1、1.选修七Unit1 MARTYS STORY马蒂的故事Hi, my name is Marty Fielding and I guess you could say that I am “one in a million“.你好。我叫马蒂菲尔丁。我想你可能会说我是“百万人中才有一个”的那种人。In other words,there are not many people like me. 换句话说，世界上像我这样的人并不多见。 You see, Ihave a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I cant run or climb s
2、tairs as quickly asother people. 你瞧，我的肌肉有毛病，使我的身体非常虚弱，所以我不能像别人那样快跑快步爬楼梯。 In addition, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump intofurniture. 再说，有时候我还会笨手笨脚、不小心摔掉东西，或磕碰到家具上。Unfortunately,the doctors dont know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned toadapt to my disab
3、ility. 不幸的是，大夫们不知道如何治好我的病，但是我很开朗乐观，学会了适应身体的残疾。My motto is: live one day at a time. 我的座右铭是：活好每一天。Until I was ten years old I was the same as everyone else. 十岁以前，我跟其他人是一样的。I used to climb trees, swim and play football. 我常常爬树、游泳、 。In fact, I used todream about playing professional football and possibly
4、 representing my country in the WorldCup. 说 的，我 常常 想我会 ， 我们的 家 世界 。Then I started to get weaker and weaker, until I could only enjoy football from a bench at thestadium. ，我的身体开 虚弱，以 能 体 的 上 了。 In the end I went into hospital for medical tests. I stayed there for nearly three months. 我到 了currency1，“了
5、个fi的。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 amicroscope. 我想我 fl 十 currency1，这还一他们我的大 上一肌肉”观, Even after all that, no one could give my disease a name and it is difficult toknow what the future holds. 人能 这个病， 很知道
6、 会是个样 。One problem is that I dont look any different from other people. 是我 上 跟常人一样。So sometimes some children in my primary school would laugh, when I got out ofbreath after running a short way or had to stop and rest halfway up the stairs. ，我跑了很的一 ，我 会 不 ，或 爬楼才爬到一 。，上小学时有的 见了我这种 会 话我。Sometimes, too
7、, I was too weak to go to school somy education suffered. 有时候我的身体 虚弱上不了学， 了多 。 Every time Ireturned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind the others.每 ，我 很笨， 我别人 了。My life is a lot easier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me. 我 中学时的活 小学时 多了， 我的 学开 了我的 。The fewwho
8、 cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignorethem. 还有 学 不到我的心世界，但是我并不 ， 是不 会他们 了。 All inall I have a good life. ，我活 好。 I am happy to have found many things Ican do, like writing and computer programming. 我很 我能多事 ，如 和电脑编程。 My ambition is to work for a firm that
9、develops computer software when I grow up.我有雄心壮志， 大 我 开发电脑软件的公司里工 。Last year I invented a computerfootball game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. 年我发明了一个电脑 游戏，有一家大公司已经决定我这儿买走。I have a very busy life with no time to sitaround feeling sorry for myself. 我的活很充 ，有时间闲 着顾影 怜。As well asgoing
10、to the movies and football matches with my friends, I spend a lot of time with my pets.除了 我的朋友一起 电影和 ，我还花很多时间和我的宠物 一起。I have tworabbits, a parrot, a tank full of fish and a tortoise. 我有两 兔 、一 鹦鹉、一缸金鱼和一 乌龟。To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time but I find it worthwhile. 我 花大量时间 照顾这 宠物，但我
11、很值。 I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I havebeen away for a while.外，我还有好多 ，特别是 病了一时间 。In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become moreindependent. 多方面，我身体的残疾倒使我心 上 更 坚强、更 独立。I have towork hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. 我必须努力工 才
12、能 上正常的活，但这是值 的。If I had a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: havinga disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. 假如我有机会跟健康 讲一句话，那，这句话 是：身体残疾并不意味着活不美满。So dont feel sorry for the disabled ormake fun of them, and dont ignore them either. ，不 感到残疾人可怜，或 取 他们，别不 睬他们。Ju
