外研社高中英语必修12课文原文

1、My First Day at Senior HighMy Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I'm writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very

2、 enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. T

3、hey're brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is importan

4、t, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class! Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructi

5、ons and then we worked by ourselves.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attitude very much, and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too. There are sixty-five students in

6、 my class-more than my previous class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For our homework tonight, we have to write a desc

7、ription of the street where we live. I'm looking forward to doing it!My New TeahcersThey say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs. Li was that she was nervous and 

8、shy. I think perhaps she was, as it was her first lesson with us. But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her. She's kind and pat

9、ient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! She avoids making you feel stupid! I've always hated making mistakes or pronouncing&#

10、160;a word incorrectly when I speak English,but Mrs. Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for t

11、he faster students, but for me it's wonderful! I feel I'm going to make progress with her.  I'd guess that Mrs. Chen is almost sixty. She's very 

12、;strictwe don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to. She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. When she asks you to do something, you do&

13、#160;it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they're always on time for Mrs. Chen's lessons! Some of our 

14、;class don't ike her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organised and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! Du

15、ring scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that

16、 Ill do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me.     Mr. Wus only been teaching us for two weeks and hes already very popular. I think th

17、is is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature - he loves it, in fact! Hes got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in!

18、0;Hes about 28, I think, and is rather good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. Hes really amusing and 

19、;tells jokes when he thinks were getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr. Wu. I respect him a lot.My First Ride on a TrainMy name is Alice Thompson. I

20、 come from Sydney, Australia and I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres

21、away. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun s

22、hone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago. The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometime

23、s talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I'm studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to

24、travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. For man

25、y years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn't need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoo

26、t the animals if they were a problem. In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.Module 4 A Social Survey My Neighbourhood    A lively city It's great to see you again, John. It'

27、s great to see you! It's been six years since we last saw each other, you know. And this is the first time I've visited your hometown. Yes, I'm 

28、;so glad you could come. You know, I've seen quite a lot of China and I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most attractive places&

29、#160;I've been to.  It's so lively,and everyone seems so friendly.  Yes, it's one of the most interesting cities on the coast, everyone says so.  I 

30、feel very fortunate living here. And I love living by the seaside. You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right? Yes, that's right. What's the climate&

31、#160;like?  Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter. Sounds OK to me. There are a lot of tourists around. Don't t

32、hey bother you? Yes, they can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them. Oh, look at that huge apartment block!  Yes, they've just&

33、#160;completed it. The rent for an apartment there is very high.  I believe you! This area's so modern! Yes, this is the business district. They've put up

34、60;a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And there are some great shopping malls. See, we're just passing one now. My wife's just bought a beautiful dress from&#

35、160;one of the shopsthere. Maybe I could buy a few presents there.  I'll take you there tomorrow. Now we're leaving the business district and approaching the 

36、;harbour. We're entering the western district, the most interesting part of the city. It's got some really pretty parks. It seems lovely. Is that Gulangyu Island, 

37、;just across the water?  Yes, it is. It's a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture. So they tell me. Do you think we could stop and walk&

38、#160;around for a while? Yes, I was just going to do that. We can park over there. A friend's told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Sh

39、all we go there for lunch?  That sounds great. I'm starving!Module 5 A Lesson in a LabPassage AIt is hard to think of a world without metals. Different metals have different uses, for example, steel is used in cars, and iron is used in elect

40、rical equipment. When we use metals, it is important to know how they react with different substances, for example, water and oxygen. The reaction of metals with these substances can be put in order. Here is a table with the metals that react most at the top, and the metals that react least at the b

41、ottom. Passage B  A Simple Scientific Experiment Below is a description of a simple scientific experiment. It shows us how iron reacts with air and with water. Aim: To find out if iron rusts (a) in dry air; (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water); (c) in ordinary wate

42、r. Apparatus: 3 clean iron nails; test tubes; test tube holder;cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner. Iron in dry air Method (1) Put some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube. (2) Push some cotton wool down the tube. (3) Leave the tube for one week. Result After

43、one week, the nails have not rusted. Conclusion Iron does not rust in dry air. Iron in air-free water Method (1) Half-fill a test tube with water. (2) Boil the water for three minutes. (This makes sure there is no air in the water.) (3) Put two or three clean nails

44、 in the water. (4) Add some oil to the water. This will keep air out of the water. (5) Leave the tube of one week. Result The nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water. Conclusion Iron rusts in ordinary water.My feelings about science have really changed. I neve

45、r used to enjoy science，but last year I changed schools，and the science teachers at my new school are excellent. The science facilities are very good，with laboratories that have all the latest equipment. Our chemistry teacher，Mr Longford，takes us to public science lectures about four times a term，an

46、d these are always very interesting， as the lecturers are people who have made real discoveries in their area of science. The fact is，Canada has many first-class scientists. In the last twenty years，seven Canadian scientists have won the Nobel Prize！The Nobel Prize is the highest scientific prize th

47、ere is，so we should be very proud of that. Im becoming more and more interested in physics，and have decided that I want to study it at university. Im going to try to go to either Montreal or Ottawa University，as both are supposed to have good Physics Departments. My parents are astonished. They alwa

