最新版外研版九年级上英语课文

合集下载

新外研版九年级英语上册课文Module-1-12

九年级英语上册课文（Module 1—12）Module1 Wonders of the worldUnit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old.Tony: 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 mostfantastic natural wonder.Lingling: Hm, I’ve never seen it, so I'm not sure I agree with you. Why do you like it, Tony? Tony: Well, I visited the Giant's Causeway two years ago. It's huge. There're about 40,000 rocks, most of them with six sides. It runs for several hundred metres on the easterncoast of Northern IrelandLingling: That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. It’s about l,700 metres wide and 100 metres high. You can hear the loud noise a fewkilometres away.Betty: Wow, that's huge! But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones. Look at the Terracotta Army. It'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 produceselectricity for millions of people in China.Betty: Now, who'd like to call first?Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.A 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 grey. I 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 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 rain stopped and the clouds cleared. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. I 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 me. If 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 top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles. The Grand Canyon was not just big. It 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 answer. What do you think?Module 2 Public HolidaysUnit 1 My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins. Tony: The First of October is China's National Day, isn 't it, Lingling?Lingling: Yes. The People's Republic of China was founded on 1st October 1949. People have celebrated the National Day since then. There are flowers and national flagseverywhere, and we have a three-day holiday.Tony: Do you have any plans for the holiday this year?Lingling: Yes. My parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong Province and will stay there until the end of the holiday. While we're staying with our friends, we're goingto spend one day in Qingdao. When is your national day, Betty'?Betty : Our national day is called Independence Day. It's on 4th July. We've celebrated it since 1777. It's a public holiday, but we only have one day off. On that day, there are allkinds of holiday activities. It's the start of the vacation season and most people take avacation sometime in July or August.Lingling: And is there anything special on that day?Betty: Well, you can see American flags everywhere. We usually have a picnic somewhere nice. Kids have great fun. We 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 holiday. And my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.ThanksgivingThanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People 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 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. 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 always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the food .We lay the table, and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food, so we remember why we celebrate the festival. We usually eat too much, but it is only once a year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well. When 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 celebrate. During the 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. The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy's store. Thanksgiving is 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 3 HeroesUnit 1 She trained hard, so she became a great player laterMs 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 five. She trained hard, so she becamea great player later.Ms Li: And what competitions has she won?Daming: She's won many world competitions, including four gold medals in the Olympics. She stopped playing when she was twenty- four.Ms Li: What did she do after that?Darning: She began to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing and then attended university abroad.Her English wasn't good enough when she began. Once again she worked hard, and sevenyears later, she completed her doctor's degree at Cambridge University. Whatever shedoes, she never gives up!Ms Li: That's amazing!Daming: Yes. Deng 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 sport. She's simply the best!Ms Li: She's a true hero.Unit 2 There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his ownMy hero - Dr Norman BethuneBy Wang LinglingNorman Bethune is one of the most famous heroes in China. He was a Canadian doctor. He came to China to help the Chinese people and died for them.Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916 and went to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded soldiers during the war there. He soon realised 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. He invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and close to the fighting areas so that doctors could treat the wounded more quickly. His inventions saved many lives.In 1938, Dr Bethune came to China and helped treat the wounded during the Anti- Japanese War. At that 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. He 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 lives. One day in 1939, he cut his finger during an operation, but he continued his work without treating it. In the end, he died of his wound.Dr Bethune's work for the Chinese people made him a hero in China. There are many booksand films about him, and he is still remembered in both China and Canada today.Module 4 Home aloneUnit 1 I can look after myself, although it won’t be easy for meMum: Now, what's our train number?Dad: T27 to Lhasa. It's leaving from Platform 2.Mum: The meeting in Lhasa is very important for us, but I'm sorry you can't come 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 door. Shut it when you're in and lock it when you go out.Betty: Yes. Mum. l can look after myself, although it won't be easy for me.Mum: Well, make sure you eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. And I've left lots of your favourite biscuits.Betty: Don't worry. I can cook simple meals.Dad : There won't be anybody to wake you up in the morning.Betty: I'll be fine. My 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 go immediately toPlatform 2. Your 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 message. Have a good trip!Mum: Bye, my dear!Betty: Bye! See you in a couple of weeks!Unit 2 I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.My "perfect holiday"As a boy, like all other boys, I wanted to be a man. But my parents did everything for me. Actually, they managed every minute of my life. Although they loved me, I felt 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 leaving me, they had to go away on business for a few days. Now 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 snacks. Then I enjoyed an exciting film on TV, and after that I played computer games. I liked the games so much that I played until mid-night.The next morning I woke up late. I had to hurry to school without breakfast, but I was still late. The teacher asked me for my homework, but I could not hand it in. With 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 it. I even dropped my father's cup when I was cooking! I found myself so bad at simple cooking tasks. I started to feel lonely. I wanted Mum and Dad to come home soon. Mum cooked such delicious food, and made sure I never forgot my homework. Dad always helped me with any difficult questions, and told funny jokes when I was unhappy. Then I realised being home alone was not always perfect.When my parents came home, they were happy to find that I could cook and tidy up now. I told them my home alone story and we all laughed.Module 5 MuseumsUnit 1 Don’t cross that rope!(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 upstairs. I need some information for my project.Betty: Me too. Let's go. Wait, where's Daming?Lingling: There he is. What's he doing over there?Daming : Hey, Betty! Lingling! Come and see the monkey exhibition!Guard: No shouting, please! It's against the rules.Betty: Oh, no! Daming is in trouble again.Daming: Look at the monkey's tail! I've got to get in here…Gard: Stop! Don't cross that rope! Can't you see the sign, kid? "No entry."Daming: Oh. Why not?Guard: Because it's closed.Lingling: Yes, Daming. Read the sign!Daming : Oh, right. That's no good! Well, I'll just take a photo...Guard: Sorry. No photos. See?Daming: There certainly are a lot of rules in this museum. No wonder the place is empty! Betty: Daming! Don't be rude!Lingling: Oh, no!Betty: What's the matter, Lingling?Lingling: My mobile phone! I t’s missing! Oh, no! What am I going to do?Guard: Don't worry, Miss. Go downstairs to the lost and found office. They might have it. Lingling: That phone is new! I have to find it, or Mum will punish me!Betty: I'm sure it will be all right, Lingling. Let's go and see.Daming：Yes, let's go downstairs.Unit 2 If you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science MuseumThe Science Museum in LondonBy Tony SmithWelcome to the most friendly museum in London. In most museums, there is no shouting and no running, and you must not touch anything. But 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 well. If 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 floors. You can learn about communications and the environment as well as maths, physics and chemistry. For example, you can find out how people dig coal from the ground and use it to create energy. And in one room they even explain how X-rays let you sec 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 experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with sand, you have tocontrol a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct place. You 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 past. If 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 ages. You can always find something new and have a wonderful time there. The museum is free to enter, so you can go in for a few minutes or stay all day. It is open daily from10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It is my favourite museum in the whole world!Module 6 ProblemsUnit 1. If I start after dinner, I’ll finish it before I go to bed.Dad: Tony, you're playing the guitar again. Have you done your homework'?Tony: No, not yet, but I haven't got much. If I start after dinner, I'll finish it before I go to bed.Anyway, you wanted me to learn an instrument.Dad: I want you to get into the habit of doing your homework as soon as you come home from school. If you start now, you'll finish it before dinner.Tony: Yes, but I need a rest from schoolwork. I also want to go to the library to do volunteer work.Dad: So you're not going to do your home work now?Tony: No, it isn’t necessary to do it now. I'll do it later.Dad: That's a shame. I 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, Tony. If 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 point. You should consider what the most important thing is. I don't want you to fail your exams.Tony: But.....Dad: You can't do anything before you finish your homework. I'm sorry, but that's my last word.Unit 2 If you tell him the truth now, you will show that you are honest.Do 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 asked to play it on my dad’s computer. I was worried, because I should ask my dad 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 will 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 after we finished playing, we took it off the computer. However, when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad's documents were missing. Then, when mydad used the computer last night, he was really angry. He 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 me. Now I feel terrible. I am not sure whether a computer engineer can get the documents back. Should I tell him about the computer game?Should I pay to repair it?Yours,SteveDear Steve.Oh, dear! You have made two mistakes. It is bad enough that you used your dad's computer to play games when he told you not to. And it is even worse that you did not tell him about it. If you tell him the truth now, he will be angry with you, but at least you will show that you are honest.You should apologise to your father. You should also pay the bill to repair the computer. If 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.DianaModule 7 Great booksUnit 1 We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideasMr Jackson: Hello, Betty. What’s up?Betty: I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.Mr Jackson: So, who are your great writers?Betty: Well, maybe Confucius and Shakespeare.Mr Jackson: Really? I accept that they’re great because their works are still read by many people today. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.He was a very wise man. What do you have to do for the discussion?Betty: Well, each of us reads a favourite book and writes a review for the discussion.Mr Jackson: I see. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas, and Shakespeare’s plays also makea lot of sense to us today. People have always read, and will always read great books.By the way, what do you think of Mark Twain, the great American writer in thenineteenth century?Betty: He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare. Mr Jackson: No, but his books are still popular, and one of his books is my favourite, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.Betty: Great! Why don’t you join in the discussion and tell us about it?Unit 2 It is still read and lovedA book review of The Adventure of Tom SawyerBy Betty KingOne of my favourite great books is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain. The story is set in the town of St Petersburg, Missouri, the US, in the nineteenth century. It tells some exciting stories about a boy who has many adventures.Tom, the hero of the book, lives with his aunt Polly. He is a lively and clever boy. He does not like people telling him what to do, so he always gets into trouble. He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run away to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. Tom has more trouble because a bad man named Injun Joe is looking for him. Later, Tom escapes from a cave with another friend, Becky. He also finds Injun Joe’s treasure box and takes it away.My favourite part of the book is when Tom and Huck start their adventures on the island in the Mississippi River. At first, they are happy. But when they hear that everyone thinks they are dead, they feel very sorry, so they come back home. They hide and watch for a time when they see their family and neighbours coming to their funeral in the church. Then, Tom and Huck suddenly appear. Everyone is surprised to see them at first, but very pleased to find that they are alive.The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book. It is more than an adventure story. Mark Twain wrote it in 1876. It describes people’s lives in the southern states of America at that time. It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions. It is written in everyday English, and the dialogues sound especially real. Today, it is still read and loved by people all over the world, and it is thought to be one of the greatest American stories.Module 8 Sports lifeUnit 1 Daming wasn’t chosen for the team last yearLingling: Hi, Tony, you look tired.Tony: Yes, I’m training for the big match next week.Betty: Who are you playing against?Tony: HAS.Lingling: What does HAS stand for?Tony: Haidian All Stars.Betty: Oh, yes. It’ll be a difficult match. Didn’t they beat you last time?Tony: Yes, they did. But…Lingling: What was the score?Betty: If my memory is correct, HAS 98 points to BIG 52.Tony: But Daming wasn’t chosen for the team last time. That was a bad decision. We can’t play well without him.Lingling: That’s no excuse!Tony: But Daming is back now. There’s no difference between the two teams this season. Betty: When is the match?Tony: It’s next Saturday at noon, but if you want good seats, you should come by 11:30. Are you coming?Betty: I’m not sure. Do you think they’ll win, Lingling?Lingling: No way! How many matches have you played against HAS this year?Tony: Well, about three.Betty: And how many have HAS won?Tony: Er… most of them.Betty: Wrong! All of them! Face the truth, Tony. You’ve got no chance!Tony: I don’t agree. That’s not fair! (Tony leaves angrily.)Lingling: Remember to throw the ball, not knick it, Tony!Betty: He’s so mad at us that he’ll try harder to win, just to show we’re wrong!Lingling: Nice work, Betty! I do hope they win this time. We’ll be there to cheer for them.Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world.Liu Xiang---trained to win!For 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 Athens Olympic Games and won a gold medal.Liu Xiang was not a successful sportsman at first. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July 1983, and started training when he was very young. In Grade 4, he went to the Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.In 1998, Liu Xiang’s ability in hurdling was noticed by Sun Haiping, who later became his coach. In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu Xiang was among them. His 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 May 2001, Liu Xiang won his first international 110m hurdles race in Japan. In 2004, he won the first Olympic gold medal for China in the 110m hurdles race, and at the same time broke the Olympic Games record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold medal for hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from an Asian country.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, but he did not give up. Though he missed some competitions, he still returned to first place in the world 110m hurdles race in 2012.It is a pity that his foot problem stopped him from completing the 2012 London Olympic Games. But he is still a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to take great pride in him.Module 9 Great inventionsUnit 1 Will computers be used more than books in the future?Tony: Dad, can I borrow your camera?Dad: Why?Tony: I’d like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week. They’ll be put up on the school website. And they can be seen on the Internet by other classes, even people living in other countries.Dad: Sounds great! When I was at school, we waited for weeks to hear from our pen friends abroad. But today, we can send and receive photos and mails on the Internet, and it’s really fast.Tony: Yes, the Internet and the computer have changed our lives. We even use online textbooks in our class. I wonder…Will computers be used more than books in the future?Dad: Perhaps. In the past, we mainly got information from paper books. Some are huge ones with thousands of pages. Today, with the invention of the computer and the electronic technology, it’s easy to get information on the Internet. The Internet is more powerful than books. Tony: Anyway, about the camera…?Dad: Oh, yes. Here it is. I haven’t used it since your mum’s birthday. And the memory may be full.Tony: OK. That can be fixed. I’ve got an empty memory card. Where are the instructions? Dad: In the camera bag. It’s a gift from your mum for my birthday, so you must promise that you’ll take good care of it. if you have to lend it to anyone, tell them to use it properly.Tony: Promise!Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet?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 very 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 printing?Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China. After its invention, people started to write on paper to make a book. In those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there were not many books, and they were expensive. So, few people had the chance to learn to read.Printing was invented in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later, developments in printing made it possible to produce books more quickly and cheaply. A trade in books resulted, and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas spread faster than ever before. In a way, we can compare the invention of paper and printing to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.Although the Internet is still young, it is growing very fast, and may become more powerful than printing. A much larger amount of information can be stored on the Internet than in books. Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find in printed forms. And the machines we use to read it are now small and light, often smaller and lighter than a single book.Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now, and newspapers and magazines are already read online. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future? Will books be replaced by the Internet? Le t’s wait and see.Module 10 AustraliaUnit 1 I have some photos that I took in Australia last yearTony: Dad, I need your help. My teacher asked us to choose a country we want to visit, imagine we were there, and write a letter to our parents back home. I’ve chosen Australia. How can I do it?Dad: Don’t worry. I have some photos that I took in Australia last year. They may help you. Here we go. This is a rock called Ayers Rock, in central Australia. According to the local people, it’s a special and magical place.Tony: Oh, it looks huge. What’s its height?Dad: 348 meters. And this is the Sydney Opera House. It’s like a huge sailing boat with water on three sides. And this one is the Great Barrier Reef.Tony: Does it lie off the northeast coast of Australia?Dad: Yes, it’s over 2,600 kilometres long. It’s a great natural wonder. And here are some photos of my Australian friends. They’re sheep farmers. They wear special hats that keep the flies away.The scissors that they’re holding are used to cut the wool off the sheep. Do you know that many Australians came from Britain?Tony: Yes, of course! That’s why they speak English. Did you keep a diary while you were there? Dad: Yes, and you can read it.Tony: That’s great! And what didn’t you like about Australia?Dad: I hated the ants that were all over the place. I had to brush them off my clothes, especially my。

