High school elective 7 English text translation

High school elective 7 English text translation

Unit 1 Live a good life

Marty's story

Hello. My name is Marty Fielding. I think you might say that I am one in a million. In other words, people like me are rare in the world. You see, there is something wrong with my muscles. I am weak, I can't run fast, and I can't climb the stairs like others. Besides, sometimes I'm clumsy, accidentally drop something or bump into furniture. Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to cure my illness, but I am optimistic and learn to adapt to my physical disability. My motto is: live every day well.

Before I was ten years old, I was like everyone else. I often climb trees, swim and play football. To tell the truth, I once dreamed of becoming a professional player and representing our country in the World Cup. Later, my body began to become weaker and weaker, so that I could only sit on the bench of the stadium and enjoy football. Finally, I went to the hospital for an examination and stayed in the hospital for almost three months. I think I have done at least a billion tests, including once, when they cut a small piece of muscle from my leg and observed it under a microscope. Even after all these tests, no one can diagnose the disease. Therefore, it is difficult to know what the future will be like.

The problem is that I look normal. Therefore, when I run a short distance, I will be out of breath, or I will stop to rest halfway up the stairs. Therefore, when I was in primary school, some children would laugh at me when they saw me. Sometimes I am too weak to go to school, so I miss a lot of homework. Every time I miss class, I feel stupid because I am behind others.

My life in middle school is much easier (than in primary school) because my classmates are beginning to accept my situation. Some students can't see my inner world, but I'm not angry, just ignore them. All in all, I have a good life. I am glad that I can do many things, such as writing and computer programming. I am ambitious. When I grow up, I want to work in a company that develops computer software. I invented a computer football game last year, and a big company decided to buy it from me. My life is so full that I have no time to do nothing and feel sorry for myself. Besides going to the movies and football matches with my friends, I also spend a lot of time with my pets. I have two rabbits, a parrot, a goldfish and a turtle. I will spend a lot of time taking care of these pets, but I think it's worth it. Besides, I still have a lot of homework, especially after I was ill for some time.

In many ways, my physical disability has made me stronger and more independent psychologically. I will try to live a normal life, but it's worth it. If I have a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it is: physical disability does not mean that life is unhappy. Therefore, don't sympathize with the disabled, don't make fun of them, and don't ignore them. Accept them and give them encouragement so that they can live a colorful and fulfilling life like you.

Thank you for reading my story. .

Marty

Letter to Ms. Sandars, the architect.

Alice. Meyer

64 Cambridge Street, Chief Architect

Bankstown cinema design company

44 Hill Street

Bankstown

20(0 . 4 . 9 . 2)

Dear Ms. Sandels,

I know from today's newspaper that you will be the architect of the new cinema in Banks Town. I hope you don't mind my writing to ask if you have considered the needs of disabled customers. In particular, I want to know whether you have considered the following points:

1. Provide full convenience for people in wheelchairs to enter the cinema. It will be convenient to install elevators in various parts of the cinema. Elevator buttons should be accessible to people in wheelchairs, and elevator doors should be wide enough. In some cinemas, the elevator is located in a cold and inconspicuous place behind the cinema. Because disabled people have to use these elevators, which makes them feel inferior to other audiences.

2. Provide headphones for people with hearing impairment. It helps to have headphones next to all seats, not a few seats. In this way, the hearing-impaired audience can sit with friends with normal hearing, instead of sitting in a specific area.

3. Raise your seat. Short people often can't see the screen. So I would like to suggest that the seats in the back of the cinema should be arranged in a higher position in front, so that everyone can easily see the screen. Maybe we can leave a bright spot on the head of each row so that people in wheelchairs can sit next to their friends.

4. Toilet. Arranging toilets near the entrance of the cinema will make people with disabilities feel more convenient. Only by arranging a toilet for the disabled in the basement far from the projection hall will it bring them trouble. Disabled people will be very happy if the toilet door can be designed to open outwards. 、

5. Parking lot. Of course, parking lots must be specially arranged for disabled drivers and elderly drivers. If these parking lots are close to the entrance and exit of the cinema, it will be easy for the disabled to get to the cinema.

Thank you for reading my letter. I hope you can agree to my suggestion. Disabled people should have the same opportunity to enjoy it as able-bodied people.

Movies, while maintaining their dignity. If the cinema you design can provide convenience for the disabled, then I believe many people will praise your cinema and the owner of the cinema will be happy, because more people can go to the cinema and they can earn more money.

The second unit robot

Baojun Iman

Larry Belmont works in a company that produces robots. Recently, the company will test a home robot. This experiment will be tried by Larry's wife Claire.

Claire doesn't want to leave the robot at home, especially when her husband is away from home for three weeks. But Claire was persuaded by Larry. He said that the robot wouldn't hurt her and wouldn't let others hurt her. . This will be an unexpected harvest. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt a little surprised. This robot named Tony looks more like a man than a machine. Although his facial expression has not changed, he is tall and handsome, with flat hair and a deep voice.

