1、1人 教 版 新 教 材 高一（上）Unit 1 Good FriendsARead about the following people and fill in the formDecide who you think could be fiends and give reasons for your decisionsJohn：Im 15 years old and I love footballI also like reading，especially stories about people from other countriesI dont enjoy singing，nor d
2、o I like computersI think that rock music is terrible.Ann：Hi， I m AnnIm 16 and I like dancing and computersI also like rock musicI hate hiking and Im not into classical musicI dont enjoy reading too much Steve： Im 14 years old and I love skiingOther favourite hobbies are reading and singingI dont li
3、ke hikingI think that rock music is too loud，and I think that football is boringPeter：Im from AustraliaIm 15 and Im fond of singingI sing a lot, and when Im not singing，I listen to rock music or use my computerI dont like football and I think that classical music is terribleI hate dancing! Sarah：My
4、name is Sarah and Im 14 years oldMy interests are reading novels, playing football and singing songs. I think that rock music is terrible，and I dont like dancingI dont enjoy computers eitherJoe：Hi thereIm JoeI really like computersI surf the Internet all the time and I like playing computer games. I
5、 dont enjoy football and I hate hikingRock music is OK, and so is skiingBChucks FriendIn the movie Cast Away，Tom Hanks plays a man named Chuck NolandChuck is a businessmanwho is always so busy that he has little time for his friendsHe is a successful manager in a companythat sends mail all over the
6、worldOne day Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenlyhis plane crashes. Chuck survives the crash and lands on a deserted islandOn the island, Chuck has to learn to survive all alone. He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. Perhaps the most difficult cha
7、llenge is how to survive without friends. In order to survive, Chuck develops a friendship with an unusual friend a volleyball he calls Wilson.Chuck learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. He realises that he hasnt been a very good friend because he has always been thinking about
8、himself. During his five years on the island, Chuck learns how to be a good friend to Wilson. Even though Wilson is just a volleyball，he becomes fond of himHe talks to him and treats him as a friend. Chuck learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have so
9、meone to care about. He also learns that he should have cared more about his friends. When he makes friends with Wilson, he understands that friendship is about feelings and that we must give as much as we take.A volleyball is certainly an unusual friend. Most of our friends are human beings, but we
10、 also make friends with animals and even things. For example, many of us have pets, and we all have favourite objects such as a lucky pen or a diary. The lesson we can learn from Chuck and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers. Friendship helps us understand who we are
11、, why we need each other and what we can do for each other.2CIntegrating SkillsMany-flavoured Friends“Ive got friends all over this country, friends in other countries too. Ive got friends I havent met yet, Ive got friends that will never know.” Ani Di FrancoFriends come in many flavoursThere are be
12、st friends， school friends，fair-weather friends，forever friends and many moreBest friends are friends with whom you spend a lot of time and with whom you share all your thoughts and feelingsSchool friends are different：you see each other in school and you study and have fun together, but you may not
13、 know everything about each otherFair-weather friends are friends who only like you when you are happy or when you are popularIf you are feeling down，or if you are having a problem, fair-weather friends dont want to spend time or talk with you Forever friends are friends that will always listen to y
14、ou and try to help you，even if you disagree or if you are having a problemBEST FRIENDSSarah and Janet have been friends ever since they started schoolThey do everything together：study，read，watch TV，surf the Internet，play sports and listen to musicIf either one has a problem, the other is there to he
15、lpWhen Sarah was in the third grade, some of the other students were making fun of her because she was shyJanet told the other students to stop making fun of Sarah，and she helped Sarah overcome her shynessIn the fifth grade，Janet had problems with her maths classShe studied hard，but she just couldnt
16、 understand the homeworkSarah helped Janet with her homework and patiently explained every exercise to JanetAfter six months，Janet was doing much better and even got an A on the maths examFRIENDS ACROSS BORDERSIs it possible to be best friends even if you are thousands of miles apart? Michel and Xia
