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九年级上册外研版英语课文
哎呀妈呀，这九年级上册外研版的英语课文，可真够咱喝一
壶的了！一开始翻开书，那单词跟小蝌蚪找妈妈似的，密密麻麻，看得我眼花缭乱。

不过咱东北人啥场面没见过，这点小困难，根
本不算个事儿！
第一课，讲的是啥来着？哦对了，是关于旅行的。

嘿，我这
心里头啊，立马就飞出去了，想着啥时候能再去趟长白山，瞅瞅
那天池的水，是不是跟课文里描述的一样，清澈见底，神秘莫测呢！读课文的时候，我就跟自个儿演起了小剧场，一会儿是导游，一会儿是游客，那英语说得，虽然带点大碴子味儿，但好歹也是
张口就来，乐呵乐呵得了。

还有那对话部分，老有意思了。

俩人搁那儿聊天气，我一读，就想起了冬天咱家那旮旯的大雪片子，呼呼地下，跟课文里说的“heavy snowfall”一模一样。

我一边读，一边还琢磨，这外国人要
是来咱东北，看见那雪景，指定也得惊呼：“Wow, what a beautiful snow world!”
最逗的是，课文里还有关于食物的介绍。

我一瞅见“dumplings”，立马就饿了，心想这外国人要是知道咱东北的饺子，那馅儿大皮薄，一口下去，满嘴留香，指定得馋得直流口水！
总而言之，这九年级上册的外研版英语课文啊，虽然难了点，但咱东北人不怕，咱有那股子不服输的劲儿！一边学，一边乐，
还能顺便畅想畅想外面的世界，这学习，不就变得有意思多了嘛！。

外研版九年级上册英语课文原文与翻译

外研版九上Module 1 Unit 1课文Activity 3 Listen and read. 听与读。

Tony: Let's call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than manmade ones. And I think the Giant's Causeway is tne most fantastic natural wonder.托尼：我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话，加入讨论吧。

我认为自然奇观比人造奇观更有趣。

我认为巨人之路是最神奇的自然景观。

Lingling: Hmm, I've never seen it, so I'm not sure I agree with you. Why do you like it,Tony? 玲玲：嗯，我从未见过它，因此我不能确定我同意你的意见。

托尼，你为什么喜欢它？Tony：Well,I visited the Giant's Causeway two years ago. It's huge. There are about 40,000 rocks,most ot them with six sides. It runs for several hundred metres on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.托尼：哦，我两年前参观过巨人之路。

它巨大无比，大约有40 000块岩石，大部分岩石有六个面。

它位于北爱尔兰东海岸，绵延数百米。

Lingling:That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. It's about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high. You can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away.玲玲：听起来很棒，但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。

外研版初三上M1-M12课文及译文完整版

Module 1 Wonders of the worldUnit1 What is a wonder of the world?OK, come and sit down!What's happening?We're having a meeting.That's news to me! I'm doing my homework. What's it about?The school magazine.What school magazine?Right, listen up, everyone. Did anyone watch television yesterday evening? Did you see the interview with Becky Wang?She sings with the band Crazy Feet. She's my favourite singer.Yes, I saw it. She went to our school!Well, she started a school magazine called New Standard when she was a pupil here. So why don't we start a school magazine, too? I've written down some ideas. We'll write a diary of school event s, and tell everyone about the school concert and the dance club.And school basketball matches.But who will write the article s?We'll write the articles. Any more ideas?I know! I'll do some review s about our favourite bands and movies!And I'll do an interview with Becky Wang!Brilliant! Anyone else?How about "Homework Help"?Yes, some ideas on how to get good grade s!What's your homework, Daming?I'm writing a composition call ed "What is a wonder of the world?" I'm reading about the ancient pyramid s in Egypt."Homework Help". I think that's a fantastic idea, Daming.贝蒂：好吧，进来坐下！大明：什么事？玲玲：我们在开会。

