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1 . English in the World
Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English, and it
belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English
exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while
the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this number the people who
have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.
English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for
conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and
medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events,
radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.
世界上的英语
有人说英语已不再属于英国人了，它属于全世界。据估计，使用英语的人超过 七亿五千万，其中大约有三
亿五千万是以英语为母语的人，而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。如果我 们再加上已经掌握英语到一
定程度的人，这个总数将接近十亿。
英语，作为进行国际业务和外 交的工具，在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、
空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛 事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。
estimate 估计 exceed 超过 native 本族的，本国的
official 官方的 acquire 掌握 to some extent 达到某种程度
billion 千万 increasingly 越来越多地 medium 工具，手段
conduct 实行，执行 international 国际的 diplomacy 外交
medicine 医药 communication 通信 event 事件

2. A Friend
When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try
to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot
guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?
You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to
pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with
you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It is
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a dictionary.
You can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how
to use it.
朋友
当你读英语书时， 你经常会碰到新单词。你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思，但是
当你无法猜出这些词的意思时， 你该怎么办呢？
这时你有一个好朋友。从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法等。这个朋友可 以经常
伴你左右，你可以经常请他帮忙。你知道这个朋友是谁吗？他就是字典。
你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识，所以你必须学会如何使用字典。
come across 碰到 guess 猜测

3 . Learning English in England
I came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I am
going to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month.
At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English.
Now I can speak English much better, and even understand English television,
because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a
lot.
I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me for dinner
at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinese people.
Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know about my
own country.
在英国学英语
去年夏天，我来到英国。现在我在英国已经待了十一个月了。我将很快结束在 英国的学习，下个月我就将
回中国了。
一开始，我觉得很难用英语和别人交流。现在我英语说 得好多了，甚至可以看懂英语电视，这是因为我学
习很努力，老师和同学对我的帮助也很大。
现在我有许多英国朋友。一些朋友甚至邀请我去他们家吃饭。他们对中国和中国人很感兴趣。每当他们问
我许多问题时，我才意识到自己对祖国的了解是如此之少。
communicate 交流

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4. Body Language
If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak
and understand. But there is another kind of language you need to know — the
language of the body.
All over the world, people
eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their
hands together.
When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake
hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women
sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on the cheek
only). When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says
not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each
other.
身体语言
即使你会说英语， 你知道很多英文单词，你会读，会说，能听懂，但还有另外一种语言你需
要了解——那就是身体语言。
在全世界，人们都用他们的手、头和眼睛“说话”。当日本人见面时，他们相互鞠躬。印度
人见 面时他们双手合十。
当英国人和美国人第一次和别人见面时，他们互相握手。通常，他们不和熟悉的人 握手。女
人有时亲吻她们的女性朋友，男人也会亲吻女性朋友（只亲脸颊）。当男人见到男性朋友时，< br>他只微笑着说声“你好”。男人之间不会互相亲吻或牵手。即使是父子之间也不会经常亲吻
对方。

5. Hobbies
My hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I tried to collect the stamps of all
the countries, but now I collect only Greek and Indian ones because I have friends
in Greece and I live in India. Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all
interesting. When you look at stamps carefully, they teach you a lot about the
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history of other countries.
My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them
there. When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and
number. He likes train watching very much, but I don't. I went to the station with
him one day, but it wasn't interesting.
My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn't got a sewing machine, but she sews with
our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too. She makes most of her clothes,
and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.
业余爱好
我的爱好是集邮。开始时，我设法收集所有国家的邮票，但是现在我只收集希腊和印 度的，
因为我有朋友在希腊，而我生活在印度。我的一些邮票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。当你仔细
看邮票时，它们会教你很多其他国家的历史。
我兄弟的爱好是看火车。他去我们的车站，在那里看 火车。当一辆车进站时，他写下车名和
车号。他非常喜欢看火车，但我不喜欢。一天，我和他一起去车站 ，但那一点都不有趣。
我姐姐的爱好是缝纫。她没有缝纫机，但她用妈妈的。有时她也用手缝。她大 多数的衣服是
她自己做的，当我扯破衬衣或裤子时，我就把它们拿给她补。
engine 火车头 sewing 缝纫 tear 撕破 mend 修补

