牛津高中英语模块1-5全部英语课文及中文翻译

现象。在青 春期，青少年经历着身体上的巨大变化。他们个子长高，声音变低，

还有很多其

他的成长发育。

Along with these physical changes, there come many psychological changes. Boys and girls tend

to be different

in this regard

. Many boys become risk- takers

—

they want to find their own limits

and the limits of the world around them, but may not

have the wisdom to make good choices in

their behavior. At the same time, girls often want someone

–

anyone

–

to talk to, as they try to

deal with

their strong feelings.

与这些生理变化同时而来的，还有 很多心理上的变化。男孩和女孩在这方面往往有所

不同很多男孩成为危险尝试者——他们 希望找到自己的局限和他们周边世界的局限，

但也许

并不具有对 其行为做出正确抉择的智慧。

而与此同时，

女孩则通常需要和某 个人——或任何

人——进行交谈，因为她们试图面对自己强烈的情感。

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In the social world, as teenagers get older, they

struggle to depend on themselves

. They may badly

want and ne

ed their parents‘ love, yet

feel distan

t; they may want to be part of the group, yet desire

independence. Since teenagers

have difficulty balancing these needs

, they often

question

who they

are and how they

fit in society.

在大千 社会中，随着青少年长大，他们努力地自力更生。他们或许迫切需要父母的关

爱

却又感觉疏远；

他 们或许想要成为团体的一员，

但又渴望独立。

正因为青少年们在 平衡

这些需要时有困难，所以他们经常质疑自己到底是谁以及怎样融入社会。

The good news is that these kinds of growing pains do not last. In the end everything turns out OK

—

the teenager becomes a healthy adult, and this period of change and challenge is traded for the

changes and challenges of grown-up life.

好在这些成长的烦恼并不会持久。

最终一切都会好 起

来——青少年成长为健康的成年人而青春期的变化和挑战则转变为成人生活中的种种变 化

和挑战。

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想瘦身想得快死了??

（第一封电子邮件）

Dying to be thin …

Hi Zhou Ling

How are you? I haven‘t heard from you for weeks. Is eve

rything OK with you?

Do you still go to the gym every day? I used to go to the gym three times a week,

but I don‘t work out any more. I know another way to stay slim. Looking good is

important to women, isn‘t it? Most young women want a slim figure these d

ays,

especially here in Canada. I‘m trying to lose weight because I‘m so ashamed of my

body. Since I‘m preparing to act in a new TV show, I‘m taking weight

-loss pills

called Fat-Less, which are quite popular among young women here. I hope to lose at

least

10 kilograms. I take two pills a day and don‘t need to exercise.

The pills really work! I‘m becoming slimmer and slimmer. I‘ve lost 7 kilograms

in the last two months. However, sometimes I don‘t feel so energetic. My mother,

who you met last year, keeps telling me not to take them because they are dangerous.

She says health is the most important thing, and I agree, but then I look so slim at the

moment.

Write soon!

Love

Amy

Dear Zhou Ling

Things change so quickly! I‘m now in hospital recovering from liv

er failure. I

regret taking those weight-loss pills. They contain a harmful chemical that caused my

liver to fail. The pills were going to completely destroy my liver if I continued taking

them. My mother insisted on sending me to the hospital, where I received good

medical treatment.

It was a really painful experience, but I‘m feeling better now. I follow my

doctor‘s advice and exercise for at least half an hour every day (but I seldom go to the

gym!), and eat lots of fruit and vegetables. People should look after their bodies. My

mother is right: don‘t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. It isn‘t

worth it. We shouldn‘t be ashamed of the way we look, should we? I hope to hear

from you soon.

Love,

Amy

Dear Amy

My computer was broken so I c

ouldn‘t read your two e

-

mails until today. I‘m so

sorry to hear about your problem, but I‘m glad you‘re feeling better and are

recovering.

You‘re right. We shouldn‘t be embarrassed about our weight. I think you look

great as you are, and you‘re a wonderful

person. I know that the pressure to stay slim

is a problem, especially for an actress. However, your mother knows best: nothing is

more important than health.