新外研版英语九年级上课文

新外研版英语九年级上课文Updated by Jack on December 25,2020 at 10:00 amModule 1When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a mile, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he replied. “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was looking across the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River, from here a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of the each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is itIt’s about fifteen miles, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away, about 277 miles long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge!I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?” I certainly know the answer. But what do you think?Module 2Thanksgiving is an American festival. People give thanks for their food. It’s celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and it’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends.We’ve celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn, catch fish and keep cows, sheep and hens. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is the most crowded room in our house because we all help to prepare the food there. We lay the table, then before we begin dinner, my father gives praise for the food, so we remember where the festival comes from. We usually eat too much, but it’s only once a year! We often listen to speeches and tell stories after dinner as well. When it’s all over everyone helps wash the dishes.The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. After we finish the Thanksgiving Day festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with thousands of people as it goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s Store. Thanksgiving is also the start of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for presents. Football is also important atThanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.Module 3My hero— Dr Norman BethuneNorman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes. He was Canadian, but he spent his life in China, living with the Chinese, helping them and dying for them. Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916, and he went to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded forces during the war there. He soon realized that many people were dying because they did not get to hospital quickly enough. Dr Bethune developed new ways of taking care of the sick, and invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and close to the fighting so that doctors could treat the wounded more quickly. His discoveries saved many lives.In 1938 he came to China to treat the wounded in the mountains north of Yan’an. At the time, there were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own. His experience of treating people in Spain was useful in China, and he opened hospitals for local people as well. He also developed training courses for doctors and nurses, and wrote books so that doctors could learn about how he treated the sick.Dr Bethune worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself. Once, he worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed to save 112 lives. Then, one day, he cut his finger during an operation, but he continued his work. In the end, he died of his wound.Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made him a hero in China. There are many books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both Canada and China.Module 4Imagine this situation: Your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Will life be as easy as when your parents are aroundWill you manage at home alone?When Zheng Chenyu’s parents left her alone, she was worried. “Although I often go shopping with my mother, I didn’t know what to buy or what to do with it.” The fifteen-year-old girl said that she knew hardly anything about cooking.“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, and make a cup of tea though that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We teenagers don’t know how to look after ourselves,” said Zheng. “I’m so careless that I always forget something important. Two weeks ago I burnt the soup while I was watching television. And then I dropped the bowl.Although Zheng believes that basic life skills such as cooking and washing clothes are especially important, she doesn’t think young people get enough practice.“As soon as we leave home, we’ll learn to cook, but at the moment, we’re so lazy that our parents do almost everything for us.” she said.For most teenagers, their main task is to do their homework. They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college.However, Sima Yige doesn’t agree. His parents are going away next week.“I think I’ll be all right. I won’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some dishes, although they’re quite simple,” the thirteen-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many young people depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even getting dressed”.For most school children, it’s no holiday when their parents are away. It’s more like real life in the future!Module 5Welcome to the most friendly museum in London. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no running, and you mustn’t touch anything. But the Science Museum is different… it’s noisy! People talk about what they can see and do here, and there are some very noisy machines as well. If you want answers to all your questions about science, this is the right place for you.On the ground floor is the Launchpad. This is my favourite room because there are lots of physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with sand, you have to control a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct place. You can also find out how we travel into space and back again.Upstairs is the Human and Nature Room. There you can compare the speed of different animals with your own. When you hear a noise you push a key. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.I also like to visit the other rooms on the second and third floors. You can learn about communication, environment as well as maths, physics and chemistry. For example, you can find out how X-ray let you see inside your body. And in one room they even explain how they dig coal from the ground and use it to create energy.The Science Museum is interesting for people of all ages, as long as you follow the rules. You cannot take photos, but if you want postcards, you can buy them in the shop. The museum is free to enter, so you go in for a few minutes or stay all day. It’s open every day from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.Module 6Dear Diana,Last week, my friend David came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my father’s computer. I was worried, because I should ask my father before I use his computer. He uses it for his work and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks it’ll go wrong if I play games on it.Well, while my dad was out, we decided to try out David’s game. We copied it to the computer, and at the end of the game, we took it off. However, when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad’s records were missing.Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. He could no longer find the records anywhere! They were very important ones.I didn’t tell him about the computer game because I didn’t want him to be angry with me. Should I tell him about the computer gameShould I play to repair it?Yours,SteveDear Steve,Oh dear! You’ve made two mistakes. It’s bad enough that you used your dad’s computer when he told you no to. You should never do that. But it’s even worse that you didn’t tell him about it. If you tell him the truth now, he’ll be angry with you, but at least you’ll show how honest you are.Then you should pay the bill to repair it. But you shouldn’t use your pocket money—after all, your parents gave you that money. If you offer to do some jobs around the home, he’ll realise that you’re very sorry.Oh, and next time, play football with David!Best wishes,DianaModule 7My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in St Petersburg, Missouri, the US, and is a lively and clever boy.Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important people in the book. His good friend Huck Finn lives outside the community, and everyone is afraid of him. Joe is another friend of Tom’s. Becky is a lovely girl with fair hair, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.Tom has many adventures. In one part of the book, he runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. Another time, Tom goes with Huck to look for treasure. With Becky he gets lost in a dark place, and finally, they find a box full of money.My favourite part in the book is when everyone thinks Tom and Huck are dead. They decide to go to the church, and see their family and neighbours. They have come to remember them. Tom hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. At first everyone is surprised to see him, but then they’re just pleased to see him alive. The story is about growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about what it’s like to be free, law and order in society, and how bad people pay for their actions.Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great bookIt’s as American as apple pie, and although Mark Twain wrote it in 1876, it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. It’s written in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the nineteenth century, and the dialogues sound especially real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest American stories. Go on—read it! I know you’ll enjoy it too.Module 8For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004. First, he was invited to competitions around the world. Then he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Olympic Games.But Liu Xiang was not a success immediately. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Junior. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.Then, in 1998, Liu Xiang’s ability in hurdling (running and jumping)was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. A special programme was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu Xiang’s races were recorded, and he was compared with the world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.In 2002 Liu Xiang won his first international 110 hurdles race in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold at the Asia Games. Then, in 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold for China and in the same time as the world record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold for running or hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from any Asian country. Later Liu Xiang went on to win competitions in Europe and the Middle East.Liu Xiang trained very hard. In fact he trained so hard that he hurt his foot. From 2008 on he suffered a lot from his foot problem and was often absent from competitions.Although no one is sure about his future in sport, Liu Xiang is a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to have great pride in him.Module 91 Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?2Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China and was made of silk, bamboo, grass and later, wood. People learnt to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there weren’t many books, and they were expensive. So, few people learnt to read.3Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by placing wood blocks against paper. An important development in printing in the Western world took place in the fifteenth century. They found a way to produce books more quickly and cheaply. As a result, a trade in books developed, and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly, and we can compare this change to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.4 But will books be needed in the future Today information is found online more easily than in books and is kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they are very easy to carry.5 computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines are already read online. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future? Will computers be used more than printed books and photos in the futureNo, I can only afford a Yao Ming photo on my bedroom wall, not a computer screen two metres high!Module 10Dear Mum and Dad,I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we’re staying near Uluru. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: kilometres long and 348 metres high. During different periods of the day, the colours of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the earliest times, and their ancient stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture.The Australians have a close relationship with the British. They have many British relatives and they’re like us in many ways. The food that Australians like most are ham and beef with lots of salad. They also grow grapes and other fruit. They love all sports, but the game that they like most is Australian football. Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach for swimming and surfing. Although it’s December, it’s summer over there. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of sheep in the fields and on the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand… And kangaroos!Most Australians speak English, although they say “Gooday!” and “No worries.”They mean “Hello” and “Don’t worry about it. It’s not a problem!”The next day after we arrived in Uluru, we went up on a horse ride. The horse that I rode was sleepy. It just lay on the ground most of the time…Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a wonderful trip.Love,TonyModule 11We were very happy with our photo competition this year. Compared with other years, we received many more photos. Even though all of the photos are excellent, we can’t give prizes to everyone. There are four prizes, so read on to find out who the winners are…The person who won the prize for the subject Nature is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li Wei took a photo of the tallest hill in Xiangshan Park. His photo shows the different colours on the hill.The photo which we liked best in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao Ming is only twelve years old. Her photo is of a single person rushing across a street somewhere in northern China on a grey wearing blouse and skirt, who is holding her books over her head to protect herself against the showers.The best photo in the Music group was taken by He Zhong. His photo of the group Crazy Feet shows the singer, Beck Wang and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen. He Zhong manages to show how this great new band moves and sounds, and the good time which their fans are having.A number of photos which Beijing and Cambridge in England have won the prize for the subject Home and Away. They show some of the experiences of a young visitor to our country, and some memories of his home. The winner is Tony Smith. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. Tonight we’re all having dinner together, and on the menu is traditional Beijing duck. We are very lucky that famous John Williams is in China to talk about his new book of photos, and will present the prizes to the winners.Module 12How to be greenBy Wang LingingHow green are you Try these questions and see.●Do you walk or ride a bike to school?●Do you buy new clothes just because they are modern●●Do you buy things produced locally and not made abroad?●●Do you take your own bag when shopping and not ask for a plastic bag●●Do you buy drinks in bottles And what do you do with the bottles when they’reempty?●Do you divide the waste into things to recycle and things to throw away●●We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it’s harmful to our environment. Repeat these three words every day: Reduce, reuse and recycle. ReduceReduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. It saves money, causes less pollution , and less waste goes into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary, because maybe the used one is just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. ReuseReuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. Look after them so that they will last. Repair them if possible. Don’t throw away and buy new ones. Don’t use us a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunchbox because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means “change things into something else to be reused”. Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. We throw tons of rubbish away each year, and we have to stop. Divide your rubbish into plastic, glass, paper and rubber. Develop a recycling policy for the whole community. Buy products such as recycled paper to help save trees. We cannot hope for raid change, but let’s take these simple steps today so that we’ll save the world for our grandsons and granddaughters tomorrow.。

