【人教版】2019版高中英语电子课本(必修1).docx
活动方案格式-五年级上册作文
必修 1 第一单元
Reading
阅读
ANNE’S BEST
FRIEND
Do you want a friend whom you
could tell everything to, like your deepest
feelings and
thought
what you are
goi
s? Or are you afraid that your
friend would laugh at you, or would not
understand
ng through? Anne Frank wanted the
first kind, so she made her diary her best
friend.
安妮最好的朋友
你想不想有一位无话不谈能推心置腹的朋友？或者你会不会担心你的朋友会嘲笑你，
会不理解你目前的困
境呢？安妮 ?
弗兰克想要的是第一种类型的朋友，所以她把的日记视为自己最好的朋友。
Anne
lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during
World War II. Her family was Jewish so the
Nazis. She and her family hide away for
two
She said,
“I
had
to hide or they would be caught by the German
years before they were discovered. During that
time the only true friend was her diary.
don’ twant to set down a series of facts in
a diary
and I shall call my friend Kitty.
in the hiding
pla
as most
people do, but I want this diary itself
t
read how she felt after beingo be
my friend,
”Now
ce since
July 1942.
在第二次世界大战期间，安妮住在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。她一家人都是犹
太人，所以他们不得不躲藏起来，
25
个月之后才被发现。在那段时期，她的日记成了她
否则就会被德国的纳粹分子抓去。她和她的家人躲藏了
唯一忠实的朋友。她说：
“我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。我要把我的日记当作自己的朋友，我把
我的这个朋友叫做基蒂。
”现在，来看看安妮自 1942 年 7
月起躲进藏身处后的那种心情吧。
Thursday 15, June,
1944
Dear kitty,
I wonder if
it ’because I haven’t been able to be outdoors
about everything to do with nature. I can
well remember
for so long that I ’vegrown
so crazy
a deep
blue
That
’ schan
that there was a time when
sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and
flowers could never have kept me spellbound.
ged since I was
here.
1
⋯For
example,
when
it was so
warm,
I stayed awake
on
purpose
u ntil
myself.
half past eleven
one
ev
gave
far too
ening
in
order
to have a
much
light, I
didn ’daret
good look at the moon for once by
open a
window. Another
But
as
the moon
time
some
months
ago,
I
happened
to
be
upstair
downstairs
until
the
window
had
to
be shut.
entirely
in
their
power;
it
was the
s one
evening
when
the
window
was
ope n.
I didn ’got
The
dark,
rainy evening,
the wind,
the
thundering
clouds
held
me
the night face
to
face ⋯
first
time
in a
year and a half
that I ’ seend
⋯Sadly ⋯I am only able to look at nature
through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty
wind
looking through these any longer
because nature is one thing that really must
ows. It ’nos pleasure
be experienced.
Yours,
Anne
1944 年 6 月 15 日，星期四
的基蒂：
我不知道 是不是因 我太久无法出 的 故，
我 得
一切与大自然有关的事物都无比狂 。
我 得非
常清楚，以前，湛
的天空、 儿的歌唱、月光和 花，从未令我心迷神往 。自从我来到 里之后， 一切
都 了。
⋯⋯ 比如
，有一天晚上天气很暖和，我故意熬到晚上
11 点半都不睡 ，
的就是能独自好好地看看月
亮。但是因 月光太亮了，我都不敢打开窗 。
有一次，就在五个月以前的一个晚上，我碰巧在楼上，窗
是开着的，我一直呆到非关窗不可的 候才下楼去。漆黑的雨夜，刮着大 ， 雷 ， 云
，我完全被
种景象 住了。 是我一年半以来第一次
眼目睹的夜晚
⋯⋯
⋯⋯
不幸的是 ⋯⋯ 我只能透 那 是灰 的窗帘下那 兮兮的窗 看看大自然。
只能隔着窗 看那大自然
在没意思，因 大自然是需要真正体 的 西。
2
你的安妮
Using Language
语言运用
Reading and listening
读与听
1
Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of
Radio for Teenagers and predict what Miss
Wang will say. After listening, check and
discuss her advice.
