M1U2Home alone Act One
Mom and Dad arrive back from vacation a day earlier than expected. The curtains are closed and the living room is dark when Mom and Dad enter.
Dad: It’s so nice to be home!
Mom: Yes, I can’t wait to surprise the boys!
Suddenly the door opens and a soccer ball flies through the room. Eric runs in after it, followed by a big dog, walking very slowly.
Eric: Mom! Dad! You’re back early! (looking around room, sounding frightened) But, but … you weren’t supposed to come home until
tomorrow!
The dog slowly walks to Mom and Dad.
Mom: (bending to touch dog) Eric, he’s so tired and hungry! (looking at table) The money for dog food is gone, but Spot looks like he is starving! What did you do with the cash we left?
Dad: And look at this room—garbage all over the place! Where is your brother? (shouting angrily) Daniel!
Daniel: (running into room) Mom, Dad, I can explain …
Dad opens the curtains and light comes into the room. The room is in a mess, with pizza boxes on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink. In the corner, there is a garbage can around which are pieces of garbage and waste paper.
Mom and Dad both turn towards Daniel.
Dad: (sounding very angry) Listen to me, young man—we left you in charge! We thought you could act like an adult, but look at the mess! I don’t know why the house
is so dirty ...
Mom: Daniel, we thought you were an adult, a person who would make good decisions ...
Dad: How can we trust you any mo re? We won’t tolerate such behavior in our house!
Daniel: (shouting) Stop shouting at me. I’m still a teenager! Why is everything always my fault?
Daniel runs into his bedroom and shuts the door angrily. Mom and Dad look at each other as lights go out.
End of Act One
Act Two, Scene One
Daniel and Eric’s bedroom. Eric sits on his bed. Daniel has his arms crossed and looks upset.
Daniel: They never even gave me a chance to defend myself. I hate them!
Eric: You don’t h ate them. I can tell them we had an emergency. Then they won’t be mad any more.
Daniel: No, don’t tell them anything. Anyhow, they didn’t trust me. They don’t deserve an explanation. Let them think what they want.
Eric: But Daniel, if they knew that Spot was sick and we used the money to take him to the clinic ...
Daniel: And that we spent all of yesterday waiting there for him, and that is why we had no time to clean the house ... but no, Eric, why didn’t they ask me what happened instead of shouting at me?
Act Two, Scene Two
Mom: Do you think we were too hard on Daniel? Perhaps there is a reason why the house is a mess ...
Dad: Maybe, but now that he has been so rude to us, I feel like we have to punish him or he won’t respect us.
Mom: Oh, why does this have to be so difficult?
Mom sighs.
End of Act Two
小鬼当家
第一幕
妈妈和爸爸外出度假，比预期的时间提前一天返回家中。妈妈和爸爸进门时，窗帘紧闭，起居
室里黑咕隆咚的。
爸爸：回家的感觉真好啊！
妈妈：是啊，我迫不及待地要给儿子们一个惊喜呢！
突然，门开了，一只足球飞了进来。埃里克随后跑进起居室，身后跟着一条大狗，走路慢吞吞的。
埃里克：妈妈！爸爸！你们这么早就回来了呀！（四下打量，惊慌地）可是、可是……你们应该明天才到家的呀！
狗缓缓地走到妈妈和爸爸身边。
妈妈：（俯身抚摸着狗）埃里克，狗怎么又累又饿的啊! （看了看桌子）买狗食的钱不见了，可是小斑点看上去都饿坏了！你俩用我们留给你们的钱做什么了？
爸爸：还有，你们看看这起居室——垃圾满地都是！你哥哥在哪儿？（生气地喊）丹尼尔！
丹尼尔：（跑进起居室）妈妈，爸爸，我可以跟你们解释……
爸爸拉开窗帘，光线一下子照进屋里。起居室里一片狼藉：地板上堆放着比萨饼盒子，洗碗池
里全是脏碗碟。角落里有只垃圾桶，在其周围还有垃圾和废纸。
妈妈和爸爸同时转向丹尼尔。
爸爸：（非常生气地）听我说，年轻人——我们将这个家交给你负责！我们原以为你的行为举止能像个大人样了，可看看这片狼籍！我不知道为什么这个房子弄得这么脏……
妈妈：丹尼尔，我们还以为你是成年人了，是一个会做出正确决定的人…，
爸爸：我们怎么能再信任你？在我们家里可不能容忍这种行为！
丹尼尔：（叫喊着）别对我大喊大叫好不好？我还只是个少年！为什么什么事总是我的过错？
丹尼尔冲进自己的卧室，愤怒地关上房门。妈妈和爸爸面面相觑，灯光灭。
第一幕完
第二幕，第一场
