初中英语阅读300篇

The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are in business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”

“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”

“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”

I looked down the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do you do?”

“We give the computer the information about your trip, and it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”

“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”

“That’s right, sir.”

“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.

“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won't answer us.”

After the girl told me they had no backup(备用的) computers. I said, “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”

“I couldn't tell without asking the computer.”

“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot the he’s flying to Washington.”I suggested.

“I wouldn't know what gate to sent you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn't take you if you didn't have a ticket.”

“Is there any other flight to Washington within the next few hours?”

“I wouldn't know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only 'IT’ knows. 'IT’ can tell me.”By this time there were quiet a few people standing in line. The word spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people left, some people started to cry and still others kicked luggage.

在英语语言中最可怕的话是：“我们的电脑出故障了。”当你在进行业务时，你听到这话越来越多了。有一天，我在机场候买去华盛顿的机票，售票处里的女孩说，“对不起，我无法给你出票。我们的电脑出故障了。”

“如果您的电脑出故障了，我手写一张票吧。”

“我无法手写给你。只有电脑是唯一允许这样操作的。”

我低头扫视了柜台，每个乘客只是站在那里喝着咖啡，盯着黑色屏幕。然后我问她：“那你做什么呢？”

“我们把你的旅行信息输入电脑，它会告诉我们您是否能飞或不能。”

“所以，当电脑出现故障，你和电脑一起停工。”

“没错，先生。”

“电脑出故障会有多长时间？”我想知道。

“我不知道。有时停10分钟，有时停两个小时。除了问电脑我们没有其他办法知道，因为它出故障也就不会回答我们。”

女孩告诉我他们没有备用的电脑之后。我说：“让我们忘掉电脑。那么你们的飞机怎么样了？它们是不是还在飞行呢？”

“不问电脑我无法告诉你。”

“也许我只能走向大门，去问飞向华盛顿的飞行员。”我建议。

“我不知道你该进什么大门。即使飞行员要飞华盛顿，如果你没有机票，他也不能带上你。”

“在未来几个小时里，还有没有其他飞往华盛顿的航班？”

“我不知道，”她指着黑色屏幕说。“只有'它’知道。只有'它’能告诉我。”

到这时候还有相当一部份人在排队。电脑出故障这个词传播到其余旅客。有些人离开，有些人哭了起来，还有一些人踢行李。

P321 (2)

Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper everyday. Some people have as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?

Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(推翻) or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by words of mouth. Today we can read in our newspapers of important things that happen in far away countries on the same day.

Besides giving news from all over the world, newspapers tell us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements(广告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space(广告版面), but it is worth the money because news of what they make in factories goes into almost every home in the country. For those who make newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion(时装) as well as a small but very popular part on jokes and cartoons.

几乎每个家庭每天至少购买一份报纸。有些人购买多达两种或三种不同的报纸。人们为什么看报纸？

五百年前，重大事件，战争输赢，国王或统治者被推翻或杀死的新闻信息要过上几个月甚至数年才能从一个国家传播到另一个国家。那时的新闻信息通过口头传播。今天，我们能够在报上看到同一天里在遥远的国度发生的重要事件。

除了来自世界各地的新闻，报纸还给我们提供了其它很多有用的信息。有天气预报，广播，电视和电影预告，书评，故事，当然，还有广告。有各种各样的广告。他们支付给广告版面数千美元，但这是值得的，因为他们在工厂发生的新闻信息传入几乎每一个在乡间的家庭。对于经营报纸和广告的那些人也是非常重要的。广告收入使他们有可能以低廉的价格出售他们的报纸并且仍然能够盈利。

报纸经常有园艺，烹饪和时装方面的信息，也有笑话和漫画方面的一小块但非常流行的版面。

P322 (3)

Many students are injured or killed in different kinds of accidents.

Chen haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No. 25 middle School and a self-protection expert, gives young students advice on how to deal with danger:

·If you are robbed

Keep clam. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try and remember what the robber looked like and tell the police.

·If you are in a traffic accident

If you are hurt by a car, take down the registration number, if it is a bicycle, try to contact your parents before you let the rider go. This is in case you don't realize how seriously you are hurt.

·If it is raining hard and there is lightning

Don't stay in high places and keep away from trees.

·When there is a fire

Gets away as fast as you can. But wet material on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take