范文一：高中英语必修二课文

高中英语必修二课文

Unit1

IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .

In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William Ⅰ,to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .

Later,Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her

artists to add more details to it .In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing .

In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time when the two countries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room . However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs . There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery .

Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city .

A FACT OR AN OPINION?

What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact

is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.

Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.

In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.

Unit 2

AN INTERVIEW

Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.

P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?

L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can fask any questions you like. What would you like to know?

P: How often do you hold your Games?

L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world.

P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?

L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That’s why they’re called the Winter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races,

together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.

P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!

L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …

P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?

L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.

P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?

L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?

P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.

L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and …

P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?

L: No, we don’t. it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”

P: Well, that’s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.

THE STORY OF ATLANTA

Atlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him,

Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when

they heard of rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,

The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought,

Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said,

Unit 3

WHO AM I?

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was make smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.

These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that

even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.

Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for my. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!

ANDY – THE ANDROID

I’m part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I’m as big as a human. It fact, I look like one too. On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer ships help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good for a goal.

My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the

USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!

Unit 4

HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE

Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy responded immediately. “I’d like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said. “Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There daisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said, “We’re being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being

used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “I’m sorry I didn’t know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protection.”

The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant. “Have you come to take my photo?” it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Don’t laugh,” said the elephant, “We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.”

Daisy smiled, “That’s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.” The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest.

A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?” asked Daisy. “I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it replied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more

attention to the rainforest where I live the appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.”

Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help.” The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone-the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF…

ANIMAL EXTINCTION

Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth.The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs.They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.

There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in China.The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,County,Nanyang, Henan Province.Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County,Liaoning Province.When scientists inspeacted the bones,they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined together.

Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air.Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.

We know many other wild plants, animals,insects and birds have died out more recently.According to a UN report,some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years.The dodo is one of them.It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal.Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared frome the earth.

Unit 5

THE BAND THAT WASN’T

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Lin Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to

write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone’s hours is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!

However, there was one band hat started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.

As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Mondees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so

in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and play their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily the reunited in the mid-1980s. they produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.

FREDDY THE FROG(II)

Not long after Freddy and the band became famous,they visited Britain on a brief tour.Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tichkets for their concerts.Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall.He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards!His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called

Then things went wrong.Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed.Even when they wore sunglasses

or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even when they went into the toilet.They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries,but it was useless.Someone was always there!Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive,Freddy and his band to which they were never to return,and went back to the lake.

范文二：高中必修二英语课文语法填空

必修二课文语法填空

Module 1

Zhou Kai (1)

When Zhou Kai's mother saw him _____(head) towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him _______(anxious).

Zhou Kai (2)

My mother has always made sure we eat very ______(healthy), and fresh fruit and vegetables are _____very important part of our diet. We live near the sea and we have fish about four times a week. We don't eat much fat or sugar. A lot of my school friends eat ______(sweet) every day _____I'm lucky because I don't have a sweet tooth— I'd rather_____(eat) a nice piece of fruit. And I'm not too heavy, ______ I never have to diet, or anything like that.

I'm quite healthy. I very _______(rare) get colds, although, _________(usual) for me, I had a bad cold and a bit of a fever last week. But that's because I was stupid enough ______(play) football in the rain. I don't often get things likeflu either. Last winter almost all my classmates got flu— but

I didn't. I think I don't get these things ______ I take a lot of exercise and am very fit. Two years

ago I ______(break) my arm playing football. The _____(injure) was quite painful and I couldn't move my arm _______ a month— I hated that.

So as you can see from what I_______(say), I'm a normal kind of person. But there's one thing I really love — I'm crazy _______ football. I'm captain of the class team at school and I'm also a member of the Senior High team. Because of this, I make sure _____ I have a good diet, and as I've said, this isn't a problem because my mother _____(feed) us so well.

Module 2

Article I

My name is Adam Rouse. I'm 19 years old and I used _____(be) a drug_____(addict). I first started using drugs ______I was 15. I bought cannabis_____ a man in the street. I continued ____(buy)cannabis from the same man for about six months. One day, he ______(offer) me some crack cocaine.

When I went back to the man again, I wanted _____(much) crack cocaine. _____ he asked me for a lot of money. I didn't have enough money so he didn't give me any ______(drug). I was in terrible pain.

The next day, I broke _____ a house and _____(steal) a television and a video recorder. I took them ____ the drug____(deal). He told me ____ (take) them to a shop in a nearby street. The man in the shop gave me some money. I took the money to the drug dealer and he gave me some more crack cocaine.

By this time, I ______(addict) to crack cocaine. _____I didn't have any drugs, I was in terrible pain. And I had to steal something every day to pay ____ the drugs. One day, the police took me to the police station.

The next day, a doctor came to see me. He told me ____ I could die if I didn't stop taking crack cocaine, so I took his advice and stopped _________(immediate). Now I work in a centre for drug_______(addict), ______(help) others to stop taking drugs.