九年级上册英语外研版m4u2课文

九年级上册英语外研版m4u2课文In this unit, the students are learning about a charity show. They are discussing what events to organize and how to raise money for charity. They are also learning to express their opinions and make suggestions.The students discuss different types of performances for the show, such as singing, dancing, and magic acts. They also consider having a fashion show or a talent competition. They are enthusiastic about raising money for charity and think carefully about what will attract an audience.They also learn about promoting the charity show by making posters, designing tickets, and creating advertisements. They discuss different ways to reach out to the community and encourage people to attend the event.In addition, they learn about the importance of teamwork and cooperation in organizing the charity show. They worktogether to allocate tasks and responsibilities, including managing the stage, handling sound and lighting, and coordinating the performers. They also have to consider logistics, such as setting up the venue and ensuring a smooth flow of the show.The students also discuss the impact of their efforts on the community and how the money raised will help those in need. They understand the importance of giving back and making a positive contribution to society.Through this unit, the students not only learn about organizing an event but also develop important life skills such as communication, teamwork, and empathy. They come to understand the power of coming together for a common cause and how small actions can make a big difference in the lives of others.Overall, the charity show unit teaches the students valuable lessons about compassion, empathy, and theimportance of helping those in need. It also fosters a sense of community and encourages the students to make a positive impact on the world around them.。

