第一篇：fy高二英语必修五第一节课课文翻译
Unit 2 The United Kingdom
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PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY
People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.You can clarify this question if you study British history.First there was England.Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”.Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas(eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!
England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North.You find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two!It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.For historical architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.There you will find out more about British history and culture.The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings.It is the centre of national government and its administration.It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.There has been four sets of invaders of England.The first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and roads.The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government.The third, the Vikings, influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for food.If you look around the British countryside you will find evidence of all these invaders.You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom enjoyable and worthwhile.3.地理之谜
人们也许觉得奇怪，为什么用来描述英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家的词语不太一样。但如果你学过英国历史，就能弄清楚这个问题。
首先是英格兰。威尔士于13世纪同英格兰联合了起来。如今只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现威尔士总是包括在内的。接着，英格兰、威尔士同苏格兰于17世纪联合了起来，名字就改成了“大不列颠”。令人庆幸的是，当苏格兰的詹姆斯国王成为英格兰和威尔士的国王时，这三个国家和平地实现了联合。最后，英国政府打算于20世纪初把爱尔兰也同另外三个国家和平联合起来以形成联合王国。然而，爱尔兰的南部却不愿组建联合王国，它分离出去，并建立了自己的政府。因此只有北爱尔兰同英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰联合起来，而组成了联合王国，这一点从新的联合王国国旗上就可以看得出来。
值得赞扬的是，这四个国家的确在一些方面共同合作，例如在货币和国际关系方面；但是有些制度仍然区别很大。例如，北爱尔兰、英格兰和苏格兰在教育体制和立法体制上都存在着差异。在参加像世界杯之类的比赛时，它们有着各自的足球队。
在这四个国家中，英格兰是最大的。为了方便起见，它大致可以划分为三个地区。最靠近法国的那个地区叫做英格兰南部，中部地区叫做英格兰中部，最靠近苏格兰的那个地区叫做英格兰北部。你可以看到英国的大部分人口聚居在南部，而多数大工业城市都位于中部和北部。尽管，英国任何一个城市都不像中国的城市那样大，但是他们都有着自己的享有威名的足球队，有的城市甚至还有两个队。很遗憾，这些建于19世纪的工业城市对游客并没有吸引力。要找历史性建筑你得去更古老的、比较小些的由古罗马人建造的城镇。在那儿你才可能找到更多的有关英国历史和文化的东西。
最具历史意义的宝地是伦敦。那儿有博物馆，有艺术珍品、剧院、公园和各种建筑物。它是全国的政治中心。它有公元一世纪由罗马人建造的最古老的港口，有由盎格鲁——撒克逊人始建于11世纪60年代的最古老的建筑，还有公元1066年由后来的诺曼人统治者建造的最古老的城堡。曾经有四批侵略者到过英国。第一批入侵者是古罗马人，留下了他们的城镇和道路。接着是盎格鲁——撒克逊人，留下了他们的语言和政体。第三是斯堪的纳维亚人，他们对词汇和北部的地名造成了一定影响；第四是诺曼人，他们留下了城堡和食物名称的新词语。如果你到英国乡间去看看，你就会找到所有这些入侵者的痕迹。如果想使你的英国之旅不虚此行又有意义，你就必须留心观察。
第二篇：高二英语必修五课文翻译
U1John snow defeats “king cholera”
约翰 雪是伦敦的一位非常著名的医生,确实,他作为维多利亚女王的私人医生来照顾她,但是当他想到帮助暴露在霍乱王疾病下的普通人时,他变的很有灵感,在那时,这是一个致命 的疾病,不论他的感染方式还是治愈方法都无从知晓,所以每次爆发的时候都有数以千计的惊恐的人丧生.约翰 学想要面对这个挑战并且解决这个问题,他知道霍乱的起源如果无法找到,他将无法控制.他变的对可能解释霍乱如何杀人的两个学说感兴趣起来,第一个说明霍乱在空气中繁殖,一团危险的气体漂浮着直到找到他的感染者,第二个表明人们在吃饭时把疾病吸收入身体,从胃里,这病毒很快的攻击身体并且很快导致感染者死亡.约翰 雪怀疑第二个学说是正确的但他需要证据,所以当其他的霍乱在1854年的伦敦爆发时,他已经完成了他询问的准备工作,当这个疾病很快传播到穷邻居时,他开始去收集信息,在两个特别的街道,霍乱的爆发特别严重以致于有五百多人在十天内死亡,他下定了找出原因的决心.首先他在地图上标出了死去的人曾经居住过的确切地点,这给了他一个有价值的关于疾病起源的线索,在宽街上,多死去的人的居住地邻近水泵.他也注意到了一些房子没有人死去,他没有对此深究,所以,他作了一个进一步的调查,他发现这些人们工作在剑桥七街的酒吧里,他们被给予了免费的啤酒所以不需要去喝水泵里的水,看起来,应该责备的是水.接下来,约翰 雪调查这两条街的水的起源,他发现这水来自被伦敦来的污水污染过的河流,他立刻告诉宽街上惊恐的人们移开水泵的把手从而使他不能被使用,在这之后,很快这疾病就减缓了,他展示了霍乱是通过细菌来传播而不是一团气体.在伦敦的其他部分,他发现其他两个与宽街爆发有关的死亡病例来作为支持证据,一个从宽街搬走的女子,非常喜欢从那个水泵里打出的水,以致于每天她都让那水送到她家供他饮用,在喝过水后,她和她的女儿都死去了,用这个额外的证据,约翰 雪有能力确定地宣布是被污染的水带来了病毒.为了阻止霍乱的再次发生,约翰 雪建议所有的供水源头都应该被检查,卖水公司被命令不许再把人们暴露在污染的水之下,最终,”霍乱王”被击败了.第二单元 人们可能会奇怪为什么用不同的词语来描述英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家。如果你研究英国的历史，你就能够弄明白这个问题。
首先是英格兰。威尔士于公元13世纪就同英格兰联合起来了。如今只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现威尔士总是包括在内的。然后，于17世纪英格兰、威尔士同苏格兰联合起来，名字改为大不列颠。令人庆幸的是，当苏格兰的詹姆士国王成为英格兰和威尔士的国王时，这三个国家在无（军事）冲突的情况下实现了联合。最后在20世纪初通过同样的和平方式，英国政府尽力把爱尔兰也纳入进来，组成了联合王国。然而，爱尔兰的南部却不情愿这样并分离出去建立了自己的政府。因此只有北爱尔兰同英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰联合起来组成了联合王国，这一点从新的联合王国国旗（“联合杰克”）上就可以看得出来。
值得称赞的是：这四个国家在一些方面（比方说在货币和国际关系上），它们的确是共同合作的，但是有些制度仍然区别很大。例如，北爱尔兰、英格兰和苏格兰在教育体制和立法体制上都存在着差异，并且它们有着各自的足球队参加像世界杯之类的比赛！
在这四个国家中，英格兰是最大的。为了方便，它大致可以划分为三个地区。最靠近法国的那个地区叫做英格兰南部，中部地区叫英格兰中部，最靠近苏格兰的那个地区叫英格兰北部。你会发现大部分人口居住在南部，但是大部分工业城市在中部和北部。虽然就全国范围来说，这些城市都不像中国的城市那样大，但是它们都有着世界闻名的足球队，有的城市甚至还有两个队！令人遗憾的是这些建于19世纪的工业城市并不能吸引游客。要找历史性的建筑你得去罗马人建造的更古老的但是比较小的城镇。在那儿你能找到更多有关英国历史和文化的东西。第三单元 由于担心时间,张萍玉早就把的网站清单,她想看在伦敦。她第一次是去那座塔。它建于很久以前诺曼入侵者的统治者。哼!这种巨型石、广场城楼始终站在一千年虽然它周围的建筑物已经扩展的一部分,它保持皇宫和监狱的总和。让她大为吃惊的是,Pingyu发现女王的珠宝由特殊的皇室的士兵,在特殊的场合,还穿制服的时候,four-hundred-year-old女王伊丽莎白一世。
接着有圣保罗大教堂修建后的可怕的年的今天,伦敦大火1666年。刚建成的时候看起来辉煌!西敏寺,也很有趣。它包含雕像纪念死去的诗人和作家,如莎士比亚。就像她出来的Pingyu修道院,听到这个著名的钟的声音,大本钟,响起了一小时。她每天看着外面白金汉宫,在伦敦的女王。哦,她有这么多告诉她的朋友!第二天这个女孩,看到它,格林威治参观著名的时钟和旧船的世界。她最感兴趣的是那条经线。这是一个虚构的分界线东方与西方世界的一半,是非常有用的导航。它穿过格林威治,所以Pingyu有照相站线的两边。
最后一天,她参观了马克思的雕像在Highgate公墓。它似乎很奇怪的人应该生活和发展共产主义在伦敦去世。不仅如此,但是他曾在美国著名的图书阅览室大英博物馆。可悲的是图书馆从原处移动到另一个建筑和旧阅览室不见了。她很兴奋,但很多来自不同国家的珍贵文物陈列在博物馆。当她看到许多游客注视着古老漂亮的中国陶瓷和其他展品时，心里充满了对祖国的自豪感。
第二天，苹玉就要离开伦敦去温莎城堡了，她边睡觉便想也许我能梦见女王呢。第四单元
周阳永远不会忘记他在一家畅销英文报纸的第一项工作任务。他同新上司胡欣的讨论对他的记者生涯必将产生强烈的影响。
H：欢迎你，非常高兴你来参加我们的工作，你来这首先就是当助理记者。有什么问题吗？ Z：我可以马上去采访吗？
H：（笑）真是勇气可嘉！不过恐怕这不太合乎常规，还是等到你比较有经验以后吧。我们先要派你给有经验的记者当助理。以后，你才能独自进行新闻采访并提交自己的新闻稿。Z：太好了！我需要随身带些什么？我已经带了笔记本和相机。H：不需要照相机！你们将带上一名专业摄影师去拍照。你将发现你的同事们会很热情地帮助你。如果你对摄影有兴趣，以后你可以集中精力去钻研。
Z：谢谢你，对摄影我不仅仅是感兴趣，在大学我还专修过业余摄影课来更新我的技术。H：那很好嘛。
Z：我出去采访时还需要记住些什么事呢？
H：你需要有好奇心，你只有提出了许多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你需要知道的信息。我们说，一个好的记者必须有一个对新闻非常敏感的“嗅觉”。那就是说，在人们没有说出全部真相时，你必须能够判断出，并努力发现真理。记者必须通过调查研究，来使自己了解到被遗漏的那部分情况。Z：我应该注意些什么呢？
