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Anne’s best friend

安妮最好的朋友

Do you want a friend / whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? 你是不是想有一位无话不谈推心置腹的朋友呢？

Or are you afraid / that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand / what you are go ing through?

或者你是不是担心你的朋友会嘲笑你，会不理解你目前的困境呢？

Anne Frank / wanted the first kind, so she made her diary / her best friend.

安妮?弗兰克想要的是第一种类型的朋友，于是她就把日记当成了她最好的朋友。

Anne / lived in Amsterdam / in the Netherlands / during World War II.

安妮在第二次世界大战期间住在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。

Her family was Jewish / so they had to hide / or they would be caught by the German Nazis.

她一家人都是犹太人，所以他们不得不躲藏起来，否则他们就会被德国纳粹抓去。

She / and her family / hid away for nearly twenty-five months / before they were discovered.

她和她的家人躲藏了差不多25个月之后才被发现。

During that time / the only true friend was her diary.

在这段时间里，她唯一的忠实朋友就是她的日记了。

She said, “I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary / as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend / Kitty.”

她说，“我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。我要把这本日记当作我的朋友，我要把我的这个朋友称作基蒂”。

Now read how she felt / after being in the hiding place / since July 1942.

安怩自从1942年7月起就躲藏在那里了，现在来看看她的心情吧。

Thursday 15th June, 1944（读法：15th of June, 19, 44.）

1944年6月15日星期四

Dear Kitty,

亲爱的基蒂：

I wonder / if it’s because I haven’t been a ble to be outdoors for so long / that I’ve grow n so crazy / about everything to do with nature.

我不知道这是不是因为我长久无法出门的缘故，我变得对一切与大自然有关的事物都无比狂

热。

I can well remember / that there was a time/when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers / could never have kept me spellbound.

我记得非常清楚，以前，湛蓝的天空、鸟儿的歌唱、月光和鲜花，从未令我心迷神往过。That’s changed / since I came here.

自从我来到这里，这一切都变了。

…For example, one evening / when it was so warm, I stayed awake / on purpose / until half past eleven / in order to have a good look at the moon / by myself.

……比方说，有天晚上天气很暖和，我熬到11点半故意不睡觉，为的是独自好好看看月亮。But as the moon / gave far too much light, I didn’t dare / open a window.

但是因为月光太亮了，我不敢打开窗户。

Another time / five months ago, I happen ed to be upstairs / at dusk / when the window was open. 还有一次，就在五个月以前的一个晚上，我碰巧在楼上，窗户是开着的。

I didn’t go downstairs / until the window had to be shut.

我一直等到非关窗不可的时候才下楼去。

The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds / held me entirely in their power;

漆黑的夜晚，风吹雨打，雷电交加，我全然被这种力量镇住了。

it was the first time / in a year and a half / that I’d seen the night / face to face…

这是我一年半以来第一次目睹夜晚……

…Sadly… I am only able to look at nature/ through dirty curtains / hanging before very dusty windows.

……令人伤心的是……我只能透过脏兮兮的窗帘观看大自然，窗帘悬挂在沾满灰尘的窗前。It’s no pleasure looki ng through these any longer / because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.

但观看这些已经不再是乐趣，因为大自然是你必须亲身体验的。

Yours, 你的Anne安妮Go through: 经历；遭遇

Crazy：in the context, its meaning is “enthusiastic（热情的）”, but its formal meaning is “mad”. Spellbound: to concentrate with delight（pleased, 高兴）for some time.

Power: 1、能力，体力，力量。2、权利，政权，势力。3、能量，功率，供电。

No longer=not any longer: 不再

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法方面掌握直接引语和间接引语的用法及其之间的转换，以及他们的陈述句与疑问句形式。 2）能力目标： 训练学生的阅读技巧（略读、寻读等），形成用英语获取信息、处理分析信息的能力。并鼓励学生开口说英语。 3）情感态度目标： ①通过讨论友谊激发学生对英语学习的浓厚兴趣； ②使学生了解友谊的深层内涵，帮助他们树立正确的价值观和处事原则； ③通过对课文学习的小组讨论等形式，帮助学生养成团结、协作的品质。 3、教学重点、难点： 1）教学重点：①让学生熟悉与本话题相关的一些重点单词、短语。 ②提高学生的阅读能力，掌握多种阅读方法，如寻读，精读，理解等。 2）教学难点：对阅读中所获取的信息进行加工学习，形成有效的学习 策略。鼓励学生开口说英语。 二、学生分析 高一年级的学生已经在初中阶段的英语学习中,已经积累了一定的词汇 基础,并掌握了一些简单的学习策略和技巧,具有初步的英语听说读写能力。 但学生的英语水平参差不齐，教学既要进一步培养尖子的学习能力又要保证能力稍弱的学生能听懂，调动他们的积极性，使他们愿意学，在学习的过程中享受到乐趣。虽然对英语有一定的兴趣但其学习主动性仍有待提高，未能积极主动地通过其他渠道获取信息，自主学习、探究学习的能力还有待于提高。本节课的话题较贴近生活，可以引导学生在原有的知识经验基础上通过合作探究学习构建新的知识经验和信息输入。

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必修3 unit1 Festivals and celebrations Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today's festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children's festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours' homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them. Festivals to Honour People Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan.In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's independence from Britain. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. In European ountries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes. Spring Festivals The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while. Unit2