Unit 4 Earthquakes课时作业

Using language

第一节. 阅读理解

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　　A new TV documentary(纪录片)is being made which charts the lives of three children who are making a home in Britain.In each case，the children have travelled to the UK alone to join their mothers after a separation of several years.

　　Imran is 11 and lived in Pakistan with his grandmother before coming to a village near Peterborough in the East Midlands to join his mother and his new stepfather(继父)，whom he had not met before.He speaks Urdu and Punjabi，but not a word of English.Imran soon got into trouble at school because he was at a disadvantage among his confident English­born classmates.The other children mock(嘲笑)him because they think he is not cool，so he covers up his awkwardness by playing the fool.After school he sits drawing a picture of himself with tears on each cheek.

　　Like Imran，10­year­old Altynay from Kyrgyzstan，spoke no English when she arrived at her new home in Penistone，Yorkshire，but she was lucky to have Kanykei，who has lived in England for three years，to interpret for her.Even so，this little girl，who was the head girl at her old school，found her first few months here very hard.Early in the film she is shown laughing and dancing with Kanykei，while later she appears to be homesick and disappointed by the language barrier(障碍)at her village school.But that was a few months ago.Kanykei confirms that Altynay is happier now because she has learned more English.

　　Compared with the two，Marshal has a huge advantage，having been educated at English­language schools in Zimbabwe.He is also outgoing.When asked if settling into a new country is hard for him，he shakes his head，"No，it was not hard for me.I am a brave person."But his new life is not without difficulties."It is his reading I am worried about，"says his mother Josephine."He didn't have my support when he needed it."

【语篇解读】　本文是记叙文。文章介绍了三位刚来英国的小移民是如何适应新生活的。