H：下面是我的行为准则：不要延误任务规定的期限，不可对人粗鲁，不可自己说的太多，务必认真倾听被采访人回答问题。
Z：为什么听人家讲话这么重要呢？
H：你得听清楚事实的细节，同时，你还要根据被采访人所说的话准备下一个问题。Z：在我记笔记的同时，怎么能仔细倾听对方的答语呢？
H：这就是我们职业的诀窍了。如果被采访人允许，你可以使用录音机录下全部的事实。如果有人提出质疑，这个也有用，你就有证据来支持自己的报道了。
Z：我明白了！你有没有过这样的情况：别人控告你的记者，说他的报道失实？
H：有的。不过这是很久以前的事了。事情是这样的：一位足球运动员被指控受贿，故意不进球，好让对方球队赢球。我们去采访他，他否认收了钱，但我们对此表示怀疑。于是我们安排这名球员和被认为行贿的人一起接受采访，而当我们看到他们在一起时，我们就从足球运动员的体态语上猜到他没有说真话。我们写了一篇文章，暗示足球运动员有罪。这事有些为难，因为如果我们错了，他就可以向我们所要赔偿。他竭力阻止我们发表这篇文章，但后来证实我们是正确的。Z：哇！那才是真正的独家新闻哩！我期盼着即将到来的首次任务。说不定我也会搞到独家新闻呢！H：也许你会的，谁知到呢。
第五单元
皮肤是身体的重要组成部分和最大的器官。每个人有三层皮肤作为防止疾病，有害物质和太阳的有害射线入侵的屏障。皮肤的功能也很复杂：让你保持合适的体温;阻止你失去过多的水份，皮肤提供给你触觉使你感知到冷,热或疼痛。所以，你可以想像，如果你的皮肤烧伤了,将是非常严重的。急救是非常重要的烧伤治疗的第一步。烧伤的原因
你可能因为各种事情而烧伤：滚烫的液体，蒸汽，火，热辐射（因为接近高温或火苗等），强烈的日光，电击或化学品。烧伤的种类
有三种类型的烧伤。分别称为一，二或三度烧伤，区别在于皮肤烧伤的深度。
◎一度烧伤，只损伤皮肤的表层。这些烧伤并不严重，一两天内便会好转。例子包括轻微的晒伤和因为触摸热锅，炉灶或铁导致的烫伤。
◎二度烧伤，损伤表皮和皮肤的第二层。这些烧伤严重，需要几个星期才能痊愈。例子包括严重晒伤和滚烫的液体引起的烧伤。
◎三度烧伤，损伤所有三层皮肤以及皮下组织和器官。例子包括电击，烧着的衣服，或严重的汽油火灾造成的烧伤。这些烧伤会引起非常严重的创伤，伤者必须马上送医院治疗。烧伤的特点 一度烧伤
◎干，红，轻度肿胀 ◎轻度疼痛 ◎按下时皮肤呈白色 二度烧伤
◎粗糙，红肿◎水泡◎表面有组织渗出液 ◎痛感强烈
三度烧伤 ◎皮肤呈黑白色伴有烧焦 ◎肿，往往可见皮下组织◎如果神经受损则很少或根本没有痛感,而受伤区域边缘的周围疼痛。
第三篇：人教版高二必修五英语课文完形填空(原创)
John Snow was a famous doctor in London-______ expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal ______(physical).But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera.This was the ______(die)disease of its day.Neither its cause ______ its cure was understood.So many thousands of terrified people died every time ______ was an outbreak.John Snow wanted to face the challenge and ______(solve)this problem.He knew that cholera would never ______(control)until its cause was found.He became interested in two theories that ______(possible)explained how cholera killed people.The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air.A cloud of dangerous gas floated ______ until it found its ______(victim).The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals.From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person died.John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct ______ he needed evidence.So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his ______(enquire).______ the disease spread quickly through poor ______(neighbor), he began to gather information.In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days.He was determined to find out why.First he marked on a map the exact places ______ all the dead people ______(live).This gave him ______ valuable clue about the cause of the disease.Many of the ______(die)were near the water pump in Broad Street(especially numbers 16, 37, 38 and 40).He also noticed that some houses(such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street)______(have)no deaths.He had not foreseen this, so he made further investigations.He discovered that these people worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street.They ______(give)free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pump.It seemed that the water was to blame.Next, John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets.He found that ______ came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London.He immediately told the astonished people in Broad Street ______(remove)the handle ______from the pump so that it could not be used.Soon afterwards the disease slowed down.He ______(show)that cholera was spread by germs and not in ______ cloud of gas.In another part of London, he found ______(support)evidence from two other deaths that ______(link)to the Broad Street outbreak.A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day.______ she and her daughter died of cholera after drinking the water.With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce ______ certainty that polluted water carried the virus.To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies ______(examine).The water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more.Finally “King Cholera” was defeated.COPERNICUS’ REVOLUTIONRRY THEORY
Nicolaus Copernicus was frightened and his mind ______(confuse).Although he ______(try)to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led ______ the same conclusion: ______ the earth was not the centre of the solar system.Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.Yet he could not tell anyone about his theory as the ______(power)Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such ______ idea.They believed God had made the world and ______ that reason the earth was special and must be the centre of the solar system.The problem arose because astronomers had noticed that some planets in the sky seemed ______(stop), move backward and then go forward ______ a loop.Others appeared ______(bright)at times and less bright at others.This was very strange if the earth was the centre of the solar system and all planets went round it.In 1514 he showed it ______(private)to his friends.The changes he made ______ the old theory were revolutionary.He placed a ______(fix)sun at the centre of the solar system with the planets going round it and only the moon still going round the earth.He also suggested that the earth ______(spin)as it went round the sun and this explained changes in the movement of the planets and in the ______(bright)of the stars.His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged him to publish his ______(idea), but Copernicus was cautious.He did not want to be attacked by the Christian Church, so he only published it ______ he lay dying in 1543.Certainly he was right ______(careful).The Christian Church rejected his theory, ______(say)it was against God's idea and people who supported it would be attacked.Yet Copernicus' theory is now the basis on which all our ideas of the universe are built.His theory replaced the Christian idea of gravity, which said things fell to earth because God created the earth as the centre of the universe.Copernicus showed this was obviously wrong.Now people can see that there is a direct link ______ his theory and the work of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.People may wonder ______ different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.You can clarify this question if you study British history.First there was England.Wales ______(link)to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales included ______ well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”.Happily this was accomplished ______ conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.Finally the English government tried in the early ______(twenty)century to form the United Kingdom ______ getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.______, the southern part of Ireland was ______(willing)and broke away to form its own government.So only Northern Ireland joined ______ England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this ______(show)to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.______ their credit the four countries do work together in some areas(eg, the currency and international relations), ______ they still have very different institutions.For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different ______(education)and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!
England is the largest of the four countries, and ______ convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.The zone nearest France ______(call)the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North.You find most of the population ______(settle)in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as ______ in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two!It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.______ historical architecture you have to go to ______(old)but smaller towns built by the Romans.There you ______(find)out more about British history and culture.The greatest historical treasure of all is London with ______(it)museums, art ______(collect), theatres, parks and buildings.It is the centre of national government and its administration.It has ______(old)port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building ______(began)by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.There ______(be)four sets of invaders of England.The first ______(invade), the Romans, left their towns and roads.The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government.The third, the Vikings, influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words ______ food.If you look ______ the British countryside you will find ______(evident)of all these invaders.You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom ______(enjoy)and worthwhile.Worried about the time available, Zhang Pingyu ______(make)a list of the sites she wanted to see in London.Her first delight was going to the Tower.It was built long ago ______ the Norman invaders of AD 1066.Fancy!This solid stone, square tower had remained ______(stand)for one thousand years.Although the buildings had expanded around ______, it remained part of a royal palace and prison ______(combine).To her great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queen's jewels guarded by special royal soldiers ______, on special occasions, still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.There followed St Paul's Cathedral built after the terrible fire ______ London in 1666.It looked splendid when first built!Westminster Abbey, too, was very interesting.It contained statues in memory of dead poets and writers, such as Shakespeare.Then just as she came out of the abbey, Pingyu heard ______ famous sound of the clock, Big Ben, ______(ring)out the hour.She finished the day by looking at the outside of Buckingham Palace, the Queen's house in London.Oh, she had so much ______(tell)her friends!
The second day the girl visited Greenwich and saw its old ships and famous clock that ______(set)the world time.What interested her most was the longitude line.It is an ______(imagine)line dividing the eastern and western halves of the world and is very ______(use)for navigation.It ______(pass)through Greenwich, so Pingyu had a photo taken standing on either side of the line.The last day she visited Karl Marx's statue in Highgate Cemetery.It seemed strange that the man who ______(develop)communism should have lived and died in London.Not only that, ______he had worked in the famous reading room of the Library of the British Museum.Sadly the library had moved from its original place ______ another building and the old reading room was gone.But she was thrilled by so many wonderful treasures from different cultures ______(display)in the museum.When she saw many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pots and other objects ______ show, she felt very proud of her country.The next day Pingyu was leaving London ______ Windsor Castle.“Perhaps I will see the Queen?” she wondered as she fell asleep.
