2020新牛津译林版高中英语模块一 Unit 3 reading与词汇

2020

新牛津译林版高中英语第一册

Unit 3 Getting along

with others

Reading

Friendship on the rock: please advise!

Amy

Monday 12

/10 9:13 p.m.

My best friend and I have been close for eight years. When I was an awkward primary school

student, she was the popular girl who was willing to make friends with me. Since then, a close

friendship

has

grown

between

us

and

she’s

been

almost

like

a

sister

to

me.

Whether

we’re

walking to school, doing homework or

just hanging out at the weekend, we’re hardly out of each

other’s sight. Bu

t last

Saturday, she broke my heart, and I’m still picking up the pieces.

Our

original

plan

was

to

see

a

film

at

the

cinema

that

afternoon.

But

in

the

morning,

my

friend posted a message on social media saying she had a cold. When I called her, she said she

might not be able to make it to the cinema. “Don’t worry,” I said.

“

Get some rest. We can wait till

you get better.”

Today, however, I received a horrible surprise. A classmate told me she had seen my friend

chatting with another girl in a café on Saturday afternoon. How stupid I

was! My friend’s “illness”

was a complete lie! Instead of recovering at home, she was out having fun with someone else.

I was so angry that I avoided her during school all day, and I still don’t feel like

responding to

any of her online messages. The stress of this situation is killing me,

and I’m at a loss what to do

next.

Cindy

Monday 12

/10 9:52 p.m.

I’m so sorry! But this friendship is worth saving: eight years is a long time! Don’t

be so quick

to judge your friend. Perhaps sh

e knows she’s in the wrong and wants

to apologize, or maybe she

has a simple explanation for her behaviour. In any case, find an opportunity to have a full and

frank talk with her. Listen to what she has

to say, and be sure to explain how you feel. I’m sur

e

you can solve this problem together.

David

Tuesday 13

/10 8:11 p.m.

I definitely understand how you feel. I also had a friend whom I trusted a lot. When I found

out that I was tricked by him, I was really hurt and let go of our friendship. I know you value your

friendship and want your friend to value it equally. However, if your friend ignores your feelings

or makes you suffer, it’s time

to rethink your relationship. Talk to her and decide whether this

friendship is still

important to you. It’s sad to mo

ve on, but you have to accept that friends come

and go in life.

Extended reading

Of friendship

As we walk the “path of life”, we may sometimes wish to be alone with

our own thoughts, for

quiet

periods

of

reflection

can

lead

to

personal

improvement.

However,

when

we

seek

to

be

alone, we must be careful that we do not always escape into our own world. Social life is also

important to us.

More often than not, close friendships will help smooth out the sometimes rocky road that

we are all meant to travel.

As we live in social groups, there are many benefits of friendship that we can enjoy. Generally

speaking, close friendships have three “fruits”: they

may comfort the heart, advise the head and

help us achieve the goals we set for ourselves. Through friendship, we can become happier, wiser

and more satisfied humans.

The first fruit of friendship is the peace that comes from sharing with friends our joy, sadness,

success

and

failure.

Here,

friendship

has

a

double

advantage

—

happiness

takes

on

a

greater

meaning and a trouble shared becomes a trouble halved! Naturally, this kind of openness results

from

a

close

friendship.

With

true

friends,

we

feel

free

to

share

our

joy

and

sadness

in

full

measure. We know that our friends will both respect our feelings and treasure these moments of

closeness. Indeed, the human heart depends on such opportunities for comfort and protection.

The

second

fruit

of

friendship

is

the

better

understanding

and

judgement

that

may

be

achieved through conversations with well-meaning and wise friends. We often find it easier to

recognize other people’s weaknesses than our own.

As a result, if we are guided only by our own feelings, our judgements might be one- sided. On

the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important decisions that we all have

to

make.

Also,

when

we

want

to

talk

our

problems

over

with

a

friend,

we

have

to

put

our

thoughts into words first.

This alone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more thorough understanding of

our problems.

The

third

fruit

of

friendship

is

the

help

that

a

friend

may

offer

in

many

different

ways.

Sometimes a friend is even known as our “second self”. There

are so many things in life that can

only be achieved with the help of friends.

Friends

may

have

many

different

ideas

and

skills.

They

can

help

us

achieve

what

we

want

during life and, perhaps, even after death.

Finally,

it

should

be

pointed

out

that

enjoying

the

company

of

a

crowd

is

not

the

same

as

being with friends. Friends should be carefully chosen and relationships carefully developed. In

this way, we can better walk the “path of

life” with the comfort, advice and help from our trusted

friends.

(Adapted from “Of Friendship”, an essay written by Francis Bacon, a great English

writer, scientist

and philosopher)

Unit 3

单词

on the rocks

（关系）陷于困境，濒临崩溃

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