17、o Li think soThey have been e-friends for five yearsMichel lives in Bologne (博洛涅)，France，and Xiao Li lives in Wuhan，Hubei Despite the fact that they have never met each other，Michel and Xiao Li are best friends They talk to each other by e-mail or telephone, and they always try to help each otherMic
18、hel and Xiao Li send each other pictures and tell each other about their everyday lifeMichel is very interested in Chinese culture and the Chinese languageHe often asks questions about life in ChinaXiao Li is also curious about life in FranceBoth friends think that their friendship is fun and useful
19、They have learnt many new things about life， and they have also learnt more about their own cultures1. In this passage， “flavours”probably means：A . colours B. tastes C. kinds D. shapes2. Mlat is the difference between a fair-weather friend and a forever friend?3. List the characteristics (特点) of ea
20、ch kind of friendA. fair-weather friend B. school friend C. forever friend 4. How did Sarah and Janet help each other?5. How have your friends helped you? How have you helped them?6. What can you do if you want to make friends with people from other countries?7. What are the advantages and disadvant
21、ages of having friends from other countries?8. The words at the beginning of the reading are from a song by Ani Di FrancoWhat do you thinkfriends I havent met yet” and friends that I will never know mean?Unit 2 English Around the World 3AJoe is an American who has come to Britain for the first timeL
22、ook at the picture and read the dialogueThen answer the following questions：What is it that Joe cant find in the bathroom? Why cant he find it?NANCY：Oh，there you are Now then, did you have a good flight?JOE：Sure，we flew all the way direct from Seattle to LondonNANCY：You must be very tiredDid you sle
23、ep at all on the plane?JOE：No not reallyIm very tiredCould I use your bathroom?NANCY：Why of courseYou dont need to ask, just make yourself at homeLet me give you a clean towelJOE：A towel?NANCY：Yes Here you are The bathroom is upstairsIts the second door on the left.JOE：Thanks NancyIf youll excuse me
24、 now(after a while)NANCY：Have you found it?JOE：Well，eh yes，I mean noI mean，I found the bathroom，but I didnt find what I was looking for!BPractise the following dialogues with your partner and act them out1 EMILY： Karen，can you tell me how to pronounce “kilometer”?KAREN： SureBritish people sayk land
25、Americans sayk lTEACHER：Karen and Emily，is there anything that isnt clear to you?KAREN： Emily asked me a question but I already answered herTEACHER：What was her question?KAREN： She asked me how to pronounce“kilometre”2 MS SMITH：Harry ，take these two pizzas to Mr Thompson on Broad Street, Number 12HA
26、RRY： Can you spell that name, please?MS SMITH：T-h-o-m-p-s-o-nOn Broad StreetNumber 1 2HARRY： Can you repeat the address，please?MS SMITH：Broad Street，Number 1 2HARRY： Got itMS SMITH：Take Daves motorbikeHere are the keysAnd hurry up!HARRY： Anything else?MS SMITH：Dont forget to buy me some ketchup on y
27、our Way backCEnglish Around the WorldEnglish is a language spoken all around the worldThere are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak EnglishMost native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdomthe United States of America，Canada，Australia，South Africa, Ireland and
28、New ZealandIn total，for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongueAn equal number of people learn English as a second language. These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family，but the language of the government, schools，newspapers and TV i
29、s English. This situation is found in countries such as 4India， Pakistan，Nigeria and the Philippines. However，the number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more man 750 million Everywhere in the world children go to school to learn EnglishMost people learn English for five or six y
30、ears at high school. In China students learn English at school as a foreign language，except for those in Hong Kong，where many people speak English as a first or a second languageIn only fifty years，English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world English is the workin
31、g language of most international organisations，international trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak ChineseChinese businessmen，taxi drivers and students talk with them using EnglishEnglish is also the language of global culture，such as popular mus
32、ic and the InternetYou can listen to English songs on the radio or use English to communicate with people around the world through the InternetWith so many people communicating in English every day，it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of EnglishDAmerican English and Britis
33、h EnglishMany students want to know about the differences between American English and British EnglishHow did these differences come about? There is no quick answer to this questionAt first the language in Britain and America was the sameIn 1776 America became an independent countryAfter that, the l