Dear Miss
Wang,
I am having some trouble with my classmates
at the moment. I ’mgetting along well with a
boy
in my class. We often do homework
together and we enjoy helping each other. We
have
become
really good friends.
But other students have started gossiping. They
say that this boy and I have fal
len in
love. This has made me angry. I don’ twant to
end the friendship,
What should I do?
but I hate others gossiping.
Yours,
Lisa
1 读读琳达为青少年写给电台王小组的
这封信，然后王小姐可能会怎么说。听完录音之后，核对并讨论
她的建议。
亲爱的王小姐：
现在我同班上的同学有些麻烦事。 我跟我们班里的一位男同学一直相处的很好。
我们常常一起做家庭作业，
而且很乐意互相帮助。我们成了真正好朋友。
可是，其他同学却在背后议论起来，他们说我和这位男同学在谈
恋爱，这使我很生气。我不想中断这段友谊，但是，我又讨厌人家背后说闲话。我该怎么办呢？
你的莉萨
Reading and writing
读与写
3
Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong.
He is also asking for some advice. Read the
l
etter on the right carefully and
help Miss Wang answer it.
王小姐收到小冬的一封来信。小冬是要征求一些意见。仔细阅读右边的信，然后帮王小姐回复。
Dear
Miss
Wang,
I ’ma student from Huzhou
Senior High School. I have a
problem. I ’mnot very good at commu
to
my classmates, I still find it hard to make
good
friends
but I don’ tknow
h
nicating with people.
Although
I try to
talk
with them. So I feel quite lonely
sometimes. I do want to change this situation,
ow. I would be grateful if you could give
me some advice.
Yours,
Xiaodong
亲爱的王小姐：
我是湖州高中的一名学生， 我有一个难题， 我不大善于与人们交际。
虽然我试着和班上的同学交谈，
但是，
我还是很难
跟他们成为好朋友。因此，有时候我感到十分的孤独。我确实想改变这种现状，但是我却不知道怎
么办。如果您能给我提些建议，我会非常感谢的。
你的小东
2 Decide which are the best ideas and
put them into an order. Then write down your
advice
a
nd explain how it will
help. Each idea can make one paragraph. The
following sample and the expr
essions may help
you
Dear Xiaodong,
I ’msorry
you are having trouble in making friends.
However, the situation is easy to change if
you follow my advice. Here are some tips to
help
you.
4
First,
why not ⋯?
If you do this,
⋯
Secondly, you could can ⋯
Then That way,
⋯
Thirdly, it
would be a good idea if ⋯
By doing
this,
⋯
I hope you will find
these ideas
useful.
Yours
Miss
Wang
2 决定哪些是最好并把它 按 序
起来。然后把你的建 写出来，并解 它
什么会有所帮助。每个想法可以
自成一个段落。下面的例子和表达可能 你有所帮助。
的小冬：
很 憾听 你在交朋友的 程中遇到了困 。但是，如果你听听我的建
， 种情况是很容易改 的。
些建 会 你有所帮助。
第一， 什么不
⋯⋯ 呢？
如果你 做
⋯⋯
第二，你可以 ⋯⋯
的 ⋯⋯
第三，如果
⋯⋯ 那将是个不 的主意。
5
通 做 ⋯⋯
我希望你会 些想法 你有所帮助。
你的王小姐
LEARNING TIP
学 建
It ’as good habit for you to keep a diary.
It can help you remember past events. You can
expr
ess your feelings and thoughts in it.
It will help
you improve your English if you write your
diary in
English. Why not have a
try?
