Unit11 Section A 对话

Role-play the conversation.

分角色表演对话。

Hey, Bert. I think I've made Alice mad and I'm not sure what to do about it.

嘿，伯特。我想我已经使艾丽斯发疯了，我不确定对这件事该做什么。

What happened?

发生了什么事？

You know Julie is Alice's best friend, right?

你知道朱莉是艾丽斯最好的朋友，对吗？

Uh-huh.

啊哈。

Well, the more I got to know Julie, the more I've realized that we have a lot in common.

嗯，我了解朱莉越多，我越意识到我们有更多的共同点。

So we've been spending more time together lately.

所以最近我们花更多的时间在一起。

But what's wrong with that?

但那怎么了？

Umm... it makes Alice unhappy because she thinks Julie is now better friends with me than with her.

嗯……那使艾丽斯不高兴因为她认为朱莉现在和我的朋友关系比和她好。

I see. Mmm... why don't you ask Alice to join you each time you do something with Julie?

我明白了。嗯……每次和朱莉在一起的时候，你何不邀请艾丽斯加入呢？

Then she won't feel left out.

那么她就不会感到自己被人遗忘了。

Oh, good idea! That can make our friendship stronger.

噢，好主意！那会使我们的友谊更加稳固。

Unit11 Section A 短文

Read the story and answer the questions.

读故事并回答问题。

The Shirt of a Happy Man (Part I)

一位快乐的人的衬衫（第一部分）

A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king.

很久以前，在一个富饶又美丽的国家里住着一位不快乐的国王。

He slept badly and didn't feel like eating.

他睡不好觉并且不想吃东西。

His face was always pale as chalk.

他总是面色苍白。

He often cried for no reason.

他经常无缘无故地哭泣。

This made the queen and his people worried.

这使王后和他的臣民们很担忧。

One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king.

有一天，一位医生被叫来给国王做检查。

But he found nothing wrong with his body.

但是他发现国王的身体没有毛病。

"It's all in his mind.

病都在他的心中。

Neither medicine nor rest can help him.

药物和休息都不能帮助他。

What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear.

他需要的是一件心情快乐的人所穿的衬衫。

That'll make him happy."

那会使他快乐的。"

The prime minister was called to the palace.

大臣被叫到了宫殿。

But when they explained the king's situation to him, he said,

当他们向他说明了国王的情况时，他说,

"Although I have a lot of power, it doesn't make me happy.

"虽然我有很多权力，但那并没有使我怏乐。

I'm always worried about losing my power.

我总是担心失去我的权力。

Many people are trying to take my position."

许多人正试图取代我的位置。"

Then, the king's banker came to the palace.

然后，国王的银行家来到了宫殿。

"Oh, I'm afraid I'm not happy either," he said.

"哎呀，恐怕我也是不快乐的，"他说。

"I have a lot of wealth, but I'm always worried about losing my money.

我有很多财富，但我总是担心失去我的钱。

Someone tries to steal my money every day."

每天都有人试图偷走我的钱。"

Next, the palace singer came to the king's room.

接下来，宫殿歌唱家来到了国王的房间。

But this was what he said:

但是这是他说的话：

"It's true that I'm famous and everyone loves my songs.

确实我很出名，大家都爱听我的歌曲。

But I'm not happy because I'm always worried about being followed by others.

但是我并不快乐因为我总是担心被别人跟踪。

I cannot be free!"

我没有自由！"

Finally, the king's top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days' time.

最后，国王的最高将军被派出去，并要求在三天的时间之内找到一位快乐的人。

Unit11 Section B 短文

Read the story and number the events in the correct order.

读故事并用正确的顺序给这几件事编号。

The Winning Team

获胜的团队

Peter kept his eyes on the ground.

彼得眼睛看着地面。

He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked home alone.

当他独自走着回家时，感觉像有重担压在他的肩膀上。

It was the worst day of his life.

这是他一生中最糟糕的一天。

His mind would not stop thinking about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field.

他心里一直在想刚才一个小时前在学校足球场上发生的事情。

How could he have missed scoring that goal?

他怎么没把球射进去呢？

He had let his whole team down.

他辜负了整个球队的期望。

His stupid mistake made him angry.

他的愚蠢的错误使他很生气。

His team had lost the game because of him.

因为他的原因他的球队输掉了那场比赛。

He was really worried that his coach might kick him off the team.

他非常担心，他的教练可能会从球队中把他开出。

As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, "What's wrong, son?"

他一走进家门，他酌爸爸就问，"怎么了，儿子？"

Peter's feelings were written all over his face.

彼得的感受写在了他的脸上。

"I lost the game," Peter replied.

"我输了比赛，"彼得回答。

Then he went into his room without another word.

然后他没说一句话走进了他的房间。

Ten minutes later, Peter heard his father knocking on his bedroom door.

十分钟以后，彼得听到他的爸爸敲他的卧室门。

He opened the door to let him in.

他打开门让他进来。

"Look, Peter. I don't know what happened.

"看，彼得。我不知道发生了什么。

But whatever it was, don't be too hard on yourself."

但不管结果怎样，不要对自己要求太苛刻。"

"I lost the game, Dad.

"我输了比赛，爸爸。

I failed my team.

我让球队输了。

They'll probably never let me play again."

他们可能将永远不会再让我踢球了。"

"Soccer is about team effort.

"足球是需要团队努力的。

You're not the only reason your team lost.

你不是你们球队输了的唯一的原因。

If you have a good team, you should support each other.

如果你们有一个优秀的球队，你们应该互相支持。

Besides, winning or losing is only half the game.

而且，赢或者输只是比赛的一半。

The other half is learning how to communicate with your teammates and learning from your mistakes."

另一半是学会怎样与你的队友交流并且从你的错误中吸取教训。"

Peter didn't say anything, but what his father said made him think carefully.