丹尼尔和埃里克的卧室：埃里克坐在床上，丹尼尔双臂抱在胸前，看起来很不高兴。
丹尼尔：他们压根儿就不给我一个辩解的机会。我讨厌他们：
埃里克：你可不要讨厌他们!我可以告诉他们发生了紧急情况：解释之后他们就不会再生气了。’丹尼尔：别，什么都不用跟他们说。不管怎样，他们不信任我：他们不配得到解释。他们愿意怎么想就让他们怎么想好了。
埃里克：可是丹尼尔．如果他们知道小斑点生病了．我们用那笔钱带小斑点去看了兽医……
丹尼尔：还有，我们昨天在兽医那儿呆了一整天，正因为如此，我们才没有时间打扫房子……
可是，不，埃里克，为什么他们不问问我到底发生了什么事就对我大喊大叫呢？
第二幕，第二场
妈妈：你觉得我们刚才对丹尼尔是不是太苛刻了呢？有可能家里一团糟是有原因的……
爸爸：也许吧，可是既然他对我们那么粗鲁无礼．那我觉得我们有必要教训教训他，要不然
第一讲定语从句 一关键词 定语从句：在复合句中修饰某一名词或代词的从句叫定语从句。一般紧跟在它所修饰的先行词之后。 先行词：定语从句所修饰的词叫先行词。 关系词：关系词用来引导定语从句。关系词有关系代词和关系副词之分。关系代词有that, which, who，whom，whose，as等；关系副词有when，where，why等。 关系词可以1) 代替先行词；2) 引导定语从句；3)在定语从句中担当一个成分。 例如：The car which my uncle had just bought was destroyed in the earthquake.句中，the car 为先行词；which是关系词引导是定语从句which my uncle had just bought，同时代替先行词the car在定语从句中作主语。 1.关系代词引导的定语从句 who指人，在定语从句中作主语。 whom指人，在定语从句中作宾语，常可省略。 which指物，在定语从句中做主语或宾语，做宾语时可省略。 that指人时，相当于who或whom；指物时，相当于which。在定语从句中作主语或宾语，作宾语时可省略。 whose 通常指人，有时也可指物，在定语从句中做定语。 Note: whose指物时，常用of which结构来代替： 关系代词在定语从句中作主语时，谓语动词要和先行词的性、数保持一致。 注意：which和as引导非限制性定语从句时，有时并没有特定的先行词，而是代表前面说的整个情况。这时which和as 被看作单数，译作“这一点”，其后的谓语动形式用单数形式。如：He said he was a Frenchman，which／as was not true. 但须注意，as引导的这种定语从句可置于主句之前，which引导的这种定语从句只置于主句之后。如：As is known to all，China is a socialist country. China is a socialist country, as/which is known to all. 2.关系副词引导的定语从句 when指时间，在定语从句中作时间状语。 where指地点，在定语从句中作地点状语。 why指原因，在定语从句中作原因状语。 注意：关系副词引导的定语从句经常可以用“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句来表示。 介词+关系代词 1)根据动词选择介词。I don't know the foreigner with whom my teacher shook hands.（或I don't know the foreigner whom my teacher shook hands with.) Note: who和that不能直接位于介词后作宾语；有的短语动词是不能拆开的，常见的这类短语有：look for，look after等。
高一英语期中复习基础题选编（1） Ⅰ.语法填空 1．Bill’s mother was always telling him of the dos and don'ts，but it didn’t ________. A．use B．work C．stop D．promise 2．He was obviously annoyed，for he was not used to ________ like that. A．speaking B．spoken to C．being spoken D．being spoken to 3．Zhang Hua is clever and works hard at his lessons.________. A．So is Li Ming B．So does Li Ming C．It was the same with Li Ming D．So it is with Li Ming 4．I must have been a great________to my parents in those hard days，for I never failed to live up to their expectations. A．achievement B．comfort C．disappointment D．support 5．Good amounts of sleep every night ________also important for your health. A．is B．are C．was D．were 6．Even if I had taken part in the 400－meter relay race in the sports meet，our class________ the race.I’m ________ weight this year. A．would not have beaten；putting on B．might not have won；gaining C．cannot have defended our title；losing D．must not have achieved；acquiring 7．Teenagers ________ their health because they play computer games too much. A．have damaged B．are damaging C．damaged D．will damage 8．What you told me the other day is really true，________？ A．isn’t it B．isn’t what C．didn’t you D．wasn’t it 9．In the amusement parks，all the people love their jobs，________ might be not popular but are quite interesting regardless. A．which B．what C．that D．where 10．—Alice，you feed the bird today，________？ —But I fed it just now. A．do you B．will you C．don’t you D．didn’t you 11．In the past few years，My Heart Will Go On was a popular song among young people，________ were often heard singing it at parties. A．who B．which C．they D．that 12．________ is known to all，he is admitted to a key university. A．It B．What C．Which D．As 13．—Most of my classmates failed in the first exam.It seems there is no hope for us to make any progress.