Article II

Cocaine is a _______(power)addictivedrug. Some drug users injectcocaine, others smoke it. Both ways are _______(danger). Users ______inject the drug are also in more danger_____ they share needles _____ other users.

Crack cocaine is the _____(addictive) form of cocaine. Users become addicted to crack cocaine much more ______(easy) if they smoke it. Smoking allows cocaine_____( reach )the brain very quickly.

______(use)cocaine increases the user's heart rate and blood pressure. As a result, cocaine users

sometimes have heart _____(attack). Smoking crack cocaine also _______(cause) anti-social behaviour.

Module 3

Joseph Haydn (1732– 1809) was _____Austriancomposer and is _____(know) as

He was born in ____ village in Austria , the son of a peasant . He had a beautiful _____(sing) voice. After ______(study) music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria , ______ he became director of music. _______(work) there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very ______(success).

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756– 1791) was a _____(compose), possibly the _____(great)musicalgenius of all time. He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 _____(piece) of music.

Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria . His father Leopold was a ______(music) and orchestraconductor . Wolfgang had musicaltalent _____ a very early age. He learned ____(play) the harpsichord _____ he was four, he started composing music when he was five, and when he was six, he played the harpsichord in a concert ____ the Empress of Austria .

By the time he was 14, Mozart ______(compose) many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star and toured Europe ______(give) concerts. Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very _____(impress) with him.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770– 1827) was born in Bonn, Germany. He showed _______ (music)talent when he was very young, and learned to play the violin and piano _____ his father, _____ was a singer. Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him.

Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, ____was not impressed by the older man. After they had known each other for many years, Beethoven said,

Beethoven _____(become) very popular in the _____(Austria) capital and stayed there for the rest of his life. As he grew ____(old) , he began to go deaf . He became _____(complete) deaf during the last years of his life, but he continued _____(compose).

Module 4

A

This is a _____(paint) by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso,

considered_____(be) the greatest western artist of the ______(twenty) century.

Picasso and ____painter, George Braque, started Cubism, one of the

______(important) of all modern art ____(move). Cubist artists painted

objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person

______(show) at the same time.

B

This painting by contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein

(1923– 1997) is _____world famous example of pop art. Pop art (from the

word

_____(show) ordinary twentieth-century city life. For example, it shows

things such as soup cans and _____(advertise).

C

Qi Baishi (1863– 1957), one of China's greatest painters, followed the _____(tradition) Chinese style of painting. Chinese painting is known ____ its brush drawings in black inks and natural colours. Qi Baishi _____(observe) the world of nature very ____(care), and his paintings are special because of this.

D

Xu Beihong (1895– 1953) was one of China's

best-known twentieth-century ____(art). Like Qi Baishi, Xu

painted ____ the traditional Chinese style. Both painters have

____ beautiful brush line. Xu Beihong believed that artists should show _____(real), but not just _____(imitate) it. Instead, a picture should try to show the

E

I'm ____(study) art at school, and I enjoy it a lot, ____ I can get tired of

_____(look) at pictures all the time. I'm crazy about the _____(paint) of Qi

Baishi, and this delightful picture of the little shrimps is such a ____(love)

example of his work. _____ I can't stand that picture of ___ golden-haired girl.

I think it's stupid.

F

My parents are fond of ____(go) to art galleries and often take me ____ them, so I____(develop) an interest in art. I must say, I love that picture of the six horses. They look so alive. It's by a Chinese artist, isn't it? I can tell ____ the style. I think the painting of ____young girl is probably by Picasso. I ____(real)like him. I think he's ____extraordinary artist.

Module 5

Chinese Taikonaut Back on Earth!

1.

China's ____(one)taikonaut Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei landed _____(safe) this morning in the Shenzhou V capsule in Inner Mongolia, 300 kilometres northwest ____ Beijing. Yang was in space ____ twenty-one and a half hours and made 14 ____(orbit) of the earth.

The Beijing Space Control Centre said the flight was a

nation _____(send) a man into space. Yang is the 438th person to travel in space, ____(include)

astronauts from 32 countries. In total, these astronauts _____(spend) more than 26,000 days in space.

2.

While he ____ (travel) in space, Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station, ____ is orbiting the earth, American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonautYuri Malenchenko. Lu, ____ parents were born in China, ____(speak) to Yang in Chinese during his flight.

3.

Many countries around the world ____(send) messages of ______(congratulate). Sean O'Keefe from NASA in the US said ___ Yang's space flight was

Module 6

Film Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Martial arts films are often ____(enjoy) they are seldom great art. Now, to everyone's ____(surprise), Ang Lee, director of a number of ______(excellence) films, has made a martial arts film ___(call) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The result is ___masterpiece.

The film ____(belong) to a type of Chinese story called wuxia.

