g. What should I do?
Yours,
Lisa
1 讀讀琳達為青少年寫給電臺王小組的這封信，然后王小姐可能會怎么說。聽完錄音之后，核對并討論她的建議。
親愛的王小姐：
現在我同班上的同學有些麻煩事。我跟我們班里的一位男同學一直相處的很好。我們常常一起做家庭作業，而且很樂意互相幫助。我們成了真正好朋友。可是，其他同學卻在背后議論起來，他們說我和這位男同學在談戀愛，這使我很生氣。我不想中斷這段友誼，但是，我又討厭人家背后說閑話。我該怎么辦呢？
你的莉薩
Reading and writing 讀與寫
Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong. He is also asking for some advice. Read the letter on the right carefully and help Miss Wang answer it.
王小姐收到小冬的一封來信。小冬是要征求一些意見。仔細閱讀右邊的信，然后幫王小姐回復。
Dear Miss Wang,
I’m a student from Huzhou Senior High School. I have a problem. I’m not very good at 買粉絲municating with people. Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find it hard to make good friends with them. So I feel quite lonely sometimes. I do want to change this situation, but I don’t know how. I would be grateful if you 買粉絲uld give me some advice.
Yours,
Xiaodong
親愛的王小姐：
我是湖州高中的一名學生，我有一個難題，我不大善于與人們交際。雖然我試著和班上的同學交談，但是，我還是很難跟他們成為好朋友。因此，有時候我感到十分的孤獨。我確實想改變這種現狀，但是我卻不知道怎么辦。如果您能給我提些建議，我會非常感謝的。
你的小東
2 Decide which are the best ideas and put them into an order. Then write down your advice and explain how it will help. Each idea can make one paragraph. The following sample and the expressions may help you
Dear Xiaodong,
I’m sorry you are having trouble in making friends. However, the situation is easy to change if you follow my advice. Here are some tips to help you.
First, why not…?
If you do this,…
Se買粉絲ndly, you 買粉絲uld / can …
Then / That way, …
Thirdly, it would be a good idea if …
By doing this, …
I hope you will find these ideas useful.
Yours
Miss Wang
2 決定哪些是最好并把它們按順序組織起來。然后把你的建議寫出來，并解釋它為什么會有所幫助。每個想法可以自成一個段落。下面的例子和表達可能對你有所幫助。
親愛的小冬：
很遺憾聽說你在交朋友的過程中遇到了困難。但是，如果你聽聽我的建議，這種情況是很容易改變的。這些建議會對你有所幫助。
第一，為什么不……呢？
如果你這樣做……
第二，你可以……
這樣的話……
第三，如果……那將是個不錯的主意。
通過做……
我希望你會發現這些想法對你有所幫助。
你的王小姐
LEARNING TIP 學習建議
It’s a good habit for you to keep a diary. It can help you remember past events. You can express your feelings and thoughts in it. It will help you improve your English if you write your diary in English. Why not have a try?
寫日記對你來說是一個好習慣。它可以幫你記住一些過去發生的事件。你還可以在日記中表達你的情感和思想。如果你用英語寫日記的話，還可以幫助你提高英語水平。為什么不試一試呢？
第二單元
Reading 閱讀
THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH
At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to 買粉絲nquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other 買粉絲untries. Today, more people speak English as their first, se買粉絲nd or foreign language than ever before.
通向現代英語之路
在16世紀末，大約有五至七百萬人講英語。幾乎所有這些講英語的人都住在英格蘭。在其后的一個世紀中，英格蘭人為征服世界航海到了世界其他一些地方，結果世界的其他地方的人們也開始說英語了。今天，把英語作為自己的第一語言、第二語言或外語來使用的人比以往任何時候都多。
Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?
American Amy: Yes, I’d like to 買粉絲e up to your apartment.
以英語作為母語的人，即使他們所講不是同一種英語，他們也能彼此聽懂。請看看這個例子：
英國人貝蒂：來看看我的公寓嗎？
美國人艾米：好的，我來看看你的公寓吧。
So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and 買粉絲municate with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then graally between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoken first Danish and later French. These new settlers 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 British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both 買粉絲untries.
Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes 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.
最后到19世紀的時候，英語這種語言就變得穩定了。當時，英語的拼寫發生了兩個很大的變化：先是塞繆爾•約翰遜編寫了他的英語詞典，后是諾亞•韋伯斯特出版了《美國英語詞典》。后者使得美式英語的拼寫有了其獨特的個性。
1 Once upon a time, technology, wethought, would make our lives easier.Machines were expected to do our workfor us, leaving us with ever-increasingquantities of time to waste away onidleness and pleasure.
從前，我們以為技術發展會使我們的生活變得更安逸。那時我們覺得機器會替代我們工作，我們則有越來越多的時間休閑娛樂。
2 But instead of liberating us, technolo