PartOneRules:1.Makesureyoucanrecitethewholeparagraph.2.Youcangethigherscoresifyoucanreciteitfluently,loudly,clearly,withfacialexpressionsandgestures.3.Tomakeiteasier,youareallowedtogothroughthewholeparagraphinoneminutebeforereciting.Eliminate8contestants.123456Doyouwantafriendwhomyoucouldtelleverythingto,likeyourdeepestfeelingsandthoughts?Orareyouafraidthatyourfriendwouldlaughatyou,orwouldnotunderstandwhatyouaregoingthrough?AnneFrankwantedthefirstkind,soshemadeherdiaryherbestfriend.One…Forexample,oneeveningwhenitwassowarm,Istayedawakeonpurposeuntilhalfpasteleveninordertohaveagoodlookatthemoonbymyself.Butasthemoongavefartoomuchlight,Ididn’tdareopenawindow.Anothertimefivemonthsago,Ihappenedtobeupstairsatduskwhenthewindowwasopen.Ididn’tgodownstairsuntilthewindowhadtobeshut.Thedark,rainyevening,thewind,thethunderingcloudsheldmeentirelyintheirpower;itwasthefirsttimeinayearandahalfthatI’dseenthenightfacetoface…TwoAttheendofthe16thcentury,aboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.Laterinthenextcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworldandbecauseofthat,Englishbegantobespokeninmanycountries.Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.ThreeWhatisstandardEnglish?IsitspokeninBritain,theUS,Canada,Australia,IndiaandNewZealand?Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.ManypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisthestandardEnglish.Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.However,onTVandtheradioyouwillheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.FourGeographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.SomepeoplewholiveinthemountainsoftheeasternUSAspeakwithanolderkindofEnglishdialect.WhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.SopeoplefromthemountainsinthesoutheasternUSAspeakwithalmostthesamedialectaspeopleinthenorthwesternUSA.TheUSAisalargecountryinwhichmanydifferentdialectsarespoken.AlthoughmanyAmericansmovealot,theystillrecognizeandunderstandeachother’sdialects.FiveSeveralmonthsbeforeourtrip,WangWeiandIwenttothelibrary.Wefoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.FromtheatlaswecouldseethattheMekongRiverbeginsinaglacieronaTibetanmountain.Atfirsttheriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travellingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.Sometimestheriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.SixSong:勇气Singers:HeJiaZouMeiChenFeng-（8）何佳邹玫-（10）程芬终于做了这个决定终于做了这个决定别人怎么说我不理别人怎么说我不理只要你也一样的肯定只要你也一样的肯定我愿意天涯海角都随你去我愿意天涯海角都随你去我知道一切不容易我知道一切不容易我的心一直温习说服自己我的心一直温习说服自己最怕你忽然说要放弃最怕你忽然说要放弃爱真的需要勇气爱真的需要勇气来面对流言蜚语来面对流言蜚语只要你一个眼神肯定只要你一个眼神肯定我爱你的意义我爱你的意义((我的爱就有意义我的爱就有意义))我们都需要勇气我们都需要勇气去相信会在一起去相信会在一起人潮拥挤我能感觉你人潮拥挤我能感觉你放在我手心你的真心放在我手心你的真心如果我的坚强任性如果我的坚强任性会不小心伤害了你会不小心伤害了你你能不能温柔提醒你能不能温柔提醒