These stories tell of nineteenth-century martial arts masters

with _____(usual) abilities. Wuxia films are popular in China,

____ they are now popular in the west too.

The story takes place in the early 1800s in China. A man and a

woman, Li Mubai (played by Chow Yun-Fat) and Yu Xiulian

(played by Michelle Yeoh), both masters of the martial arts,

are in love____ each other. ___ Xiulian had a fiancé ____ has

died. Because this fiancé was ____ good friend of

Mubai,

Mubai feels that he cannot marry Xiulian. When someone ___(steal) Xiulian's sword, Mubai and Xiulian try ___(get) it back. The action takes place ____ Peking rooftops, and in places as far away as the deserts of western China. As in the old wuxia stories, _____(character)leap through the air every now and then, ____ beautiful, _____(grace) movements, while _____(audience) shout in surprise.

______(usual), it is the female characters ____interest us most. Brave, good and strong, Xiulian is the character we care about ___(much). Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays ____ part of Yu Jiaolong, a young woman ____ is not as good as she ____(seem). The fight ____(scene) between Jiaolong and Xiulian are some of the ___(excite) moments in modern cinema. ____ one cannot forget the wonderful Chow Yun-Fat, who is as good with a sword as he is ___ a gun. His _____(romance) scenes with Yu Xiulian are very moving, as their eyes show all the love that they must not express in ____(word).

Films like this ____(rare) reach the cinema. Go and see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It ___(make) your heart leap with ____(excite) at its beauty.

范文三：英语必修二课文

Unit 1 Cultural relics

In search of the amber room

Frederick William I, the king of Prussia, could never have imagined that this greatest gift to the Russia people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make.

In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next king of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.

Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.

In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazi cold get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazi secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.

Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.

Fact or an opinion?

What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.

Then, what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believe is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.

In a trail, a judge must decide which eyewitness to believe and which not to believe. The j

udge does not consider each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/She only cares about whether the eyewitness has given the true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.

Unit 2 The Olympic Games

An interview

Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th, 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.

P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my hometown. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?

L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?

P: How often do you hold your Games?

L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games- the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world.

P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?

L: Oh, no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That’s why they are called the Winter Olympics. It is in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.

P: I see. Earlier you said that the athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could salves or women!

L: Nowadays any countries can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and…

P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?

L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.

P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?

L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?

P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.

L: Certainly. And aft

er that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and…

P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?

L: No, we don’t. It’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”

P: Well, that’s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.

The story of Atlanta

Atlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta mad a bargain with him. She said to him, “These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned.”

Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who amazed when he heard of Atlanta’s rules, “Why are these men so foolish?” he thought. “Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?” However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind. “I will marry Atlanta—or die!” he said.

The race started and although the men ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought, “How can I run as fast as Atlanta?” He went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said, “Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win.” Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said, “I want to marry Atlanta.” The King was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said, “I will marry her—or die!” So the race began.

Unit 3 Computers

Who am I

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve a

ny difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.

These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.

Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put in robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!

Andy- the android

My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using “my artificial intelligence”. I would really like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!

Unit 4 Wildlife protection

How Daisy learned to help wildlife

Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy responded immediately. “I’d like to see some endangered wildlife.” she said. “Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, “We’re being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweate

rs for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried, “I’m sorry I didn’t know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protection.”

The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. “Have you come to take my photo?”it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Don’t laugh,” said the elephant, “We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.”

Daisy smiled. “That’s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.” The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?”asked Daisy. “I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,” it replied. “When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.”

Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help.” The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone—the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF…

Animal extinction

Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth. The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs. They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time. There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of then used to live in China. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan Province. Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaurs was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province. When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees. They learned this from the way the bones were joined together.

Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on an

y more. Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.

We know many other wild plants, animals, insects and birds have died out more recently. According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. The dodo is one of them. It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal. Please listen to a short story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.

Unit 5 Music

The band that wasn’t

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!

However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.

As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humourous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.

Freddy the frog

Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a brief tour. Fans showe

d their devotion by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts. Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall. He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards! His most exciting invitation was to perform on a TV programme called “Top of the Pops”. He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera. It felt very strange. But as soon as the programme was over, the telephones which were in the same room started singing. Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again. They were truly stars.

Then things went wrong. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed. Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even when they went to the toilet. They tried to hid in the reading rooms of libraries, but it was useless. Someone was always there! Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band realized that they must leave the country before it became too painful for them. So they left Britain, to which they were never to return, and went back to the lake.

范文四：外研版高中英语必修二课文翻译

篇一:高中英语必修2全部单元课文翻译(外研版)

必修二Module 1 Zhou Kai (1) 周凯(1)

周凯的妈妈看到他没有穿夹克衫就往前门走去时，她担心地盯着周凯，问道 周凯，上哪儿去呀?

