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1、典范英语3a课文原文各位同学们，大家在学习英语的时候会有相关的.文章，我们看看下面的典 范英语3a原文，欢迎阅读。典范英语3a课文原文1Anne s Best FriendDo 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
2、 wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend. Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War ?. Her family was Jewish soShe said, I don t as most people do, but I shall call my friend the hiding place sincenearly twenty-five months before they were discovered. DuringI w
3、ant this diary Kitty. Now read July 1942.I want this diary Kitty. Now read July 1942.that time the only true friend was her diary, want to set down a series of facts in a diary itself to be my friend, and how she felt after being inThursday 15th June, 1944Dear Kitty,I wonder if it s because I haven,
4、 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, one eve
5、ning when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half pasteleven in order to have a good look at the moon by my self. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn t go d
6、ownstairs until the window bad 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 V d seen the night face to faceSadly ! am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty
7、windows. It s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.Yours,Anne典范英语3a课文原文2the Road to Modern EnglishAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the ne
8、xt century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world, and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.Native English speakers can understand each other
9、even if they don t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?American Amy: Yes. I d like to come up to you apartment.So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each ot
10、her. At fist the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was base more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 500 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England sp
11、oke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600 s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people w
12、ere taken to Australia to. English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English langu
13、age. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the lan
14、guage for government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop
15、its own identity? Only time will tell.典范英语3a课文原文3Journey Down the MekongMy name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visite
16、d our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college if Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got time interested in cycling too. After graduating from colleg
17、e, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, uWhere are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.I am fond of my sister but she has one seriou
18、s shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are weleaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her whether she had
19、looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn t; my sister doesn t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look - the kind that said she wou1d not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more t
20、han 5, 000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.Several months befo
21、re our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan P
22、rovince. Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.