the sidewalks. The music and
lights of the Carnival continue, but after a whole
day of watching parades, riding in horse carriages
and listening to the music, their feet are freezing
and their noses are red.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people
come to Quebec to take part in the week-long
winter festival, the biggest in the world. Everyone
who comes must be prepared to keep moving, as it
is too cold to stand and watch for long.

Early in the morning, you can watch
the snowboarding competitions on the hill
overlooking the river. Competitors speed down the
track and through the air as though they could fly.

The more brave of heart may try the canoe
races. Five or six men paddle each canoe across
the partly-frozen St Lawrence River. The fiver is
full of big pieces of ice, and if you were to fall in,
you would freeze in less than two minutes.

One of the favourite events is the dog-sled race,
in which teams of about six husky dogs pull long
sleds at great speeds along a snowy track. One
person runs behind the sled, shouting to the dogs
to encourage them. The sound of the dogs barking,
the calls of the drivers and the shouts of the crowd
make an exciting Northern experience. The dogs
are beautiful strong animals, with long, thick fur
and many with blue eyes.

While admiring the ice sculptures everywhere
in the city, much like those in Harbin in China, you
can stop with other tourists in an igloo (
圆顶冰屋
)
for hot tea or coffee. It is amazing how warm these
ice houses can be!

Late in the evening, you can go to the snow
palace, where Bonhomme the snowman is king,
and join the crowd. You can dance outside to the
music of a band, who are all dressed in heavy
clothes - even some of their instruments are
dressed up for winter.
Finally, you will probably want to sit down in a cafe
to warm up and to plan tomorrow. You might join
the snowmobile races - or maybe you should just
sleep in!

Unit 2 Come and eat here (1)

Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling
very frustrated. It had been a very strange morning.
Usually he got up early and prepared his menu
of barbecued mutton kebabs, roast pork, stir-flied
vegetables and fried rice. Then by lunchtime they
would all be sold. By now his restaurant ought
to be full of people. But not today! Why was that?
What could have happened? He thought of his
mutton, beef and bacon cooked in the hottest,
finest oil. His cola was sugary and cold, and his ice
cream was made of milk, cream and delicious fruit.

saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by.
Li,
not to hear. What was the matter? Something
terrible must have happened if Li Chang was not
coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did.

Wang Peng followed Li Chang into a new small
restaurant. He saw a sign in the window.

Tired of all that fat? Want to lose weight?

Come inside Yong
Hui’s
slimming restaurant.

Only slimming foods served here.


Make yourself thin again!
Curiosity drove Wang Peng inside. It was full
of people. The hostess, a very thin lady, came
forward.
Hui. I'll help you lose weight and be fit in two
weeks if you eat here every day.
menu to Wang Peng. There were few choices of food
and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in
vinegar, fruit and water. Wang Peng was amazed at
this and especially at the prices. It cost more than
a good meal in his restaurant! He could not believe
his eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried
outside. On his way home he thought about his
own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he
should go to the library and find out. He could not
have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!
He had better do some research!

At the library Wang Peng was surprised to find
that his restaurant served far too much fat and
Yong Hui’s
far too little. Even though
her customers might get thin after eating Yong
Hui’s food, they were not eating
enough
energy-giving food to keep them fit. They
would become tired very quickly. Wang Peng felt
more hopeful as he drove back home. Perhaps with
a discount and a new sign he could win his
customers back. So he wrote:

Want to feel fit and energetic?

Come and eat here! Discounts today!

Our food gives you energy all day!
The competition between the two restaurants was
on!



COME AND EAT HERE (2)

A week later, Wang Peng's restaurant was
nearly full and he felt happier. Perhaps he would
be able to earn his living after all and not have to
close his restaurant. He did not look forward
to being in debt because his restaurant was no
longer popular. He smiled as he welcomed
some customers warmly at the door but the smile
left his face when he saw Yong Hui walking in.
She did not look happy but glared at him.
ask what you were doing in my restaurant the
other day? I thought you were a new customer and
now I know that you only came to spy on me
and my menu,
he calmly explained,
all my customers had gone last week. I followed
one of them and found them in your restaurant.'
I don't want to upset you, but I found your menu
so limited that I stopped worrying and
started advertising the benefits of my food. Why
don't you sit down and try a meal?

