1、 必修一 Unit 1 Lesson 1 A Perfect Day? A Couch Potato When I Wake up I dont get up immediately I turn on the television and watch the childrens programmes and old movies until about half-past ten. Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room. For lunch, I have biscuit and a glas
2、s of milk, and I watch the news. In the afternoon, I often watch another old film-theyre showing some good ones at the moment. In the evenings, I often watch TV series or sport and the news again. I like the main news at six oclock. At nine thirty, if there is a good ploy on BBC2, I switch over and
3、watch it. Then at night, I watch more films and I Usually switch off the TV at about two oclock. I never watch TV all night. I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day. I also do some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk to the every afternoon. I dont go far, of course, I walk t
4、o the wall outside my house. I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle. Of course, I couldnt live this lifestyle without a good wife. Shes not here now because shes working, but she always makes my meals. We havent got much money, you know, but we
5、re happy. Sit down and watch TV. Heres the remote control. Youve got the world at your feet. And in your hand. Great!沙发土豆 当我醒来，我不马上起床，我打开电视，看儿童节目和老电影，直到过去十年半。然后我起床，下楼，打开起居室的电视。吃午饭，我吃了饼干和一杯牛奶，我看新闻。在下午，我经常看他们展示了一些不错的电影另一个老电影。在晚上，我经常看电视剧或体育新闻了。我喜欢在六点的重要新闻。九三零，如果有一个好的策略在BBC2，我切换和看它。然后在晚上，我看电影，我通常在二点左右，关
6、掉电视。我从不通宵看电视。我看电视，十六或十七小时。我每天也做些运动。我把蒂娜，狗，每天下午散步的。我不要走远，当然，我走到房子外面的墙。我总是把我的手提电视，坐在石头墙而狗走在一个圆圈。当然，没有一个好妻子，我不能这样生活。她现在不在这里是因为她工作，但她总是给我做饭。我们没有多少钱，你知道，但我们很高兴。坐下来看电视。这里的远程控制。就在你脚下的世界。和在你的手。太好了。A workaholic I normally wake up about five minutes before my alarm clock goes off. As soon as I hear my alarm c
7、lock, I jump out of my bed. It takes me less than fifteen minutes to wash, get changed, have breakfast, leave home and get on a bus. I am always the first person to the office. The mornings are even busier! Meetings and phone call take up a large part of the day. Every minute of the day is filled wi
8、th urgent matters. By around eight oclock, I usually find some time to do my own paperwork and answer some personal e-mail.When I get home at about ten, I look at some documents that I bring back from the office so that I can be ready for the next days work. I get to bed around midnight when my wife
9、 and children are already asleep.I seldom have time for fun and other activities with my family. My family complains about it. But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them. Besides, I get bored if theres nothing to do. I like being busy.工作狂我通常醒大约在闹钟响前五分钟。当我听到我的闹钟，我从床上跳起来。洗，换衣服，吃早餐，我
10、花了不到十五分钟，离开家上车。我总是到办公室的第一人。早晨更忙！会议和电话花了一天中大部分的时间。每一天的每一分钟都充满了紧迫的问题。大约八点，我通常会找时间做我自己的文书工作和回答一些个人电子邮件。当我回家时在十左右，我看了一些文件，我从办公室带回来，我可以准备一天的工作。我半夜才上床睡觉，当我的妻子和孩子们都已经睡着了。我很少有时间和家人一起娱乐活动和其他活动。我的家人总是抱怨。但我努力工作，以便能为他们赚更多的钱。另外，我感到厌倦，如果没有做。我喜欢忙碌。Lesson 4 City And Country Debbie is an accountant in a large compan
11、y in the centre of London. I need to be in my office by nine oclock. I travel to work on “the tube”. Thats what people call the underground in London. It takes about fifty minutes. Usually, its so crowded that I cant find anywhere to sit. I just stand. Im always tired before I arrive at work. I dont
12、 like the underground! I speed all morning checking numbers. Lunch is always simple. I often get a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop or I just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee. Then in the afternoon, I return to the paperwork in the office.On Monday nights, I have dance classes, and on Wednes