去公园踢球，周凯说。

下着雨呢!会得重感冒的，妈妈说。

不会的，没事，周凯边说边开门。

周凯，你会生病的，肯定会的。你至少可以去拿上你的夹克衫。

好吧，好吧，周凯听话地带了件夹克，走了出去。

Zhou Kai (2) 周凯(2)

我妈妈总是想方设法让我们吃得健康，新鲜水果和蔬菜是我们食谱中很

重要的一部分。我们家靠近大海，一周吃四次鱼。脂肪和糖分的摄取不是很多。学校里很多同学每天都吃:甜食，我很幸运我不喜好甜食,我宁愿吃一块 (一片)美味的水果。我不

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是很胖，所以;我不必节食，也不必做其他类似的事情。

我很健康。很少感冒。不过很少见的是上周得了重感冒还有点发烧。 但

那是因为我真是够蠢的，居然在雨中踢足球。我也不常染上流感。去年冬天全班同学儿乎都得了流感---我却幸免了。 我认为我不会得这些病，因为我经常锻炼，很健康。两年前我在踢球时胳膊骨折了。伤口疼得厉害，胳膊一个月不能动，太讨厌了。

从我上面的话你可以看出，我是个普通的人。不过有一件事我非常喜爱

-----我对足球太着迷了。我是班上足球队的队长，也是高中球队的球员。 正因为如此，我确保自己的合理膳食，我早就说过，这没问题，妈妈照顾我们吃得真是太好了。

必修二Module 2

Article 1文章一

我叫亚当?鲁斯，19岁。我曾经是个瘾君子， 15岁时我开始尝试毒品。我从街上一个男人手中购买大麻，大约有六个月我一直从这个人手里买大麻。一天他给了我一些纯可卡因。

Article 2文章二

可卡因是一种极容易使人上瘾的毒品。有些毒品使用者注射可卡因，有些则吸人体内。两种途径都很危险。如果那些

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注射毒品的人和其他吸毒者共用针头的话，他们会面临更多危险。

1. 强效纯可卡因是最能让人上瘾的一种可卡因。毒品使用者如果直接吸入体内的话会更容易上瘾。吸入的方式可以让可卡因很快进入大脑。

2. 当我回到那个男人那儿的时候，我向他要更多的强效纯可卡因。他向我要很多的钱。我的钱不够，所以他就再也不给我毒品了。我痛苦得要命。

3. 第二天我闯进一户人家，偷了一台电视机和一台录像机。 我把它们带给那

个贩毒的人。他让我把这些东西送到附近一条街的一家商店。店里的人给了我一些钱。我把钱给了贩毒者，他又给了我一些强效纯可卡因。

4.使用可卡因能够加快心脏速率、增高血压。所以可卡因吸毒者常患心脏病。

吸食强效纯可卡因也会导致引起反社会的行为。

5. 到此时我己经对强效纯可卡因上了瘾。要是我不使用，就会难受极了。我不得不每天行窃以购买毒品。终于有一天我被带到了警察局。

6. 第二天，一位医生来看我。他告诉我要是不停止吸食强效纯可卡因就有可能会死去的，我听取了医生的劝告，立刻停了。现在我在一所戒毒中心工作，帮助其他人戒毒。

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必修二Module 3 Music

约瑟夫?海顿(1732一1809)，奥地利作曲家，以交响乐之父著称。在他

之前，也有作曲家写过交响乐，但是他把交响乐曲改成了适合交响乐团演奏的长乐曲。海顿出生在奥地利的一个村庄，是一个农民的儿子。他有着优美的嗓音。在维也纳学习音乐之后，海顿去奥地利东部一个王子的宫廷工作，在那他成了音乐指挥家。在那儿工作了30年后，海顿移居伦敦。在伦敦，他非常成功。

沃尔夫冈?阿马迪厄斯?莫扎特 (1756---1791)，是一位作曲家，或许也是历史上最伟大的音乐天才。莫扎特只活了35岁，却创作了600多首乐曲。

莫扎特出生在奥地利的萨尔茨堡。他的父亲莱波尔德是一位音乐家和乐队指挥。莫扎特年幼时就己经有音乐天赋。他四岁时会弹拨弦键琴;五岁时开始作曲;六岁时就在一场音乐会上为奥地利皇后演奏钢琴。

莫扎特到14岁的时候，不仅己经谱写了很多管弦乐曲，还谱写了许多拨

弦键琴曲、钢琴曲、小提琴曲。莫扎特还在青少年时期就成了明星，在欧洲巡回演出。海顿在1781年与莫扎特相遇，莫扎特给他留下了深刻的印象。他说:他

是世界上最伟大的作曲家。 直到1791年莫扎特去世，他

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们俩人一直是好朋友。

路德维格?范?贝多芬(1770---1827)出生于德国波恩。他年少时就显示出音

乐才华。他父亲是位歌唱家，贝多芬从他那里学会了拉小提琴以及弹钢琴。莫扎特遇见贝多芬时，对他很钦佩，说道:他一定会给世人带来美妙的音乐。

1791年，贝多芬见到了海顿，却未有很深印象。相识多年后，贝多芬说:他是位优秀的作曲家，却没有教会我什么。 然而，是海顿鼓励贝多芬移居维也纳的。

贝多芬在奥地利首都很受欢迎，并在那里度过了余生。随着年龄的增长，

他的耳朵变聋了。在生命的最后几年，他完全丧失了听觉，但是继续从事音乐创作。.