Yong Hui agreed to stay and soon they were
both enjoying dumplings and breast of chicken
cooked with garlic. When they were served the ice
cream, Yong Hui began to look ill.
all this fat and heavy food,
vegetables and fruit,
second plate of dumplings so he sighed.
added,
pork. Don't you get tired quickly? Well, I do have to
rest a lot,
it would be better if you were a bit thinner? I'm
sure you'd feel much healthier.
They began to talk about menus and balanced
diets.
your restaurant nor mine offers a balanced diet,
explained Wang Peng.
and you don't offer enough body-building and
energy-giving food. Perhaps we ought
to combine our ideas and provide a balanced menu
with food full of energy and fibre.
they did. They served raw vegetables with the
hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than
frying them. They served fresh fruit with the ice
cream. In this way they cut down the fat and
increased the fibre in the meal. Their balanced
diets became such a success that before
long Wang Peng became slimmer and Yong
Hui put on more weight. After some time the two
found that their business cooperation had turned
into a personal one. Finally they got married and
lived happily ever after.

FOR BUILDING A MCDONALD’S


I was excited when I heard that our
community was to have its own McDonald's
restaurant. I thought about all those young people
who would not have to go to the next town to buy
their favourite burgers and chips. McDonald's
cares about healthy eating too and works with
scientists to provide food that is of high quality,
safe and healthy. It is also cheap. They often
provide salads as well as burgers and chips. You
can also choose between cola and milk shakes (
奶
昔
). Of course it also means more work for our area
that needs jobs badly. McDonald's says they are
interested in doing what is right for the community
and being a good neighbour. So I think they will be
concerned about providing parking for the cars in
our main street. Many of our young people will be
only too happy to work for the company.
McDonald's makes a promise to the people who
work for them. They say,
growing skills and your help to the company.
see nothing but good if this company comes to
build its restaurant in our town.

AGAINST BUILDINCI A MCDONALD’S


I am very worried about McDonald's building
a restaurant in our hometown. We are a small
community and we enjoy our local dishes. I am not
sure if McDonald's food is as healthy as they say in
their advertisements. When scientists look at it
carefully, they find high levels of fat, sugar and salt.
This is very worrying. Too many young people are
getting fat through eating too much fatty food.
McDonald's is not giving young people a good idea
of what a healthy diet should be. Local Chinese
food, on the other hand, is full of fresh vegetables
and fresh meat and fish. The food at a McDonald's
restaurant is always the same, so I wonder if it is
made or brought in from elsewhere. Although it is
freshly cooked, it must be less healthy than our
own locally grown and cooked Chinese food.

I also worry about all those cars bringing
people to buy food at McDonald's. First, there will
be petrol fumes (
气体
), which will make our clean
air dirty. Second, there is the problem of all those
cars that try to park and prevent other cars from
moving quickly through our town.

I am sure many young people will be happy to
work for McDonald's but will they be treated fairly?
In America, McDonald's does not allow workers'
unions to operate in its restaurants and these are
people who speak up for the workers. If, as they
say, the workers are happy with them, why should
they fear some workers joining a union?

So when I consider the food, the cars and the
jobs, I think we should not allow McDonald's to
build their restaurant in our town.

Unit 3

The million pound bank note
Act I, Scene 3
NARRATOR: It is the summer of 1903. Two old and
wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver, have made
a bet. Oliver believes that with a million pound
bank note a man could survive a month in London.
His brother Roderick doubts it. At this moment,
they see a penniless young man wandering on
the pavement outside their house. It is Henry
Adams, an American businessman, who is lost in
London and does not know what he should do.
RODERICK:

Young man, would you step inside a
moment, please?
HENRY:
Who? Me, sir?
RODERICK:

