人教高中英语必修1～4课文原文.docx

人教版高中英语必修1～4课文原文优选文档Book1 Unit 1 FriendshipANNE'S BEST FRIENDDo you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you,or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II. Her familywas Jewish so they had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. Sheand her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. She said, "I don't want toset down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty." Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.Dear kitty.I wonder if it ’s because I haven ’t been able to be outdoors for so longthat I ’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well rememberthat there was a time when a deep blue sky ， the song of the birds ， moonlightand flowers could never have keep me spellbound. That ’s changed since I was here.⋯For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose untilhalf past eleven In order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as themoon gave far too much light. I didn ’t dare open a window. Another time fivemonths ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn ’ / 。

1 优选文档t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; It was the firsttime in a year and a half that I ’d seen the night face to face ⋯.⋯ Sadly ⋯ I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hangingbefore very dusty windows. It ’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.Yours.AnneBook1 Unit 2 English around the worldTHE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISHAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spokeEnglish. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, peoplefrom England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that,English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speakEnglish as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don't speakthe same kind of English. Look at this example:British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?American Amy: Yes. I'd like to come up to your apartment.So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and developwhen cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English spokenin England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spokentoday. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Thengradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German becausethose who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers。

2 优选文档enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some Britishpeople were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two bigchanges in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. Forexample, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britainruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people learningEnglish in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.Book1 Unit 3 Travel Journal-ReadingJOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGPART1 THE DREAM AND THE PLANMy name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew。