高中英语：人教版必修电子课本(word版)
(完整版)高中英语人教版必修一课文内容电子版Unit2
Unit 2 English around the worldThe road to modern EnglishAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 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. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.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?American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.So why has English changed over time? Actually, all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first, the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare 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. English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The America Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.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 education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people 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.STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTSWhat is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.When people use words and expressions different from “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighboring towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.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 from one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects.。
（完整版）高中英语人教版必修一课文内容电子版Unit2
（完整版）高中英语人教版必修一课文内容电子版Unit2Unit 2 English around the worldThe road to modern EnglishAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 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. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.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?American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.So why has English changed over time? Actually, all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first, the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare 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. English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At thattime two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The America Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.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 education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people 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.STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTSWhat is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.When people use words and expressions different from “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighboring towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an olderkind of English dialect. When Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects.。
人教版高中英语电子课本(必修4)(2020年,Word版)
必修4 Unit 1 A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFEIt is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Afri ca. Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chi mps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and wa its in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Th en we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. Ho wever, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her b abies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observi ng and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she firs t arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to be gin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For exampl e, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until th en everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chi mps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped h er work out their social system.For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leadin g a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps.I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?" And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never f orget ..."She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their o wn environment, gaining a doctor's degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of wo men.WHY NOT CARRY ON HER GOOD WORK?I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should I ch oose to study at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I s at down at the computer to do some research on great women of China.By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a speci alist in women's diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had b een very busy in her chosen career, travelling abroad to study as well as writing b ooks and articles. One of them caught my eye. It was a smallbook explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to follow for keeping babies clean, healthy and free fr om sickness. Why did she write that? Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thoug ht needed this advice? I looked carefully at the text andrealized that it was intended for women in the countryside. Perhaps if they had an emergency they could not reach a doctor.Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at t hat time. That was a generation when girls' education was always placed second t o boys'. Was she so much cleverer than anyone else? Further reading made me r ealize that it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that go t her into medical school. What made her succeed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients. There was story after story of how Li n Qiaozhi, tired after a day's work, went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.By now I could not wait to find out more about her. I discovered that Lin Qiao zhi had devoted her whole life to her patients and had chosen not to have a famil y of her own. Instead she made sure that about 50,000 babies were safely deliver ed. By this time I was very excited. Why not study at medical college like Lin Qia ozhi and carry on her good work? It was still not too late for me to improve my st udies, prepare for the university entrance examinations, and….必修4 Unit 2 A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEAlthough he is one of China's most famous scientists, Yuan Longping consider s himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburntface and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. Dr Yuan Longping g rows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pion eer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice ma kes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now mor e than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.Born into a poor farmer's family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest A gricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been hi s life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. D r Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. I n a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vi etnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Th anks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hung er. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesn't care about being f amous. He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rath er keep time for his hobbles. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life a lso means very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much mon ey has more rather than fewer troubles. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equi p others for their research in agriculture.Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dre am about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export his rice so that it can b e grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a pers on who loves and cares for his people.CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC FARMING?Over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming. Many farmers welcomed them as a great way to stop crop disease an d increase production. Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-ter m use of these fertilizers can cause damage to the land and, even more dangerou s, to people's health.What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? First, they dam age the land by killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also stay in the ground and underground water for a long time. This aff ects crops and, therefore, animals and humans, since chemicals get inside the cro ps and cannot just be washed off. These chemicals in the food supply build up in people's bodies over time. Many of these chemicals can lead to cancer or other ill nesses. In addition, fruit, vegetables and other food grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition. They may look beautiful, but insi de there is usually more water than vitamins and minerals.With these discoveries, some farmers and many customers are beginning to tu rn to organic farming. Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals. They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease. A healthy soil reduces disease and helps crops grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, ofte n prefer using natural waste from animals as fertilizer. They feel that this makes th e soil in their fields richer in minerals and so more fertile. