普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 1 Great scientists
John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the deadly disease of its day.
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 1 Great scientists
Nicolaus Copernicus was frightened and his mind was confused. Although he had tried to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led to the same conclusion: that the earth was not the centre of the solar system. Only if you put the sun there di
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 1 Great scientists
Do you like puzzles? Euler did. Did you solve the one you heard for the listening task? No! Well, don't worry, Euler didn't either! As he loved mathematical puzzles, he wanted to know why this one wouldn't work. So he walked around the town and over
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 2 The United Kingd
People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question if you study British history. First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirte
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 2 The United Kingd
People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question if you study British history. First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirte
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 2 The United Kingd
A PARTICULAR BRITISH CELEBRATION There is one celebration that happens in Britain and nowhere else in the world. It is called Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night and takes place every year on November 5th. It is particular because, unlike most festiva
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 3 Life in the futu
Spacemall: [email protected] 15/11/3008 (Earthtime) Dear Mum and Dad, I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD 3008. Worried about
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 3 Life in the futu
My first visit was to a space station considered the most modem in space. Described as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth's gravity. Inside was an exhibition of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 3 Life in the futu
Not many people have the chance of being a pioneer and experiencing a real-life adventure. But those who will go to live in this new undersea city will be able to do just that! There will be no suffering here. In fact it is so comfortable that it has
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 4 Making the news-
MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT Unforgettable, says new journalist Never will Zhou Yang (ZY) forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper. His discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin (HX), was to strongly influence his life as a jo
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 4 Making the news-
GETTING THE SCOOP Quick, said the editor. Get that story ready. We need it in this edition to be ahead of the other newspapers. This is a scoop. Zhou Yang had just come back into the office after an interview with a famous film star. Did he really d
普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 4 Making the news-
SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH Collecting and writing news is like researching in history: the best information comes from those who were there at the time. So if we want to study the history of China in the sixth century AD, we look at the writings of the
