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新人教版高中英语必修二课文原文及翻译(精校版)Word文化遗产Unit1CULTURAL HERITAGEReadingand thinkingFROMPROBLEMS TOSOLUTIONS从问题重重到迎刃而解Economic developmentis necessaryif wewant toimprove society.There comesa timewhenthe oldmust giveway to the new,and it is notpossible topreserve everythingfrom ourpastas wemove towardsthe future.Finding andkeeping theright balancebetween progress andthe protectionof culturalsites canbe abig challenge.社会进步需要经济发展新旧更替的时代已经到来,在走向未来的过程中,我们不可能将过去的一切都保存下来在发展与文化遗址保护之间找到恰当的平衡点,并加以保持,这可能是一项巨大的挑战Big challenges,however,can sometimeslead togreat solutions.In the1950s,the Egyptiangovernmentwanted tobuild anew damacross theNile in order tocontrol floods,produceelectricity,and supplywater tomore farmersin thearea.But theproposal ledto protests.Water from the damwould likelydamage anumber oftemples anddestroy cultural relics that1were animportant part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listeningto thescientists whohadstudied theproblem,and citizenswho livednear thedam,the governmentturned to theUnited Nationsfor helpin
1959.然而,巨大的挑战有时候会带来伟大的解决方案二十世纪五十年代,埃及政府打算在尼罗河上新建一座大坝,可以防洪、发电,并为该地区更多的农民供水但是该提案引发了抗议因为大坝泄流可能会损坏许多寺庙,摧毁一批文物,而这些文物是埃及文化遗产的重要组成部分埃及政府在听取了研究该问题的科学家以及大坝附近居民的意见后,于年向联合国寻求帮助1959A committeewas establishedto limitdamage tothe Egyptianbuildings andprevent thelossof culturalrelics.The groupasked forcontributions fromdifferent departmentsand raisedfundswithin theinternational community.Experts investigatedthe issue,conducted severaltests,and thenmade aproposal forhow thebuildings couldbe saved.Finally,a documentwassigned,and thework beganin
1960.委员会成立了,旨在减少对那些建筑物的破坏,并防止文物损失该委员会请求各个部门予以支持,并在国际范围内筹集资金专家们经过调查研究,多次试验,提出了一个保住那些建筑的方案最终,(埃及政府)签署了一份文件,于年开始动工1960The projectbrought togethergovernments andenvironmentalists fromaround the world.Temples and other culturalsites weretaken downpiece bypiece,and thenmoved andputback togetheragain in a placewhere theywere safefrom thewater.In1961,Germanengineers movedthe firsttemple.Over thenext20years,thousands ofengineers andworkersrescued22temples andcountless culturalrelics.Fifty countriesdonated nearly$80million totheproject.该项目集聚了来自世界各地的政府机构和环保人士人们将寺庙和其他文化遗址逐块拆解,运至一个不受河水侵袭的安全地带,再按原样复原年德国工程师搬迁了第一座寺庙在随后的二十年里,数千1961名工程师和工人拯救了座寺庙和不计其数的文物个国家向n2250virtual choir,“Lux Aurumque,had185singers from12different countries.It hasreceived millionsof viewson the Internet.Since1then,the virtual choir hasbecome aworldwide phenomenon.Whitacre snext effortwas theVirtualYouth Choirfor UNICEF,which wasfirst seenon stageon23July2014in the UK.Altogether,2,292young peoplefrom80countries joinedin to sing Whitacre s song“What If.年,惠塔克收到了一个女孩的视频,视频是女孩演唱他创作的一部作品受此启发,惠塔克邀请粉丝2009们录制视频,然后他将这些视频拼接成一场演出他创办的首个虚拟合唱团“金色之光’;拥有来自12个不同国家的名歌手该合唱团在互联网上的点击量已超过百万次自此,虚拟合唱团风靡全球185惠塔克的第二个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会”虚拟青年合唱团”,该团于年月日在英国首2014723次登台演出,总共有来自个国家的名青年参与演唱惠塔克的歌曲《假如》