第四篇：高中必修五英语课文翻译(人教)
必修5课文翻译
1.约翰·斯洛击败“霍乱王”
约翰·斯洛是伦敦一位著名的医生——他的确医术精湛，因而成为照料维多利亚女王的私人医生。但他一想到要帮助那些得了霍乱的普通百姓时，他就感到很振奋。霍乱在当时是最致命的疾病，人们既不知道它的病源，也不了解它的治疗方法。每次霍乱暴发时，就有大批惊恐的老百姓死去。约翰·斯洛想面对这个挑战，解决这个问题。他知道，在找到病源之前，霍乱疫情是无法控制的。
斯洛对霍乱致人死地的两种推测都很感兴趣。一种看法是霍乱病毒在空气中繁殖着，像一股危险的气体到处漂浮，直到找到病毒的受害者为止。第二种看法是人们在吃饭的时候把这种病毒引入体内的。病从胃里发作而迅速殃及全身，患者就会很快地死去。
斯洛推测第二种说法是正确的，但他需要证据。因此，在1854年伦敦再次暴发霍乱的时候，约翰·斯洛着手准备对此进行调研。当霍乱在贫民区迅速蔓延的时候，约翰·斯洛就开始收集资料。他发现特别在两条街道上霍乱流行的很严重，在10天之内就死去了500多人。他决心要查明其原因。
首先，他在一张地图上标明了所有死者住过的地方。这提供了一条说明霍乱起因的很有价值的线索。许多死者是住在宽街的水泵附近（特别是这条街上16、37、38、40号）。他发现有些住宅（如宽街上20号和21号以及剑桥街上的8号和9号）却无人死亡。他以前没预料到这种情况，所有他决定深入调查。他发现，这些人都在剑桥街7号的酒馆里打工，而酒馆为他们免费提供啤酒喝，因此他们没有喝从宽街水泵抽上来的水。看来水是罪魁祸首。
接下来，约翰·斯洛调查了这两条街的水源情况。他发现，水是从河里来的，而河水被伦敦排出的脏水污染了。他马上叫宽街上惊慌失措的老百姓拆掉水泵的把手。这样，水泵就用不成了。不久，疫情就开始得到缓解。他证明了，他证明了霍乱是由病菌而不是由气团传播的。
在伦敦的另一个地区，他从两个与宽街暴发的霍乱有关联的死亡病例中发现了有力的证据。有一位妇女是从宽街搬过来的，她特别喜欢那里的水，每天都要派人从水泵打水运到家里来。她和她的女儿喝了这种水，都得了霍乱而死去。有了这个特别的证据，约翰·斯洛就能够肯定地宣布，这种被污染了的水携带着病菌。
为了防止这种情况的再度发生，约翰·斯洛建议所有水源都要经过检测。自来水公司也接到指令，不能再让人们接触被污染的水了。最终，“霍乱王”被击败了。2.哥白尼的革命性理论
尼古拉·哥白尼被吓得心烦意乱的。虽然他曾经试着不去理睬那些数字，然而他所有的数学计算都得出了一个相同的结论：地球不是太阳系的中心。只有当你把太阳放在中心位置上，天空中其他行星的运动才能说得清楚。他的这个理论可不能告诉任何人，因为即使他只暗示有这种想法，他都会受到强大的基督教会势力的惩罚。教会认为世界是上帝创造的，正因为如此，地球就具有特殊的意义，它必定要成为太阳系的中心。这样，问题就来了，因为天文学家以前发现过，天上有些行星停顿下来，往后移动，然后再成环状向前移动，而其他行星看上去有时亮些，有时又不怎么亮。如果地球是太阳系的中心，而所有行星环绕着地球转的话，那么这种现象就很奇怪了。哥白尼对这些问题曾经苦苦思索过很久，试图找出问题的答案。他曾经收集过观察星球的数据，并且利用他的全部数学知识来解释这些数据。但是只有他的新理论才能作出解释。于是，他在1510至1514年期间从事这项研究，逐步修改他的理论，直到他感到完善时为止。
1514年，他把他的新理论私下里给他的朋友们看。他对旧理论的修改是具有革命性的。他把太阳固定在太阳系的中心位置上，而行星则围绕着太阳转，只有月球仍然绕着地球转。他还提出地球在围绕太阳转的同时，它本身还自转，这样就说明了行星运动的变化情况以及星球亮度问题。他的朋友都热情地鼓励他把他的想法公之于世，而他却小心谨慎，他不想遭到基督教会的攻击，所以他直到1543年临终之前才公布了这一观点。
当然，他小心谨慎是对的。基督教会拒绝接受他的理论，说这种理论违背了上帝的旨意，而支持这种理论的人都会受到打击。然而哥白尼的理论却是我们宇宙观赖以建立的基础。他的理论还改变了基督教对地心引力的看法，他们认为物体往地球上掉落是因为上帝创造了地球，而地球正是宇宙的中心。哥白尼表明这是明显错误的。如今人们可以看到，他的这些想法与艾萨克·牛顿、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦以及斯蒂芬·霍金等人的研究都有着直接的联系。UNIT2 3.地理之谜
人们也许觉得奇怪，为什么用来描述英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家的词语不太一样。但如果你学过英国历史，就能弄清楚这个问题。
首先是英格兰。威尔士于13世纪同英格兰联合了起来。如今只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现威尔士总是包括在内的。接着，英格兰、威尔士同苏格兰于17世纪联合了起来，名字就改成了“大不列颠”。令人庆幸的是，当苏格兰的詹姆斯国王成为英格兰和威尔士的国王时，这三个国家和平地实现了联合。最后，英国政府打算于20世纪初把爱尔兰也同另外三个国家和平联合起来以形成联合王国。然而，爱尔兰的南部却不愿组建联合王国，它分离出去，并建立了自己的政府。因此只有北爱尔兰同英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰联合起来，而组成了联合王国，这一点从新的联合王国国旗上就可以看得出来。值得赞扬的是，这四个国家的确在一些方面共同合作，例如在货币和国际关系方面；但是有些制度仍然区别很大。例如，北爱尔兰、英格兰和苏格兰在教育体制和立法体制上都存在着差异。在参加像世界杯之类的比赛时，它们有着各自的足球队。在这四个国家中，英格兰是最大的。为了方便起见，它大致可以划分为三个地区。最靠近法国的那个地区叫做英格兰南部，中部地区叫做英格兰中部，最靠近苏格兰的那个地区叫做英格兰北部。你可以看到英国的大部分人口聚居在南部，而多数大工业城市都位于中部和北部。尽管，英国任何一个城市都不像中国的城市那样大，但是他们都有着自己的享有威名的足球队，有的城市甚至还有两个队。很遗憾，这些建于19世纪的工业城市对游客并没有吸引力。要找历史性建筑你得去更古老的、比较小些的由古罗马人建造的城镇。在那儿你才可能找到更多的有关英国历史和文化的东西。
最具历史意义的宝地是伦敦。那儿有博物馆，有艺术珍品、剧院、公园和各种建筑物。它是全国的政治中心。它有公元一世纪由罗马人建造的最古老的港口，有由盎格鲁——撒克逊人始建于11世纪60年代的最古老的建筑，还有公元1066年由后来的诺曼人统治者建造的最古老的城堡。曾经有四批侵略者到过英国。第一批入侵者是古罗马人，留下了他们的城镇和道路。接着是盎格鲁——撒克逊人，留下了他们的语言和政体。第三是斯堪的纳维亚人，他们对词汇和北部的地名造成了一定影响；第四是诺曼人，他们留下了城堡和食物名称的新词语。如果你到英国乡间去看看，你就会找到所有这些入侵者的痕迹。如果想使你的英国之旅不虚此行又有意义，你就必须留心观察。
4.伦敦观光记
由于担心时间不够，张萍玉早就把她想要在伦敦参观的地点列了一张单子。她最先想参观的地方是伦敦塔，它是很久以前由入侵的诺曼人在公元1066年修建的。真是太棒了！这个坚实的用石头砌的方形塔已经在那屹立一千年了。尽管在塔的四周扩建了一些建筑，但它仍然是皇宫和监狱联合体的一个组成部分。让张萍玉很惊讶的是，她发现女王的珠宝由皇家特别卫士守护着，而这些卫士在一些特殊的日子仍然穿着400年前伊丽莎白一世女王时代的制服。
接着参观的是圣保罗大教堂，它是公元1666年伦敦大火以后建造的，刚建成的时候，它看起来真是金碧辉煌。威斯敏斯特大教堂也是很有意思的地方，里面珍藏着一些已故诗人和作家的雕像，例如莎士比亚的雕像。正当萍玉走出大教堂的时候，她听到了著名的大本钟整点敲响的钟声。她参观了女王伦敦住所白金汉宫的外景，以此结束了一天的观光。啊，她要同朋友们讲的实在太多了！第二天，萍玉姑娘参观了格林尼治天文台，看到了古老的轮船和那座著名的为时间定时的时钟。她最感兴趣的是那条通过天文台的经线。这是一条假想的线，它把世界分成东西两半球，从而有利于航海。这条线穿过格林尼治，萍玉就跨着这条线拍了一张照片。
最后一天，她参观了伦敦海洛特公墓里的卡尔·马克思的雕像。这似乎是一件怪事：这位发展了共产主义的人竟然在伦敦生活过，并且在伦敦去世。不仅如此，他还在大英博物馆著名的图书阅览室工作过。遗憾的是，这个图书馆已经从原来的地方搬到另一座大楼里去了，而原来的阅览室也没有了。但是她感到最为震惊的却是博物馆里展出的那么多来自不同文化的奇妙宝物。当萍玉看到那么多参观者用欣赏的目光注视着古老漂亮的中国陶瓷和其他展品时，心里充满了对祖国的自豪感。再过一天，萍玉就要离开伦敦去温莎城堡了。她边睡觉边想：“也许我能见到女王呢？”
Unit3
5.第一印象
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15/11/3008(地球时间)6.亲爱的爸爸妈妈：