The next morning, Tony brought her breakfast with an apron and asked her if she needed help getting dressed. She felt a little embarrassed and quickly sent him away. Robots are too human, which makes her feel uneasy and scared.

One day, Claire said that she didn't think she was smart. Tony said Claire must be very unhappy to say such a thing. Claire thinks it's ridiculous that robots will show sympathy for her. But she began to trust Tony. She told Tony that she was too fat, which made her very unhappy. For people like Larry who want to improve their social status, her home is not elegant enough. Unlike gladys Clafin, gladys is known as a rich and powerful woman.

In order to make Claire happy, Tony promised to help her make herself beautiful and make her home elegant and generous. So Claire borrowed a bunch of books from the library for Tony to read or browse. She watched in surprise as his fingers turned the page and couldn't help reaching out and touching his fingers. His nails and his soft and warm skin surprised her. How ridiculous this is, she thought. He is just a machine!

Tony changed Claire's hairstyle and makeup style. Tony was not allowed to accompany Claire to the store, so Tony wrote her a shopping list. Claire went to town to buy curtains, cushions, carpets and bedding. Then she went to the jewelry store and bought a necklace. The salesgirl at the counter was rude to her, so she called Tony and asked the salesgirl to talk to Tony. The salesman changed his attitude at once. Claire thanked Tony and said he was a "lovely person". As soon as she turned around, she saw gladys Clafin standing there. Claire thought, gladys found 1, how embarrassing! From the funny and surprised expression on gladys's face, Claire knew that gladys thought she was having an affair: after all, gladys knew that her husband was Larry, not Tony.

Claire came home and sat in an armchair, crying with anger. Claire tried to imitate gladys's every move. Tony told Claire that you can be like gladys, and suggested that Claire invite gladys and her friends to come home to play, the night before Tony left to go home with Larry. Tony wants to remodel the house before this.

Tony is methodically engaged in decoration work. Claire tried to help, but she was all thumbs and fell off the ladder. Although Tony was in the next room, he came in time to catch her. He held her tightly in his arms, and she felt the warmth of him. She screamed and pushed him away and ran back to her room, and never came out that day.

The night of the party came. The clock struck eight and the guests will arrive soon. Claire told Tony to go to the other room. At that moment, Tony bent his arm around her and bent down to put his face close to hers. She shouted "Tony" and then heard Tony solemnly say that he didn't want to leave her tomorrow, and he wasn't satisfied with just making her happy. Just then, the doorbell at the front door rang. Tony released her and disappeared without a trace. Just then, Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtain of the front window. Her guests saw all this clearly.

Claire, her house and delicious food left a deep impression on the ladies. Just before they left, Claire heard gladys whisper to another woman that she had never seen such a handsome man as Tony. What a sweet victory to be jealous of those ladies! Claire may not be as beautiful as them, but neither of them has such a handsome lover.

At that moment, she remembered that Tony was just a machine. She shouted, "Leave me alone for a while!" I ran to bed and cried all night. The next morning, a car came to pick up Tony.

The company is very satisfied with the experimental report that Tony and Claire spent three weeks together. Tony protects a person from harm. Because of Claire's sense of failure, he wouldn't let her hurt herself. That night, he opened the curtains and let other women see him with Claire. He knew it wouldn't hurt Claire's marriage. However, although Tony is smart, he still has to make some changes-he can't let women fall in love with machines.

Biography of isaac asimov

Isaac asimov is an American scientist and writer. He wrote about 480 books, including grotesque novels, science and history books, and even books about the Bible and Shakespeare. However, his most famous work is his science fiction. Asimov not only has extraordinary imagination, which enables him to explore the future world, but also has amazing intelligence, which enables him to explain all kinds of things in the present and the past.

Asimov's life began in Russia, and he was born in192065438+10.2; Asimov's life ended in new york, and he died on April 6th, 1992. Nine years ago, he died of HIV infection through blood transfusion.

Asimov moved to new york with his parents and one-year-old sister when he was three years old. There, his parents bought a candy store and operated it for about 40 years. When Asimov was nine years old, his mother was pregnant with his third child, and he began to work part-time in a candy store. He worked in a candy store during his middle school and college years. He didn't stop working in a candy store until 1942, one year after he got his master's degree in chemistry. From 65438 to 0942, he worked as a junior chemist in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for three years. He got a doctorate in chemistry. In the second year, he worked as a biochemistry teacher at Boston University Medical College. 1958 He gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.

As early as 1 1 years old, Asimov's writing talent was already revealed. He read two chapters of his novel to a friend, who thought he was retelling a story in a book. This surprised Asimov. Since then, he has been seriously engaged in writing. 1939, Asimov began to publish stories in science fiction magazines, 1950 published his first novel, and 1953 published his first science book.