802.292The virtual choir is a wonderfulway for people around the worldto singwith onevoice andthusmake the world abetter place.虚拟合唱团提供了一种美妙的方式,让世界各地的人们能够同声歌唱,世界因此变得更加美好Reading forwritingGood morning,my nameis SarahWilliams.If san honourto behere andto sharewith youthestory ofhow musichas had an impacton mylife.上午好!我叫莎拉・威廉姆斯非常荣幸来到这里与大家分享音乐是如何影响了我的人生的Have youever faceda timewhen thingslooked darkand youhad nohope atall Twoyearsago,I wastold I had a serious diseasewhich wasdifficult tocure.My bodyached allthe time1and thusI thought I didnt havemuch longerto live.I wasvery afraidand Ifelt soalone anddiscouraged.Then oneday,Ihadto go through atwo-hour medicaltreatment.The doctorwantedme torelax,so hehad melisten tosome music,and one of thesongs was“Happy”.The songmade mefeel so much betterthat from then onI beganto listen to musicall thetime.John A.Logan said,Music is the medicineof themind.And ifs true.Music helped merecover.你是否曾经历过黯淡无光、万念俱灰的一段时光两年前,我被告知得了一种很难治愈的严重疾病,全身一直疼痛,觉得自己活不了多久了我非常害怕,感到十分孤独、沮丧后来有一天,我需要去做两个小时的治疗医生想要我放松,就让我听一些音乐,其中一首歌是《快乐》听着这首歌,我感觉好多了,从此之后,我开始一直听音乐约翰洛根曾说过“音乐是心灵的良药”的确如此音乐助我康复AMusic gaveme happiness.When Ilistened tomusic,it mademy spiritsfly like a kitein thewind.Music gaveme strengthand broughtme relief.It wasthe rockI leanton to becomestrong andto getthrough thosehard times.Moreover,music gaveme hopeand asense ofsatisfaction.It becamemy bestfriend.It spokewords ofencouragement tothe deepestpartof mybeing.音乐给我带来了快乐当我听音乐的时候,音乐让我的心情放飞,像风中的风筝音乐给予我力量也让我得到解脱音乐是岩石,让我倚靠,变得坚强,度过那些艰难的日子不仅如此,音乐还给予我希望和满足感音乐成了我最好的朋友,它(音乐)使我的内心深受鼓舞Of course,I hopenone ofyou have to go through the same kindof sufferingthat Idid.At thesametime,we allgothroughvarious periodswhen wefeel sador alone.During thosetimes,music canhelp youin the same waythat ithelpedme.I hopeall ofyou willsomehow begintotreasure musicand makeit a part ofyour life.当然,我希望你们不要经历和我一样的痛苦同时,我们都会经历悲伤或孤独的时光在那时,音乐可以帮助你,就像它曾经帮助我一样我希望大家都能以某种方式开始珍惜音乐,让音乐成为你生活的一部分Thank you!谢谢!附赠资料教师高效教学的诀窍高效教学,具体应该怎么说呢我们很难精确地给它下一个定义,但大家都能清晰地感受到它学生、家长甚至是那些教学水平般的教师亲临高效教学的现场时,都能立刻感受到它但是,能感受到并不代表能在实践中亲自做到,尽管水平一般的教师也能够在优秀教师的课堂上体会到高效教学的魅力,但他们却无法在自己的课堂教学中像那些优秀教师一样高效在某种程度上,他们能觉察到自己的不足,但在具体实践的时候却不得要领,有劲使不出来如果这些教师能够掌握教学的快窍他们同样也能高效地教学毕竟,教师们都有一颗上进的心今天我的目的就是要加深教师对于高效和低效两种教学方法的认识这点十分重要只有认识到了,才能在实践中分清这两种教学方法的不同今天,我们首先对下面所列的典型教学方法做出自己的判断看看它们是属于高效教学法,还是属于低效教学法高效教学与低效教学测试讲课时的开场白是“打开教材,翻到第页”(低效)L x.在课堂上尽量多用体验式教学法(高效)
2.和学生建立起愉快、轻松的师生关系(高效)
3.高度依赖书本(低效)
4.把课本当做教学资源和教学工具来用(高效)
5.多微笑(高效)
6.大部分时间都显得很严肃(低效)
7.教学实践中大量罗列文字(低效)
8.处理学生问题时,声调提高并且表现出失望沮丧的情9绪(低效)任何时候都表现得冷静、专业(高效)
1.在课堂上多次进行有组织的讨论活动(高效)
11.鼓励学生合作解决问题(高效)
12.测试中出现的题目不超出课堂教授的内容(高效)
13.测试中出现令学生感到束手无策的题目(低效)
14.和学生陷入激烈的争吵(低效)
15.私下里解决个别学生的问题(高效)
16.当众令学生难堪(低效)
17.详细地准备教学细节以产生最佳的学习效果(高效)
18.重复使用同一套教学计划(低效)
19.不断学习并实践新的教学法(高效)
20.在课堂教学中紧密联系学生的实际生活(高效)
21.拒绝改变(低效)
22.勇于接纳并追求成长和进步所必须的变化(高效)
23.经常和学生谈论积极向上的话题(高效).经常和2425学生谈论负面的话题(低效).对每个学生都充满信心(高效)
26.尽自己所能和家长保持沟通,让他们了解到学生的学习27状况(高效).重视学生的长处(高效)
28.发自内心地热爱教学(高效)
29.认为教学是一件麻烦的事情(低效).经常抱怨3031(低效)•和同事保持良好的关系,相互促进提高(高效
32.为了学生的成功奉献一切(高效)
33.认为每个学生都能成功并平等地对待每个人(高效)
