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Unit 1 Festivals
around the world
FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
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 caught animals. At that time
people would starve if food was difficult to
find, especially during the cold winter months.
Today’s
festivals have many origins, some
religious, some seasonal, and some for special
people or events.
Festivals of the dead
Some festivals are held to honour the dead or
to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either
to
help or to do harm. For the Japanese
festival Obon, people should go to clean graves
and light
incense in memory of their
ancestors. They also light lamps and play music
because they think
that will lead the
ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people
celebrate the Day of the Dead in
early
November. On this important feast day, people eat
food in the shape of skulls and cakes
with
“bones” on them. They offer food, flowers and
gifts to the dead. The Western holiday
Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs
about the return of the spirits of dead people. It
is
now a children’s festival, when they can
dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask
for
sweets. If the neighbours do not give any
sweets, the children might play a trick on them.
Festivals to Honour People
Festivals can
also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon
Boat Festival in China honours
the famous
ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is
in memory of the arrival of
Christopher
Columbus in the New World. India has a national
festival on October 2 to honour
Mohandas
Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s
independence from Britain.
Harvest Festivals
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very
happy events. People are grateful because their
food is gathered for the winter and the
agricultural work is over. In European countries,
people
will usually decorate churches and town
halls with flowers and fruit, and will get
together to have
meals. Some people might win
awards for their farm produce, like the biggest
watermelon or the
most handsome rooster. China
and Japan have mid-autumn festivals when people
admire the
moon and in China enjoy moon-cakes.
Spring Festivals
The most energetic and
important festivals are the ones that look forward
to the end of winter
and to the coming of
spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people
eat dumplings, fish and meat
and may give
children lucky money in red paper. There are
dragon dances and carnivals, and
families
celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some
Western countries have very exciting
carnivals, which take place forty days before
Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might
include parades, dancing in the streets day
and night, loud music and colourful clothing of al
kinds. Easter is an important religious and
social festival for Christians around the world.
It
celebrates the return of Jesus from the
dead and the coming of spring and new life.
Japan’s
Cherry Blossom Festival happens a
little later. The country, covered with cherry
tree flowers,
looks as though it is covered
with pink snow.
People love to get together to
eat, drink and have fun with each other. Festivals
let us enjoy life,
be proud of our customs and
forget our work for a little while.A SAD LOVE
STORY
LI Fang was heart-broken. It was
Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet
him at the
coffee shop after work. But
she didn’t turn up. She could be with her friends
right now laughing
at him. She said she would
be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she
would keep her word.
He had looked forward to
meeting her all day, and now he was alone with his
roses and
chocolates, like a fool. Well, he
was not going to hold his breath for her to
apologize. He would
drown his sadness in
coffee.
It was obvious that the manager of the
coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave - he
wiped
the tables, then sat down and turned on
the TV - just what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese
story
about lost love.
The granddaughter
of the Goddess of Heaven visited the earth. Her
name was Zhinü, the weaving
girl. While she
was on earth she met the herd boy Niulang and they
fell in love. (“Just like me and
Hu Jin,”
thought Li Fang.) They got married secretly, and
they were very happy. (“We could be like
that,” thought Li Fang.) When the Goddess of
Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married
to a human, she became very angry and made the
weaving girl return to Heaven. Niu Lang tried
to follow her, but the river of stars, the
Milky Way, stopped him. Finding that Zhinü was
heart-broken, her grandmother finally decided
to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet
once a year. Magpies make a bridge of their
wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on
the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
People in China hope that the weather will be fine
on that day, because if it is raining, it
means that Zhinü is weeping and the couple won’t
be able
to meet. The announcer said, “This is
the story of Qiqiao Festival. When foreigners hear
about
the story, they call it a Chinese
Valentine’s story. It’s a fine day today, so I
hope you can call all
meet the one you love.”
As Li Fang set off for home, he thought, “I
guess Hu Jin doesn’t love me. I’ll just throw
these
flowers and chocolates away. I don’t
want them to remind me of her.” So he did.
As
he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his
way home, he heard a voice calling him.
There
was Hu Jin waving at him and calling, “Why are you
so late? I’ve been waiting for you for a
long
time! And I have a gift for you!”
