外語教育 勾劃未來
初高中銜接
11. Living like a Pig (1)
One day， a guru（印度教大師） knew what he would be in his next life。 So he called his favorite disciple（徒弟） and asked him what he would do to show thanks。 The disciple said he would do whatever his guru asked him to do。
After the guru received the promise， he said，“Then this is what I‘d like you to do for me。 I’ve just learned that when I die very soon， I‘m going to be born as a pig。 Do you see that pig eating rubbish over there in the yard ？
I’m going to be born as one of its baby pigs。 You’ll recognize（認出）me by a mark on my face When the baby pigs have been born， find the baby pig with a mark on its face and kill it with your knife Then I’ll not live a pig‘s life Will you do this for me？”
11.像豬一樣生活(1)
有一天，一位印度教大師知道了他的來生是個什麼樣子，因此，他召來（call）自己最喜愛的（favorite）徒弟，並問他要做什麼來表示感謝。徒弟說無論什麼（whatever），只要大師要求，他都會去做。
收到（receive）這項承諾（promise）之後，大師說：“我現在就告訴你我希望你為我做的。我剛剛得知（learn）我就要死了，我會出生（be born）成為一隻豬（pig）。你看到正在院子（yard）裡吃垃圾（rubbish）的那頭豬了吧？我將會是它下一窩豬仔中的一隻小豬（baby pig）。你會從我臉（face）上的記號（mark）認出我來．當那些小豬出生以後，你去找臉上有記號的小豬，用你的刀（knife）把它殺死，這樣我就不會過豬的生活（live a pig’s life）。你會為我做嗎？”
11. Living like a Pig (2)
The disciple was sad to hear all this， but he agreed to do as he had promised。
Soon after this conversation， things happened just as the guru had mentioned。 The guru died。 Four baby pigs were born。 One day， the disciple held his knife with him and picked out the baby pig with a mark on its face。 Just as he was about to kill it， the little pig suddenly spoke，“Stop！ Don’t kill me！”it cried。
The disciple was very surprised， and he heard the little pig speak in a human voice， it said，“Don‘t kill me I want to live on as a pig。 When I asked you to kill me， I didn’t know what a pig‘s life would be like。 It’s great！ Just let me go。”
11.像豬一樣生活(2)
聽到這些徒弟很傷心（sad），但他同意（agree）照大師所說的去做。
事情正和大師提到（mention）的一樣。在他們的對話（conversation）之後不久，大師死了，四隻豬仔出生了。有一天，徒弟握著（hold）他的刀，挑選（pick out）出臉上有記號的那隻小豬。當他正要（be about to）殺掉它時，小豬突然（suddenly）開口說話：“住手！不要殺我！”小豬大喊道。
徒弟非常吃驚（surprised），他聽到小豬用人的聲音（in a human voice）說：“別殺我！我想要當豬繼續活下去。當我要求你殺我時，我並不知道豬的生活將是什麼樣。豬的生活很棒（great）！就讓我活下去吧。”
12. Greenland and Iceland
Greenland is the largest island on earth。 It is in the north of Europe。 Near Greenland is another island。 It is small。 Its name is Iceland。 Do you think that Greenland is green and warm？ Do you think that Iceland is white with ice？ If you do， you are wrong。 Not many people live on the big island of Greenland。 There are more people in your hornet own than in all of Greenland That is because Greenland is not green Greenland is white。 Most of Greenland is covered with lots of ice。 The ice covering Greenland is higher than some of the world‘s buildings。 What about Iceland？ Is it colder than Greenland？ No， it is not。 Iceland has ice， but not so much ice as Greenland。 Iceland has a Lot of hot springs（溫泉）。 They give out hot water and steam （蒸汽）。 So it is not as cold as Greenland。 And there are a lot more people who live in Iceland。
12.格林蘭島與冰島
