新外研版高中英語(yǔ)必修一課文

Unit1Myfirstdayatseniorhigh

我的高中第一天Monday4September9月4日星期一AfterIhadpictureditoverandoveragaininmymind,thebigdayfinallyarrived:myfirstdayatseniorhigh!Iwokeupearlyandrushedoutofthedoorinmyeagernesstogettoknowmynewschool.我在腦海中進(jìn)行了無數(shù)次的想象之后，如今這一天終于來了：我高中生活的第一天！我一大早就起床沖出了家門，迫不及待地想了解我的新學(xué)校。ThecampuswasstillquietwhenIarrived,soIdecidedtoexploreabit.IwaslookingatthephotosonthenoticeboardwhenIheardavoicebehindme."Newhere?”Turingaround,Isawawhite-hairedman."Yes,"Ireplied."V莉薩：回顧高中生活，我能給大家的最重要的建議就是作家瑪雅?安吉洛的一句精彩名言。她說：〃要成為別人云中的一道彩虹?！ㄋ?，當(dāng)朋友需要幫助時(shí)要施以援手，這也會(huì)讓你感覺很開心。Interviewer:Neat!Well,thanksagainforcomingtospeaktous,Lisa.Andgoodluckwithcollege!采訪人：太棒了！好的，再次感謝你今天來和我們分享，莉薩。祝你在大學(xué)一切順利！Lisa:Thankyou.莉薩：謝謝。mwonderingwhatlifeisgoingtobelikehere.""Don'tworry,“hegavemeasmile."You'llsoonfindout"我來到學(xué)校時(shí)，四周還是一片寂靜，我決定四處探索一番。我正在瀏覽公告牌上的照片，身后忽然傳來一個(gè)聲音：〃你是新生嗎？〃我轉(zhuǎn)過身，看到一位白發(fā)老人。〃是的，〃我答道，〃我正在想這里的生活將是怎么樣的?！?〃別擔(dān)心，〃他對(duì)我微微一笑，〃你很快就會(huì)知道了。〃Howtruethesewordswere!WhenmyEnglishteachersteppedintotheclassroom,IwassurprisedtoseethesamemanIhadmetearlier.這話說得真是太對(duì)了。當(dāng)我的英語(yǔ)老師走進(jìn)教室時(shí),我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，他就是我之前遇到的那位老人。“Goodmorning,everyone.Beforewestart,pleasecometothefrontonebyoneandintroduceyourselftotheclass.HIgofirst../1〃大家早上好。開始上課前，請(qǐng)大家依次到前面來向全班介紹一下你自己。我先來……〃"What?!"Itriedtoturnonmybrainbuttheenginejustwouldn'tstart."Ishouldsaymyname,ofcourse.Butwhatelse?WhatcouldIsaytomakeagoodfirstimpression?Somethingaboutmyinsectcollection,perhaps/1Iwasorganizingmywordsinmyheadwhenthegirlnexttomegavemeanudge."It'syourturn!”〃什么？「‘我試圖讓大腦運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)起來，可引擎怎么就是無法發(fā)動(dòng)呢?！ㄎ铱隙ǖ孟冉榻B我的名字。還有呢？我該說些什么才能給別人留下個(gè)不錯(cuò)的第一印象呢？也許可以說說我收集昆蟲標(biāo)本的事。〃我正忙著在腦海中組織語(yǔ)言，坐在我旁邊的女孩輕輕推了我一下：〃輪到你了！〃AlthoughIwasembarrassed,hiswordsmademealotmorerelaxed!我心里七上八下、緊張萬分。我深吸了一口氣說:〃大家好，我叫孟浩?！ù蠹乙幌伦雍逍ζ饋?，我驚慌失措地盯著他們?！ê芨吲d我們同名啊。〃我的新老師說。我剛才太緊張了，竟然沒有仔細(xì)聽老師的自我介紹！盡管有些尷尬，老師的話還是讓我放松了很多！Whenwehadallintroducedourselves,MrMengsaid,"Welldone,everyone!Iknowthisisn'teasyformanyofyou.Butthisisjustthekindofthingyouaregoingtofaceatseniorhigh.Challengeslikethismightsometimesputyouunderpressure.Butitalldependsonwhatyoudo.Keepcalmandbeprepared.Thatway,youllmakethemostofyourtimeatseniorhigh.”我們都介紹完后，孟老師說：〃大家都做得很好！我知道這對(duì)你們很多人來說并不容易，但這種情況正是大家在高中階段將要面對(duì)的。類似的挑戰(zhàn)有時(shí)可能會(huì)讓大家倍感壓力，但是一切都取決于你自己的努力。大家要時(shí)刻保持冷靜，做好準(zhǔn)備，這樣就可以充分利用高中的時(shí)光了?！