What would
he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts! She
would never forgive him. This
would not be a
happy Valentine’s Day! Unit 2 Healthy eating
COME AND EAT HERE (I)
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-fried
vegetables and
fried rice. Then by lunchtime they would all be
sold. By now his restaurant ought
to be full
of people. But not today! Why was that? What could
have happened? He thought of his
mutton, beef
and bacon cooked in the hottest, finest oil. His
cola was sugary and cold, and his ice
cream
was made of milk, cream and delicious fruit.
“Nothing could be better,” he thought.
Suddenly he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying
by. “Hello, Lao Li,” he called. “Your usual?” But
Li
Chang seemed not to hear. What was the
matter? Something terrible must have happened if
Li
Chang was not coming to eat in his
restaurant as he always did.
Wang Peng
followed Li Chang into a new small restaurant. He
saw a sign at the door. Tired of all
that fat?
Want to lose weight?
Come inside Yong Hui’s
slimming restaurant.
Only slimming foods
served yourself thin again!
Curiosity drove
Wang Peng inside. It was full of people. The
hostess, a very thin lady, came
forward.
“Welcome,” she said. “My name is Yong Hui. I’ll
help you lose weight and be fit in two
weeks if you eat here every day.” Then
she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There were few
choices of
food and drink on it: just rice,
raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water.
Wang Peng was
amazed at this and especially at
the prices. It cost more than a good meal in his
restaurant! He
could not believe his eyes. He
threw down the menu and hurried outside. On his
way home he
thought about his own menu. Did it
make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the
library and
find out. He could not have Yong
Hui getting away with telling people lies! He had
better do some
research!
At the library
Wang Peng was surprised to find that his
restaurant served far too much fat and
Yong
Hui’s far too little. Even though her customers
might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food,
they were not eating enough energy-giving food
to keep them fit. They would become tired very
quickly. Wang Peng felt more hopeful as he
drove back home. Perhaps with a discount and a new
sign he could win his customers back. So he
wrote:
Want to feel fit and energetic?
Come and eat here! Discounts today!
Our
food gives you energy all day!
The competition
between the two restaurants was on!
COME AND
EAT HERE (II)
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 popular. He smiled as
he welcomed some
customers warmly at the door
but the smile left his face when he saw Yong Hui
walking in. She
did not look happy but glared
at him. “May I ask what you were doing in my
restaurant the other
day? I thought you were a
new customer and now I know that you only came to
spy on me and
my menu,” she shouted. “Please
excuse me,” he calmly explained, “I wanted to know
where all
my customers had gone last week. I
followed one of them and found them in your
restaurant. I
don’t want to upset you, but I
found your menu so limited that I stopped worrying
and started
advertising the benefits of my
food. Why don’t you sit down and try a meal?”
Yong Hui agreed to stay and soon they were
both enjoying dumplings and breast of chicken
cooked with garlic. When they were served the
ice cream, Yong Hui began to look ill. “I feel
sick
with all this fat and heavy food,” she
said, “I miss my vegetables and fruit.” Wang Peng
was
enjoying a second plate of dumplings so he
sighed. “Yes,” he added, “and I would miss my
dumplings and fatty pork. Don’t you get tired
quickly?” “Well, I do have to rest a lot,”
admitted
Yong Hui. “But don’t you think it
would be better if you were a bit thinner? I’m
sure you’d feel
much healthier.”
They
began to talk about menus and balanced diets.
“According to my research, neither your
restaurant nor mine offers a balanced diet,”
explained Wang Peng. “I don’t offer enough fibre
and
you don’t offer enough body-building and
energy-giving food. Perhaps we ought to combine
our
ideas and provide a balanced menu with
food full of energy and fibre.” So that is what
they did.
They served raw vegetables with the
hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than
fried them.
They served fresh fruit with the
ice cream. In this way they cut down the fat and
increased
thefibre in the meal. Their balanced
diets became such a success that before long Wang
Peng
became slimmer and Yong Hui put on more
weight. After some time the two found that their
business cooperation had turned into a
personal one. Finally they got married and live
happily
ever after.
