1、高三复习M8U2【诵读积累】阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. With rich experience and a Masters degree, to my shame, I could only drive a school bus to make ends meet.Later that afternoon, I dropped off a little girl in a quiet suburban nei
2、ghborhood. As she passed she handed me an earring, saying I should keep it in case somebody claimed it. The earring was painted black and said BE HAPPY. It hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a li
3、st of 50 things I was grateful for. At first it was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. My life was completely changed. I know that it was because I changed my attitude to gratitude, which is the key to happiness. I spent the next year conducting training workshops all around
4、 the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived previously. I closed my one man business, bought a plane ticket and got a six month visa. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful cott
5、age, two miles from a paved road in the highlands of Scotland. 【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括以上短文的主要内容；2. 然后以约120个词就“幸福”话题写一篇短文，内容包括：(1) 请讲述一件你经历过的幸福的事情；(2) 简述你对幸福的理解。Being a school bus driver, the author has been feeling unsatisfiedwith his life until the girl gave him the “BE HAPPY” earring, which was waiting
6、for its owner. He learned that being grateful will lead to happiness. Actually, I experienced great happiness last weekend when my parents came from home to meet me for a dinner. With heavy schoolwork in Senior Three, I have been staying in school for nearly one month, just talking to my parents on
7、the phone occasionally. Last weekend, I almost cried, saying I missed them so much and they promised to see me at the weekend. When the bell rang, I rushed to the school gate where I knew my parents were waiting for me. We had a big hug and hand in hand walked into a restaurant nearby for dinner. We
8、 ate together, chatting and laughing, greatly relieving my anxiety. I was the luckiest and happiest girl at that time. In my opinion, being grateful is absolutely the road leading to happiness. I thank my parents for their bringing me up and driving a long way to see me from home. I enjoyed the happ
9、iness of staying with them. As to the author, he didnt sense the fragrance of happiness until he changed his attitude and was grateful to his existing life. So, be grateful before enjoying your happiness! 联想串记1. _ (adj. )令人不安的；引起恐慌的 _ (v. )打扰 _ (adj. )心乱的；心理不正常的2. _ (adj. )不情愿，不愿意；勉强的，无奈的_ (adj. )自愿
10、的 _ (n. )乐意3. _(adj. )仁慈的，慈悲的，宽大为怀的_ (n. )仁慈，怜悯，宽容4. _(n. )失业 _ (n. )雇用，工作，职业 _ (v. )雇用_ (n. )雇主 _ (n. )雇员5. _ (n. )作品集；收藏品；一批(人或物品)；取走 _ (vt. )收集6. _(adj. )逐渐的，逐步的；平缓的，不陡的 _(adv. )逐步地句型透视1. Last night, I witnessed the first of only eight performances of Giacomo Puccinis world-famous opera, Turandot
11、, _(正在被演出)in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. 2.Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City there _(不可能有比这更好的场景)! 3. Unfortunately, Puccini died of a heart attack _(他尚未写完最后一幕), and it had to be completed by one of his former students, Franco Alfano. 4. An opera company staged th
12、e opera in Beijing in the 1990s, but the performance I saw was _(图兰朵第一次上演) inside the Forbidden City. 5.While the blues was popular, as a musical format it lacked variety and was _(太伤感且节奏太慢而不适合)dance to. 6._(不管甲壳虫乐队到哪里), there was a phenomenon called Beatlemaniathousands of fans would surround them,
13、 screaming and going crazy trying to see them. 短语回放1 因为缺少锻炼多锻炼，你会健康的。做早操有益于我们的健康。2 对老人有偏见3 往往会，趋向照顾伤员越来越多的高中生趋向于出国留学。4 乍一看看见远处的一辆车看不见5 这位学生课堂上不敢提问。没人敢挑战他的权威。6 拒绝帮助/邀请拒绝做某事下降，衰退在下降中7 被判处死刑政府发表声明，谴责这些暴力行为者。8 垮了，（谈判）失败解散（战争、火灾）爆发9 给投下阴影10 将给人们提供就业机会，使他们能自救而不是依赖别人。使他们保持尊严11 要求立即答复他们要求政府向公众道歉。12 爱上13 食言14 急切地想做15 扎根于16 省略17 征召入伍18 在合唱中尝试一个角色19 勉强使自己离开20 对是完美的21 演绎了一段经典的三角恋22 赢得某人的爱23 她虽然是个可爱的姑娘，但有时会很难与其共事。