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.Organic farmers also use many other methods to keep the soil fertile. They oft en change the kind of crop in each field every few years, for example, growing cor n or wheat and then the next year peas or soybeans. Crops such as peas or soy beans put important minerals back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. Organic farmers also plant crops to u se different levels of soil, for example, planting peanuts that use the ground's surfa ce followed by vegetables that put down deep roots. Some organic farmers prefer planting grass between crops to prevent wind or water from carrying away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next year's crop. These many different organic farming methods have the same goal: to grow good food and avoid damaging the environment or people's health.必修4 Unit 3 A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOURAs Victor Hugo once said, "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the hu man face", and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Ch aplin. He brightened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depre ssed, so they could feel more content with their lives.Not that Charlie's own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. H is parents were both poor music hall performers. You may find it astonishing thatCharlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially wh en the family income was often uncertain. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of th e most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordi nary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him -his subtle acting made everything entertaining.As time went by, he began making films. He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world. The tr amp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoe s and a small round black hat. He walked around stilly carrying a walking stick. Th is character was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination t o overcome all difficulties. He was the underdog who was kind even when others were unkind to him.How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining? Here is an example from one of his most famous films, The Gold Rush. It is the mid-nineteenth centu ry and gold has just been discovered in California. Like so many others, the little t ramp and his friend have rushed there in search of gold, but without success. Inst ead they are hiding in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a snowstorm with nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they try boiling a pair of leather sho es for their dinner. Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest stea k. Finally he tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe. He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe th at it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and produced the films he starred in. In 1972 h e was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films. He lived in England and the USA but spent his last years in Switzerland, where he was buried in 197 7. He is loved and remembered as a great actor who could inspire people with gr eat confidence.ENGLISH JOKES1 There are thousands of jokes which use "play on words" to amuse us. One person asks a question which expects a particular reply. Instead, what he gets is a nother kind of answer which makes the situation funny. Now read some of these c ustomer and waiter jokes. Can you match the joke with the explanation?1 C: What's that fly doing in my soup?W: Swimming, I think!2 C: What's that?W: It's bean soup.C: I don't want to know what it's been. I want to know what it is now.3 C: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?W: No, sir. Round.2 Some jokes are longer and tell a short, funny story. The following is one of those jokes about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor W atson. Read it and decide which of these two kinds of jokes you like better. Give your reasons.Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping in a mountainous area. Th ey were lying in the open air under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looked up at the st ars and whispered, "Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you thin k of?" Watson replied, "I think of how short life is and how long the universe has l asted." "No, no, Watson!" Holmes said. "What do you really think of?." Watson trie d again. "I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is." "Try again, Watson!" said Holmes. Watson tried a third time. "I think of how cold the universe is and h ow warm people can be in their beds." Holmes said, "Watson, you fool! You shoul d be thinking that someone has stolen our tent!"必修4 Unit 4COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university's student associati on, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year's international student s. They were coming to study at Beijing University. We would take them first to th eir dormitories and then to the student canteen. After half an hour of waiting for th eir flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking aroun d curiously. I stood for a minute watching them and then went to greet them.The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain. After I met them and then introduced them to each other,I was very surprised. Tony approached Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence. I guessed that there was probably a major misunderstanding. Then Ak ira Nagata from Japan came in smiling, together with George Cook from Canada. As they were introduced, George reached his hand out to the Japanese student. J ust at that moment, however, Akira bowed so his nose touched George's moving h and. They both apologized - another cultural mistake!Ahmed Aziz, another international student, was from Jordan. When we met yes terday, he moved very close to me as I introduced myself. I moved back a bit, but he came closer to ask a question and then shook my hand. When Darlene Coulo n from France came dashing through the door, she recognized Tony Garcia's smili ng face. They shook hands and then kissed each other twice on each cheek, sinc e that is the French custom when adults meet people they know. Ahmed Aziz., on the contrary, simply nodded at the girls. Men from Middle Eastern and other Musli m countries will often stand quite close to other men to talk but will usually not to uch women.As I get to know more international friends, I learn more about this cultural "bo dy language". Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfor table in the same way with touching or distance between people. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings u sing unspoken "language" through physical distance, actions or posture. English pe ople, for example, do not usually stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However, people from places like Spain, Italy or South Americ an countries approach others closely and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other by shaking hands, but some cultures us e other greetings as well, such as the Japanese, who prefer to bow.These actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures hav e developed. I have seen, however, that cultural customs for body language are ve ry general - not all members of a culture behave in the same way. In general, tho ugh, studying international customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in today's wo rld of cultural crossroads!SHOWING OUR FEELINGSBody language is one of the most powerful means of communication, often ev en more powerful than spoken language. People around the world show all kinds o f feelings, wishes and attitudes that they might never speak aloud. It is possible to "read" others around us, even if they do not intend for us to catch their unspoken communication. Of course, body language can be misread, but many gestures and actions are universal.The most universal facial expression is, of course, the smile –its function is to show happiness and put people at ease. It does not always mean that we are tru ly happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smiles, such as when someone "loses fa ce" and smiles to hide it. However, the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.From the time we are babies, we show unhappiness or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one's back to someone showsanger. Making a fist and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry a nd threatening another person.There are many ways around the world to show agreement, but nodding the h ead up and down is used for agreement, almost worldwide. Most people also unde rstand that shaking the head from side to side means disagreement or refusal.How about showing that I am bored? Looking away from people or yawning wi ll, in most cases, make me appear to be uninterested. However, if I turn toward a nd look at someone or something, people from almost every culture will think that I am interested. If I roll my eyes and turn my head away, I most likely do not belie ve what I am hearing or do not like it.Being respectful to people is subjective, based on each culture, but in general it is probably not a good idea to give a hug to a boss or teacher. In almost every culture, it is not usually good to stand too close to someone of a higher rank. St anding at a little distance with open hands will show that I am willing to listen.With so many cultural differences between people, it is great to have some si milarities in body language. We can often be wrong about each other, so it is an amazing thing that we understand each other as well as we do!