34.不放弃任何一个学生(高效)35我相信你看完上面的教学方式后一定会有自己的判断但如果你能无所畏惧地面对自己的内心,那么你一定会发现自己在实践中或多或少存在一些低效的做法该项目捐赠了近千万美元8When theproject endedin1980,it wasconsidered a great success.Not onlyhad thecountriesfound apath tothe futurethat didnot runover therelics of the past,but theyhad alsolearnt年该项目完that itwas possiblefor countriesto worktogether tobuild abetter tomorrow.1980工时被视为一个巨大的成功这些国家不仅找到了一条不以牺牲古迹为代价的未来发展之路,而且明白了多个国家合作创造美好未来的可能性The spiritof theAswan Damproject isstill alivetoday.Perhaps thebest exampleis shownbyUNESCO,which runsa programmethat preventsworld cultural heritage sitesaroundtheworldfrom disappearing.If aproblem seemstoo difficultfor asingle nation,the global communitycan sometimesprovide asolution.阿斯旺大坝工程的精神今日尚存能体现这种精神的最好的例子或许就是联合国教科文组织;该组织有一项计划,旨在防止全球各地世界文化遗产的消失如果一个问题对某一个国家来说难度太大,那么国际社会有时可为其提供一个解决方案Reading forwriting通过数码图像推广文化PROMOTING CULTURETHROUGH DIGITALIMAGESLanzhou,9August
2017.A groupof researchersand scientistsfrom Chinaand othercountriesare workingtogether tohelp increaseknowledge andappreciation ofChina s ancient culturalheritage.They arerecording andcollecting digitalimages ofculturalrelicsfrom theMogaoCaves,which werea keystop alongthe SilkRoad throughoutChina sancient history.Nearly500,000high-quality digitalphotographs have been producedsince theinternational projectstartedin
1994.(兰州年月日)一支由中国及其他国家的研究人员和科学家组成的科研团队正在通力合作,旨,201789在加强人们对中国古代文化遗产方面的认识与鉴赏力团队成员正在记录和收集莫高窟文物的数码图像;莫高窟在中国古代历史上是丝绸之路上的一个关键站点年该国际项目启动以来,团队已经制作了1994近万张高质量的数码照片50The MogaoCaves havelong beena meetingpoint fordifferent culturesand arepart of thehistory of many countries.Today,the cavesare justas internationalas theywere at the timewhenpeople travelledthe SilkRoad.Tourists from all over theworldvisit Dunhuangto seethecaves,and theGetty Museumin LosAngeles haseven reproduceda copyof thecaves andpaintingsforpeopleto admirein America.长期以来莫高窟一直是多元文化的交汇点反映着不同国家的历史文化今天,这些洞窟的国际地位可与当年人们在丝绸之路上跋涉的时候相提并论来自世界各地的游客纷纷造访敦煌、欣赏洞窟;位于洛杉矶的盖蒂博物馆甚至复制了这些洞窟和壁画的照片,供人们在美国欣小oBy sharingso manydigital photosover the Internet,the grouphopes topromote evenwider1interest aroundtheworldin Chinasancienthistory,culture,and traditions.They alsohope tofurthereducate peopleabout theimportance ofsafeguarding historicand culturalrelics forfuturegenerations tounderstand andappreciate.As oneresearcher whois workingon theprojectexplains,Appreciating ones ownculturalheritageis very important forunderstandingoneself.Appreciating theculturalheritageof othercountries isveryimportantfor internationalncommunicationand understanding.这些科学家和研究者在网络上分享了大量(有关莫高窟的)电子照片,希望在世界范围内使人们对中国古代历史和文化习俗产生更广泛的兴趣团队还希望进一步教育大众认识保护历史和文化遗产以供后代了解和欣赏的重要性正如一位从事该项目的研究人员所解释的“欣赏本国文化遗产,有助于了解我们自己;欣赏他国文化遗产,有助于增进国际交流和理解”野生动物保护Unit2WILD PROTECTIONReadingand thinking在云间度过的一天A DAYIN THECLOUDSThe airis thinand we havetorest severaltimes onthe shorthike fromcamp.To ourleft,snow-covered mountainsdisappear intoclouds thatseem almostclose enoughto touch.Onthe plainin frontof us,we canjust makeout aherd ofgraceful animals.This iswhy we rehere-to observeTibetan antelopes.由于空气稀薄,在离开营地的短途徒步旅行中,我们不得不多次休息在我们的左边,白雪皑皑的山脉消失在似乎触手可及的云层中放眼平原,我们隐约看到一群体形优美的动物这就是我们来这里的原因一观察藏羚羊Tibetan antelopeslive onthe plainsof Tibet,Xinjiang,and Qinghai.Watching themmove5slowly acrossthe greengrass.T mstruck by their beauty.I malso remindedof thedangerthey arein.They arebeing hunted,illegally,for theirvaluable fur.