It‘s the same in China—

many people, some of whom are not overweight at all,

are always going on a diet or taking weight-loss pills, which are often dangerous. I

hope they can learn from your story.

Love

Zhou Ling

嗨，周玲：

你好。好几个星期都没收到你的来信了。一切顺利吗？

你现在还是每天去健身房吗？我以前常去健身房，一周三次，可我现在不再锻炼了。我有了另外 一种

保持苗条身材的方法。显得美丽对女性来说很重要，难道不是吗？如今，大部分年轻 女性都想拥有苗条的

身材，在加拿大这里尤其是这样。我目前在努力减肥，因为我的体型 让我觉得非常羞愧。由于我正准备出

演一部新的电视剧，

所以我 在服用一种名叫

Fat

—

Less

的减肥药片，

这种药片很受加拿大年轻女性的欢迎。

我希望能够至少减去

10

公斤。我每天服用两片，因而 也就不用锻炼了。

减肥药片还真的管用哦！我现在可 是越发苗条了。前两个月我就减去了

7

公斤。可是，有时候我感 到

没有精神。我妈妈（你去年见过她的）一直告诫我不要服用减肥药片，因为减肥药危及 健康。她说，健康

是最重要的，我同意这个观点，可是我现在看上去多么苗条。

快些给我写信哦

！

爱你的

埃米

亲爱的周玲：

情况变化实在是太快了！我现在住 院了，患的是肝衰竭，正在恢复中。我很后悔服

用了那种减肥药片。那些减肥药片里含有 某种有害的化学物质，导致了我肝功能衰竭。如果我当时继续服

用这些药片，我的肝脏就 彻底毁了。我妈妈坚持将我送进了医院。在这儿我得到了很好的治疗。

这的确是一段令人痛苦的经历，但是现在我感觉好多了。我听从医生的建议，每天锻炼至少半 小

时（但我很少去健身房！），吃很多的水果和蔬菜。人们应该照顾好自己的身体。我妈 妈是对的：不要为

了苗条、

动人的身材毁了自己的健康，

那样做是得不偿失的。

我们不应该为自己的外表感到羞愧，

我希望能够早点儿收到你的回信。

爱你的

埃米

亲爱的埃米：

我的电脑出了故障，所以直到今天 才能够看到你的两封电子邮件。得知你的病情我

非常难过，但让我感到高兴的是，你现在 感觉良好，身体正在恢复中。

你说得对。我们不应该因为自己的 体重感到难为情。我觉得你目前这个样子看上去就很棒，而且

你是一个非常优秀的人。< /p>

我知道，

保持身材苗条的压力是问题的症结所在，

对一个女演员来说尤其是这样。

但是，你妈妈她最清楚不过：没有什么比健康更 重要。

在中国也是一样的情况——许多人，其中有些人压根儿就不超 重，总是在节食，或者是吃减肥药

片，这些做法往往是危险的。我希望他们能够从你的经 历中汲取教训。

爱你的周玲

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Making a booklet on keeping fit

The truth is, diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers. However, the good news is that

you can feel better, look better and have more energy if you eat the right food and exercise

regularly.

Healthy eating along with regular exercise is probably the only way to become fit. Diets are

useless in the long term, yet approximately 20% of teenagers say they have tried going on a diet

and skipping meals to control their weight. If you eat properly and exercise regularly, you will lose

weight, keep fit and feel great.

As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy it

needs. If you skip meals, you don‘t

get enough energy, and then you feel tired. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread,

vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water

—

six to eight glasses a day. Water helps

keep your system clean. Drinking enough water will improve your skin and give you healthy hair.

Exercise is something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Experts

suggest that teenagers spend at least 30 minutes exercising, five times a week. That is easy to do!

Walking and riding your bike count, and so do school sports. Often, teenagers give up sport,

saying they have no time left after their studies.

长句

Many teenagers are surprised to learn that when you exercise, your body produces some chemicals

that make you feel peaceful and relaxed and increase your ability to concentrate when you study.

These chemicals can even help you sleep better at night.

A good amount of sleep every night is also important for your health. When you sleep, your body

prepares you for the day to come. Teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep each night. As a

matter of fact, loss of sleep can make you look tired, and even cause you to gain weight.