我现在仍然无法相信我是在接受去年获得的这个奖励。我得不断提醒自己，我真的已经进入到公元3008年了。因为担心这次旅行，头几天我心里总是不踏实，结果我得了时间滞后症。这就与你乘坐飞机会产生时差反应相似，所不同的是，在你的脑子里似乎会不断闪现以前的时光。因此，我一开始就感到神经过敏和心神不定。但是我的朋友兼导游王平很细心体贴，给了我几粒绿色药片，倒是挺起作用的。他父母的公司叫做“未来之旅”，以其技术高超而闻名。他们把我装在一个时间舱里，平安地把我送入了未来。
我仍旧记得我们被太空服务员一起叫到时间舱，爬上去进入一个小门。座位是很舒适的，喝了点镇静剂后，我们的眼睛就闭上了，感到昏昏欲睡似的。时间舱在轻轻左右摇晃，我们放松地躺在那里做梦。几分钟以后，旅程结束，我们就到了。我仍然在地球上，但是进入到了未来的一千年。我们会看到什么呢？
一开始新的环境让我很难忍受。空气似乎很稀薄，好像在混合的气体中剩下的氧气很少。由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。正当我想努力调整适应新环境时，王平出现了。他告诉我，“把这个面罩戴上。它会使你感觉好得多。”他把面罩递给我，敦促我马上走进附近的一个小房间，叫我休息。我立刻就感到舒服些了。没过多久，我就再次站立起来，跟着他去领取了一台由电脑驱动的气垫车。这些气垫车是在地面上方漂浮着的，只要在座位上把操纵杆打弯或压下，你就可以迅速地移动。王平系紧了我的安全带，教我怎样使用它。不久，我就可以飞得跟王平一样快了。可是，当我们到达一个看上去像大市场的地方时，由于太多车子朝四面八方飞奔，我看不见王平了。他被卷入到这群车队里去了。就在这个时候我得到一次“时间滞后”的闪回，这样我就再次看到了似乎是公元2008年的那个地区。我这才懂得我被送到了未来，但却仍然在自己的家乡。就在这个时候，我又见到了王平，于是又跟在他后面飞去。到了一幢看上去很奇怪的房子里，他把我带到一个明亮而洁净的大房间。墙是绿色的，地板是棕色的，灯光很柔和。突然墙壁移动了——原来是树形成的！后来我才发现，就是这些树的叶子为这栋房屋提供了最急需的氧气。然后王平在电脑屏幕上的开关上闪了一下，于是一张桌子和几把椅子就像变魔术那样从地板下面升了起来。“怎么不坐下来吃些东西呢？”他说道，“你第一次作这样的时间旅行，可能会感到有些困难。你可以好好休息一下。今天没有任何出行计划。明天你还要准备参观几个地方。”说完这些，他把食物摆在桌子上，又从地板下取出一张床来。他离开后，我简单吃了饭，洗了个热水澡。实在累坏了，我溜上床很快就睡着了。以后再谈吧！你的儿子 李强
7.我看到了奇妙的东西
我首先参观的是一个太空站，这个站被认为是太空中最现代化的地方。太空站像一个巨大的圆盘，在太空中缓缓的旋转，以仿照出地球重心的引力。太空站里展出了31世纪一些最前沿的发明。有个导游带领我们站在一条移动的运送带上，到各处参观。
导游：从2008年来访的朋友们，早上好！首先，我们要查看一种我们太空居民使用的最新的通讯方式。再也不需要打字员在打字机或电脑上工作了！再也不需要邮费和邮政编码了！现在用一种“思想仪”就可以传递信息。你把金属带放在头上，整理思路，按下发送键，集中精神想着你要发送的信息，片刻功夫信息就发送出去了。这个信息会储存在接受者的“思想仪”里。它快捷有效，而且环保。唯一的缺点是，如果使用者不能想清楚要传递的信息，发送出去的信息可能是模糊不清的。但我们不能因为使用者的使用不当而责备仪器，是不是？ 在导游解说的时候，我观看着桌上这副被称为“思想仪”的小东西。它们看上去像金属带子。那么普通，但却那么神通广大！正当我还在观察时，运送带向前移动了。
导游：女士们先生们，现在我们到了“环保地带”。以前人们习惯用垃圾箱收集废弃物，然后这些垃圾被送走埋掉或烧掉，我说的对吧？（我们都点头。）可现在我们有一种装置，能利用生态学原理来处理掉废弃物。一架巨大的机器，能把所有能获得的废弃物都吞进去，而且总是贪得无厌。然后垃圾被分解成了几种有用的物质，如庄稼地的“肥料”和沙漠中的“土壤”。什么都不浪费，所有的东西，哪怕是塑料袋也被回收利用了。伟大的创意，对不对？
我注视着缓缓移动的垃圾分解机器模型，为它的成效所吸引。但是，我们又开始向前移动了。
导游：第三站要展示给我们的是工作实践方面的一些变化。批量生产不再在地球上进行，而是转移到了像这样的太空站里。在太空里，一组工程师给机器人设计了程序让它们完成工作。机器人生产像药品、衣服、家具和气垫车等东西。没有废弃物、没有污染，也没有环境破坏。但是，这些公司必须培训他们的代表能在太空中生活和工作。他们必须在此监控机器人和生产过程。一旦货物齐备，就用工用太空船运送到地球。我的思绪开始漫游。我能从事什么工作呢？当我想到这个奇妙的未来世界时，我兴趣倍增、干劲十足
Unit4 8.我的第一项工作任务 “难以忘怀，”新闻记者说 周阳永远不会忘记他在一家畅销英文报纸的第一项工作任务。他同新上司胡欣的讨论对他的记者生涯必将产生强烈的影响。
胡：欢迎你，非常高兴你来参加我们的工作，你来这里首先就是当助理记者。有什么问题吗？ 周：我可以马上去采访吗？
胡：（笑）真是勇气可嘉！不过恐怕这不太合乎常规，还是等到你比较有经验以后吧。我们先要派你给有经验的记者作助理。以后，你才能独自去进行新闻采访并提交自己的新闻稿。周：太好了！我需要随身带些什么？我已经带了笔记本和照相机。
胡：不需要照相机！你们将带上一名专业摄影师去拍照。你将发现你的同事们会热情地帮助你。如果你对摄影感兴趣，以后你可以集中精力去钻研。
周：谢谢你。对摄影我不仅只是感兴趣，在大学里我还专修过业余摄影课来更新我的技术。胡：那很好啊。
周：我出去采访时还需要记住些什么事呢？
胡：你需要有好奇心。你只有提出了许多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你需要知道的信息。我们说，一个好的记者必须有一个对新闻非常敏感的“嗅觉“。那就是说，在人们没有说出全部真相时，你必须能够判断出，并努力发现真理。记者必须通过调查研究，来使自己了解到被遗漏的那部分情况。周：我应该注意些什么呢？
胡：下面是我的行为准则：不要延误任务规定的期限，不可对人粗鲁，不可自己说得太多，务必认真倾听被采访人回答问题。
周：为什么听人家讲话这样重要呢？
胡：你得听清楚事实的细节。同时，你还要根据被采访人所说的话准备提出下一个问题。
周：在我记笔记的同时，怎么能仔细倾听对方的答话呢？ 胡：这就是我们职业的诀窍了。如果被采访人允许，你可以使用录音机，录下全部事实。如果有人提出质疑，这也有用，你就有证据来支持自己的报道了。
周：我明白了！你有没有过这样的情况：别人控告你的记者，说他的报道失实？
胡：有的。不过这是很久以前的事了。事情是这样的：一位足球运动员被指挥受贿，故意不进球，好让对方球队赢球。我们去采访了他。他否认收了钱，但我们对此表示怀疑。于是，我们安排这名球员和被认为行贿的人一起接受采访，而当我们看到他们在一起时，我们就从足球运动员的体态语上猜到他没有说真话。我们写了一篇文章，暗示足球队员有罪。这事有些为难，因为如果我们错了，他就可以向我们索要赔偿。他竭力阻止我们发表这篇文章，但后来证实我们是正确的。周：哇！那才是真正的独家新闻哩！我期盼着即将到来的首次任务。说不定我也会搞到独家新闻呢！胡：也许你会的，谁知道呢。9.抢发独家新闻
周阳刚刚采访了一位著名影星回到办公室，编辑就说：“快点把那篇报道准备好，我们这一版就要用，这样我们就抢在其他报纸的前面了，这就是抢先的独家新闻。“国际新闻编辑部有人提出问题：“他真的干了那种事吗？”周阳回答说：“是的，恐怕是这样的。”接着他便着手准备报道了。
他的第一件事就是写报道稿，他必须认认真真地写。尽管他认为那个人一直在说谎话，但周阳懂得，他决不能直接指责那个人。他必须做到准确无误，还要简明扼要。他知道该如何做。经过几个月的培训，他已经学会了写文章，全然没有废话。他在电脑前坐下就开始工作了。
第一个看到这篇文章的人的他们部里的一位编审。他核查了文中的证据，阅读了整篇报道，然后递给技术编辑。她就开始了编辑工作，设计了主标题和副标题。她说：“在版面上这会很好看。这个人的照片该放在哪儿好呢？”因为这篇文章要用英文来写，所有周阳拿了一份稿子给一位母语为英语的外国雇员，请她对语言风格进行润饰。这位雇员对周阳的报道也很满意。她评价说：“你确实能写很好的头版新闻了。”周阳高兴地笑了。最后主编审读了这篇稿子，并且批准发表了。他对周阳说：“文章写得很好，不过你还得拿出证据来表明事实确凿。”周阳激动地说：“我马上拿来。”
新闻文字编辑取走这篇报道，开始对所有的报道和图片进行编排，直至把各版面全部编定。此后，所有的报道材料就要被制成胶片。这是印制过程的第一道工序。由于这篇报道要用好几种颜色，因此需要四张胶片。每一种主色要用一张底片，四张底片结合起来就制成一张报纸的彩页。经过最后一次校对后，这个版面就可以准备印制了。周阳兴奋地等待着第一批报纸的印出。“要等到今天晚上。”他的朋友轻声地告诉他说。“我期望电视新闻会对这件事作一点报道。真是独家新闻了！”
Unit5 10.烧伤的急救
皮肤是身体必不可少的部分，也是身体的最大器官。皮肤有三层，它们是防病、防毒、抵御太阳有害光线侵害的一道屏障。皮肤的功能十分复杂。皮肤可以保暖或御寒，保持体内水分。正是皮肤使你感到冷热、疼痛，它还使你有触觉。因此，你可以想象到，如果你的皮肤烧伤了，就可能非常严重。在治疗烧伤的过程中，紧急处理是非常重要的第一步。烧伤的原因： 你可能由于各种原因而烧伤：灼热的液体、水蒸气、火、辐射（由于靠近高温或大火）、阳光、电和化学物品。烧伤的种类：
