1.U1B1Friendship第一頁，共17頁。IwonderifitisbecauseIhaven’tbeenabletobeoutdoorsforsolong1

Ihavegrownsocrazyabouteverythingtodo2

nature.Icanwellrememberthattherewasatime3

adeepbluesky,thesongofthebirds,moonlightandflowerscouldneverhavekeptmespellbound.That’schanged4

Iwashere.thatwithwhensince第二頁，共17頁。Forexample,oneeveningwhenitwassowarm,Istayedawakeonpurposeuntilhalfpasteleveninordertohaveagoodlookatthemoonby5

.Butasthemoongavefartoomuchlight,Ididn’tdaretoopen6window.Anothertimefivemonthsago,Ihappenedtobeupstairsatduskwhenthewindowwasopen.myselfa第三頁，共17頁。Thedark,7

(rain)evening,thewind,thethunderingcloudsheldmeentirelyin8

power;itwasthefirsttimeinayearandahalfthatI9

(see)thenightfacetoface....Sadly...Iamonlyabletolookatnaturethroughdirtycurtains10

(hang)beforeverydustywindows.rainytheirhadseenhanging第四頁，共17頁。U2B1Englisharoundtheworld第五頁，共17頁。Attheendofthe16thcentury,EnglishwasonlyspokenbypeoplefromEngland.Theywerenativespeakers.Today,thelargestnumberofpeople1

(speak)EnglishmaybeinChina.AlotofChinesespeakEnglish2

theirforeignlanguage.speakingas第六頁，共17頁。3

Englishlanguage4

(change)quitealotoverthelastfourcenturies.OldEnglishsoundedmore5

lesslikeGermanforitwasbasedonGerman,but6

EnglandsoundsmorelikeFrenchthanGerman7

EnglandwasonceruledbytheFrench.Thehaschangedormordenbecause第七頁，共17頁。Twopeoplehadgreateffects8

theEnglishchanges.OnewasShakespeare,who

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(enlarge)theEnglishvocabulary;theotherwasNoahWebster,whowroteadictionary10

gaveAmericanEnglishitsownidentity.onenlargedthat(which)第八頁，共17頁。U3B1Traveljournal第九頁，共17頁。FromtheatlaswecouldseetheMekongRiverbegins

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aglacieronaTibetanmountain.Atfirsttheriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.2

itbeginstomove3

(quick).Itbecomesrapid

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itpassesthroughdeepvalleys,5

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avel)acrosswesternYunnanProvince.inThenquicklyastraveling第十頁，共17頁。Sometimestheriverbecomes6

waterfallandenterswidevalleys.Wewereboth

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rprise)tolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsian,8

pacesslows.Itmakeswidebendsormeanders9

lowvalleystotheplains10

ricegrows.Atlast,theriverenterstheSouthChinaSea.asurpriseditsthroughwhere第十一頁，共17頁。U4B1Earthquakes第十二頁，共17頁。SeveraldaysbeforeJuly28,1976,manystrangethingshappenedinTangshan.Thewaterinthevillagewells1

andfell.Thewaterpipesinsomebuildingscrackedand2

.Theyweresignsfortheearthquake.Butpeopleinthecitydidn’tthinkmuch3

these.At3:42a.m.thatday,theearthbegantoshake,4

destroythecity.Manypeople,5

(include)workersanddoctors,roseburst

ofwhichincluding第十三頁，共17頁。cameto6

those7

(trap)undertheruins.Laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakestruckTangshan.Morepeople8

(kill)orinjuresand9

buildingsfelldown.Teamswereorganizedtodigoutthetrappedand10

(burry)thedead.rescuetrappedwerekilledmorebury第十四頁，共17頁。U5B1NelsonMandela---amodernhero第十五頁，共17頁。IneededhishelpbecauseIhadverylittleeducation.I1

(begin)schoolatsix.Theschool2

Istudiedforonlytwoyearswasthreekilometersaway.Ihadtoleavebecausemyfamilycouldnotcontinue3

(pay)theschoolfeesandthebusfare.beganwheretopay第十六頁，共17頁。Icouldnotread4

writewell.After5

(try)hard,Igotajobin6

goldmine.However,thiswasatime7

onehadtohaveapassbooktoliveinJohann