Unit 4 Growing up
Comic strip & welcome to the unit 1. 你在想什么呢？What’s on your mind? 2. 成长是艰辛的。Growing up is hard. 3. 发生了什么事？What’s up?
4. 为你自己再建一个。Build another one for yourself. 5. 直到你建完房子再叫醒我。
Don’t wake me up until you finish building the house. 6. 书本允许我了解不同时期和地方的人们。
Books allow me to learn about people in different times and places. 7. 无论何时我想了解我都可以通过网络了解这个世界。
I can learn about the world through the Internet whenever I want to. 8. 你一点击鼠标就会有大量的信息。
As soon as you click the mouse, there’s a great deal of information.
Reading 9. NBA最矮的运动员比学校其他孩子要小得多。
The shortest player in the NBA was much smaller than the other kids at school. 10. 在上初中的时候，他参加了校队的选拔。
While attending junior high, he tried out for the school team. 11. 最初他被拒绝了。但是他没有失去信心。
He was refused at first. However, he didn’t lose heart. 12. 当他最终获得机会时，他在第一场比赛中得了20分。
When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. 13. 从那以后，他练习得更刻苦了。
From then on, he practiced even harder. 14. 由于他的身高他不得不坐在看台上。
He had to sit in the stands because of his height.
15. 他使教练改变了他的想法。He got the coach to change his mind. 16. 他接着成了球队的队长。He went on to become leader of the team.
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17. 在他高中最后一年里，他被命名为年度最佳选手。
In his last year of senior high, he was named Player of the Year. 18. 没有大学会邀请他打篮球仅仅是因为他只有170cm高。
No university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall.
19. 在一所专科院校，他带领他的球队走向了全国冠军。
In a junior college, he led his team to the national championship. 20. 这让他引起了那所大学的注意。
This brought him to the attention of the university. 21. 结果，他成功地得到了奖学金。
As a result, he succeeded in getting a scholarship. 22. 虽然他在大学里是一名出色的球员，但NBA对他并不感兴趣。
Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not interested in him. 23. 它所有的队员都要比他高20多厘米。
All its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. 24. 毕业后,他被迫进入另一支篮联打球。
After he graduated, he was forced to play in another basketball league. 25. 在NBA注意到他之前，他在那儿待了大约一年。
He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him. 26. 那时他获得了许多巨大的成就。
He had many great achievements at that time. 27. 他最引以为豪的一刻就是在比赛中获胜。 His proudest moment was to win the contest. 28. 通过努力，他证明了身材和体型并不要紧。
Through hard work, he proved that size and body do not matter.
Grammar 29. 我感到筋疲力尽。I feel tired out.
30. 我接到我叔叔的电话。I received a call from my uncle. 31. 本周天气一直很恶劣。The weather has been awful this week. 32. 他在与另外一队的对抗赛中得了41分。
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He scored 41 points in a game against the other team. 33. 他结束了他的篮球生涯。He ended his basketball career. 34. 他做了更多的慈善工作，特别是为贫困的中国青少年。
He has done more charity work, especially for poor Chinese teenagers.
Integrated skills 35. 第二次世界大战爆发于欧洲。World War Ⅱ broke out in Europe. 36. 对于每个人来说生活改变了，包括妇女和儿童。
Life changed for everybody, including women and children. 37. 成千上万的人在战争中失去了生命。
Thousands of people lost their lives during the war. 38. 这本书是一个叫安妮的女孩写的。
The book was written by a girl called Anne.
39. 它第一次印刷是在1947年。It was first published in 1947. 40. 从那时起它已经被翻译成67种语言。
It has been translated into 67 languages since then. 41. 它已成为人类精神胜利的象征。
It has become a symbol of the victory of the human spirit. 42. 德国纳粹分子讨厌犹太人。The German Nazis hated the Jews. 43. 他们躲进了一个秘密的地方。
They went into hiding in a secret place.
44. 在那段艰难的时期，她坚持写日记直到它们被纳粹分子发现。
During that difficult time, she kept writing in her diary until they were discovered by the Nazis.
45. 他们被抓，并被送往一处纳粹营地。 They were caught and sent to a Nazi camp. 46. 他们死于疾病。They died of illness.
47. 那些德国人死于一次交通事故。The Germans died from a traffic accident. 48. 他找人把它出版了。He had it published.
49. 她的日记是那个时代的记录。Her diary was a record of that time.
50. 她写下了她的想法、她的情感、她的希望和她对未来的梦想。She wrote down her
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thoughts, her feelings, her hopes and her dreams for the future. 51. 他逃离纳粹营地。He got away from a Nazi camp. 52. 他在战争中幸存下来。He survived the war.
53. 我佩服这些孩子的勇气。I admire these children for their courage. 54. 遗憾的是他们不能像我们这样享受幸福生活。
It’s a pity that they couldn’t enjoy a happy life just as we do.
55. 虽然我们生活在和平时期，但世界其他地区的一些孩子仍然生活在为他们的生命安全担忧中。Although we live in peace, some children in other parts of the world still live in fear of their lives.
Task 56. 写一写对我影响最大的人。
Write about the person who has influenced me most. 57. 他五十多岁。He is in his fifties.
58. 直到你对他了解更多，你才会发现他的不寻常之处。
You will not find anything unusual about him until you learn more. 59. 每当有剩余钱的时候，他就捐给需要的人。
Whenever he has some money left, he gives it to someone in need. 60. 他献的血足够挽救70多个人的生命。
The blood he has donated is enough to save over 70 lives. 61. 他还捐出血细胞给血癌病人。
He has also donated blood cells to people with blood cancer. 62. 使我惊讶的是，他已决定在去世后捐出自己的遗体供医学研究。
To my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.
63. 我意识到他有一颗充满爱的心。
I realize that he has a heart full of love.
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