48、ys thought I would become an English teacher！Module 1   Our Body and Healthy HabitsZhou Kai (1) When Zhou Kais mother saw him heading towards the front door  without a jacket 

49、on, she eyed him anxiously. “Zhou Kai, where are you going?” she asked. “To the park. Im going to play football,” said Zhou Kai. “But its raining! Youll catch&#

50、160;a bad cold,” said his mother. “No, I wont. Ill be fine,” said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door. “Zhou Kai, youll get ill. You know you will. You ca

51、n at least go and get your jacket.”   “OK, OK” Zhou Kai went and did as he was told. Zhou Kai (2) My mother has always made sure we eat very

52、 healthily, and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet. We live near the sea and we have fish about four times a week. We do

53、nt eat much fat or sugar. A lot of my school friends eat sweets every day but Im lucky because I dont have a sweet tooth - Id rather eat a nice&#

54、160;piece of fruit. And Im not too heavy, so I never have to diet or anything like that. Im quite healthy. I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for 

55、;me, I had a bad cold and a bit of a fever last week. But thats because I was stupid enough to play football in the rain. I dont often get things

56、 like flu either. Last winter almost all my class mates got flu -but I didnt.  I think I dont get these things because I take a lot of exercise a

57、nd am very fit. Two years ago I broke my arm playing football.  The injury was quite painful and I couldnt move my arm for month -I hated that. So

58、0;as you can see from what Ive said, Im a normal kind of person.  But theres one thing I really love - Im crazy about football. Im captain of the clas

59、s team at school and Im also a member of the Senior High team.Because of this, I make sure that I have a good diet, and as Ive said, this isnt a&

60、#160;problem because my mother feeds us so well. Module 2      No DrugsMy name is Adam Rouse. I'm 19 years old and I used to be a drug a

61、ddict. I first started using drugs when I was 15. I bought cannabis from a man in the street.  I continued to buy cannabis from the same man for about

62、 six months.  One day, he offered me some crack cocaine. Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug.  Some drug users inject cocaine, others smoke it. Both ways

63、0;are dangerous.  Users who inject the drug are also in more danger if they share needles with other users.    Crack cocaine is the most addictive form

64、0;of cocaine.  Users become addicted to crack cocaine much more easily if they smoke it.  Smoking allows cocaine to reach the brain very quickly.  When I w

65、ent back to the man again, I wanted more crack cocaine.  But he asked me for a lot of money.  I didn't have enough money so he didn't give

66、0;me any drugs. I was in terrible pain.      The next day, I broke into a house and stole a television and a video recorder. I took them to&

67、#160;the drug dealer.  He told me to take them to a shop in a nearby street. The man in the shop gave me some money. I took the money to the 

68、;drug dealer and he gave me some more crack cocaine.  Using cocaine increases the user's heart rate and blood pressure. As a result, cocaine users sometimes have

69、 heart attacks.  Smoking crack cocaine also causes anti-social behaviour.  By this time, I was addicted to crack cocaine. If I didn't have any drugs, I was&

70、#160;in terrible pain. And I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs.  One day, the police took me to the police station. The next day, 

71、a doctor came to see me.  He told me that I could die if I didn't stop taking crack cocaine, so I took his advice and stopped immediately.  Now

72、60;I work in a centre for drug addicts, helping others to stop taking drugs.Module 3 MusicHaydn 海顿Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) was an Austrian composer and is known as 

73、;"the father of the symphony". Other composers had written symphonies before Haydn, but he changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.  He

74、0;was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court

75、 of a prince in eastern Austria, where he became director of music. Having worked there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful.  

76、;Mozart 莫扎特Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was a composer, possibly the greatest musical genius of all time. He only lived 35 years and he composed more than&#

77、160;600 pieces of music.  Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. His father Leopold was a musician and orchestra conductor. Wolfgang had musical talent from a very ea

78、rly age. He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four, he started composing music when he was five, and when he was six, he played the harpsichord i

79、n a concert for the Empress of Austria. By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orches

80、tras. While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star and toured Europe giving concerts. Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him.&

81、#160;"He is the greatest composer the world has known," he said the two were friends until Mozart's death in 1791. Beethoven 贝多芬Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 

82、;1827) was born in Bonn, Germany.He showed musical talent when he was very young, and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer.

83、60;Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him. "He will give something wonderfulto the world," he said.  Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed&#

84、160;by the older man. After they had known each other for many years, Beethoven said, "He is a good composer, but he has taught me nothing." However, it

85、60;was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna. Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for the rest of his life. As he 

86、grew older, he began to go deaf. He became completely deaf during the last years of his life, but he continued composing.Module 4 Fine Arts-Western Chinese and Pop&#

87、160;Arts A This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.  Picasso and another paint

88、er, George Braque, started Cubism, one of the most important of all modern art movements. Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object&

89、#160;or person showing at the same time.B   This painting by contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) is a world famous example of pop art.  Pop art (from the word "popular") was an important modern art movement that aimed to show ordin