6 Climbing Mountains
Do you like climbing mountains? My friend Ted does. He has never climbed a
dangerous mountain, but he has climbed some quite big and difficult ones. He
began to climb rocks when he was a small boy. Ted liked it very much and he did
not get very tired. The next year his father took him up some mountains in
Scotland, and he was very happy.
Last summer holidays, Ted's uncle invited him to go to Switzerland. The
mountains are high there. They went to Switzerland by train and had a very good
holiday. They climbed several mountains. At the end of the holiday he said to Ted,
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Now Ted wants to go to China to climb some of the very high peaks in the
Himalayas, but he is still too young and also he hasn't got enough money. Perhaps
one day he will become rich, and then he will go to China.
爬山
你喜欢爬山吗？我朋友特德喜欢。他从没爬过危险的山 ，但他曾爬过一些很大很难爬的山。当他还是个小
男孩的时候，他就开始攀登岩石了。特德很喜欢这个运 动，一点也不感到疲倦。第二年，他父亲带他登上
苏格兰的一些山，他非常开心。
去年暑 假，特德的叔叔邀请他去瑞士。那里的山很高。他们乘火车去了瑞士，过了一个非常愉快的假期。
他们爬 了几座山。在假期结束时，叔叔对特德说：“你还很年轻，但你已经爬得很好了。”特德听了很高
兴。
现在，特德想去中国，爬上喜玛拉雅山最高的山峰，但他年纪还太小，而且没有足够的钱。也许有一天 他
会变得富有，然后他就可以去中国了。
Switzerland 瑞士 peak 山顶 Himalayas 喜马拉雅山

7. A Visit to the City Centre
On their first day in the capital, Diana and Peter visited the Old Tower which
stood on a hill near the city centre. There were stairs leading to the top, but Diana
and Peter decided to take the lift. At the top there was a cafe and a balcony where
visitors could stand and enjoy the view. It was magnificent — you could see the
whole city, the river and the hills beyond.
On their way back from the Tower, Diana and Peter went past the main square in
the city centre. They stopped at a stall to have some orange juice, and sat and
watched the traffic for a while. The square was very busy, with cars, buses,
bicycles and pedestrians going in all directions. In the centre of the square there
was a policeman controlling the traffic.
游览市中心
戴安娜和彼特第一天游览了首都市容，去了市中心附近小山上的古塔。古塔有楼 梯直通塔顶，
但戴安娜和彼特决定乘坐电梯。塔顶有一个咖啡厅和观光平台，游客可以俯瞰市容。这儿的
景色很美丽——整座城市尽收眼底，还有远处的河流和群山。
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在从古塔回来的路上，戴安娜和彼特游览了市中心广场。他们在一个小摊贩前 停下喝果汁，
坐下小歇一会，观赏街上的车水马龙，广场上小汽车、公共汽车、自行车和行人络绎不绝，
广场中心一位警察在指挥交通。
stair 楼梯 take the lift 乘电梯
balcony 阳台 magnificent 壮观的
stall 摊点 pedestrian 行人
control 控制

8. A Bus Ride
One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had
a big bag in her hand. d,
myself.
When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up
quickly saying, sit lady thanked him and sat down. She
looked very happy.
I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus. Suddenly
a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my seat to her.
The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian, and was a student
studying Chinese culture in China.
乘公共汽车
一天，我在一辆公共汽车上。我发现一位年长的妇人站在我的面前，她手里拿了个大包。“帮
助 老人是年轻人的美德。”我对自己说。
当我正要站起来把自己的座位让给那位老妇人时，一个年轻的 外国人很快站了起来，说：“请
这里坐。”老妇人谢谢他，然后坐下，她看上去非常高兴。
我有一点尴尬，因为我坐在车厢的中间。突然一个孕妇上了车。我很快地站起来把座位让给
了她。那个外 国人笑着看着我，他说他是澳大利亚人，正在中国学习中国文化。
ride 骑马、骑脚踏车或乘坐公共交通工具旅行 elderly 年长的
virtue 美德 pregnant 怀孕的