藏羚羊生活在西藏、新疆和青海的平原上看着它们缓缓穿过绿色的草,我被它们的美丽所震撼,也想起了它们所处的险境因其珍贵的羊毛,它们正遭受非法猎杀My guideis Zhaxi,a villagefrom Changtang.He worksat theChangtang NationalNatureReserve.The reserveis ashelter for the animalsand plantsof northwesternTibet.To Zhaxi,theland issacred andprotecting thewildlife is a way of life.We renot trying to save theu我的向导是羌塘的一位村民扎西他在animals/he says.Actually,weretryingto save ourselves.”羌塘国家级自然保护区工作该保护区是西藏西北地区动植物的庇护所对于扎西来说,这片土地是神圣的,保护野生动植物是一种生活方式“我们不是在拯救动物”他说到,“事实上,我们是在拯救自己”The1980sand1990s werebad timesfor the Tibetan antelope.The populationdropped bymore than50percent.Hunters wereshooting antelopesto makeprofits.Their habitatswerebecoming smalleras newroads andrailways werebuilt.对于藏羚羊来说,上个世纪年代和年代是一个悲惨的时代藏羚羊的数量减少了以上猎人为809050%了赚钱而射杀羚羊随着新公路和铁路的修建,它们的栖息地也不断缩小In ordertosavethis speciesfrom extinction,the Chinesegovernment placedit undernationalprotection.Zhaxi andother volunteerswatched overthe antelopesday andnight tokeep themsafefrom attacks.Bridges andgates wereadded tolet theantelopes moveeasily andkeepthem safefrom carsand trains.为了使这个物种免于灭绝,中国政府将其置于国家保护之下扎西和其他志愿者昼夜守卫着羚羊,保护它们免受攻击新增的一些桥梁和涵洞,便于藏羚羊自由穿行,防止他们撞上汽车和火车The measureswere effective.The antelopepopulation hasrecovered andin June2015,theTibetan antelopewas removedfromtheendangered specieslist.The government,however,does notintend tostop theprotection programmes,since thethreats totheTibetanantelopehave notyet disappeared.这些措施效果明显藏羚羊的数量已经恢复年月,藏羚羊从濒危物种名单中被剔除然而,政20156府并没有打算停止这些保护项目,因为对藏羚羊的威胁依然存在In theevening,I drinka cupof teaand watchthe stars.I thinkabout theantelopes andwhatZhaxi toldme.Much isbeing doneto protectwildlife,but ifwe reallywant tosavetheplanet,we mustchange ourwayoflife.Only whenwe learnto existin harmonywith naturecan westopbeing athreat towildlife andto our planet.夜晚时分,我喝着茶,仰望星空我想起了藏羚羊以及扎西对我说的那番话为了保护野生动物,我们已经做了很多工作,但是如果我们真想拯救地球,就必须改变我们的生活方式只有学会与大自然和睦共处,我们才不会成为野生动植物和地球的威胁Reading forwriting给难看的动物一个机会!Give Uglya Chance!When itcomes towildlife protection,all species-the good,the bad,and theugly-should betreatedequally.Pandas,dolphins,andothercute wildlifeare important,but wemust payattentionto lesscute animals,too.The worldneeds allkinds——without variety,ourplanet谈到野cannot survive.So ifyou wantthe futureto bebeautiful,you haveto giveugly a chance.生动物保护,所有物种——好的、坏的、丑的——都应得到平等对待熊猫、海豚和其他可爱的野生动物固然很重要,但我们也必须关注那些不那么可爱的动物世界需要万物——没有多样性,我们的地球就无法生存所以如果你想让未来变得美丽,你必须给难看的动物一个机会5不要用我的家来造纸!Don tMake Paperwith MyHome!Billions oftrees arebeing cutdown everyyear to make paperfor humans.Every treethat iscutdown is apartof thehabitat of animals suchas thesekoalas.In thisway alot ofanimal homesarebeing destroyed!Is itright tomake animalshomeless so that humanscan havemorepaper每年,数十亿棵树木遭到砍伐,用于人类造纸每棵被砍伐的树木都是诸如考拉等动物栖息地的一部分砍树造纸推毁了众多动物的家园!为了让人类有更多的纸张,就让动物无家可归,这样做对吗?