格林蘭島是世界上（on earth）最大的島嶼（largest island）。它位於歐洲（Europe）的北部（north）。在格林蘭島的附近有另外一個島。這個島很小。它的名字叫冰島。你認為格林蘭島是綠色（green）、溫暖的（warm）嗎？你認為冰島是冰（ice）覆蓋的白色（white）島嶼嗎？如果你這樣想，你就錯了。格林蘭島上沒有很多人居住。你家鄉（hometown）的人會比（than）整個格林蘭島的居民都多。那是因為格林蘭島不是綠色的，它是白色的。格林蘭島的大部分（most）覆蓋著（be covered with）很多冰。覆蓋格林蘭島的冰比這個世界上的一些建築物（building）還要高。冰島怎樣呢（what about Iceland）？它比格林蘭島還要冷（cold）嗎？不，不是的。冰島有冰，但不像格林蘭島那麼多的冰（not so much ice as Greenland）。冰島有很多溫泉。這些溫泉放出（give out）熱水和蒸汽，因此冰島不像格林蘭島那樣冷（not as cold as Greenland）。而且冰島的居民遠遠多於格林蘭島。
13. A Competition of Lying
A certain old gentleman was very unhappy about modern education， and thought that young people didn’t know the difference between right and wrong。
One day he was taking a walk near the church when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat The old gentlemen went up to the boys and asked them what was happening。 One of the boys said to him“We’re having a competition。 We‘re telling lies， and the one who tells the biggest lie will keep the cat。”
The old gentleman thought this was a good chance to teach the boys a useful lesson， so he said to them，“I’ve never told a lie in my life”。 At once there was a great shout from all the boys， and they said，“You‘ve won！ The cat belongs to you！”
13．說謊比賽
某個（a certain）老年紳士（gentleman）對現代教育（modern education）頗為不滿（unhappy），他認為年輕人不知道是非（right and wrong）之間的差異（difference）。
有一天，他在教堂（church）附近散步（take a walk）時，看到一些小男孩圍著一隻小貓（cat）。這位老紳士湊上前去問孩子們發生（happen）什麼事了。有個男孩告訴他：“我們正在進行一場競賽（competition）。我們在比賽說謊（tell ties），誰說的謊最大，這隻貓就是誰的。”
老紳士覺得這是教育孩子們的一個好機會。於是他就對孩子們說：“我這輩子從未說過謊話。”立刻（at once）所有孩子異口同聲地大喊（shout）：“你贏（win）了！這隻貓屬於你了（The cat belongs to you）！”
14. Sports in America
In many parts of the world， there are four seasons： spring， summer， fall and winter。 There are only three in America： football， basketball and baseball。 If you want to know what season it is， just have a look at what people are playing。
Sports are an important part of American culture。 Students learn to play many sports at school。 They take PE classes。 Some join the school teams， and others join school sports leagues（聯盟）。
For many people in the USA， sports are not just for fun They’re almost a religion （宗教）。 Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and sports stars play。 Other fans watch games on TV at home。 The most devoted（投入的） sports fans never miss a game
14．美國的體育
世界上許多地方（many parts）有四個季節（season）：春（spring）、夏（summer）、秋（fall）、冬（winter）。美國卻只有三個：足球、籃球（basketball）和棒球（baseball）。如果你想知道是什麼賽季（season），只需看一下人們在玩哪種球即可。
體育是美國文化（American culture）的一個重要部分（part）。學生在校時學習很多體育專案。他們上體育課（PE）。有些學生加入校隊（join the school team）．還有些學生加入學校體育聯盟。
對於許多美國人來說，體育不只是為了玩（for fun）。體育幾乎（almost）是一種宗教。成千上萬的（thousands of）體育迷（sports fan）購買昂貴的門票（ticket）去觀看（watch）他們最喜歡的球隊以及體育明星（star）比賽。其他體育迷在家透過電視（on TV）看比賽。最鐵桿的體育迷從不會錯過（miss） 一場比賽。
15. The Apple Tree (1)
A long time ago， there was a huge apple tree。 A little boy loved to come and play around it every day。 He climbed to the treetop， ate the apples， played under the tree。。。 He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him。
Time went by。。。The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree。