必修4 Unit 5THEME PARKS —FUN AND MORE THAN FUNWhich theme park would you like to visit? There are various kinds of theme p arks, with a different park for almost everything: food, culture, science, cartoons, m ovies or history. Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest roller coasters, others for showing the famous sights and sounds of a culture. Whichever a nd whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland. It can be f ound in several parts of the world. It will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams come true, whether traveling through space, visiting a pirate ship or meeting your favourite fairy tale or Disney cartoon character. As you wander aroun d the fantasy amusement park, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a p arade or on the street. Of course Disneyland also has many exciting rides, from gi ant swinging ships to terrifying free-fall drops. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland. If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to Disneyland!Dollywood, in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in the southeasternUSA, is one of the most unique theme parks in the world. Dollywood shows a nd celebrates America's traditional southeastern culture. Although Dollywood has rid es, the park's main attraction is its culture. Famous country music groups perform t here all year in indoor and outdoor theatres. People come from all over America to see carpenters and other craftsmen make wood, glass and iron objects in the old-fashioned way. Visit the candy shop to try the same kind of candy that American s outherners made 150 years ago, or take a ride on the only steam- engine train stil l working in the southeast USA. You can even see beautiful bald eagles in the wo rld's largest bald eagle preserve. And for those who like rides, Dollywood has one of the best old wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead. It is world-famous for having the most length in the smallest space. Come to Dollywood to have fun learning all about America's historical southeastern culture!If you want to experience the ancient days and great deeds of English knights and ladies, princes and queens, then England's Camelot Park is the place for you. Every area of the park is modelled after life in the days of King Arthur and the K nights of the Round Table. In one place, you can watch magic shows with Merlin t he Wizard. If you want to see fighting with swords or on horseback, then the jousti ng area is a good place to visit. If you do well there, King Arthur may choose you to fight in the big jousting tournament. Do you like animals? Then visit the farm a rea, and learn how people in ancient England ran their farms and took care of thei r animals. To enter a world of fantasy about ancient England, come to Camelot Pa rk!FUTUROSCOP —EXCITEMENT AND LEARNINGLast week I took a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, a nd was pulled into a black hole. Then I took a trip to Brazil and experienced survi ving an airplane crash in the jungle. After that, I joined some divers and went to t he bottom of the ocean to see strange blind creatures that have never seen sunlig ht. For a break, I took part in some car racing and then skied down some of the most difficult mountains in the world. I ended my travels by meeting face to face w ith a dinosaur, the terrible T-Rex, and survived the experience!I did all this in one great day at Futuroscope. Opened in 1987, Futuroscope is one of the largest space-age parks in the world. This science and technology-bas ed theme park in France uses the most advanced technology. Its 3-D cinemas and giant movie screens provide brand new experiences of the earth and beyond. Visit ors can get close to parts of the world they have never experienced, going to the bottom of the ocean, flying through the jungle or visiting the edges of the solar sys tem. The amazing, up-to-date information together with many opportunities for hands-on learning makes the world come to life in a completely new way for visitors. L earning centres throughout the park let visitors try their own scientific experiments, as well as learn more about space travel, the undersea world and much mote.I bought tickets for myself and my friends at the park's entrance, but tickets ar e also available online. Futuroscope is not only for individuals, but is also the perfe ct mix of fun and learning for class outings. Classes or other large groups that let Futuroscope know their plans in advance can get the group admission rate. For an yone coming from out of town, Futuroscope has many excellent hotels nearby, mos t of which provide a shuttle service to the park. If driving, Futuroscope is within ea sy reach of the freeway. Plan your trip well before starting, since Futuroscope has so many shows, activities and great souvenir shops that it is difficult to see them all. Come ready to walk a lot - be sure to wear some comfortable sneakers or oth er walking shoes!。
（完整版）高中英语人教版必修一课文内容电子版Unit2
（完整版）高中英语人教版必修一课文内容电子版Unit2Unit 2 English around the worldThe road to modern EnglishAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 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. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.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?American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.So why has English changed over time? Actually, all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first, the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare 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. English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At thattime two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The America Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.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 education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people 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.STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTSWhat is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.When people use words and expressions different from “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighboring towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an olderkind of English dialect. When Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects.。
(人教版)2019版高中英语电子课本(必修4)(word版,15页)-(高一)AUwMwU
必修4 Unit 1 A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFEIt is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following J ane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studie d these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means g oing back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sit s and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We wa tch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as stro ng as in a human family.Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recordi ng their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own en vironment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few mont hs was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group h unting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each oth er, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system.For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world underst and and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes cr owding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?" And then I think about small chimps in cages th ough they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget ..."She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own environme nt, gaining a doctor's degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can. She ins pires those who want to cheer the achievements of women.WHY NOT CARRY ON HER GOOD WORK?I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should I choose to study at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the computer to d o some research on great women of China.By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in women' s diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had been very busy in her chosen career, travelling abroad to study as well as writing books and articles. One of them caught my e ye. It was a smallbook explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to follow for keeping babies clean, healthy and free from sickness. Why did she wri te that? Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought needed this advice? I looked carefully at the text andrealized that it was intended for women in the countryside. Perhaps if they had an emergenc y they could not reach a doctor.Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time. That was a generation when girls' education was always placed second to boys'. Was she so much cl everer than anyone else? Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determinati on as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school. What made her succeed later o n was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients. There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day's work, went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor famil y who could not pay her.By now I could not wait to find out more about her. I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had devote d her whole life to her patients and had chosen not to have a family of her own. Instead she m ade sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered. By this time I was very excited. Why n ot study at medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and carry on her good work? It was still not too late for me to improve my studies, prepare for the university entrance examinations, and….