烧伤有三类。根据皮肤烧伤的层次分为一度烧伤、二度烧伤和三度烧伤。
一度烧伤：只损伤皮层的最上层。这些烧伤并不严重，应当在一两天内就有好转。例如轻度的晒伤，由于短暂接触热锅、火炉或熨斗而导致的烫伤。
二度烧伤：既损伤了皮肤的最上层，又损伤了皮质的第二层。这些烧伤属于严重的烧伤，需几星期才能痊愈。例如严重的晒伤和灼热的液体所造成的烧伤。
三度烧伤：所有三层皮质以及皮下的组织和器官都受到损害。例如由电击引起的烧伤，因衣服起火引起的烧伤，或因汽油起火引起的烧伤。这些烧伤都属于非常严重的烧伤，受伤者必须立即送往医院。烧伤的特性：
一度烧伤： · 干燥、发红、微肿
· 微痛
· 受压时变白 二度烧伤： · 粗糙、发红、肿胀
· 起水泡
· 表层渗液
· 极其疼痛
三度烧伤： · 黑、白和焦炭色相间
· 肿胀，可看到皮下组织
· 若损害了神经，则没有疼痛或轻微疼痛，或者在创面四周有疼感 急救处理：
1、除非衣服粘贴在烧伤面上，否则都要把它脱掉（必要时可用剪刀帮助）。靠近创面的其他衣物和首饰也都要取掉。
2、马上用凉水给伤口冲凉，但不能用冰水。最好是把烧伤的部位放在慢速流动的自来水下冲洗大约10分钟。（凉水可以阻止烧伤的进程，可以防止无法忍受的疼痛，还可以减轻肿胀程度）。三度烧伤不可用冷水冲。
3、对于一度烧伤的患者，要把清凉干净的湿布放在烧伤面上，直到疼痛感较轻时为止。对于二度烧伤，要保持湿布清凉，需把湿布放回冷水盆中，拧出水后再放在烧伤面上，这样要反反复复地做一个小时左右，直到不太痛时为止。
4、轻轻地把烧伤面弄干，但不要擦拭，因为这样做可能会擦破水泡，伤口会感染。
5、用干而清洁又不粘皮肤的绷带盖住烧伤面，用胶布把绷带固定。千万不要在烧伤处涂黄油、油或软膏，因为这会使里面的热散不出去，而且还可能导致感染。
6、如果烧伤的部位在臂部和腿部，尽可能把手臂或腿脚抬高到高于心脏的位置。如果是面部烧伤，伤者则应该坐起来。
7、如果属于二度或三度烧伤，就必须立即把患者送往医院或送去看医生。英雄青年获奖记
17岁的青年约翰·詹森昨晚在弗镇的救生员颁奖大会上领奖，因为他在一次骇人听闻的持刀袭击案件发生后，为邻居实施了紧急救援。
在颁奖大会上，约翰被授予奖赏。大会共表彰了抢救他人生命的十个人的勇敢行为。
(那天)约翰正在房里学习，突然听到一声尖叫，他和父亲赶紧冲出去，发现一名男子从现场逃跑，而三个孩子的母亲安·斯莱德被人连捅了数刀。她躺在前花园的地上，流血不止。她的双手几乎被砍断了。
正是约翰快捷的动作和急救知识救了斯莱德女士的命。他立即向附近的一些人要绷带，当他们都找不到绷带的时候，他的父亲从屋里拿出一些擦杯盘的布和胶带来。约翰就用这些东西把斯莱德手上最严重的伤口包扎起来。他使劲地按住伤口，使血流得慢些，一直等到警察和救护车的到来。约翰说：“我为自己所做的事感到自豪，不过，我所做的都是以前别人教会我做的事。”
约翰在读高中时就参加了青年救生员组织。该组织的主任艾伦·萨瑟顿先生在向约翰表示祝贺时说：“毫无疑问，是约翰敏捷的思维和在学校学到的急救技术，挽救了斯莱德女士的生命。这表明懂得急救知识的确能发挥重要作用。” 约翰和其他九位救生员在昨晚领奖时，还出席了由首相主持的特殊的招待会。
第五篇：高二英语课本课文翻译
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MARTY’S STORY
Hi, my name is Marry Fielding and I guess you could say that I am “one in a million”.In other words, there are not many people like me.You see, I have a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people.In addition, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture.Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability.My motto is: live One day at a time.Until I was ten years old I was the same as everyone else.I used to climb trees, swim and play football.In fact, I used to dream about playing professional football and possibly representing my country in the World Cup.Then I started to get weaker and weaker, until I could only enjoy football from a bench at the stadium.In the end I went into hospital for medical tests.I stayed there for nearly three months.I think I had at least a billion tests, including one in which they cut out a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope.Even after all that, no one could give my disease a name and it is difficult to know what the future holds.One problem is that I don't look any different from other people.So sometimes some children in my primary school would laugh, when I got out of breath after running a short way or had to stop and rest halfway up the stairs.Sometimes, too, I was too weak to go to school so my education suffered.Every time I returned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind the others.My life is a lot easier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me.The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them.All in all I have a good life.I am happy to have found many things I can do, like writing and computer programming.My ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software when I grow up.Last year invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me.I have a very busy life with no time to sit around feeling sorry for myself.As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends, I spend a lot of time with my pets.I have two rabbits, a parrot, a tank full of fish and a tortoise.To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time but I find it worthwhile.I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I have been away for a while.In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more independent.I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it.If I had a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying.So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them, and don't ignore them either.Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.Thank you for reading my story.Unit