版外研版九年级上英语课文m1-6

最新版外研版九年级上英语课文M1-6-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1M1 U1Tony:Let`s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. AndI 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,TonyTony: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 forseveral 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 firstM1 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 thinkM2 U1My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holidaybegins.Tony:The First of October s China`s National Day,isn’t it,LinglingLingling: People`s Republic of China was founded on lst October have celebrated the National Day since are flowers and national flags everywhere,and we have a three-day holiday.Tony:Do you have any plans for the holiday this yearLingling: 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 yournational day,BettyBetty: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 thevacation season and most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.Lingling:And is there anything special on that dayBetty:Well,you can see American flags usually have a picnic somewhere have great also watch bands play music in publicparks.Daming:Do you have a national day in the UK,TonyTony: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 Englandarrived in America by ship in the seventeenth hey were crossing theAtlantic,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 heroWho 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 wonDaming: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 thatDaming: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 andnurses,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 tenyears,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 killthis 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 numberDad:T27 to ’s leaving from Platform 2.Mum:The meeting in Lhasa is very important for us,but I’m sorry you can’t come with us,Betty.Betty:So am I,but I can’t miss two weeks of school.Mum:Will you remember everything I’ve told youBe 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 go immediately 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 everythingfor ,,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 theTV!”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 leaving me,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 andate 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 Inever 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 itLet’s go to the Animal Room need some information for my project.Betty: Me,’s ,where’s DamingLingling:There he ’s he doing over thereDaming: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: notGuard: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,LinglingLingling:My mobile phone !It’s missing!Oh,no!What am I going to doGuard: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 waslike 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 is my favourite museum inthe whole world!M6 U1Dad:Tony,you’re playing the guitar you done your homeworkTony: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 aninstrument.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 nowTony: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 notI 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 worldDad: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.M6 U2Dear DianaDo you have a problemWrite 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 hethinks 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 gamesShould 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。