One day， the boy came back to the tree and looked sad。“Come and play with me，”the tree asked the boy。
“I am no longer a kid I do not play around trees any more”The boy replied，“I want toys。 I need money to buy them。”“Sorry， but I don‘t have money。 But you can pick all my apples and sell them So， you will have money。”The boy was so excited。 He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily。 The boy didn’t come back after he picked the apples。 The tree was sad。
One day， the boy returned and the tree was so excited“Come and play with me”The tree said“I don‘t have time to play。 I have to work for my family。 We need a house Can you help me？”“Sorry， but I don’t have a house But you can cut off my branches（枝幹）to build your house。”， so the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily。
The tree was glad to see him full of joy， but the boy didn‘t appear since then The tree was again lonely and sad。
15.蘋果樹(1)
很久以前有一棵巨大的（huge）蘋果樹（apple tree）。一個小男孩每天都喜歡來到樹旁玩耍。他爬（climb）到樹頂、吃蘋果、在樹下玩……他愛這棵樹，樹也愛和他一起玩。
隨著時間的流逝，小男孩長大了（grow up）。他不再到樹旁玩耍了。
一天，男孩回到樹旁，他看起來很悲傷。“來和我玩吧！”樹說。
“我不再是個小孩（kid），我不會再到樹下玩耍了．”男孩答道，“我想要玩具（toy），我需要（need）錢來買。”
“很遺憾，我沒有錢。但是你可以摘（pick）我所有的蘋果拿去賣。這樣你就有錢了。”男孩很興奮（excited）。他摘掉樹上所有的蘋果，然後高興地離開了。摘過蘋果以後，男孩沒再回來（come back）。樹很傷心。
一天，男孩回來（return）了，樹非常興奮，“來和我玩吧”，樹說。“我沒有時間玩．我不得不（have to）為我的家庭工作。我們需要一個房子，你能幫我嗎？”“很遺憾，我沒有房子。但是，你可以砍下（cut off）我的樹枝來建房。”因此，男孩砍下所有的樹枝，高高興興地離開了。
看到他充滿歡樂（full of joy），樹也很高興（glad）。但是，自從（since）那時起，男孩沒再出現（appear），樹很孤獨（lonely）很悲傷。
15. The Apple Tree (2)
One hot summer day， the boy returned and the tree was very happy。“Come and play with me！”the tree said。
“I am sad and getting old I want to go sailing to relax myself。 Can you give me a boat？”“Use my trunk（樹幹） to build the boat You can sail and be happy。”So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat He went sailing and did not show up for a long time
Finally， the boy returned after he left for so many years。“Sorry， my boy。 But I don’t have anything for you any more No more apples for you。”the tree said。“I don’t have teeth to eat。”The boy replied“No more trunk for you to climb on”“I am too old for that now。”the boy said。“I really want to give you something——the only thing left is my dying roots（根）。”The tree said。“I don’t need much now， just a place to rest。 I am tired after all these years。”The boy replied。“Good！ Come here， please sit down with me and have a rest，”The boy sat down and the tree smiled 。
This is a story of everyone。 The tree is our parent。 When we were young， we loved to play with Mom and Dad。 When we grow up， we leave them， and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble。 Whatever， parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy。 You may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that‘s how all of us are treating（對待）our parents。
15．蘋果樹(2)
在一個炎熱的（hot）夏日，男孩回到樹旁，樹很高興．“來和我玩吧！”樹說．
“我很傷心，我開始變老了。我想去航海（go sailing）放鬆（relax）自己．你能不能給我一條船？”“用我的樹幹去造一條船，你就能航海了，你會高興的。”於是，男孩砍下樹幹去造（make）船。他航海去了，很長一段時間未露面（show up）。
