【英语周报】2015-2016学年人教版选修十Unit 1备课资料：文章 Complementary Reading Material.docVIP

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【英语周报】2015-2016学年人教版选修十Unit 1备课资料：文章 Complementary Reading Material.doc

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【英语周报】2015-2016学年人教版选修十Unit 1备课资料：文章 Complementary Reading Material

Complementary Reading Material 1. The story (1306-1329) of Robert the Bruce (1274-1392) Robert the Bruce was the rightful king of Scotland but until 1306 the country was ruled or controlled by the English. So Robert the Bruce had to fight for 30 years to achieve Scottish independence. It was after one of the worst defeats of the Scottish army against the English that Robert tile Bruce lost heart and took shelter to avoid being caught by the British army. It seemed at this time as if all hope of Scottish independence was over: Their greatest military leader, William Wallace, had already been captured and killed in 1305, the army had been defeated and all the leaders had been forced to hide from the British army. Robert the Bruce was in despair and wondered if he should go to France to end his life in comfort there. Then his eye fell on a spider spinning its web. It kept trying to swing across the ceiling to make its web. Over and over again it failed and tried, until at last it reached the other side and secured the first strand of the web. To Bruce it seemed like a message for him to continue Try, and try again the spider seemed to be saying to him. Bruce adopted the same motto and spent the next eight years fighting the English until they were at last driven out. In 1314 he succeeded by defeating the army of King Edward I1 at the Battle of Bannockburn. He became the first true King of Scotland. 2. The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Helen Keller (1880-1968) Helen was born a normal little girl but at the age of 19 months she became iii and lost her hearing and her sight. She became so badly behaved that no one wanted to look after hen Her family was in despair until Alexander Graham Bell suggested that they write to a college for blind teachers for help. The college sent Anne Sullivan. Her work with Helen was so successful that the girl entered Radcliffe College. After college, Helen became a convinced socialist. She gave lecture tours speak