写日 你来 是一个好 。
它可以帮你 住一些 去 生的事件。
你 可以在日 中表达你的情感和
思想。如果你用英 写日 的 ， 可以帮助你提高英 水平。 什么不 一 呢？
第二 元
Reading
THE ROAD TO MODERN
ENGLISH
At the end of the
16th
century,
about
five
to
seven
million
people
spoke
English.
Nearly all
of t
Later
in the
next
century,
people from
England
made
voyages
to conquer
oth
hem
lived
in
England.
er parts of the world and
because
day,
more
people
speak English as
of that,
English
began
to
be
spoken
in
many
other
countries.
To
their first,
second or
foreign
language
than
ever before.
通向 代英
之路
在 16 世 末，大 有五至七百万人 英 。几乎所有 些 英 的人都住在英格
。在其后的一个世 中，英格 人 征服
世界航海到了世界其他一些地方， 果世界的其他地方的人
也开始 英 了。今天，把英 作 自己的第一 言、第二 言
或外 来使用的人比以往任何 候都多。
Native English
speakers can understand each other even if they
don’t speak the same kind of
English.
Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you
like to see my flat?
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American Amy: Yes, I ’dlike to come up to
your apartment.
以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲不是同一种英语，他们也能彼此听懂。请看看这个例子：
英国人贝蒂：来看看我的公寓吗？
美国人艾米：好的，我来看看你的公寓吧。
So
why
has
English changed
over
time?
Actually
all
languages
change and
develop
when
cultur
es
meet
and
communicate
with each other. At
first the English
D 450 and 1150 was
very
han
the
English
different
from
spoken
in
England
between
about
A
more
on
German
t
the
English
spoken
today.
It
was
based
between
about AD 800
we
speak
at present.
Then
gradually
and
1150,
English
bec
ame less
like
German
because
those
who
ruled England
e new settlers
enriched
the
English
spoken first
Danish
and
later
French.
Thes
its
vocabulary.
So
by
the
1600’
sShake
language
and
especially
speare
was
able
to
make
use
of
a
wider
vocabulary
than
ever
before.
In
1620
some
British
settlers
moved
to
America.
Later
in the
18th
century
some
British
people
were taken
to
Australia
too.
Engli
sh
began
to
be
spoken
in
both
countries.
那么，随着时间的推移英语为什么发生了变化呢？实际上，
当不同文化相互交流渗透时，
所有的语言都会
有所发展和变化。
开始， 英格兰人在大约公元
450 年到
1150 年之间所说的英语与我们今天所说的英语很不一
样。当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础的，
不像我们现在说的英语。 后来，大约在公元
800 年至 1150
年之间，
后来说法语。 这些新来的定居者丰富
英语慢慢变得不那么像德语，
因为统治英格兰的那些人开始是说丹麦语，
了英语语言，尤其是丰富了英语词汇。所以到
17
世纪初的时候，莎士比亚能够得以使用比以往任何时候都丰
18
世纪的时候，一些英国人还被带到了澳大利亚。
富的词汇。 1620
年一些英国定居者来到了美洲，后来到了
英语也就开始在这两个国家使用。
Finally by the 19th century the
language was settled. At that time two big
changes in English s
pelling happened:
first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and
later Noah Webster wrote The Ame
rican Dictionary of the
English
elling.
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Language.
The latter gave a separate identity to American
English sp
最后到
19 世纪的时候，英语这种语言就变得稳定了。当时，英语的拼写发生了两个很大的变化：先是塞
缪尔 ?约翰逊编写了他的英语词典，后是诺亚
?韦伯斯特出版了《美国英语词典》。后者使得美式英语的拼写
有了其独特的个性。
English now is also spoken as a
foreign or second language in South Asia. For
example, India
has a very large number
of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled
India from 1765 to 1947.
During that time
English became the language for government
and Malaysia
and education. English is
also
spoke
n in Singapore and
countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today
the number of pe
ople learning English
in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China
may have the largest number of
English
learners. Will Chinese English develop its own
identity? Only time will tell.