If you follow the suggestions above, you will look and feel much better in no time at all!

制作健康小册子

实际情况是，对青少年而言，饮食习惯和生活方式往往是个问 题。但好消息是，如果合理饮食，经

常锻炼，你就可以感觉更好，气色更好，精力越发充 沛。

健康的饮食加上经常锻炼也许是变得健康的唯一途径。从 长远角度来看，节食并不能奏效，然而有大

约

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％的青少年声称，他们曾尝试过节食或者有时不吃饭，以控制自己的体重。如果你适当饮食并经常锻< /p>

炼，你就会减轻体重，保持健康状态，感觉很棒。

作为青少年，给予你的身体所需要的足够能量是很重要的。如果不吃饭，你就不能得到足够的 能

量，因此就会感到疲倦。至于健康的饮食，你应该主要地摄入米饭、面包、蔬菜和水果 。你还需要喝很多

的水——一天需要

6

—

8

杯。

水有助于保持人体内部系统清 洁。

足量饮水会改善你的皮肤，

让你拥有健康的

头发。

锻炼能够让你气色好、感觉好、身 体健康。专家建议，青少年每周至少应该锻炼五次，每次至少

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分钟。这一点是很容易做到的！步行和骑自行车就算，校内体育活动也算。常常有这样的情况：有些青

少年干脆放弃体育锻炼，声称学习繁忙，没有时间进行体育锻炼。很多青少年吃惊地得知，当你锻 炼时，

你的体内会产生某些化学物质，这些化学物质让你感到平静、放松，增强学习时的 注意力。这些化学物质

甚至还有助于你改善睡眠呢！

每晚保证充分的睡眠对你的健康也是很重要的。

睡觉的时候，

你的身体就帮你为下一天作好准备。

青少年每晚需要

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—

10

小时的睡眠。事实上， 失眠会使你面容疲倦，甚至身体发胖。

如果你 能遵循以上建议，用不了多久你就会气色好得多、感觉棒得多！

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Boy missing, police puzzled

Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year

–

old boy who went missing two

days ago in Dover, New Hampshire. People have shown great interest in his disappearance due to

sightings of puzzling lights in the sky and reports of alien visits around the time of his

disappearance. Justin Foster, a high school student, went missing last Friday night.

At first, Justin‘s mother, who

went to sleep early that evening because of a headache, thought that

the teenager was spending the night with a friend. Mr. Foster, who was working that night, was

surprised that his son did not tell anyone that he was staying out late. When Justin did not show up

at the family lunch the next day, Mrs. Foster became worried and told her husband to call the

police. However, police found that Justin did in fact return home on Friday night at about 11 p.m.

That evening at 8 p.m, Justin left home to play baseball with two friends, who both say Justin

walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.

Justin‘s sister, Kelly, says she heard her brother return home at about 11 p.m. ?I was getting ready

for bed,‘ she said ?Justin went straight to his room. . I didn‘t see him b

ut I heard him put on

his

favourite CD. That‘s when the lights came.‘

According to Kelly, a bright light then appeared outside her window. At first, the young girl

thought it was the light of the full moon but then she realized that it was moving and coming

closer. ?I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside. It had multi

-coloured

lights all around it and there many windows. Standing inside were lots of white-skinned,

strange-

looking creatures with large black eyes. ?I was frightened.‘ Kelly said that the spaceship

then moved around to the side of the house, towards her brother‘s bedroom. ?I heard Justin since.

I‘m sure the aliens took him, but my parents said I was only dreaming.‘

Some people in Dover also say that they have seen

aliens. ?It happened to me!‘ said

Mavis wood.

?The aliens took me away so that they could do research on me. Luckily, they returned me to my

home. I think Justin was taken away by them too. They are interested in us. I still have nightmares

about them. K h

asn‘t been sleeping well since I returned home. The whole experience was very

frightening I even get frightened when I hear a plane fly over.‘

Police have not ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens, but are also looking into

other possib

ilities. ?Sometimes people make up such amazing stories,‘ says Detective same

Peterson, who has taken charge of the case. ?So we‘ve been looking at other possibilities too, such

as murder. We will not give up until we find convincing evidence.