13、day nights, I go to the gym. I need to do that because I dont get enough exercise otherwise. On Tuesdays and Thursday nights, I have French classes. I work for a French company so I think studying French will help me in my job. I go the cinema almost every weekend, Sometimes, if the weather forecast
14、 is good, my friends and I drive to the countryside for a weekend break. We like to visit nice, quiet places far away from the city and go walking where there are no shops, crowds or the tube. That fresh air is so good for my lings, I love it.Paul lives in a small village in the north of England.I u
15、sually get up at four oclock every morning when its still dark. I live and work on the farm so I dont need to travel. After a big breakfast in my house, I work out of the front door and Im already at work.There are many things to do on the farm all day. We dont have the same work hours that office w
16、orkers In the city have. We do jobs when they need to be done and that could be early in the morning or late at night. I have cows, sheep, pigs and chickens on my farm. I have to make sure they are free of sickness. I also grow wheat and vegetables so there are many things to look after. In the even
17、ing, I like to play with my children. I have two children, a boy and a girl. They are six and eight years old. I also like to study. Right now I am studying Chinese by distance learning. I am very interested in China and its my dream to see the Great Wall one day.I love movies. My wife calls me a “m
18、ovie fan”. But there isnt cinema in my village so I dont get the chance to go very often. I go about twice a year, usually when I go to London with my family. We take a weekend break there when I am not too busy on the farm. My wife loves looking in the clothes shops and I like all the crowds and th
19、e noise. I also like to buy a few cigars. Unfortunately, my wife isnt as fond of them as I am. My son and daughter love to ride on Londons red buses and they especially love to go on the tube!城市和国家戴比是在伦敦市中心一家大型公司会计。我必须九点在我办公室。我到工作在“管”。这就是人们所说的伦敦地铁。它需要大约五十分钟。通常，它是如此拥挤，我找不到任何地方坐。我只是站在。我一直都很累我上班之前。我不喜欢
20、地下！我整个上午检查数的速度。午餐总是很简单。我经常在附近的三明治店里买个三明治或我只是有一些饼干和一杯咖啡。然后在下午，我回到办公室的文书工作。在星期一的晚上，我有舞蹈课，在星期三的晚上，我去健身房。我需要做的，因为我没有得到足够的锻炼，否则。在星期二和星期四晚上我去上法语课。我为一家法国公司工作，所以我想学习法语，会帮助我在我的工作。我去看电影，几乎每个周末，有时，如果天气好，我和我的朋友开车去乡下度周末。我们想去好，安静，远离城市，走在没有商店的地方，人们或管。这新鲜的空气是我的小狗很好，我喜欢它。在英格兰北部的一个小村庄，保罗的生活。我通常会在每天早上四点的时候它还是黑的。我住在农场上
21、工作，所以我不需要旅行。在我的房子里吃过丰盛的早餐后，我解决的大门前，我已经在工作。有许多事情要做，整天在农场。我们没有相同的工作时间在办公室工作的人们。我们做的工作时，他们需要做的工作，可以在清晨或深夜。我有牛，羊，猪和鸡在我的农场。我要确保他们都是免费的疾病。我也种植小麦和蔬菜，所以有很多事情照顾。在晚上，我和我的孩子们喜欢玩。我有两个孩子，一个男孩和一个女孩。他们是六岁和八岁。我还喜欢研究。我现在正通过远程教育学习汉语。我对中国很感兴趣，我的梦想是有一天看到长城。我喜欢电影。我的妻子叫我“影迷”。但没有在我村的电影院，所以我没有机会经常。我每年两次，通常当我去伦敦，我的家人。我们用一个周
22、末休息时我不太忙农场。我的妻子喜欢逛服装店，我喜欢所有的人群和噪音。我也喜欢买几支雪茄。不幸的是，我的妻子不象我一样喜欢他们。我的儿子和女儿的爱骑在伦敦的红色双层巴士，他们特别喜欢去管！Culture corner English Tea And Coffee Culture One thing British and Chinese cultures share is a love for fine tea. Today, when we think of the English and beautiful china tea cups.Afternoon Tea People believ
23、e that an English duchess, Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford(1788-1861)first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the English ate only two main meals each day breakfast and a heavy supper that would last for several hours in the evening. As a result, people often got
24、these two meals. To solve this problem, the Duchess came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her fir an afternoon meal between four and five oclock. This meal included cakes and sandwiches, and tea was served to wash down the food. In order to make this afternoon meal important,
