代初中英语课本第五册课文
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Revised final draft November 26, 2020
Why the bat comes out only at night
？
（
80
年代初中英语课本第五册第
1
课）
Long, long ago, there was a war between the birds and the
beasts. No one knows what they fought about. The bat did
not know whose side he should take. He thought and thought,
then decided he must try to be on the side of the winners.
So he watched from far away. After a while, it seemed that
the birds were going to win. He flew over to join them.
“What on earth are you doing here” a bird shouted at him.
“Can’t you see I’m a bird” the bat said with a smile.
“Look, I have swings, just like you.” “Come along,
then,” said the bird. “Don’t hide behind others.” But
things changed soon. Now it seemed that the beasts were
winning. So the bat left the birds in a hurry and went over
to the beasts. “What are you doing on our side” and
animal called out to him. “Are you
spying on us” “Don’t
you know I’m one of you” asked the bat, showing his teeth.
“Look. Can’t you see I’ve got teeth, too” “Who are
trying to fool” said the animals. “We saw you fighting on
the side of the birds just now.” So the beasts drove him
off. Of course the birds refused to take him back. When the
beasts and the birds saw neither side could win, they
decided to stop fighting. Neither beasts nor birds would
have the bat as their friend, so he was afraid to leave his
home. Ever since then, he comes out only at night.
Lesson 2 Nathan Hale
（
80
年代初中英语课本第五册第
2
课）
The young American stood quietly while the British guards
searched his clothes. They found nothing.
“
If they don
’
t
find the maps in my boot,
”
he thought,
“
maybe they will
let me go. Then I
’
ll try to send the maps to General
Washington.” “Take off your boots,” one of the guards
ordered. The American’s heart beat faster. He took off his
boots and handed them to the guard. The guard looked inside
one boot, then another. “Use your knife, man!” ordered
the British officer nearby. The guard brought out his knife
and cut one boot open. He stopped suddenly and the American
knew what it meant. The maps of the British army’s defence
works! The guards took the American to General Howe. The
general looked at the
maps. “I see you’ve made some
drawing of our defence works,” he said. “This can only
mean one thing.” “Yes, sir.” “Do you have anything to
say for yourself” “No, nothing.” “What’s your name”
“Nathan Hale.” “Rank” “Captain.” The general studied
the maps a
few more minutes. “Captain Hale,” he said
finally. “I’ve never seen such fine drawings. You know,
we could use a man like you. Why not join us You don’t
have to worry about rank or pay.” Nathan Hale looked
straight at the general. “Nothing could make me tu
rn
against my country!” “Then there’s only one thing I can
do, you understand” “Yes, sir.” “You will be hanged as
a spy early tomorrow morning.” *** Nathan Hale looked
around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.
“Now, Nathan Hale,” said the British officer. “Let’s
hear what you have to say before you die.” Nathan Hale
took a last look at his beautiful country and said,
“
I
only regret that I have but one life to lose for my
country.
”
Lesson 3 A question of pronunciation
（
80
年代初中英语课本第五册第
3
课）
This happened in?London. It was November and the weather
was very wet and cold.
A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and
night. So he decided to go and get some medicine for his
cough. As he did not know much English, he got out his
dict
ionary and looked up the word “cough”. But the
dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce the word. He
thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word
“plough”. He remembered that it was pronounced [plau]. So
he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kau]. The he
put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist’s shop. When
the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman
said: “I want something for my cow, please.” The man in
the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly “I b
eg
your pardon, sir” he asked. The Frenchman repeated: “I
want some medicine for my cow.” “For your cow” asked the
man. “Are you a farmer” “A farmer” said the Frenchman
in surprise. “What makes you think I’m a farmer I come
fromParis. I’m not a farmer.” “Where’s your cow, then”
asked the man in the shop. “It’s here!” replied the
Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest and began to cough.
“Here it is!” he said. “I’ve a very bad cow here.”
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman
meant. He wanted some medicine for his cough.
Lesson 4 The Arab in the desert
（
80
年代初中英语课本第五册第
4
课）
An Arab was walking alone through the desert when he met
two men. The men looked worried. It seemed that they had
lost something. The Arab went over to them.
“
Have you lost
one of your camels?
”
he
asked them. “Yes,” they said.
“Was he blind in the right eye and lame in the left foot”
asked the Arab. “Yes, he was “Had he lost a tooth and was
he carrying corn” “Yes,” said the men. “Please tell us
where he is.” “I don’t know where he is,” said the Arab.
“I’ve never seen such an animal.” “Did someone tell you
about him” “No.” The two men looked at each other in
surprise. They could not believe the Arab’s words. Finally,
they came up close to him, took hold of him, and shouted:
“Where’s the animal And what have you done with our
goods” The Arab insisted that he had never seen the camel.
At last the men took him before a judge. They said that the
Arab had stolen their camel. “I’ve never seen their
camel,” insisted the Arab. “But I’m
a man of the desert,
and I’ve learned to look carefully at everything I see.
This morning I saw the tracks of a lost camel. I knew this
because there were no man’s tracks near those of the camel.
I also saw that the camel must be blind in the right eye,
because he had only eaten the grass on his left side and
had not touched the grass on his right. The animal was lame
because with one foot he left a track much lighter that any
of the others. He had lost a tooth, because wherever he ate
grass, there was always a small space left untouched. I
also found groups of ants near the tracks of the camel.
They were pulling pieces of corn. From these facts I was
able to tell what goods the animal was carrying.”
The
judge and the two men were satisfied with what the Arab had
said. Together the four men set out to look for the lost
animal.
Lesson 5The seagulls ofSalt Lake City
（
80
年代初中英语课本第五册第
5
课）
Salt Lake Cityis a beautiful city in the west of?North
name comes from a great salt lake nearby. The
city lies in a valley with high mountains all around it.
But long ago there was almost nothing in this place and
there were very few people living here. More than a hundred
years ago, a group of men, women and children moved from
the east to the west. They had traveled a long way. At last
these brave people came to the great mountains by the salt
lake. They crossed the mountains and reached this quiet
place. They decided to stay here, and so they built their
homes and made their farms. This was whereSalt Lake Citynow
lies. The people had to work hard on their farms, because
their lives depended on their crops. One day while they
were working in the fields, some farmers saw something
strange in the sky. “What’s that” asked one of them.
“Where” asked another, as he stopped to look. “Over
there,” was the reply. They saw something like a cloud
coming, but it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it
came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up: “Locusts!
Millions of them!” The words put fear into the hearts of
all, because they knew what locusts could do, and they had
never seen so many of them before. In no time the locusts
came down and started eating everything
–
the wheat, the
corn, the grass and even the leaves on the trees. The
farmers brought out things to fight the locusts. They tried
everything. But while they were killing the locusts in one
place, millions more arrived in another. What could the
farmers do Suddenly there was a great noise. As they looked
up, they saw another cloud coming towards them. To their
surprise, they saw not locusts this time, but seagulls. The
farmers cried out, “They’ve come to eat what the locusts
have left.” But to their joy, they found that the seagulls
had come to eat not the crops, but the locusts. They had
seen or smelled the locusts and had come from theGreat Salt
Lake. Now they were eating the locusts! In a short while
they ate up millions of them. The farmers’ crops were
saved! The people were very thankful. They decided that
from then on no one should ever kill a seagull. And today,
if you go toSalt Lake City, you can see a monument with
seagulls on top of it.