Unit 3 The
Million Pound Bank Note
THE MILLION POUND BANK
NOTE
Act I, Scene 3
NARRATOR: It is the
summer of 1903. Two old and wealthy brothers,
Roderick and Oliver, have
made a bet. Oliver
believes that with a million pound bank note a man
could survive a month in
London. His brother
Roderick doubts it. At this moment, they see a
penniless young man
wandering on the pavement
outside their house. It is Henry Adams, an
American businessman,
who is lost in London
and does not know what he should do.
RODERICK:
Young man, would you step inside a moment, please?
HENRY: Who? Me, sir?
RODERICK: Yes, you.
OLIVER: Through the front door on your left.
HENRY: (a servant opens a door) Thanks.
SERVANT: Good morning, sir. Would you please
come in? Permit me to lead the way, sir. OLIVER:
(Henry enters) Thank you, James. That will be
all.
RODERICK: How do you do, Mr … er …?
HENRY: Adams. Henry Adams.
OLIVER: Come
and sit down, Mr Adams.
HENRY: Thank you.
RODERICK: Your are an American?
HENRY:
That’s right, from San Francisco.
RODERICK:
How well do you know London?
HENRY: Not at
all. It’s my first trip here.
RODERICK: I
wonder, Mr Adams, if you mind us asking a few
questions?
HENRY: Not at all. Go right ahead.
RODERICK: May we ask what you’re doing in this
country and what your plans are?
HENRY: Well,
I can’t say that I have any plans. I’m hoping to
find work. As a matter of fact,
I landed in
Britain by accident.
RODERICK: How is that
possible?
HENRY: Well, you see, back home I
have my own boat. About a month ago, I was sailing
out of the bay … (his eyes stare at what is
left of the brothers’ dinner on the table)
OLIVER: Well, go on.
HENRY: Oh, yes. Well,
towards nightfall I found myself carried out to
sea by a strong wind.
It was all my fault. I
didn’t know whether I could survive until morning.
The next
morning I’d just about given myself
up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.
OLIVER: And it was the ship that brought you
to England.
HENRY: Yes. The fact is that I
earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand,
whichaccounts
for my appearance. I went to the
American embassy to seek help, but …
(the
brothers smile at each other)
RODERICK: Well,
you mustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage.
HENRY: I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you,
sir.
RODERICK: Tell us, Mr Adams, what sort of
work did you do in America?
HENRY: I worked
for a mining company. Could you offer me some kind
of work here? RODERICK:
Patience, Mr Adams. If
you don’t mind, may I ask how much money you have?
HENRY: Well, to be
honest, I have none.
RODERICK: (happily) What luck! Brother, what
luck! (claps his hands together)
HENRY: Well,
it may seem lucky to you but not to me! On the
contrary, in fact. If this is
your idea of
some kind of joke, I don’t think it’s very funny.
(Henry stands up to
leave) Now if you’ll
excuse me, I think I’ll be on my way.
RODERICK: Please don’t go Mr Adams. You
mustn’t think we don’t care about you. Oliver,
give
him the letter.
OLIVER: Yes, the
letter. (gets it from a desk and gives it to Henry
like a gift) The letter. HENRY:
(taking it
carefully) For me?
RODERICK: For you. (Henry
starts to open it) Oh, no, you mustn’t open it.
Not yet. You can’t
open it until two o’clock.
HENRY: Oh, this is silly.
RODERICK: Not
silly. There’s money in it. (calls to the servant)
James?
HENRY: Oh, no. I don’t want your
charity. I just want an honest job.
RODERICK:
We know you’re hard-working. That’s why we have
given you the letter. James,
show Mr Adams
out.
OLIVER: Good luck, Mr Adams.
HENRY:
Well, why don’t you explain what this is all
about?
RODERICK: You’ll soon know. (looks at
the clock) In exactly an hour and a half.
SERVANT: This way, sir.
RODERICK: Mr
Adams, not until 2 o’clock. Promise?
HENRY:
Promise. goodbye.
Unit 4 Astronomy: the
science of the stars
HOW LIFE BEGAN ON THE
EARTH
No one knows exactly how the earth
began, as it happened so long ago. However,
according to a
widely accepted theory, the
universe began with a “Big Bang” that threw matter
in all directions.