互联网Unit3THE INTERNETReadingand thinkingSTRONGERTOGETHER:团结起来力量大互联网如何改变了我们HOW WEHAVE BEENCHANGED BYTHE INTERNETMuchhas beenwritten about the wondersof the World WideWeb.There arecountless articlestellingus howthe Internet has madeour livesmore convenient.We nolonger haveto waitinline orcarry casharound whenwe goshopping.We canget themost updatedinformationfrom largedatabases.We candownload software,documents,and imageswhenever weneedthem.But the Internethasdone much more forpeople thansimply makelife moreconvenient.People slives havebeen changedby onlinecommunities andsocial networks.关于万维网奇妙之处的著述浩如烟海讲述互联网如何使我们的生活变得更加方便的文章数不胜数购物的时候,我们不再需要排队等候也不需要随身携带现金我们可以从大型数据库中获得最新的信息在任何需要的时候,我们可以下载软件、文档和图片然而,互联网为人们做的事情还很多,并不仅仅是让生活变得更加方便而已在线社区和社交网络已改变了人们的生活Jan Tchamani,an Englishteacher inBirmingham,UK,suddenly developedaseriousillness andhadto quither job.At age50,she foundherself outof workand stuckat homewith onlyhercomputer tokeep hercompany.After awhile,she discoveredthat surfingthe Internetcouldhelp herfeel lesslonely andbored.She couldlistentomusic,watch films,play games,andexplore theworld.She alsojoined anonline groupwhere shecould talkabout herproblemsand getsupport andadvice fromothers.She realisedthat oneof thegreatest benefitsof theInternetwas itsability toremove thedistance thatusually existsbetween people.英国伯明翰的一位英语教师简夏曼尼突然身患重病被迫辞去工作岁时,她发觉自己失业了,困在家50里,只有电脑相伴过了一阵子,她发现上网可以帮助她减轻孤独和无聊她可以听音乐,看电影,玩游戏,探索世界她还加入了一个在线群组;在群里,她可以谈论自己的问题,获得其他人的支持和建议她意识到互联网的最大好处之一就是能够消除通常存在于人和人之间的距离感She wasso inspiredby thepeople shemet onlinethat shedecided tostart anIT clubto teacholderpeople how to usecomputers andthe Internet.She and her friendsnow organiseeventsand collectmoney topay forprivate teachers.Many peoplehavebeenhelped bythe club.A59-year-old manlearnt howto applyfor workonline andfound agreat job.Now thathe worksandcan takecare ofhimself,his daughterhas time to studyat university.A61-year-oldwoman whowas livingalone hasstarted asmall onlinecompany together with twofriends.She nolonger feelslonely,andhercompany hasbecome quitesuccessful.她受到网友的启发,决定成立一个俱乐部来教年长一些的人们学习使用电脑和互联网如今,她与朋友们一起组织各种活动,并为(俱乐部)私人教师的工资筹集资金许多人得到了俱乐部的帮助一位岁59的男子学会了如何在网上申请工作,而且找到了一份不错的工作由于他有事情可做,并能够照顾好自己,他的女儿就有时间上大学了一位岁的独居妇女与两位朋友一起创办了一家小型网络公司她不再感61到孤独,而且她的公司也相当成功Jan hasstarted takingonline classesto learnmore abouthowto use the Internet tomakesociety better.She believesthat itis highlyimportant tobridge thedigital divideand makesurethat everyonehas accesstotheInternet andknows howtousenew technology.Her nextgoalis tostart acharity websiteto raisemoney forchildren inpoor countries.简开始参加网络课程,更多地学习如何利用互联网让社会变得更加美好她认为,消除数字鸿沟、确保每个人都能使用互联网并且知晓如何运用新技术,是非常重要的她的下一个目标是创建一个慈善网站,为贫穷国家的儿童募捐1Jan slife has been greatlyimproved bytheInternet.When you gothroughtough times,you11meet otherswho arefacing similarchallenges/Jan says.Thinking aboutother peoples简的生活因互联网而得到了极大的改善“当你身处逆境时,你situations inspiredmetooffer help.”会遇到面临相似挑战的人”简说道,“想到别人的处境,我就会受到激励,伸出援助之手”Reading forwritingToday IthoughtId blogabout aquestion thathasbeenasked manytimes——how doyou「stay safeonline andavoid bad experiences ontheInternetm notan expert,but manyyearsas ablogger havetaught mea thingor two.