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a Strange City
If you go out by yourself in a strange city, you might get lost. What should you do?
How can you find your way? Of course, if you never go out alone, you won't get
lost, but you will also miss a lot of good experiences.
One thing you can do in case you get lost is take a map along. It might also be a
good idea to take a card from your hotel, so you have the hotel's address. If the
map doesn't help you, or if you forget to take one, you must ask how to get where
you're going. You can ask, for example,
Nova Hotel?
shops are often helpful when you ask directions.
在一个陌生的城市里 < br>如果你在陌生的城市里一个人出去走走，你可能会迷路。那你该怎么办呢？你该如何找到路
呢？当 然，如果你从来不独自出门，你不会迷路，但是你将会错过许多很好的经历。
为了防止迷路，你能做 的一件事就是随身携带一份地图。随身带一张酒店的卡片也是个好主
意，这样你就知道酒店的地址了。如 果地图帮不了你，或者你忘记带地图了，你必须向他人
问路。例如，你可以问“Nova酒店在哪里？” 或者问“我该怎么走才能到Nova酒店？”或
者问“您知道Nova酒店在哪里吗？”当你要问路时， 警察或商店的店员通常会帮助你。
get lost 迷路 experience 经历 in case 如果，万一









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10. A School Outing
The date for school outing was set for June 20th. The principal told us it would
cost six dollars each. year,said, will go by train. This is a change
from last year.
We assembled at the school at 9 o'lock, and by 9:30 we were aboard the train. It
was a good arrangement. Each car held two classes. Three cars were added to the
regular train so that there would be enough room for other passengers. As our
classes were only about thirty each, there was plenty of room.
We arrived at our destination by twelve, and each class went with its teacher to
lunch. Then the guides came and took us for a tour of West Point and finally we
stopped at a small river where we had snacks.
We were on the train again by six o'lock. We never needed the raincoats everyone
was carrying.
一次学校旅行 学校旅行的日子定在六月二十日。校长告诉我们，每个人要花六美元。“今年，”他说，“我
们将乘 火车去。这与去年不同。”
我们九点在学校集合，九点半我们上了火车。这是个很好的安排。每个 车厢可以容纳两个班。
在常规列车上，加挂了三节车厢，这样其他的乘客也有足够的空间。因为我们每个 班大约有
三十人，所以有足够的地方。
我们十二点到达目的地，每个班和他们的老师一起去 吃午饭。然后导游来带我们去游览西点
军校，最后在小河边停下来，我们在那儿吃点心。
到六点钟，我们又登上了火车。我们根本没用上我们每个人都带的雨衣。

outing 外出，旅行 principal 负责人，校长 assemble 集合
arrangement 安排 regular 定期的 passenger 乘客，旅客
destination 目的地 guide 导游


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11. A Forgetful Person
Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot things. So then he went
out, his wife always said to him,
One day he went on a long trip alone. He went to the station and bought a
he boarded the train.
About an hour later, the conductor began to check tickets. He came to the old man
and said,
in all his pockets, but he could not find it.
find it,
buy another ticketsaid the conductor kindly, but the old man still looked
worried and said,
am I going?
一个健忘的人
从前，在一个镇里 住着一位老人。他总是忘记事情。所以当他出门时，他的妻子总是对他说，
“不要忘记这个。”
一天，他要独自出趟远门。他去火车站买了票。随后，他上了火车。
大约一小时后，乘务员 开始查票。他走到老人面前说：“可以把你的票给我看一下吗？”老
人翻遍了口袋，怎么也找不到他的票 。“我肯定买了票，但我找不到了。”老人说。“我相
信你买了票。好吧。你不用补票了。”乘务员和善 地说。但是老人看上去仍然非常着急，他
说：“如果我找不到我的票，我就记不起该在哪个站下车。我是 要去哪里呢？”
forgetful 健忘的 board 上（船、飞机等）
conductor 乘务员，售票员 surely 肯定地