必修1 第一单元 Reading 阅读 ANNE’S BEST FRIEND Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend. Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II. Her family was Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. 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.” Now r ead how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942. Thursday 15, June, 1944 Dear kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. 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. That’s changed since I was here.…For example, when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to have a good look at the moon for once by myself. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time some months ago, I happened to be upstairs one evening when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face… …Sadly…I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows. It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced. Yours, Anne Using Language 语言运用 Reading and listening 读与听 1 Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers and predict what Miss Wang will say. After listening, check and discuss her advice. Dear Miss Wang, I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment. I’m getting along well with a boy in my class. We often do homework together and we enjoy helping each other. We have become really good friends. But other students have started gossiping. They say that this boy and I have fallen in love. This has made me angry. I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate other s gossiping. What should I do? Yours, Lisa Reading and writing 读与写 Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong. He is also asking for some advice. Read the letter on the right carefully and help Miss Wang answer it. Dear Miss Wang,
M1U1S C H O O L l i f e i n t h e U K Going to a British high school for one year was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for me. I was very happy with the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m. and ends about 3.30 p.m. This means I could get up an hour later than usual as schools in China begin before 8 a.m. On the first day, all of the new students attended an assembly in the school hall. I sat next to a girl whose name is Diane. We soon became best friends. During the assembly, the headmaster told us about the rules of the school. He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to devote oneself to study and achieve high grades. This sounded like my school in China. I had many teachers in the past year. Mr. Heywood , my class teacher, was very helpful. My favorite teacher was Miss Burke—I loved the lessons that she gave in English Literature. In our class there were 28 students. This is about the average size for British schools. We had to move to different classrooms for different classes. We also had different students in some classes, so it was a struggle for me to remember all the faces and names. I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in
必修二 Unit 1 In search of the amber room Frederick William I, the king of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown color like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the c ountry’s best artists about ten years to make. In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Fredrick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Fredrick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing. In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at a time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city. 寻找琥珀屋 普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有一段令人惊讶的历史。这件礼物就是琥珀屋, 它之所以叫这个名字,是因为建造这间房子用了好几吨琥珀,被选择的琥珀色彩艳丽, 呈黄褐色像蜜一样。屋子的设计采用当时流行的奇特风格。琥珀屋也是用金银珠宝装饰的珍品，这花费了全国最优秀的艺术家大约十年的时间才完成。 事实上, 琥珀屋并不是作为礼物而建造的。它是为腓烈特一世的宫殿而建造。然而,下一位普鲁士国王,腓烈特·威廉一世, 这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不再保留它了。1716年, 他把它送给了彼得大帝。作为回馈, 沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。所以, 琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡东宫的一部分。琥珀屋长约4米, 被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。 后来、叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到了圣彼得堡郊外避暑的宫殿中。她让艺术家们给它增添了更多的装饰。1770年,这间琥珀屋按她要求的方式完工了。将近600支蜡烛照亮了这个房间,里面的镜子和图画就像金子一样闪闪发光。不幸的是,虽然琥珀屋被认为是世界奇迹之一,可是现在它却消失了。