‘

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Project:

Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man of Shennongjia

For centuries, people have reported seeing a wild creature in the Himalayas called Yeti. The Yeti is

said to be a large, hairy animal that walks on two feet like a human being. People blieve that Yetis

sometimes come down from the moutains to attack villagers.

In 1998, an American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti on the Chinese side of the

Himalayas. ?It walked like a human, but it had thick black fur and was about six feet tall with huge

shoulders, very long arms and large hands,' he said.

In 2007, an American TV team saw Yeti tracks 33 centimetres in length in the snow near Mount

Qomolangma. They made copies of these tracks and had them examined by a scientist in the USA.

He reported that they looked like the tracks of a similar creature, called Bigfoot, which some

people believe lives in the forests of the north-west of the USA.

Yeti and Bigfoot are similar to a creature known as the Wild Man of Shennongjia. There have been

dozens of reports that people have seen a Wild Man in the Shennongjia Nature reserve in western

Hubei Province, China. In one case, a group of engineers ran after the creature, which moved with

amazing speed and strength. Large tracks have also been discovered which some people say

belong to the Wild Man. Because of these reports and the tracks, there have been several

organized searches for this creature, but no strong evidence for its existence has ever been found.

Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man of Shennongjia

For centuries, people have reported seeing a wild creature in the Himalayas called Yeti. The Yeti

is said to be a large, hairy animal that walks on two feet like a human being. People believe that

Yetis sometimes come down from the mountains to attack villagers.

In 1998, an American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti on the Chinese side of the

Himalayas. ?It walked like a human, but it had thick black fur and was about six feet tall with huge

shoulders, very long arms and large hands,‘ he said.

In 2007, an American TV team saw Yeti tracks 33 centimetres in length in the snow near Mount

Qomolangma. They made copies of these tracks and had them examined by a scientist in the USA.

He reported that they looked like the tracks of a similar creature, called Bigfoot, which some

people believe lives in the forests of the north-west of the USA.

Yeti and Bigfoot are similar to a creature known as the Wild Man of Shennongjia. There have

been dozens of reports that people have seen a Wild Man in the Shennongjia Nature Reserve in

western Hubei Province, China. In one case, a group of engineers ran after the creature, which

moved with amazing speed and strength. Large tracks have also been discovered which some

people say belong to the Wild Man. Because of these reports and the tracks, there have been

several organized searches for this creature, but no strong evidence for its existence has ever been

found.

Dr Grover Krantz, a scientist from Washington State University, studied reports of such strange

creatures for many years. He became convinced they exist. He believed that these creatures are

linked to a common ancestor, an animal that lived in Asia some 300,000 years ago. In his opinion,

this animal made its way to other parts of the world, and continues to survive even ists

hope that the mystery will be solved one day. If such creatures really exist, we might have the

chance to see one with our own eyes.

喜马拉雅雪人、北美野人和神农架野人

几个世纪以来，

< br>不断有人报告说在喜马拉雅山区看到一种被称为喜马拉雅雪人的野生动物。

据说，

雪人

是种高大多毛，像人类一样用两脚行走的动物。人们相信雪 人有时下山攻击村民。

1998< /p>

年，一名美国登山爱好者声称，他在喜马拉雅山的中国一侧看见过一个雪人。

“它走路的样子像人类，

但是有浓密的黑毛，大约

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英尺高，双肩宽阔，两臂很长，还有一双大手。

”他说。

2007

年，一个美国电视拍摄组在珠穆朗 玛峰附近看到雪地中

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厘米长的雪人脚印。他们复制了这些< /p>

脚印，并让美国的一位科学家进行研究。他（科学家）报告说，它们看起来像一种叫北美野 人的类似动物

的脚印。有人认为北美野人生活在美国西北部的森林里。

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喜马拉雅雪人和北美野人与被称为神农架野人的生物 很相似。已有很多关于人们在中国湖北省西部的神农