必修二Module 4 Fine Arts

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这是一幅西班牙艺术家巴勃罗?毕加索的画，他被认为是二十世纪最伟大的西方艺术家。毕加索和另外一名画家乔治.布朗克创立了所有现代艺术运动最重要之一的立体派。立体主义艺术家用反映同一时间的人或物的不同面来画人和物。 B

这幅由当代美国艺术家罗伊.李奇登斯坦((1923-1997)所作的画是世界闻名的流行艺术的典范。流行音乐(来源于

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popular这个单词)是旨在展现平常的二十世纪城市生活的重要的现代艺术运动。例如，它展现了像汤罐和广告这样的东西。 C

1. 齐白石(1863-1957)，中国最伟大的画家之一，遵循着传统的中国画风格。中国画因用黑色墨汁和自然颜色的毛笔画出名。 齐白石非常仔细地观察了自然世界，他的画也因此而独特。

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徐悲鸿(1895-1953)是二十世纪闻名于世的中国艺术家之一，像齐白石一样，徐悲鸿也用传统的中国风格作画。两位作家都有很完美的笔锋。徐悲鸿认为艺术家应该反映现实，而不只是模仿它的样子。相反，一幅画应当试图展现物体的生命力。他最为人称道的是他画的栩栩如生的马的油画。.

E Wu Hang 吴航

2. 我正在求学艺术，尽管一直看着图画会让我疲倦，我还是非常喜欢艺术。我对齐白石的画非常的着迷。这幅令人愉快的小虾图正是他作品中可爱的典型。但是我无法赞同这幅金发女孩图。我觉得太糟了。

F Sarah Hardwick 莎拉.哈代维克

我的父母通常喜欢带着我一起去艺术画廊，因此我对艺术产生了兴趣。 我得说我喜欢有六匹马的那幅图。他们看起

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来像活的一样这是中国艺术家所作，对吗, 我可以从这画的风格看出来。我觉得这幅年轻女孩的画很可能是毕加索的作品。.我非常喜欢他。我认为他是非凡的艺术家。

必修二Module 5 Chinese Taikonaut Back on Earth

中国首位宇航员返还地球

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中国首位宇航员杨利伟中校今天早晨乘坐长征五号飞船，在北京西北方向300公里处的内蒙古安全着落。杨利伟在太空停留了21个半小时，飞船绕地球飞了14 圈。

这是中国历史上的一个伟大时刻 也是我生命中最伟大的一天，杨立伟如是说。当他在太空舱内绕地球飞行的时候，他拍了很多地球的照片。 他说道:我们的星球是如此壮美。北京航天指控中心评论说飞行完全成功。杨着陆时，**总理打电话给测控中心表示祝贺。

昨天上午9点，杨利伟在中国西北部的酒泉起飞，中国成为世界上第三个把人送入太空的国家。在来自32个国家的宇航员中，杨是第431位太空旅行者。这些宇航员总共在太空呆的时间己经超过了26,000 天。

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在太空飞行时，杨对在绕地球运行着的国际空间站中的两位宇航员讲了话。他们是美国宇航员爱德华?卢和俄国宇航员尤里?马林年科。爱德华?卢的父母在中国出生，他用中文

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与飞行中的杨利伟交谈。欢迎来到太空马林年科说道:我很高

兴太空中有人跟我们在一起。这是成千上万中国人的伟大成

就。

3. 世界上许多国家发来了贺电。.来自美国国家宇航局的

先?奥基夫说道杨的太空飞行是具有历史意义的重要成就，

NASA 希望中国宇航项目取得成功。.联合国秘书长安南称

这次飞行是全世界的一个进步。

篇二:外研版必修二课文翻译

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7. I take at least two hour’s exercise a week. I rarely get toothache. I’m quite fit. Can you think of any Chinese

proverbs connected with health? Why is Zhou Kai’s mother anxious? Zhou Kai went and did as he was told. A lot of my

school friends eat sweets every day but I’m lucky because I don’t have a sweet

tooth---I’d rather eat a nice piece of fruit.

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8. But that’s because I was stupid enough to play football in the rain.

9. The injury was quite painful and I couldn’t move my

arm for a month---I hated that.

10. So you can see from what I’ve said, I’m a normal

kind of person.

11. But there’s one thing I really love----I’ve crazy about

football.

12. Because of this, I make sure that I have a good diet, and as I’ve said, this isn’t a problem

because my mother feeds us so well.

13. Go to bed now or you will be really tired tomorrow.

14. When we breathe, the air goes into our lungs.

15. In fact, I feel awful.

16. My wife’s going to pick me up in half an hour.

17. That couldn’t be better.

18. This is because the government has not put enough money into the health service.

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篇三:高一英语必修2 课文及翻译

必修2

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IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

Frederick William ?，the King of Prussia , could never

have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .

第一单元文化遗产

普鲁士国王腓特烈?威廉一世从未想过他送个普鲁士人民

伟大的礼物会有一点如此惊奇的历史。这个礼物是因为由几

吨琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。这些被挑选的琥珀都有着像蜂

蜜一样漂亮的黄棕色。这间屋的设计是当时最流行的奇特的

风格。这同样是一件花了当时最好的艺术家大约十年用黄金

和珠宝修饰制成的宝物。

In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick ?. However, the next

King of Prussia , Frederick William ?,to whom the amber

room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to

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Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winter

palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .

事实上，这间屋不是制来当礼物的。这是为腓特烈一世的

领土而设计的。然而，普鲁士下一任国王同样是琥珀屋的拥

有者，腓特烈威廉一世决定不保留琥珀屋。在1716年他把

琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。作为报答，沙皇给了腓特烈一队他

最好的士兵。因此琥珀屋成为了沙皇避寒圣地圣彼得堡的一

部分。琥珀屋作为一个大概四米长的只为重要访客的小接待

处。

Later,Catherine ? had the Amber Room moved to a

palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it .In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing .

后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世把琥珀屋在圣彼得堡之外的一个她

避暑的地方。她让她的艺术家加了跟多的细节在里面。在

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1770年琥珀屋完全成了她想要的样子。接近600只蜡烛在屋

内燃烧着，把镜子和图画都照得像金子一样。令人伤心的，

虽然被誉为是世界奇迹之一的琥珀屋现在丢失了。

In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St

Petersburg . This was a time when the two countries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some

furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room . However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs . There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery .

在1941年9月，纳粹军队在圣彼得堡附近。这正是两个

国家在交战的时候。在纳粹去到避暑地方之前，俄国人民能

够从琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的艺术品。然而，一些纳粹

神秘的偷走了琥珀屋。至少两天内100000多片琥珀被放进

27个木箱里。这些箱子无疑会被放进一艘去往当时德军驻扎

的菠萝的海的哥尼斯堡的船上。之后，琥珀屋发生了神马仍

然是个迷。

Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new

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Amber Room at the summer palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city .

近来，俄罗斯人和德国人已经在夏宫建起了一个新的琥珀

屋，通过研究琥珀屋原来的照片，他们建造的新琥珀屋样子

和旧的看起来非常像。2003年春，圣彼得堡人民就用它来庆

祝该市建成30周年。

阅读二

A FACT OR AN OPINION?

What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.

一个事实还是一个观点

什么是事实呢,是不是人们所相信的就是事实呢,不是。

事实是可以证实的信息。举例来说，中国人口比世界上任何

其它国家的人口都多，这是可以得到证实的。

Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you

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say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.

那么，什么是看法呢,看法是人们相信是真实的但是未经

证实。因此，在审判中，看法不是强有力的证据，举例来说，

如果你说:“猫作为宠物比狗好。”这就是看法，这个看法可

能是正确的，但是它难以被证实。有些人可能同意这种看法，

但是他们也不能证明他们是正确的。

In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts

rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.

在审判中，法官必须断定哪些证明人可以相信，哪些证人

不能相信，法官并不考虑证人的长相如何，也不考虑这个人

住在哪里，在哪儿工作，他们关心的是目击者是否提供了真

实的信息，这些信息必须是事实而不是个人观点或看法，这

种信息就叫做证据。

Unit 2

AN INTERVIEW

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Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.

P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic

Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to find out

about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?

L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know? P: How often do you hold your Games?

L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis.

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范文五：人教版高中英语必修二课文翻译

必修二 译文

第一单元 文化遗产 寻找琥珀

普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世从未想过他送个普鲁士人民伟大的礼物会有一点如此惊奇的历史。这个礼物是因为由几吨琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。这些被挑选的琥珀都有着像蜂蜜一样漂亮的黄棕色。这间屋的设计是当时最流行的奇特的风格。这同样是一件花了当时最好的艺术家大约十年用黄金和珠宝修饰制成的宝物。

事实上，这间屋不是制来当礼物的。这是为腓特烈一世的领土而设计的。然而，普鲁士下一任国王同样是琥珀屋的拥有者，腓特烈威廉一世决定不保留琥珀屋。在1716年他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。作为报答，沙皇给了腓特烈一队他最好的士兵。因此琥珀屋成为了沙皇避寒圣地圣彼得堡的一部分。琥珀屋作为一个大概四米长的只为重要访客的小接待处。

后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世把琥珀屋在圣彼得堡之外的一个她避暑的地方。她让她的艺术家加了跟多的细节在里面。在1770年琥珀屋完全成了她想要的样子。接近600只蜡烛在屋内燃烧着，把镜子和图画都照得像金子一样。令人伤心的，虽然被誉为是世界奇迹之一的琥珀屋现在丢失了。

在1941年9月，纳粹军队在圣彼得堡附近。这正是两个国家在交战的时候。在纳粹去到避暑地方之前，俄国人民能够从琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的艺术品。然而，一些纳粹神秘的偷走了琥珀屋。至少两天内100000多片琥珀被放进27个木箱里。这些箱子无疑会被放进一艘去往当时德军驻扎的菠萝的海的哥尼斯堡的船上。之后，琥珀屋发生了神马仍然是个迷。