九年级外研版英语上册课文原文(7月20日).pdf

九年级英语上册课文原文Module 1Unit 1Listen and read.Betty: OK, come in and sit down!Daming: What's happening?Lingling: We're having a meeting.Daming: That's news to me! I'm doing my homework. What's it about?Lingling: The school magazine.Daming: What school magazine?Betty: Right, listen up, everyone. Did anyone watch television yesterday evening? Did you see the interview with Becky Wang?Lingling: She sings with the band Crazy Feet. She's my favourite singer. Tony: Yes, I saw it. She went to our school!Betty: 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 events, and tell everyone about the school concert and the dance club.Tony: And school basketball matches.Lingling: But who will write the articles?Betty: We'll write the articles. Any more ideas?Tony: I know! I'll do some reviews about our favourite bands and movies! Lingling: And I'll do an interview with Becky Wang!Betty: Brilliant! Anyone else?Daming: How about "Homework Help"?Tony: Yes, some ideas on how to get good grades!Lingling: What's your homework, Daming?Daming: I'm writing a composition called "What is a wonder of the world?" I'm reading about the ancient pyramids in Egypt.Betty: "Homework Help". I think that's a fantastic idea, Daming.Module 1 Unit 2Read the passage and describe what you can see in the photo. Use some of the following words.ancient; deep; high; long; modern; natural; tall; wideThe Greatest Wonder of the Natural WorldWhen 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, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a kilometre, 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 carefully over them, but it was still too dark to see anything.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 on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still won't reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It's 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance ... over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It's huge!That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. It's not "How deep is it?" or "How wide is it?" or "How long is it?" but "Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?" I know the answer. But what do you think? Module 2 Unit 1Listen and read.Mr Jackson: Hello, Betty. What's up? What are you doing in the library?Betty: I was looking for some old copies of the school magazine. If I've got itright, it was called New Standard .Mr Jackson: That's right. As far as I remember, it was started by Becky Wang. We don'thave a school magazine any more. It's a pity.Betty: Well, I'm thinking about starting it again.Mr Jackson: Sounds like a good idea! Go on.Betty: I was also looking for something by Confucius and by Shakespeare. Mr Jackson: Really? That's a bit difficult for the school magazine.Betty: Well, I'd like a monthly article called "Great Books"—you know, someonereads a favourite work of literature and writes an article about it.Mr Jackson: I see. Confucius' works are still read by many people today, and we're stillinfluenced by his thoughts. And Shakespeare's plays are seen by millionsof people every year. But how about an American writer, Mark Twain, forexample?Betty: I don't know. Mark Twain was an important writer, but he isn't known asa great thinker like Confucius.Mr Jackson: No, but his books are still popular. In fact, he wrote my favourite bookThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer . Perhaps that's what makes "GreatBooks"—they're still read today.Betty: So why don't you write the first article on "Great Books"?Module 2 Unit 2Read the passage and check your answers to the following questions.1. What did Betty suggest at the end of the conversation in Unit 1?2. What book did Mr Jackson choose?3. What do you think happens in the book?4. What do you think are the main ideas of the book?Great BooksThe Adventures of Tom SawyerHere is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, our guest writer is Mr Jackson.My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold.My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive.Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom's best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.The theme of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour.Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it's only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today it's thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on—read it! I know you'll enjoy it, too.Module 3 Unit 1Listen and read.Lingling: Hi, Tony. You look tired.Tony: Yes. I'm training with BIG, the Beijing International Globetrotters, for the School's Basketball Competition. It's the big match next week.Betty: Who's it against ?Daming: HAS.Lingling: What does HAS stand for ?Tony: Haidian All Stars.Betty: Oh, yes. You were defeated last time.Lingling: What was the score?Betty: All Stars 98 points to Globetrotters 52. So when will the match be held? Daming: Next Saturday. Are you coming?Betty: Yes. It's going to be a tough match. I'm going to write a report for New Standard .Lingling: I agree. Are you in the team, Daming?Daming: No, I wasn't chosen this time. Why are you smiling, Betty?Betty: Well, I've seen HAS play several times this season , and they're brilliant! And if you want my opinion ...Tony: No, I don't ...Betty: ... you've got no chance! What do you reckon, Lingling?Lingling: I think you're right, Betty.Daming: Well, you won't be allowed to watch with our fans if that's what you think! Betty: It's true, Daming.Tony: Well, I don't agree. We're playing really well this season . I think we're so good that we'll be asked to play in the Olympic Games.Daming: Don't let them get to you, Tony!(They leave)Lingling: Hee hee! Nice work, Betty!Betty: Of course. They're so mad with us that they'll try harder to win, just to show we're wrong!Module 3 Unit 2Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea.Liu Xiang —Trained for GoldSports Yearbook XXXXFor Liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun. First of all , he'll be invited to competitions around the world. He'll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. He's a symbol of China's international sporting success.And now that he's well known all over the world, Liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly . Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach on how to be a great sportsman , and by his manager on how to be a star.Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping.Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in XXXX to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu's races were recorded , and his performance was compared with the world's best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu's training programme. In XXXX he won his first international 110m hurdles event inSwitzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In XXXX, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece.So what's next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that there's more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport?No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold! Liu Xiang ____.was helped by his sports school to become a gold medal winnerhas trained for many years, and will continue to win medalswill be encouraged to be a star and not a sporting heroModule 4 Unit 1Listen and read.Tony: Dad, can I ask a favour ? Can I borrow your digital camera ?Tony's dad: Why?Tony: I'd like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week. Tony's dad: Is this for your school magazine? Has it been published yet?Tony: Yes, two issues have been published . But it's going to be an online magazinefrom now on.Tony's dad: What's wrong with an ordinary magazine?Tony: Do you mean using paper? It's too expensive. If the magazine is online,paper won't be needed. That's an important advantage . It'll be publishedon the school website, and it can be read on screen.Tony's dad: Well, that makes me think. Paper and printing have been used for ages . Weonce got information from books, but now the same information can be reador even listened to on computers.Tony: I wonder ... Can books be replaced by computers? Maybe I'll write somethingfor the magazine! Anyway, about the camera ...?Tony's dad: Here it is. The battery hasn't been charged for a couple of months. It'sbeen turned off since your mum's birthday party.Tony: It doesn't matter. I'll see to that.Tony's dad: But you must promise that it won't be lent to anyone, and it won't be leftat school! Just look after it. Is that clear?Tony: Promise!Module 4 Unit 2Read the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.a. The world before booksb. The invention of printingc. Life on paper and in printd. Technology and bookse. Can books be replaced by computers?• Paragraph 1 matches c.• Paragraph 2 matches a.• Paragraph 3 matches b.• Paragraph 4 matches d.• Paragraph 5 matches e.Can Books Be Replaced by Computers?by Tony SmithEvery 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 magazinesat home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.But will books be needed in the future? Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily.Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high! Module 5 Unit 1Listen and read.Betty: Let's go to the Science and Technology room. It's upstairs.Daming: Come on! This way! I'm looking forward to this!Guard: Shh! No shouting! It's against the rules.Daming: But I want to go upstairs before we have to go home.Guard: Hang on a minute! You mustn't go up there! Come back!Daming: What's the matter?Guard: Look at the sign —"No entry ".Daming: Oh! Why?Guard: It's closed until January. And the Natural History room as well .Tony: Oh dear. My classmates and I have got to write a report for homework by Friday. Well, let's go downstairs .Lingling: Why?Tony: I want to buy some postcards in the shop. Where's Daming?Lingling: I don't know. He's gone off on his own.Tony: Look at this amazing sculpture .Guard: Don't touch! You mustn't touch it.Tony: Sorry. I'll just take a photo.Guard: No, you can't take a photo, either . Look at the sign —"No photography ".Tony: I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention to what you were saying. I was looking at the sculpture . It looks very real.Lingling: Hurry up! You're taking so long. Let's go. Where's Daming?Tony: It looks very strange. It's kind of familiar ! It looks like ... Daming: Waaaargh!Tony: ... Daming!Betty: Oh, very funny! No wonder it looks real.Lingling: It's not a sculpture . It's Daming!Module 5 Unit 2Read the passage and answer the questions.1.In what way is the Science Museum different from other museums?2.Where does Tony go when he visits the Science Museum?3.What else is there to see in the Science Museum?