New Dynamic English文本材料
Module 3
I. Daily Activities: 1. Kathy's Schedule Kathy is a writer.
She works for a newspaper, and she also writes books. Her daily schedule varies. Her schedule changes everyday. She often works late at night.
As a result, she doesn’t like to get up early. Q
Sometimes, she gets up so late that she doesn't have time for breakfast. For example, she didn't get up until 9:15. She didn’t have time for breakfast. She just ate a cup of coffee.
Then she worked on her computer at home until 11:30. Q
She left home at 11:45 and took a bus downtown to her office at newspaper.
It is now 2:00 and she is eating a late lunch. She is very hungry.
So she is having a large lunch.
She is hungry, because she didn’t eat the breakfast. Q
Late this afternoon, she is going to have a meeting with her boss. She is going to make a request.
She wants to take a week off, so that she can go to Paris. Her best friend who with her parents is going to get married. Q
This everying she is going to interview an important person. the interview is schedule to last an hour, from 6:30 until 7:30. She is going to interview the person about problem of nuclear waste. After the interview she's going to work late.
She wants to finish the story before she goes to bed. Q
She thinks it's going to be an important story.
We all need energy but we have to think carefully about safety.
2. Diane's Schedule
Diane is a house wife and a mother.
Her husband, Dick, drives a taxi. Their two children both to school. Q
Their school is about 20 minutes awry by car. Q
This morning, dine got up early at 6:30. She cooked breakfast for her family at 7:00.
At 7:15 they sat down together and ate the breakfast. Q
And 7:45 she drove her kids to school.
After taking her kids to school she and her friend went shopping together. They went to a shopping center and bought some clothes for their children. After that she and her friend went to a health club. Q
They stayed the health club for about an hour. Her friend trying to lose the weight. Q
Now Diane is backing home. She is cleaning the house. She doesn’t have much time.
In about an hour, at 3:00 she is going to pick up her kids at school. Q
After dinner, Diane is going to take a class.
Twice a week in the evening, she studies the painting. Diane enjoys her class very much.
According to her teacher, she is getting to be pretty good.
3. Question Practice 4. Focus Exercises
II. Our World
1. Our Planet, Earth This is our planet, Earth.
It's one of nine planets that travel around our sun. It's the third planet from the sun. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. The second closest planet to the sun is Venus. Our planet is 93 million miles from the sun. The sun gives us the energy that we need. Q
The sun is very important to us all. It gives us heat and light.
Without it there would be not life from on earth.
If we were closer to the sun, it would be too hot to us. Our planet would burn.
If we were farther from the sun, it would be too cold to us. Our planet would freeze.
As you can see, the balance of nature is very important. In nature, small changes can make big differences. Q
2. Air, Water & Pollution
Beside energy from the sun, we also need water and air. Without water and air, there would be no life.
Without enough water, there aren't enough plants and trees. Plants and trees produce air that we breathe. We also need water to grow our food.
In some parts of our world, there isn't enough water.
Without enough water, food can't grow, and people don't have enough food to eat. Q
Condition must be right for life to exist. When conditions are not right, life cannot exist.
For example, millions of years ago there were forms of life that no longer exist.