13、st accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live asrich and full a life as you do. 他们，给他们以鼓励让他们能像你一样 丰富多彩、充 美满。Thank you for reading my story. 谢谢你们读我的故事。Marty马蒂2.选修七Unit 1 A LETTER TO AN ARCHITECT致建筑师的一封信Ms L Sanders桑德斯女士 Alice Major爱丽斯梅杰Chief architect建筑师 64 Cambridge Street剑桥街
14、64 号Cinema Designs影设计公司 Bankstown班克斯敦44 Hill Street希尔街 44 号Bankstown班克斯敦24 September, 200_200_ 年 9 fi 24 日Dear Ms Sanders, 亲爱的桑德斯女士：I read in the newspaper today that you are to be the architect for the new Bankstowncinema. 今天我报上了解到，您 班克斯敦新影的建筑设计师。 I hope you will notmind me writing to ask if you ha
15、ve thought about the needs of disabled customers. Inparticular I wonder if you have considered the following things: 我希望您不介意我 信询您是否已考虑到残疾顾客的需 其是以“ 不知您是否考虑到了：1 Adequate access for wheelchairs. 的人 电影 充 的 。It wouldbe handy to have lifts to all parts of the cinema. 影德 个 电梯 会很方 。The buttons in the lifts
16、should be easy for a person in a wheelchair to reach, and the doors bewide enough to enter. 电梯的 应让 的人 到，电梯 应 。 Insome cinemas, the lifts are at the back of the cinema in cold, unattractive places. 有 电影里，残疾人 电梯设 影 不” 的 方。As disabled people have touse the lifts, this makes them feel they are not as im
17、portant as other customers. 残疾人必须 使 这 电梯，这 使残疾人感到别的观 一。2 Earphones for people who have trouble hearing. 给力有的人 机。 It wouldhelp to fit sets of earphones to all seats, not just to some of them. 所有座的currency1 有机，不是fl“个座，那会有“。 This would allow hearing-impaired customers to enjoythe company of their heari
18、ng friends rather than having to sit in a special area. 这样可以使那力有 的观 和那 力正常的朋友 一起，不是让前 一个特定的fi。3 Raised seating. fl 座。 People who are short cannot always see the screen. 身 小的人常常 不到。 So Id like to suggest that the seats at the back be placed higher thanthose at the front so that everyone can see the s
19、creen easily. 所以我想建影 的座应前 的 ，这样每个人 能很 到。 Perhaps there could be a space at theend of each row for people in wheelchairs to sit next to their friends. 可以让每一 的 ”，以 的人 他们的朋友currency1。4 Toilets. 所。For disabled customers it would be more convenient to place the toilets nearthe entrance to the cinema. 影 的
20、 所会让残疾人感 更 方 。 It canbe difficult if the only disabled toilet is in the basement a long way from where the film isshowing. 里大很的 残疾人 一个所，这种会给他们 。And if the doors could be opened outwards, disabled customers would be very happy. 如所的 能设计 外开，残疾人会很 。5 Car parking. 。 Of course, there are usually spaces sp
21、ecially reserved for disabledand elderly drivers.还 残疾司机和年司机 。If they are close to thecinema entrance and/or exit, it is easier for disabled people to get to film in comfort. 如这 影 很，残疾人 会很 到影。Thank you for reading my letter. I hope my suggestions will meet with your approval. 感谢您 读我的信，希望您能 我的建。 Disab
22、led people should have the sameopportunities as able-bodied people to enjoy the cinema and to do so with dignity. 残疾人应和健 人有 样的机会 电影， 时能 的 。 I am sure many people willpraise your cinema if you design it with good access for disabled people. 如您设计的电影能 残疾人 方 ，那，我 信多人 会 您的电影， It will also makethe cinema
23、owners happy if more people go as they will make higher profits! 电影的会 ， 有更多的人能 电影了，他们 能 更多的 了。 Yours sincerely,致 Alice Major 爱丽斯梅杰3.选修七Unit2 SATISFACTION GURANTEED满意Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. 里尔 特 一家 机 人的公司里工 。Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. ，公司
24、一个家 机 人 。 It was going to be tested out by Larrys wife, Claire.这里的夫人克 尔 。Claire didnt want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for threeweeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldnt harm her or allow her to be harmed. 克尔并不想 机 人” 家里，特别是 夫家的这个间，但是克 尔 里说 了。他说，机 人不会
