【课文翻译】新译林版必修一Unit1（英汉对照）

【课文翻译】新译林版必修一Unitl（英汉对照）[Reading]Realizing yourpotential发挥你的潜能Hello,everyone!Welcome tosenior high school!Today isthe start of a new term,the startof athree-year journeyand thestartof a promisingfuture.大家好！欢迎进入高中阶段学习！今天，是新学期的开始，是一段三年旅程的开端，更是一个锦绣前程的起点I cantwait todescribe toyou what senior highschool lifeis like.The pathbefore youleads toa worldfull ofchallenges:anewenvironment,new knowledge and newways ofthinking.However,for thoseof youwith apositive mind,opportunity liesin eachchallenge.When yourise tothe challenges,you willhave theopportunity toacquire greatknowledgeandenjoy personalgrowth.Most importantly,your timeand effortatsenior highschool will openthe doorto yourpotential.我迫不及待地要向你们描述高中生活的模样你们面前的路通向一个充满挑战的世界，这里有新环境、新知识和新的思维方式不过，对你们当中思维积极的人来说，每一个挑战中都蕴藏着机遇在迎接挑战的时候，你们将有机会掌握大量的知识，并享受个人的成长最重要的是，你们在高中阶段度过的时光、付出的努力将会为你们叩开潜能的大门“What ispotential^^you mayask.Put simply,potential isyour naturalability thatcan bedeveloped whenyou tryhard enough.Who knowswhat beautifulworks ofart you will create,what medicaladvances you will makeor what amazing technologiesyou willdevelop!The possibilitiesare endless,and Ihave confidencein yourability to make adifference to your family,toyourcommunity andto ourcountry.Over thenext threeyears,youwilldiscover yourpotential whileyou developas astudent and as aperson.你们也许会问“什么是潜能？”简而言之，潜能就是当你足够努力时才可以开发的天赋谁知道未来你们能创作出哪些精美的艺术品，实现哪些医学突破，或者开发出哪些不可思议的技术！可能性无穷无尽，而且我相信你们有能力改变你们的家庭、改变你们的社区、改变我们的国家在今后的三年里，你们作为学生和个体成长的同时，将会发现自己的潜能To fullyrealize yourpotential,it isimportant for you tomake themost ofour schoolresources.Take advantageof yourclasses,learn fromyour teachersand classmates,and make use ofour schoolfacilities.There arealso a lot ofschool activitiesforyou.Join aclub ortwo,and takean activepart indifferent sports.要想全面发挥自己的潜能，充分利用我们学校的资源很重要要让学校课程为你所用，要向老师和同学请教，要善用学校的各种设施学校还为你们准备了许多活动要加入一两个俱乐部，并且积极地参与各项体育运动Of equalimportance aregood studyhabits,useful skillsandapositive attitude.Carefully planyour study,set cleargoals andbalance yourschoolwork withother activities.As aseniorhighschool student,you mustmake effortsto improveyour communicationand problem-solving skills.Last butnot least,always lookon thebright sideand neverlose hope,even indifficult situations.In timeyouwillfind yourselfgrowing intoa well-rounded individual.同样重要的还有良好的学习习惯、实用的技能以及积极的态度你们要细致规划学习，设立清晰的目标，并且平衡好课业和课余活动的关系作为高中生，你必须努力提高人际沟通和解决问题的技巧最后但同样重要的是，要不断看到事情好的一面，即便身处困境，也永远不要失去希望最终，你们会发现自己逐渐全面成长As Lao-Tzu wiselysaid,“A journeyofathousand milesbegins with a singlestep.You needtomake a continuouseffort totrain yourmind anddevelop yourcharacter.Senior highschoolwillhelp youlearn andgrow,yet youalone areresponsible forrealizing yourgreat potential.Be confident,do yourbest and makeusproud!正如老子睿智的箴言所说的那样“千里之行，始于足下你们需要坚持不懈，努力去训练自己的头脑、培养自身的性格高中阶段会帮助你们学习、成长，但是只有你们自己才能肩负起发挥自身巨大潜能的责任请充满信心，尽己所能，让我们为你们感到骄傲吧！[Extended reading]School life in the UK在英国的学校生活Last year,I hadthe chanceto studyataBritish secondary school asan exchangestudent.I stayedwithalovely hostfamily and went toschool withtheir son,Daniel.We wereboth inyear tenandwegot onwell.He islearning Chineseand willcome tostay withme thisyear in China!