北师大版高中英语必修一模块1U1U2U3课文讲解

1、文档 课文原文 M1 U1 L1 A Perfect Day Passage 1 A Couch Potato Forty-three-year-old Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me about his perfect day. When I wake up I dont get up immediately. I turn on the television and old movies until programmes about half past and watch the chil

2、drens ten. Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room. For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass 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 t

3、he news again I like the main news at six oclock. At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC 2, I switch over and 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

4、 some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk every afternoon. I dont go far, of course. I walk to 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. She

5、s not here now (because shes working), but she always makes my meals. We havent got much money, you know, but were happy. Sit down and watch 文档 TV Heres the remote control. Youve got the world at your feet. And in your hand. Passage 2 A Workaholic way and working his Black is sitting at his desk Thi

6、rty-six-year-old Bob through his paperwork. my alarm clock goes normally wake up about five minutes before I It takes off. As soon as I hear my alarm clock, I jump out of my bed. leave have breakfast, wash, get changed, meless than fifteen minutes to home and get on a bus. to the office. The morning

7、s are getI am always the first person to phone and afternoons are even the busier! Meetings always very busy and is filled day day. Every minute of the calls take up a large part of the with urgent matters. By around eight oclock, I usually find some time . personal e-mailsto do my own paperwork and

8、 answer some bring I at some documents (thatlook home When I get at about ten, I work. days I can be ready for the next back from the office) so that my wife and children are already whenI get to bed around midnight asleep. family my family. My funand other activities with time I seldom have for com

9、plains about it. Besides, for them. more I so work to hard that can make money try But I busy. if theres nothing to do. I like beingboredI get City and CountryU1 L4 文档 Debbie is an accountant in a large company in the centre of London. I need to be in my office by nine oclock so I usually get up at

10、seven 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 like the underground! I spend all morning checking num

11、bers. 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 Wednesday nights, I go to the gym. I need to do that because

12、 I dont get enough exercise otherwise. On Tuesday 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 to the cinema almost every weekend. Sometimes, if the weather forecast is good, my friends and I drive to the countryside

13、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 lungs. I love it. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England. I usually get up at four oclock every morning when it

14、s still dark. I live and work on the farm /so I dont need to travel. After a big breakfast in my house, I walk out of the front door and Im already at work. 文档 There are many things to do on the farm all day. We dont have the same they do jobs when workers in the city have. We work hours that office

15、 night. late at early in the morning or need to be done /andthat could be m. I have to make sure and chickens on my farI have cows, sheep, pigs vegetables /so I also grow wheat and (that) they are free of sickness. look after. there are many things to play with my children. I have two children, like

16、 toIn the evening, I study. I also like toare and a girl. They six and eight years old. a boy interested learning. I am very now Right I am studying Chinese by distance my dream to see the Great Wall one day. in China and its a cinemafan”. But there isnt calls I love movies. My wife me a “movie twic

17、e about very often. I go go I in my village so dont get the chance to 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 the clothes shops and I like all the crowds and the noise. I also in them isnt as fond of

18、like to buy a few cigars. Unfortunately, my wife they red on Londons buses and rideand am. as I My son daughter love to love to go on the tube! especially M1 U1 L1完美的一天 沙发土豆-Passage 1 终日懒散在家看电视的人) 43岁的布莱恩*博莱克正坐在沙发上向我讲述他美妙的一天。来自伯明翰的 (早上醒来，我不马上起床。我总是先打开电视，看看儿童节目看看老片子，一直看到十点半。然后起床，下楼，打开起居室的电视。午餐时，我边吃饼干

19、、眼下电视里正播放非常好看喝牛奶，边看新闻。下午，我常看另一部老影片 文档 的老电影。晚上我要么看连续剧，要么看体育节目，接着再看新闻。我喜欢看 六点的重要新闻。九点半，如果英国广播公司二频道有好看的电视剧，我会调过去看看。在夜里，我接着看电影，通常看到凌晨两点才关电视。我从不通宵 看电视。每天下午我带着每天也会出去活动活动。.我一天要看十六七个小时电视。小狗蒂娜散步。当然，我不会走远，只走到我家房子外的墙边。这时，我总是 随身携带手提电视，坐在石头墙上看，小狗则在我身边绕圈。当然，没有一个好妻子，我是不可能过上这种妙不可言的生活的。她在工作所以现在不在家。她天天给我做饭。你知道，我们虽然钱不