25、 fine china cups and plates, and silver teapots, knives, forks and spoons were used. Soon, afternoon tea parties became popular social occasions. Today, afternoon tea parties continue to play an important part in the social life of wealthy people in modern Britain. Will you come for coffee?Coffee al
26、so has an important role in British culture. People often use the words “will you come for coffee?” to mean “Would you like to come to my home for a chat?” Normally, several different drink like orange juice will be served as well as coffee, and you will be asked what you would like. However, you wi
27、ll not normally be offered wine at a “coffee” party.Coffeehouses and the London Stock Exchange In the 17th century London, coffeehouses were busy, noisy places. Merchants and bankers went to coffeehouses to do their business, as well as to drink coffee. In fact, the London Stock Exchange is believed
28、 to have started from these coffeehouses.文化角英国茶和咖啡文化一个英国和中国文化共享是一个爱的好茶。今天，当我们认为英语和美丽的中国茶。下午茶人们认为，英国公爵夫人，安娜，第七贝德福德公爵夫人（1788-1861）首先介绍了下午茶的想法。在第十八和第十九世纪，英国只吃两个主餐每一天早餐和丰盛的晚餐会持续几个小时在晚上。因此，人们经常把这些两餐。为了解决这个问题，公爵夫人想出邀请一些朋友到她的杉木四和五点之间一个下午餐的聪明的主意。这顿饭有蛋糕和三明治，茶是用来冲洗食物。为了使下午茶的重要，好的瓷器杯子和盘子，银质的茶壶，刀子，叉子和勺子被使用。很快，下
29、午茶变成了流行的社交场合。今天，下午茶聚会中继续发挥富人在现代英国社会生活的一个重要组成部分。你要来杯咖啡吗？咖啡在英国文化中占有重要的作用。人们常说“你要来杯咖啡吗？“的意思是“你愿意来我家聊天？“通常情况下，几种不同的喜欢喝橙汁将服务以及咖啡，你会问你喜欢什么。然而，你将不在“咖啡”一方提供酒。咖啡馆和伦敦证券交易所在第十七世纪的伦敦，咖啡馆都忙，嘈杂的地方。商人和银行家去咖啡馆去做他们的生意，以及喝咖啡。事实上，伦敦证券交易所已开始从这些咖啡馆。本单元单词问卷，调查表questionnaire 要紧，有重大关系matter 搭档，合作者partner 生活方式lifestyle 牧羊人s
30、hepherd 平静的，和平的peaceful 放松的，轻松的relaxing 充满压力的，紧张的stressful 认为，猜想suppose 系列series 电视连续剧TV series 卡通片，动画片cartoon 谈话节目，现场访谈talk show 抱怨，投诉complain 长沙发，睡椅couch 终日懒散在家的人couch potato 转换，转变switch 把开关打开，接通switch on 转换频道switch over 把关掉，关上switch off 英国广播公司BBC=British Broadcasting Corporation 轻便的，手提（式）的portabl
31、e 遥远的remote 遥控remote control 工作狂workaholic 日常文书工作 paperwork 警报，警告器alarm 闹钟alarm clock (铃，爆竹等)响go off 占据take up 充满着be failed with 急迫的，紧急的urgent 公文，文件document 午夜，半夜midnight 厌烦的，不感兴趣的bored 压力stress 演播室，工作室studio 专家 expert 遭受（痛苦）遭受疼痛suffer 忍受，遭受suffer from 压力pressure 社交的，社会的social 减少，降低reduce 组织 organis
32、e 饮食，节食diet 更喜欢，宁愿prefer 忍耐，忍受stand 志愿者volunteer 毕业graduate 零下，负minus 脸盆basin 挑战challenge 支持，支撑support 拨（电话号码）dial 设计design 广告advertisement 表演，展示presentation解决，解答solve 会计，会计师accountant（英）地铁tube 拥挤的crowded 附近的，在附近nearby否则，另外otherwise 预报，预测forecast 预报，预测forecast 人群，一伙人 crowd 肺lung 疾病sickness 距离distanc
33、e 远程学习distance learning 雪茄烟cigar 此刻，目前at the moment数年间over the years 调查survey 古典的classical 迷你裙mini-skirt正式的，合礼仪的formal 骑自行车cycle（中国）功夫 Kang fu 风格，样式style Unit 2Lesson 1 Modern HeroesNations Hero Chinas first manned spaceship lifted off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15th , 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu Pr
34、ovince. The spaceship, called Shenzhou V, was carrying Chinas first astronaut, Yang LiWei. Yang, who was a pilot in the army, was chosen from 1,500 other army pilots and stared training for his space flight in 1998. The launch was very successful. “When the spaceship was lifting off. I could really
35、feel the high gravity”, said Yang LiWei. When the spaceship separated from the rocket, I suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the sky because of the zero gravity”. During the 21 hour space flight, the Shenzhou V circled the earth 14 times. While the spaceship was circling the earth for the sixth t
36、ime, Yang LiWei spoke with ground control in Gansu. He was also able to speak with his wife and 8-year-old son. Yang LiWei had several tasks to complete during the flight and only slept in the spaceship for about 3 hours. While he was sleeping, the spaceship circled the earth twice. When the spacesh
