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高中英语教师试讲材料 Reading I In this lesson you will practise reading for inference. Whale Song Adventure John: Today we are interviewing high school student Sarah Jones, who has just returned from a voyage on the tall ship Whale Song. Where did you hear about this programme, Sarah? Sarah: Well, the trust that administers the ship runs about 20 voyages for young people each year. They recruit and select people 15 to 20 years old who will benefit from 12 days on a tall ship. They travel round high schools, talking about the programme and encouraging people to apply, and after they came to Westville High, I was given the opportunity to go on a voyage. John: How were you chosen? Sarah: Well, their selection process is confidential, but I suppose that it helped that I’m a bit of an outdoors person and that I’m on the Sports Committee for the school. But, I’m certainly not a good student – I usually get terrible grades for my assignments! They make all the candidates write a letter, and I guess they approved of what I wrote. John: So, what did you write? Sarah: Well, I talked about my aspirations to experience many different adventures in life, and my feeling that we have to grab opportunities with both hands when they are offered to us. I said I really welcomed the chance to learn new skills, especially about teamwork and communication. John: So, tell us about the voyage. Sarah: Well, there were 30 of us on the boat and we were divided into four watches over 24 hours, because you can never sleep on the open sea – someone always has to be watching for potential danger. The watches rotated so that we all got the chance to contribute to the watches and also to sleep at night sometimes! The crew on watch is responsible for navigation, sailing the boat, and hoisting and taking down the sails. That’s a huge job, and you have to learn pretty fast to watch for sudden storms or changes in wind direction. Off watch, there are always chores to do on a