九上外研英语课文

九上外研英语课文Unit 1 FriendshipFriendship plays an important role in our lives. It is one of the key factors that contribute to our happiness and well-being. In this unit, we will explore the theme of friendship through various texts.Text 1: "My Best Friend"In this text, the author introduces his best friend, Tom. He describes Tom's appearance, personality, and interests. The author also shares anecdotes and memories that highlight their strong bond. Through this text, we can learn about the qualities that make a good friend and the importance of having someone we can rely on.Text 2: "True Friendship"In this text, the author reflects on the concept of true friendship. The author emphasizes that true friends are those who stand by us through thick and thin, and who accept us for who we are. Through examples and personal experiences, the author demonstrates the value of true friendship and how it can positively impact our lives.Unit 2 School LifeSchool life is a significant part of our formative years. It is a period of growth, development, and learning. In this unit, we will delve into the topic of school life through a series of engaging texts.Text 1: "A Typical School Day"In this text, the author describes a typical day at school. From morning assembly to different subject classes, the author takes us on a journey through a school day. Theauthor also shares their thoughts on various aspects of school life, such as extracurricular activities and homework. Through this text, we gain insights into the daily routine and experiences of students.Text 2: "My Favorite Teacher"In this text, the author pays tribute to their favorite teacher. The author explains the qualities that make this teacher special and how their teaching methods have influenced the author's learning experience. The text also highlights the importance of having a dedicated and inspiring teacher who can make a positive impact on students' lives. Unit 3 Cultural DifferencesCultural differences shape our identities and provide us with a broader perspective of the world. In this unit, wewill explore the topic of cultural differences through thought-provoking texts.Text 1: "Celebrating Diversity"In this text, the author celebrates the diversity of cultures and traditions. The author emphasizes the importance of respecting and embracing different cultures. Through examples and personal anecdotes, the author showcases the beauty of cultural diversity and how it enriches our lives. Text 2: "Culture Shock"In this text, the author shares their experience of culture shock, which occurs when one is exposed to a completely different culture. The author explores the challenges and adjustments one faces when encountering unfamiliar customs and traditions. Through this text, we gain a deeper understanding of the impact of cultural differences on individuals.Unit 4 Environmental IssuesThe environment is a topic of global concern. In this unit, we will delve into the issue of environmental conservation through a series of informative texts.Text 1: "Causes and Effects of Pollution"In this text, the author explains the causes and effects of pollution on the environment. The author highlights various types of pollution, such as air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution, and their detrimental effects. Through this text, we become aware of the urgent need to address these issues and protect our environment.Text 2: "Taking Action for a Greener Future"In this text, the author emphasizes the importance of taking action to protect the environment. The author provides practical tips and suggestions on how individuals can contribute to creating a greener future. By promoting sustainable practices and raising awareness, we can make a positive impact on the environment.In conclusion, the texts in this document explore a range of topics related to friendship, school life, cultural differences, and environmental issues. By reading and understanding these texts, we can broaden our knowledge, develop critical thinking skills, and become more compassionate individuals.。

外研版英语九年级上册课文

外研版英语九年级上册课文Friendship plays an important role in our lives. It gives us a sense of belonging and helps us feel connected to others. Friends can provide support, encouragement, and companionship, making our lives richer and more enjoyable.In the lesson, we learn about the story of two friends, Andy and Mike, who had been best friends since they were young. However, their friendship was put to the test whenthey both fell in love with the same girl, Lily. Thissituation led to some conflicts and misunderstandings between them, ultimately causing their friendship to suffer andnearly come to an end.The story of Andy and Mike teaches us an important lesson about the value of friendship. It shows us that even the strongest of friendships can face challenges and difficulties. It also reminds us that honest communication andunderstanding are essential in resolving conflicts and maintaining strong relationships.In addition, the lesson discusses the qualities of a good friend, such as loyalty, trust, and empathy. A good friend is someone who is there for you in both good times and bad, who listens and offers support without judgment. They are also someone who can be trusted and relied on, and who understands and respects your feelings and needs.Furthermore, the lesson explores the concept of forgiveness in friendship. It emphasizes the importance of forgiveness in repairing and strengthening relationships. Holding onto grudges and resentment can cause more harm than good, and learning to forgive is crucial in moving past conflicts and rebuilding trust.Overall, the lesson on friendship highlights the significance of maintaining and nurturing strong, healthy relationships with others. It teaches us that friendshipsrequire effort, understanding, and forgiveness, but the rewards of having loyal and supportive friends in our lives are immeasurable.。