20、多，但活得很快活。坐在家里，看看电视。这是遥控器。世界就在你脚下！也在你手中。这感 ! 觉振真棒 工作狂Passage 2) 布莱克正坐在写字台前忙着他的案头工作。 (36岁的鲍勃* 分钟就醒了。闹钟一响，我立刻跳下床，从洗漱、穿5我一般在闹钟响前 15分钟。衣、吃早饭、离家到坐上公共汽车只用我总是第一个到办公室。每天早晨都很忙，下午更忙。整天会议，电话不有 8一天中几乎每一分钟都充斥着急待处理的问题。通常大约晚上点我才断。 写写东西，回复电子邮件等。时间处理自己的事:点到家时，我还要浏览带回的文件，为第二天的工作做准备。我晚上10 一般半夜才上床睡觉，那时妻子和孩子们都早已进入梦乡。 我很少

21、有时间娱乐或和家人一起活动。我的家人总是抱怨。但我得拼命工作，好为他们赚更多的钱。而且，要是没事可做我会觉得非常无 聊。我真的喜欢忙忙碌碌。 城市和农村U1 L4 文档 (戴比是伦敦一家大公司的会计) 9点前我必须赶到办公室，所以我通常7点起床。我乘地铁上班。那就是人们通常所称。乘地铁大约需要15分钟。通常地铁很拥挤，(以致)我只好站着。这样每天到办公室前，我就已经感到很疲倦。我一点儿都不喜欢乘地铁! 每天上午我要计算数字，核对账目。午饭总是很简单，我常在附近的三明治店买个三明治，或吃些饼干，喝杯咖啡。下午我在办公室处理文字资料。 星期一晚上我上舞蹈课。星期三晚上去健身房。我需要运动，因为不这

22、样的话，每天运动量不够。星期二和星期四晚上我去上法语课。我在为一家法国公司工作，所以我认为学法语对我的工作有益。 几乎每个周末我都去看电影，朋友们称我为影迷。有时，如果天气预报好的话，我会和朋友们开车去乡下度周末。我喜欢去那些远离城市、幽静、风景秀丽的地方，在没有商店、人群、地铁的地方漫步。那里的新鲜空气对肺部有好处。我喜欢新鲜的空气。 (保罗住在英格兰北部的一个小村庄。) 我通常大约凌晨4 点天还黑着的时候就起床。我在农场工作、生活，不用乘通勤车上下班。饱餐一顿早饭之后，我走出家门，开始一天的工作。 在农场整天都有很多事要做。和在办公室工作的人不同。我们的工作时间依需要而定。可能是在早晨就工

23、作，也可能是在深夜。我的农场里有猪、羊、 牛、鸡等。我得确保它们不得病。我也种植麦子、蔬菜，因此每天我有很多事需要料理。 晚上我喜欢和孩子们一块儿玩。我有两个孩子，一男一女，他们一个6岁，一个8岁。我也喜欢学习。眼下我正在通过远程教育学习汉语。我对中国很感 兴趣，我一直梦想着有一天能亲眼看看长城。 文档 我喜欢看电影。妻子称我为影迷。但是，我们村没有电影院，所以我没有机会经常看电影。.我一年只能看两次电影,通常是在和家人去伦敦的时候。只要农场活不太多，我们会抓住机会度周末。我妻子喜欢逛服装店；我喜欢看看人群、听听城市的嘈杂声。我还喜欢买几支雪茄烟。.不走运的是，我妻子不像 我那样喜欢雪茄烟。女

