1、单元话题阅读Passage 1主题不轻言放弃体裁哲理故事生词1Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village.As he was passing the elephants,he suddenly stopped.He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.No chains(锁链),no cages.It was clear that the elephants could,at any t
2、ime, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didnt try to get away.“Well”, the trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, its enough to
3、 hold them.As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away.They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes.But because they were always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldn
4、t.Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?In a word, we should never give up the struggle in life.Passage 2主题如何写新闻体裁说明文生词3To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant (相关的) a
5、nd fresh.For a start, all the information in a story must be correct.Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.Any mistakes that appear (出现) in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble.For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wr
6、ong.He wasnt the first.The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake.A news story is not only correct,but also relevant to its readers.People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them.That is why you care more about what happens at your school than at Americ
7、an schools.It is also why newspapers in Beijing don t talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong.Finally, news must always be fresh.When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happened that day.You dont want to read about news from last week!So, now you know what mak
8、es a good news story.Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news!You can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter.Passage 3主题知足常乐体裁寓言故事生词1Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred.Fred and his wife, Doris lived happily together in their small old ho
9、use.One winter night, the Luck Fairy (仙女) visited them.“Fred, youre a good farmer.Id like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.“A wish?” said Fred.Fred and Doris smiled at each other.Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy.Were very healthy and happy.”“Though were old, we still work in the field
10、every day,” said Doris.“You work very hard but you make very little money. Would you like some gold coins?” asked the Luck Fairy.“Oh no, my dear Luck Fairy.Were poor. But we have enough food to eat.” replied Fred.“You can use the gold coin to buy some clothes.The winter here is very cold,” said Luck
11、 Fairy.“Though we havent got many clothes, weve got enough,” said Doris.“Well, what about a nice new house?” asked Luck Fairy.“Thank you, but I love my small old house very much.Ive lived here since I was born.I dont need a new house,” said Fred.“Youre quite different from other people.I like you ve
12、ry much,” said the Luck Fairy.“I wish you happiness and luck forever.” Then the Luck Fairy disappeared and never came back.Passage 4One day a huge rock fell from a mountain.The rock rolled down and stopped in the middle of a road in a village.It was like a big ball.Some of the strongest men in the v
13、illage tried to lift the rock.But no matter how hard they tried, they couldnt move it away.They tried to push it, they tried to roll it, they tried to pull it with ropes but nothing worked.“Well”, they agreed.“Theres nothing we can do about it.Well have to build another road.”All the time a young bo
14、y about 12 years old was standing by.“Excuse me,sir,” he said, “but I think I can help you move the rock.”“You?” they shouted, “What are you talking about? All of us have just tried, and even together we cant move it at all.” The men all laughed at the boy.The next morning some people came into the
15、street.One of them shouted, “The rock is gone.Its gone.” More people ran out into the street to see.In fact, no one could see the rock anywhere.“This is impossible,” they said,“Where has it gone?” The twelve-year-old boy stood out, smiling.“I moved it last night,” he said, “I dug a deep hole next to
16、 the rock and the rock rolled down into the hole by itself.Then I covered it with earth.”Passage 5When we think about writing poems or understanding poetry, we often think that its hard to do. But nothing could be further from the truth.Are you a fan of the latest pop group? Do you like to listen to
17、 music? Did your mother ever sing a song to you as she tried to get you to sleep? Songs are just poems set to music. They have both the wonderful words of poetry and the sweet sound of music to go along with.Writing poems is not really all that hard. Through writing poems, you learn how to use a lan
18、guage well. You have to use your imagination. You have to choose the best word to describe exactly how you feel or what you see. You might be trying to describe a beautiful sunset. You think that the words “melting in the distance” or “dropping quietly against the sea” would be a good way to describe it. You have to decide which would be better. Would you like to write a poem? Go ahead. Its really not that difficult.