必修4 Unit 2 A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEAlthough he is one of China's most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a far mer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for thepast five decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he becam e the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more th an 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.Born into a poor farmer's family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural Coll ege in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing probl em in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests witho ut expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. The se increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less devel oped countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesn't care about being famous. He feel s it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his hobbles. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spending money o n himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a p erson with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. He therefore gives millions of y uan to equip others for their research in agriculture.Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC FARMING?Over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming. M any farmers welcomed them as a great way to stop crop disease and increase production. Recen tly, however, scientists have been finding that long-term use of these fertilizers can cause damag e to the land and, even more dangerous, to people's health.What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? First, they damage the land b y killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also stay in the gr ound and underground water for a long time. This affects crops and, therefore, animals and huma ns, since chemicals get inside the crops and cannot just be washed off. These chemicals in the f ood supply build up in people's bodies over time. Many of these chemicals can lead to cancer or other illnesses. In addition, fruit, vegetables and other food grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition. They may look beautiful, but inside there is usually m ore water than vitamins and minerals.With these discoveries, some farmers and many customers are beginning to turn to organic f arming. Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals. They focus on keeping th eir soil rich and free of disease. A healthy soil reduces disease and helps crops grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, often prefer using natural waste from animals as fertilizer. Th ey feel that this makes the soil in their fields richer in minerals and so more fertile. This also kee ps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.Organic farmers also use many other methods to keep the soil fertile. They often change the kind of crop in each field every few years, for example, growing corn or wheat and then the ne xt year peas or soybeans. Crops such as peas or soybeans put important minerals back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. Organic far mers also plant crops to use different levels of soil, for example, planting peanuts that use the gr ound's surface followed by vegetables that put down deep roots. Some organic farmers prefer pla nting grass between crops to prevent wind or water from carrying away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next year's crop. These many different orga nic farming methods have the same goal: to grow good food and avoid damaging the environmen t or people's health.必修4 Unit 3 A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOURAs Victor Hugo once said, "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face", and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He brightened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between. He made peop le laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.Not that Charlie's own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents wer e both poor music hall performers. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially when the family income was often uncertain. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his si ck mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of the m ost popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday task s. No one was ever bored watching him -his subtle acting made everything entertaining.As time went by, he began making films. He grew more and more popular as his charming c haracter, the little tramp, became known throughout the world. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked a round stilly carrying a walking stick. This character was a social failure but was loved for his opti mism and determination to overcome all difficulties. He was the underdog who was kind even wh en others were unkind to him.How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining? Here is an example from one of his most famous films, The Gold Rush. It is the mid-nineteenth century and gold has just been di scovered in California. Like so many others, the little tramp and his friend have rushed there in s earch of gold, but without success. Instead they are hiding in a small hut on the edge of a moun tain during a snowstorm with nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they try boiling a pair of le ather shoes for their dinner. Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spagh etti. Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak. Finally he tries cu tting and chewing the bottom of the shoe. He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. The actin g is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and produced the films he starred in. In 1972 he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films. He lived in England and the USA but spent his l ast years in Switzerland, where he was buried in 1977. He is loved and remembered as a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence.ENGLISH JOKES1 There are thousands of jokes which use "play on words" to amuse us. One person asks a question which expects a particular reply. Instead, what he gets is another kind of answer which makes the situation funny. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes. Can you match the joke with the explanation?1 C: What's that fly doing in my soup?W: Swimming, I think!2 C: What's that?W: It's bean soup.C: I don't want to know what it's been. I want to know what it is now.3 C: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?W: No, sir. Round.2 Some jokes are longer and tell a short, funny story. The following is one of those jokes a bout the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson. Read it and decide wh ich of these two kinds of jokes you like better. Give your reasons.Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying i n the open air under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looked up at the stars and whispered, "Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of?" Watson replied, "I think of how short life is and how long the universe has lasted." "No, no, Watson!" Holmes said. "What do you reall y think of?." Watson tried again. "I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is." "Try again, Watson!" said Holmes. Watson tried a third time. "I think of how cold the universe is and how w arm people can be in their beds." Holmes said, "Watson, you fool! You should be thinking that s omeone has stolen our tent!"必修4 Unit 4COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university's student association, went to th e Capital International Airport to meet this year's international students. They were coming to stud y at Beijing University. We would take them first to their dormitories and then to the student cant een. After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. I stood for a minute watching them and then went to greet them.The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, closely followed by Julia Smith fro m Britain. After I met them and then introduced them to each other, I was very surprised. Tony a pproached Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence. I guessed that there was probably a major mi sunderstanding. Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smiling, together with George Cook fromCanada. As they were introduced, George reached his hand out to the Japanese student. Just at that moment, however, Akira bowed so his nose touched George's moving hand. They both apol ogized - another cultural mistake!Ahmed Aziz, another international student, was from Jordan. When we met yesterday, he mo ved very close to me as I introduced myself. I moved back a bit, but he came closer to ask a q uestion and then shook my hand. When Darlene Coulon from France came dashing through the door, she recognized Tony Garcia's smiling face. They shook hands and then kissed each other t wice on each cheek, since that is the French custom when adults meet people they know. Ahme d Aziz., on the contrary, simply nodded at the girls. Men from Middle Eastern and other Muslim c ountries will often stand quite close to other men to talk but will usually not touch women.As I get to know more international friends, I learn more about this cultural "body language". Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with t ouching or distance between people. In the same way that people communicate with spoken lang uage, they also express their feelings using unspoken "language" through physical distance, action s or posture. English people, for example, do not usually stand very close to others or touch stra ngers as soon as they meet. However, people from places like Spain, Italy or South American co untries approach others closely and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other by shaking hands, but some cultures use other greetings as well, such as the Japanese, who prefer to bow.These actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures have developed. I have seen, however, that cultural customs for body language are very general - not all members of a culture behave in the same way. In general, though, studying international customs can cert ainly help avoid difficulties in today's world of cultural crossroads!SHOWING OUR FEELINGSBody language is one of the most powerful means of communication, often even more power ful than spoken language. People around the world show all kinds of feelings, wishes and attitude s that they might never speak aloud. It is possible to "read" others around us, even if they do no t intend for us to catch their unspoken communication. Of course, body language can be misread, but many gestures and actions are universal.The most universal facial expression is, of course, the smile –its function is to show happine ss and put people at ease. It does not always mean that we are truly happy, however. Smiles ar ound the world can be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smiles, such as when someone "loses face" and smiles to hide it. However, the general purpose o f smiling is to show good feelings.From the time we are babies, we show unhappiness or anger by frowning. In most places ar ound the world, frowning and turning one's back to someone shows anger. Making a fist and sha king it almost always means that someone is angry and threatening another person.There are many ways around the world to show agreement, but nodding the head up and do wn is used for agreement, almost worldwide. Most people also understand that shaking the head from side to side means disagreement or refusal.How about showing that I am bored? Looking away from people or yawning will, in most cas es, make me appear to be uninterested. However, if I turn toward and look at someone or somet hing, people from almost every culture will think that I am interested. If I roll my eyes and turn m y head away, I most likely do not believe what I am hearing or do not like it.Being respectful to people is subjective, based on each culture, but in general it is probably not a good idea to give a hug to a boss or teacher. In almost every culture, it is not usually goo d to stand too close to someone of a higher rank. Standing at a little distance with open hands will show that I am willing to listen.With so many cultural differences between people, it is great to have some similarities in bod y language. We can often be wrong about each other, so it is an amazing thing that we underst and each other as well as we do!必修4 Unit 5THEME PARKS —FUN AND MORE THAN FUNWhich theme park would you like to visit? There are various kinds of theme parks, with a dif ferent park for almost everything: food, culture, science, cartoons, movies or history. Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest roller coasters, others for showing the famous sights and sounds of a culture. Whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland. It can be found in several parts of the world. It will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams come true, whet her traveling through space, visiting a pirate ship or meeting your favourite fairy tale or Disney ca rtoon character. As you wander around the fantasy amusement park, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street. Of course Disneyland also has many exciting rides, from giant swinging ships to terrifying free-fall drops. With all these attractions, no wonder touris m is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland. If you want to have fun and more than fun, com e to Disneyland!Dollywood, in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in the southeasternUSA, is one of the most unique theme parks in the world. Dollywood shows and celebrates America's traditional southeastern culture. Although Dollywood has rides, the park's main attraction is its culture. Famous country music groups perform there all year in indoor and outdoor theatre s. People come from all over America to see carpenters and other craftsmen make wood, glass and iron objects in the old-fashioned way. Visit the candy shop to try the same kind of candy tha t American southerners made 150 years ago, or take a ride on the only steam- engine train still working in the southeast USA. You can even see beautiful bald eagles in the world's largest bald eagle preserve. And for those who like rides, Dollywood has one of the best old wooden roller c oasters, Thunderhead. It is world-famous for having the most length in the smallest space. Come to Dollywood to have fun learning all about America's historical southeastern culture!If you want to experience the ancient days and great deeds of English knights and ladies, pri nces and queens, then England's Camelot Park is the place for you. Every area of the park is m odelled after life in the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In one place, yo u can watch magic shows with Merlin the Wizard. If you want to see fighting with swords or on horseback, then the jousting area is a good place to visit. If you do well there, King Arthur may choose you to fight in the big jousting tournament. Do you like animals? Then visit the farm area, and learn how people in ancient England ran their farms and took care of their animals. To ente r a world of fantasy about ancient England, come to Camelot Park!FUTUROSCOP —EXCITEMENT AND LEARNINGLast week I took a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, and was pulled into a black hole. Then I took a trip to Brazil and experienced surviving an airplane crash in the jungle. After that, I joined some divers and went to the bottom of the ocean to see strange blind creatures that have never seen sunlight. For a break, I took part in some car racing and then s kied down some of the most difficult mountains in the world. I ended my travels by meeting face to face with a dinosaur, the terrible T-Rex, and survived the experience!I did all this in one great day at Futuroscope. Opened in 1987, Futuroscope is one of the lar gest space-age parks in the world. This science and technology-based theme park in France usesthe most advanced technology. Its 3-D cinemas and giant movie screens provide brand new exp eriences of the earth and beyond. Visitors can get close to parts of the world they have never ex perienced, going to the bottom of the ocean, flying through the jungle or visiting the edges of the solar system. The amazing, up-to-date information together with many opportunities for hands-on learning makes the world come to life in a completely new way for visitors. Learning centres thro ughout the park let visitors try their own scientific experiments, as well as learn more about spac e travel, the undersea world and much mote.I bought tickets for myself and my friends at the park's entrance, but tickets are also availabl e online. Futuroscope is not only for individuals, but is also the perfect mix of fun and learning fo r class outings. Classes or other large groups that let Futuroscope know their plans in advance c an get the group admission rate. For anyone coming from out of town, Futuroscope has many ex cellent hotels nearby, most of which provide a shuttle service to the park. If driving, Futuroscope i s within easy reach of the freeway. Plan your trip well before starting, since Futuroscope has so many shows, activities and great souvenir shops that it is difficult to see them all. Come ready to walk a lot - be sure to wear some comfortable sneakers or other walking shoes!。
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必修1 第一单元Reading 阅读ANNE’S BEST FRIENDDo you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feel ings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going 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 w as Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered. During that t ime the only true friend was her diary. She said, “I don’t want to set down a serie s of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding p lace 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。
【人教版】2019版高中英语电子课本(必修1)(Word版,20页)
必修1 第一单元Reading 阅读ANNE’S BEST FRIENDDo you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feel ings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going 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 w as Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered. During that t ime the only true friend was her diary. She said, “I don’t want to set down a serie s of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding p lace 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。