24、儿和儿子喜欢坐伦敦的红色公共汽车游览观光，他们特别喜欢乘地铁。 U2 Modern Heroes L1 National Hero民族英雄 Chinas first manned spaceship lifted off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province. 2003年10月15日，星期三上午级九点，中国第一艘载人航空飞船在甘肃酒泉发射中心深升空。The spaceship, called Shenzhou V, was carrying Chinas first astronaut,Yan

25、g Liwei.这艘名为神舟五号的宇宙飞船载着中国第一位宇航员 Yang, who w as a pilot in the army, was chosen from 杨利伟飞向太空。 1,500 other army pilots and started training for his space flight in 1998. 杨利伟是从1500名部队飞行员中挑选出来的，1998年就开始为这次具有历史意义的太空飞行接受严格的训练 The launch was very successful. 这次发射非常成功。“When the spaceship was lifting off, I

26、could really feel the high gravity”, said 文档 Yang Liwei.杨利伟说:“太空船起飞时，我能感到巨大的地球引力。 “When the spaceship separated from the rocket, I suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the sky because of the zero gravity. 太空船与火箭分离时，由于地 球引力消失，我感觉像是在急速升入空中. During the 21-hour space flight, the Shenzhou V circled the

27、 earth 圈。 While the 小时的太空飞行中神舟五号绕地球14spaceship 14 times.在21was circling the earth for the sixth time,Yang Liwei spoke with ground control in Gansu.飞到第六圈时，杨利伟和甘肃地面控制中心通了话。 He was also able to speak with his wife and 8-year-old son.他还能与妻子和八岁的儿子进行交谈。Yang Liwei had several tasks to complete during the f

28、light and only slept in the spaceship for about 3 hours.在飞行过程中，杨利伟完成了好几项任务。他只在太空仓里睡了3个小时。 While he was sleeping, the spaceship circled the earth twice.他睡觉时，太空船绕地球飞了两圈。 circle, Yang Liwei doing its seventh showed was the When spaceship the flags of China and the United Nations, expressing the wishes

29、of the Chinese people to explore and use space peacefully. 太空船飞到第七圈 文档 时杨利伟在飞船上展示了中国国旗和联合国国旗，代表中国人民向全世界表达了和平开发利用太空资源的意图。 At 6:23 a.m. on October 16th,Yang Liwei landed in Inner Mongolia safely.10月16日凌晨6点23分，杨利伟在内蒙古安全着陆。He told reporters later, “他后来告诉记者: “The surface of the spaceship was glowing red

30、when it came back into the earths atmosphere.飞回大气层时，我看到飞 船表面红光闪烁。When Shenzhou V let out its parachute, I felt the ship was shaking.” 神舟五号释放降落伞时，我感到飞船在颤动。”As Yang Liwei returned into the earths atmosphere, helicopters were flying to where he would land, ready to collect him.杨利伟返回大气层时正在飞往他将着 陆的地方，迎接他

31、返程。 Millions of people all over China were watching TV when the spaceship landed safely. 在飞船安全着陆的时刻，全中国亿万人民都在观看电视直播。When Yang Liwei climbed out of the spaceship, he smiled and waved to the crowds waiting for him. 杨利伟走出飞船，向等待他的人们挥 手微笑。Yang Liwei was happy to be home but he said, “I thought 21 hours w

32、as too short to stay in space.”返回地面的杨利伟异常高兴，但他不无遗憾地说: “我觉得在太空只停留21个小时真是太短暂了! 文档 U2 Modern Heroes L1 National Hero Chinas first manned spaceship lifted off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province. The spaceship, called Shenzhou V, was carrying Chinas first astronaut,Yang

33、 Liwei.Yang, who was a pilot in the army, was chosen from 1,500 other army pilots and started training for his space flight in 1998. The launch was very successful. “When the spaceship was lifting off, I could really feel the high gravity”, said Yang Liwei. “When the spaceship separated from the roc

34、ket, 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 time,Yang Liwei spoke with ground He was also able to speak with his in control Gan

35、su. wife and 8-year-old son. 文档 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 spaceship was doing its seventh circle, Yang Liwei showed the flags of China and the Un

