１. Fａll in Love ｗith Englｉsh爱上英语Hiｄinｇ ｂehind ｔhe loosｅ ｄｕｓtｙ cuｒtain, a ｔｅenageｒ pａckeｄ ｕp his oｖｅｒcoat inｔo the suiｔcase. Hｅ plannｅd tｏ lｅave ｈome aｔ dｕsk tｈouｇh ｔhere waｓ ｔhunder and lightniｎg oｕtdooｒs. He ｈad goｔ to do tｈis becausｅ ｈe was ｔired of his parents’ nａｇｇing aboｕt his Englisｈ stｕdｙ and dｉd nｏｔ want to gｏ ｔｈrouｇh it ａny lｏngｅr. He coｕldn’t get along ｗeｌl wｉｔh Engｌish aｎd ｄｉsliked joｉning ｉｎ Enｇliｓh cｌａssｅs because he thought hiｓ tｅacher igｎｏｒeｄ him on purpoｓｅ. As ａ reｓult, hｉs scｏrｅ ｉn each exaｍ nｅver ａdded uｐ tｏ over 60.His partnｅｒ ｗas conｃerned abｏuｔ hｉｍ ｖeｒｙ ｍuch． Sｈｅ uｎdeｒｓｔooｄ ｅxaｃｔly whａt hｅ waｓ sｕffering fｒｏm， ｂｕｔ eｎtiｒely disagreed with hiｓ iｄea. In order tｏ cａlｍ ｈiｍ doｗｎ aｎd ｓeｔｔle his problem, she ｔaｌｋed wiｔｈ hiｍ faｃe to ｆaｃｅ anｄ sｗaｐpｅd a series of lｅarｎing tips ｗith ｈim. Ｔhｅ iｔems shｅ ｓet ｄｏwｎ helpｅd ｈiｍ fｉnd the highway to ｓtudｙｉng Ｅnｇlish well．Ｔhe ｔeｅnageｒ was graｔeｆuｌ anｄ ｇｏt ｇｒｅat poweｒ ｆｒom his friend’s ｗorｄs. Ｎow, hｅ has ｒｅcoｖered from ｂeｉng upset and has falｌen iｎ loｖｅ wiｔｈ Ｅnglish.有个少年躲在积满灰尘的松散窗帘后把大衣装入手提箱。
尽管外面正打雷闪电, 她仍筹划在傍晚时分离家出走她不得不这样做是由于厌倦了父母对她英语学习的唠叨，不想再忍受下去了她的英语学习总是无法获得进展,并且不喜欢参与英语课的学习，由于她觉得教师故意忽视她成果,她每次考试的分数合计从未超过6０她的伙伴很关怀她,也确切地理解她遭受的折磨,但却完全不批准她的想法为了使她冷静下来好好解决问题，她和她面对面地交谈,并互换了一系列的学习心得技巧她写下来的条款协助她找到了学好英语的最佳捷径这个少年非常很感谢,并从朋友的话里获得极大的动力目前，她已经从沮丧中恢复过来,真正爱上了英语２． Diffｅrent Coｕntries Haｖｅ Dｉｆfｅrent Kinds ｏf Engｌiｓｈes 不同的国家有不同的英语 Vｏyａｇes ｏf ｐeople from Engｌand pｌaｙ an ｉmpｏｒtant ｐarｔ in spｒeading ｔhe Englｉsh langｕaｇｅ. Aｔ prｅsenｔ, Engｌish is ｆreqｕentｌy spoｋen as ａｎ ｏfｆiｃial or commｏn laｎguage ｉn many countries， sｕch as Ａmｅrica， Sｉnｇaｐｏre, Ｍａｌａｙsia ａnd sｏme African cｏｕntries. Aｌl baｓeｄ ｏn Bｒitish Ｅnglish, tｈe Eｎgｌish ｓpｏken ｉｎ thｅse couｎtｒies ｃan bｅ wｅll undｅrstood ｂy nａtive English speakers. Buｔ acｔualｌy, ｔhesｅ Ｅnｇlishes have bｅｅｎ gradualｌy cｈanｇiｎg ｉn accenｔs, sｐellｉｎgｓ, ｅxprｅｓsions ａnｄ ｔhe usage of vocabulaｒy. Bｅｃausｅ ｏｆ thｉs fact, ｙou cａn make use of the ｄiｆferenｃes to tell which countrｙ thｅ forｅigners of ｙour blｏcｋ arｅ from． Foｒ exaｍple， if a boss fluｅntly commands ｈis ｄｒｉver， “Cｏｍe up straight ｔｏ my apartment ｂy ｅlevaｔoｒ and ｔake some gas ｆｏr my ｔrucks ａnｄ cａbs”, insｔｅad of ｒｅｑuｅstinｇ, “Plｅase comｅ ｔo my flat by lifｔ anｄ taｋｅ soｍe petrol fｏｒ my lorｒｉeｓ and tａxis”, ｙｏｕ cａn recognize his American iｄｅntitｙ, whｉlｅ the ｌａｔter sｕggests ｔｈat ｈe is British. 英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的角色。
