牛津深圳版(广州沈阳通用)八年级英语上册课文翻译

Unit 1 Encyclopaedias

Look it up!查找它

Here are two articles from an encyclopaedia.这里有来自百科全书的两篇文章。

Da Vinci, Leonardo列奥纳多•达•芬奇

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.

列奥纳多•达•芬奇(1452 - 1519)是意大利画家,发明家,音乐家,工程师和科学家。

Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines. (See Art)

达芬奇出生在农村。从很小的时候,他表现出极大的智慧和艺术才能。当他长大时,他学会了做很多不同的事情。他的画是非常出名的,其中一个,蒙娜丽莎,也许是世界上最著名的画。他也有很多发明。例如,他的笔记本包括一些有趣的飞行机器的图画。(见艺术)

Dinosaurs 恐龙

Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human begins. They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly.

恐龙生活在地球上人类6000万多年前。他们生活在地球各个地方。一些恐龙和鸡一样小。其他的有十头大象一样大。一些甚至可以飞。

Many dinosaurs ate plants. However, some dinosaurs liked to eat meat.

许多恐龙吃植物。然而,一些恐龙喜欢吃肉。

Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out. Nobody knows why. However, we can learn about them from their fossils. (See Earth history)

恐龙在地球上生活了1.5亿多年。然后,突然,他们都灭绝了。没有人知道为什么。不过,我们可以从化石中了解他们。(见地球历史)

Unit2 Numbers

The king and the rice 国王和大米

A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king's favourite game was chess.

很久以前，印度有一个国王。国王最喜欢的游戏是国际象棋。

One day, a wise old man came to the place and the king challenged him to a game. The king promised the old man, "You can have any prize if you win the game."

一天，一个聪明的老人来到这个地方，国王向他挑战一场比赛。国王答应老人说：“如果你赢了比赛，你可以得到任何奖品。“

The old man said, "If I win the game, I'd like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares."

老人说：“如果我赢了这场比赛，我想要一粒米在棋盘的第一个方格，两粒在第二个，四粒在第三个，然后使每个剩下的方格在数量上加倍。“

"Is that all?" asked the king. "Wouldn't you like gold or silver instead?"

”就这些吗？”国王问。”“难道你不想要用金银来代替？“

"No, just rice," replied the old man.

“不，只是大米，”老人回答。

The king and the old man played the game for a long time, Finally, the old man won, So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. The king quickly realized the problem-even with all the rice in the