25、 ， 不会让别人 。It would be a bonus. 这样会是个以外的 。However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. 见到机 人的时候 感到有 儿。 His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than amachine. 机 人叫 ， 上 更像一个人，不像 机 。 He was tall and handsomewith smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never chan
26、ged.他 面 毫无 化，但是个 大、 貌英俊，发整，声音 沉浑厚。On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked herwhether she needed help dressing. 第二天早晨， 戴着围裙，给 端 了早餐， 是否需 “忙穿衣打扮。 She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. It wasdisturbing and frightening that he looked so human. 感到有 不好
27、意思，很快 打发他走了。机 人如通人性，这使 心 和怕。One day, Claire mentioned that she didnt think she was clever. 有一天，克 尔说起， 并不聪明。Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that. Claire thought itwas ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. 则说，克 尔一定是很不 ，才会说这样的话 。克 尔 ，机 人会 示 ，这有 荒唐可 。But she began totrust him. 但
28、是他开 信任 了。 She told him how she was overweight and this made herfeel unhappy. 告诉 胖了，这让 很不 。 Also she felt her home wasntelegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position. 还有 像 里这样很想 社会 的人 说， 的家 不 雅。 She wasnt like GladysClaffern, one of the richest and most powerful wome
29、n around. 跟格 迪丝克 芬不一样，格 迪丝是闻的有 有势的女人。As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant.让克 尔 ，答应“ ，使 漂亮，使 的家 的 雅大方。 So Claireborrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read, or rather, scan. 是克 尔图书馆借 一堆书给 读，或 说给他浏览一。 She looked at his fingers with wonde
30、r asthey turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand. 他奇 着他的手指翻动着书页，忍不伸手 摸他的手指。She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmthof his skin. 他的手指甲和他那柔软温暖的皮肤使 感到大 异。 How absurd, shethought. He was just a machine. 想，这是多可 啊，他 不 是一 机 呀！Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the ma
31、keup she wore. 给克 尔换了个发型，又改 了化妆风格。 As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote outa list of items for her. 不允 陪克 尔 商店，所以 给 了一份购物清单 。Claire went into the city and bought curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding. 克 尔 城 买了窗帘、 垫、 毯和床上 品。 Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a nec
32、klace. 了一家珠宝店买链。 When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she rang Tonyup and told the clerk to speak to him. 柜 售货 很粗鲁， 打电话给 ，让售货讲话。The clerk immediately changed his attitude. 售货 马上 改 了态度。Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear“.克 尔 示感谢，并说他是个“可爱的人”。As she turned around, there stoo
33、d Gladys Claffern. 刚一转 身 ， 到格 迪丝克 芬站 那儿。 How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. 克 尔想，格 迪丝发现了，这多 啊！By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claireknew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. 格 迪丝脸上的那种有趣又奇的神色 ，克 尔知道，格 迪丝认 有风流韵事了。 After all, she knew Claireshusbands name was Larr
34、y, not Tony.毕竟格 迪丝知道 的 夫是 里，不是 。When Claire got home, she wept with anger in her armchair. 克 尔回到家里， 扶手 上 直哭。 Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be. 格 迪丝的一举一动 是克 尔想模仿的。 “You can be like her,“ Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and herfriends to the house the night before he was to
35、 leave and Larry was to return. 告诉克 尔说，你可以 格 迪丝一样，还建克 尔邀请格 迪丝和 的朋友到家里 ，时间 定 和 里回家 前的那个 上。By that time, Tony expected the house to becompletely transformed. 想 前 改 一新。Tony worked steadily on the improvements. 有 不 着 修。 Claire tried tohelp once but was too clumsy. 克 尔有一想 “忙。She fell off a ladder and eve
36、n thoughTony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time. 但是 笨手笨脚了，竟梯上掉了 。 时 间里，他还是 时 了。He held herfirmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. 他 里， 感 到了他身上有 暖 。She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.叫了起 ， 他 开，跑回 的 里，那天 再 有 。The night of the pa