%The Science Museum in Londonby Tony Smith The most unusual museum in London is the Science Museum. In most museums, there's no shouting and no running, and you aren't allowed to touch the exhibits. But the Science Museum is different ... because it's noisy! People talk about what they can see and do there, and some of the machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is fun and it's a great way to learn about science because you can work things out and try out ideas.When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad. This is my favourite room because you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel into space and back again.Then I go upstairs to the Human and Nature room. You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button. If you aren't fast enough, the lion catches you! I'm faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.There are also rooms on transport, the environment and space technology, as well as maths, physics and chemistry.You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn't take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops.Above all , the Science Museum is free. That means you can drop in for a few minutes or you can stay as long as you like —it's open every day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It's my favourite museum in the whole world.Module 6 Unit 1Listen and read.Betty: Hey, you guys! Guess what! We've just got an email from a reader of our New Standard !Lingling: Great! What does it say?Betty: It's from Zhao Ming. He says, "I saw your enjoyable online magazine while I was doing my homework on favourite books."Daming: He read Mr Jackson's article!Betty: He says, "When are you going to write about environmental education? I'm at a green school in Dalian ..."Daming: What's a green school?Betty: "... and everyone agrees we must be careful about the environment. In fact, there are thousands of green schools in China. It's wasteful to throw away glass, paper and metal , so every class collects reusable waste , sells it for recycling ..."Tony: Nice idea!Betty: "... and raises money to help students in poor areas. But it's not just at school, it's also at home that we save energy and recycle ..."Daming: Such as ...?Betty: "... such as turning lights off, so we don't waste electricity." And hefinishes, "I'm hopeful that if everyone thinks about pollution and recycling, we can protect the air and the oceans, and help save our world. If we don't,the future is hopeless."Tony: Let's ask Zhao Ming to write something.Module 6 Unit 2Read the passage and answer the questions in the first paragraph.How to be greenby Zhao MingHow green are you? Do you care about protecting the environment and saving energy? Try these questions and see.•Do you try to walk or ride a bike to school?•Do you buy new clothes just because they are the latest fashions?•Do you open a window instead of turning on air conditioning?•Do you buy things produced locally instead of made abroad?•Do you take your own cloth bag when shopping instead of using plastic bags?•Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you.Remember these three words: Reduce, reuse and recycle.ReduceReduce means "use less". Don't waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary—or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad.ReuseReuse means "use again". Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a long time. We should look after them so that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don't use a paper cup or a paper bag. It's better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means "change things into something else". Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it's better than throwing things away or burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your neighbourhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.Module 7 Unit 1Listen and read.Tony's dad: Hi, Tony. What are you up to?Tony: I'm looking for the photos that you took in Australia.Tony's dad: OK, would you like a hand to find them?Tony: Great! Thanks. We're doing a project about countries that we want to visit,and I'm going to write about Australia. I have to imagine that I've beenthere, and that I'm writing a letter to Mum and you.Tony's dad: Well, have a look at these.Tony: Let's see. Hey! What's that?Tony's dad: It's called Uluru. It's a huge rock in the centre of Australia. It'sfantastic.Tony: And this building?Tony's dad: That's the Sydney Opera House. It's like a huge sailing boat with wateron three sides. And this one is a photo of a shark that I saw on the GreatBarrier Reef.Tony: Wow! It's amazing! Did you see any kangaroos or crocodiles ?Tony's dad: There were kangaroos that were jumping alongside the car on our way backfrom Uluru. But no crocodiles .Tony: They're great photos. By the way, can I borrow the camera again?Tony's dad: Why?Tony: Well, there's a photo competition that I want to win! I want to take somephotos at our school dance next week.Tony's dad: I bet you do! OK, you can borrow it, but only once you've done your projecton Australia.Module 7 Unit 2Read the letter and find what the photos show.ThursdayDear Mum and Dad,I'm writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we're staying near Uluru —that's the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock. On the first day, we took a helicopter tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high. The colours of the rock are fantastic, and at different times of the day, they change from purpleto red. The Aborigines are the first people ofAustralia, and the ancient Aboriginal stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture.The Australians have many British relatives and they're like us in many ways. Their family life is similar to ours , and they enjoy the same food and hobbies. The food and drink that most Australians like are grapes , lamb , ham and especially wine that they make in the south of the country. They love all sports, but the games that they love the most are football, cricket and rugby . Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach, swimming and surfing .Although it's December, it's summer over here. The sunshine 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 outback is more like a desert, full of rocks and sand.Most Australians speak English, although they have some special expressions such as "Good day!" and "No worries, mate ." They mean "Hello!" and "Don't worry about it. It's not a problem!"The next day after we arrived at Uluru, we went on a camel ride. The camel that I rode had a bad temper , and I got very tired. Everyone else thought it was very funny that my camel kept lying down ...Finally, later this evening, we're taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It's been a fantastic trip!Love,TonyModule 8 Unit 1Listen and read.Lingling: There are a lot of people here!Tony: Well, everyone wants to come to the school dance. The trouble is, I wantto get some good photos, but I can't see over people's heads.Daming: Are you going to enter the photo competition?Tony: You bet! By the way, is that He Zhong at the front? What's he doing here? Betty: Same as you!Daming: Who's He Zhong?Tony: He's the photographer who won the photo competition last time!Daming: The one who won the photo competition last summer?Tony: That's right.Lingling: Shh! It's the Blues Boys playing! It's the band which gets everyone dancing.Tony: Those drums are really loud! Maybe I'll go upstairs.Betty: OK, but look after your camera!(Later ...)Betty: Hi, Tony. How did you get on?Tony: Fine. I got some great shots of the boy who plays the guitar on the left .Where is He Zhong?Betty: He left early. There was something wrong with his camera.Tony: Great! Now I'm in with a chance to win!Lingling: But, Tony ... where's your camera?Tony: It's here, in my bag. Oh no, it's gone!Betty: You're kidding!Tony: But I had it a minute ago. Perhaps I left it upstairs ...Betty: He's quite unhappy.Lingling: His father is the person who will be most unhappy.Tony's dad: Hi, everyone!Betty: Oh! Mr Smith! Help! I mean ... hello! Tony? Er, we didn't expect to seeyou!Tony's dad: I've just come to pick Tony up. Did he try out my camera?Module 8 Unit 2Read the passage.Results of Student Photo CompetitionWe were very pleased with the photo competition. Comparedwith other years, we received many more photos. Even though allof the photos are excellent, we can't give prizes to everyone.There are four prizes, so read on to find out who the winnersare.The person who won the prize for the Most Beautiful Nature photography is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li took photos of the mountains in Xiangshan Park. The parkisn't far from his home, about 500 metres, and he knows it verywell.The photo which we liked best in the Historic China groupwas taken by Zhao Min. Zhao is only 12 years old. Her photo isof Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world. It's 880 metres from north to south and 500 metres wide at the northern end. Her photo shows the size and beauty of the square perfectly.The best photo in the Music category was taken by He Zhong.His photo of this year's best band Crazy Feet shows the singer,Becky Wang, and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen. HeZhong manages to show the movement and the sounds of this greatnew band, and the fun which their fans are having.A collection of photos called "The Many Faces of Our City"which features Beijing won the prize for the Most Unusualcategory. Three pupils at the same school worked on this entry.It includes photos of different parts of the city, old and new. It successfully shows the rich culture which makes Beijing so famous.Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. We are very lucky that the famous photographer John William is in China to talk about his new book. He has agreed to present the prizes at the prize giving ceremony at the end of this month.Module 9 Unit 1Listen and read.Daming: Oh dear! Where's the camera? What's Tony's dad going to say?Betty: This is like a cartoon story.Lingling: Why?Betty: I can imagine every drawing in the cartoon , and I know what the ending willbe.Daming: The cartoons I like have lots of jokes.Lingling: But it's no laughing matter. This is serious.Betty: This isn't one of those cartoons which make you laugh.Daming: And the characters I like are heroes like Superman or Batman.Lingling: We need someone like Superman who can save Tony ...Mr Jackson: Hello, I'm looking for Tony.Daming: He's over there !Mr Jackson: Could you tell him I'd like to have a word with him? I've got a camera whichhas got his name on it. It was upstairs.Daming: That's good news. Shall I give it to him?Mr Jackson: OK. Here you are.Betty: Oh, Tony's dad is going over to speak to him.。