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12. Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the
world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year
to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February
19.
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the
rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A
Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was
named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to
the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the
ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the
characteristics of that animal.
春节
对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。
公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日到 2 月 19 日 之间。
在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗
和猪 。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根
据动物们到达终点 的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达
终点！
中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征
lunar 月(亮)的 exact 确切的 calendar 日历
rat 鼠 ox 公 牛 rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊 rooster 公鸡 legend 传说
name after 按....命名 particular 特殊的 characteristic 特征
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1 . English in the World
Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English, and it
belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English
exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while
the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this number the people who
have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.
English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for
conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and
medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events,
radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.
世界上的英语
有人说英语已不再属于英国人了，它属于全世界。据估计，使用英语的人超过 七亿五千万，其中大约有三
亿五千万是以英语为母语的人，而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。如果我 们再加上已经掌握英语到一
定程度的人，这个总数将接近十亿。
英语，作为进行国际业务和外 交的工具，在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、
空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛 事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。
estimate 估计 exceed 超过 native 本族的，本国的
official 官方的 acquire 掌握 to some extent 达到某种程度
billion 千万 increasingly 越来越多地 medium 工具，手段
conduct 实行，执行 international 国际的 diplomacy 外交
medicine 医药 communication 通信 event 事件

2. A Friend
When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try
to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot
guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?
You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to
pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with
you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It is
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a dictionary.
You can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how
to use it.
朋友
当你读英语书时， 你经常会碰到新单词。你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思，但是
当你无法猜出这些词的意思时， 你该怎么办呢？
这时你有一个好朋友。从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法等。这个朋友可 以经常
伴你左右，你可以经常请他帮忙。你知道这个朋友是谁吗？他就是字典。
你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识，所以你必须学会如何使用字典。
come across 碰到 guess 猜测

3 . Learning English in England
I came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I am
going to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month.
At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English.
Now I can speak English much better, and even understand English television,
because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a
lot.
I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me for dinner
at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinese people.
Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know about my
own country.
在英国学英语
去年夏天，我来到英国。现在我在英国已经待了十一个月了。我将很快结束在 英国的学习，下个月我就将
回中国了。
一开始，我觉得很难用英语和别人交流。现在我英语说 得好多了，甚至可以看懂英语电视，这是因为我学
习很努力，老师和同学对我的帮助也很大。
现在我有许多英国朋友。一些朋友甚至邀请我去他们家吃饭。他们对中国和中国人很感兴趣。每当他们问
我许多问题时，我才意识到自己对祖国的了解是如此之少。
communicate 交流

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4. Body Language
If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak
and understand. But there is another kind of language you need to know — the
language of the body.
All over the world, people
eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their
hands together.
When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake
hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women
sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on the cheek
only). When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says
not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each
other.
身体语言
即使你会说英语， 你知道很多英文单词，你会读，会说，能听懂，但还有另外一种语言你需
要了解——那就是身体语言。
在全世界，人们都用他们的手、头和眼睛“说话”。当日本人见面时，他们相互鞠躬。印度
人见 面时他们双手合十。
当英国人和美国人第一次和别人见面时，他们互相握手。通常，他们不和熟悉的人 握手。女
人有时亲吻她们的女性朋友，男人也会亲吻女性朋友（只亲脸颊）。当男人见到男性朋友时，< br>他只微笑着说声“你好”。男人之间不会互相亲吻或牵手。即使是父子之间也不会经常亲吻
对方。

5. Hobbies
My hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I tried to collect the stamps of all
the countries, but now I collect only Greek and Indian ones because I have friends
in Greece and I live in India. Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all
interesting. When you look at stamps carefully, they teach you a lot about the
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history of other countries.
My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them
there. When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and
number. He likes train watching very much, but I don't. I went to the station with
him one day, but it wasn't interesting.
My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn't got a sewing machine, but she sews with
our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too. She makes most of her clothes,
and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.
业余爱好
我的爱好是集邮。开始时，我设法收集所有国家的邮票，但是现在我只收集希腊和印 度的，
因为我有朋友在希腊，而我生活在印度。我的一些邮票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。当你仔细
看邮票时，它们会教你很多其他国家的历史。
我兄弟的爱好是看火车。他去我们的车站，在那里看 火车。当一辆车进站时，他写下车名和
车号。他非常喜欢看火车，但我不喜欢。一天，我和他一起去车站 ，但那一点都不有趣。
我姐姐的爱好是缝纫。她没有缝纫机，但她用妈妈的。有时她也用手缝。她大 多数的衣服是
她自己做的，当我扯破衬衣或裤子时，我就把它们拿给她补。
engine 火车头 sewing 缝纫 tear 撕破 mend 修补