今天我想写篇博客谈谈一个多次被问到的问题——如何才能安全上网,避免在互联网上遇到不愉快呢我并非专家,但身为博主多年,我已学会了一两招,First ofall,there sthe goldenrule of theInternet:If yousee orread somethingthat makesyoufeel uncomfortable,leave thesite immediately.Don*t postcomments orclick onanything.Second,protect yourprivacy.Don tgive outyour addressor phonenumber.Someone mightusethe informationto stealyour identity.Identity theftisacommon andserious problem.,Third,be polite.Being onlineis noexcuse forbeing rude,and youdon twant tobecome atargetfor atroll orcyberbully.A trollisaperson whoposts commentsor questionsinordertostir uptrouble online.Trolls oftenuse severalfalse namessothatthey canstay ona site.Acyberbully usestheInternettobemean toothers.Like atroll,a cyberbullywill alsowritesomething meanbut itis usuallydirected atparticular people.He orshe mayalso postembarrassingphotos andinformation aboutthose people.However,the morepolite you are,the lesslikely itis you will beattacked.首先,互联网的黄金法则是:如果你的所见所读让你反感,立即退出该网站不要发表评论,也不要点击任何东西其次,保护你的隐私不要透露你的地址或电话号码有人可能会利用这些信息来窃取你的身份身份盗窃是一个普遍而严重的问题最后,要有礼貌上网不是行为粗鲁的借口,而且你也不想成为网络挑事者或网络恶霸的目标网络挑事者就是在网上张贴评论或问题以挑起事端的人为了长期待在一个网站上,网络挑事者经常使用多个假名网络恶霸使用互联网来欺负别人与网络挑事者一样,网络恶霸也会写一些恶意的东西,但通常是针对特定的人网络恶霸也可能在网上发一些照片和信息,让这些人感到尴尬然而你越有礼貌你被攻击的可能性就越小Have youhad anybad experiencesonline,or doyou have some goodadvice forstaying safePostyour commentsbelow!你在网上有过不愉快的经历吗或是你有什么安全上网的好建议请在下面发表你的评论!Boy579Last year,we werehaving problemsin ourchat room.Mean commentswere beingposted bysomeonewe didt know.I thinkhe orshe wasonly tryingtomaketrouble.男孩57去年,我们聊天室出了一些问题有个我们不认识的人发了一些恶意的评论我觉得这家伙是想捣乱AmyA girlat myschool hada verybadexperienceonline.A photoof herhad beenposted online艾米and shewas beingmade funof.It seemedlikeajoke atfirst,but thegirl wasvery upset.我们学校的一个女生在网上有过不愉快经历她的一张照片被传到网上,被人嘲弄刚开始虽然像是在开玩笑但是这个女生十分不快历史与传统Unit4HISTORY ANDTRADITIONSReading andthinking名为何物?WHAT*S INA NAMEThe United Kingdom,Great Britain,Britain,England-many peopleare confusedby whatthesedifferent namesmean.So whatisthedifference betweenthem,if anyGetting toknow alittlebit aboutBritish historywill helpyou solvethis puzzle.联合王国、大不列颠、英国、英格兰——这些不同的名称是何意思、许多人感到困惑那么如果这些名称有区别的话,区别何在稍微了解一下英国历史就可以帮助你解开这个谜题In the16th century,the nearbycountry ofWales wasjoined tothe Kingdom of England.Later,in the18th century,the countryScotland wasjoined to create the Kingdom ofGreat Britain.Inthe19th century,theKingdom of Irelandwas addedtocreatethe UnitedKingdomofGreatBritain andIreland.Finally,in the20th century,the southernpartofIreland brokeaway fromthe UK,which resultedin thefull namewehavetoday:the UnitedKingdomofGreat Britainand Northern Ireland.Most peoplejust usethe shortenedname:the UnitedKingdom ortheUK”.People fromthe UKare calledBritish,which meanstheUKis alsooften referredto asBritainor GreatBritain.十六世纪时邻国威尔士并入英格兰王国随后,苏格兰在十八世纪也加入进来,从而诞生了大不列颠王国十九世纪时,爱尔兰王国加入组成了大不列颠及爱尔兰联合王国最后,在二十世纪时,爱尔兰南部脱离了联合王国形成了今天的英国全称:大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国大多数人只是使用简称“联合王国”或“英国”联合王国的人被称为“英国人”,这意味着联合王国也经常被称为英国或大不列颠The fourcountries thatbelong tothe UnitedKingdom worktogether insome areas.They usethesame flag,known asthe UnionJack,as wellas sharethesamecurrency andmilitarydefence.However,they alsohavesomedifferences.For example,England,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIreland allhave differenteducation systemsand legalsystems.They alsohavetheir owntraditions,like theirown nationaldays andnational dishes.And theyeven havetheirown footballteams forcompetitions liketheWorldCup!