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下全册课文电子稿word版

新外研版英语九年级上下全册课文电子稿word版M1U2 P4The greatest wonder of the natural worldWhen 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, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I aske d. 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 carefully over them, but it was sill too dark to see anything.Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. . I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still won’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon . How far is it? It’s 20 kilometres , maybe more. Finally , I looked to my left and to my left and to my right , and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distanc e … over 400 kilometres long . The Grand Canyon is not just big . It’s huge!That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question . It’s not “How deep is it ?” or “How wide is it ?” or “How long is it ? ” but “Is the Grand Canyon the greates t wonder anywhere in the natural world ? ” I know the answer. But what do you think?M2U2P12The adventures of Tom SawyerHere is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, our guest Writer is Mr Jackson.My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold.My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive.Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom's best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviourWhy do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876. but it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it’s only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on—read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too.M3U2P20Liu Xiang- trained for goldSports yearbook 2004For Liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun .First of all, he'll be invited to competitions around the world. He'll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. He's a symbol of China's international sporting success.And now that he's well known all over the world .Liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly .Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach on how to be a great sportsman and by his manager on how to be a star.Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when to the Junior Sports School of putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998,his skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping.Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu's races were recorded with the world's best sports stars .Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu's training programme. In 2002 he won his first international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asian Games inKorea .In 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece.So what's next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that there's more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport?No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold!M4U2P28Can books be replaced by computers?by Tony SmithEvery 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 posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.But will books be needed in the future? Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept onCD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily.Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!M5U2P36The Science Museum in Londonby Tony Smith The most unusual museum in London is the Science Museum. In most museums, there's no shouting and no running, and you aren't allowed to touch the exhibits. But the Science Museum is different… because it's noisy! People talk about what they can see and do there, and some of the machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is fun and it's a great way to learn about science because you can work things out and try out ideas.When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad. This is my favourite room because you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel into space and back again.Then I go upstairs to the Human and Nature room. You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.There are also rooms on transport, the environment and space technology, as well as maths, physics and chemistry.You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn’t take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops.Above all, the Science Museum is free. That means you can stay as long as you like-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.M6u2p44How to be greenBy Zhao Ming How green are you? Do you care about protecting the environment and saving energy? Try these questions and see.Do you try to walk or ride a bike to school?Do you buy new clothes just because they are the latest fashions?Do you open a window instead of turning on air conditioning?Do you buy things produced locally instead of made abroad?Do you take your own cloth bag when shopping instead of using plastic bags?Do you sort the waste before throwing it away?We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you. Remember these three words: reduce, reuse and recycle.ReduceReduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going in to the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary – or may be the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad.ReuseReuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means “change things into something else”. Although it takes energy to changeso mething into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them find out what can be recycled in your neighborhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.M7U2 P58Dear Mum and Dad,I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we’re staying near Uluru —that’s the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock. On the first day, we took a helicopter tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high. The colours of the rock are fantastic, and at different times of the day, they change from purple to red. The Aborigines are the first people of Australia, and the ancient Aboriginal stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture.The Australians have many British relatives and they’re like us in many ways. Their family life is similar to ours, and they enjoy the same food and hobbies. The food and drink that most Australians like are grapes, lamb, ham and especially wine that they make in the south of the country. They love all sports, but the games that they love the most are football, cricket and rugby. Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach, swimming and surfing.Although it’s December, it’s summer over here. The sunshine 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 outback is more like a desert, full of rocks and sand.Most Australians speak English, although they have some special expressions such as “Good day!” and “No worries, mate.” They mean “Hello!” and “Don’t worry about it. It’s not a problem!”The next day after we arrived at Uluru, we went on a camel ride. The camel that I rode had a bad temper, and I got very tired. Everyone else thought it was very funny that my camel kept lying down …Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a fantastic trip!Love,TonyM8U2 P66Results of student photo competitionWe were very pleased with the photo competition. Compared with other years, we received many more photos. Even though all of the ph otos 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 Most Beautiful Nature photography is fifteen-year-old Li Wei. Li took photos of the mountains in X iangshan Park. The park isn’t far from his home, about 500 metres, and he knows it very well.The photo which we liked best in the Historic China group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao is only 12 years old. Her photo is of Tian’an men Square, the largest public square in the world. It’s 880 metres from north to south and 500 metres wide at the northern end. Her photo shows the size and beauty of the square perfectly.The best photo in the Music category was taken by He Zhong. His photo of this year’s best band Crazy Feet shows the singer. Becky Wang, and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen. He Zhong manages to show the movement and the sounds of this great new band, and the fun which their fans are having.A collection of photos called “The many Faces of Our City” which features Beijing won the prize for the Most Unusual category. Three pupils at the same school worked on this entry. It includes photos of different parts of the city, old and new. It successfully shows the rich culture which makes Beijing so famous.Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. We are very lucky that the famous photographer John William is in China to talk about his new book. He has agreed to present the prizes at the prize giving ceremony at the end of this month.M9U2 P74Cartoon heroesNemo, a cute orange-and-white fish, and Shriek, a huge green monster, have won the hearts of young people in China and the all over the world . The heroes of popular cartoons are everywhere, on office desks, handbags, and computer screens.But there are some cartoon favorites which are older. The cartoon of the monkey King has just had its “40th birthday”. Called havoc in Heaven, it tells the story of a monkey who leads a group of monkeys against the rule of the Emperor in heaven. He flies into a peach garden and ears as many peaches as he likes. He makes a mess in each room in heaven. But it is above all the jokes played by the monkey that people remember. “Havoc in heaven” has become a common expression used by a parent or a boss when they return to the house or office and see a mess. Another favorite who has celebrated an important birthday in China is a reporter with hair and a small white dog. Tintin has traveled to the jungles, the backstretch of Shanghai and even the surface of the moon. Tintin has been popular for 75 years, ever since Belgian cartoonist Here invented the character in 1929. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and about 200 million copies have been sold. In December 1984 the whole series of Tintin began to be published in China. Many Chinese still keep collections of these black-and-white Tintin books. There are several fan clubs in China which have held birthday parties for Tintin in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan.Finally, Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s lovable dog who lives in his own private dream world, also had his “50th birthday” celebrated by China’s Snoopy fans in 2000.“I didn’t draw the cartoons only for children. Adults who have experienced li fe understand them better,” said the late Charles Schultz, creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts cartoons.M10U2 P82Feed me betterJamie Oliver is a young cook who wants to improve school dinners. In 2005 he went back to school to see what the children were eating.1 ______________________________Jamie asked the children what their meals were like. “We hamburgers and chips, or pizza,” they told him, “and sometimes there is fruit, but we prefer ice cream.” Jamie thought the menu was terrible. The children were eating junk food, and it was a problem. Junk food isn’t just bad for the body. Children whose midday meals were unhealthy were difficult to teach in the afternoon. Teachers said that children behaved very badly after lunch.2 _______________________________When Jamie took vegetables into class, the children didn’t know what they were. Jamie realized that the children didn’t know about healthy food. Then he talked to the people who worked in the kitchens. He found out that t hey didn’t know enough about food and health, and they didn’t have very much money to spend.3 ________________________________He decided to teach the cooks and the children about healthy food. It was hard work! He cooked healthy meals for them including meat, rice, pasta and vegetables, but a lot of the teenagers refused to eat the new food. Jamie showed them why the junk food wasn’t healthy. In the end, when Jamie persuaded them to try his cooking, they like it!4 ________________________________Jamie talked to the government. He told them they need to ban junk food from schools, train the cooks, educate the children and spend more money on school dinners. A lot of parents, teachers and children agreed with him. The newspapers wrote articles about him, and a TV programme showed his visits to the school. Jamie is a cook whose ideas are changing school dinners all over Britain.M11U2 P90Visions of the cityJo is 15 and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville 50 years ago, it was a quiet country village in the centre of the country. At that time, they had a small house on the edge of town, with some fields and the hills in the distance.But Parkville was close to a big city, Arnwick, with about 200,000 people. People from the countryside began to arrive in Arnwick to find jobs and have a better life. And of course they needed somewhere to live. However, it was expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick, so the city government decided to build flats around the edge of the city. And soon, Parkville became a suburb of Arnwick. It now has over a million people. Jo’s family live in one of those new flats —there’s no room for small houses any more.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago. Jo goes to a school close to the centre of Arnwick, with 2,000 pupils. No one knows all their names.It takes Jo an hour to get to school, and this adds to the traffic and pollution. But it’s not her fault. She liked her old school.Arnwick needs larger hospitals and more doctors, better public transport and fewer private cars. There need to be more shops and offices. It also needs clean water and no rubbish in the streets. It’s difficult to run a big city, and to protect people from crime. So it also needs more laws and more police, and more taxes to pay for everything.Well, what do you think of all this? Do you like the things which are happening in Parkville? In fact, “Visions of the city” is just a story. But does your town have the same problems a s Arnwick?M12U2 P98Learn English in Los AngelesWe provide summer English courses which are the best you can find. You will enjoy coming to Los Angeles to learn about America culture and improve your English at the same time. The courses last for four, six or eight weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are well –trained and very experienced. They teach English classes for four hours a day. You can choose between small groups of two or three, or largest groups of up to 15. We provide weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your lang uage skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. We also provide books and other materials.As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the USA. You live with an American family, and you take part in American life. You have meals with an American family and do some activities with the students which last a long time. Of course, If you prefer, we can arrange hotel accommodation.Of course, there are many things to do in Los Angeles. Every day we have activities which take place after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also go to various shopping centers, sports centers, movies and concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San Francisco and other places of interest in California.We try to give our students the best possible experience of English and life in the USA. Just ask our students! They say our summer English courses are fantastic!We hope that you’ll enjoy a course with us, too. If you’re interested, please fill in our application from where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins.新外研版英语九年级下册课文电子稿word版Module 1 P4Excuse Me. You're Sitting in My Seat!The train to Beijing! Lin often dreamed about the train, and about going to the capital. Now it was in front of him, to set off soon. He looked at his brother."Don't forget where you come from, little brother," Jin said. "And watch your bags carefully."Lin nodded, unable to speak. This was his first long trip by train at the start of his new life, leaving his village and his home for the last 16 years.He held Jin in his arms. With tears in his eyes, Jin pushed Lin away. "Go, brother. Write to us as soon as you get there, OK?"Lin jumped onto the train. There were people and bags everywhere. He pushed past them towards his seat.A young man was sitting in Lin's seat. He was wearing jeans and a very smart jacket, and was smoking a cigarette.What should he do? Six pairs of eyes looked at Lin, while the man looked out of the window."Sir, you're sitting in my seat," Lin said, with a nervous smile. The other people watched with interest.The man didn't turn to look at Lin, but just looked out of the window."Excuse me. I have a ticket with the number of the seat you're sitting in!" Lin said in a stronger voice."I also have a ticket with that number—though it is in another car. Besides, I was here first," said the man, without moving his head. Though he was sitting, he looked very tall and strong.Lin looked at the other passengers for help. "But ... " he started to say."But what?" The man turned and looked at Lin. "I'm not moving."Finally a man wearing glasses spoke in a loud voice. "This young man has the right ticket for that seat. You should move."Lin felt brave. "See? Please move. I've got a long way to go.""How long?" the young man asked."To the last stop, Beijing.""I'm getting off before you. Then you can have my seat. ""Where is that?" asked Lin."Hangzhou."Lin thought Hangzhou was far away."It's seven hours away from here," the man with glasses said. "Even if it's only 10 minutes, you should move."Slowly the young man stood up, dropped his cigarette on the floor, and disappeared down the train.Module 2 P12My School LifeMy name is Sally Maxwell, and I'm 15. I've been at Park School, London since I was 11. If I pass my exams next year, I'll stay here until I'm 18.Park School is a secondary school, about 20 minutes by bike away from home. Before I came here, I went to primary school, near my home. I started primary school when I was five and stayed there for six years.The schoolday is from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. We spend the first 10 minutes in our classroom while our teacher checks which pupils are present or absent. Then everyone goes to the main hall. There our head teacher makes a speech and tells us any news about the school. Lessons begin at 9:05 and last for an hour. We have a break at 11:05 until 11:20, then another lesson, then lunch for an hour. We have two more lessons before school finishes.This year I have 11 subjects: maths, biology, chemistry, French, history, geography, music and IT, PHSE, ADT and PE (these stand for Information Technology; Personal Health and Safety Education; Art, Design and Technology and Physical Education). Fortunately, we don't have exams in every subject. PHSE is about the dangers of drugs and smoking, among other things. In ADT we also do things like learning to cook as well as drawing and design. Some people can do Italian and Spanish instead of French, but no one is learning Chinese ... yet! PE involves physical exercise, basketball, training in the gym and swimming—we're really lucky to have a swimming pool.I took exams when I was 7, 10, and 14 years old. Next year I take my exams in eight subjects, and then I can do between three and five subjects for the exams in my final year.We have a large sports ground where we play football, tennis and do athletics both during and after school hours. After-school activities, such as sports clubs and language societies are popular, too. During the school year there are usually visits to museums and galleries, and to camps for activities, such as climbing and cycling in the country. There are parties and discos and a sports day, and the school play is a really important event. Once a term, there is a parents' meeting, so our parents and teachers can talk about our progress.What's the best thing about school? English, history, music ... and my friends. What's the worst thing? Homework ... and exams!Module 3 P20Life in the PastMrs Li is over 70 years old, and has lived in Beijing all her life. I asked her about life todayand in the past.Tell me about your parents, brothers and sisters.My parents, my sister and three brothers lived in a small house beside a restaurant. We weren't very rich, but we were happy. My sister was the eldest child and she left school when she was only 12 to help my mother at home.Families have changed a lot since I was young. They were much bigger in those days. Most of my friends had lots of brothers and sisters. Today most people only have one child!Did your parents have jobs?My father went out to work. He was a factory worker, and he often worked 12 hours a day. My mum wanted to work. She was a teacher before she met my father. Looking after us was a full-time job, so she stayed at home. Today it's normal for married women to go out to work, but it was less common in the past. My father had the same job the whole of his working life. These days people change their jobs much more often.What was life like at home?Well, I remember the family meals, three times a day. My mother was always cooking for us. We weren't rich but we ate enough. And the food was always freshly cooked—my mother never bought ready-made food as people do today, so it was much better for us. And of course we didn't have television, so we played games together and read a lot. I helped my younger brother with his homework in the evenings.Where did you meet your husband?I first met him 60 years ago. I was carrying some heavy bags on my bike and I fell off! He stopped and picked up my bags. My parents liked him, and thought he came from a good family so we got married a year later. I was only 19.These days most couples meet at work, and they just hope their parents will be happy for them if they marry.Has Beijing changed?Yes, there are lots more buildings and so much more traffic! I can't believe the number of cars on the streets. But I suppose it's the same everywhere. And I walk less these days and take the bus more.And do you think life is better today?Well, I think so. I'm healthier than I've ever been. We live longer and we eat better. One day I'll be talking to your own grandchildren!Module 4 P28-29Looking Cool1. What do you look for when you go shopping for clothes? Do you choose something fashionable ... or comfortable? Do you like to look different? Or do you wear the same clothes as your friends? Do you go for this year's colours? Is it the logo—the company symbol—that。

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.。

(完整版)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 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.。