外研新版英语九年级上课文

When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a mile, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,”he replied. “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was looking across the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River, from here a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of the each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s about fifteen miles, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away, about 277 miles long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge!I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?”I certainly know the answer. But what do you think?Module 2Thanksgiving is an American festival. People give thanks for their food. It’s celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and it’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends.We’ve celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn, catch fish and keep cows, sheep and hens. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is the most crowded room in our house because we all help to prepare the food there. We lay the table, then before we begin dinner, my father gives praise for the food, so we remember where the festival comes from. We usually eat too much, but it’s only once a year! We often listen to speeches and tell stories after dinner as well. When it’s all over everyone helps wash the dishes.The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. After we finish the Thanksgiving Day festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with thousands of people as it goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s Store. Thanksgiving is also the start of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for presents. Football is also important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.My hero—Dr Norman BethuneNorman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes. He was Canadian, but he spent his life in China, living with the Chinese, helping them and dying for them. Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916, and he went to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded forces during the war there. He soon realized that many people were dying because they did not get to hospital quickly enough. Dr Bethune developed new ways of taking care of the sick, and invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and close to the fighting so that doctors could treat the wounded more quickly. His discoveries saved many lives.In 1938 he came to China to treat the wounded in the mountains north of Yan’an. At the time, there were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own. His experience of treating people in Spain was useful in China, and he opened hospitals for local people as well. He also developed training courses for doctors and nurses, and wrote books so that doctors could learn about how he treated the sick.Dr Bethune worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself. Once, he worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed to save 112 lives. Then, one day, he cut his finger during an operation, but he continued his work. In the end, he died of his wound.Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made him a hero in China. There are many books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both Canada and China.Module 4Imagine this situation: Your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Will life be as easy as when your parents are around? Will you manage at home alone?When Zheng Chenyu’s parents left her alone, she was worried. “Although I often go shopping with my mother, I didn’t know what to buy or what to do with it.”The fifteen-year-old girl said that she knew hardly anything about cooking.“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, and make a cup of tea though that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We teenagers don’t know how to look after ourselves,” said Zheng. “I’m so careless that I always forget something important. Two weeks ago I burnt the soup while I was watching television. And then I dropped the bowl.Although Zheng believes that basic life skills such as cooking and washing clothes are especially important, she doesn’t think young people get enough practice.“As soon as we leave home, we’ll learn to cook, but at the moment, we’re so lazy that our parents do almost everything for us.” she said.For most teenagers, their main task is to do their homework. They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college.However, Sima Yige doesn’t agree. His parents are going away next week.“I think I’ll be all right. I won’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some dishes, although they’re quite simple,” the thirteen-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many young people depend too much on their parents, and there is much more tolearn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even getting dressed”.For most school children, it’s no holiday when their parents are away. It’s more like real life in the future!Module 5Welcome to the most friendly museum in London. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no running, and you mustn’t touch anything. But the Science Museum is different… it’s noisy! People talk about what they can see and do here, and there are some very noisy machines as well. If you want answers to all your questions about science, this is the right place for you.On the ground floor is the Launchpad. This is my favourite room because there are lots of physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with sand, you have to control a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct place. You can also find out how we travel into space and back again.Upstairs is the Human and Nature Room. There you can compare the speed of different animals with your own. When you hear a noise you push a key. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.I also like to visit the other rooms on the second and third floors. You can learn about communication, environment as well as maths, physics and chemistry. For example, you can find out how X-ray let you see inside your body. And in one room they even explain how they dig coal from the ground and use it to create energy.The Science Museum is interesting for people of all ages, as long as you follow the rules. You cannot take photos, but if you want postcards, you can buy them in the shop. The museum is free to enter, so you go in for a few minutes or stay all day. It’s open every day from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.Module 6Dear Diana,Last week, my friend David came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my father’s computer. I was worried, because I should ask my father before I use his computer. He uses it for his work and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks it’ll go wrong if I play games on it.Well, while my dad was out, we decided to try out David’s game. We copied it to the computer, and at the end of the game, we took it off. However, when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad’s records were missing.Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. He could no longer find the records anywhere! They were very important ones.I didn’t tell him about the computer game because I didn’t want him to be angry with me. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I play to repair it?Yours,SteveDear Steve,Oh dear! You’ve made two mistakes. It’s bad enough that you used your dad’scomputer when he told you no to. You should never do that. But it’s even worse that you didn’t tell him about it. If you tell him the truth now, he’ll be angry with you, but at least you’ll show how honest you are.Then you should pay the bill to repair it. But you shouldn’t use your pocket money—after all, your parents gave you that money. If you offer to do some jobs around the home, he’ll realise that you’re very sorry.Oh, and next time, play football with David!Best wishes,DianaModule 7My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in St Petersburg, Missouri, the US, and is a lively and clever boy. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important people in the book. His good friend Huck Finn lives outside the community, and everyone is afraid of him. Joe is another friend of Tom’s. Becky is a lovely girl with fair hair, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.Tom has many adventures. In one part of the book, he runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. Another time, Tom goes with Huck to look for treasure. With Becky he gets lost in a dark place, and finally, they find a box full of money.My favourite part in the book is when everyone thinks Tom and Huck are dead. They decide to go to the church, and see their family and neighbours. They have come to remember them. Tom hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. At first everyone is surprised to see him, but then they’re just pleased to see him alive. The story is about growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about what it’s like to be free, law and order in society, and how bad people pay for their actions.Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? It’s as American as apple pie, and although Mark Twain wrote it in 1876, it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. It’s written in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the nineteenth century, and the dialogues sound especially real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest American stories. Go on—read it! I know you’ll enjoy it too. Module 8For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004. First, he was invited to competitions around the world. Then he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Olympic Games.But Liu Xiang was not a success immediately. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Junior. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.Then, in 1998, Liu Xiang’s ability in hurdling (running and jumping)was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. A special programme was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu Xiang’s races were recorded, and he was compared with the world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.In 2002 Liu Xiang won his first international 110 hurdles race in Switzerland, and in the same year,a gold at the Asia Games. Then, in 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold for China and in the same time as the world record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold for running or hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from any Asian country. Later Liu Xiang went on to win competitions in Europe and the Middle East.Liu Xiang trained very hard. In fact he trained so hard that he hurt his foot. From 2008 on he suffered a lot from his foot problem and was often absent from competitions.Although no one is sure about his future in sport, Liu Xiang is a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to have great pride in him.Module 91 Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?2Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China and was made of silk, bamboo, grass and later, wood. People learnt to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there weren’t many books, and they were expensive. So, few people learnt to read.3Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by placing wood blocks against paper. An important development in printing in the Western world took place in the fifteenth century. They found a way to produce books more quickly and cheaply. As a result, a trade in books developed, and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly, and we can compare this change to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.4 But will books be needed in the future? Today information is found online more easily than in books and is kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they are very easy to carry.5 computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines are already read online. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future? Will computers be used more than printed books and photos in the future? No, I can only afford a Yao Ming photo on my bedroom wall, not a computer screen two metres high!Module 10Dear Mum and Dad,I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we’re staying near Uluru. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high. During different periods of the day, the colours of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the earliest times, and their ancient stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture.The Australians have a close relationship with the British. They have many British relatives and they’re like us in many ways. The food that Australians like most are ham and beef with lots of salad. They also grow grapes and other fruit. They love allsports, but the game that they like most is Australian football. Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach for swimming and surfing.Although it’s December, it’s summer over there. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of sheep in the fields and on the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand… And kangaroos!Most Australians speak English, although they say “Gooday!”and “No worries.”They mean “Hello” and “Don’t worry about it. It’s not a problem!”The next day after we arrived in Uluru, we went up on a horse ride. The horse that I rode was sleepy. It just lay on the ground most of the time…Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a wonderful trip.Love,TonyModule 11We were very happy with our photo competition this year. Compared with other years, we received many more photos. Even though all of the photos are excellent, we can’t give prizes to everyone. There are four prizes, so read on to find out who the winners are…The person who won the prize for the subject Nature is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li Wei took a photo of the tallest hill in Xiangshan Park. His photo shows the different colours on the hill.The photo which we liked best in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao Ming is only twelve years old. Her photo is of a single person rushing across a street somewhere in northern China on a grey wearing blouse and skirt, who is holding her books over her head to protect herself against the showers.The best photo in the Music group was taken by He Zhong. His photo of the group Crazy Feet shows the singer, Beck Wang and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen. He Zhong manages to show how this great new band moves and sounds, and the good time which their fans are having.A number of photos which Beijing and Cambridge in England have won the prize for the subject Home and Away. They show some of the experiences of a young visitor to our country, and some memories of his home. The winner is Tony Smith. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. Tonight we’re all having dinner together, and on the menu is traditional Beijing duck. We are very lucky that famous John Williams is in China to talk about his new book of photos, and will present the prizes to the winners.Module 12How to be greenBy Wang LingingHow green are you? Try these questions and see.●Do you walk or ride a bike to school?●Do you buy new clothes just because they are modern?●Do you buy things produced locally and not made abroad?●Do you take your own bag when shopping and not ask for a plastic bag?●Do you buy drinks in bottles? And what do you do with the bottles when they’reempty?●Do you divide the waste into things to recycle and things to throw away?We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it’s harmful to our environment. Repeat these three words every day: Reduce, reuse and recycle. ReduceReduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. It saves money, causes less pollution , and less waste goes into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary, because maybe the used one is just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. ReuseReuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. Look after them so that they will last. Repair them if possible. Don’t throw away and buy new ones. Don’t use us a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunchbox because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means “change things into something else to be reused”. Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. We throw tons of rubbish away each year, and we have to stop. Divide your rubbish into plastic, glass, paper and rubber. Develop a recycling policy for the whole community. Buy products such as recycled paper to help save trees.We cannot hope for raid change, but let’s take these simple steps today so that we’ll save the world for our grandsons and granddaughters tomorrow.。