目前,英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加波、马来西亚和某些非洲的国家这些国家的英语都以英式英语为基本,能较好地为以英语为本族语的人所理解但是事实上，这些英语在口音、拼写、体现和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化 由于这一状况的存在,你就可以运用这些英语之间的区别说出你们街区的外国人是哪个国家来的了例如,如果有个老板流利地命令她的司机:“Come up straiｇht to ｍｙ aｐartmｅnt ｂy eleｖaｔor ａnd takｅ ｓｏme ｇａs for my trｕcks and cabｓ(直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，而不是规定说,“Pleasｅ cｏｍe ｔo mｙ flａt by lift ａｎd take soｍｅ pｅtroｌ for my lorrｉes aｎd ｔaxis（请直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油)”,你就可以容易地辨认出她的美国人身份,而后者却暗示着那是一位英国人请注意：听力录音里第二段两个“电梯”的单词跟原文不一致,原文是对的,录音弄错了，ｅleｖator才是美式说法而lｉfｔ是英式说法)３.A Ｈａrd Trip一次辛苦的旅行 Ｍy siｓter was ｆond ｏf travｅling． Ｅver sｉnce graduatiｎg, ｓｈｅ hａd been dｅｔermｉnｅｄ to organｉze a trｉｐ to ａｎ old ｔemple. Siｎｃe tｒansｐortinｇ fare was expeｎsｉve， she decｉｄed to usｅ a biｃｙcle to cyｃle there ｎot ｃarinｇ aｂout the disaｄvaｎtages． Heｒ ｓtｕｂborn attiｔｕde wａs ａlways ｈer shortcominｇ. Once ｓｈe made up her mindto dｏ somｅｔｈｉng, no oｎe ｃｏｕld ｐｅrsuadｅ ｈer to ｃhange her miｎｄ． Ｆｉnally, ｗe gａｖｅ ｉｎ as ｕsual ｔhｏugｈ we prefeｒｒed to taｋｅ a ｔrａin． After we ｐrepareｄ evｅｒyｔhiｎg， including ｔhe ｓcheｄｕle, reｌｉaｂle ｗeａthｅr ｆｏreｃast and tｈe inｓuranｃe, wｅ began ｏuｒ triｐ． Ｏｕr jｏurney waｓ aloｎg a river ｆlowｉnｇ froｍ a hiｇｈ aｌtitudｅ. Our pace was slｏw becａuse thｅ river ｆrequently hａd many sharｐ bendｓ thｒｏｕｇh ｄｅｅp ｖallｅys, where ｔhe ｗaｔｅr seemeｄ ｔｏ boil. Jｕst as I reｃoｒded in my ｊourｎal, it wａs reａlly ａ hard joｕrney． Ｂut we ａlｓo eｎｊoyed gｒeａt vｉews. One night， Ｉ put ｍy heａd ｏn my pｉllow－-a paｒcｅl oｆ wooｌ ｃoatｓ, and lay ｂeneath the stａｒs. Ｗhｅn thｅ flame in frｏnt of ｏｕｒ ｃaｖe wｅnt ｏut at miｄnｉght， I ｆound the skｙ so beａutifｕl！ 我的妹妹很喜欢旅行。
自从毕业以来,她就下定决心要组织一次往一座古庙的旅行由于交通费用昂贵，她决定骑自行车去,毫不紧张其中的不利状况顽固的态度始终都是她的缺陷,一旦她下定决心要做的事，就没有人能说服她变化主意最后，我们像往常同样让步，尽管我们更喜欢乘火车去我们准备好了所有东西，涉及时间表、可靠的天气预报，尚有保险，就开始了路程 我们的路程沿着一条从高海拔处流下来的河流前行但我们的步伐很慢，由于当流经深深的峡谷时，这条河流急转弯诸多，急湍的河水都似乎沸腾起来正如我在旅行日记里记录的那样,这真是一次艰苦的旅行但是我们也欣赏到了美丽的景色一天晚上，我把头枕在一包羊毛衣服做的枕头上,躺在星空下，当岩洞前的火焰在半夜熄灭时，我发现夜空是如此的美丽!4.Ａ Horrible Ｅarthquaｋe 可怕的地震Dｉrty ｗａtｅr rose in weｌlｓ aｎｄ canals befｏre the eartｈｑuakｅ. Ｂut no oｎe judgｅd that an eaｒthｑuａke was ｃｏminｇ. Suddenly, ｅverything ｓhook. Ｉt seemeｄ as if the woｒｌd was at ａn end. Ｍｉlｌｉonｓ of bｒｉcｋ hoｕses and a nｕmｂｅr oｆ ｄａms werｅ ｄestroyｅd． Rａilwａy tracｋs became usｅless bars． Pipeｓ iｎ mines burst aｎd lｅt ｏut ｓmelly stｅam． Hｕｇｅ cｒacks tｒａpｐｅｄ ｃycｌists eveｒyｗheｒe.Tｈe next day, thｉs eｖenｔ wａs the headline oｒ mａin ｔｉtle ｏｆ aｌl ｎewspaｐeｒs. Wiｔｈ the rｅｐorters ｇiving an outlinｅ of ｔｈe ｄisaｓtｅr, thｅ whole natioｎ waｓ shoｃked ｂy the ｄamagｅ and tｈe vicｔim’s exｔreme ｓuｆfeｒinｇ. Ｐeople ｗere moved ｗhen tｈeｙ rｅad that thｅ ｓuｒvｉｖors。