现在英语在南亚地区也
被作为外语或第二语言使用。比如，印度就有很多人说英语说得很流利，因为在
1
765 年到 1947
年之间英国统治着印度。在此期间，英语成了印度政府和教育所用的语言。在新加坡和马来西
亚以及像非洲的南非，人们现在也说英语。当今，在中国学英语的人数
正在快速增加，事实上，中国可能是学
英语人数最多的国家。中国式英语是否也能发展成一种
具有自己独特个性的语言？这还有待时间去证明。
Using
Language
语言运用
STANDARD ENGLISH
AND
DIALECTS
What
is
standard
English?
Is
it
spoken
in
Britain, the US, Canada,
Believe
it
or
Australia,
India
and New Ze
aland?
not,
there
is
no
such
thing as
standard
English.
Many
people
believe
the
Englis
h
spoken
on
TV
and
the
radio
is
standard
English.
This is
because
in
the
early
days
of
radio,
thos
e
who
reported
the news
were
expected to speak
in the
way
people
speak.
excellent
English.
However,
on
TV
and
the
radio
you will
hear
differences
When people use words and expressions
different form
“standard language ”, it
is called
a dialec
t. American
English has many dialects, especially the
midwestern, southern, African American and
S
towns speak a little
panish
dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two
people from neighbouring
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differently. American
English has so many
dialects because people
have come from all over the wor
ld.
Geography also plays a part in making
dialects. Some people who live in the mountains
of the
eastern USA speak with an older
kind of English dialect. When Americans moved
form one place to
another, they took their
dialects with them. So people from the
mountains
speak with almost the same dialect
as people in the northwestern
in the
southeastern USA
countr
USA. The
USA is a large
y in which many different
dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move
a lot, they still recog
other ’
dialects.
nize and understan d each
什么
是标准英语？是在英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度、新西兰所说的英语吗？信不信由你，
（世
界上）没有什么标准英语。许多人认为，电视和收音机里
所说的英语就是标准英语，这是因为在早期的电台节
目里，人们期望新
闻播音员所说的英语是最好的英语。然而，在电视和收音机里，你也会听出人们在说话时的
差异。
当人们使用不同于
“标准语言
”的词语和表达时，那就叫做方言。美国英语有许多方言，特别是中西部地区
和南部地区的方言， 以及美国黑人和西班牙人的方言。
即使在美国有些地区，
两个相邻城镇的人所说的方言也
可能稍有不同。美国英语之所以有这么多的方言是因为美国人是来自世界各地的缘故。
地理位置对方言的形成也有所影响。
住在美国东部山区的一些人说着比较古老的英语方言。
当美国人从一
个地方搬到另一个地方时，
他们也就把他们的方言随着带去了。
因此，
美国东南部山区的人同美国西北部的人
所说的方言就几乎相同。美国是一个大国，有着许许多
多彼此不同的方言。虽然许多美国人经常搬家，但是他
们仍然能够辨别和理解彼此的方言。
Reading and speaking
读与说
1
Amy
and
her
American friends
to
go
there
by
underground,
are
visiting
London.
They plan
to
visit Amy’s aunt and
decide
station.
So she asks
direction
the same.
but
cannot
find the
nearest
underground
s and
then
tells
her
friends.
Read
the
dialogue and
circle
the words
that
mean
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1 艾米和她的美国朋友正在参 敦。她 划去拜 艾米的姑 ，并决定乘地 去，但是她
找不到最近的地 站。
所以她 了路，然后告 她的朋友。 ，然后圈出意思相同的 。
AMY:
Excuse me, Ma’ma. Could you tell me where the
nearest subways
is?
LADY: Er...the
underground? Well, go round the corner on your
left-hand side, straight on and c
ross
two streets. It ’bell on your
right -hand side.
AMY:
Thanks so much.
FRIENDS: What did she say,
Amy?
AMY: She told us to go
around the corner on the left and keep
he subway will be on our right.
艾米： 不起，夫人，你能告 我去最近的地 站怎么走 ？
夫人：呃 ⋯⋯ 地 ？哦，往左 拐
去，一直往前走，走 两条街，地 就是右 。
艾米：多 了。
朋友：艾米，她 什么？
艾米：她叫我
往左 拐 去，一直往前走，走 两条街，地 就是右 。
【意思相同的 】
subway←→ underground
（地 ）
right- hand side ←→ right
（右 ）
street ←→
block 街道，街区
第三 元
Travel journal
JOURNEY DOWN THE
MEKONG
10
going for two blocks.
T
straight
PART
1 THE DREAM AND THE
PLAN
My
name
is
Wang
Kun.
Ever since middle school,
my
sister Wang
Wei
and I
have
dreamed
ab
out
taking
a
ersuaded
great bike
trip.
Two
years
ago
she
bought
an
expensive
mountain
bike and
then
she
p
she
visited
our
cousins,
Dao
Wei
and
Yu
Hang
at
their
college
western
Yunnan
Province
near
the
Lancang
River, the
me
to buy one. Last year,
They
are
Dai
in
Kunming.
and grew
up
in
Chinese
part
of
the
river
that is
called
m
interested
in
the Mekong
River
in
other
countries.
Wang
Wei
soon
got
the
from
finally
got
the
chance
to
take a
bike
tri
had
the
idea
to
cycle
along
our schedule
cycling
too.
After
graduating
are
we
going?
p. I
asked
my
sister,
the
entire
Mekong
River
for
the
trip.
It
was
my
sister
who
first
from where
it begins
to where
it
ends. Now
she
is
planning
I
am
fond
of
my
sister
but
she has
one
serious
shortcoming.
She
can be
really
stubborn.
Altho
trip
prope
ugh
she
didn't
know
the
best
rly.
Now,
I
know
that
the proper
nd when are we coming
back?
way of
getting
to
places,
she
insisted
that she
organize
the
way
is
always
her
way. I
kept
asking
I
asked
her
whether
her,
are
we
leaving
a
she had looked at a map
yet. Of
course,
she
of
the Mekong
is
in
Qingh
hadn't;
my
sister
doesn't
care
about details. So
I
told her that the source
ai
Province.
She
gave me
a
determined
look — the
kind
that
said
she
When
I
told her
that
our
journey
d
to
be
excited
about
it.
When
would
not
change
her
mind.
would
begin
at
an
altitude
of more
than
5,000
metres,
she
seeme
I told
her the
air
would
be
hard
to breathe
and
it would
be
very
col
I
know my sister well. Once
d,
she
said
it
would
be
an
interesting
experience.
r
mind,
nothing
can
change
she
has
made
up
he
it. Finally,
I
had
to
give
in.
Several
months
before
our
trip,Wang
Wei
and
I went
good
maps
that
showed
details
of
world
geography.
to the
library.
We
found a large
the atlas we could see
atlas
with
Mekong
From
that
the
River
begins
in
a
glacier
on
a
Tibetan
mountain.
At
first
the river
nd
cold. Then
it
begins to
move
quickly.
It becomes
Sometimes
is small
and
the
water
is
clear
a
deep valleys,
travel
rapids as it passes through
ling
across western Yunnan Province.
eys.
We were
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the
river
becomes
a
waterfall
and
enters
wide
vall
and th
both
surprised
to
learn
that
half of
the
river
is in China.
After
it
leaves China
e high
altitude,the Mekong becomes wide ，brown and warm.
As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace sl
ows.
It makes wide bends or meanders through low
valleys to the plains where rice grows. At
last,
the river delta enters the South
China Sea.