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必修1 第一单元Reading 阅读ANNE’S BEST FRIENDDo you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feel ings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going 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 w as Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered. During that t ime the only true friend was her diary. She said, “I don’t want to set down a serie s of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding p lace 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。
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普通高中课程标准实验教科书《英语》电子课本Book 3Unit 1 Festivals around the worldB3U1P1-3FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONSAncient FestivalsFestivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. The most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Other celebrations were held whe n hun ters could catch ani mals. They would starve if food was difficult to find, so they celebrated when they had food. They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty.Festivals of the DeadSome festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the an cestors, who could retur n either to help or to do harm .In Japa n the festival is called Obon, whe n people should go to clea n the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the an cestors back to earth. In Mexico they have the Day of the Dead in early November. On this importa nt feast day, people might eat food in shape of skulls, and cakes with bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead. It is now a children ' festival, whenthey can go to their neighbours' homes and ask for sweets. They dress up and try to frighten people. If they are not give n any thi ng, the childre n might play a trick.Festivals to Honour PeopleFestivals can be held as an honour to famous people or to the gods. One of these is the Drago n Boat Festival in China, which honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yua n. Ano ther is Columbus Day in the USA, in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America. In India there is a national festival on October 2 to honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India' in depe ndence from Brita in.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because theirfood is gathered for the wi nter ,and because a seas on of agricultural work is over. In Europea n countries it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and people get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. In China and Japan there are mid-autu mn festivals, whe n people admire the moon and give gift of moon cakes.Spring FestivalsThe most en ergetic and importa nt festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of win ter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat, and may give children lucky money in the red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, andfamilies celebrate the lunar New Year together. I n some Wester n coun tries there are very excit ing carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. They might include parades, dancing in the streets day and ni ght, loud music and colourful cloth ing of all kin ds. Easteris an important religious and social festival in Christian countries. It celebrates the return of Jesusfor Christians and it also celebrates the coming of spring. In Japan, the Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow.People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each others. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.B3U1P4We think it has always bee n the custom for people to have festivals. They are a time to enjoy each other' company and have fun with our friends. We think that long ago people looked forward to the celebrations. Our ancestors would sit round a fire and cook plenty of meat to eat. Then they would be satisfied with their festival.A SAD LOVE STORYLi Fang was heart-broken. It was Valentine ' Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work. But she didn ' turn up . She could be with her friends right now laughing at him. She said she would be there at seven o'clock, and he thought she would keep her word . He had looked forward to meeti ng her all day, and now he was alone with his roses and chocolates, like a fool. Well, he was not going to hold his breath for her apologise He would drown his sadness i n coffee.It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave —he wiped the tables, the n sat dow n and tur ned on the TV —just what Li Fang n eeded! A sad Chin ese story about lost love.The seventh daughter of the Goddess of Heaven visited the earth. Her name was Zhinu, the weavi ng girl, and she was the most lovely of the daughters. While she was on earth she met the herd boy Niula ng and they fell in love. ( Just like me and Hu Jin, "thought Li Fan g.) They got married secretly, and they were very happy. ( We could be like that, " thought Li Fang.) When the Goddess of Heave n knew that her daughter was married to a huma n, she became very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven. Niulang tried to follow her, but the river of stars, the Milky Way, stopped him. Finding that Zhinu was heart-broke n, her mother fin ally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year. This happe ns whe n the stars Vega and Altair meet in the Heaven. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on the seve nth lunar mon th. people in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinu is weeping and the couple won C be able to meet.The announcer said, this is the story of Qiqiaojie. When foreigners hear about the story, they call it a Chinese Valentine C story. It C a fine day today, so I hope you can all meet the one you love.，，As Li Fang set off for home, he thought, I guess Hu Jin doesn C love me. I C just throw these flowers and chocolates away. I don C wa nt them to remi nd me of her. ' So he did.As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice calling him. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling, Why are you so late? I 'e been waiting for you for a long time! And I have a gift for you! ”What would he do? He had throw n away her Vale nti ne gifts! She would n ever forgive him.This would not be a happy Valentine ' Day!B3U1P44&45Winter carnival in QuebecWe are sitting in a caf in old Qiiebec, drinking hot coffee to try to warm up. The temperature is32 degrees below freez ing. The win dows are covered with steam from the heat in side. Outside, the snow covers the streets and is piled up along the sidewalks and in park ing lots. The music and lights of the carnival continue, but we have been watching the parades, riding in horse carriages and liste ning to the music all day. Our feet are freez ing and our no ses are red.Quebec carni val is the biggest win ter festival in the world —every year, hun dreds of thousa nds of people come to Quebec to take part in a week of activities. If you come, you must be prepared to keep moving, as it is too cold to sta nd and watch for long.Early in the morning, you can watch the snowboarding competitions on the hill overlooking the river. The competitions speed down the track and through the air though they could fly.If you are brave eno ugh, you can try the canoe race. Five or six men paddle in each canoe across the great St Lawre nee River, which is partly froze n. Of course, the river is full of big pieces of ice, and if you were to fall in, you would freeze in less than two minutes.One of the favourite events is the dog-sled race, in which teams of about 6 Husky dogs pull long sleds at great speeds along a snowy track. One pers on runs beh ind the sled, shout ing to the dogs to en courage them. The sound of the dogs bark ing, the calls of the drivers and the shouts of the crowd make an exciting Northern experienee. The dogs are beautiful strong animals, with long, thick fur. Many of them have blue eyes.After admiring the ice sculptures everywhere in the city, much like those in Harbin in China, you can have a cup of tae or coffee in an igloo. It is amaz ing how warm these ice houses can be!Late in the evening, you can go to the snow palace, where Bonhomme the snowman is king, and join the crowd. You can dance outside to the music of a band, who are all dressed in heavy clothes -eve n some of their in strume nts are dressed up for win ter.Finally we sit down in our caf eto warm up and to plan tomorrow - perhaps we' lljoin the snowmobile races -or perhaps we ' ll just sleep in.Book 3 Unit 2 Healthy eat ingB3U2P10COME AND EAT HERE ⑴Wang Peiwei sat i n his empty restaura nt feeli ng very frustrated. It had bee n a very stra ngemorning. Usually he got up early and prepared his menu of mutt on kebabs, roast pork and fried rice. Then by lun chtime they would all be sold. His restaura nt ought to be full of people. But not today! Why was it so? What could have happe ned? He thought of his mutt on kebabs and fatty pork cooked in the hottest, finest oil. His fried rice was hot but did not taste of fat. His cola was sugary and cold and his ice cream was made of eggs, milk, cream and fruit. “ Nothing could have been better, ” thought. Suddenly he saw his friend Li Maochang hurrying by. “ Hello, Maochang, ” healled,“ Yourusual? 