最近，俄国和德国人民在避暑的地方制造了一座新的琥珀屋。通过研究之前的琥珀屋的照片，他们制造了一座新的琥珀屋像旧的那座一样。在2003年它被圣彼得堡的人民用来庆祝这座城市的300岁生日。

第二单元 奥林匹克运动会 一个采访

大约2000年前的一个希腊作者帕萨尼亚斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明关于现代的奥林匹克运动会。他正在采访一个2008年奥林匹克运动会志愿者李岩(L)。

P:我是帕萨尼亚斯。我住在你们所说的“古希腊”而且在很久之前我常常写以一些关于奥林匹克运动会的事情。我来到你的时代是为了解关于现代奥林匹克运动会因为我知道2004年奥林匹克运动会会在我家乡举办。我可以问你一些关于现代奥林匹克运动会的问题么？

L:真是极为愉快的事!你真的来自那么久远的时代么？不过当然你可以问你想问的问题。你想知道神马？

P:你们多久会举办一次运动会？

L:四年一次。有两种主要的运动会形式--冬季和夏季奥运会，并且在一个有规律的基础上他们都是四年举办一次的。冬季奥运会一般会在夏季奥运会前两年举办。只有达到该项目既定的标准的运动员才会被容许成为竞争者。他们可以来自世界各地。

P:冬季奥运会？田径运动员如何在冬季享受比赛？还有马术又怎样？

L:哦不!冬季奥运会没有赛跑和骑马的项目。反而会有一些像滑雪和溜冰这些需要雪和冰的项目。这就是为神马他成为冬季奥运会。只有在夏季奥运会会有你说赛跑，同时还有游泳，帆船运动和所有团队运动。

P:我懂了。之前你说那些运动员都被邀请来自世界各地。你了解希腊世界么？我们希腊城过去互相竞赛只为胜利的荣誉。没有其他的地区可以参加，奴隶和妇女也不可以。

L:现在只要他们的运动员够好的话任何国家都可以参加。有超过250种项目并且每一种都有它自己的标准。妇女不仅允许参加比赛，并且她们在体操比赛，竞技比赛，团队比赛和其他各种比赛中都扮演着重要的角色。

P:麻烦稍等一下！所有的这些项目，所有的国民甚至妇女都可以参加！那么这些运动员们居住在哪里？

L:在每一场奥运会前，一座特别的村庄会被建来给他们居住，还有一座主要的接待建筑，几个用来比赛的体育场和一座体育馆等

P:那听起来很贵。有哪个国家会想要举办奥运会么？

L:事实上，每个国家都想要这个机会。这是一个很大的责任同样是一个很大的荣誉如果被挑选到。在国家之间有很多竞争去为举办奥运会就像去赢得奥林匹克奖牌一样。2008年的奥运会将会在北京举行。这你知道么？

P:哦是的！你一定非常自豪。

L:当然。之后的2012年奥运会将在伦敦举行。他们早就开始为这个做准备了。一座让运动员居住的村庄和所有的运动场将会被建在东伦敦。当然新的奖牌会被设计......

P:你是说奖牌么？所以甚至是橄榄花圈也已经被取代了！哦亲爱的！你们比赛也为了奖金么？

L:不我们不。现在仍然想要跑得更快跳的更高扔得更远。正如你知道的奥运会的格言-“更快更高更强”。

P:好吧，那是个好消息。多么有趣啊！耽搁你的时间，谢谢了。

第三单元 电脑 我是谁

随着时间的推移我被改变了很多。在1642年的法国，我是作为一个计算机器而开始的。虽然我很年轻我可以简化一些计算题。在我被Charles Babbage改造成分析机器之前我很慢的发展了接近两百年。之后我被一个操作员用带洞的卡调制成了可以合逻辑地思考并且比任何人都快地得出一些问题的答案。那是一个被成为技术改革的时候并且开始了我的人造智能。在1936年我真正的父亲Alan Turing写了一本关于我如何像普遍的机器一样去解决任何困难的数学问题的书。从那起，我在体积和智能方面快速的发展。在1940年我变得像一个房间一样大，并且我想知道我是否还能变得更大。然而，事实也在困扰着我的设计者。随着时间的推移，我被制的更小。首先是个人电脑再到后来的手提电脑，在1970年我已经开始被用在办公室和家里。

这些变化只因为我记忆力的增强。开始记忆被存放于电子管里，然后是晶体管和后来更小的晶片。因此我改变了我的整个外型。随着我慢慢变老我也慢慢的变小。随着时间推移我的记忆力发展的那么快，像头大象，我不会忘记任何我曾被告知的东西！而且我的记忆力变得如此的大以至于我都不敢相信!不过我总是自己那么孤单的站在那里，直到1960年他们通过网络给了我一个家庭关系。我能够通过万维网和其他的电脑分享我的知识。