同属于联合王国的这四个国家在某些领域紧密合作像拥有同样的货币和国防一样,他们也使用同一面国旗(称为“英国国旗”)然而,它们之间仍有诸多区别例如,英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰及北爱尔兰实行不同的教育和法律制度它们也有各自的传统,比如有自己的国庆节和本国菜肴它们甚至拥有自己的足球队,出征诸如“世界杯”之类的赛事!TheUnitedKingdom has a longand interestinghistory toexplore,which canhelp youunderstandmuch moreaboutthe country and its traditions.Almost everywhereyougoin theUK,you willbe surroundedby evidenceof fourdifferent groupsof peoplewho tookover atdifferenttimes throughouthistory.The firstgroup,the Romans,came in the firstcentury.Someof theirgreat achievementsincluded buildingtowns androads.Next,the Anglo-Saxonsarrived in the fifthcentury.They introducedthe beginningsof theEnglish language,andchanged the way peoplebuilt houses.The Vikingscame in the eighthcentury,left behindlotsof newvocabulary,and alsothe namesof manylocations acrosstheUK.The lastgroup weretheNormans.They conqueredEngland afterthe well-known Battleof Hastingsinthe11thcentury.They hadcastles builtall aroundEngland,and madechanges tothe legalsystem.TheNormans wereFrench,so manyFrench wordsslowly enteredinto theEnglishlanguage.英国历史源远流长、别有趣味等待你去探索,帮助你更加深入地了解这一国家及其传统英国历史上有四个不同民族在不同历史时期执掌这个国家无论你身处英国何方,这些民族的遗迹都随处可见第一族群是古罗马人,于公元一世纪进入英国罗马人的伟大成就在于他们建立了城镇、修建了道路之后是盎格鲁一撒克逊人,于公元五世纪到达英国他们引入了英语的雏形,并改变了人们建造房屋的方式维京人于公元八世纪到来,留下了诸多新的词汇,并给英国境内的许多地方命名最后一个是诺曼人十一世纪著名的黑斯廷斯战役之后,诺曼人征服了英格兰,四处修建城堡,并改革了法律制度诺曼人即为法国人浒多法语单词因此慢慢进入了英语There issomuchmore tolearn aboutthe interestinghistory andculture of the UnitedKingdom.Studying thehistory ofthecountrywill makeyour visitmuchmoreenjoyable.Thecapital cityLondon isagreatplace tostart,as itis anancient portcity thathas ahistory datingallthewayback toRoman times.There arecountless historicsites toexplore,and lotsofmuseums withancient relicsfromallovertheUK.The UKisafascinating mixof historyandmodern culture,with bothnew andold traditions.If youkeep youreyes open,youwillbesurprised tofind that you can see bothits pastand itspresent.英国的历史文化引人入胜可学之处比比皆是学习这个国家的历史你的英国之旅将更愉快以首都伦敦为第一站,是个不错的选择伦敦是一个古老的港口城市,其历史可以追溯到罗马时代市内可供游览的历史遗址数不胜数,还有许多博物馆陈列着来自英国各地的文物在英国,历史与现代文化交融,新旧传统并存,弓人入胜用心去观察,英国的过去与现在都将展示在你面前,令你叹为观止IReading forwriting美丽的爱尔兰及其传统BEAUTIFUL IRELANDAND ITSTRADITIONS1Ireland sbeautiful countrysidehas alwayshadagreat influence on itspeople andtraditions.The countryhasalong historyof producinggreat writersand poets.Its beautifulcountrysideexcites andinspires all,offering somethingfor eachofthesenses.The peacefullandscape oftheEmerald Isleanditsmany greencounties isa truefeast forthe eyes,with itsrolling greenhillsdotted withsheep andcattle.And downbythesea,the roaroftheocean wavesand criesofthe seabirdsmake upthe musicofthecoast.On aquiet morninginthemountains,feel thesunon yourskin,and breatheinthesweet scentof freshflowers