1.Fall in Love with English 爱上英语
Hiding behindthe loose dusty curtain,a teenager packed up his overcoat into the suitcase. He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightning outdoors. He had got to do this becausehe was tired of hisparents’ nagging about his English study and did not want to go through it any longer.He couldn’t get along well with English and dislike joining in English classes because hethought his teacher ignoredhim on purpose. As aresult, his score in each exam never added up to over 60.
His partner was concerned about him very much.She understood exactly whathe was suffering from, but entirely disagreed with his idea.Inorder to calm him down and settle hisproblem, she talked with him face toface and swapped a series of learning tips with him. The items she set down helped him findthe highway tostudying English well.
The teenager was grateful and gotgreat power fromhis friend’s words. Now, he has recovered from being upset and has fallen in love with English.
1. Fall in Love with English爱上英语
有个少年躲在积满灰尘的松散窗帘后把大衣装入手提箱。尽管外面正打雷闪电， 他仍计划在黄昏时分离家出走。他不得不这样做是因为厌倦了父母对他英语学习的唠叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英语学习总是无法取得进展，而且不喜欢参加英语课的学习，因为他以为老师有意忽视他。结果，他每次考试的分数合计从未超过60。
他的搭档很关心他，也确切地理解他遭受的折磨，但却完全不同意他的想法。为了使他冷静下来好好解决问题，她和他面对面地交谈，并交换了一系列的学习心得技巧。她写下来的条款帮助他找到了学好英语的最佳捷径。
这个少年非常很感激，并从朋友的话里获得极大的动力。现在，他已经从沮丧中恢复过来，真正爱上了英语。

2. Different Countries HaveDifferent Kinds of Englishes
不同的国家有不同的英语
Voyages of peoplefrom England play an important part in spreading the Englishlanguage. At present,English is frequently spoken asan official or commonlanguage in many countries, suchas America, Singapore,Malaysia and some African countries.All based on British English, theEnglish spoken in these countries can be well understood by native English speakers.But actually, theseEnglishes have been gradually changingin accents, spellings, s and the usage of vocabulary.
Because of thisfact, you can make use of thedifferences to tell which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example,if a boss fluently commands hisdriver, “Come up straight tomy apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of requesting,“Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”, youcan recognize hisAmerican identity, whilethe latter suggests that he is British.
2. Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
不同的国家有不同的英语
英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加波、马来西亚和一些非洲的国家。这些国家的英语都以英式英语为基础，能很好地为以英语为本族语的人所理解。但是实际上，这些英语在口音、拼写、表达和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化。
因为这一情况的存在，你就可以利用这些英语之间的区别说出你们街区的外国人是哪个国家来的了。例如，如果有个老板流利地命令他的司机：“Come upstraight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs（直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，而不是要求说，“Please come to my flat by lift and takesome petrol for my lorries and taxis（请直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，你就可以轻易地辨认出他的美国人身份，而后者却暗示着那是一位英国人。（请注意：听力录音里第二段两个“电梯”的单词跟原文不一致，原文是对的，录音弄错了，elevator才是美式说法而lift是英式说法。)

5.The Great President 伟大的总统
As the founder ofthe republic, the president had manygood qualities.Before coming to power,he was a generous lawyer.He was willing to selflessly helpeveryone who turned to him.He accepted no fee tooffer legal guidance and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later, believing all mankind to be equal, he devoted himself to stopping the unfair anti-black laws. He set up the Black Youth League and was voted to be the leader. However,though he kept peaceful principleswithout violence and terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and attacked his relatives,and he himself couldn’t escape being sentenced to 30 years inprison.
Not fearing of the prison guards’ cruelty, he kept active and begged no mercy from them. As a matter of fact, he wasalways hopeful andnever lost heart duringthe stage eventhough he was in trouble.
Finally, people rewardedhim with the leader’s position and a gold blanket.
5.The Great President 伟大的总统
作为共和国的创始人，这位总统具备许多的优秀品质。还在掌权之前，他就是一位慷慨的律师。他愿意无私地帮助那些向他求助的人。他免费为失业的，或没有受过教育的人提供法律指导和意见。后来，因为相信所有人类都是生来平等，他全身心投入到废除不平等的反黑人法律工作中。他建立了黑人青年团并被选为领袖。然而，尽管他坚持没有暴力、没有恐怖的和平原则，卑鄙的敌人还是炸毁了他的家、袭击了他的亲属，他自己也无法逃脱被判30年徒刑的遭遇。
在狱中，他毫不畏惧狱警的残酷，始终保持积极的态度，不向他们乞求怜悯。实际上，他在任何一个困境时期都充满着希望，从未灰心。
最后，人们以领袖的职位和一块金毯子回报了他的贡献。

9. Wildlife Protection保护野生动植物
Wildlife Protection
Dinosaurs died out because ofan unexpected incident.But wildlife todaydisappears or is in danger justbecause humans do harm toit. For example, tigers are huntedfor fur tomake carpets so that they can onlylive insecure reserves;grassland is destroyed without mercy sothat dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
Last year, scientistssaw some monkeys rubbingthemselves with a certain kindof insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes’ biting. Accordingto the result of the inspection,they found that the insect containsa powerful drug, solocal farmers were employedto catch the insects. The ending wasthat the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When told that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, “Our real loss is our decreasing income.”
We should appreciate the naturalbalance and pay more attention to the importance ofwildlife protection. Notuntil we succeed in lettingwildlife live in peace,can we smile in relief.
9. Wildlife Protection保护野生动植物
恐龙因一次意外事件而灭绝，但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。
去年，科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某种昆虫来保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬。根据检查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种具有强大效力的药物，于是，当地的农民都被雇来抓虫子。结果是，这种昆虫从这整个地区都消失了。当被告知说这是整个人类的损失时，农民们都突然大笑着回应道：“我们减少的收入才是我们真正的损失呢！”我们应该意识到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生动植物的保护。直到我们成功让野生动植物安详平静地生活，我们自己才能如释重负地笑开颜。

10.My First Band 我的第一支乐队
I was very sensitive to music.Just dipping into the music books briefly, I could sing or playwell. To be honest, Ialways dreamt of becoming a famous folk actor. I was so confident that I neverdecreased my devotion.
I formed my first band called “Rolling Frog”. At the beginning,we relied on performing on instruments in pubs or to passers –by to earn extra money in cash. Then we worefalse beards to pretend to be the musicians whom people were familiar with. In addition, we attached humorous acts to our performances and played jokeson each other. Soon, our “funny jazz” became famous and invitations to perform for broadcast stations began to come. Afterwards, we sorted out attractive music and made a record in a studio. A million or so copies were sold andwe became millionaires.
It was painful that the band broke up finally. But above all, I realized my dreamto be a musician.
10.My First Band 我的第一支乐队
我对音乐很敏感，只要简要地浏览一下乐谱，我就能演唱或演奏得很好。说实话，我一直都梦想着能成为出名的民间演员，自信的我从未减少过热爱。
我组成的第一支乐队叫做“摇滚蛙”。开始，我们依靠在酒吧里或向路人表演乐器来挣些零花的现金。然后我们带上假胡子假扮人们熟悉的音乐家，除此之外，我们在表演中加上幽默的动作，互相开着玩笑。很快，我们的“滑稽爵士乐”出了名，到广播电台表演的邀请开始多起来。随后，我们把我们吸引人的音乐做了分类，在一间音乐工作室录制了1张唱片，大约卖出了100万张，这使我们都成了百万富翁。
乐队最终的解散让我很心痛，但最重要的是，我实现了自己当音乐家的梦想。