36、ited 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 spaceship was glowing red when it came back into the earths atmosphere. When Shenzhou V

37、 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 watching TV when the spaceship landed safely. When Yang Liwei climbed out of the space

38、ship, he smiled and waved to the crowds waiting for him.Yang Liwei was happy to be home but he said, “I thought 21 hours was too short to stay in space.” 2003年10月15日，星期三上午级九点，中国第一艘载人航空飞船在甘肃酒泉发射中心深升空。这艘名为神舟五号的宇宙飞船载着中国第一位宇航员杨 文档 利伟飞向太空。杨利伟是从1500名部队飞行员中挑选出来的，1998年就开始为这次具有历史意义的太空飞行接受严格的训练 这次发射非常成功。杨利伟说:

39、“太空船起飞时，我能感到巨大的地球引力。太空船与火箭分离时，由于地球引力消失，我感觉像是在急速升入空中. 在21小时的太空飞行中神舟五号绕地球14圈。飞到第六圈时，杨利伟和甘肃地面控制中心通了话。他还能与妻子和八岁的儿子进行交谈。在飞行过程中，杨利伟完成了好几项任务。他只在太空仓里睡了3个小时。他睡觉时，太空船绕地球飞了两圈。 太空船飞到第七圈时杨利伟在飞船上展示了中国国旗和联合国国旗，代表中国人民向全世界表达了和平开发利用太空资源的意图。 10月16日凌晨6点23分，杨利伟在内蒙古安全着陆。飞回大气层时，我看到飞船表面红光闪烁。神舟五号释放降落伞时，我感到飞船在颤动。杨利伟返回大气层时正在飞

40、往他将着陆的地方，迎接他返程。 在飞船安全着陆的时刻，全中国亿万人民都在观看电视直播。杨利伟走出飞船，向等待他的人们挥手微笑。返回地面的杨利伟异常高兴，但他不无遗憾地说: “我觉得在太空只停留21个小时真是太短暂了! U2 L3 Sports Stars体育明星 Lesson 3体育明星 文档 维纳斯威廉姆斯和塞丽娜威廉姆斯是姐妹。她们是常常互为对手的网球冠军。维纳斯现在排名世界第十一位，而妹妹塞丽娜已经名列第三。 两姐妹出生于加利福尼亚州一个贫穷、危险的地区暴力、毒品随处可见。最近一次采访中，维纳斯说，那里，她和塞丽娜进行训练时，子弹在空中穿梭，她们只好跑开藏起来。终于在1991年，她们搬到

41、一个较安全的地区，从此再也没有故地造访过。 在维纳斯和塞丽娜很小的时候，父亲理查德就开始训练她们。他总是严格要求，要她们相互竞争。妈妈布兰蒂则在家中教两姐妹文化知识。这样才使她们既没有间断网球生涯，又能顺利完成高中学业。两姐妹如今在大学学习时尚及内部装饰。她们俩都对网球生涯结束后从事设计工作极感兴趣。 两姐妹的成功之路是令人惊叹的。维纳斯第一次参加大型联赛是在1996年。至此她已经两次赢得温布尔登网球公开赛和美国网球公开赛冠军。塞丽娜不断提高，取得了惊人的进步。1999年及2003年，她两次赢得美国网球公开赛冠军。2002年及2003年，她是温布尔登网球公开赛女子单打冠军。人们不禁要问，网球是

42、否影响过她们的姐妹关系呢？很幸运的是没有影响。维纳斯说：“我们以前彼此较量过，但从未产生过不愉快的感觉。”塞丽娜开玩笑地说，“如果她赢了，妈妈会让她洗碗。” 文档 VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS are sisters. 维纳斯*威廉姆斯和塞丽娜*威廉姆斯是姐妹。They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other! 她们也是常常互为对手的网球冠军。Venus is now eleventh in the world, and her younger sister Serena has m