新外研版英语九年级上课文

Module 1When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a mile, a stranger appeared in front of me.“Am I going the right way?” I asked.He knew where I was going.“Yes,”he replied.“you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was looking across the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River, from here a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of the each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s about fifteen miles, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away, about 277 miles long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge!I remained by the canyon for about half an hour,and I asked myself,“Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?” I certainly know the answer. But what do you think?Module 2Thanksgiving is an American festival. People give thanks for their food. It’s celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and it’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends.We’ve celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed,their first winter was worse than any English winter.The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn, catch fish and keep cows, sheep and hens. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner.The kitchen is the most crowded room in our house because we all help to prepare the food there.We lay the table, then before we begin dinner, my father gives praise for the food, so we remember where the festival comes from. We usually eat too much, but it’s only once a year! We often listen to speeches and tell stories after dinner as well. When it’s all over everyone helps wash the dishes.The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. After we finish the Thanksgiving Day festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with thousands of people as it goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s Store.Thanksgiving is also the start of the Christmas season,and we start shopping for presents. Football is also important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.Module 3My hero—Dr Norman BethuneNorman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes. He was Canadian, but he spenthis life in China, living with the Chinese, helping them and dying for them.Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916, and he went to Spain in 1936to treat the wounded forces during the war there.He soon realized that many people were dying because they did not get to hospital quickly enough.Dr Bethune developed new ways of taking care of the sick, and invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and close to the fighting so that doctors could treat the wounded more quickly. His discoveries saved many lives.In 1938 he came to China to treat the wounded in the mountains north of Yan’an. At the time, there were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own. His experience of treating people in Spain was useful in China, and he opened hospitals for local people as well. He also developed training courses for doctors and nurses, and wrote books so that doctors could learn about how he treated the sick.Dr Bethune worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself. Once, he worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed to save 112 lives. Then, one day, he cut his finger during an operation, but he continued his work. In the end, he died of his wound.Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made him a hero in China. There are many books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both Canada and China. Module 4Imagine this situation: Your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Will life be as easy as when your parents are around? Will you manage at home alone?When Zheng Chenyu’s parents left her alone, she was worried.“Although I often go shopping with my mother,I didn’t know what to buy or what to do with it.”Thefifteen-year-old girl said that she knew hardly anything about cooking.“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, and make a cup of tea though that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We teenagers don’t know how to look after ourselves,” said Zheng.“I’m so careless that I always forget something important. Two weeks ago I burnt the soup while I was watching television. And then I dropped the bowl.Although Zheng believes that basic life skills such as cooking and washing clothes are especially important, she doesn’t think young people get enough practice.“As soon as we leave home, we’ll learn to cook, but at the moment, we’re so lazy that our parents do almost everything for us.” she said.For most teenagers, their main task is to do their homework. They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college.However, Sima Yige doesn’t agree. His parents are going away next week.“I think I’ll be all right. I won’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some dishes, although they’re quite simple,” the thirteen-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many young people depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even getting dressed”.For most school children, it’s no holiday when their parents are away. It’s more like real life in the future!Module 5Welcome to the most friendly museum in London.In most museums,there’s no shouting and no running, and you mustn’t touch anything. But the Science Museum is different… it’s noisy! People talk about what they can see and do here, and there aresome very noisy machines as well. If you want answers to all your questions about science, this is the right place for you.On the ground floor is the Launchpad. This is my favourite room because there are lots of physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with sand, you have to control a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct place. You can also find out how we travel into space and back again.Upstairs is the Human and Nature Room. There you can compare the speed of different animals with your own. When you hear a noise you push a key. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you!I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.I also like to visit the other rooms on the second and third floors.You can learn about communication, environment as well as maths, physics and chemistry. For example, you can find out how X-ray let you see inside your body. And in one room they even explain how they dig coal from the ground and use it to create energy.The Science Museum is interesting for people of all ages, as long as you follow the rules. You cannot take photos, but if you want postcards, you can buy them in the shop.The museum is free to enter, so you go in for a few minutes or stay all day. It’s open every day from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.Module 6Dear Diana,Last week, my friend David came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my father’s computer. I was worried, because I should ask my father before I use his computer. He uses it for his work and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks it’ll go wrong if I play games on it.Well, while my dad was out, we decided to try out David’s game. We copied it to the computer,and at the end of the game,we took it off.However,when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad’s records were missing. Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. He could no longer find the records anywhere! They were very important ones.I didn’t tell him about the computer game because I didn’t want him to be angry with me. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I play to repair it?Yours,SteveDear Steve,Oh dear!You’ve made two mistakes.It’s bad enough that you used your dad’s computer when he told you no to. You should never do that. But it’s even worse that you didn’t tell him about it. If you tell him the truth now, he’ll be angry with you, but at least you’ll show how honest you are.Then you should pay the bill to repair it. But you shouldn’t use your pocket money—after all, your parents gave you that money. If you offer to do some jobs around the home, he’ll realise that you’re very sorry.Oh, and next time, play football with David!Best wishes,DianaModule 7My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in St Petersburg, Missouri, the US, and is a lively and clever boy.Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important people in the book. His good friend Huck Finn lives outside the community,and everyone is afraid of him.Joe is another friend of Tom’s. Becky is a lovely girl with fair hair, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.Tom has many adventures. In one part of the book, he runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. Another time, Tom goes with Huck to look for treasure. With Becky he gets lost in a dark place, and finally, they find a box full of money.My favourite part in the book is when everyone thinks Tom and Huck are dead.They decide to go to the church,and see their family and neighbours.They have come to remember them. T om hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. At first everyone is surprised to see him, but then they’re just pleased to see him alive.The story is about growing up.It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about what it’s like to be free, law and order in society, and how bad people pay for their actions.Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? It’s as American as apple pie, and although Mark Twain wrote it in 1876, it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. It’s written in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the nineteenth century,and the dialogues sound especially real.Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest American stories. Go on—read it! I know you’ll enjoy it too.Module 8For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004. First, he was invited to competitions around the world. Then he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Olympic Games.But Liu Xiang was not a success immediately. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Junior. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.Then,in1998,Liu Xiang’s ability in hurdling(running and jumping)was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. A special programme was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu Xiang’s races were recorded, and he was compared with the world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.In 2002 Liu Xiang won his first international 110 hurdles race in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold at the Asia Games. Then, in 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold for China and in the same time as the world record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold for running or hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from any Asian country. Later Liu Xiang went on to win competitions in Europe and the Middle East.Liu Xiang trained very hard. In fact he trained so hard that he hurt his foot. From 2008 on he suffered a lot from his foot problem and was often absent from competitions.Although no one is sure about his future in sport, Liu Xiang is a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to have great pride in him.Module 91 Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home.And every night I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?2Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China and was made of silk, bamboo, grass and later, wood. People learnt to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there weren’t manybooks, and they were expensive. So, few people learnt to read.3Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by placing wood blocks against paper. An important development in printing in the Western world took place in the fifteenth century.They found a way to produce books more quickly and cheaply.As a result,a trade in books developed,and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly, and we can compare this change to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.4 But will books be needed in the future? Today information is found online more easily than in books and is kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they are very easy to carry.5 computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines are already read online. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future? Will computers be used more than printed books and photos in the future? No, I can only afford a Yao Ming photo on my bedroom wall, not a computer screen two metres high!Module 10Dear Mum and Dad,I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we’re staying near Uluru. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was:kilometres long and 348 metres high. During different periods of the day, the colours of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the earliest times, and their ancient stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture.The Australians have a close relationship with the British. They have many British relatives and they’re like us in many ways. The food that Australians like most are ham and beefwith lots of salad.They also grow grapes and other fruit.They love all sports,but the game that they like most is Australian football.Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach for swimming and surfing.Although it’s December, it’s summer over there. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of sheep in the fields and on the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand… And kangaroos! Most Australians speak English, although they say“Gooday!” and“No worries.” They mean“Hello” and“Don’t worry about it. It’s not a problem!”The next day after we arrived in Uluru, we went up on a horse ride. The horse that I rode was sleepy. It just lay on the ground most of the time…Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a wonderful trip.Love,TonyModule 11We were very happy with our photo competition this year. Compared with other years, we received many more photos. Even though all of the photos are excellent, we can’t give prizes to everyone. There are four prizes, so read on to find out who the winners are…The person who won the prize for the subject Nature is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li Wei took a photo of the tallest hill in Xiangshan Park. His photo shows the different colours on the hill.The photo which we liked best in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao Ming is only twelve years old.Her photo is of a single person rushing across a streetsomewhere in northern China on a grey wearing blouse and skirt,who is holding her books over her head to protect herself against the showers.The best photo in the Music group was taken by He Zhong. His photo of the group Crazy Feet shows the singer,Beck Wang and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen.He Zhong manages to show how this great new band moves and sounds, and the good time which their fans are having.A number of photos which Beijing and Cambridge in England have won the prize for the subject Home and Away. They show some of the experiences of a young visitor to our country, and some memories of his home. The winner is Tony Smith.Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. Tonight we’re all having dinner together, and on the menu is traditional Beijing duck. We are very lucky that famous John Williams is in China to talk about his new book of photos, and will present the prizes to the winners.Module 12How to be greenBy Wang LingingHow green are you? Try these questions and see.Do you walk or ride a bike to school?Do you buy new clothes just because they are modern?Do you buy things produced locally and not made abroad?Do you take your own bag when shopping and not ask for a plastic bag?Do you buy drinks in bottles? And what do you do with the bottles when they’re empty?Do you divide the waste into things to recycle and things to throw away?We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it’s harmful to our environment. Repeat these three words every day: Reduce, reuse and recycle.ReduceReduce means“use less”. Don’t waste things. It saves money, causes less pollution , and less waste goes into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary, because maybe the used one is just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products, and try not to buy too many things from abroad.ReuseReuse means“use again”. Use things for as long as possible. Look after them so that they will last. Repair them if possible. Don’t throw away and buy new ones. Don’t use us a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunchbox because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means“change things into something else to be reused”.Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. We throw tons of rubbish away each year, and we have to stop. Divide your rubbish into plastic, glass, paper and rubber. Develop a recycling policy for the whole community. Buy products such as recycled paper to help save trees.We cannot hope for raid change, but let’s take these simple steps today so that we’ll save the world for our grandsons and granddaughters tomorrow.。