架自然保护区看到过一个野人的报道 。

其中一篇报道讲一群工程师追赶这种以惊人速度和力量移动的生物。

< br>人们也发现过一些巨大脚印，有人称它们属于野人。因为这些报道和脚印，人们已经开展了数次有组织的< /p>

针对该生物的搜寻活动，但是从没有找到它存在的有力证据。

< /p>

华盛顿州立大学的一名科学家格洛夫?克兰茨博士曾研究有关这类奇怪生物的报道多年。他 坚信他们

的存在。他认为，这些生物与一个共同的祖先相关联，该动物生活于约

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万年前的亚洲。他的看法是这种

动物迁徙到 了世界上的其他地区，并一直存活至今。

科学家们希望野人之 谜将来有一天会得以破解。如果野人真的存在，我们或许有机会亲眼看见野人。

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An adventure in Africa

30 June

Dear Aihua

How are you? Sorry I haven‘t written for so long. I‘ve been quite busy arranging my holiday

with my older brother, Colin. Colin and I plan to spend a few weeks traveling before he goes to

university. We‘re going to visit so many exciting places and do lots of extraordinary things. We

will go to Africa first. I can‘t wait! Have you ever been there?

We leave London on 15 July, and we‘ll be taking a flight to Morocco, in northern Africa. We‘re

going to ride camels through the Sahara Desert. It‘s the biggest desert in the world—

about the size

of the US! I expect it will be very hot, dry and dusty there. We‘ll be travelling by camel with local

guides, c

amping in tents and sleeping on the ground. I‘ve heard that, in the Sahara, there is no

shade during the day, and the stars seem especially brilliant on clear nights. I‘ll bring a flashlight

with me so that I‘ll be able to see in the dark. Altogether, the

trip will take six days. That means

I‘ll have to sit on a camel for almost a week—

how uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes me!

After the trip by camel, we‘re going to travel down the River Nile. We‘ll start at Lake Victoria.

A little way down the river fro

m Lake Victoria, the water gets quite rough. So, we‘ll go

white-

water rafting. It‘s quite dangerous, but very exciting! You have to wear a helmet and a life

jacket for protection, just in case you fall into the water.

Then, we‘re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. We‘ll live with the local people in

their villages, and eat and drink whatever they do, including cow‘s blood! Do you think I should

drink it?

Since we‘ll be walking for almost two weeks, I‘ll need to buy a large backpack in advance to

carry my supplies of food and water. During the day, we‘ll walk across the land, following the

tracks of wildlife such as elephants, lions and giraffes. We‘ll try to get as close as possible to the

animals, even though they‘re dangerous, so that we can tak

e some really good photographs. But

don‘t worry about me. Our guides will have guns with them for

defense

—

they can use the guns to

scare the animals away if they come too near. I really want to see an elephant up close, and Colin

wants to see a giraffe.

Af

ter that, we‘ll be moving on to Tanzania, where we‘re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the atmosphere gets thinner,

so Colin and I will make sure that we will get plenty of rest. The African part of our trip will take

about four weeks. Afterwards, we‘re going to the

Himalayas.

I‘ll

send you postcards from all the different places we visit!