whilebirds greetthe newdaywith theirmorning song.With allthis beauty,itisnot surprisingthat Irelandhas developedstrongtraditions thatinclude music,dancing,and dining.To haveachanceof experiencingthis,stop bya villagepub andrelax witha glassof wineor a local beer.Better yet,enjoy adelicioustraditional IrishBeef Stew.If youre lucky,you mightbe ableto enjoysometraditional musicand dancing,too.And ifyou introduceyourself toa friendlyface,youare一直以来,爱尔兰的美丽乡村morethanlikely toexperience localculture andcustoms first-hand.对当地的人民和传统产生着深远的影响爱尔兰有着孕育伟大作家和诗人的悠久传统美丽的乡村给人以激情和灵感满足各种感官享受“绿宝石(爱尔兰)岛“风光宁静秀美,郡县草木葱茏青山连绵起伏,牛羊点缀其中,堪称一场名副其实的视觉盛宴海边波浪咆哮,海鸟鸣叫,奏响了海岸交响乐山里宁静的早晨,感受阳光洒落在你身上,呼吸着鲜花的芬芳,而鸟儿则用清晨的歌声迎接新的一天的到来这般美景,自然造就了爱尔兰独特的民间传统,如音乐、舞蹈及菜肴等要想体验这一切,可以去一家乡村酒吧,喝一杯葡萄酒或本地的啤酒,放松身心更为美妙的是,可品尝美味的爱尔兰传统炖牛肉运气好的话,你还可以欣赏到传统的音乐和舞蹈向友善的当地人做个自我介绍你定能亲身体验当地的文化和习俗音乐Unit4MUSICReading andthinking虚拟合唱团THE VIRTUALCHOIRImagine havingthe opportunitytosingtogetherwithhundreds of other peoplewhile youareat homealone.You cando thisina virtualchoir.Virtual choirmembers recordthemselveswhile theyperform aloneon video.These videosare uploadedonto theInternet,and thentheyare puttogether intoone videothatyoucanseeonline-avirtualchoir.Anyone cantake partina virtualchoir fromanywhere-all youneed isa videocamera andan Internetconnection.Youdo noteven needa studio.A virtualchoir helpsconnect ordinarypeople together.Manypeople donot haveclose friendsor contactswho havethesameinterest inmusic.Many othersdonot havethe chanceto joinalocalchoir.A virtualchoir enablesthem toadd theirvoices tothoseofotherindividuals andbecome partoftheglobalcommunity.It hasproved tobe apositiveinfluenceonthe livesofmanypeople.As onevirtualchoirmember said,Music helpsmeto...forget myproblems.With music,I becomesomeone else.”想象一下,独自在家时你可以和几百个人一道引吭高歌虚拟合唱团能够让你的想象成为现实虚拟合唱团的成员们把各自的歌唱视频录制下来,上传到互联网上,然后这些视频被合并成一个你可以在线观看的视频一一虚拟大合唱任何人,无论身在何地,都可以参加虚拟合唱团你只需要一部摄像机,并且能够上网,你连工作室都不需要虚拟合唱团将普通人联系起来许多人没有亲密的朋友,也没有志趣相投的私交,还有很多人没有机会参加本地的合唱团虚拟合唱团让他们能够与其他人一起欢歌,成为全球社区的一部分事实证明,虚拟合唱团对许多人的生活产生了积极的影响一位虚拟合唱团成员说道“音乐帮助我…忘记自己的问题音乐,让我脱胎换骨”The virtualchoir wasthe ideaof award-winning composerand conductorEric Whitacre.Bornin theUSA on2January1970,Whitacre beganstudying musicattheUniversity ofNevada in
1988.He fellin lovewith Mozarfs classicalmusic whenhe sangfortheuniversity choir.Movedby thismusic,he said,It waslike seeingcolor forthe firsttime.He graduatedfrom universityin1995,and thenreceived amaster sdegree inmusical compositionfromtheJuilliard SchoolinNew Yorkin
1997.Over thenext10years,Whitacresoriginal compositionsbegan tobecomequite popularamong choirsand singers.This ledtothecreation ofthe virtualchoir.虚拟合唱团是获奖作曲家兼指挥埃里克惠塔克的创意惠塔克于年月日生于•197012美国年进入内华达大学学习音乐在大学合唱团期间,他痴迷于莫扎特的古典音乐他被这段音乐打,1988动了,他说“那种(兴奋的)感觉就如同是第一次看见色彩一样”他年大学毕业,随后于19951997年获纽约茱莉亚音乐学院音乐创作硕士学位在接下来的十年间,惠塔克的原创作品深受合唱团和歌手的欢迎,这促使他创建了虚拟合唱团In2009,Whitacre receiveda videoofagirl whowas singingoneofhis works.Inspired,heasked hisfans tomake videos,which hethen joinedtogether intoone performance.His first。
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