《高中英语》（New Senior English for China，以下简称为 NSEFC），是为了适应新形势发展的需要，由人民教育出版社根据教育部制定的《英语课程标准（实验）》的精神编写的。
本套教科书（NSEFC）正是为了顺应教育课程改革的趋势，与九年义务教育阶段英语学习相衔接，并以实现高中英语课程总目标为目的而编写，力求“使学生在义务教育阶段英语学习的基础上，进一步明确英语学习的目的，发展自主学习和合作学习的能力；形成有效的英语学习的策略；培养学生的综合语言运用能力。”
[00:27.14]READING [00:28.45]THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS [00:30.72]In 1951, the then director of the Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, wanted to settle an argument about the fastest bird in Europe. [00:37.09]After talking to his friends, he co...
[00:09.09]Reading [00:10.74]COLLECTING STAMPS AND COINS [00:14.18]Staring a stamp collection is easy and not very expensive. [00:19.44]Before you start, you need to decide what kind of stamps you want to collect. [00:25.60]Most people collect stamps...
[00:02.93]READING [00:04.18]REACHING OUT ACROSS THE OCEAN [00:06.09]Trade and curiosity have often formed the foundation for mankinds greatest endeavor. [00:10.32]To people of early civilizations, the world map was a great puzzle. [00:13.79]Marco Pol...
[00:07.78]Reading [00:09.14]THE UNKNOWN SOUTHERN LAND [00:12.75]The unknown southern landwas in imaginary continent, [00:17.11]appearing on European maps from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. [00:22.13]It was first put there by a Greek map ma...
[00:08.10]READING [00:08.99]THE PORTRAIT OF A NATION [00:10.61]Modern Australia is made up of six states and two territories: Western Australia, South Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Ter...
[00:10.68]THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA [00:14.99]Australia was discovered about 53,000 years ago. [00:20.95]It is possible that the fist people crossed into Australia from Asia on a great land bridge when the water level of the oceans was lower. [00:31...
[00:06.35]READING [00:07.58]THE BIRTH OF A SCIENCE [00:10.19]Before the eighteenth century, botany was merely a branch of medicine. [00:13.90]Unit then, mostly doctors and surgeons studied herbs. [00:17.97]Attempts had been made by others to classify...
[00:09.40]Reading [00:10.55]STUDYING PLANTS IN THE WILD [00:12.25]The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. [00:17.99]In fact, their capacity in terms of the time they can spend away from their offices is very limited. [...
[00:07.16]READING [00:08.02]ADVERTISING [00:09.27]Ads are found almost everywhere-they are broadcast on TV and over the radio [00:13.40]posted on the Internet and printed in newspapers and on posters in our cities. [00:16.95]Advertising is a highly d...
[00:08.39]Reading [00:09.43]PLANNING AN ADVER TISING CAMPAIGN [00:13.17]The planning of an advertising campaign usually begins long before the product is introduced to customers. [00:21.63]Advertisement professionals meet with representatives of the...
[00:06.50]READING [00:07.42]GOING WEST [00:09.09]In the spring of 1845, father read a book about California. [00:13.95]This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there. [00:14.02]Less than half a year late...
[00:09.20]Reading [00:10.84]ESCAPE FROM DOUBTING CASTLE [00:14.21]Once, in a dream, a boy called Chris Ever Everyman took the advice of a wise man to go on a journey. [00:23.46]The wise man pointed his finger across the land and told him to go throug...
[00:08.31]READING [00:09.46]A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1) [00:11.81](In Scrooges office) [00:11.81]What are you doing there, Bob? [00:13.58]Im warming my hands, Mr Scrooge. [00:15.52]Its so cold in here. [00:16.69]Am I paying you 15 shillings a week for warm...
[00:10.61]Reading [00:11.65]A TALE OF TWO CITIES [00:14.68]On a cold November night in 1775, [00:19.04]Miss Lucie Manette, [00:21.00]who had grown up in England, [00:22.67]traveled to France to meet her father, [00:25.13]whom she thought was dead. [0...
[00:05.38]READING [00:06.19]LEARNING A FOREING LANGUAGE: TWICE AS HARD? [00:08.65]Learning a language is obviously more than just memorising words, phrases and structures. [00:12.30]When we learnt our mother tongue, [00:13.87]we did not receive much...
