1. The location of Near East, Middle East and
Far East and the importance of the location from the perspective of political
geography.
2. The tradition and the custom of the Arabian
countries?
3. The life style of the Middle East people
and the female social status.
4. What’s the difference between “bazaar” and
“market”?
I. The Farmer and
his Sons
1
An old
farmer called his sons to his bedside to read them his will.
______They found no treasure hidden in the earth but their thorough digging was so good for the vines that they yielded more grapes that year than ever before.
______As soon as
the old man was dead the sons took their spades, their hoes and every tool they
could find and began to dig in the vineyard to look for the treasure.
______The wine the
brothers made was the best in the country and as everyone wanted to buy it,
they made their fortune---just as their father had intended.
______ “You will
find all my treasure hidden in the vineyard”.
______They turned
the soil over and over, digging deep into the rich, dark earth and breaking up
the heavy lumps---just in case they concealed a bag of coins.
______ “Children,”
he said, “the time has come for me to die.”
( ) George always shaves and
dresses before eating.
( ) Sometimes he falls asleep
again.
( ) Then he brushes his teeth,
puts on his coat, and says good-bye before he leaves for the office.
( ) When the alarm clock
rings, George wakes up and shuts it off.
( ) If this happens, his
mother wakes him up so that he won’t be late for work.
( ) After he finishes
breakfast, he usually reads the morning newspaper.
( ) Pine trees grew down to
the lake’s edge, so we had to walk through a small pine forest to reach the
water.
( ) We drove as close as we
could to the lake, parked the car, and got out.
( ) John was the first one to
dive into the lake.
( ) As we drove down the road,
the lake came into view.
( ) He laughed at us for being
afraid to get our hair wet.
( ) We decided to stop and take a
swim for an hour.
( ) I didn’t mind waiting for
the seasons to change, though, for the best time of all in Paris is the spring.
( ) I used to watch the leaves
falling from the trees in the public gardens.
( ) I first arrived in Paris
in the summer, and I was surprised at how warm it is there in August.
( ) When the air is fresh,
flowers’ buds appear, and branches are covered with new green leaves.
( ) When autumn arrives,
however, the climate becomes delightful.
( ) The winter months are wet
and cold.
( ) But at least I could cool
off by swimming in the Seine River
1．
这个黑暗的大洞穴很大，一眼望不到头。
2．
他们在集市里出出进进拥挤的人群中寻路穿行。
3．
街上有许多货摊，出售的东西种类繁多，应有尽有。
4．
选择最后集中在三个人身上。
5．
到北京的旅游者总要参观长城。
6．
他抱怨说，他要的价格使他无利可图。
7．
今天晚上有音乐会的实况广播。
8．
他坐在小吃店里吃着简单的普通食品。
Lesson Two Hiroshima---the “Liveliest “City
in Japan
1. The second World War and the dominant
countries involved and their relation and position in the war?
2. The location of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
Japan and the reason for the U.S. to chose the cities as their bombardment
target?
3. The consequences of the nuclear
bombardment?
I There is a time to talk and there
is a time to act. From the Fables of Aesop
( ) Just when he was beginning to think he would drown, an old man came walking past on the river bank.
( ) As he could not swim, he
began to shout and scream for help, waving his arms and kicking his legs as he
tried to stay afloat.
( ) “I will listen to as many
lectures, as you like, but please, please rescue me first.”
( ) How many times have you been told that
it is dangerous. Your mother ought to give you a good spanking.”
( ) One day a boy was paddling in a stream
when he stumbled in a hollow and fell into a deep pool.
( ) “Oh, please,” spluttered
the boy as he struggled to keep his head above water,
( ) “You stupid child,” said
the man. “You know you are not supposed to paddle in that river.
( ) Organizers were stunned at
the number of people who participated in that first Earth Day.
( ) We’ll look at the
different environments on earth, how humans affect the resources in these
environments, and how technology might shape the future.
( ) The success of Earth Day
prompted the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA).
( ) Caring for our planet is a
big job---and we all need to help out.
( ) Since 1970 Earth Day has
become an annual worldwide event.
( ) Today most people
understand that we need to protect this planet that we call home.
( ) In 2001 millions of people
in 184 countries took part in activities to raise awareness about pollution and
other problems affecting the environment.
( ) Soon after, several
important environmental protection laws were passed in the United States,
including the Clean Air, Clean Water, And Endangered Species Acts. This is a
book about becoming better caretakers of Earth.
III. The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs
(1)A farmer and his wife once had a goose
that laid a solid gold egg every day．Each evening they settled it securely in its pen in the
corner of their kitchen with a bowl of the best corn and a saucer of fresh
water．
( )By the time we get it，it will not be worth half what it is today．
( )Each morning they found a
new，right yellow egg in its
nest of sweet hay．
( )Now I have an idea．It is obvious to me that there must be a
great store of golden eggs inside our goose．
( )Without another word he
killed the goose and cut her open—only
to find that inside she was just like any other goose, with no sign of a golden
egg at all.
