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-教育精选-第1课 （2A）Do you know anyone I could go with?I like guys who arent too serious and who have a good sense of humor.Id prefer someone I have something in common with - who I can talk to easily.阅读 A friend can mean anything from a casual acquaintance to someone youve known your whole life. Building friendships is a lifelong,but worthwhile, job. 1.You have to have friends People use the word “friend” in a variety of ways. A friend can mean anything from a casual acquaintance to someone youve known your whole life. Whoever they are ,friends are an important part of life at every stage. They provide companionship and emotional support. Of all our relationships, friendships are the most voluntary ,we choose our friends.Making new friendsIts easy to stay in a circle of friends youre comfortable with. But as you get older , friendships may be lost-people move away or you just lose track of them. Building friendships is a lifelong,but worthwhile, job. New friendships can bring opportunities to experience new things.A few pointers for making new friends:reach out to others. Try to be open to new experiences and relationships.participate in classes,clubs,or volunteer organizations . These activities will bring you into contact with people who share similar interests. stick with it - even if you feel uncomfortable . It takes time to build friendships.Keeping friendsWhether friendships are old or new ,you cant neglect them if you want them to last. Even thought its sometimes hard to spend time together , its important to keep in touch . Two other keys are flexibility and respect. Be understanding when plans change. If you find yourselves fighting , try to look at things from the other persons point of view.Some tips for keeping friends:be a good listener. Dont be judgmental and dont offer advice unless youre asked.respect the other persons opinion, even when you dont agree.never break a confidence . Your friends need to know they can trust you .be supportive of you friends. Its important to love them despite their faults! A1. You have to know someone a long time to be a friend. False.2. Friends are more important than family. Not given.3. New friendships allow you to learn new things. True .4. When you make new friends , old friends will be jealous. Not given.5. Its important to give your friends respect and support. True. 6. You should always offer advice to your friends. False .( When you Lost track of someone ,cant locate him or her. 失去联系 When you Reach out to people,you try to connect with them. 接触、联系 If you Stick with something, you continue to do it . 继续做 When you Keep in touch ,you communicate with someone . 保持联络 If you Break a confidence ,you depend on someone. 失去信心 )第2课 2A 阅读 比较级 Flight attendants get tired of traveling . Being a good worker is sometimes less important than making sure that people know youre a good worker . People who find things to complain about are a lot less popular than people who find things to praise. 第3课 阅读 India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand if they are indicating “yes” or “no”.第4课 3ADaily round-up （每日不断发生的事）Divers hit the jackpot!While divers were working (work)off the coast of Florida , they discovered (discover) a shipwreck containing gold worth $2 million . The divers were filming (film)a show about the coral reef when they found (find) the gold.Four-legged CustomersAs a woman was walking (walk) her pet poodle down the street , a hair stylist noticed (notice) them through the window and suddenly had (have) a great idea. Later, while he was creating (create) a new line of hair care products for dogs and cats, he came up with (come up with )a new slogan :” Even animals have bad hair days!” Rescuethe Ambulance!An ambulance driver was having (have) breakfast in a coffee shop when a woman hopped (hop)into his ambulance and drove (drive)away . The driver hurried (hurry)to a phone and alerted (alert)the police. The carjacker was going(go)over 90 miles an hour when the highway patrol finally caught up with (catch up with)her.