6 Climbing Mountains
Do you like climbing mountains? My friend Ted does. He has never climbed a
dangerous mountain, but he has climbed some quite big and difficult ones. He
began to climb rocks when he was a small boy. Ted liked it very much and he did
not get very tired. The next year his father took him up some mountains in
Scotland, and he was very happy.
Last summer holidays, Ted's uncle invited him to go to Switzerland. The
mountains are high there. They went to Switzerland by train and had a very good
holiday. They climbed several mountains. At the end of the holiday he said to Ted,
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Now Ted wants to go to China to climb some of the very high peaks in the
Himalayas, but he is still too young and also he hasn't got enough money. Perhaps
one day he will become rich, and then he will go to China.
爬山
你喜欢爬山吗？我朋友特德喜欢。他从没爬过危险的山 ，但他曾爬过一些很大很难爬的山。当他还是个小
男孩的时候，他就开始攀登岩石了。特德很喜欢这个运 动，一点也不感到疲倦。第二年，他父亲带他登上
苏格兰的一些山，他非常开心。
去年暑 假，特德的叔叔邀请他去瑞士。那里的山很高。他们乘火车去了瑞士，过了一个非常愉快的假期。
他们爬 了几座山。在假期结束时，叔叔对特德说：“你还很年轻，但你已经爬得很好了。”特德听了很高
兴。
现在，特德想去中国，爬上喜玛拉雅山最高的山峰，但他年纪还太小，而且没有足够的钱。也许有一天 他
会变得富有，然后他就可以去中国了。
Switzerland 瑞士 peak 山顶 Himalayas 喜马拉雅山

7. A Visit to the City Centre
On their first day in the capital, Diana and Peter visited the Old Tower which
stood on a hill near the city centre. There were stairs leading to the top, but Diana
and Peter decided to take the lift. At the top there was a cafe and a balcony where
visitors could stand and enjoy the view. It was magnificent — you could see the
whole city, the river and the hills beyond.
On their way back from the Tower, Diana and Peter went past the main square in
the city centre. They stopped at a stall to have some orange juice, and sat and
watched the traffic for a while. The square was very busy, with cars, buses,
bicycles and pedestrians going in all directions. In the centre of the square there
was a policeman controlling the traffic.
游览市中心
戴安娜和彼特第一天游览了首都市容，去了市中心附近小山上的古塔。古塔有楼 梯直通塔顶，
但戴安娜和彼特决定乘坐电梯。塔顶有一个咖啡厅和观光平台，游客可以俯瞰市容。这儿的
景色很美丽——整座城市尽收眼底，还有远处的河流和群山。
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在从古塔回来的路上，戴安娜和彼特游览了市中心广场。他们在一个小摊贩前 停下喝果汁，
坐下小歇一会，观赏街上的车水马龙，广场上小汽车、公共汽车、自行车和行人络绎不绝，
广场中心一位警察在指挥交通。
stair 楼梯 take the lift 乘电梯
balcony 阳台 magnificent 壮观的
stall 摊点 pedestrian 行人
control 控制

8. A Bus Ride
One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had
a big bag in her hand. d,
myself.
When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up
quickly saying, sit lady thanked him and sat down. She
looked very happy.
I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus. Suddenly
a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my seat to her.
The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian, and was a student
studying Chinese culture in China.
乘公共汽车
一天，我在一辆公共汽车上。我发现一位年长的妇人站在我的面前，她手里拿了个大包。“帮
助 老人是年轻人的美德。”我对自己说。
当我正要站起来把自己的座位让给那位老妇人时，一个年轻的 外国人很快站了起来，说：“请
这里坐。”老妇人谢谢他，然后坐下，她看上去非常高兴。
我有一点尴尬，因为我坐在车厢的中间。突然一个孕妇上了车。我很快地站起来把座位让给
了她。那个外 国人笑着看着我，他说他是澳大利亚人，正在中国学习中国文化。
ride 骑马、骑脚踏车或乘坐公共交通工具旅行 elderly 年长的
virtue 美德 pregnant 怀孕的