After that, atoms began to
form and combine to create stars and other bodies.
For several billion years after the “Big
Bang”, the earth was still just a cloud of dust.
What it was
to become was uncertain until
between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the
dust settled into a
solid globe. The earth
became so violent that it was not clear whether
the shape would last or
not. It exploded
loudly with fire and rock. They were in time to
produce carbon dioxide, nitrogen,
water vapour
and other gases, which were to make the earth’s
atmosphere. What is even more
important is
that as the earth cooled down, water began to
appear on its surface.
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Water had
also appeared on other planets like Mars but,
unlike the earth, it had disappeared
later. It
was not immediately obvious that water was to be
fundamental to the development of
life. What
many scientists believe is that the continued
presence of water allowed the earth to
dissolve harmful gases and acids into the
oceans and seas. This produced a chain reaction,
which
made it possible for life to develop.
Many millions of years later, the first
extremely small plants began to appear on the
surface of
the water. They multiplied and
filled the oceans and seas with oxygen, which
encouraged the
later development of early
shellfish and all sorts of fish. Next, green
plants began to grow on land.
They were
followed in time by land animals. Some were
insects. Others, called amphibians, were
able
to live on land as well as in the water. Later
when the plants grew into forests, reptiles
appeared for the first time. They
produced young generally by laying eggs. After
that, some huge
animals, called dinosaurs,
developed. They laid eggs too and existed on the
earth for more than
140 million years.
However, 65 million years ago the age of the
dinosaurs ended. Why they
suddenly disappeared
still remains a mystery. This disappearance made
possible the rise of
mammals on the earth.
These animals were different from all life forms
in the past, because they
gave birth to young
baby animals and produced milk to feed them.
Finally about 2.6 million years ago some small
clever animals, now with hands and feet, appeared
and spread all over the earth. Thus they have,
in their turn, become the most important animals
on the planet. But they are not looking after
the earth very well. They are putting too much
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which
prevents heat from escaping from the earth into
space. As a result of this, many scientists
believe the earth may become too hot to live on.
So
whether life will continue on the earth for
millions of years to come will depend on whether
this
problem can be solved.
A VISIT TO THE
MOON
Last month I was lucky enough to have a
chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li
Yanping, an astronomer. We visited the moon in
our spaceship!
Before we left, Li Yanping
explained to me that the force of gravity would
change three times on
our journey and that the
first change would be the most powerful. Then we
were off. As the
rocket rose into the air, we
were pushed back into our seats because we were
trying to escape
the pull of the earth’s
gravity. It was so hard that we could not say
anything to each other.
Gradually the weight
lessened and I was able to talk to him. “Why is
the spaceship not falling
back to the earth?
On the earth if I fall from a tree I will fall to
the ground.” I asked. “We are too
far from the
earth now to feel its pull,” he explained, “so we
feel as if no gravity at all. When we
get
closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity
pulling us, but it will not be as strong a pull as
the
earth’s.” I cheered up immediately and
floated weightlessly around in our spaceship cabin
watching the earth become smaller and the moon
larger.
When we got there, I wanted to explore
immediately. “Come on,” I said. “If you are right,
my
weight will be less than on the earth
because the moon is smaller and I will be able to
move more
freely. I might even grow taller if
I stay here long enough. I shall certainly weigh
less!” I laughed
and climbed down the steps
from the spaceship. But when I tried to step
forward. I found I was
carried twice as far as
on the earth and fell over. “Oh dear,” I cried,
“walking does need a bit of
practice now that
gravity has changed.” After a while I got the hang
of it and we began to enjoy
ourselves.
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Leaving the moon’s gravity was not as
painful as leaving the earth’s. But returning to
the earth
was very frightening. We watched,
amazed as fire broke out on the outside of the
spaceship as
the earth’s gravity increased.
Again we were pushed hard into our seats as we
came back to land.
“That was very exhausting
but very exciting too,” I said. “Now I know much
more about gravity!
Do you think we could
visit some stars next time?” “Of course,” he
smiled, “which star would you
like to go to?”
Unit 5 CANADA- “THE TRUE NORTH”