从1970年起很多新的应用为我而被发明。我在交流，金融和贸易方面变得重要。我同样被放进遥控装置中被用来制造移动电话也帮助医学手术。我已经被放进太空火箭并被送去探测月亮和火星。即使如此，我的目的是为人们提供高质量的生活。我现在充满快乐应为我成为了人类种族中的一个忠心的朋友和帮助者。

第四单元 Daisy如何学习去帮助野生动物

Daisy常常渴望去帮助濒临灭绝的种类的野生动物。一天她醒来发现一个正在飞行的飞毯在她包里。“你想去哪里？”它问。Daisy立刻回答它。“我想去看那些濒临灭绝的动物，”她说。“请带我去那个我可以找到供给皮毛去制造这件毛衣的动物的一个遥远的地方。”飞毯立刻带她飞去了西藏。在那里Daisy看到了一支看起来很伤心的羚羊。它说，“我们被杀是为了我们肚子下的毛。我们的皮毛被人类用来制造像你这样的毛衣。因此，现在我们是一种濒临灭绝的种类。”然后Daisy哭喊着，“我很抱歉我不知道那些。我想知道神马可以被做来帮助你们。飞毯，请带我去一个有一些野生动物保护区的地方。”

飞毯飞得如此的快以至于他们下一分钟就在Zimbabwe。Daisy转来转去然后发现她被一头大象盯着。“你过来跟我照相了么？”它问。Daisy松了口气突然

笑起来。“不要笑，”大象说，“我们曾经是濒临灭绝的品种。农民好不仁慈地猎杀我们。他们说我们破坏了他们的天地，和来自那些只游览大工厂的游客的钱。所以政府决定去帮助。他们允许游客给钱农民然后可以去猎杀确定数量的动物。现在农民很高兴而且我们的数量在增加。所以好事情正被做于营救当地的野生动物。”

Daisy微笑了。“那是个好消息。它展示了野生动物保护的重要性，不过我喜欢去帮助像WWF这样的建议。”飞毯再次升起然后几乎同一时间他们在一个阴霾的热带雨林。一支猴子看着他们就像它摩擦它自己。“你在干神马？”Daisy问。“我在保护自己不受蚊子的伤害，”它回答。“当我找到一只千足虫昆虫，我会在我身上摩擦它。它包涵了一种强大的可以影响蚊子的药物。你应该更加注意那些我居住的热带雨林并好好鉴赏动物们如何居住在一齐。没有雨林，没有动物，没有药物。”

Daisy很惊讶。“飞毯，请带我回家这样我可以联系WWF并开始保护这种新的药物。猴子，请过来帮忙。”那猴子同意了。飞毯飞回家了。当他们降落时，事物开始消失了。两分钟后所有东西都消失了-那只猴子也是。所以Daisy不能去制造她的新药物。不过如此的一段经历！她已经学习了那么多！还有那里的WWF......

第五单元 并非乐队的乐队

你曾经想过要成为一个乐队里有名的歌手或音乐家吗？你是否曾梦想过在音乐会上面对成千上万的观众演唱，观众欣赏你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗？你唱卡拉OK时是否假装自己就是像宋祖英或刘欢一样著名的歌星吗？说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。那么，人们又是怎样一起组成乐队的呢？

许多音乐家聚在一起组成乐队，是因为他们喜欢自己作曲，演奏自己的音乐。他们开始可能是一组中学生，在某个人家里排练音乐是成名的第一步。有时他们可能在街上或地铁里为过路人演奏，这样他们可以为自己或自己要买的乐器多挣一些钱。后来，他们可能在酒吧或者俱乐部里演出，这样他们可以得到现金。当然，他们希望在录音棚里录音，然后卖掉上百万张碟，从而成为百万富翁。

然而，也有一个用不同方式组建起来的乐队。这支乐队叫“门基乐队”，它开始时是以电视节目表演的形式出现的。组成乐队的音乐人演奏音乐，还彼此打趣都笑。这些玩笑和音乐大多都在模仿“甲壳虫”乐队。电视制作人原计划想寻找四位会唱又会表演的乐手。他们在报纸上登了一则广告，想招摇滚乐手，但他们只招到一个满意的。乐队的其他三人只能用演员来代替。

因为这些演员中有些人唱得不是很好，他们不得不依靠队里的其他人帮助。

所以在演出的时候他们只是假唱。不管怎样，他们的表演非常幽默以至于其他的乐队也开始模仿。他们非常走红使得歌迷们为了更加熟悉他们而成立了俱乐部。门基乐队每个星期都要在电视上演唱由别的音乐家创作的歌曲。然而，经过大约一年以后，门基乐队逐渐对自己的工作认真起来，他们开始像一支真正的乐队那样演唱自己创作的歌曲。然后他们录制自己的唱片，并且开始巡回表演他们自己的音乐。在美国，他们甚至比“甲壳虫”乐队还要受欢迎，出售的录音专辑还要多。“门基乐队”大约在1970年左右解散，但是令人高兴的是，到80年代中期他们再次聚首。在1996年，他们推出了一张新的专辑，像真正的乐队一样以此来庆祝他们以往的时光。

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