37、rty arrived. 会的那天 上 到了。 The clock struck eight. 时 。 The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room. 客人马上 到 了。克 尔叫 到 一间 里 。At that moment, Tony folded his armsaround her, bending his face close to hers. 那一 间， 着 ， 身 脸 的脸。 She cried out “Tony“ and then heard him declare
38、that he didnt want toleave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. 大叫一声“ ”， 到 一 正经 说，明天他不想开 ， 他并不满 使 开心 。Then the front door bell rang. 这时，前 的 了。Tony freed her and disappearedfrom sight. 开了 ， 无影无了。 It was then that Claire realized that Tonyhad opened the curtains o
39、f the front window. 这时候，克 尔才意到 早 前currency1窗的窗帘 开了。 Her guests had seen everything ! 的客人 这一 一清二。The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. 克 尔和 的 、美currency1给女士们”了“的。 Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whisperingto another woman that she had never seen anyone so
40、 handsome as Tony. 他们开 前，克 尔到格 迪丝跟 外一个女人小声 说， 见 像 这样英俊的人 。What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! 到那 女士的fifl，这是多 美的 ！She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.克 尔 并有 们那样漂亮，但是 们中有任何一个人有这样英俊的 人。Then she remembered -Tony was just a machine. 这时候， 起 了 不 是
41、一 机 。 She shouted “Leave me alone“ and ran to her bed. 声 着：“让我独 一会儿！” 跑上床。She cried all night. 哭了一个通。The next morning a car drove up andtook Tony away.第二天早晨开 一 ， 走了。The company was very pleased with Tonys report on his three weeks with Claire.公司 克 尔 个”的 报告非常满意。Tony had protected a human being fromha
42、rm. 了一个人 ，He had prevented Claire from harming herself throughher own sense of failure.他使克 尔有 的感 。He had opened thecurtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, knowing that there wasno risk to Claires marriage.那天 上，他 开窗帘，让其他女人 到了他和克 尔 一起，他明 这 克 尔的 并不 。But even though Tony ha
43、d been so clever, hewould have to be rebuilt -you cannot have women failing in love with machines.但是， 很聪明，他还 一改建不能让女人和机 爱。4.选修七Unit2 A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOV克西夫 Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books thatincluded mystery stories, science and history books, an
44、d even books about the Holy Bible andShakespeare. 克西夫是美 的学家 家。他 大 480 书，小说、学和方面的书， 还 有 经 和 士 的书。 But he is best known forhis science fiction stories. 但是，他有的 品是他的 小说。Asimov had both anextraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazingmind with which he searche
45、d for explanations of everything, in the present and the past.西夫不 有着 的想力，使他能 世界 ， 还有着人的 力，使他能 现 的和 的 种事物 解 。Asimovs life began in Russia, where he was born on 2 January, 1920. 西夫的一 斯开 ，他 1920年1fi2日 It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he diedas a result of an HIV infection that he had got fro
46、m a blood transfusion nine years earlier.西夫的一 ，他 1992年4fi6日。他是 年前的一中感了病 病 世的。When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to NewYork City. 西夫岁的时候， 和年 一岁的 到 。There his parentsbought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so years. 那儿，他的 买了一家 店， 一直经 了大 40年。 At
47、the age of nine, when his mother was pregnantwith her third child, Asimov started working part-time in the store. 西夫 岁的时候， 亲 了第个 ，他 开 店里 工 了。 He helped out through his schooland university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a masters degree in chemistry. 他读中学和大学的那时 店里工 ，一直到 1942年， 是他 化学 士学
48、一年以 他才 店的工 。 In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yardas a junior chemist and worked there for three years. 1942年，他 城 里任化学师， 了年。 In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. 1948年他 了化学 士学。The next year he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. 第二年他 士顿大学的学任化教 。 In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a full-time writer. 1958年他弃了教学工 家
