高一英语必修一课文(2)

Yours,

Anne你的安妮

2. 必修一Unit 1 Using Language

Dear Miss Wang, 亲爱的王小姐：

I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment. 我同班上的同学有件麻烦事。 I’m getting along well with a boy in my class. 我跟我们班里的一位男同学一直相处很好.We often do homework together and we enjoy helping each other. 我们常常一起做家庭作业，而且很乐意相互帮助。We have become really good friends. 我们成了非常好的朋友。But other students have started gossiping. 可是，其他同学却开始在背后议论起来.They say that this boy and I have fallen in love. This has made me angry.他们说我和这位男同学在谈恋爱，这使我很生气。I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping. What should I do? 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？

Reading and writing

Dear Miss Wang,尊敬的编辑：

I’m a student from Huzhou Senior High School.我是湖州高中的一名学生。I have a problem. I’m not very good at communicating with people.我有一个难题，我不太善于同人们交际。Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find it hard to make good friends with them.虽然我的确试着去跟班上的同学交谈，但是我还是发现很难跟他们成

为好朋友。So I feel quite lonely sometimes.因此，有时候我感到十分孤独。I do want to change this situation, but I don’t know how.我确实想改变这种现状，但是我却不知道该怎么办。I would be grateful if you could give me some advice.如果您能给我提些建议，我会非常感激的。

Yours,

Xiaodong

3. 必修一Unit2 THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH

通向现代英语之路

At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. 16世纪末期大约有5百万到7百万人说英语. Nearly all of them lived in England.几乎所有这些人都生活在英国。Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.后来，在17世纪英国人开始航海征服了世界其它地区。于是，许多别的国家开始说英语了。Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.如今说英语的人比以往任何时候都多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。

Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同，也可以互相交流。请看以下例子：

British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?

英国人贝蒂：“请到我的公寓（flat）里来看看，好吗？”

American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come up to your apartment.

美国人艾米：“好的。我很乐意到你的公寓（apartment）去。”

So why has English changed over time?那么，英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢？Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.事实上，当不同文化互相交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所发展，有所变化。At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.首先，在公元450年到1150年间，人们所说的英语跟今天所说的英语就很不一样。It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.当时的英语更多地是以德语为基础的，而现代英语不是。Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.然后，渐渐地，大约在公元800年到1150年期间，英语不那么像德语了。因为那时的英国的统治者起初讲丹麦语后来讲法语。These new settlers eiched the English language and especially its vocabulary.这些新的定居者大大丰富了英语语言，特别是在词汇方面。So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.所以到17世纪，莎士比亚所用的词汇量比以前任何时期都大。In 1620 some British settlers moved to America.在1620年，一些英国人搬迁到美洲定居。Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries. 后来，到了19世纪，有些英国人也被送往澳大利亚，两个国家的人都开始说英语了。

Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.最后，到20世纪，英语才真正定形。At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.那时，英语在拼写上发生了两大变化：首先，塞缪尔·约翰逊编写了词典，后来，诺厄·韦伯斯特编纂了《美国英语词典》，The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.后者体现了美国英语拼写的不同特色。

English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.现在，英语在南亚也被当作外语或第二语言来说。For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.比如说，印度拥有众多讲英语很流利的人，这是因为英国于1765年到1947年统治过印度。During that time English became the language for government and education.在那期间，英语成了官方语言和教育用语。English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa.在新加坡、马来西亚和非洲其它国家，比如南非，人们也说英语。Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.目前在中国学习英语的人数正在迅速增长。In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners.事实上，中国可能拥有世界上最多的英语学习者。Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.中国英语会发展出自己的特色吗？这只能由时间来回答了。

4. 必修一Unit2 STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS标准英语和方言

What is standard English?什么是标准英语？Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand?是在英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度、新西兰所说的英语吗？Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard

English.信不信由你，（世界上）没有什么标准英语。Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English.许多人认为，电视和收音机里所说的就是标准英语。This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.这是因 …… 此处隐藏：6774字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……