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Module 1When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a mile, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,”he replied. “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was looking across the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River, from here a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of the each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s about fifteen miles, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away, about 277 miles long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge!I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?”I certainly know the answer. But what do you think?Module 2Thanksgiving is an American festival. People give thanks for their food. It’s celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and it’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends.We’ve celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn, catch fish and keep cows, sheep and hens. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is the most crowded room in our house because we all help to prepare the food there. We lay the table, then before we begin dinner, my father gives praise for the food, so we remember where the festival comes from. We usually eat too much, but it’s only once a year! We often listen to speeches and tell stories after dinner as well. When it’s all over everyone helps wash the dishes.The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. After we finish the Thanksgiving Day festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with thousands of people as it goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s Store. Thanksgiving is also the start of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for presents. Football is also important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.Module 3My hero—Dr Norman BethuneNorman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes. He was Canadian, but he spent his life in China, living with the Chinese, helping them and dying for them. Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916, and he went to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded forces during the war there. He soon realized that many people were dying because they did not get to hospital quickly enough. Dr Bethune developed new ways of taking care of the sick, and invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and close to the fighting so that doctors could treat the wounded more quickly. His discoveries saved many lives.In 1938 he came to China to treat the wounded in the mountains north of Yan’an. At the time, there were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own. His experience of treating people in Spain was useful in China, and he opened hospitals for local people as well. He also developed training courses for doctors and nurses, and wrote books so that doctors could learn about how he treated the sick.Dr Bethune worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself. Once, he worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed to save 112 lives. Then, one day, he cut his finger during an operation, but he continued his work. In the end, he died of his wound.Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made him a hero in China. There are many books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both Canada and China.Module 4Imagine this situation: Your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Will life be as easy as when your parents are around? Will you manage at home alone?When Zheng Chenyu’s parents left her alone, she was worried. “Although I often go shopping with my mother, I didn’t know what to buy or what to do with it.”The fifteen-year-old girl said that she knew hardly anything about cooking.“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, and make a cup of tea though that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We teenagers don’t know how to look after ourselves,” said Zheng. “I’m so careless that I always forget something important. Two weeks ago I burnt the soup while I was watching television. And then I dropped the bowl.Although Zheng believes that basic life skills such as cooking and washing clothes are especially important, she doesn’t think young people get enough practice.“As soon as we leave home, we’ll learn to cook, but at the moment, we’re so lazy that our parents do almost everything for us.” she said.For most teenagers, their main task is to do their homework. They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college.However, Sima Yige doesn’t agree. His parents are going away next week.“I think I’ll be all right. I won’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some dishes, although they’re quite simple,” the thirteen-year-old boy said. In his opinion,many young people depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even getting dressed”.For most school children, it’s no holiday when their parents are away. It’s more like real life in the future!Module 5Welcome to the most friendly museum in London. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no running, and you mustn’t touch anything. But the Science Museum is different… it’s noisy! People talk about what they can see and do here, and there are some very noisy machines as well. If you want answers to all your questions about science, this is the right place for you.On the ground floor is the Launchpad. This is my favourite room because there are lots of physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with sand, you have to control a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct place. You can also find out how we travel into space and back again.Upstairs is the Human and Nature Room. There you can compare the speed of different animals with your own. When you hear a noise you push a key. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.I also like to visit the other rooms on the second and third floors. You can learn about communication, environment as well as maths, physics and chemistry. For example, you can find out how X-ray let you see inside your body. And in one room they even explain how they dig coal from the ground and use it to create energy.The Science Museum is interesting for people of all ages, as long as you follow the rules. You cannot take photos, but if you want postcards, you can buy them in the shop. The museum is free to enter, so you go in for a few minutes or stay all day. It’s open every day from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.Module 6Dear Diana,Last week, my friend David came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my father’s computer. I was worried, because I should ask my father before I use his computer. He uses it for his work and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks it’ll go wrong if I play games on it.Well, while my dad was out, we decided to try out David’s game. We copied it to the computer, and at the end of the game, we took it off. However, when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad’s records were missing.Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. He could no longer find the records anywhere! They were very important ones.I didn’t tell him about the computer game because I didn’t want him to be angry with me. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I play to repair it?Yours,SteveDear Steve,Oh dear! You’ve made two mistakes. It’s bad enough that you used your dad’s computer when he told you no to. You should never do that. But it’s even worse that you didn’t tell him about it. If you tell him the truth now, he’ll be angry with you, but at least you’ll show how honest you are.Then you should pay the bill to repair it. But you shouldn’t use your pocket money—after all, your parents gave you that money. If you offer to do some jobs around the home, he’ll realise that you’re very sorry.Oh, and next time, play football with David!Best wishes,DianaModule 7My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in St Petersburg, Missouri, the US, and is a lively and clever boy. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important people in the book. His good friend Huck Finn lives outside the community, and everyone is afraid of him. Joe is another friend of Tom’s. Becky is a lovely girl with fair hair, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.Tom has many adventures. In one part of the book, he runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. Another time, Tom goes with Huck to look for treasure. With Becky he gets lost in a dark place, and finally, they find a box full of money.My favourite part in the book is when everyone thinks Tom and Huck are dead. They decide to go to the church, and see their family and neighbours. They have come to remember them. Tom hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. At first everyone is surprised to see him, but then they’re just pleased to see him alive. The story is about growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about what it’s like to be free, law and order in society, and how bad people pay for their actions.Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? It’s as American as apple pie, and although Mark Twain wrote it in 1876, it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. It’s written in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the nineteenth century, and the dialogues sound especially real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest American stories. Go on—read it! I know you’ll enjoy it too. Module 8For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004. First, he was invited to competitions around the world. Then he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Olympic Games.But Liu Xiang was not a success immediately. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Junior. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.Then, in 1998, Liu Xiang’s ability in hurdling (running and jumping)was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. A special programme was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. LiuXiang’s races were recorded, and he was compared with the world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.In 2002 Liu Xiang won his first international 110 hurdles race in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold at the Asia Games. Then, in 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold for China and in the same time as the world record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold for running or hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from any Asian country. Later Liu Xiang went on to win competitions in Europe and the Middle East.Liu Xiang trained very hard. In fact he trained so hard that he hurt his foot. From 2008 on he suffered a lot from his foot problem and was often absent from competitions.Although no one is sure about his future in sport, Liu Xiang is a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to have great pride in him.Module 91 Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?2Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China and was made of silk, bamboo, grass and later, wood. People learnt to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there weren’t many books, and they were expensive. So, few people learnt to read.3Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by placing wood blocks against paper. An important development in printing in the Western world took place in the fifteenth century. They found a way to produce books more quickly and cheaply. As a result, a trade in books developed, and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly, and we can compare this change to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.4 But will books be needed in the future? Today information is found online more easily than in books and is kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they are very easy to carry.5 computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines are already read online. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future? Will computers be used more than printed books and photos in the future? No, I can only afford a Yao Ming photo on my bedroom wall, not a computer screen two metres high!Module 10Dear Mum and Dad,I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we’re staying near Uluru. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high. During different periods of the day, the colours of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the earliest times, and their ancient stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre ofAboriginal culture.The Australians have a close relationship with the British. They have many British relatives and they’re like us in many ways. The food that Australians like most are ham and beef with lots of salad. They also grow grapes and other fruit. They love all sports, but the game that they like most is Australian football. Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach for swimming and surfing.Although it’s December, it’s summer over there. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of sheep in the fields and on the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand… And kangaroos!Most Australians speak English, although they say “Gooday!”and “No worries.”They mean “Hello” and “Don’t worry about it. It’s not a problem!”The next day after we arrived in Uluru, we went up on a horse ride. The horse that I rode was sleepy. It just lay on the ground most of the time…Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a wonderful trip.Love,TonyModule 11We were very happy with our photo competition this year. Compared with other years, we received many more photos. Even though all of the photos are excellent, we can’t give prizes to everyone. There are four prizes, so read on to find out who the winners are…The person who won the prize for the subject Nature is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li Wei took a photo of the tallest hill in Xiangshan Park. His photo shows the different colours on the hill.The photo which we liked best in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao Ming is only twelve years old. Her photo is of a single person rushing across a street somewhere in northern China on a grey wearing blouse and skirt, who is holding her books over her head to protect herself against the showers.The best photo in the Music group was taken by He Zhong. His photo of the group Crazy Feet shows the singer, Beck Wang and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen. He Zhong manages to show how this great new band moves and sounds, and the good time which their fans are having.A number of photos which Beijing and Cambridge in England have won the prize for the subject Home and Away. They show some of the experiences of a young visitor to our country, and some memories of his home. The winner is Tony Smith. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. Tonight we’re all having dinner together, and on the menu is traditional Beijing duck. We are very lucky that famous John Williams is in China to talk about his new book of photos, and will present the prizes to the winners.Module 12How to be greenBy Wang LingingHow green are you? Try these questions and see.●Do you walk or ride a bike to school?●Do you buy new clothes just because they are modern?●Do you buy things produced locally and not made abroad?●Do you take your own bag when shopping and not ask for a plastic bag?●Do you buy drinks in bottles? And what do you do with the bottles when they’reempty?●Do you divide the waste into things to recycle and things to throw away?We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it’s harmful to our environment. Repeat these three words every day: Reduce, reuse and recycle. ReduceReduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. It saves money, causes less pollution , and less waste goes into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary, because maybe the used one is just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. ReuseReuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. Look after them so that they will last. Repair them if possible. Don’t throw away and buy new ones. Don’t use us a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunchbox because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means “change things into something else to be reused”. Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. We throw tons of rubbish away each year, and we have to stop. Divide your rubbish into plastic, glass, paper and rubber. Develop a recycling policy for the whole community. Buy products such as recycled paper to help save trees.We cannot hope for raid change, but let’s take these simple steps today so that we’ll save the world for our grandsons and granddaughters tomorrow.。