牛津高中英语模块一到模块五单词表 【牛津高中英语模块一词汇表】 enjoyable 有乐趣的experience 经历，体验assembly 集会，会议headmaster 校长 earn 获得；赚，挣得respect 尊敬，敬重 devote 致力于；献身literature 文学 average 一般的，普通的；平均的struggle 奋斗，努力；挣扎，难事；斗争；努力 challenging 具有挑战性的encouragement 鼓励 cooking 做饭；烹饪，烹调 for free 免费 extra 额外的，外加的 fond 喜爱的，喜欢的 be fond of 喜爱，喜欢Spanish 西班牙语（的）；西班牙人（的） sculpture 雕像，雕塑 dessert 甜点 look back (on) 回忆，回顾satisfaction 满意 surf 冲浪 academic 学业的，学术的exchange 交换；交流 former 以前的 graducate 毕业生，毕业 fluent 流利的 painting 绘画，绘画作品donate 捐赠 kindness 善意 splendid 极佳的，非常好的independent 独立的 make use of 利用title （书的）名称；（文章的）题目，篇名 dynasty 朝代，王朝somehow 不知为什么；不知怎么地 recent 新近的，最近的professor 教授 inform 通知，告知 opening hours 开放时间 run 管理；操作 host 主持人；主人，东道主approve 批准，通过；赞成，同意charge 使承担责任；收费，负责，掌管 in charge of 负责，掌管schoolmate 同学，校友croadcast 广播，播放preparation 准备，筹备event （重要）事件；社交活动；比赛项目 outing 短途旅行，远足graduation 毕业 poet 诗人 generation 一代，一代人literary 文学的 select 选择，挑选courtyard 庭院，院子composition 作品，成分 act （戏剧的）一幕 curtain 窗帘；（舞台上的）帷幕can't wait to do something 迫不及待地做某事soccer <美>英式足球，足球frightened 受惊的；害怕的 be supposed to 应该……，应当…… bend （使）弯曲，弯腰，屈身
一、用正确的关系代词填空 1. You'll find taxis waiting at the bus station ________ you can hire to reach your host family. 2. The famous basketball star, ________ tried to make a comeback, attracted a lot of attention. 3. In spite of all ________ has been said, quite a lot of people are still uncertain about the prices of housing in China. 4. Don't talk about such things ________ you are not sure of. 5. Ted came for the weekend wearing only some shorts and a T-shirt, ________ is a stupid thing to do in such weather. 二、用“介词＋关系代词”填空 1. Have you ever read the book ________ ________ there are many pictures? 2. The man ________ ________ he had a talk yesterday is a doctor. 3. The library ________ ________ we often borrow books is very large. 4. The gentleman ________ ________ you just spoke is our headmaster. 5. This is the new bicycle ________ ________ I spent five hundred dollars. 6. The tool ________ ________ he is working is called a spade. 7. Give me a piece of paper ________ ________ I can write the phone number. 8. Here are the table tennis players, some ________ ________ are our old friends. 9. The student ________ ________ the teachers are talking has won the first prize in the English contest. 10. This is the hospital ________ ________ her mother works. 三、用正确的关系副词填空 1. In the UK, what impressed me most was the student activity, ________ I got lots of information. 2. The days are gone ________ we can freely breathe the fresh air when we go out to have a walk. 3. We will be shown around the city: schools, museums, and some other places, ________ other visitors seldom go. 4. It was an exciting moment for these football fans this year, ________ for the first time in years their team won the World Cup. 5. Sales director is a position ________ communication ability is just as important as sales. 四、完成下列反意疑问句 1. I'm afraid there might have been 1，000 audience in the concert last night, ________？ 2. —The government must have taken measures to lower the house prices next year, ________？ —Yes. I guess so. 3. There is little doubt in your mind that he is innocent, ________？ 4. — I spent two weeks in London last summer. —Then you must have visited the British Museum during your stay, ________？ 5. —He'd like some coffee, ________？ —Yes, but he can't afford it. 6. They should have informed you of the result of the competition by the time it was eventually given out, ________？ 7. When you have finished with that book, don't forget to put it back on the shelf,
高一英语必修一课文原文及译文 必修一 Unit1 Anne’s Best Friend Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend. Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War Ⅱ. Her family was Jewish so nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. 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.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942. Thursday 15th June, 1944 Dear Kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for