外研社九年级(上册)英语课文

九上Module1Unit 13 Listen and readBetty: OK,come in and sit down!Daming: What’s happening?Lingling: We’re having a meeting.Daming: That’s news to me! I’m doing my homework.What’s it about?Lingling: The school magazine.Daming: What school magazine?Betty: Right,listen up, everyone. Did anyone watch television yesterday evening? Did you see the interview with Becky Wang?Lingling: She sings with the band Crazy Feet. She’s my favourite singer.Tony: Yes, I saw it. She went to our school!Betty: 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 events, and tell everyone about the school concert and the dance club.Tony: And the school basketball matches.Lingling: But who will write the articles?Betty: We’ll write the articles. Any more ideas?Tony: I know! I’ll do some reviews about our favourite bands and movies! Lingling: And I’ll do an interview with Becky Wang!Betty: Brilliant! Anyone else?Daming: How about “Homework Help”?Tony: Yes, some ideas on how to get good grades!Lingling: What’s your homework,Daming?Daming: I’m writing a composition called “What s a wonder of the world?” I’m reading about the ancient pyramids in Egypt.Betty:” Homework Help”. I think that’s a fantastic idea, Daming.Unit 22 Read the passage and describe what you can see in the photo. Use some of the words in Activity 1.The greatest wonder of the natural worldWhen 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, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see.After about a kilometre, 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 ge there in five minutes.”Finally, I came to some rocks, and stopped. I looked carefully over them, but it was stilltoo dark to see anything.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 on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world,I looked down to the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still won’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance... Over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It;s huge!That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. It’s not “ How deep is it?” or “How wide is it?” or “How long is it? “ but “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?” I know the answer. But what do you think?Unit 38 . Compete the passage with the correct form of the phrases in the box. Around the worldStonehenge: a man-made wonder of the worldStonehenge is an ancient circle of stones in the south of England. It was built about 5,000 years ago. There are about 80 stones, and each is about five metres tall. The buildersbrought them from hills in the west of the country over 200 kilometres away. It was probably a place to bury dead people, or somewhere to study the stars and the sky at night. Some of the stones are missing, but it’s still one of the most wonderful sights of the world. It is a wonder also because of this question: How did people move these huge pieces of stone from so far? No one knows the answer.Module 2Unit 13. Listen and readMr Jackson: Hello, Betty. What’s up? What are you doing in the library?Betty: I was looking for some old copies of the school magazine. If I’ve got it right, it was called New Standard.Mr Jackson: That’s right. As far as I remember, it was started by Becky Wang. We don’t have a school magazine any more. It’s a pity.Betty: Well, I’m thinking about start it again.Mr Jackson: Sounds like a good idea! Go on.Betty: I was also looking for something by Confucius and by Shakespeare.Mr Jackson: Really? That’s a bit difficult for the school magazine.Betty: Well, I’d like a monthly article called “Great Books”—you know, someone read afavourite work of literature and writes an article about it.Mr Jackson: I see. Confucius’ works are still read by manny people today, and we’re still influenced by his thoughts. Ans Shakespeare’s plays are seen by million of peope wvwry year. But How about American writer, Mark Twain, for example.Betty: I don’e know. Mark Twain was an important writer, but he isn’t known as a great thingker like Confucius.Mr Jackson: No, but his book are still popular. In fact, he wrote my favourite book, The Adventure of T om Sawyer. Perhaps that’s what make “Great Books”—they’re still read today.Betty: So why don’t you write the first article on “Great Books”?7. Listen and repeat.Confucius’ works are still read/ by many people today,/ and we’re still influenced/ by his thoughts./ And Shakespeare’s plays are seen/ by millions of people every year.Unit 22. Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1The Adventures of T om SawyerHere is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, or guest writer is Mr Jackson.My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. T om lives withhis aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and clever yong boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River dor several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold.My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive.Tom is hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe os Tom’s best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour.Why do I think Tom Sawyer id s great boo? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it’s only a story Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of American literature. Go on —read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too.Unit 38 . Compete the conversation with the correct form of the phrases in the box.Around the worldPlatoPlato lives from 427 to 347 BC in ancient Greece. He travelled in Greece, Africa and Italy. He was a grat thinker. The modern world is still influenced by his thoughts about life, education, government, art, maths and science. When he returned to Athens, he taught philosophy at the Academy. Plato’s works are called The Dialogues.Module3Unit 13 . Listen and read.Lingling: Hi, T ony. You look tired.Tony: Yes, I’m training with BIG, the Beijing International Globetrotters, for the School Basketball Competition. It’s the big match next week.Betty: Who’s it against?Daming: HAS.Lingling: What does HAS stand for?Tony: Haidian All Stars.Betty: All Stars 98 points to Globetrotters 52. So when will the match be held? Daming: Next Saturday. Are you coming?Betty: Yes. It’d going to be tough match. I’m going to write a report for New Standard. Lingling: I agree. Are you in the team, Daming?Daming: No, I wasn’t chosen this time. Why are you smiling, Betty?Betty: Well. I’ve seen HAS play several times this season and they’re brilliant! And if you want my opinion...Tony: No, I don’t...Betty:...you’ve got no chance! What do you reckon, Linglinng?Lingling: I think you’re right, Betty.Daming: Well, you won’t be allowed to watch with our fans if that’s what you think! Betty: It’s true, Daming.Tony: Well, I don’t agree. We’re playing really well his season. I think we’re so good that we’ll be asked to play in the Olympic Games.Daming: Don’t let them get to you, T ony!(They leave)Lingling: Hee hee! Nice work, Betty!Betty: Of course. They’re so mad with us that they will try harder to win, just to show we’re wrong.8 . Say the sentenceWell, you won’t be allowed to watch with our fans if that’s what you think!Now listen and check.Unit 22 . Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea.Liu Xiang—trained for gold Sports yearbook 2004For Liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just began. First of all, he’ll be invited to competitions around the world. He’ll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. He’s a symbol of China’s international sporting success.And now that he’s well known all over the world, Liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly. Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach on how to be a great sportsman, and by his manager on how to be a star.Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very young.in Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his skill at hurdling wad noticed by his coach Sun Haiping.Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in 2001 to help young sportsman and sportswomen. Liu’s races were recorded, and his performance was compared with the world’s best sports stars, Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu ‘s training programme. In 2002 he won his first international 110m hurdlesevent in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece.So what’s next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that there’s more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport?No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold!Unit 3Around the worldThe Paralympic GamesIn 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a doctor at a hospital in England, began using sport as part of his patient’s treatment. He set up a competition with other hospitals at the same time at the London Olympics in that year. Over the next ten years, the competition grew bigger and bigger with more hospitals in England taking part.In 1960, at the Rome Olympics, Guttmann brought 400 athletes to compete. The modern Parallel Olympics (or “ Paralympics”) were born.More and more people take part in Paralympics, and at the Paralympics in Sydney, a total of 122 countries took part. Crowded stadiums and enormous media coverage across the world made this the best Paralympics ever.Module 4Unit 13. Listen and readTony: Dad, can I ask a favour? Can I borrow your digital camera?Tony’s dad: Why?Tony: I’d like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week. Tony’s dad: Is this for your school magazine? Has it been published yet?Tony: Yes, tow issues have been published. But it’s going to be an online magazine from now on.Tiny’s dad: What’s wrong with an ordinary magazine?Tony: Do you mean using paper? It’s too expensive. If the magazine is online, paper win’t be needed. That’s an important advantage. It’ll be published on the school website, and it can be read on screen.Tony’s dad: Well, that makes me think. Paper and printing have been sued for ages.we once got information from books, but now the same information can be read or even listened to on computer.Tony: I wonder...Can books be replaced computers? Maybe I’ll write something for the magazine!Anyway, about the camera...?Tony’s dad: Here it is. The battery hasn’t been charged for a couple of months. It’s been turned off since your mum’s birthday party.Tony: It doesn’t matter. I’ll see to that.Tony’s dad: But you must promise that it won’t lent to anyone, and it won’t be left at school! Just look after it. Is that clear?Tony: Promised!7 . Listen to the sentences.1 If the magazine is online, / paper won’t be needed.2 It’ll be published / on the school website , / and it can be read/ on screen.3 But you must promise / that it won’t lent to anyone, / and it won’t be left at school!Unit 22 . Read the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.Can books be replaced by computers?by Tony SmithEvery 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 posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper pr print?Paper was first created about 2,0002 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and , since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.But will books be needed in the future? T oday information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried easily.Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two meters high!Unit 38 . Compete the sentences with the phrases in the box.Around the worldE-bookAs we can now write to each other with email, we can read wit e-books. E- books first appeared in the 1990s and have made great improvements in their technology. Notes can be written on an e-book, new books can be easily downloaded from the Internet, and it’s much easier and quicker to search for passages. What’s more, a lot of paper will be saved. Nowadays, the most advanced e-book is about 620g.18cm long, 12cm wide and 2cm thick. It looks like a real book. But e-books are more expensive than paper books, so not many people can afford them. However. With the rapid development of electronic technology, e-books will become more convenient and cheaper. It is said that in the near future there will be more e-books than paper books.Module 5Unit 13. Listen and readBetty: Let’s go to the Science and Technology room. It’s upstairs.Daming: Coming on! This way! I’m looking forward to this!Guard: Shh! Ni shouting! It’s against the rules.Daming: But I want to go to upstairs before we have to go home.Guard: Hang on a minute! You mustn’t go there! Come back!Daming: What’s the matter?Guard: It’s closed until January. And the Natural History room as well.Tony: Oh dear. My classmates and I have got to write a report for homework by Friday. Well, let’ go downstairs.Lingling: Why?Tony: I want to buy some postcards in the shop. Where’s Daming?Lingling: I don’t know. He’s gone off on his own.Tony: Look at this amazing sculpture.Guard: Don’t touch! You mustn’t touch it.Tony: sorry. I’ll just take a photo.Guard: No, you can’t take a photo, either. Look at the sign—”No photography”. Tony: I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention to what you were saying. I was looking at the sculpture. It looks very real.Lingling: Hurry up! You’re taking so long. Let’s go. Where’s Daming?Tony: It looks very strange. It’s kind of familiar. It looks like。