( )One day the farmer’s
wife said to her husband：“These
eggs are all very well，my
dear，but though I suppose we
will be rich in the end，it
is a very slow way of making a fortune．
( )“We’ll not get rich quickly
or slowly now, my dear,” said the farmer sadly.
( )“Well,” said the farmer
doubtfully, “it seems a sad way to treat a good bird. But on the other hand…”
( )“We’ll not get rich quickly
or slowly now, my dear,” said the farmer sadly.
Don’t be greedy.
(1)A man once bought
a brilliantly-coloured
parrot. Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he
allowed it to fly free all over the house.
( )“I’m a parrot. I’ve just
arrived and I’m to make as much noise as I can,” he said.
( )The parrot was delighted at
this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happiness. The
parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.
( )At last he settled on the
edge of a rich curtain.
( )“Who on earth are you?”
said a cross voice from below. “Stop that terrible noise at once.”
( )“Well, I’ve lived here all
my life,” replied the cat.
“Keep quiet then,”
said the parrot cheerfully. “I don’t know what you do around here, but I know
my job.
( )“I was born in this very
house and I learned from my mother that it is best o keep quiet here.”
( )My master bought me for my
voice and I’m going to make sure he hears it.”
Different people
are valued for different things.
III
Translation
1．
看到一个乞丐躺在街上，他感到喉咙哽咽。
2．
新旧建筑物并列，形成对比。
3．
这里的情况似乎与其他城市的情况差不多。
4．
他们相互交谈，好象忘记了他们周围的人群。
5．
他不愿承认他不知道，以免在别人面前丢面子。
6．
你们来到上海，本人深感荣幸。
7．
当我听懂他的话的意思后，我很不高兴。
8．
他们经过文化大革命幸存下来。
1. When was the concept of Geology come into
our Human world?
2. What’s the relationship between the Earth
and our human beings according to the author?
3. What’s the difference between the two
phrases “in balance” and “in the balance”?
4. What’s the situation and the problem of the
earth today and the main causes?
( 1
)There was once a donkey who never did what he was told. If his master
wanted him to go to the right he pulled to the left.
( )It happened that one
day the donkey was being driven along a twisty track up a high mountainside.
The donkey was just about to fall head-first over the edge of the cliff when his master
caught him by the tail.
( )“Come this way or you
will fall.”
( )All of a sudden he
decided that he did not want to stay on the path and he made off as fast as he
could towards the edge, where the mountain fell steeply away.
( )The man sat down with
a bump on the grass-and
the donkey plunged braying with triumph over the edge of the cliff.
( )If his master wanted
him to go to the left he pulled to the right.
( )“Come back, you
stupid animal,” said his master, pulling his tail and backing away up the slope
towards the path.
( )In fact he always
wanted to do the exact opposite to what his master said.
( )He pulled so hard
that the man was force to let go.
( )“This way, this way,”
said the donkey stubbornly, pulling away from the man. “I don’t want to go that
way.”
There is no point
being stubborn just for the sake of it.
( 1
)Two men were walking along one summer day.
( )“I am being extremely
useful to you at this very moment, shielding you from the hot sun.
( )they threw themselves
on the ground to rest in its shade.
( )It does not have
fruit or nuts that we can eat and we cannot even use its wood for anything.”
( )And you call me a
good-for-nothing!”
( ) Gazing up into the
branches one man said to the other：“Ｗhat
a useless tree this is.
( )“Don’t be so
ungrateful,” rustled the tree in reply,
( )Soon it became too
hot to go any further and, seeing a large plane tree nearby,
Everything has its
use.
( 1
)A wolf was eating his supper one day when a bone stuck in his
throat.
( )A crane heard about
this promise and offered to help.
( )“Here is the bone
that has been troubling you,” she added politely as soon as her head was out of
the wolf’s mouth.
( )“There’s a good reward for
anyone who can save me,” he spluttered.
( )“Reward,” laughed the
wolf, showing all his gleaming teeth in a mean smile and quite forgetting his
sore throat.
( )“I trust you will now
be able to give me the reward you promised.”
( )“Open pour mouth
wide, wolf,” she said, and poked her long beak deep into his throat.
( )That should be enough
of a reward for you, ungrateful bird. And it is certainly all you will get from
me.”
( )Choking and coughing, he
howled about the countryside asking every animal he met to help him.
( )“You are lucky I did not
snap your head off with one bite.
If you only help
people because you can get something out of it for yourself, you’ll be
disappointed.
( 1
)There was once an astronomer who spent every night walking about gazing
at the stars.
( )“The trouble with you,” he
said as he dusted him down,
( )One night he was staring at
the sky as usual when he tripped over a pile of rubble and feel into a deep
hole in the road.
( )“is that you spend so much
time thinking about the mysteries of the universe that you quite forget the
ordinary troubles of everyday life.
( )If you refuse to learn the
ways of this world, you must expect to come to grief.”
