目 录目 录1Unit 1 Personal Identification and People3Monologue :The following monologue is about the life of a famous American Benjamin Franklin3Passage：Ambulance Girl3Unit 2 Home and Family4Monologue: The following monologue is about some causes of the generation gap.4Passage：Enjoy the Round4Unit 3 Environment6Monologue: The following monologue is about some threats to the forests in America. 以下独白介绍了在美国森林受到的威胁。6Passage: In ourRurbanAge-To know the countryside,you must live in the city In his book6Unit 4 Weather and Climate8Monologue8Passage：Our Changing Atmosphere8Unit 5 Food and Drink9Monologue :The following monologue is about pumpkins.9Passage：Enjoy Eating atMelting Pot9Unit 6 Free Time Activities9Monologue ：The following monologue is about chess.9Passage：Books10Unit 7 Daily Life10Monologue ：The following monologue is about the mentality of students in adolescence.10Passage：Life11Unit 8 Shopping11Monologue ：The following monologue is about one famous supermarket Wal-Mart.11Passage：The Difference between Mens Shopping Style and Womens Shopping Style12Unit 9 Holidays13Monologue ：The following monologue is about the celebration of New Years Eve in New York.13Passage：Christmas Lost and Found13Unit 10 Places14Monologue ：The following monologue is about the capital of America-Washington.D.C14Passage：The Beauty of Britain15Unit 11 Travel17Monologue ：The following monologue is a comment on the differences between cultures.17Passage：Auckland17Unit 12 Health and Fitness19Monologue ：The following monologue is about the disease called asthma.19Passage：Lower Salt,Better19Unit 13 Services20Monologue ：The following monologue is about the Stock Exchange.20Passage：Airport21Unit 14 Social Relations22Monologue ：The following monologue is about the ways in which people find their lovers.22Passage：US-Japan23Unit 15 Jobs and Occupation24Monologue ：The following monologue is about the entertainment profession.24Passage：How to Write a Winning25Unit 16 Current Affairs26Monologue ：The following monologue is about the bird flu.26Passage：China Scare,Is It Real?27Unit 17 Education28Monologue ：The following monologue is about Cyber Cafe in one American high school.28Passage： Education for All29Unit 18 Popular Science30Monologue ：The following monologue is about mosquitoes.30Passage：Electricity31Unit 19 History33Monologue ：The following monologue is about the extinction of dinosaurs.33Passage：The Battle of Britain 194033Unit 20 Geography35Monologue ：The following monologue is about the extinction of dinosaurs.35Passage：Earthquake35Unit 1 Personal Identification and PeopleMonologue :The following monologue is about the life of a famous American Benjamin FranklinIf you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten腐烂，腐朽，堕落,either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. America has never forgotten Benjamin Franklin because he did both. He became famous for being a scientist,an inventor发明家,a statesman政治家，政客,a printer,a philosopher哲学家,a musician,and an economist经济学家. Today,we honor Ben Franklin as one of our Founding创办，建立，铸造 Fathers and as one of Americas greatest citizens. He was born in 1706 in Boston波士顿,Massachusetts马萨诸塞州. His mother and father were of Puritan清教徒的；n.清教徒 religion宗教、宗教信仰. They left England and moved to the English colony殖民地 of Massachusetts to escape逃避 persecution迫害，烦忧 for their religion宗教. Franklin left school when he was ten and worked for his father for two years. Then he went to work on his brothers newspaper. He became the editor of this paper when he was sixteen. He went to Philadelphia费城 then and bought his own newspaper. He worked hard and by the age of 24 he was one of the most successful men there. In 1732 Franklin published出版 a bookPoor Richards 理查德Almanac历书，年鉴. Most almanacs contained information for farmers,such as information about the days and weeks of the year and about the weather. To his almanac,Franklin added wise聪明的、明智的 sayings名言 of observations观察、言论 about life; some of these sayings are still famous today. For example,Early to bed,early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy富有的 and wise,and Waste not,want not不浪费，不奢求,and A penny便士 saved is a penny earned.Passage：Ambulance GirlWhen I became a volunteer（志愿者） EMT（急诊医生，紧急救援组织）,my friends were puzzled困惑.They know me to be deeply terrified很害怕 of sick患病的 and dying people.If there was an accident on the road,I tucked塞进 my head in my hands to avoid避免 seeing blood or broken glass.My husband and I had been married 30 years.We loved to travel,read amd write.But at age 52,I felt stuck不能动 in a midlife funk恐惧,cut off from others.Passing路过 the local firehouse消防站 one day,I saw a sign:Volunteers wanted被征求的: Fine/EMT.The EMT part pointed to every