Love Toby

非洲探险

6

月

30

日

亲爱的爱 华，你好。抱歉很长时间没有给你写信。我最近一直在忙着安排和我哥哥科林度假的事。科

林和我计划在他上大学之前花上几个星期外出旅游。我们要去很多令人激动的地方，做很多令人惊叹的事

情。首先我们要去非洲。我都等不及了！你去过那里吗？

我们将于

7

月

15

日离开伦敦，坐飞机去北非的摩洛哥。我们要骑着骆驼穿越撒哈拉沙漠。这是

地导游的带领下骑着骆驼旅行，在帐篷里宿营，席地而睡。我听说过，在撒哈拉，白 天没有阴凉之处，在

晴朗的夜晚星星格外灿烂。我会随身带一只手电筒，这样在黑暗中我 就可以看见了。旅行全程将花六天时

间。这意味着我要在骆驼上坐将近一周的时间—多不 舒服啊！我希望我的骆驼会喜欢我！

骑骆驼 旅行后，我们将沿着尼罗河顺流而下。我们要从维多利亚湖出发。自维多利亚湖沿河而下

不远，河水就变得挺湍急了。所以，我们将进行白浪漂流。这很危险，但也非常刺激！作为保护措施，你

得戴上头盔，穿上救生衣，以防万一掉进水里。

之后， 我们要前往肯尼亚看那里的野生动物。我们要

跟当地的居民一起住在他们的村落里，不管 他们吃什么、喝什么，我们也一起吃、一起喝，包括牛血！你

觉得我应该喝吗？

因为我们需要徒步行走将近两周时间，

所以我得预先买一个大容量的旅行背包来背我的给养—食

物和饮水。白天，我们将穿行 于陆地，追寻大象、狮子和长颈鹿之类的野生动物的足迹。尽管这些动物很

危险，我们还 是要试着尽可能地靠近它们，这样我们就能拍到一些非常棒的照片。但是，不要为我担心，

我们的导游都是随身带枪用于防卫的——如果动物靠得太近，导游就可以用枪将它们吓跑。我真的很想近

距离地看一头大象，科林则想看一头长颈鹿。

之后我们将继续前进至坦桑尼亚，在那里我们要攀登乞力马扎罗山。登山会让人觉得非常疲惫 ，

由于空气变得稀薄，很多人会感到恶心，所以，科林和我会确保我们能够得到充足的休 息。我们的非洲段

旅行将历时大约四周，然后，我们将前往喜马拉雅山。

我到所有不同地方都会给你寄明信片的！

爱你的托比

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Shangri-la

Would you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty in the south-west of

China? If your answer is ?yes‘, consider a trip to Shangri

-la!

How to get there

Start in the city of Dali and drive north along the Yunnan-Tibet Highway until you reach

Zhongdian (Shangri-la), the capital of Diqing. Zhongdian is 659 kilometres away from Kunming,

and there are regular flights between the two cities.

The world-famous Chinese Shangri-la

The word ?Shangri

-

la‘ first appeared in a classic novel by James Hilton. Today, Shangri

-la

has become a common English word meaning heaven on earth. Hilton described a beautiful

kingdom where three rivers joined together, steep mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long

grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay young

forever.

Which place could officially take the name of this wonderful land? There were arguments

over which tourist spot would win the name of Shangri-la. Many years after the book was

published, some people realized that the Shangri-la of the novel was a perfect match for

Zhongdian in Yunnan Province, China. In September 1997, the government of Yunnan Province

announced that Zhongdian was the Shangri-

la of Hilton‘s story.

What you will see in Shangri-la

Three mountains, Meili, Baimang and Haba, which are covered with snow, tower over the

land. Their snowy mountaintops form a beautiful picture that will leave you at a loss for words.

Below the mountains, the sunshine reflects on the many lakes, making them shine like diamonds

against the rich countryside. Sheep, cattle and horses wander on the green grass, and the

surrounding forests are home to many birds and animals. In this peaceful land, people live in

perfect harmony with nature, far away from the noise and worry of the outside world.

Nature has provided Shangri-la with endless natural treasures, making the land a happy home

for the local people.

What the weather is like

The weather changes so quickly that people say you can experience four seasons in one day.

The best times to visit Shangri-la are spring and autumn when the temperature is at its mildest.

