普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修9 Unit 1 Breaking records

Glance quickly at the headlines of the short newspaper articles and match the pictures with the articles. Write the correct headline above each picture. A_____ B______ C______ D______ E______ F______A Biggest porker ever LIAONING 23 February 2004: A

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修9 Unit 3 Australia-Readin

GLIMPSES OF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA Capital: Canberra Offcial name: Commonwealth of Australia Area: 7,686,850 km2 Population: 20 million Highest point: Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 metres above sea level Lowest point: Lake Eyre, 15 metres below sea level Aus

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 4 Making the news-

MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT Unforgettable, says new journalist Never will Zhou Yang (ZY) forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper. His discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin (HX), was to strongly influence his life as a jo

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修7 Unit 1 Living well - Us

A LETTER TO AN ARCHITECT Look at the pictures. Discuss the problems that people with walking difficulties might have in a cinema. Ms L Sanders Alice Major Chief architect 64 Cambridge Street Cinema Designs Bankstown 44 Hill Street Bankstown 24 Septe

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修1 Unit 2 English around t

STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the ra

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3 Unit 1 Festivals around

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had c

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修4 Unit 5 Theme parks-Usin

Last week I took a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, and was pulled into a black hole. Then I took a trip to Brazil and experienced surviving an airplane crash in the jungle. After that, I joined some divers and went to the bot

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修8 Unit 4 Pygmalion-Readin

MAIN CHARACTERS: Eliza Doolittle (E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself Professor Higgins (H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person's English decides his/her position in society Colonel Pickering (CP): a

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修8 Unit 4 Pygmalion-Using

Act Two, Scene 1 MAKING THE BET It is 11am in Henry Higgins' house the next day. Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering are sitting deep in conversation. H: Do you want to hear any more sounds? CP: No, thank you. I rather fancied myself because I can p

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 5 First aid-Using

HEROIC TEENAGER RECEIVES AWARD Seventeen-year-old teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night in Rivertown for giving lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife attack. John was presented with his award a

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修7 Unit 1 Living well - Re

At the age of 25, Zhang Yuncheng achieved his ambition to write and publish a book. Having a book published is a great achievement for anyone, but Zhang Yuncheng's success is particularly special. Yuncheng went to school for only one day and he did n

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修6 Unit 4 Global warming-U

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING? Dear Earth Care, I am doing a project on behalf of my school about global warming. Sometimes I feel that individuals can have little effect on such huge environmental problems. However, 1 still think people shoul

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修7 Unit 4 Sharing- Reading

Dear Rosemary, Thanks for your letter, which took a fortnight to arrive. It was wonderful to hear from you. I know you 're dying to hear all about my life here, so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about. You as

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修7 Unit 2 Robots - Using L

Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. But he is best known for his science fiction stories. Asimov h

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修8 Unit 1 A land of divers

CALIFORNIA California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of t

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修2 Unit1 Cultural relics-R

His friends and family call him Big Feng because he is very tall and played basketball as a young man. But he is also big in a different way- he fights hard to protect China's past. His real name is Feng Jicai and he has written many novels about li

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3 Unit 2 Healthy eating-R

Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated. It had been a very strange morning. Usually he got up early and prepared his menu of barbecued mutton kebabs, roast pork, stir-flied vegetables and fried rice. Then by lunchtime they wou

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3 Unit 2 Healthy eating-U

A week later, Wang Peng's restaurant was nearly full and he felt happier. Perhaps he would be able to earn his living after all and not have to close his restaurant. He did not look forward to being in debt because his restaurant was no longer popul

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修2 Unit 3 Computers-Using

I'm part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I'm as big as a human. In fact, I look like one too. On the football team I'm a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My comp

普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修2 Unit 3

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical mac