去年，我有机会作为交换生到英国的一所中学读书我寄宿在一个亲切友好的家庭，并与这家人的儿子丹尼尔一同上学我们去年都读十年级，相处得很融洽丹尼尔正在学习中文,今年要来中国与我一起学习生活The Britishschool daybegins at9a.m.and endsat4p.m.Students usuallyhave tolearn ninesubjects atsecondaryschool.Every studentin the UK muststudy English,Maths and the Sciencesubjects:Biology,Chemistry andPhysics.Students canalso chooseto studyother subjects,such asHistory,Art andBusiness.英国的学校上午9点开始上课，下午4点放学中学生通常要学习九门功课英文、数学和科学课（生物、化学、物理）是必修课，学生们还可以选修其他课程，比如历史、艺术和商业The classesare differentfrom thoseinChina.Each teacherhas theirown classroomandthestudents movearound forevery lesson.In most of myclasses,there wereonly about20students.In thebeginning,however,it wasstill toughfor meto remembereveryone9s name!英国的课堂与中国的不同每位老师都有自己的教室，学生们每节课走班上课在我所上的大部分课上，都只有二十个学生左右然而刚开始时，我仍然很难记住所有人的名字！I enjoyedmostofthe classes,but someof themwere quitechallenging.Technology classeswere fun.I madea clockto takehome.The teacherhelped meput theparts together.I likeit somuch thatI stilluse itas myalarm!I foundMaths quiteeasy andenjoyable becausethe materialwas lessadvanced in the UKthan inChina.However,learning inEnglish was a greatchallenge forme.There werea lotof difficultEnglish words,especially inGeography andBiology.Class discussionis veryimportant intheUK,but Icould notmakeagreat contributionbecause sometimesI wasntable toexpress myselfclearly inEnglish.Although therewas notas muchhomework asI wasused to,it wasstill challenging.Fortunately,my teachersand classmateswere alwayshelpful andgave melots ofencouragement.My languageskills improvedover time.大部分课程我都喜欢，但是也有一些非常有挑战性技术课很有意思我做了一只钟带回家老师帮助我完成了零件组装我太喜欢这只钟了，现在还在用它当闹钟呢！我觉得数学很简单，学起来很愉快，因为英国的数学教材没有中国的难不过，用英语学习对我来说是一项巨大的挑战难词很多，尤其是在地理和生物两门课中在英国，课堂讨论很重要，可是我的贡献不大，因为有时候我没办法用英语清楚地表达自己的观点尽管作业不像以前那么繁重，却仍旧很有挑战性幸好，老师和同学们一直都乐于帮助我，并给予我很多鼓励渐渐地，我的语言能力提高了During thehour-long lunchtime,I ateintheschool dininghall.There werelots ofoptions includingbread andbutter,chicken pieand puddings,but I still missedmy mumscooking!After lunch,I oftenplayed onthe schooPshuge sportsfield withDaniel and his friends.Sometimes wejust relaxedunder atree orsat onthe grass.午餐时间有一小时，我在学校餐厅用餐选择很丰富，有黄油面包、鸡肉馅饼和布丁等，但我还是想念妈妈做的菜！吃完午餐，我常常同丹尼尔还有他的朋友们去学校的大运动场活动活动有时候，我们就在树下小憩或者在草地上坐坐After school,there weremany clubsto join.The onethat attractedme mostwas theRugby Club.We playedonce aweek,and itwas greatfun.Also,I enjoyedacting inthe TheatreClub.Istillhave photosof myselfacting inWilliam ShakespearesA MidsummerNights Dream.Joining clubswasagreat wayto meetBritish studentsandmakefriends withthem.放学后，有许多俱乐部可以参加最吸引我的是橄榄球俱乐部我们每周打一次球，真的很有趣我也喜欢去戏剧俱乐部表演我还留着自己参演莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》时的剧照加入俱乐部是与英国学生相识、交友的好方法I amglad tohave theopportunity toexperience thisdifferent wayof life.1met somegreat peopleand learntalotabout schoollifeintheUK.Daniel andhis familywere fantastichosts,andhisfriends werevery niceas well.I cantwait fbrDaniel tovisit China!我很高兴有机会体验这种不同的生活方式在英国我见到了一些很棒的人，也了解了英国校园生活的方方面面丹尼尔和他的家人是非常棒的东道主，丹尼尔的朋友们也十分友好我迫不及待要让丹尼尔来中国了！。