'But Maochang seemed not to hear. What was the matter? Something terrible must have happened if Maochang was not coming to eat with him as he always did.Pen gwei followed Li Maocha ng into a n ewly-ope ned small restaura nt at the end of the street. There was a sig n in the win dow.Tired of all that fat? Want to be thinner?Come in side to Yong Hui s slimmi ng restaura nt.Only slim ming foods served here.Make yourself thin aga in.Curiosity drove Wang Pen gwei in side. It was full of people. A very thin lady came forward.“ Welcome! she said, “ My n ame is Yong Hui .I will take all that fat off you in two weeks if yo eat here every day. Th” she gave a menu to Wang Peiwei. There were only two kinds of food and one drink on it: raw vegetables, fruit and water. Wang Peiwei was amazed at this and especially at the prices. It cost more tha n a good meal in his own restaura nt. He could not believe his eyes! He threw away the menu and hurried outside. On his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? He wondered if he should go to the library to find out. He couldn ' t have YongHui getting away with telling people lies! He had better do some research!After readi ng, he realised what was wrong with Yong Hui s restaura nt. It was not givi ng its customers en ergy-givi ng food! After eati ng in her restaura nt people would become tired very quickly. Perhaps this was a way to win his customers back! Peng Wei wrote his own sig n. It said:Want to feel fit?Come and eat here!Our food gives you en ergy all day!The competiti on betwee n the two restaura nts was on!B3U2P12Daisy wished to be _______ s o that she could wear all the latest, cool clothes designed for theyoung. She decided to do some ______ i nto what foods should be eate n to become thinner. Shelearned that one of the _____ of not eat ing eno ugh was to become very tired quickly. When shewent to the doctor, he told her she could be thinner as well as healthy if she ate more vegetables like beans, and .So she did. She felt very fit when she started eating more ___________________________________foods as well as her usual energy - giving foods. She even began to enjoy eating all the vegetables rather than cooked. She soon looked like a model!B3U2P14&P15COME AND EAT HERE (2)The n ext day Wang Pen gwei' s restaura nt was n early full and he felt happier. Perhaps he would be able to earn his livi ng after all and not have to close his restaura nt. He did not look forward to being in debt because his restaura nt was no Ion ger popular. He smiled .But the smile left his face whe n he saw Yong Hui walk ing in. She did no t look happy but glared at him as she moved roundthe customers. “ May I ask what you weregdini my restaura nt yesterday? I thought you were a new customer and now I find you came only to spy on me and my menu, ""Pseiasshouted.excuse me, " he calmly expla in edwa nted to know where all my customers had gone yesterday. I followed one of the m and found them in your restaura nt. I don ' t want to upset you but I foundyour menu so limited that I stopped worry ing and started advertis ing the ben efits of my food. Why don ' t you sit down and try a meal"Yong Hui agreed to stay and soon they were both enjoying the dumpli ngs, fatty pork and cola. When they were served the ice cream Yong Hui bega n to look ill. " I feel sick with all this fat and heavy food," she said," I miss my vegetables and fruit. " Wang Pengwei was just enjoying a second plate of dumplings so he sighed. “yes," he added,"and I would miss my dumplings and fatty pork. But don ' t you tired quickly? “Well, now you mention it. I do have to rest a lot, "admitted Yong Hui. “ But don ' t you think it would be better if you were a bit thinner? " she asked Wang Pengwei. “ I ' m sure you would feel much healthier.They began chatting about menus and balaneed diets. “My research has shown me that n either your restaura nt nor mine offers a bala need diet, " expla ined Pen gwei, " I don ' t offer eno ugh fibre and y ou don ' t offer eno ughbod- build ing or en ergy - givi ng foods. Perhaps we ought to combine our menus and provide a balaneed menu with foods full of energy and fibre. " So that is what they did ,They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than fried them .Then they served fresh fruit with ice cream. In this way they cut down the fat and in creased the fibre in the meal. Their bala need menus became such a success that before long Wang Pengwei became slimmer and Yong Hui heavier. After some time the found that their bus in ess cooperati on had turned into a pers onal one .Fin ally they got married and lived happily ever after!B3U2P52-53THE TOWN HAS TO DECIDE（At the meeting that evening there are two speakers: one for and one against building a McDonald 'srestaurant.） FOR BUILDING A MCDONALD 'SI was excited whe n I heard that our com muni ty（社区）was to have its own McD onald 'srestaura nt.I thought about all those young people who would not have to go to the n ext tow n to buy their favourite burgers and chips. McDonald 'scares about healthy eating too and works with scientists to provide food that is of high quality,safe and healthy. It is also cheap .They ofte n provide salads as well as burgers and chips. You can also choose between cola and milk shakes（奶昔）.Of course it also means more work for our area that n eeds jobs badly. McDon ald 'say they are in terested in doing what is right for the community and being a good neighbour. So I think they will be concerned about providi ng park ing for the cars in our main street. Many of our young people will be only too happy to work for it. They make a promise to the people that work for them. They say,“We value you, your growing skills and your help to the company. ” I can see nothing but good if this compa ny comes to build its restaura nt in our tow n.AGAINST BUILDING A MCDONALD 'I am very worried about McDon ald S buildi ng a restaura nt in our hometow n. We are a small community and we enjoy our local dishes. I am not sure if McDonald 's food is as healthy as they say in their advertisements. When scientists look at it carefully they find high levels of fat, sugar and salt. This is very worry ing. Too many young people are gett ing fat through eat ing too much fatty food. McDonald ' is not giving young people a good idea of what a healthy diet should be. Local Chin ese food ,on the other hand, is full of fresh vegetables and fresh meat and fish. The food at a McDon ald ' restaura nt is always the same so I won der if it is made or brought in from elsewhere. Although it is freshly cooked ,it must be less healthy tha n our own locally grow n and cooked Chin ese food.I also worry about all those cars bringing people to buy food in McDon ald '. First, there wouldbe petrol fumes（气体）,which would make our clean air dirty. Second, there 'the problem of all those cars that try to park and preve nt other cars from moving quickly through our tow n. Third, what will happe n to all the food containers if people decide to eat on the side of the road just out of tow n? Will they just throw them on the gro und?I'm sure many young people would be happy to work for McDonald s but will they be treatedfairly（公平地）? In America n, McDon ald ' does not allow Un io ns to operate in its restaura nts and these are people who speak up for the workers. If ,as they say, the workers are happy with them why should they fear some workers joi ning a Union?So whe n I con sider the food, the cars and the jobs, I think we should not allow McDon ald 'to build their restaura nt inour tow n.Book 3 Unit 3 The Millio n Pound Bank-noteB3U3P17-18ACT ONENote: Scenes 1 and 2 are provided in the Teacher ok. ' s BoScene 3NARRA TOR Now ladies and gen tleme n , you ' re about to hear the most in credible tale. It is thesummer of 1903, and Henry Adams, an America n bus in ess, has had some very bad luck. He is lost in London. He has no money and does not know what he should do. Walk ing dow n the street, he hears some one calli ng him. RODERICK Young man, would you step in side a mome nt, please?HENRY Who? Me, sir?RODERICK Yes, you.OLIVER Through the front door on your left.HENRY （a serva nt ope ns the door for him） Than ks.SERVANT Good morning, sir, would you please come in? Permit meto lead the way ,sir.OLIVER Tha nk you, James. That will be all.RODERICK How do you do, Mister —er—?HENRY Adams, He nry Adams.OLIVER Come and sit dow n, Mr Adams.HENRY Tha nk you.RODERICK You' re an American?HENRY That ' r ight, from San Fran cisco.RODERICK How well do you know Lon donHENRY Not at all. It ' s my first trip here.RODERICK I wonder, Mr Adams, if you ' d mind us asking a few questions.HENRY Go right ahead.RODERICK May we ask what you ' re doing in this country and what your plans are?HENRY Well, I can ' t say that I have any planshbping to find work. As a matter of fact,I Ianded in Britian by accident.OLIVER How is that possible?HENRY Well, you see, back home I had my own boat. About a month ago I was saili ng outof the bay —(his eyes stare at what is left of the brother 'sdinner on the table)RODERICK Well, go on.HENRY Oh, yes. Well, towards ni ghtfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.I did not know whether I could survive until morning. The next morning I ' just about given myself up for lost whe n I was spotted by a ship.OLIVER And it was the ship that bought you to En gla nd.HENRY I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for myappeara nee. (the brothers smile at each other)RODERICK Well, you mustn worry about that. It ' s an advantage.HENRY I ' m afraid I don ' t quite followr.you,RODERICK Tell us, Mr Adams, what sort of work did you do in America?HENRY I worked for a mi ning compa ny. Could you offer me some ki nd of work here?RODERICK Patie nee, Mr Adams. If you don' mi nd, may I ask you how much money you have?HENRY Well, to be hon est, I have none.OLIVER (happily) What luck! Brother, what luck!