外研版九年级上册英语课文原文与翻译

外研版九上Module 1 Unit 1课文Activity 3 Listen and read. 听与读。

我认为自然奇观比人造奇观更有趣。

我认为巨人之路是最神奇的自然景观。

Lingling: Hmm, I've never seen it, so I'm not sure I agree with you. Why do you like it,Tony? 玲玲：嗯，我从未见过它，因此我不能确定我同意你的意见。

它巨大无比，大约有40 000块岩石，大部分岩石有六个面。

它位于北爱尔兰东海岸，绵延数百米。

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M1 U1Tony:Let`s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. And I think the Giant`s Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder.Lingling:Hm,I`ve never seen it,so I`m not sure I agree with do you like it,Tony? Tony:Well,I visited the Giant`s Causeway two years `s huge. There`re about 40,000 rocks,most of them with six sides. It goes for several hundred metres on the eastem coast of Northem Ireland.Lingling:That sounds great,though I think Victoria Falls in Africa are even more fantastic. They`re about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away.Betty:Wow,tha`s huge! But in my opinion,man-made wonders are more exciting than natural at the Terracotta `s more than 2,000 years old.Daming:I agree with you,Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fantastic too. It`s about 2,300 metres long,185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top. It lions of people in China.Betty:Now,who`d like to call first?M1 U2A great wonder of the natural worldWhen I arrived,it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east—the sky was becoming got out of the car,went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see,but I knew it was there.After about a mile,a stranger appeared beside the path.“Am I going the right way?”I knew where I was going,“yes,”he replied,“you`ll get there in five minutes.”Finally,I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them,but it was silent and there was no sign of it.Suddenly,the rain stopped and the clouds sun rose behind me and shone on he below me,the ground fell away and down to a was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world—the Grand Canyon.I looked down to the Colorado River,a silver stream nearly one mile below you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon,they still would not reach the I looked across to the other side of the canyon,It was about fifteen miles away,maybe ,I looked to my left and to my right,,and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 Grand Canyon was not just was huge!I remained by the canyon for about half an hour,and I asked myself.“Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?”I certainly know the do you think?M2 U1My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins. Tony:The First of October s China`s National Day,isn’t it,Lingling?Lingling: People`s Republic of China was founded on lst October have celebrated the National Day since are flowers and national flags everywhere,and we havea three-day holiday.Tony:Do you have any plans for the holiday this year?Lingling: parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong province and will stay there until he end of the we`re staying with our friends,we`re going to spend one day in is your national day,Betty?Betty:Our national day is called Independence `s on 4th`ve celebrated it since `s a public holiday,but we only have one day that day,there are all kinds of holiday `s the start of the vacation season and most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.Lingling:And is there anything special on that day?Betty:Well,you can see American flags usually have a picnic somewhere have great also watch bands play music in public parks.Daming:Do you have a national day in the UK,Tony?Tony:No,we don`t—we celebrate Christmas with a two-day my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.M2 U2ThanksgivingThanksgiving is an American is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in is a time for a special dinner among family and make short speeches and give thanks for their food.We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth hey were crossing the Atlantic,Many people died,and after they landed,their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people,the Native Americans,taught the pioneers how to grow following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional kitchen is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the lay the table,and then before we begin dinner,my father gies thanks for the food,so we remember why we celebrate the usually eat too much,but it is only one a year!We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as it is all over,everyone helps wash the dishes.The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to the festival,there are plenty of other things to see and live in New York City,and we go to watch the Macy`s Thanksgiving Day parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy`s is the start of the Christmas season,and we start shopping for is also important at Thanksgiving,with many teams playing many Americans,we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.M3 U1She trained hard,so she became a great player later.Ms Li:Daming,who is your hero?Who have you chosen to tell us about?Daming:Deng Yaping!She`s my hero because she`s one of the best table tennis players in the world and I love playing table tennis.Ms Li:Tell us about her.Daming:Well,she started playing table tennis when she was trained hard,so she became a great player later.Ms li:And what competitions has she won?Daming:She’s won many world competitions including four gold medals in the stopped playing when she was twenty-four.Ms Li:What did she do after that?Daming:She began to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing and then attended university abroad .Her English wasn`t good enough when she again she worked hard,and seven years later,she completed her doctor`s degree at Cambridge she does,she never gives up!Ms Li:That`s amazing!Daming: says that she isn`t cleverer than anyone else,but she has a very strong will.Ms Li:I see. Well,I think she`s a good student as well as a good player.Daming:Yes,and she helped make the Beijing Olympics a victory for world `s simply the best!Ms Li:She`s a true hero.M3 U2My hero—Dr Norman BethuneBy Wang Lingling Norman Bethune is one of the most famous heroes in was a Canadian came to China to help the Chinese people and died for them.Norman Bethune was born in became a doctor in 1916 and went to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded soldiers during the war soon realised that many people were dying because they did not get to hospital quickly Bethune developed new ways of taking care of the invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and chose to the fighting areas so that doctors could treat the wounded more inventions saved many lives.In 1938,Dr Bethune came to China and helped treat the wounded during the Anti Japanese that time,there were few doctors,so he had to work very hard on his experience of treating people in Spain was Useful in developed training courses for local doctors and nurses,and wrote books so that they could learn about how he treated the sick.Dr Bethune often worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself;Once,he even worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed to save over a hundred day in 1939,he cut his finger during an operation,but he continued his work without treating the end,he died of his wound.Dr Bethune`s work for the Chinese people made him a hero in are many books and films about him,and he is still remembered in both China and Canada today.M3 U3Read the passage and choose the best title.My favourite Greek hero is Odysseus..He is the main character in The Odyssey,a famous story by the Greek storyteller,Homer.Odysseus and his friends go from Greece to Troy to ten years,they win and are very proud of win and are very proud of they set off for home,but on their way,there is a great become lost,and that is the start of their great that time,they meet many strange of them want to hurt Ojdysseus and his friends,but a few help one island a very big man with only one eye tries to kill this fight,Odysseus loses many of his friends,but he manages to get away.After ten years of fighting and ten more years on the way home,Odysseus completes his journey and manages to get back to his own country, wife and son are waiting for him to come ,he looks so different that they fail to recognise Odysseus saves his wife and sonfrom some bad men,they finally know who he is hapy o be back home again after so many adventures.I like this story because it is interesting and think Odysseus is a true is very clever and has a strong also learn from him that great men never give up,no matter what difficulties they face.M4 U1Mum:Now,what’s our train number?Dad:T27 to ’s leaving from Platform 2.Mum:The meeting in Lhasa is very important for us,but I’m sorry you can’tcome with us,Betty.Betty:So am I,but I can’t miss two weeks of school.Mum:Will you remember everything I’ve told you?Be especially careful with the it when you’re in and lock it when you gop out.Betty:Yes, can look after my self,although it won’t be easy for me.Mum:Well,make sure you eat plenty of fresh fruit and I’ve left lots of your favourite biscuits.Betty:Don’t can cook simple meals.Dad:There won’t be anybody to wake you up in the morning.Betty:I’ll be clock rings so loudly that it will certainly wake me up.Mum:I’m sure I’ve forgotten something,but I don’t know what it is!(Announcement:We advise all passengers for Train T27 to Lhasa to goimmediately to Platform train is about to leave.)Betty:That’s your train!Goodbye Mum,goodbye Dad.Mum:I know!I haven’t given you our address in Lhasa!Betty:Send me a text a good trip!Mum:Bye,my dear!Betty:Bye!See you in a couple of weeks!M4 U2My “perfect holiday”As a boy,like all other boys,I wanted to be a my parents did everything for ,,they managed every minute of my they loved me,Ifelt a bit unhappy with them.“Zheng Chenyu,do your homework!”“Practise the piano!”“Turn off the TV!”I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.Well,my wish came true!Although my parents were very worried about leavingme,they had to go away on business for a few was my chance!I could have some fun at last!As soon as I got home from school the first day,I happily threw my schoolbag on the sofa and ate lots of I enjoyed an exciting film on TV,and after that I played computer liked the games so much that I played until midnight.The next morning I woke up had to hurry to school without breakfast,but I was still teacher asked me for my homework,but I could not hand it an empty stomach,I was unable to play basketball with my classmates!I felt tired and sleepy at school all day long.When I got home,I tried to cook some rice,but I burnt een dropped my father`s cup when I was cooking started to feel wanted Mum and Dad to come home cooked such delicious food,and made sure I never forgot my laways helped me with any difficult questions,and told funny jokes when I was I realised being home alone was not always perfect.When my parents came home,they were happy to find that II could cook and tidy up now. I told them my home alone story,and we all laughed.M5 U1(Betty,Lingling and Daming are on the second floor of a museum.)Betty:What a wonderful museum!Lingling:It’s great,isn’t it?Let’s go to the Animal Room need some information for my project.Betty: Me,’s ,where’s Daming?Lingling:There he ’s he doing over there?Daming:Hey,Betty!Lingling!Come and see the monkey exhibition!Guard:No shouting,please!It’s against the rulrs.Betty:Oh,no!Daming is in trouble again.Daming:Look at the monkey’s tail!I’ve got to get in here...Guard:Stop!Don’t cross that rope!Can’t you see the sign,kids?”No entry”. Daming: not?Guard:Because it’s closed.Lingling:Yes, the sign!Daming:Oh,’s no good!Well,I’ll just take a photo..Guard: ?Daming:There certainly are a lot of rules in this wonder the place is empty! Betty:Daming!Don’t be rude!Lingling:Oh,no!Betty:What’s the matter,Lingling?Lingling:My mobile phone !It’s missing!Oh,no!What am I going to do? Guard:Don’t worry, downstairs to the lost and found might have it. Lingling:That phone is new!I have to find it,or Mum will punish me! Betty:I’am sure it will be all right,’s go and see.Daming:Yes,let’s go downstairs.M5 U2The Science Museum in London.By Tony Smith.Welcome to the most friendly museum in most museums,there is no shouting and no running,and you must not touch the Science Museum is different...It is noisy!People talk about what they can see and do here,and there are some very noisy machines as you want answers to all your questions about science,this is the right place for you.I like to visit the rooms on the second and third can learn about communications and the environment as well as maths,physics and example,you can find out how dig coal from the ground and use it to create in one room they even explain how X-rays let you see inside your body.The Launchpad on the third floor is the most popular room,and it is my favourite too because there are lots of physics example,if you want to fill a bag with sand,you have no control a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct can also find out how people travel into space and back again.On the fourth and fifth floors,you can learn about what medicine was like in the you compare the medicine of the past with the medicine of today,you will feel very lucky next time you visit a doctor!The Science Museum is interesting for people of all can always find something new and have a wonderful time museum is free to enter,so you can go in for a few minutes or stay all is open daily from 10 an to 6 if you ever go to London,make sure you visit the Science ismy favourite museum in the whole world!Dad:Tony,you’re playing the guitar you done your homework?Tony:No,not yet,but I haven’t got I start after dinner,I’ll finish it before I go to ,you wanted me to learn an instrument.Dad:I want you to get a habit of doing your homework as soon as you come home from you start now,you’ll finish before dinner.Tony:Yes,but I need a restfrom also want to go to the library to do volunteer work.Dad:So you’re not going to do your homework now?Tony:No,it isn’t necessary to do it ’ll do it later.Dad:That’s a really don’t think you should go to the library so much. Tony:Why not?I can work in the library and I’m also able to read books there. Dad:No deal, you do all these other things instead of your homework,you won’t have time to study.Tony:You mean you don’t want me to help the community and increase my knowledge of the world?Dad:That’s not the should consider what the most important thing don’t want you to fail your exams.Tony:But...Dad:You can’t do anything before you finish your ’m sorry,but that’s my last word.Dear DianaDo you have a problem?Write to Diana at New Standard Magazine and ask for her advice. Dear Diana,Last week,my friend David came round with a new computer game and ask to play it on my dad’s was worried,because I should ask my dad before I use his computer.He use it for his work,and I can only use it for my reason is that he thinks it will go wrong if I play games on it.Well,while my dad was out,we decided to try out David’s copied it to the computer,and after we finished playing,we took it off the ,when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK,some of my dad’s documents were ,when my dad used the computer last night,he was really could no longer find the documents anywhere!They were very important ones.I did not tell him about the computer game because I did not want him to be angry with I feel am not sure ehether a computer engineer can get the documents I tell him about the computer games?Should I pay to repair it?Yours’SteveDear Steve,Oh,dear!You have made two is bad enough that you used your dad’s computer to play games when he told you not it is even worse that you did not tell him about you tell him the truth now,he will be angry with you,but at leastyou will show that you are honest.You should apologise to your should also pay the bill to repair the you offer to give up your pocket money,your father will realise that you are very sorry.Remember,next time,play football with David and not computer games!Best wishes.Diana。