43、oved up to third. 维纳 斯现在排名世界第十一位，而妹妹塞丽娜已经名列第三。 The two sisters were born in a poor and dangerous area of California. 两姐妹出生于加利福尼亚州一个贫穷、危险的地区.It was full of drugs and violence. 这个地区暴力、毒品随处可见。In a recent interview, Venus spoke about the time when she and Serena were practising tennis and they had to ru

44、n and hide as bullets started flying through the air. 最近一次采访中，维纳斯说，那里，她和塞丽娜进行训练时，子弹在空中穿梭，她们只好跑开藏起来。Finally, in 1991, the sisters and their family moved to a safer area and since then they have never looked back. 终于在1991年， 她们搬到一个较安全的地区，从此再也没有故地造访过。 The sisters father, Richard, started to train Venus

45、and Serena when they were young children. 在维纳斯和塞丽娜很小的时候，父亲理查德就开始训练她们。He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each other. 他总是严格要求，要她们相互竞争。 文档 Brandi, the sisters mother, taught her daughters at home so that they 妈 completed their high school while deve

46、loping their tennis careers. 妈布兰蒂则在家中教两姐妹文化知识。这样才使她们既没有间断网球生涯，又 能顺利完成高中学业。两姐妹如今在大学Today, both sisters are studying design at college. They have already expressed a keen interest in 学习时尚及内部装饰。 她们俩都working in design after their tennis careers come to an end. 对网球生涯结束后从事设计工作极感兴趣。两姐妹的成功之路是ing. The sister

47、s road to success has been amaz The first time was in 1996. Venus played in a big event 令人惊叹的。Wimbledon , she has wonthen维纳斯第一次参加大型联赛是在1996年。 Since 至此她已经两次赢得温布尔登网球公开赛和美国网球and the US Open twice. progress. and improve make fantastic 公开赛冠军。Serena has continued to Open, the US and In 1999 2002, she won

48、塞丽娜不断提高，取得了惊人的进步。 champion at Wimbledon.singles she in and 2002 and 2003, was the womens 年，她是2003年，她两次赢得美国网球公开赛冠军。1999年及20032002年及 caused problems 温布尔登网球公开赛女子单打冠军。 Has tennis ever 人们不禁要问，网球是否影响过她们的姐妹关系呢？between the sisters? 文档 Fortunately, no. 很幸运的是没有影响。“Weve played each other before and it hasnt wo

49、rried us yet!” says Venus. 维纳斯说：“我们以前彼此较量过，但从未产生过不愉快的感觉。”“If she wins,” Serena jokes, “Mama says she has to do the dishes!” 塞丽娜开玩笑地说，“如果她赢了，妈妈 会让她洗碗。” U2 L4 Superhero Christopher Reeve After the accident,Dana was told to say googby and people were talking about myfuneral Christopher Reeve was born i

50、n September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started 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 an

51、d broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made amazing 文档 progress. At first, he couldnt breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great courage. making. film Christopher returned to The second

52、 year after his accident, back intoHe also raised a lot of money to promote medical research . This sUSA about his experienceinjuries. He made speeches all over the drew public attention to research into back injuries not onlybut also a lot of people living with all kinds of problems. encouraged Fro

53、m their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident. up after the Have you thought of giving accident? No. Four days after the injury, I came to understand my situation. My “ wife Dana and I were in the hospital. The doctor said I was not going And love you. you, yo

54、ure still and I through. to pull Dana said: But up. of giving never I have thought momentSince my that saved life. that Of course, Ive had moments of feeling sorry for myself, but Ive never ”had any thoughts of committing suicide. 文档 Did you think that your marriage was so strong? “Yes, because Dana

55、s so wonderful. We have always got on really well. Our relationship has always been fantastic.” How did your parents react to the accident? “They divorced when I was four. Theyve got closer since the accident.” How did you get involved with charity work? “I know a lot of disabled people need my help

56、. This is how I got involved with my charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.” “With the progress of new medical research, Im confident that people like me would be able to living to think busy Im far too with So again walk one day. you can see, of giving up!” Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. But people all over the worl