(claps his hands together)HENRY Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me. If this is your idea of some kind ofjoke, I don ' t think it ' s very funny. (Henry stands up to letayouNow, II excuse me, I think I ' llbe on my way.RODERICK Please don' go, Mr Adams.You mustn ' think we don' care about you. Oliver, give him the letter.OLIVER Yes, the letter.(gets it from a desk and gives it to Henry like a gift) The letter.HENRY (taki ng it carefully) For me?RODERICK For you. (Henry starts to open to it) Oh, no, you mustn ' t open it. Not yet. You can open it until two two o ' clock.HENRY Oh, this is silly.RODERICK Not silly. There ' s money in it. (calls to the servant) James.HE NRY Oh, no, I don ' t want your charity. I just want an honest job.RODERICK We know you ' r曲ard-working. That ' why we' vegiven you the letter. James, show Mr Adams out. OLIVER Good luck, Mr Adams.HENRY Well, why don ' ytou explain what this is all about?RODERICK You' ll soo n kno w. I n exactly an hour and a half.SERVANT This way, sir.RODERICK Mr Adams, not until 2 o ' clock. Promise?HENRY Promise. Good-bye.B3U3p20One day my uncle told me a ______ about a man who made a ______ that he would be able towalk to the foot of a mountain by _______ .The mountain was over 100 kilometres away from hishome so people were happy to take the bet because they thought it was __________ that anybodycould walk so far in one day. But they did not realise that the man had a pla n ready. He got his __to drive a large truck which would meet him on the road as if _________ . The truck would give theman a ride and he would continue to pretend to walk as the truck moved along. In this way the man made his at the foot of the mountain before nightfall and he won his bet. He said hehad walked all the way though not always on the road!B3U3P21 &22Reading and actingAct one. Scene 4(Outside a restaura nt Henry looks at the en velope with the letter and decides to go in. He sits dow n at a table n ext to the front win dows.)OWNER (seeing Henry ' p s or appearanee)That's one's reserved. This way, please.(to the waiter) take this gentleman 'order, Horace.HENRY (after sitting down and putting the letter on the table) I dlike some ham and eggsand a nice big steak. And make it extra thick.WAITER it 'll cost a tiny bit.HENRY I understand. And I llhave a nice glass of beer. (the waiter leaves foe the kitchen)HOSTESS my good ness! He eats like a wolf.OWNER we'll see if he's clever as a wolf, eh?HENRY (having just finished every bit of food) Ah, waiter. (waiter returns) same things aga in, please. Oh, and ano ther beer.WAITER Aga in, everythi ng?HENRY Yes, that's right. (sees the look on the waiter 'face) Anything wrong?WAITER (to the restaura nt owner) He 'asked for more of the same.OWNER it is well-k nown that many America ns like to eat a lot. Well, we have to take acha nee. Go ahead and let him have it.WAITER (readi ng the bill after the meal) all right. That 's two orders of ham and eggs, twoextra thick steaks, two tall glasses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts.HENRY would you mi nd wait ing just a few minu tes?WAITER (in a rude manner) what's there to wait for?OWNER all right, Horace, I lltake care of this.HENRY (to owner) That was a won derful meal. It 's amaz ing how much pleasure you get out of the simple things in life, especially if you can 't have them for a while.OWNER Yes, very interesting. Now perhaps if you pay the bill I can help the other customers.HENRY (looking at the clock on the wall) Well, I see it 's two o 'lock. (he opens the letterand holds a milli on pound bank-note in his han ds. Henry is surprised but the owner and the waiter areshocked, and n ervous) I'm very sorry. But …I ... I …I don 'have any thi ng smaller.OWNER (still shocked and nervous) Well, er- er-just one moment. Maggie, look! (the hostess screams, the other customs look at her and she put a hand to her mouth).HOSTESS oh, dear, I don 'tknow. 1 simply don 'tknow. Ask Mr. Clemens. (the owner goes to a gen tlema n sitt ing n ear the win dow)OWNER Mr. Cleme ns, Mr. Cleme ns! Could you -er- look at this? (ha nds him the bank —ote) do you think it 'genuine?CLEMENS (looking at it very carefully) Two notes in this amount have been issued by the Bank of England this year.Any way, it can 'be fake.OWNERCLEMENS Why n ot?People will give too much atte ntio n to a bank-note of this amount. No thief would want that to happe n.HOSTESS CLEMENS man. OWNER HOSTESS him at once! OWNER HENRY OWNER (joining them) But look at the owner, Mr. Cleme ns. He ' in rags.Hmm, yes. I see. Well, I can only say that he must be a very stra nge but very rich(as if he has discovered something for the first time) Why, yes! That must be it!(hit her husba nd 'arm) And you put him in the back of the restaura nt! Go and seeI'm so sorry, sir, so sorry, but I cannot cha nge this bank-no te.But it ' all I have on me.Oh, please, don 'worry, sir. Does n 'matter at all. We are so very glad that you eve n en tered our little eat ing place. In deed, sir, I trust that you'll come here whe never you like.HENRY OWNER Well, that "svery kind of you.Kind, sir? No, it 'skind of you, sir. You must come whenever you want and have whatever you like. Just havi ng you sit here is a great honour!HENRY OWNER I may not return for some time.It would be wrong of me not trust a gentleman such as yourself, sir, (now the other customs are watch ing them) eve n if you do dress in a rather unu sual way. As for the bill, sir, please forget it.HENRY OWNER Forget it? Well …thank you very much. That 'very nice of you.Oh, it ' for us to thank you, sir and I do, sir, from my heart. (the owner, hostess and waiter all bow together as Henry leaves)B3U3P23ABOUT MARK TWAINMark Twain was born in Florida and spent his boyhood in Hannibal,Missouri,along the Mississippi River. Three of his most famous books describe people on this great river. They are The Adve ntures of Tom Sawyer, The Adve ntures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi. In deed, this author loved the river so much that even his pen n ame is about the river.old word for “ two. ” So, to “ mark twain, ” is to say that the water is two fathoms deep. A fathom is equal to six feet or 1.83 metres. Twain left school at school at the age of twelve to look for work.Over the next two decades he was a printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a good miner, a bus in essma n and a n ewspaperreporter. His first successful story was about a jump ing frog con test. His writi ng became famous for its descripti on of com mon people and the way they talked, but especially for his humour. He became rich from the many no vels, short stories and travel jo urn als he wrote and was very popular at public readi ngs. Yale and Oxford Uni versities honoured him for his writing. However, the last years of his life were filled with sad events, loneliness and the loss of much money. His writing lost most of its humour and became sad like him. Yet he is still one of the most popular writers in the world today.ACT TWOScene 4NARRA TOR At the end of mon th, Henry was very rich and did n ' t fear jail. Dressed in the fin est clothes, he drove by the brothers ' house in Portla nd Place and, see ing they venetdDgdt, wPortia at her friend ' s home.HENRY My dear, the way you look today, it would be a crime not to ask for a good salary for the job they ' ll give to me. PORTIA Oh , please remember that if we ask for too much we may get no salary at all; and then what ' ll happen to us, with no way in the world to earn a living?(at the brothers ' home , the serva nt lets them in. The two brother are seated ,wait ing ) HENRY Good morning, gentlemen. (Roderick seems very surprised to see Portia )Portia ,these are the men who helped me .PORTIA So very nice to meet you, kind sirs . ( she gives Oliver a wink of the eye )RODERICK Er …Portia ,I---OLIVER we re both glad to hear it , for now we can decide the bet which Roderick and I made」f you ' ve warmfe ,you shall have any job as my gift . Have you got the million pound bank-note ?HENRY I ' ve won! Now what do you say , Roderick ?RODERICK I say that I ' ve lost twenty thousand pounds」never would have believecWthy, that is amaz ing, man!HEN RY Come, let ' s be going now, Portia .OLIVER But wait, wait! The job, you know」must give you a job, as I promised.HENRY Well, thank you very much, but I really don ' t want one now.PORTIA Henry, I ' m disappo in ted in you . You did n ank the g b ntlttme n properly . May Ido it for you ?HENRY Let me see you try.(Portia walks over to Roderick and gives him a hug. Then she sits in Oliver ' s lap, puts her ar around his n eck and kisses him on the cheek . Oliver begi ns laugh in g.) PORTIA Papa, he says he doesn ' t want anything else from you .HENRY (shocked)My dear ,is that your papa?!PORTIA He' s my stepfather ,and the dearest one that ever was .HENRY Oh, my dearest dear sir , I regret what I said . You have got a job ope n that I want .OLIVER Name it.HENRY Son-in law.OLIVER Well , well, well! But you ' ve never had such a job before .How can I be sure youcan do it successfully?。