≒eoplesay,“Wellbegun,halfdone/7Iguessthiswasagoodbeginningtomynewschoollife.常言道：〃好的開始是成功的一半。〃我想，我的高中生活開了一個(gè)好頭。HighSchoolHints高中生活指南Interviewer:HelloandwelcometoSchoolTalk!TodayI'mjoinedbyaformerstudentofourschool,LisaOsborne.LisagraduatedfromourschoollastJuneandisabouttogotocollegeinNewYork.Lisazthankyouforcomingtoshareyoursuggestionsforhighschoolwithus.采訪人：大家好，歡迎收看《校園訪談》！本期嘉賓是我校校友莉薩?奧斯本。莉薩今年六月從我校畢業(yè)，即將在紐約上大學(xué)。莉薩，謝謝你來和我們分享你對(duì)高中的建議。Lisa:Hi,everybody.Fmverygladtobeback.Ifeelasifhighschoolwasonlyyesterday!莉薩：嗨，大家好。我很高興回到母校。我覺得高中生活就像是昨天發(fā)生的事一樣歷歷在目！Interviewer:Sowhathelpedwhenyoufirststartedhighschool?采訪人：那么，剛上高中時(shí)，有哪些事情對(duì)你有所幫助？Lisa:OrientationDaywasreallyhelpful.It'safantasticopportunityfornewstudentstogettoknowtheschoolandtheotherstudents.Ievenmadesomenewfriends!Justkeepanopenmindandtakepartinasmuchaspossible.莉薩：迎新日真的很有幫助。這是新生了解學(xué)校和認(rèn)識(shí)學(xué)生的絕佳機(jī)會(huì)。我那天結(jié)交了一些新朋友！只管敞開心扉，盡可能地參與其中。InterviewenThatssoundadviceforsure.Buthowdidyoudealwithnewchallenges,likestartinganewcourse?采訪人：這的確是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的建議。但是，你是如何應(yīng)對(duì)新挑戰(zhàn)的呢，比如學(xué)習(xí)一門新課程？Lisa:Ihadachemistrytestrightattheendofthefirstweek.Iwasfrightenedatthesightofthetestpaper.ButthenIfiguredI'dbetterjustgoalloutandseewhathappens.Ifyoufail,noproblem—nexttimeyoucanfailbetter!莉薩：開學(xué)第一周才結(jié)束時(shí)，我就有一場(chǎng)了化學(xué)考試。我看到試卷就害怕了。不過后來我就覺得，最好還是全力以赴考考看。如果這次考不好，沒關(guān)系——下次你可以做得更好！Interviewer:So,holdyourheadup,then.Butlifeisnotalwayseasy.Youmusthavehadsomemomentswhenyouweredisappointed.Ifso,howdidyoudealwiththem?采訪人：也就是說，訣竅就是永不放棄。但生活并非總是一帆風(fēng)順。你肯定有過灰心喪氣的時(shí)候。這種情況下，你是如何應(yīng)對(duì)的呢？Lisa:Asamemberoftheschoolvolleyballteam,Iwasn'tselectedfortheend-of-yearcompetition.AtfirstIwasreallysad,butlaterIrealizedthatIjoinedtheteamfortheloveofthesport.Itwasn'tjustaboutwinning.SoIkeptworkinghardtosupportmyteammatesduringourtraining.There'salwaysawaytobepartofsomethingyoulove,isn'tthere?莉薩：作為學(xué)校排球隊(duì)的一員，我沒有入選年終賽。一開始我非常難過，但后來我意識(shí)到，我是因?yàn)闊犭歼@項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)才加入球隊(duì)的，并我贏球（是不是能上場(chǎng)）無關(guān)。所以，我在培訓(xùn)期間一直努力支持我的隊(duì)友。對(duì)于自己熱爰的事情總有辦法參與其中，不是嗎?Interviewer:Yes,Itotallyagree.Isthereanythingelseinparticularthatyou'dliketosharewithus?采訪人：是的，我完全贊同。你還有什么特別想和我們分享的事情呢？Lisa:Lookingbackonmyhighschoollife,themostimportantadviceI'dgiveisthesewonderfulwordsfromthewriterMayaAngelou.Shesaid,“Bearainbowinsomebodyelse'scloud/7So,giveyourfriendsahandwhentheyneedit.Andthiswillmakeyoufee