Asimov won many awards in his life, whether it was science fiction or science books. Among his most famous science fiction novels, there is an award-winning book called The Base Trilogy (1951-kloc-0/953), which contains three short stories about the demise and revival of a great empire in the future galaxy. The basic material is taken from the decline of the Roman Empire, but it is about the future. These books are famous because Asimov created a theoretical bookshelf to explain how ideas might develop in the future. His collection of short stories (I, Robot) (1950) is also famous. In this book, he put forward three "principles" of robots. For example, the first principle stipulates that robots must not harm human beings, and they must not allow human beings to be harmed. His ideas about robots later influenced other authors, even those scientists engaged in artificial intelligence research.

Asimov was married twice. He married his first wife on 1942 and had a son and a daughter. This marriage lasted 3 1 year. 1973 Shortly after the divorce, Asimov got married again, but he and his second wife had no children.

Unit 3 Killer Whale Old Tom

1June, 902, when I was only 16 years old, I started working in the whaling station. I've heard of killer whales before. They help whalers catch whales every year. At that time, I thought it was just a story, but I saw it with my own eyes and watched it many times.

One afternoon, I came to Diaoyutai and was making my bed when I suddenly heard a noise from the bay. We arrived at the shore in time and saw a huge animal rushing out of the water and then falling into the water. It is black and white. It looks like a fish, but I know it is not a fish.

"That's old Tom, a killer whale." A whaler named George said to me loudly, "It is telling us that there is a whale over there and wants us to hunt."

Another whaler shouted, "let's go ... let's go", which was the voice announcing that whaling was about to begin.

"Clancy, come on, get on the boat." George said and ran to me. I've heard before that George doesn't like waiting for people, so I grabbed my boots and ran after him, even though I wasn't dressed for whaling.

We jumped on the fishing boat with other fishermen and headed for the bay. I looked into the water and could see old Tom swimming beside the fishing boat, showing us the way. A few minutes later, Tom disappeared, so George began to paddle. Tom appeared, turned back to the boat and took us to the hunting ground.

We can see that something is happening in the distance. Looking closer, it turned out that a big whale was attacked by six or seven killer whales.

I asked George, "What are they doing?"

"Ah, they fought together-those killer whales rushed to the whale's exit to stop it from breathing, while other killer whales were preventing it from escaping." George pointed to the hunting scene and told me. At this time, the most wonderful scene appeared. Black whales began to chase between our fishing boats and whales, just like a group of crazy hounds.

So the whale hunting fork is ready. The man standing at the other end pointed his fork at the whale and threw it out, hitting the nail on the head. The whale was badly injured and died soon. After a while, the whale's body was dragged into the deep sea by killer whales. The whaling ship then turned around and walked back.

"What's the matter?" I asked, "Have we lost whales?"

Jack replied, "No, we'll ship the whale's body tomorrow." It won't surface within 24 hours. "

Rui added with a smile: "During this time, Old Tom and other killer whales will have a hearty meal, and whale lips and tongues are their delicacies."

Although old Tom is as fierce as other killer whales, he never hurts or attacks people. In fact, they also protect people. One day, when we were out whaling, James was washed into the water.

George shouted, "someone has fallen into the water, turn the bow back!" " "

The sea was rough that day, and it was difficult to turn the bow. The waves washed James farther and farther away from us. It can be seen from James's face that he is very afraid of being abandoned by us. Then we saw a shark.

I screamed, "Look, there is a shark over there."

Ray replied, "Don't worry, old Tom won't let it near."

It took us half an hour to turn the boat around, and everyone cheered "Good Tom" and "Thank God". Later, old Tom left and went back to the hunting ground to chase whaling with other killer whales.

Unit 4 Letter from Home

Dear rosemary:

Thank you for your letter. I am glad to receive your letter. I know you want to know about my life here. I attached some photos to my letter, which can help you imagine the place I talked about.

You asked my middle school. This is a jungle school-the classroom is made of bamboo and the roof is made of thatch. I only need to walk for a few minutes to get to school. Every time I walk to the school playground, I will be greeted by boys with a "good morning" voice. Many of them walk a long way, sometimes it takes two hours to get to school.

There is no electricity, no water or even textbooks. I'm still trying to adapt to the conditions here. But one thing is certain, I am more imaginative in teaching. Science is the most challenging course for me because there is no equipment. If I need water, I must bring it back from home in a bucket! One day, I was demonstrating a chemical experiment to the children. Before I knew what had happened, the mixture was bubbling everywhere! The children had never seen such a thing, so they all jumped out of the window. Sometimes I really wonder how useful chemistry is to these children. Most of them will return to their villages after finishing the eighth grade. To tell the truth, I really don't know if the lessons I teach have changed the lives of these children.