沿湄公河而下的旅行
第一部分 梦想与计划
我的
名字叫王坤。从高中起，我姐姐和我就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前，她买了一辆价钱
昂贵的山地自行车， 然后她还说服我也买了一辆。
去年她去看望了我们的表兄弟
—
在昆明读大学的刀伟和宇航。
流经其他国家后
他们是傣族人，
在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，
湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，
就叫湄公河。很快，王薇使表兄弟也对骑车旅
行产生了兴趣。到大学毕业后，我们终于有了作一次骑车旅行的
机会。我问姐姐： “我们要去哪里？
”首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅行的是我的姐姐。现在，她正为
这次旅行制订计划。
我很喜欢我姐姐，
但是她有一个严重的缺点，
她有时确实很固执。
尽管她对到某些地方的最佳路线并不清
楚，她却坚持
要把这次旅行安排的尽善尽美。现在我知道了这个尽善尽美的方式总是她的方式。我老是问她：
“我们什么时候动身？什么时候回来？
”我问她是否已经看过地图。当然她并没有看过，我的姐姐是不会考虑细
—
这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的。
节的。于是我告诉她湄公河的源头在青海省。她给了我一个坚定的眼神
当我告诉她我们的旅行将从
5000
多米的的高地出发时，她似乎显得很兴奋。当我告诉她那里空气稀薄，呼吸
会很困难，而且天
气会很冷时，她却说这将是一次很有趣的经历。我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了决心，就
什么也不能使她改变。最后，我只好让步了。
在我们旅行前的几个月， 王薇和我去了图书馆。 我们找到了一本大型的地图册，
里面有一些世界地理的明
细图。我们从图上可以看到，湄公河
源于西藏一座山上的冰川。起初，河很小，河水清澈而冷冽，然后它开始
快速流动。它穿过深谷时就变成了急流。流经云南西部。有时，这条河形成瀑布进入宽阔的峡谷。我们惊奇的<
br>
发现这条河有一半是在中国境内。当流出中国，流出高地后，湄公河就变
宽，变暖了。河水也变成了黄褐色。
而当它进入东南亚以后，流速减慢
，河水变宽慢慢地穿过低谷，到了长着稻谷的平原。最后，湄公河三角洲的
各支流流入中国南海。
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Reading and discussing
JOURNEY DOWN
THE MEKONG
PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE
MOUNTAINS
Although
it
was autumn,
the snow
was
already
beginning
to
fall
in
legs
were
so
heav
ride
bicycles?
That's
what
y
and
cold
that
they
felt like
blocks
of
ice. Have you ever seen
snowmen
we looked
like!
Along
the
way
children
dressed
in long
wool
coats
stopped
to
look
at
us.
In
the
lat
e
afternoon
we
found
it
was so cold that our
in the
setting
sun and
looked
e
and
I
knew
I
did't
need
to
encourage
d
around
us,we
were
surprised
by
were
so
high
that
we
found
was
great
fun
especially
water
bottles
r,the
lakes
shone
like
glass
is very reliabl
Wei
rode
in
front
of
me
as
was
climb
the
mountains
hard
work
but
as
we
looke
for
one
point
we
the
seemed
to
be
able
to
see
ourselves
cycling
through
we began
going
down
the
fle
as
it
gradually
became
much
the
valleys
colourful
butterflies
w
around
us
and we
saw many yaks
and sheep
our caps,coats,gloves
eating
green
this
point
we
had
to change
and
trousers
for
T-shirts
and
shorts.
In
the early evening we
always
put her
head
down
clearer
and
stop
to
make
put
up our
tent
and
then we
s
midnig
upper
Wang Wei
ht
the
sky became
on
her
pillow
and
went
to
sleep
but
I
stayed
the stars
grew
brighter.
It was so
was
almost
no
wind-o
nly
the
flames
of
our fire
ready
travelled.
for
I lay
beneath
the
stars
I thought
about
how far
we
had
al
We
will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon,where
our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will
join
can hardly wait to see
them!