人教版高一英语必修二Unit 1课文翻译 Unit 1 Cultural relics Reading IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM 寻找琥珀屋 Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . 普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . 这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为造这间房子用了好几吨的琥珀。The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . 选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。 In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . 事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. 它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿设计(制作)的。However, the next King
《牛津高中英语》教材重难点解读 《牛津高中英语》必修部分有五个模块共五本书，每个模块安排三个单元。在完成必修模块之后还有六个选修模块共六本书，每个模块安排四个单元。每个单元都是由七个版块组成： Welcome to the unit:有相关的图画和问题激发学生的学习兴趣,同时引出本单元的相关话题, 让学生轻松自然地进入本单元的学习。Reading:该板块是学生接受英语语言信息的重要环节,在这里,学生将有机会感受真实,地道,优美的英语。学生将通过阅读了解现实生活和社会发展的方方面面。通过学习课文后面的Reading strategy 和完成阅读练习，学生还能掌握英语阅读策略，提高英语阅读能力。Word power：在该版块中，学生将会根据话题扩充词汇以及其他多种词汇学习技巧。此版块是学生扩大词汇的主要途径。 Grammar and usage：语法学习贵在运用。在该版块中，学生既可得到系统的语法和修辞方面的辅导，又能在该版块精心设计的语境中学会灵活运用。 Task:该版块要求学生能综合运用所学习的语言知识和语言技能,完成特定的任务。学生将在教材设计的语言情境中，通过获取语言信息，两人对话或小组讨论和口笔头表达等一系列的课堂学习活动，学会熟练，自如地运用英语。 Project：每个project是课堂教学的延伸和拓展，属于探究式学习。该部分由阅读材料和几个提示性的问题组成，要求学生根据在一至五模块已经熟知的四个步骤，与同学们分工合作，通过讨论，调查，专
访，文献检索等活动，完成一个特定的课题。学生将首先认真阅读所提示是阅读材料，从中得到启发，然后完成课题。 Self-assessment：这是单元的最后一个版块。这里学生将对照单元各个学习项目按五个等级进行自我评价，并算出百分比。通过自我评价，学生可以对单元的学习进行自我反思，为下一步的学习制定行动计划。 高一（模块一至模块四） 模块一 一．重要语法 Unit1 School life That, which, who, whose 引导的定语从句; 关系代词在定语从句中作主语时，从句谓语动词的人称和数要和先行词保持一致。 1.who, whom, that这些词代替的先行词是人的名词或代词。 eg: Is he the man who/that wants to see you?(who/that在从句中主语) He is the man whom/that I met yesterday.(who/that在从句中宾语) 2.Whose用来指人或物，(只用作定语，若指物，它还可以同of which 互换)如： Please pass me the book whose cover is blue. 3.which, that所代替的先行词是事物的名词或代词，在从句中可作主语，宾语等。如： The book (which/that) my teacher lent me is very interesting.
Unit 5 ELIAS` STORY My name is Elias.I am a poor black worker in South Africa.The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice. He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful. I needed his help because I had very little education.I began school at six. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away.I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare. I could not read or write well.After trying hard,I got a job in a gold mine.However,this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become out of work. The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest.He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg.I became more hopeful about my future.I never forgot how kind Mandela was.When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could.He said:"The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.” It was the truth.Black people could not vote or choose their leaders.They could not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people.The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa. No one could grow food there .In fact as Nelson Mandela said:“…we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government. We chose to attack the laws.We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed…only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.…… As a matter of fact, I do not like violence…but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings.It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison.But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal. Book 1 Unit 5 △Nelson Mandela /'nelsn m?n'del?/ 纳尔逊·曼德拉(前南非共和国总统) quality /'kw?l?ti/ n. 质量；品质；性质 △warm-hearted /w?:m 'ha:tid/ adj. 热心肠的 mean /mi:n/ adj. 吝啬的；自私的；卑鄙的 active /'?ktiv/ adj. 积极的；活跃的 generous /'d?en?r?s/ adj. 慷慨的；大方的 △easy-going /i:zi:'g?ui?/ adj. 随和的；温和宽容的 self /self/ n. 自我；自身 selfish /'selfi?/ adj. 自私的 selfless /'selflis/ adj. 无私的；忘我的 selflessly /'selflisli/ adv. 无私地；忘我地 devote /di'v?ut/ vt. （与to连用）献身；专心于 devoted /di'v?utid/ adj. 忠实的；深爱的 △William Tyndale /'wilj?m 'tindl/ ` v cde2威廉·廷代尔(英国早期新教改革者) △Bible /'baibl/ n．《圣经》 △Norman Bethune /'n?:m?n b?'θu:n/ 诺曼·白求恩(加拿大胸外科医师) △invader /in'veid?/ n. 侵略者 found /faund/ vt. 建立；建设 republic /ri'p?blik/ n. 共和国；共和政体 principle /'prins?pl/ n. 法则；原则；原理 △nationalism /'n??n?liz?m/ n. 民族主义；国家主义