牛津英语必修一课文原文及中文翻译

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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

my old school, but it was

a bit

challenging for me

at firs

t

because all the homework was in English. I felt lucky as all

my teachers gave me much encouragement and I enjoyed all my

subjects: English, History, English Literature, Computer

Science, Maths, Science, PE, Art, Cooking and French.

My

English

improved

a

lot

as

I

used

English

every

day

and

spent

an

hour

each

day

reading

English

books

in

the

library.I

usually

went to the Computer Club during the lunch break, so I could

send

e-mails

to

my

family

and

friends

back

home

for

free

.

I

also

had an extra French class on Tuesday evenings. Cooking was

really fun as I learned how to buy, prepare and cook food. At

the end of term we held a class party and we all had to cook

something. I was glad that all my classmates were fond of the

cake that I made.

Students

at

that

school

have

to

study

Maths,

English

and

Science,

but can stop studying

some subjects if they don’t like them,

for

example,

History

and

French.

They

can

choose

other

subjects

like

Art

and

Computer

Science

or

Languages

such

as

Spanish

and

German.

In

the

Art

class

that

I

took,

I

made

a

small

sculpture.

Though it didn’t look

very beautiful when it was finished, I

still liked it very much.

I missed Chinese food a lot at lunch. British food is very