Unit 4
Earthquakes
Reading
A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T
SLEEP
Strange things were happening in
the countryside of northeast three days the
water
i
noticed that the well
walls had deep cracks in
n the village
wells rose and fell,rose and s
13
them.A
smelly gas
oo nervois
came
out
of
the
the
farmyards,the
chickens and even
the
pigs
were
t
to
ran
out
of
the
fields
looking
for
places to
jumped
out
of
their
bowls
3:00
am
on
july
28,1976,some
the
city
of
Tangshan
people
saw
bright lights in the
sound
o
and
about
f planes
could
be heard outside
even
when
no planes were in
the
the
city,who
t
city,the
water
pipes
in
some buildings
hiught
little
of
these
events,were
cracked
and
the
one million
people
of the
asleep
as
usual that
night.
At
3:42 am
everything
began
to
seemed
as
if
the
world
was
at
city
the
greatest
an end!Eleven
kilometr
es directly
below
the
earthquake
of
the
20th
century
had
was
felt
in
Beijin
-third
of
the nation
felt
it.A
huge
crack
that
wide
cut
across
houses,roads
and
seconds
burst
fr
g,which
is
more
than
two
hundred
kilometres
was
eight
kilometres
om
holes
long
and
thirty metres
in the
hills
of
rock became
rivers
of
fifteen terrible
a
large city
left
without
p
lay
in
suffering
of
the
people was -thirds
of
them
died
or were
400,000.
number of
people
who
were killed
or
injured
reached
more
than
But
how
could
the
survivors
believe it
was
natural?Everywhere
of
the
city's hospitals,75%of
they
looked
nearly
everything
wa
and 90%
of
its
homes
were
g
blow
them
d
railway
tracks
were no
a
million
oigs
were
shocked.
s
its
factories
and
buildings
covered
the
ground
like
red
autumn
wind,however,could
ams
fell and
most
of
the
bridges
also
fell
or
were
not safe
for
w useless
pieces
of
of
thousands
were
of
cows would never give milk
and
millions
of chickens
Then,later
now
filled
the
wells
instead
of
that
afternoon,another
big
quake
which
was almost
as
strong
as the
first one
shook
Tang
of
the
rescue
workers
and
doctors
were
trapped
under
the
buildings
fell
down.
electricity
Water,food,and
t.
were
hard
to
begab
to
wonder
how
long
the
disaster
would
las
All
hope was not after the quakes,the army sent
150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to hel
p
the rescue ds
of
thousands of people were army organized teams to
di
of the 10,000
min
g
out those who were trapped and to bury the the
north of the city,most
14
ers were rescued from
the coal mines s
built shelters for survivors whose
homes had b
and ,the city began to
br
een
eathe again.
water was
taken to the city bu train,truck
Office of
the City Government
Tangshan,Hebei
China
July5,2007
Dear____,
Congratulations!We
are pleased to
tell you that you have won the high school
speaking competi
tion about new Tangshan.
Your speech was heard by a group of five
judges, all of whom agreed th
at it
was the best one this year. Your parents and
your school should be very proud of you!
Next month the city will open a new park to
honour those who died in the terrible disaster.
The
park will also honour those who
helped the survivors. Our office would like to
have you speak to t
is the day the
quake happened thirty-___
he park vistors
on July 28 at 11:00
_years
ago.
am. As you know,this
We
invite you to bring your family and friends on
that special
day.
Sincerely,
Zhang Sha
Unit 5
ELIAS’ STORY
My
name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in
South Africa. The time when I first met
Nelson
Mandela was a very difficult period
of my life. I was twelve
15
years
old. It was in 1952 and Mandela
was the black lawyer to
whom I went for advice. He offered guidance to
poor black people on their
legal problems.
He was generous with his time, for which I
was grateful.
I needed his help because
I had very little education. I began school at
six. The school where
I studied for only
two years was three kilometers away. I had to
leave because my family could not
fees
and the bus fare. I could not read or write
well. After trying
hard,
a
passbook to live
continue to pay the
school
I got a job in a gold
in
Johannesburg.
mine. However, this was a time
when one had got to have
Sadly I did not
have it because I was not born there, and I
worried about
wheth
er I would
become out of work.