37、ip was doing its seventh circle, Yang LiWei showed the flags of China and the United Nations, expressing the wishes of the Chinese people to explore and use space peacefully. At 6:23 a.m. on October 16th, Yang LiWei landed in Inner Mongolia safely. He told reporters later. “The surface of the spaces
38、hip was glowing red when it came back into the earths atmosphere. When Shenzhou V let out its parachute, I felt the ship was shaking,” As Yang LiWei returned into the earths atmosphere, helicopters were flying to where he would land, ready to collect him.Millions of people all over China were watchi
39、ng TV when the spaceship landed safely. When Yang LiWei climbed out of the spaceship, he smiled and waved to the crowds waiting for him. Yang LiWei was happy to be home but he said,“I though 21 hours was too short to stay in space.”国家英雄中国第一艘载人飞船升空，在星期三上午9点，2003年10月15日在酒泉，甘肃省。宇宙飞船，“神舟五号，载着中国第一位宇航员，杨利
40、伟。杨，谁在军队飞行员，是从1500名军事选择盯着他的太空飞行训练1998。发射非常成功。“太空船起飞时。我真的觉得高重力”，杨利伟说。当飞船与火箭分离，我突然有一种感觉，升入天空因为零重力”。在21小时的太空飞行，神舟五号绕地球转14圈。当飞船环绕地球第六次，杨利伟跟甘肃地面控制。他同时也能与他的妻子和8岁的儿子说。杨利伟有几个任务飞行期间完成，只能睡在船上约3小时。他睡觉时，飞船绕地球两圈。当飞船飞到第七圈时，杨利伟展示了中国国旗和联合国国旗，表达了中国人民和平开发、利用太空。在十月十六日早上6:23，杨利伟在内蒙古安全着陆。他后来告诉记者。“宇宙飞船的表面发光的红色回到地球的大气层。神州
41、5号释放降落伞时，我感到船摇晃，”杨利伟返回大气层时，直升机飞往他将着陆的地方，准备好接他。成千上万的中国人正在看电视时，飞船安全着陆。杨利伟走出飞船，他微笑着，等候他的人群挥手。杨利伟很高兴能回到家，他说，“我虽然很短，在太空停留21小时。”Lesson 3 Sports Stars VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS are sisters. They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other! Venus is now eleventh in the world, and her yo
42、unger sister Serena has moved up to third. The two sister were born in a poor and dangerous area of California. It was full of drugs and violence. In a recent interview, Venus spoke about the time when she and Serena were practising tennis and they had to run and hide as bullets started flying throu
43、gh the air. Finally, in 1991, the sister then they have never looked back. The sisters father, Richard, started to train Venus and Serena when they were young children. He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each they completed their high school whil
44、e developing their tennis careers. Today, both sisters are studying design at college. They have already expressed a keen interest in working in design after their tennis careers come to an end.The sisters road to success has been amazing. The first time Venus played in a big event was in 1996. Sinc
45、e then, she has won Wimbledon and the US open make fantastic progress. In 1999 and 2002 and 2003, she was the womans singles champion at Wimbledon. Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters? Fortunately, no. “Weve played each other before and it hadnt worried us yet!” says Venus. “If she w
46、ins,” Serena jokes, “Mama says she has to do the dishes!”体育明星金星和小威廉姆斯是姐妹。他们也是网球冠军经常要打对方！金星现在在全世界的第十一，和她的妹妹塞雷娜已经上升到第三。两个姐姐都出世在一个贫穷的、危险的地区加利福尼亚。这是充满毒品和暴力。在最近的一次采访中，维纳斯说，那时她和塞雷娜都练习打网球，他们不得不跑和子弹在空中穿梭隐藏。最后，在1991的妹妹，然后头也不回地。这对姐妹的父亲，李察，开始训练金星和塞雷娜在他们年幼的孩子。他一直与他的女儿非常严格，训练他们很难对他们完成高中在发展他们的职业网球比赛。今天，姐妹俩都在大学学习设
47、计。他们已经表示在网球生涯结束在设计工作的兴趣。这对姐妹的成功之路是惊人的。金星在一个大事件，第一次是在1996。自那时以来，她已经赢得温网和美网取得了惊人的进步。1999、2002和2003，她是女子单打冠军在温布尔登。曾引起姐妹之间的问题打网球吗？幸运的是，第“我们已经打了对方之前，它没有担心我们呢！“说金星。“如果她赢了，”塞雷娜说，“妈妈说她做的菜！“Lesson 4 Superhero Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and
48、 he stared to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films.Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke him to live. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldnt breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he stared a new life with great courage.