( )A friend of his happened to
be passing and, hearing his cries for help, went over to pull him out.
III
Translation
1．
过去流入湖中的水被改道用来种植棉花。
2．
地球大气层的巨大变化的速度仍在加快。
3．
在吃了一顿丰盛的早餐后，我们乘小轿车又走了几英里来到一个约会地点。
4．
经验在一个人的工作中起着关键性作用。
5．
这个小组在报告中提出了一个有争议的说法。
6．
他的去世标志着一个时代的结束。
7．
它是我们在动物园里所感到的那种矛盾心情。
8．
我们应该作出大规模的努力来拯救我们的地球。
9．
直到不久以前，计算机在中国还不怎么为人所知。
10． 我们面临的挑战是承认越来越多的失业现象。
Lesson Four Everyday Use
1. Anything you have from your grandparents or
forefathers and the stories related with it ?
( ) but they had been trained
high on a trellis and though the fox strained and jumped he could not reach even
the lowest branches.
( )One day a hungry fox went
into a vineyard looking for food.
( )“Who wants
grapes like those, anyway.
( )The grapes were heavy and
ripe, hanging in beautiful purple clusters on the vines,
( )Anyone can see they are as
sour as green lemons.”
( )At last, quite tired out,
he turned crossly away muttering tetchily：
Some people
pretend to despise the things they cannot have.
( 1
)Some bees once built a fine honeycomb in a hollow tree-trunk. ( )and drones, who lie
lazily in the hive all day doing nothing.
( )“It is very difficult
to say which of you really built the comb,” said the wasp thoughtfully.
( )This made the worker
bees very angry and they called a wasp in to decide who was right.
( )Now there are two kinds of
bees in a hive：
( )“You all look so much
alike. However, I have a plan.
( )From the shape of the cells
and the taste of the honey I will soon know who built the fine honeycomb in
this hollow tree.”
( )“That’s not fair,” said the
drones.
( )worker bees, who spend
their lives gathering pollen and making honey,
( )When they are finished I
will inspect them.
( )“We don’t want to build
another comb.
( )“We’ll start straight
away,” said the workers. “For we know we can do it.”
( )It happened that the drones
began to boast that they had made the fine honeycomb.
( )The wasp turned to the
workers.
( )There is no doubt that the
honeycomb in the hollow tree belongs to you, workers.”
( )I suggest that you each
move into a different hive and each build up a new comb.
( ) “Now I know who can
make honeycombs and who cannot. Actions speak louder than words.
( )We are talking about
the comb in this hollow tree, not some new comb.”
( 1
)A hungry lion sat watching a fat bull feeding in a field.
( )If I may say so,
though, I don’t see why you put up with those horns.
( )“If only bulls didn’t
have horns,” thought the lion greedily.
( )“Do you think so?”
said the bull. “I never thought about it. ( )“Then I could soon
finish him off. As it is he would toss me over the moon.”
( )What a handsome head
you have. What big, strong shoulders. What powerful legs and hooves.
( )But now you mention it they
do rather get in the way. Spoil my appearance did you say? Hmm.”
( )The lion slunk away and hid
behind a tree to watch.
( ) First one horn splintered,
then the other until soon the bull’s head was smooth and bare.
( )Then he had an idea. Sidling
up to the bull he said in a friendly voice.
( )They must give you quite a
headache and they do spoil your appearance you know.
( )The bull waited until he
was out of sight, then began to hit his head violently against a rock.
( )“Aha,” cried the lion,
leaping out with a snarl. “I’ve got you now. Thank you so much for getting rid
of your horns.
( )“I was just admiring you,
Mr Bull. I hope you don’t mind.
( )They were the only things
that prevented me from attacking you before.”
Don’t listen to
flatterers.
There was a
terrible storm one night in the forest. An oak tree that had grown by the side
of a river was swept into the flood and carried downstream.
( )As the oak tree floated
along it noticed to its surprise that the banks were still covered with reeds.
( )We were saved because we
gave way to it, bending to its slightest breath.”
( )“However did you manage to
survive?” it asked. “You look so thin and frail yet I, a great tree, lie
dying.”
( )We were saved because we
gave way to it, bending to its slightest breath.”
( )An oak tree that had grown
by the side of a river was swept into the flood and carried downstream.
( ) “It is not surprising,”
whispered the reeds. “You were destroyed because you fought against the storm.
( )Many trees were blown down
and branches were scattered far and wide.
III
Translation
1．
她带者又嫉妒又敬畏的心情看着她姐姐。
2．
她的父亲一摇一晃地从后台走出来。
3．
我被引进一间宾客满堂的明亮的房间。
4．
我费很大劲儿才克制住自己没有告诉她这个消息。
5．
聪明伶俐与她无缘。
6．
我有意背朝着这所房子。
7．
男人们手里拿着枪整夜不睡觉。
8．
她把猫牢牢地抱在怀里抚摩着。
9． &