The
day
when
Nelson
Mandela
helped
me was one of
correct
papers
so
I could
stay
in Johannesburg.
he organized
my happiest. He
told
my
how
to
get the
I
became
more
hopeful
about
my
future.
I
never
f
orgot
how
could.
He
kind
Mandela was. When
said:
the ANC
Youth
League,
I
joined
it
as soon
as
I
“The last thirty years have seen
the greatest number of laws stopping our
rights and progress,
until today we have
reached a stage where we have almost no rights
at all.
”
It
was the truth. Black
people
could
not
vote
or
choose
their
leaders.
They
could
not get the
jo
bs they
wanted.
The
parts
of town
in which
they had
to live
were
decided
by
white
people.
The
pla
were
sent to live were the
ces
outside the towns where they
could
grow food
poorest parts
of
South
Africa.
No
one
there. In
fact as
Nelson
Mandela
said:
“⋯ we were
the government.
put into a position in which we had either
to accept we w ere less important or fight
which was peaceful;
We chose to
attack the laws. We first broke the law in a
way
did we decide when this was not allowed
⋯ only then to answer violence with
violence.
As a matter of fact, I do
not like violence ⋯but in 1963 I helped him blow
up some
government
buildings. It
was very dangerous because if I was caught I
could be put in prison. But I was
happ
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y to help because I knew it would help us
achieve
our dream of making black and
white people eq
ual.
THE REST OF
ELIAS' STORY
You
cannot
imagine
how the
name of
Robben
Island
made us
afraid.
It
was
time
of my
life.
a
prison
from
whic
Mandel
little
lear
h
no
one
escaped.
There
I
spent
the
hardest
But
when I got there
Nelsom
a was also there and he
helped
me. Mr
Mandela
began
a school
for those of
us who had
and
the
evenings
when
we should
have
ning.
He
taught
us during
the lunch breaks
e
read
books
under
our
blankets
s.
I
became
a
good
student.
been
asleep. W
and
used
anything
we
could
find
to
make
candles
to
see
the
word
I wanted
to
study
for
my
degree
but
I was
not
allowed
to
do
that.
Lat
er,
Mr
Mandela
allowed
the
prison
guards
to
join
us. He
said
they
should
not be
stopped
from
stud
ying
for
their
I could
degrees.
They
were
not
cleverer
made
me
feel
than
me
,
but
they
did
pass
their
exams.
So I
knwe
get a
degree
too.
That
good
about
myself.
When
I
finished
the
four
years
in
prison,
I
went
to
find
a
job.
Since
I
was
better
educated,
I
go
t a
job
working
in
an
office.
However,
the
police
found
out
and
told my
nson
for
blowing
up
government
buildings.
So
I lost my job.
I
boss
that
I
had
been
in
pri
did
not work
again
for
twenty
years
u
wife
and
children had
to
b
ntil
M
r
Mandela
and
the
ANC
eg
for
good
came
to
power
in 1994. All that time my
Luckily
Mr Mandela
and
help
from
relatives
or
friends.
remembered
me
and
gave
me
a
to
a
g
job
taking
tourists
around
my
old
prison
on
Robben
Islannd.
I felt
bad
the
first
time
I talked
roup.
All
the
terror
and
fear
of
that time
came
back to me. I remembered
the
beatings
and
the
cru
elty
of
the
guards
and
my
friends
who had
died.
I
felt
I
would
not
be
able
to
do
it,
but
my
family
e
ncouraged
me.
They
said
that the job and the
pay
from
the
new
South
African
government
were
m
y reward
after
working
all
my
life
for
equal
rights
for
the
Blacks.
So now
at 51
I
am
proud
to
show
visitors
over
the
prison,
for
I
helped
to
make
our
people
free
in
their
own
land.
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