第5课 One thing Id really miss is my moms cooking. Something Id be nervous about is making new friends, especially in a foreign language. When you visit someone , its the custom to bring a small gift. If you want to bring someone, its not acceptable to arrive without calling first.第6课 Both “teams” have the help of a designer , a handyman, and a budget of $1,000 . “If you dont want a project to last for months,you need a game plan.”Trading Spaces How fast can a home remodeling project be completed ? About 48 hours. At least, thats the basis of the popular reality TV show called Trading Spaces.Two sets of neighbors switch homes for two days and redecorate a single room in their neighbors home . Both “teams” have the help of a designer , a handyman, and a budget of $1,000 . At the end of the second day , the host reveals the rooms to the homeowners,who usually say , “ Wow! Thats great !” Sometimes ,however, they get upset. Is this reality TV realistic ? Up to a point. The designers actually get videotapes of the rooms and plan out every step beforehand. Even the materials are purchased in advance. “Its the same at home,”one designer said. “If you dont want a project to last for months,you need a game plan.”“Everybody thinks Trading Spaces is totally real,but Trading Spaces is totally not real,”said a women who appeared on the show, “If we didnt dosomething on cameraright,we had to do it again.You become an actor.”So,how happy are homeowners after their remodeling?Generally,the participants are thrilled.But one couple in Portland,Oregon,hated their new room.Their comfortable but cramped family room was transformed into a dark movie theater.But you didnt see that on the show. “You didnt see me crying,” said Shannon Pitts.They edited it out of the show.“It really was a non-functional room,”said Scott Pitts. “All you could do was watch TV.”So they found themselves remodeling their own space again.But even though Shannon and Scott didnt like the way their family room turned out,theyd still be on the show again.Why?They loved redecorating their neighbors place.交换空间 一个家的改造工程多快能完成?大约48小时.至少,这是一个叫做“交换空间”流行的真人秀电视节目的看法. 两套房子毗邻的邻居交换住宅两天,并在他们邻居的家中重新装修一个单间.两家都有一个设计师,一个杂工的帮助,并且有1000美元的预算金.在第二天结束时,主持人向房主展示装修后的房间,房主通常会说：“哇,太棒了!”然而有时房主也会很失望. 这种真人电视秀现实吗?某种程度上.实际上设计师们会提前得到房间的录像并规划好每一步.甚至材料也是提前购买好了的.“这同在家里一样,”一个设计师说,“如果你不想一个工程拖几个月,你需要行动策略.” “所有人认为交换空间是完全真实的,但是它不是,”一个在节目中出现的女人说,“如果我们（被相机录下来的某事）做得不对,我们就不得不重新再做一次你成为一个表演者.”因此,房主在他们的房间被改造后有多开心?一般来说,参与者很兴奋.但是波兰的一对夫妇,Oregon,讨厌他们的新房间.他们尽管狭小但舒适的家庭房间被改造成一个黑暗的影院.但是你不会在电视节目中看到（房主的不满）.“你不会看到我哭泣,”Shannon Pitts说.他们将这些从节目中剪辑掉了. “这真的是个毫无用处的房间,”Scott Pitts 说.“所有你能做的只有看电视.”因此他们发现他们再一次重塑了自己的空间. 但是即使Shannon和Scott不喜欢他们的家庭间被改造的方式,他们依然再次出现在电视节目中.为什么?他们喜欢装修他们邻居的房间.The participants of the show get assistance from experts. T The projects sometimes take months to complete. F Many participants redecorate their homes after the show. NGThe people who appear on the show are actors. F Reality shows arent always entirely honest. T The Pitts are no longer friends with their neighbors. NG第7课 被动语态The World we live in 2AVOTE FOR ROBERTA CHANG CITY COUNCILRoberta Chang will clean up Cradville !Have you noticed these problems in our city ?The air is being polluted by fumes from cars and trucks.Our city streets are being damaged as a result of heavy traffic. Our fresh water supply is being depleted through overuse by people who dont conserve.阅读 Kiribati consists of 33 islands scattered across 3,860 kilometers (2,400 miles) of the Pacific Ocean near the equator. 第8课 阅读Learning stylesHAVE YOU EVER HAD TROUBLE LEARNING SOMETHING? DID YOU OVERCOME THE PROBLEM? HOW?Have you ever sat in class wondering if you would ever grasp the information that was being taught? Maybe the presentation didnt fit your learning style.你是否曾经坐在教室里,怀疑自己是否掌握了老师教授你的知识?