許多年後男孩終於回來了．“很遺憾，我的孩子，我再也沒有任何東西（anything）可以給你了。沒有蘋果給你”樹說。“我沒有牙齒（teeth）吃了。”男孩答道。“沒有樹幹供你爬。”“現在我老了，爬不上去了。”男孩說．“我真的想把一切都給你……我唯一剩下的東西是快要死去的（dying）樹墩。”樹說。男孩答道。“現在，我不需要什麼東西，只需要一個地方（place）來休息（rest）．經過了這些年我累了（tired）。”“太好了！過來，和我一起坐下休息（have a rest）吧。”男孩坐下了，樹笑了…．
這是發生在每一個人身上的故事（story）。那棵樹就像我們的父母（parent）．我們小的時候，喜歡和爸爸媽媽玩。長大後，便離開他們，只有在我們需要父母，或是遇到了困難（in trouble）的時候，才回去找他們．無論什麼，父母卻總是有求必應，為了讓你幸福（make you happy），付出他們所有的一切（everything）。你也許覺得那個男孩對樹殘忍（cruel），但我們何嘗不是這樣對待自己的父母暱？
16. Pupils in China
On Tuesday， October 4， Mr。 Goff visited our class。 He is Karen’s dad， and he just got back from a business trip to China。 He has many pictures of busy cities and beautiful mountains。 His pictures are worth seeing Mr。 Goff came to our class to tell us what life is like in China
We learned that pupils in China went to school six days a week in the past but now they have a rest at weekends。 They write with 2，000 characters（字） instead of 26 letters。 Each character is a complete word。 They also review their lessons。 After school， pupils play basketball and volleyball and ride bikes。 They do the same things as we do。
Mr。 Goff said a businessman from China would visit him soon We will invite the man to our class。 In that way， he can tell us more about pupils in China
16.中國的小學生
10月（October）4日星期二（Tuesday）．高夫先生來到我們班。他是克倫的爸爸．他去中國（China）商務旅行（business trip）剛回來。他有很多圖片——繁忙的（busy）城市和美麗的山川（mountains）。他的圖片值得一看（be worth seeing）。高夫先生來我們班為我們講述中國人的生活。
我們得知中國的小學生（pupil）在過去（in the past）是每週上六天課，但現在他們是在週末（at weekends）休息了。他們書寫（write）2000個漢字而不是（instead of） 26個字母（letter）。每個（each）漢字是一個完整的字（complete word）．他們也複習（review）功課。放學後，小學生們打籃球和排球還騎腳踏車。他們和我們做一樣的（the same）事情。
高夫先生說一位來自中國的生意人不久要來拜訪他。我們將邀請（invite）這個人來我們班。那樣（in that way），他就可以給我們講述更多關於中國小學生的事情了。
Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love。 The tradition may have come from Turkey（土耳其）。
In the 1700s in Turkey， it was quite popular for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange things。 The baskets were sent secretly to the person who was receiving it。 Usually， an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street left the basket beside the door of that person
17。Say it with Flowers（1）
Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love。 The tradition may have come from Turkey（土耳其）。
In the 1700s in Turkey， it was quite popular for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange things。 The baskets were sent secretly to the person who was receiving it。 Usually， an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street left the basket beside the door of that person
17.花語寄情(1)
戀愛中（be in love）的年輕男士經常（often）送花（flower）給女友，這個傳統（tradition）可能來自（come from）土耳其。
18世紀的土耳其，熱戀中的人相互贈送裝滿奇怪（strange）物品的籃子，這種做法在當時很流行（popular）。籃子（basket）被秘密地（secretly）送給接收籃子的人（person）。通常（usually），由街上賣花或水果（fruit）的老婆婆把籃子送到那人的門旁邊（beside the door）。
17. Say It with Flowers (2)
These baskets included many kinds of gifts： flowers， stones， candles， etc。 Each thing in the basket had a special meaning。 By working out the secret message hidden in each gift， the person who received the basket began to understand little by little the true feelings of the person who sent it。