You asked me if I knew the locals. This is really too difficult, because I can't speak a few words of pidgin English (English spoken by local people). However, last weekend, another teacher named Jenny and I really went to a village, which is the home of my student Tommy. This is my first time in this village. It took us two and a half hours to get there-first, we climbed the mountain, then we climbed a steep slope until we reached the valley below. When we arrived at the village, Tommy's mother Diak was working in the garden. As soon as she saw us, she began to cry "alas, alas, alas". We shake hands with all the village names. Everyone seems to be Tommy's relative.

Tommy's father's name is Mokapu, and he took us to his house. This is a low bamboo house with a pile of thatch sticking out from the roof-indicating that this bamboo house is occupied by men. There is a pile of fresh grass on the ground and a platform for Jenny and me to sleep on. Who is Dziak in her own family at ordinary times? She will sleep on the platform with us that night. Morap and Thompson sleep in a small bed on the other side of the bamboo house. There is a stove near the door in the middle of the bamboo house. The only furniture I saw were some tin plates and tin cup, and two pots.

Mokapu made a fire by the house. He threw some stones into it when the fire broke out. After burning, he put the stone in an empty oil drum, added some baked (sweet potato), corn and vegetables, then covered these vegetables with banana leaves and waited for steaming. We sat around the fire in the room and ate. Their family members are whispering in their own words. I like listening to their conversation very much, although I don't understand a word.

Later, I found a tin can beside the grill of the stove. After a while, Tommy threw it out the door. I don't understand why I did it. Tommy told me that the jar was heated to dry the leftovers inside. They think that the leftovers at night will attract evil spirits, so they should put the food in a jar to dry and then throw the jar out of the house together.

The next morning, after shaking hands, we left the village. When we climbed down the hill to go home to school, my leg muscles ached and my knees trembled. I was so happy that night that I fell asleep on the bed. It's an honor to spend a day with the mausoleum.

It's getting late. I have to prepare for tomorrow's class. Please write back as soon as possible. Goodbye.

Love, Joe

China students have strong adaptability.

Six months ago, Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane to London. This is the first time that she has left the motherland. During the break, I met Xie Lei in the student canteen. She told me, "I am very excited because I dreamed of such a day a long time ago, but I am very nervous because I don't know what I expect."

Xie Lei's age is 2 1 year. She came to our university to study, hoping to get a business administration certificate. Most foreign students must take a one-year preparatory course before entering the degree program, while Xie Lei has completed it for half a year. She attaches great importance to preparatory courses. She said: "Basic courses are very useful. Studying here is very different from studying in China. You must be prepared in advance, either here or in China. "

"The difficulty lies not only in learning, but also in getting used to a brand-new way of life, which will take up all your attention at the beginning." She said, "Sometimes I feel like a child. I must learn how to use the telephone, how to pay by bus, and how to ask the shopkeeper if he doesn't know the English name of the goods when shopping in the store. When I get lost and have to ask passers-by, I often can't understand what they say. What they said is not like what we heard on the tape. " Xie Lei said and smiled.

Xie Lei lives with the landlord's family and they give her a lot of advice. Although some foreign students live in dormitories or apartments with other students, some students choose to live in British homes. Some landlords also have children who go to college. Living with such people will provide opportunities for foreign students to better understand the daily life and customs of this country. "When I hear something I don't understand, or see someone who seems to have done something very strange, I can ask the landlord's family for advice." Xie Lei explained. "Also, when I am homesick, the landlord's home is my body body double, which gives me great comfort."

Xie Lei's preparatory courses also helped her get familiar with the academic requirements of western universities. She said to me, "Remember the first paper I gave to my teacher? I found an article on the internet, which seems to be just the information I need. So I wrote a similar summary article on that paper and handed it to the teacher. I thought I would get a high score, but I only got an E. I was surprised and went to the tutor to reason. " He told me, first of all, I can't write down other people's words without thanking them. Besides. He thinks it doesn't matter what others think. What he wants to know is what I think. This puzzles me, because the author of this article knows much more than I do. My tutor explained to me that I wanted to read many articles about different viewpoints and analyze them. Then in the paper, I want to express my views, quote the views of other authors, and explain why I believe my views. At first, I lacked the confidence to do so, but now I begin to understand that my score has improved.

Xie Lei told me that she feels much more comfortable in England now. What seemed strange at first seems normal now. "I have one more thing to do, and I want to feel at ease when I finish it. I have been too busy adapting to the environment to participate in social activities. I think the balance between study and social life is also very important. I plan to join several clubs in the university, hoping to meet some people with the same hobbies. "

We will follow up the progress in Xie Lei in the next few weeks through newspapers. Meanwhile, we sincerely wish her success in her career. She deserves to succeed.