新教材 | 外研版高中英語必修2 Unit 2課文縮寫

Unit2

part1

John is regarded as one of the most famous writers in the world. He writes novels as well as poems. Full of infinite imagination and fantasy,his works of literature have attracted a numberof readers. Regardlessofwarnings from the government, he complains about inequality of human rights. He recommends that everyone should have the freedomto vote in elections. John likes travelling. He pays regular visits to China. In the fifth lunar month,he participated inthe Dragon Boat Festival celebration to honour Qu Yuan, an ancientChinese poet. In North America hecelebrated Thanksgiving with local people to give thanks for a good harvest in case people might be starving. He also bought someThanksgiving decorations. He even went to the North Pole and there he sent a handwritten letter in a large envelope tohis friend.

約翰被認為是世界上最著名的作家之一。他寫小說和詩歌。他的文學作品充滿無限的想像力和幻想，吸引了眾多讀者。無論政府發出什麼警告，他都抱怨人權不平等。他建議每個人都應有選舉自由。約翰喜歡旅行。他定期訪問中國。在農曆正月初五，他參加了端午節慶祝活動，以紀念中國古代詩人屈原。在北美，他與當地人一起慶祝感恩節，以感謝大家的豐收，以防萬一人們可能挨餓。他還買了一些感恩節裝飾品。他甚至去了北極，在那裡他用一個大信封寄了一封手寫的信給他的朋友。

part2

The Lantern Festival was coming. Tocelebrate this importantoccasion, we decorated our windows with balloons and posters.By evening, we would set off fireworks. Our neighbour would hold alanternriddle competition. The host preparedsnacks and desserts for us. Two guys in fancy dress waved to me, indicating that they wereinvitingme to compete with them. I had to play against them at theirrequest. Though it was not a formal competition, but 1 mustwin over them. This competition would attract more people.

元宵節快到了。為了慶祝這一重要時刻，我們用氣球和海報裝飾了窗戶。到了晚上，我們將放煙花。我們的鄰居將舉行一次燈籠拼圖比賽。主人為我們準備了小吃和甜點。兩個穿著化裝的傢伙向我招手，表明他們邀請我與他們競爭。我不得不應他們的要求與他們對抗。儘管這不是正式比賽，但是必須贏得一場比賽。這項比賽將吸引更多的人。

part3

The editor admitted that there exsited some mistakes in the printing process of their newspaper, sothey embraced our advice. He saidthey would spare no effort torecover the loss. The newspaper has globalreaders, including citizens of different nationalities and overseasreaders. Its readers range from teenagers, adults to retired people. On New Year’s eve,the newspaper editors will interactwith its readers andaudiencesthrough the Internet and provide them with all the textsoftware of the newspaper. To our joy, this is a good phenomenonas well as a good token.

編輯承認，他們的報紙印刷過程中存在一些錯誤，因此他們接受了我們的建議。他說，他們將不遺餘力地彌補損失。該報紙有全球讀者，包括不同國籍的公民和海外讀者。它的讀者範圍從青少年，成年人到退休人士。在新年前夕，報紙編輯人員將通過Internet與讀者和受眾互動，並為他們提供報紙的所有文本軟體。令我們高興的是，這是一個好現象，也是一個好的象徵。