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B1 Unit 1 Friendship编撰：王兴仁A best friend is someone who you can tell everything to, even your deepest feelings and thoughts. Anne Frank treated her diary as her best friend. The German Nazis were in search of Anne and her family. The family had to hide away from the chase. They didnt dare to go out even in the evenings. They had to stay indoors day and night. Not being able to go out for such a long time, Anne missed the beauty of nature so much that she grew crazy about everything to do with it. She stayed up until eleven thirty one evening on purpose just to see the moonlight. She said: “This is the first time I have seen the moonlight since I was here.” Unfortunately, the family were discovered at last and taken away from the hiding place.B1 Unit 2 English around the world编撰：李庆云 At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. Today, the largest number of people speaking English may be in China. A lot of Chinese people speak English as their foreign language. The English language has changed quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English sounded more or less like German for it was based on German, but modern English sounds more like French than German because England was once ruled by the French. Two people had great effects on the English changes. One was Shakespeare, who enlarged the English vocabulary; the other was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictionary which gave American English its own identity.B1 Unit 3 Travel journal编撰：依智Wang Kun and Wang Wei are brothers and sisters. They have dreamed of taking a great bike trip. It was Wang Wei who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River. They rode bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, whose source is in Qinghai Province. When it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and the plains where rice grows. Despite the difficulties, Wang Kun and Wang Wei were determined to begin their journey at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters in Qinghai Province. During their journey, they enjoyed the continuous change of the weather. Finally, they reached Dali in Yunnan Province, where Dao Wei and Yu Hang joined them. The four of them went on with their great bike trip.B1 Unit 4 Earthquakes编撰：郭影Several days before July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. The water in the village wells rose and fell. The water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. They were signs for the earthquake. But people in the city didnt think much of these. At 3:42 a. m. that day, the earth began to shake, which destroyed the city. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to rescue those trapped under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big quake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings fell down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Teams were organized to dig out the trapped and bury the dead.B1 Unit 5 Nelson Mandelaa modern hero编撰：韩素宏Nelson Mandela, born on July 18, 1918, is the first black president of South Africa. He studied law after he entered university. Then in 1952 he set up a law office to help poor black people. Because of his fight against the government and anti-black laws, he was sentenced to five years of hard labour. After that he formed ANC Youth League. Fighters from ANC began to blow up buildings in 1963 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. Twenty seven years later, he was freed by the white government. In 1993 he was made president of South Africa and the government for the black people was finally set up. Nelson Mandela was really a great man!B2 Unit 1 Cultural relics编撰：李红星The Amber Room, one of the great wonders of the world, was a great work that took ten years to make. In 1716, the Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a gift of friendship by Frederick William I, who loved best soldiers more than the Amber Room than the Amber Room itself. In Russia, the room first served as a small reception hall for important visitors and later moved and redesigned by Catherine II. Unfortunately, the Amber Room disappeared when the Nazi Germany and Russia were at war and now nobody knows what happened to it. In the spring of 2003, however, a new Amber Room, built by the Russians and Germans on the basis of old photos, was ready for the people of St Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city.B2 Unit 2 The Olympic Games编撰：徐峰Pausanias and Lili are talking about the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics. The Ancient Olympic Games were first held in Athens, in which only men from the Greece had the honour to compete. The champions were awarded olive wreaths as prizes. The modern Olympics started in 1896. From then on, athletes from all over the world have come to take part in the games every four years. There are two sets of Gamesthe summer and the winter Olympics. All countries can take part if their athletes reach the standard to be admitted to the games. There are over 250 sports. To host all the competitors, a special village is usually built, with a stadium, a very large swimming pool, a gymnasium as well as seats for those who watch the games. The winners of the first three places are awarded gold, silver and bronze medals. The motto of the Olympic Games is: swifter, higher and stronger.记事：_B2 Unit 3 Computers编撰：韩莉The history of computer began in 1642 in France. It was first built only as a calculating machine, and later as an Analytical Machine that followed instructions from cards with hotels. Still later, the “universal machine” is built to solve mathematical problem, and this made computers huge! It was thought to be simple-minded until people discovered it had “artificial intelligence.” As the years have gone by, computer has been made smaller, quicker and cleverer. Later, computers were connected by network and brought into common peoples homes to deal with information and help communication between people around the world. Since its birth, computer has always been designed serve the human race.B2 Unit 4 Wildlife protection编撰：王兴仁Not long ago there was a girl called Daisy, who went to see the animals that gave fur to make her sweater with the help of a flying chair. In Tibet, she saw an antelope with a sad face looking at her, who told her that they were killed for the wool that was taken from under their stomachs. Every year over 29,000 of them were killed, with only 72,000 left. In Zimbabwe, the elephant Daisy saw said they were endangered there. Farmers used to hunt them because they were considered to have destroyed the farms. Later, the government tried to help the farmers by asking the tour companies to bring more tourists to the area and setting the number of animals to be hunted, which brought the farmers a lot of incomes. As a result, farmers started to protect them. In the thick rain forest, Daisy saw a monkey rubbing an insect over his body to protect against mosquitoes. With all her experience, Daisy had learned how to work with WWF to protect wildlife.记事：_B2 Unit 5 Music编撰：李庆云If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of becoming famous. Most musicians form a band because of the same interest in writing and playing music. They may play anywhere to earn some extra money as well as fulfill their dreams. However, “The Monkees”, which started differently, began as a TV show with musicians playing jokes and music in the programme. Only after a year or so did they become more serious and they produced their own records and later became even more popular than “The Beatles” in the USA. The band once broke up and reunited. In memory of their time as a real band, they produced a new record in 1996.