答案也许是老师的讲课方式不适和你.Our minds and bodies gather information in different ways and from all around us : seeing, hearing, and doing. Then our brains process that information, organizing it and making connections to things we already know. This process can also work in different ways: Do we think in pictures or words? Do we remember details or the big picture?When were trying to learn, it helps to know how our brain works. How do we best gather and organize the information? Different people have different learning styles. For example, one person might struggle with written information but understand it immediately in an illustration. Another person might have problems with the picture, but not the written texts.Psychologists have identified seven basic learning styles:1-LINGUISTIC: These people learn by using language - listening, reading, speaking and writing.2-LOGICAL: These people learn by applying formulas and scientific principles.3-VISUAL: These people learn by seeing what they are learning.4-MUSICAL: Instead of finding music a distraction, these people learn well when information is presented through music.5-KINESTHETIC: Movement and physical activities help these people learn.6-INTRAPERSONAL: These people learn best if they associate new information directly with their own experiences.7-INTERPERSONAL: These people learn well by working with others.You will often encounter situations that do not match your strongest learning style. if u know what your strengths are, you can develop strategies to balance your wicknesses, for a more successful learning experience.A1. Grasp understand2. The big picture a general view of a situation3. Gather pick up or collect4. Struggle try hard to do something5. Distraction something that takes attention away6. Associate show one thing is connected to another第9课At your service 7A1. Jennifer has broken up with her boyfriend-again! 一刀两断 Meanings - End a romantic relationship 2. Kevin came up with a great idea for our class reunion. 突然有 Meanings - think of something;develop an idea3. Im not looking forward to typing my essay . Maybe Ill get it done professionally. 期盼 Meanings- be excited for something to happen4. My doctor says Im overweight. I should cut down on fatty foods. 减 Meanings - reduce the quantity of something5. Rob cant keep up with the students in his Mandarin class. He should get a tutor. 赶得上 Meanings - keep pace with someone or something6. I cant put up with the noise on my street! Ill have to move. 忍受 容忍 Meanings - tolerate something you dont like it. 7. My girlfriend doesnt get along with her roommate . They re always fighting . 合得来 相处 Meanings - have a good relationship with someone8. Bill cant take care of his own finances. He has an accountant manage his money. 照顾 Meanings- be responsible for something阅读 And, whats worse ,most people have resigned themselves to a life of forgetting.Improve your memory, improve your life Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the audience, but then he paused in horror. He had forgotten her name. Barbara hid her jewelry when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldnt remember where shed put it. 1.Perhaps youve had experiences like these.Most people have. And ,whats worst ,most people have resigned themselves to a life of forgetting. Theyre unaware of a simple but important fact: Memory can be developed .If youll just accept that fact,this book will show you how. 2.First, relax. If youre overanxious about remembering something, youll forget it. Relaxing will enhance your awareness and ability to concentrate.Take deep breaths and tell yourself that you have all the time in the world to remember. 3.Second, avoid being negative. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you wont remember things. When you forget something, dont say, “Gee, I need to have my brain rewired(重装电线).”-Jokes like this are negative and will have a negative effect on you and your memory.- 4.To improve your memory, youll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be strengthened through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory.For example, if youre learning a language, try to actively remember irregular verbs. 5.You may also want to make associations, or links, between what youre trying to remember and things you already know. For example, if you need to catch a plane at 2:00p.m., you can imagine a plane in your mind and notice that it has two wings. Two wings =2:00. You are now ten times more likely to remember the take-off time.A3-your mind believes what you tell it ,so be positive about your memory.4-if you train your memory actively ,youll be more likely to remember things. 