Unit 1
1. What should a good friend be like?一个好朋友应该是怎样的呢？
2. What are they arguing about?他们在争论些什么？
3. I don’t enjoy singing, nor do I like computers. 我不喜欢唱歌，我也不喜欢电脑。
4. I hate hiking and I am not into classical music.我讨厌徒步旅行,对古典音乐我也不感兴趣。
5. I am fifteen and I am fond of singing.我十五岁，我喜欢唱歌。
6. One day chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes.
有一天，查克坐在飞越太平洋的飞机上，就在这时，飞机突然坠毁了。
7. Chuck survives the crash and lands on a deserted island where there were no people.
查克在这次飞机坠毁中幸免于死，他落到一个无人居住的孤岛上。
8. He talks to Wilson and treats it as a friend.他同威尔逊谈话，把它当作朋友。
9. Chuck learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow.查克认识到我们要有同甘共苦的朋友。
10. It is important to have someone to care about.有一个要去关心的人是很重要的。
11. He also learns that he should have cared more about his friends.他也认识到他原本就应该更加关心他的朋友们.
12. Many people keep dogs as pets because dogs are regarded as loyal friends to people.
许多人把狗作为宠物来养，因为狗被认为是人们忠实的朋友。
13. If you were alone on a deserted island, you would have to learn to hunt for water and food.如果你独自一人呆在一个荒岛上,你就必须学会寻找饮用水和食物。
14. If someone is quick in mind and action, we say he is smart.如果一个人在思维和行动上敏捷，我们就说这个人聪明伶俐。
15. I am honest and I like to have fun.我诚实而又喜欢玩得开心。
Unit 2
1. English is really a language spoken all around the world.英语真的是全世界都说的一门语言。
2. There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the peopie speak English.
在不只四十二个国家里，大多数人说英语。
3. In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue.总数超过三亿七千五百万的人的母语是英语。
4. An equal number of people learn English as a second language.相同数量的人将英语作为第二语言来学。
5. In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.
仅仅五十年内，英语已经发展成为在全世界使用和说得非常广泛的一门语言。
6. With so many people communicating in English every day , we can see that it will be more and more important to have a knowledge of English.有那么多的人每天用英语进行交际,我们想像得到掌握英语知识会变得越来越重要。
7. Many students want to know about the differences between American English and British English.
许多学生想了解英国英语和美国英语之间的区别。
8. How did these differences com about?这些差别是怎样产生的呢？
9. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed.
美国的语言在很长一段时间里保持不变而英国的语言却在变化。
10. At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words.同时英国英语和美国英语（分别）从不同的语言中借用一些单词，结果就导致了两种语言有着不同的单词。
11. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.
然而，多数时候两个国家的人们在相互理解（对方的语言）上并没有什么困难。
12. They started to use English, but they also brought in some words from their own language.
他们开始使用英语，但他们也从自己的语言中引进了一些单词。
13. Sure, we flew all the way directly from Seattle to London.那当然，我们直接从西雅图飞到伦敦。
14. You must be very tired. Did you sleep at all on the plane?你肯定非常疲劳,你在飞机上睡觉了没有?
15. I mean, I found the bathroom, but not the toilet.我是说，我发现了浴室，但没有发现厕所。
Unit 3
1. What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?
在你决定你会用哪种交通工具之前,你该考虑些什么?
2. Many of today’s travelers want to have a new experience from their travels and some of them wish to have an adventure.
现在的许多游客都希望从他们的旅游中享受到新的体验,其中还有些人希望进行有刺激的冒险活动。
3. Adventure travel is becoming more and more popular.探险旅游正变得越来越受欢迎。
4. Instead of spending your vacation on a bus, in a hotel or sitting on the beach, you may want to try hiking.
你也许想试一试徒步旅行,而不是坐在公共汽车里,住在旅馆中或坐在海滨来度过你的假日.
5. Watch out for dangers, such as spiders, snakes or poisonous plants.要当心一些危险物，比如说蜘蛛、蛇和有毒的植物。
6. Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun.带顶帽子保护自己不受到阳光的照射。
7. As with hiking, you should always think about your safety and wear good clothes.
就像进行徒步旅行一样，你随时都要考虑到自身的安全，穿上合适的衣服。
8. Oh, I believe traveling in space will be easy then.我想像到那时在太空中旅行会很容易。
9. Imagine that you have a machine that let’s you travel in time.
想像着你有一台机器，这台机器能让你沿着时间的征程旅行。