Yes, you.
OLIVER:
Through the front door on your left.
HENRY:
(A servant opens a door) Thanks.
SERVANT:
Good morning, sir. Would you
please come in? Permit me to lead the way, sir.
OLIVER:
(Henry enters) Thank you, James.
That will be all.
RODERICK:
How do you do, Mr ... er ...?
HENRY: Adams. Henry Adams.
OLIVER:
Come and sit down, Mr Adams.
HENRY:
Thank you.
RODERICK:
You're an American?
HENRY:
That's right, from San Francisco.
RODERICK:
How well do you know London?
HENRY: Not at all, it's my first trip here.
RODERICK:
I wonder, Mr Adams, if you'd mind
us asking a few questions.
HENRY:
Not at all. Go right ahead.
RODERICK:
May we ask what you're doing in
this country and what your plans are?
HENRY:
Well, I can't say that I have any
plans. I'm hoping to find work. As a matter of fact, I
landed in Britain by accident.
OLIVER:
How is that possible?
HENRY:
Well, you see, back home I had my
own boat. About a month ago, I was sailing out of
the bay ... (his eyes stare at what is left of the
brother's dinner on table)
OLIVER:
Well, go on.
HENRY:
Oh, yes. Well, towards nightfall I
found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind. It
was all my fault. I didn't know whether I could
survive until morning. The next morning I'd just
about given myself up for lost when I was spotted
by a ship.
OLIVER:
And it was the ship that brought
you to England.
HENRY:
Yes. The fact is that I earned
my passage by working as an unpaid hand,
which accounts for my appearance. I went to the
American embassy to seek help, but ... (The
brothers smile at each other.)
RODERICK:
Well, you mustn't worry about that.
It's an advantage.
HENRY:
I'm afraid I don't quite follow you,
sir.
RODERICK:

Tell us, Mr Adams, what sort of
work did you do in America?
HENRY:
I worked for a mining company.
Could you offer me some kind of work here?
RODERICK: Patience, Mr Adams. If you don't
mind, may I ask you how much money you have?
HENRY:
Well, to be honest, I have none.
OLIVER:
(happily) What luck! Brother, what
luck! (claps his hands together)
HENRY:
Well, it may seem lucky to you but
not to me! On the contrary, in fact. If this is your
idea of some kind of joke, I don't think it's very
funny. (Henry stands up to leave) Now if you'll
excuse me, I think I'll be on my way.
RODERICK:
Please don't go, Mr Adams~ You
mustn't think we don't care about you. Oliver, give
him the letter.
OLIVER:
Yes, the letter. (gets it from a desk
and gives it to Henry like a gift) The letter.
HENRY:
(taking it carefully) For me?
RODERICK:
For you. (Henry starts to open it) Oh,
no, you mustn't open it. Not yet. You can't open it
until two o'clock.
HENRY:
Oh, this is silly.
RODERICK:
Not silly. There's money in it. (calls to
the servant) James?
HENRY: Oh, no. I don't want your charity. I
just want an honest job.
RODERICK:
We know you're hard-working. That's
why we've given you the letter. James, show Mr
Adams out.
OLIVER:
Good luck, Mr Adams.
HENRY: Well, why don't you explain what
this is all about?
RODERICK: You'll soon know. (looks at the clock)
In exactly an hour and a half.
SERVANT:
This way, sir.
RODERICK:
Mr Adams, not until 2 o'clock.
Promise?
HENRY: Promise. Goodbye.

Act I, Scene 4
(Outside a restaurant Henry looks at the envelope
without opening it and decides to go in. He sits
down at a table next to the front window.)
OWNER:
(seeing Henry's poor appearance) That
one's reserved. This way, please. (to the waiter)
Take this gentleman's order, Horace.
HENRY:
(after sitting down and putting the
letter on the table) I'd like some ham and eggs and
a nice big steak. Make it extra thick. I'd also like a
cup of coffee and a pineapple
dessert.
WAITER:
Right, sir. I'm afraid it'll cost a
large amount of money.
HENRY:
I understand. And I'll have a large glass
of beer.
WAITER:
OK. (The waiter leaves and soon
returns with all the food.)
HOSTESS:
My goodness! Why, look at him. He
eats like a wolf.