Helen Naylor,英语语言教育专家、自由职业作家,已在英国语言学校教授成人英语30余年,并出版过多部语法类和剑桥考试备考类图书,现为剑桥ESOL考试出题人兼考官。
顾莹,哈尔滨市第三中学英语教师,中教一级,曾获2008年度中央电视台迎奥运“希望之星”英语风采大赛全国总决赛教师组一等奖。已参与编著《高考英语听力专项训练》《45分钟基础巩固与能力提高》等图书。
张莉,哈尔滨市第三中学英语教师,市骨干教师,市英语学科带头人,多年来一直担任备课组长。所教学生多人考入清华、北大等国内知名院校及国外名校。工作期间在公开课、论文等方面多次受到省、市级奖励。
目錄:
People in the story 故事中的人物 6
Places in the story 故事中的地点 7
Before reading 读前思考 8
Introduction 引子 9
Chapter 1 Jason’s future 贾森的未来 10
Chapter 2 Nina’s new job 尼娜的新工作 14
Chapter 3 Dinner at Maggie’s 玛吉家的晚餐 20
Chapter 4 Sam has money problems 塞姆为钱所困 26
Chapter 5 Jason and Maria 贾森和玛丽亚 32
Chapter 6 Nina and David talk 尼娜和戴维的谈话 39
Chapter 7 Maggie’s visitor 玛吉的访客 43
Chapter 8 What Sam didn’t know 塞姆不知道的事儿 49
Chapter 9 Fire! 着火了! 54
Conclusion 尾声 59
After reading 读后活动 62
Learning guide 学习指导 63
Translation 参考译文 72
內容試閱:
Introduction
Moreland Road is a street in the city of Bath, England.
One Friday evening in March, at six o’clock, people were coming home from work as usual. The schoolchildren were already at home.
A woman’s voice was coming from number 12. ‘Jason, are you doing your homework? You’ve got to do it before you go out to see Maria tonight.’ But there was no answer. Jason was listening to music and couldn’t hear his mum.
At number 48 David Sen wasn’t home yet, but his wife was. Thirty-two-year-old Nina Sen was tired after a long week of work at the bank. She had some news for her husband, but she wasn’t sure how to tell him.
Across the street was number 75. Maggie was in the living room, sitting on the sofa. She was thinking about something. It was a nice something, because she had a smile on her face.
And then there was Sam Davies, from number 56. He was walking slowly home, looking a bit worried. Actually, he always looked worried. Money was his problem. He never had enough for everything. How was he going to tell his wife that they couldn’t have a holiday this year?
So, just another ordinary Friday…