希望 有机会去中国西南部发现一个神奇又美丽的地方吗？如果你的回答是肯定的，

那就考虑考 虑香格

里拉之行吧！

如何去那里？

从大理出发，沿滇藏高 速公路向北行驶直到你抵达迪庆的首府中甸（香格里拉）

。中甸距离昆明

659

公里，两个城市之间有固定航班往返。

世界闻名的中国香格里拉

“香格里拉 ”一词源于詹姆斯?希尔顿的一部经典小说。如今，香格里拉已经成为指代人间天堂的常

用英语单词。希尔顿描绘了一个美丽的国度，那里三河交汇，奇峰高耸，深草如茵盖大地。住在这个完美

世界里的人们知道如何永葆青春。

到底什么地 方才能正式得到这个人间奇境的名称呢？曾有关于哪个旅游景点能赢得香格里拉这个美

名 的争论。此书出版许多年之后，一些人发现，小说中的香格里拉与中国云南省的中甸完全吻合。

< br>1997

年

9

月，云南省人民政 府宣布，中甸就是希尔顿小说中的香格里拉。

在香格里拉你会看到什么？

三座白雪覆盖的高山—梅里、白芒和哈巴—巍峨屹立，其白雪 皑皑的山顶构成了一幅美丽的图画，美

得让你无法用语言形容。

山脚下，阳光照在星罗棋布的湖面上，使它们在富丽乡村景色的映衬下，如钻石般闪耀璀 璨。成群的

牛羊和马儿在绿色的草原上徜佯，周边的森林则是众多鸟类和动物的家园。在 这片宁静的土地上，人们和

大自然和谐相处，远离外界的喧嚣和烦恼。

< br>

大自然给香格里拉提供了无尽的天然宝藏，使得这片土地成了当地居民的幸福家 园。

香格里拉的天气

香格里拉天气多变，以至于有人说 ，你可以在一天里经历四季。前往香格里拉旅游的最佳时间是春季

和秋季，这两个季节气 温最为温暖舒适。

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The Curse of the mummy

Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known. He was brave

and loved to visit and explore new places. During his life, he discovered many amazing things.

Howard Carter did not go to school, but learnt to draw from his father, who was an artist. He

was bright and curious about the world outside his home town. In 1891, at the age of 17, he set

sail for Alexandria, Egypt. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of

the Egyptian kings. He found several important ones. Inside the tombs, he discovered a great

fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. These preserved bodies

are known as mummies.

In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in

Egypt. He had received money from Lord Carnarvon, a British man who was very interested in

Egypt. Carter‘s team was working at a place near the city of Luxor. There, they came across the

tomb of King Tutankhamun. It was the most important tomb that had eve

r been found. ?The tomb

contained more treasure than any of us had ever seen before, as well as the mummy of the king,‘

said Carter. ?After we looked into the tomb, we closed it and hid its entrance. We wanted to study

the tomb later when we had more time.

Afterwards, all of its contents would go into a museum.‘

However, not long after the discovery, people in Carter‘s team began to fall ill and die. Upon

their entering the tomb, Carter‘s lucky pet bird, which he had left in Cairo, was swallowed by a

snake. Then, a few months after Carter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon, who was also

present when the tomb was opened, fell ill with a fever and died in Egypt. At the moment of

Carnarvon‘s death, the lights went out in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Back in En

gland, his dog

died at approximately the same time.

George Gould, a friend of Carnarvon‘s, went to Egypt after hearing of his strange death. He too

visited the tomb, only to catch a high fever the next day. Twelve hours later, he was dead. Carter‘s

secretary, Richard Bethell, died of heart trouble four months after the tomb was opened. Arthur

Mace, another member of the team, also died shortly after the discovery.

Within seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died.

Howard Carter, however, lived on until the age of 65. Some people say the deaths were just

coincidence. Others believe that they were in connection with a mummy‘s curse, as a punishment

for those who enter the resting place of the dead.

However, still others believe that there is a scientific explanation. Inside the tombs, there are

many viruses. When a tomb is opened, fresh air disturbs the viruses. If breathed in, they can result

in illness or even death. Today, when scientists examine mummies, they wear special clothing for

protection.

What is certain, though, is that ?the curse of the mummy‘ remains a riddle to this day.

木乃伊的诅咒

霍华德?卡特是有史以来世界上最出名的探险家之一。他勇敢 无畏，爱好去从未去过的地方探险。在

其一生中他发现了许多令人惊奇的东西。

霍华德?卡特没有上过学，但是他从画家父 亲那里学会了画画。他天资聪颖，对家乡之外的世界充满了

好奇心。

1891

年，在

17

岁的时候，他 扬帆远航到了埃及的亚历山大。到了

20

世纪

< br>20

年代，他已成为一

名探险家，致力于寻找古埃及国王 的陵墓。他找到了不少重要的陵墓。在这些陵墓中，他发现了大量的珠

宝和黄金，同时还 有已故国王经过处理的遗体，这些经过处理的遗体就是为人所知的木乃伊。

1922

年，在埃及的国王谷，霍华 德?卡特做出了他最惊人的发现。此次探险之前，他得到了卡那封

勋爵的资助。