這些籃子裡包括（include）許多種禮物（many kinds of gifts）：花、石頭（stone）、蠟燭（candle）等。每樣東西都有特殊的含義（special meaning）。籃子接收者想出（work out）每件物品所暗藏（hide）的資訊（message），然後就開始漸漸地（little by little）理解（understand）贈送者的真實感情（true feelings）。
17. Say It with Flowers (3)
The idea of sending gifts of love with secret meanings quickly spread to other countries。 However， as time passed， only sending flowers remained popular。
Flowers told young ladies about the feelings in the heart of young men。 Each different flower had a different meaning。 For example， the flowers from an orange tree meant，“you are beautiful and pure（純潔）。”Pink carnations （康乃馨） meant，“My love far you is great。”Yellow roses， on the other hand， meant，“I saw you with someone else。”
Many flower dictionaries were made to help young people in love understand the meaning of the flowers they received。 However， not all of the dictionaries agreed on the meaning of each flower， so a person had to be careful about the flowers they chose to send
By the 1880s， using flowers to send messages had become unpopular， and the more direct way of sending love letters began。 Today， flowers are still considered a lovely gift， but the meaning for each kind of flower has been lost。
17.花語寄情(3)
這種贈送禮物傳遞秘密資訊的示愛方式迅速傳（spread）到其他國家（country），但是，隨著時間的流逝，只有送花的傳統保持（remain）了下來。
花把男士心（heart）中的感情傳遞給女士。每種花都有不同的含義。例如（for example），桔（orange）樹上開的花表示，“你美麗又純潔”。粉紅色（pink）的康乃馨表示，“我對你的愛是熱烈的”。另一方面（on the other hand），黃玫瑰（yellow rose）則意味著“我看見你和別人在一起”。
為了幫助戀愛中的年輕人理解他們收到的花所代表的含義，人們編制出很多關於花的詞典（dictionary）。但是，對於每一種花的含義，不是所有的詞典都能達成一致（agree on）。因此，人們在送花時必須謹慎選擇（choose）。
到了19世紀80年代，花語寄情已經不流行，寫信成為更直接的（direct）示愛方式。如今（today），花仍被認為（consider）是一種可愛的禮物，但以前每一種花的特定含義已經沒有了。
18. Learning by Doing and Going
Many of my classmates think they are forced to go to school。 They say they are only interested in playing。 But I love going to school， and my favorite subject is science I like science because the experiments and field trips are exciting。
In science we do many exciting experiments in the lab。 One time we made crystal form（晶形）in a bottle by using salt in water。 Another time we watched how baby chicks are hatched（孵出）。
We also take exciting field trips for science， We went to a museum and saw huge dinosaurs（恐龍）and tiny butterflies。 On Tree-planting Day， we went to a forest and collected leaves。
It‘s good to play， but I would rather do experiments and go on field trips。 That’s why science is my favorite subject。
18．透過做與行學習
我的許多同學認為他們是被強迫（force）去上學的，他們說只對玩感興趣。但我喜歡上學，我最喜歡的學科（subject）是科學（science）。我喜歡科學是因為做實驗（experiment）和野外（field）旅行令人興奮（exciting）。
上科學課時，我們在實驗室（lab）做許多令人興奮的實驗。有～次，我們利用水中的鹽（salt）在一個瓶子（bottle）裡做晶形。還有一次，我們觀察小雞（chick）是怎樣被孵化出來的。
為了學習科學，我們還進行令人興奮的野外旅行。我們去了一個博物館（museum），看到了巨大的恐龍還有微小的（tiny）蝴蝶（butterfly）。在植樹節，我們去了一個森林（forest）並收集樹葉（collect leaves）。
玩耍很好，但我寧願做實驗（would rather do experiments）以及去野外旅行。那就是我最喜歡科學課的原因。
19. Jane Came Home Too Late