1马丁的故事
嗨,我的名字是马丁。费尔丁和我猜你会说我是“万中挑一。换句话说,没有很多象我这样的人。你看,我有一个肌肉疾病,这使我很弱,所以我不会跑或爬楼梯,就像其他的人。此外,有时我很笨手笨脚下降,事物或撞到家具。不幸的是,医生们不知道如何让自己变得更美好,但我非常的友好,并且已经学会适应我的障碍。我的座右铭是:过好生活中的每一天。
直到我十岁的时候我相同于其他人一样。我过去爬树,游泳和踢足球。事实上,我常常渴望发挥专业足球,可能代表我的国家在世界杯上的表现。然后我开始变得虚弱,直到我能只喜欢足球长凳上在体育馆里。最后我走进医院医疗试验。我在那儿呆了将近三个月了。我想我至少有10亿测试,包括在其中,他们剪断出块肌肉从我的腿而且看一看在显微镜下观察。即使听完了所有,没人能给我的病一个名字,很难知道以后会发生什么吧。”
所面临的一个问题是我看起来不任何与别人不同。所以有时候有些孩子会笑我的小学,我走出跑步后呼吸短角球,不得不停下来休息爬到楼梯的一半。有时我太弱,所以我去学校教育的痛苦。每次我回来,我感到在离开笨,是因为我是在别人后面了。
我的生活是很容易在高中,因为同学们已经接受了我。那些无法看到真正的人,在我的身体不使我很烦,我对它们不予理会。总之我有一个好的生活。我很高兴地发现许多事情我能做的事,比如写作和计算机编程。我的愿望是为一家公司工作开展计算机软件,当我长大。去年我发明了一种计算机的足球比赛和一个大公司决定购买我。我有一个非常忙碌的生活没有时间坐着为自己难过。以及在看电影和橄榄球场比赛,我的朋友,我花很多时间和我的宠物。我有两只兔子,一只鹦鹉,一辆坦克满了鱼和一只乌龟。照看我的宠物正确需要很多的时间,而且我发现它值得的。我也要做很多工作,特别是我已经离开一会儿。
在很多方面,我的残疾使我更强的心理,会变得更加独立。我必须努力工作来过一个正常的生活了,但是它是值得的。如果我有机会说一件事对健康的孩子,那就是:有残疾并不意味着你目前的生活很不满意。所以不要惋惜身心障碍者或取笑他们,不要忽略这些标准。只接受他们,给他们鼓励丰富的生活让你的生活。
谢谢你读我的故事。
SATISFACTION GURANTEED
Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots.Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot.It was going to be tested out by Larry's wife, Claire.Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her to be harmed.It would be a bonus.However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed.His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine.He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.One day, Claire mentioned that she didn't think she was clever.Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that.Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.But she began to trust him.She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel unhappy.Also she felt her home wasn't elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position.She wasn't like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant.So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read, or rather, scan.She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand.She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin.How absurd, she thought.He was just a machine.Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore.As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.Claire went into the city and bought curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding.Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a necklace.When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she rang Tony up and told the clerk to speak to him.The clerk immediately changed his attitude.Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”.As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern.How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought.By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair.After all, she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony.When Claire got home, she wept with anger in her armchair.Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be.“You can be like her,” Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return.By that time, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.Tony worked steadily on the improvements.Claire tried to help once but was too clumsy.She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time.He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body.She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.The night of the party arrived.The clock struck eight.The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room.At that moment, Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers.She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare that he didn't want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her.Then the front door bell rang.Tony freed her and disappeared from sight.It was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window.Her guests had seen everything!
