上海新世纪英语高二全部课文及重点词组

上海新世纪英语高二全部课文（包括additionalreading）及重点词组
高二第二学期
17.wordsandtheirstories
18.englishproverbs
19.tipsonmakingapublicspeech
20.keepitshortfortheaudience’ssake
21.makingfriends
22.whatdoesfriendshipmeantowesterners?
23.adjo
24.ryan,hisfriends,andhisincredibletorchrun
25.thefatherofmodernphysics
26.thesurvivalofthefittest
27.miracleinthericefield
28.newton’sthreeimportantlaws
29.oliverwantsmore(adaptedfromolivertwistcharlesdickens)
30.enjoytheclassics
31.issheguilty?(adaptedfromtheprinceandthepaupermarktwain)
32.marktwain
高二第二学期
17.wordsandtheirstories
eagerbeaveraneagerbeaverisapersonwhoisalwayswillingtodoandisexcitedaboutdoingwhatisexpectedofhim.
suppose,forexample,thatateachertellshisstudentstheyeachmustsolveonehundredmathproblemsbeforecomingtoschoolthenextday.thechildrencomplainaboutsomuchhomework.butonestudentdoesnotprotestatall.thatstudentisaneagerbeaver.helovestodomathproblems,anddoesnotmindallthehomework.
theexpressionissaidtohavecomefromthenameofahard-workinganimal---thebeaver.
beaversarestrange-lookingcreatures.theyspendalotoftimeinthewater,buildingdamstocreatelittlelakesorponds.theyusetheirhugeteethandworkhardtocutdowntrees,removebranchesandputthemacrossstreams.theyusetheirtailstopackmudonthebranchestomakethedamssolid.fewotheranimalsworksohard.
historianssaythebeaverhadanimportantpartinthesettlementofnorthamerica.
therewerehundredsofmillionsofbeaverswheneuropeansettlersfirstarrived.thesettlersputgreatvalueonthefurofbeavers.infact,fortwohundredyearsormore,beaversprovidedthemostvaluablefurinnorthamerica.beaverskinsoftenusedasmoney.
youngmenlookingforadventureheadedwestacrossthecountrytosearchforbeavers.intheirsearch,theyexploredmuchofthewesternterritories.thetradingposts,wheretheyexchangedbeaverskinsforthegoodstheyneeded,becamevillages,andlatertownsandcities.
it’sinthebagthebag---oneofthesimplestandmostusefulthingsineverymanorwoman’slife---hasgiventheworldmanystrangeexpressionsthatarenotverysimple.anumberoftheseexpressionsarewidelyusedintheunitedstatestoday.somewereimportedfromenglandalongtimeago.
whenyouaresureofsomething,youcansay,“it’sinthebag.”共17页，当前第1页1234567891011121314151617