新世纪英语高二下册课文及重点词组

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1、上海新世纪英语高二全部课文（包括AdditionalReading）及重点词组高二第二学期17.Wordsandtheirstories18.Englishproverbs19.Tipsonmakingapublicspeech20.Keepitshortfortheaudience’ssake21.Makingfriends22.Whatdoesfriendshipmeantowesterners?23.Adjo24.Ryan,hisfriends,andhisincredibletorchrun25.Thefatherof

2、modernphysics26.Thesurvivalofthefittest27.Miracleinthericefield28.Newton’sthreeimportantlaws29.Oliverwantsmore(AdaptedfromOliverTwistCharlesDickens)30.Enjoytheclassics31.Issheguilty?(AdaptedfromThePrinceandthePauperMarkTwain)32.MarkTwain高二第二学期17.Wordsandtheirstories

3、EAGERBEAVERAneagerbeaverisapersonwhoisalwayswillingtodoandisexcitedaboutdoingwhatisexpectedofhim.Suppose,forexample,thatateachertellshisstudentstheyeachmustsolveonehundredmathproblemsbeforecomingtoschoolthenextday.Thechildrencomplainaboutsomuchhomework.Butonestudent

4、doesnotprotestatall.Thatstudentisaneagerbeaver.Helovestodomathproblems,anddoesnotmindallthehomework.Theexpressionissaidtohavecomefromthenameofahard-workinganimal---thebeaver.Beaversarestrange-lookingcreatures.Theyspendalotoftimeinthewater,buildingdamstocreatelittlel

5、akesorponds.Theyusetheirhugeteethandworkhardtocutdowntrees,removebranchesandputthemacrossstreams.Theyusetheirtailstopackmudonthebranchestomakethedamssolid.Fewotheranimalsworksohard.HistorianssaythebeaverhadanimportantpartinthesettlementofNorthAmerica.Therewerehundre

6、dsofmillionsofbeaverswhenEuropeansettlersfirstarrived.Thesettlersputgreatvalueonthefurofbeavers.Infact,fortwohundredyearsormore,beaversprovidedthemostvaluablefurinNorthAmerica.Beaverskinsoftenusedasmoney.Youngmenlookingforadventureheadedwestacrossthecountrytosearchf

7、orbeavers.Intheirsearch,theyexploredmuchofthewesternterritories.Thetradingposts,wheretheyexchangedbeaverskinsforthegoodstheyneeded,becamevillages,andlatertownsandcities.IT’SINTHEBAGThebag---oneofthesimplestandmostusefulthingsineverymanorwoman’slife---hasgiventheworl

8、dmanystrangeexpressionsthatarenotverysimple.AnumberoftheseexpressionsarewidelyusedintheUnitedStatestoday.SomewereimportedfromEnglandalongt