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a Strange City
If you go out by yourself in a strange city, you might get lost. What should you do?
How can you find your way? Of course, if you never go out alone, you won't get
lost, but you will also miss a lot of good experiences.
One thing you can do in case you get lost is take a map along. It might also be a
good idea to take a card from your hotel, so you have the hotel's address. If the
map doesn't help you, or if you forget to take one, you must ask how to get where
you're going. You can ask, for example,
Nova Hotel?
shops are often helpful when you ask directions.
在一个陌生的城市里 < br>如果你在陌生的城市里一个人出去走走，你可能会迷路。那你该怎么办呢？你该如何找到路
呢？当 然，如果你从来不独自出门，你不会迷路，但是你将会错过许多很好的经历。
为了防止迷路，你能做 的一件事就是随身携带一份地图。随身带一张酒店的卡片也是个好主
意，这样你就知道酒店的地址了。如 果地图帮不了你，或者你忘记带地图了，你必须向他人
问路。例如，你可以问“Nova酒店在哪里？” 或者问“我该怎么走才能到Nova酒店？”或
者问“您知道Nova酒店在哪里吗？”当你要问路时， 警察或商店的店员通常会帮助你。
get lost 迷路 experience 经历 in case 如果，万一









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10. A School Outing
The date for school outing was set for June 20th. The principal told us it would
cost six dollars each. year,said, will go by train. This is a change
from last year.
We assembled at the school at 9 o'lock, and by 9:30 we were aboard the train. It
was a good arrangement. Each car held two classes. Three cars were added to the
regular train so that there would be enough room for other passengers. As our
classes were only about thirty each, there was plenty of room.
We arrived at our destination by twelve, and each class went with its teacher to
lunch. Then the guides came and took us for a tour of West Point and finally we
stopped at a small river where we had snacks.
We were on the train again by six o'lock. We never needed the raincoats everyone
was carrying.
一次学校旅行 学校旅行的日子定在六月二十日。校长告诉我们，每个人要花六美元。“今年，”他说，“我
们将乘 火车去。这与去年不同。”
我们九点在学校集合，九点半我们上了火车。这是个很好的安排。每个 车厢可以容纳两个班。
在常规列车上，加挂了三节车厢，这样其他的乘客也有足够的空间。因为我们每个 班大约有
三十人，所以有足够的地方。
我们十二点到达目的地，每个班和他们的老师一起去 吃午饭。然后导游来带我们去游览西点
军校，最后在小河边停下来，我们在那儿吃点心。
到六点钟，我们又登上了火车。我们根本没用上我们每个人都带的雨衣。

outing 外出，旅行 principal 负责人，校长 assemble 集合
arrangement 安排 regular 定期的 passenger 乘客，旅客
destination 目的地 guide 导游


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11. A Forgetful Person
Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot things. So then he went
out, his wife always said to him,
One day he went on a long trip alone. He went to the station and bought a
he boarded the train.
About an hour later, the conductor began to check tickets. He came to the old man
and said,
in all his pockets, but he could not find it.
find it,
buy another ticketsaid the conductor kindly, but the old man still looked
worried and said,
am I going?
一个健忘的人
从前，在一个镇里 住着一位老人。他总是忘记事情。所以当他出门时，他的妻子总是对他说，
“不要忘记这个。”
一天，他要独自出趟远门。他去火车站买了票。随后，他上了火车。
大约一小时后，乘务员 开始查票。他走到老人面前说：“可以把你的票给我看一下吗？”老
人翻遍了口袋，怎么也找不到他的票 。“我肯定买了票，但我找不到了。”老人说。“我相
信你买了票。好吧。你不用补票了。”乘务员和善 地说。但是老人看上去仍然非常着急，他
说：“如果我找不到我的票，我就记不起该在哪个站下车。我是 要去哪里呢？”
forgetful 健忘的 board 上（船、飞机等）
conductor 乘务员，售票员 surely 肯定地





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12. Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the
world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year
to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February
19.
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the
rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A
Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was
named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to
the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the
ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the
characteristics of that animal.
春节
对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。
公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日到 2 月 19 日 之间。
在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗
和猪 。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根
据动物们到达终点 的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达
终点！
中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征
lunar 月(亮)的 exact 确切的 calendar 日历
rat 鼠 ox 公 牛 rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊 rooster 公鸡 legend 传说
name after 按....命名 particular 特殊的 characteristic 特征
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