高中英语读故事 背单词人教版新课标必修4.doc

I. 必修一 Unit 1 Topic: Friendship A letter to news agency We recently had a survey about the parents’ opinions to adolescents’ idols. Some are well concerned about it that their children can’t get along well with others for they are spellbound by their idols，they are so crazy for them that they try to imitate anything their idols do! For this reason, they raise a lot of problems home and at school. The parents think the idols have hidden away something on purpose that isn’t good and make glosses of well-off situations that the students could not judge! They hold the idea that the idols cheat their fans and have a bad effect on their children! On the contrary, some parents are not upset about it and think it is a nature that children should have their heroes. Good examples from the idols can add experience to students, which makes it known that success comes with hard work. The trust and the concern that students keep to idols will do good to them. We know every coin has two sides. As long as parents and the whole society guide adolescents properly, letting them go through something happy or sad and something hard or easy and sharing love and pain, the adolescents can develop healthily. And that is the really meaningful point! Unit 2 Topic: English around the world An epitome of American culture The United States of America is an immigrant county with all kind of races from all over the world, such as Africans, Asians, Europeans and South Americans, with the Indians its natives. Because of it, the USA is a country with colorful but special culture, in which English is a good example. The British had ruled America for over 300 years so the English play an important role in USA and becomes its only official language. If someone asks who do say only one language, the answer must be Americans. But the language differs from area to area in USA, for most of Americans have strong accent but less dialect. You can recognize Americans and know he is southeastern (one speaks