1-although we all forget things,there are ways to improve our memory.5-learning to mentally connect pieces of information can help you remembering them.2-we forget things more easily when were worried about remembering them.第10课3A 介词1. Rock music has been popular for more than 50 years. TheBeatleswereawell-knownEnglishbandinthe1960s.Theyperformedtogetherfortenyears-from1960to1970.In2003,theBeatlesreleasedanotheralbum,eventhoughtwooftheoriginalmembershadalreadydied.Thealbumwasrecordedin1969,nearly40yearsago.2. In2003,theUnitedStateslaunchedtwoMarsexplorationspacecraft.Theirmission,whichlasedformorethanayear,wastogatherinformationabouttherocks,soil,andatmosphereonMarsusingroverscalledSpirit andOpportunity.TheroversfunctionedlongerthananyoneexpectedscientiststhoughttheywouldlastforonlyfourmonthsonMars.During/InthattimetheysentbackthousandsofpicturesofthesurfaceofMars.The past and the future 5A1. Achievement 成就 In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mount Qomolangma. 2. Assassination 暗杀U.S. President John F.Kennedy was shot to death in 1963.3. Disaster 灾难The luxury ship Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912.4. Discovery 发现In 2003 , a dinosaur(恐龙) with feathers and four wings was found in China.5. Epidemic 流行性病Since the late 1970s, HIV has infected an estimated 58 million people.6. Invention 创造The cellular telephone was developed in Sweden about 25 years ago.7. Terrorist act 恐怖行动Four planes were hijacked in the United States on September 11,2001.阅读The global villageMore and more often , the term global village is used to describe the world and its people. In most villages, everyone knows everyone else and the people face the same kinds of problems.So howcantheworldbeavillage whenitishometomore thansixbillionpeople? Political and technological changes in the past century have made the global village possible. PoliticalchangesThe yearsfollowingWorldWarseemedtopromisepeace. In fact ,in 1945,the United Nations was founded to help countries resolve disputes peacefully. However, this promise was soon broken by the Cold War-distust and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.Thesetwosuperpowersengagedinanarmrace,spendinghugeamounts of money on weapons. The others nations of the world were divided into two “sides”, and the world was frozen in a state of hostility. The cold war finally ended and the political climate changed between 1989 and 1991, when the governments of the Soviet Union and several Eastern European counties collapsed. The end of Cold War tension made the global village more politically possible by opening new channels of communication between nations.ItwasnotuntilthecollapseoftheSovietUnionbetween1989and1991thattheColdWarended.但直到苏联1989年和1991年的冷战结束了的崩溃。TheendofColdWartensionmadetheglobalvillagemorepoliticallypossiblebyopeningnewchannelsofcommunicationsbetweennations.冷战紧张局势的结束，打开国家之间的沟通的新渠道使地球村更可能的政治。TechnologicalchangesTechnologically,thegreatestcontributortotheglobalvillageismicrochip-anelectroniccircuitonatinychip.The evolution of themicrochiphasmade modernsatellitesandsupercomputers possible. Theseformsofhigh-techcommunicationsallownewsandideastotravelquicklyacross the globe , making people aware of their neighbors around the world in dramatic new ways. ThroughtheInternet,wecangetinformationfromcomputer to carry on electronic conversations with peopleeverywhere.Throughtelevisionprogramstransmittedbysatellite,weareexposedtomanycultures.The development of the global village will almost certainly continue into the future.Notonlyisthispossible,butthechallengesthatworldfaces-forexample,pollution,populationgrowth,andconflictsamongpeoples-willmakeitnecessary.A 填空Thetermglobalvillageimpliesthatpeoplearoundtheworldareconnectedandfacethe samekindsofproblems.Theglobalvillagebecamepossiblebecauseofpoliticaland technologicalchangesinthepasthalfcentury.Politically,theendoftheColdWarmade theglobalvillagepossiblebyopeningnewchannelsofcommunicationsbetweennations.Technologically, the evolution of the microchip has made satellites and computers possible. These new forms of communication have made people more aware of many cutures. Their neighbors越来越多的时候，长期的全球村是用来描述这个世界和它的人民。在一个典型