记事：_B3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world编撰：依智There are all kinds of festivals throughout the world, festivals to satisfy and please the ancestors, to honour some famous people or important events, and to express peoples gratitude to the God for bringing them a year of plenty. For example, Japanese observe Obon, when people go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. In India, October 2 is a national festival to honour Mahatma Gandhi who helped India become an independent country. And in China the Spring Festival, which is celebrated in January or February, is the most energetic and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.B3 Unit 2 Healthy eating编撰：郭影Wang Pengwei felt very frustrated when he saw none of his patrons(常客) would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion, nothing could be better than his fried rice, mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his sugary cola. Who won his customers? He followed one of his best friends into Yong Huis newly opened slimming restaurant and was amazed at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious that Yong Hui was telling lies when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library to do some research, which showed Yong Huis menu didnt give the customers energy-giving food. Having found out the weakness of Yong Huis menu, Pengwei wrote his own sign, saying energy-giving food served. In fact, there was weakness in Wang Pengweis menus, too. Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So the only solution is to combine the two menus together to be a balanced menu.记事：_Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note编撰：李红星Sailing home, Henry, a San Francisco businessman, found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. When he had just about given himself up for lost, he was spotted by a ship and so he landed in London by accident. Hungry and alone, he walked the streets of the city when he was unexpectedly called into a mansion (宅邸), where two rich brothers, Oliver and Roderick, gave him a letter and told him not to open it till two oclock of the day.Not knowing it was a million pound banknote, Henry left the mansion and went into a cheap restaurant to stuff his stomach. Everybody was rude to him because he was in rags and looked depressed. Then, to the surprise of everybody, he handed the owner a million-pound bank-note to pay for the meal. On seeing the note, all the people in the restaurant became polite and tried their best to please Henry. Dont you think its the most incredible table in the world?记事：_B3 Unit 4 Astronomy: the scienceof the stars编撰：徐峰At the very beginning, the earth was just a cloud of energetic dust. Then the dust combined into a ball moving around the sun. After that, it exploded loudly with fire and rock, producing water vapour, carbon, dioxide and other gases, which in the end made the earths atmosphere. Then the earth cooled down, and water, one of the earths special qualities, appeared and stayed on the earth, which made it possible for life to begin to develop.Some small plants growing in the water appeared on the earths surface, followed by land animals, including insects, amphibians, reptiles and the most important animals called dinosaurs until finally dinosaurs disappeared all of a sudden and some small clever animals with hands and feet appeared and spread all over the earth and in place of dinosaurs they became the most important animals on the planetthat is, human beings.记事：_Unit 5 Canada“The True North”编撰：韩莉My cousin and I traveled across Canada by train from west to east. We saw many things from the train on the way across, and in the cities of Toronto and Montreal. We passed through the Rocky Mountains on the train, and saw wild scenery, a grizzly bear and some mountain goats. Canada is very empty in the centre, which is a wheat growing area. The city of Thunder bay is a port in the centre of Canada. Ocean ships can come all the way to the top of the Great lakes. In Toronto, we went up the CN Tower and saw the mist from Niagara Falls. We visited the covered stadium, which is the home of the famous basketball team. We saw Chinatown and had dinner at the Pink Pearl restaurant. When we arrived in Montreal the next day, we saw many signs and ads in French. Then we went to Old Montreal, sitting in a typical caf beside the St Lawrence River. We spent the afternoon in shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces.记事：_B4 Unit 1 Women of achievement编撰：韩素宏There are a lot of famous women of achievement in the world. They all do well in their work, such as Lin Qiaozhi, Jane Goodall and Song Qingling. Of all the famous women, I admire Madame Curie for her contribution to the world. I also admire Florence Nightingale for her great achievement as a nurse. There is no doubt that they are real heroines and worthy of being praised. But in my opinion, all healthy humans have the ability to do that. It just depends on whether you have the determination to do it and whether the situation is in your favor. But never before have I admired a person so much as Helen Keller, who I just read about. She was an unlucky girl, who could neither hear nor see. I just cant imagine how she could be so successful. I really dont believe that a deaf-blind lady could become a world-famous writer.What great difficulties she must have met and what great efforts she must have made. If I were her, I wouldnt have the courage to live on. It is by her courage and imagination and intelligence that I was struck.记事：_B4 Unit 2 Working the land编撰：王兴仁Dr Yuan Long ping was a pioneer of agriculture in China. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture in 1953. Since then he devoted his life to finding ways to grow more rice. The rice farmers are now producing harvest twice as large as before by using his kind of rice. But he was not satisfied with his work. Although now he leads a rich life, he still insists on his work to develop his rice. I think his work is really important to the world. Because of his hard work, the production of food has been improved. And the problem of hunger can be solved. Thanks to Yuan Long pings great work, millions of people can benefit from his extraordinary work.记事：_B4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour编撰：李庆云Some humor can be cruel, but some people seem to enjoy seeing other peoples bad luck at times. Perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life because we feel there is someone else worse off than ourselves. However, some actors can astonish us with the deep feelings they can inspire in us for a character. Charlie Chaplin, the most famous actor during the period of silent films, was such an actor. He was able to make terrible situations funny and at the same time show the humanity and kindness that can be found in the most difficult circumstances. Take The Gold Rush for example. The film is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century. Chaplin and his friend wash sand from the river in a pan of water and expect to find gold but they have not been fortunate enough to find any. Instea