The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine.Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony.What a sweet victory to be envied by those women!She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.Then she remembered-Tony was just a machine.She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.She cried all night.The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away.The company was very pleased with Tony's report on his three weeks with Claire.Tony had protected a human being from harm.He had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of failure.He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk to Claire's marriage.But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt-you cannot have women failing in love with machines.Unit 2 Robots
拉里·贝尔蒙特努力,这家公司制造的机器人。最近就已经开始了实验一种家居机器人。这将是检验被拉里的妻子,克莱儿。
克莱儿不想要那个机器人在她的房子,尤其是当她的丈夫缺席三周,但是拉里·说服她或让她受到损坏。它将是次要的。然而,当她第一次看到这个机器人,她感到惊恐。他的名字是托尼和他的情绪看起来更像人类比机器。他身材高大英俊的光滑的头发和一种低沉的声音虽然他的面部表情永不改变。
在第二天早晨托尼,穿着围裙,把早饭,然后问她是否需要帮助调料。她感到很尴尬,立刻告诉他去。这是干扰或可怕的,因为他看上去那么人体。
有一天,克莱儿提到她不认为她是很聪明的。托尼说,她必须感到不悦说那种话。克莱儿认为太荒谬了用机器人得到同情。但她开始信任他。她告诉他她是如何超重,这使她感觉很不高兴。她觉得她的家也不优雅的足够的某球员,像赖瑞想提高他的社会地位。她根本不喜欢格拉Claffern,其中一个富裕,最强大的女人身边。
当厚待托尼答应帮助克莱儿使自己更聪明,她的家更优美。所以Claise借来一叠图书馆借书让他看,或者更确切地说,扫描。她看着他的手指奇迹,因为他们把每一页,突然了他的手。她惊讶的是他的手指甲和疲软的亲切和他的皮肤。太荒谬,她想。他只是一个机器。
托尼给克莱儿个新发型,改变了妆她戴着。当他不被允许陪她到商店去,他开列了一列项目。克莱儿进了城,买了窗帘、座垫、地毯到床上用品。然后她走进一家珠宝商店买了一条项链。当职员在柜台边是粗鲁无礼的她,她就响了托尼了起来对工作人员与他说话。店员立刻改变了他的态度。克莱儿感谢托尼,告诉他说,他是一个“亲爱的”。她转过身来,Claffern格拉站在那里。太可怕了,将会发现了他,克莱儿思想。愉快,让他的脸上神情诧异,克莱儿知道格拉以为她有外遇。毕竟,她知道克莱儿的丈夫的名字是赖瑞,而不是托尼。
当克莱儿一回家,她哭了怒火在扶手椅里。格拉是一切克莱儿想要做的。“你可以像她一样”,托尼告诉她,建议她邀请格雷迪斯家和她的朋友们一起前一天晚上他离开和拉里·是归还。到那个时候,托尼预期的房屋被完全改变。
托尼曾稳步地改进。克莱儿试图帮助一次,但太笨了。她从梯子上掉下来摔,尽管托尼在隔壁房间,他还是设法逮住了她。他握着她的坚信他的手臂和她感到温暖的他的身体。她尖叫道,把他推开,跑去她的房间,其余时间。
聚会的夜晚来了。那个钟敲了八。客人会快到了,克莱儿告诉托尼去到另一个房间里。那一刻,托尼胳臂交叉双臂抱着她,弯曲他的脸接近她的。她大声呼喊”托尼。”然后听见他宣布,他不想离开她的第二天,他感到很不只是希望取悦她。然后前门铃就响了。托尼释放了她,渐渐消失了。就在那时,克莱儿意识到托尼开了窗帘的橱窗。她的客人已经看见了这一切情景!
妇女们留下深刻的印象,克莱儿,房子和丰富的菜。就在他们走了,克莱儿听到格拉跟另一个女人,她从未见过这么英俊,托尼。多可爱的胜利让人嫉妒的女人!她很可能不一样漂亮,但是没有一个有这样一个英俊的情人。
然后她记得——托尼只是一个机器。她喊道“让我单独”,跑去她的床上。她整晚哭着。第二天早晨,一辆车开并把托尼离开。
公司非常高兴托尼的报告在他的3周,克莱儿。托尼保护着人类受到伤害。他妨碍了克莱儿危害自己通过她自己的失败感。他就已经开了窗帘那天晚上,使女性都见他,并且克莱儿,知道没有风险克莱儿的婚事。但是,尽管托尼很聪明,他还得被建造-你不能有妇女会爱上机器。
OLD TOM THE KILLER WHALE
I was 16 when I began work in June 1902 at the whaling station.I had heard of the killers that every year helped whalers catch huge whales.I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was I sorting out my' accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay.We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.It was black and white and fish-shaped.But I knew it wasn't a fish.“That's Old Tom, the killer,” one of the whalers, George, called out to me.“He's telling us there's a whale out there for us.”
Another whaler yelled out, “Rush-oo...rush-oo.” This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.“Come on, Clancy.To the boat,” George said as he ran ahead of me.I had already heard that George didn't like being kept waiting, so even though I didn't have the right clothes on, I raced after him.Without pausing we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay.I looked down into the water and could see Old Tom swimming by the boat, showing us the way.A few minutes later, there was no Tom, so George started beating the water with his oar and there was Tom, circling back to the boat, leading us to the hunt again.Using a telescope we could see that something was happening.As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killers.“What're they doing?” I asked George.“Well, it's teamwork-the killers over there are throwing themselves on top of the whale's blow-hole to stop it breathing.And those others are stopping it diving or fleeing out to sea,” George told me, pointing towards the hunt.And just at that moment, the most extraordinary thing happened.The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.Then the harpoon was ready and the man in the bow of the boat aimed it at the whale.He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot.Being badly wounded, the whale soon died.Within a moment or two, its body was dragged swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea.The men started turning the boat around to go home.“What's happened?” I asked.“Have we lost the whale?”
“Oh no,” Jack replied.“We'll return tomorrow to bring in the body.It won't float up to the surface for around 24 hours.” “In the meantime, Old Tom, and the others are having a good feed on its lips and tongue,” added Red, laughing.Although Old Tom and the other killers were fierce hunters, they, never harmed or attacked people.In fact, they protected them.There was one day when we were out in the bay during a hunt and James was washed off the boat.“Man overboard!Turn the boat around!” urged George, shouting loudly.The sea was rough that day and it was difficult to handle the boat.The waves were carrying James further and further away from us.From James's face, I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.Then suddenly I saw a shark.“Look, there's a shark out there,” I screamed.“Don't worry, Old Tom won't let it near,” Red replied.It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James, and when we approached him, I saw James being firmly held up in the water by Old Tom.I couldn't believe my eyes.There were shouts of “Well done, Old Tom” and 'Thank God“ as we pulled James back into the boat.And then Old Tom was off and back to the hunt where the other killers were still attacking the whale.Unit 3 Under the sea
我16岁当我开始工作在1902年6月捕鲸站。我听说过杀手,每年都帮助捕鲸者抓住巨大的鲸鱼。我想,在那个时候,这只是一个故事,而是那我亲眼目睹了许多次。
下午我到达车站时,我整理我准备膳宿时,我听到一声巨响从海湾传来。我们跑到海边看到一个巨大的动物对我们置身出了水面,然后崩溃了。这是黑白fish-shaped。
不加思索我们跳进游艇和其他的捕鲸出海驶向入海湾。我低头朝水中看去,看到老汤姆正在船边游着,为我们引路。几分钟后,没有汤姆,乔治开始打水,和他的桨汤姆回到船上,环绕,引导我们去打猎了。
使用望远镜我们可以看出确实是发生了。当我们走近的时候,我能看鲸鱼遭到一群大约6其他杀手。凶手在那里正把自己最重要的鲸鱼的憋气停止呼吸。和那些人停止它跳水、逃离出海。乔治告诉我指着捕猎。就在那一刻,的最不可思议的事情发生了。凶手开始比赛我们的船和鲸鱼之间就像一群兴奋的狗。虽然老了汤姆和其他杀手非常激烈的猎人,他们从未错待过或攻击的人。事实上,他们保护他们。有一天,当我们在海湾在打猎和詹姆斯洗净了船。
海是粗糙的那一天,这使得我们很难处理的船。海浪携带着詹姆斯深入,离我们。从詹姆斯·的脸上,我可以看出来他在害怕被抛弃我们发挥的空间。我忽然看到鲨鱼。用了半个多小时的时间才把船划回到詹姆斯,而当我们走近他,我看到詹姆斯被牢牢地抓住了在水老汤姆。
我不敢相信我的眼睛。有“干得不错,有欢呼拯救的声音老汤姆”,"谢谢上帝”在我们把詹姆斯回到船上。然后老汤姆就跳下去,回到亨特,而其他杀手仍攻击鲸鱼。
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