彼得没说什么，但是他爸爸的话使他仔细地想了想。

The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart.

第二天，彼得并没有害怕，而是鼓起勇气去参加足球训练。

"Hey, guys," he said to his teammates.

"你们好，伙计们。"他对他的队友说。

"I'm really sorry about yesterday.

"我对昨天的事感到非常抱歉。

We were so close to winning that game.

我们离赢得那场比赛是这么近。

But I think if we continue to pull together, we're going to win the next one."

但是我想如果我们继续团结一致，我们将会赢得下一场比赛。"

To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded in agreement.

令他吃惊和欣慰的是，他的队友都同意地点点头。

"Yeah," they said, "don't worry about it.

"是的，"他们说，"不要担心。

It's never just one person's fault.

那决不只是一个人的错。

We should think about how we can do better next time."

我们应该考虑一下怎样在下次比赛中做得更好。"

Peter smiled. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.

彼得笑了。知道他在一个成功的团队中使他感到很幸运。

Unit12 Section A 对话

Role-play the conversation.

分角色表演对话。

Why were you late for class today, Kevin?

凯文，你今天上课为什么迟到了？

My alarm clock didn't go off!

我的闹钟没有响！

I kept sleeping, and when I woke up it was already 8:00 a.m.!

我一直在睡觉，当我醒来时已经是早上8点钟了！

Oh, no!

噢，不！

So I just quickly put on some clothes and rushed out the door.

所以我只好迅速穿上衣服，冲出门外。

You didn't eat breakfast?

难道你没吃早饭吗？

No, I didn't even brush my teeth or wash my face!

是的，我甚至没有刷牙、洗脸！

But before I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left.

但是在我到车站之前，公共汽车已经离开了。

Then how did you get here?

那么你是怎样到这里的？

Luckily, Carl's dad saw me on the street and gave me a lift in his car.

幸运的是，卡尔的爸爸在街上看见了我并开车捎了我一程。

Well, at least by the time you got to school, you were only five minutes late for class.

嗯，至少当你到学校的时候，你上课只迟到了5分钟。

Unit12 Section A 短文

Read the passage and answer the questions.

阅读短文并回答问题。

Life Is Full of the Unexpected

生活充满了意外

In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center.

在2001年5月，我在纽约世界贸易中心找了一份工作。

On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m.

在2001年9月11日，大约是早上8:30我到达了我的办公楼。

I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.

我本打算上楼，这时我决定先去买咖啡。

I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.

我去了我最喜欢的咖啡店，尽管它离我的办公室向东两个街区远。

As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound.

当我正和其他办公室工作人员排队等候时，我听到了一声巨响。

Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building.

当我加入到外面其他人看看发生了什么事之前，第一架飞机已经撞击了我的办公大楼。

We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.

我们用难以置信的目光凝视着从正在燃烧的大楼上升起的黑烟。

I felt lucky to be alive.

我感到很幸运我还活着。

Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm never went off.

差不多10年以后，我在2011年2月21日上午10点钟醒来，意识到我的闹钟没有响。

I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.

我从床上跳起来，直接去了机场。

But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.

但是当我到机场时，飞往新西兰的飞机已经起飞了。

"This is the first holiday I've taken in a year, and now I've missed my plane.

"这是我一年中度过的第一个假期，现在我误机了。

What bad luck!" I thought to myself.

真倒霉！"我心里想。

The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day.

其他的飞机都满了，因此我必须等到第二天。

The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before.

第二天早上，我听说昨天新西兰地震了。

My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.

我的坏运气出乎意料地变成了一件好事。

Unit12 Section B 短文

Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.

快速阅读文章。然后把每一段和中心意思搭配起来。

April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world.

愚人节是一个在世界各地不同国家里都庆祝的活动。

It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.

它是在每年的4月1日，在这一天许多人互相做各种各样的恶作剧，开各种各样的玩笑。

One April Fool's Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.

有一年愚人节，一位英国记者宣布将不再有意大利面条了，因为在意大利的从事意大利面条种植的农民已经停止种植意大利面了。

Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.

许多人跑去当地的超市尽可能多地买意大利面条。

By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.

当人们意识到这个故事是一个骗局时，全国所有的意大利面条都已经卖光了。

In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water.

另一个著名的恶作剧是，英国一个电视节目报道发现了一种特别的水。

They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months.

他们说这种水能帮助人们减肥，一位顾客仅在四个月之内就减了很多重量。

By the end of the day, more than 10, 000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.

到那天结束时，为了查明怎样得到这种水，已经有一万多人给电视台打电话。

Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny.

许多愚人节玩笑的结局并不十分好玩。

A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool's Day.

一位著名的电视明星曾经在愚人节那天邀请她的女朋友参加他的演出。

He asked her to marry him.

他请求她嫁给他。

The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.

这位女士很高兴，因为她真的很想结婚。

However, when she said yes, he replied, "April Fool!"

然而当她答应他的求婚时，他却回答说："愚人节，傻瓜！"

That little joke didn't have a very happy ending.

那个小小的玩笑并没有一个十分快乐的结局。

The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.

那个电视明星失去了他的女朋友，而且他的节目也被取消了。

One of the world's most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than in April.

然而，世界上最著名的愚弄人的玩笑之一是发生在十月，而不是在四月。

In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.

在1938年的十月，演员奥森·韦尔斯通过他的广播节目宣布从火星来的外星人已经在地球上着陆。

He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States.

他描述了他们在哪里着陆，并且讲述了他们如何穿越美国。

Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country.

韦尔斯使它听起来如此真实以至于数以百计的人都相信了这个故事，并且整个国家一片恐慌。

By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes.

当警官宣布这个故事是一个骗局时，数千人已经离开了他们的家园。