Jane got home late at night。 She was going to knock at the door。 Just then it opened。 Her father was standing by the door。 He was a tall man with white hair。“Come in，”he said“I am getting cold。”Jane went in Her mother was waiting in the room Her mother was a short woman She was sitting on the sofa， and looked pale Her father closed the door。
“Well，”he said，“Where have you been？ You promised not to stay out beyond 11 o’clock。 It‘s one o’clock now。”
“It‘s only a quarter to one。”
“That doesn’t make any difference。 You should have come home earlier”her father replied angrily。
“We‘ve been very worried about you，”said her mother。
“I’m sorry，”Jane said。“I was at a party。 I didn‘t notice the time。”
“You’ve got a watch， ”said her father。“Your mother and I have waited for a long time。 We didn‘t know where you were”
“I can look after myself，”replied Jane“I’m not a baby any more”。。。
That is a situation that we often see in our life Please do not let your parents worry about you again！
19. 簡回家太晚
簡在深夜（late at night）才回家。她正要敲門，門開（open）了。她的父親正站在門旁。他是高（tall）個子，頭髮（hair）都白了。“進來吧，”他說，“我都覺得冷了。”簡進了家。她的母親正在房間（room）裡等她。她母親個子很小，正坐在沙發（sofa）上，看上去臉色蒼白（pale）。簡的父親把門關上了。
“那麼，你上哪去了？”父親悶道，“你答應（promise）在外面不超過（beyond）11點的．現在都1點了。”
“差一刻鐘（quarter）到1點”。
“那沒什麼差別（it doesn‘t make any difference）．你應該早（early）點回家的”，父親生氣的說。
“我們都非常擔心（worried），”母親說。
“我很抱歉，”簡回答，“我參加了一個聚會（party）。我沒有注意到（notice）時間，”
“可你戴著手錶（watch）”，父親說，“你媽媽和我等了那麼長時間。我們不知道你在哪裡。”
“我可以照顧（look after）自己”，簡回答道，“我又不是小孩了。”……
這是在我們生活中經常看到的一個情形（situation）。請不要再讓你們的父母為你們擔心（worry about you）了！
20. My Son's Questions
Since my son was three years old， he’s kept asking me“why？”about everything。 Why is the sky blue？ Why are there clouds？ Why can‘t I go outside？ Why do I have to be nice？ Anyway， I always try my best to answer his questions。
Now my son is ten years old。 At this age， the boy is interested in all kinds of things， and he’s got more questions to trouble me Do people in prison celebrate festivals？ Why are dogs’ noses always wet？ Why are women and men‘s shoe sizes different？ 。。。
These days， the boy shows interest in the facts of life， so I borrowed books from the library and prepared myself for any questions he might ask At the end of our long talk， he still looked confused（迷惑的）。“If you have any questions，”I said，“please ask them There are no stupid questions。”
“Well。 suppose I was married，”he said with shame，“my wife was going to give birth to a baby， and I had to rush her to the hospital， okay？”
“Yes，”I smiled and encouraged him to continue his question。
Then he asked，“Can go through red lights？”
20．我兒子的問題
自從我兒子三歲起，他就一直在問我“為什麼”，他要對一切事情刨根問底。為什麼天空（sky）是藍色的（blue）？為什麼會有云朵（cloud）？為什麼我不能去外面？為什麼我必須要對人友好？無論如何（anyway），我總會盡一切努力回答他的問題。
如今我兒子十歲了。在這個年齡，他對各種事情都感興趣（be interested in），他有更多的問題要麻煩我了。在監獄（prison）裡的人慶祝（celebrate）節日（festival）嗎？狗的鼻子（nose）為什麼總是溼韻（wet）？ 女人和男人的鞋碼（shoe size）為什麼不一樣呢？……
這幾天，這個孩子對生命是怎麼回事感興趣了，因此我從圖書館（library）借（borrow）書並準備（prepare）了他可能（might）會問到的所有的問題。在我們的長談結束時，他看上去仍然很迷惑。“如果你有什麼問題，儘管問好了，”我說，“沒有愚蠢的（stupid）問題（問什麼都行）。”
“好吧，假設（suppose）我結婚了（married），”他帶著羞愧（with shame）說，“我的妻子要生小孩了，我必須趕緊（rush）將她送到醫院，對嗎？”
“是的，”我微笑著說，並鼓勵（encourage）他繼續問他的問題。
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