34、anguage slowly began to changeFor a long time the language in America stayed the same，while the language in England changedFor example，300 years ago the English talked about“fall”Today, most British people talk about“autumn”，but Americans still talk about“fall”In the same way Americans still use me
35、expression“I guess”(meaning“I think”)，just as the British did 300 years agoAt the same time，British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages，ending up with different wordsFor example, the British took“typhoon”from Chinese，while the Americans took “tornado”from Spanis
36、hIn 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionaryHe wanted to make American English different from British English, so he changed the spelling of many wordsThats why the words colour, centre and traveller are spelt color, center and traveler in American EnglishExcept for these difference
37、s in spelling，written English is more or less the same in both British and American EnglishThe differences are greater in the spoken language. For example，Americans say danced s, and in southern England they sayd nsIn America they pronounce notn t；in southern England they say n t. However，most of th
38、e time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other Answer the following questions by choosing the best answer1. America stopped being a part of England in_.A .1707 B. 1828 C. 1776 D. 191 12. Which of the following statements is true?A. After 1 828 American En
39、glish and British English stayed the sameB. After 1 828 American English changed but British English stayed the sameC. After 1 828 British English changed but American English stayed the sameD. After 1 828 both British English and American English changed .3. British English is different from Americ
40、an English because_A. Britain decided to change the spelling of many American words B. American English changed but British English stayed the sameC. the Americans and British took different words from other languagesD America is a bigger country54. Noah Webster was_A. an American president B. a Spa
41、nish farmerC. a British teacher D. an American writer5. Which of the following statements is true?A .In the future both American English and British English will stay the sameB. In the future American English will change but British English will notC. In the future British English will change but Am
42、erican English will not D. In the future both British English and American English will change EAmerican English has changed over the centuriesThere are several reasons for thisOne of the reasons is that people travelled to America from all the European countries and from other parts of the world, t
43、oo. They started to use English, but they also brought in some words from their own languages. For example, the word “cent”in American money is from old French. One of the states in the USA is called “Florida”, in Spanish this means“the land of flowers”. There are a great many American Indian words,
44、 for example“to howl”means“to cry”. And “cookbooks”is a German word. Do you know any other English words that were borrowed from other languages?FIntegrating SkillsDont Forget to Stay In Touch1Gerald is from Singapore，but he works in ChengduHe has been living there now for more than three yearsHe ha
45、s married a Chinese girl and they will soon have their first childGerald is very happy in China， although most of his family live in SingaporeHe says， “I dont see my parents and my sister very often They came to visit me in Sichuan onceBut of course We communicate a lotI call my parents at least onc
46、e a week, and we talk for at least half an hour，although it is perhaps a little bit expensiveMy parents often send me letters and sometimes a parcel (包裹) with some sweets and tea from home，even though I tell them they dont need to because I can get everything here in ChengduMy parents dont know how
47、to use e-mailThey dont like computers，so I sometimes send them a letter，or a postcardMy sister，of course，often sends me e-mail，and we also sometimes chat onlineI wish we could see each other more often, but that is difficult ”2Xiaohua lives in NanchangTwo years ago，at her junior high school，she had
48、a Canadian teacher who taught her English for one yearAfter a year，however，her teacher went back to Ottawa “We stay in touch ”says Xiaohua,“although we dont write very oftenPerhaps only three or four times a yearWe mostly write e-mail but every year he sends me a Christmas cardSending e-mail is very fast and cheap of course，but I really like receiving letters because of the beautiful Canadian stamps on the envelopes (信封) ”Not only did Xiaohua learn a lot of English from her Canadian teacher，she also became very interested in Canada “I try to read as man