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。

新外研版九年级上册课文翻译(含对话)

Module 1 Wonders of the worldUnit 1: It’s more than 2000 years old、托尼:我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话,加入讨论吧。

我觉得自然奇观比人造奇观更有趣。

而且我认为巨人之路就是最神奇的自然奇观。

玲玲:嗯,我没有见过巨人之路,所以我不知道该不该同意您的瞧法。

您为什么会喜欢它呢,托尼？托尼:哦,两年前我浏览了巨人之路。

它非常大,由大约4万多块石块组成,大多数石块都有六个面。

巨人之路位于北爱尔兰东海岸,绵延数百米。

玲玲:听起来很神奇,但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。

瀑布宽约1700米,高约100米,数千米之外就能听到瀑布的巨响。

贝蒂:哇！那么大啊！但就是,在我瞧来,人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。

就说兵马俑吧,它们都有两千多年的历史了。

大明:我同意您的瞧法,贝蒂。

我觉得三峡大坝也很神奇。

大坝长约2300米,高185米,顶部宽15米。

它为中国数百万的人口供电。

贝蒂:那现在谁来拨打热线？Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big 、自然界的一大奇观我到那里时就是大清早,天下着雨。

我朝东边瞧了瞧,天空变得灰蒙蒙的。

我下了车,穿过一道门,沿着一条黑暗的小路前行。

虽然什么也瞧不见,但我知道它就在那里。

大约走了一英里,小路边出现了一个陌生人。

我问道:“我走的路对不？”她知道我要去哪里。

她答道:“对,五分钟后您就能到达那里。

”终于,我走到一些岩石前停了下来。

我朝那片岩石望过去,但就是一片寂静,还就是瞧不见它。

突然,雨停了,云散了。

太阳从我身后升起,照在岩石上。

地面(仿佛在随着光线)向下延伸,(逐渐)退落到下面的一条河里。

我在眺望着这自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。

我俯视着距我一英里之遥的银色的科罗拉多河。

即使您把世界上最高的两栋建筑物叠在一起放在谷底,它们仍就到不到了顶。

然后我眺望峡谷的另一边。

它大约在15英里之外,也许更远。

新外研版英语九年级上册课文电子稿word版

新外研版英语九年级上册课文电子稿word 版M1U2 P4 The greatest wonder of the natural world 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, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see. After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am “Am I going the right way?”I going the right way?” I aske asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, d. 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 carefully over them, but it was sill too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. . I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down to the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, t hey still won’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon . How far is it? It’s 20 kilometres , maybe more. Finally , I looked to my left and to my left and to my right , and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance … over 400 kilometres long . The Grand Canyon is not just big . It’s huge!… over 400 kilometres long . The Grand Canyon is not just big . It’s huge!That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question . It’s not “How deep is it ?” or or “How “How wide wide is is it it ?” ?” or or “How “How long long is is it it ? ? ” ” but but “Is “Is the the Grand Grand Canyon Canyon the the greatest greatest wonder wonder anywhere in the natural world ? ” I know the answer. But what do you think?M2U2P12 The adventures of Tom Sawyer Here is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, our guest Writer is Mr Jackson. My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold. My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom's best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story. The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes describes how how strangers strangers are are seen seen in in small small towns towns of of America. America. Finally, Finally, it it talks talks about about freedom freedom social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876. but it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it ’s only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19thcentury, so it sounds very real. Today it ’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on —read it! I know you ’ll enjoy it, too. M3U2P20 Liu Xiang- trained for gold Sports yearbook 2004 For Liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun .First of all, he'll be invited to competitions around the world. He'll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. He's a symbol of China's international sporting success. And now that he's well known all over the world .Liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly .Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach on how to be a great sportsman and by his manager on how to be a star. Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when to the Junior Sports School of putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998,his skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu's races were recorded with the world's best sports stars .Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu's training programme. In 2002 he won his first international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea .In 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece. So what's next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that there's more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport? No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold! M4U2P28 Can books be replaced by computers?by Tony Smith 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 posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print? Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read. Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century. But will books be needed in the future? Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily. Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high! M5U2P36 The Science Museum in London by Tony Smith The most unusual museum in London is the Science Museum. In most museums, there's no shouting and no running, and you aren't allowed to touch the exhibits. But the Science Museum is different… because it's noisy! People talk about what they can see and do there, and some of the machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is fun and it's a great way to learn about science because you can work things out and try out ideas. When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad. This is my favourite room because you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel into space and back again. Then I go upstairs to the Human and Nature room. You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me. There are also rooms on transport, the environment and space technology, as well as maths, physics and chemistry. You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn’t take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops. it’s open Above all, the Science Museum is free. That means you can stay as long as you like-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.M6u2p44 How to be green By Zhao Ming How green are you? Do you care about protecting the environment and saving energy? Try these questions and see. Do you try to walk or ride a bike to school? Do you buy new clothes just because they are the latest fashions? Do you open a window instead of turning on air conditioning? Do you buy things produced locally instead of made abroad? Do you take your own cloth bag when shopping instead of using plastic bags? Do you sort the waste before throwing it away? We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you. Remember these three words: reduce, reuse and recycle. Reduce Reduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going in to the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary – or may be the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. Reuse Reuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and s better to use a china cup and a lunch a paper cup or a paper bag. It’buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup or a paper bag. It’box because you can use them again. Recycle kes energy to change Recycle means “change things into something else”. Although it tamething into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them find out so something into something else, it’what can be recycled in your neighborhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees. M7U2 P58 Dear Mum and Dad, I’m writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. At the moment we’re staying near our Uluru —that’s the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock. On the first day, we took a helicopter tover the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high. The colours of the rock are fantastic, and at different times of the day, they change from purple to red. The Aborigines are the first people of Australia, and the ancient Aboriginal stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a centre of Aboriginal culture. The Australians have many British relatives and they’re like us in many ways. Their family life is similar to ours, and they enjoy the same food and hobbies. The food and drink that most Australians like are grapes, lamb, ham and especially wine that they make in the south of the country. They love all sports, but the games that they love the most are football, cricket and rugby. Because most Australians live near the coast, they love going to the beach, swimming and surfing. Although it’s December, it’s summer over here. The sunshine 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 outback is more like a desert, full of rocks and sand. Most Australians speak English, although they have some special expressions such as “Good day!” and “No worries, mate.” They mean “Hello!” and “Don’t worry about it. It’s not a p roblem!”The next day after we arrived at Uluru, we went on a camel ride. The camel that I rode had a bad temper, and I got very tired. Everyone else thought it was very funny that my camel kept lying down …Finally, later this evening, we’re taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It’s been a fantastic trip! Love, Tony M8U2 P66 Results of student photo competition We were very pleased with the photo competition. Compared with other years, we received os are excellent, we can’t give prizes to everyone. many more photos. Even though all of the photThere are four prizes, so read on to find out who the winners are. The person who won the prize for the Most Beautiful Nature photography is fifteen-year-old ngshan Park. The park isn’t far from his home, Li Wei. Li took photos of the mountains in Xiaabout 500 metres, and he knows it very well. The photo which we liked best in the Historic China group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao is quare in the world. only 12 years old. Her photo is of Tian’an men Square, the largest public sIt’s 880 metres from north to south and 500 metres wide at the northern end. Her photo shows the size and beauty of the square perfectly. The best photo in the Music category was taken by He Zhong. His photo of this year’s best band Crazy Feet shows the singer. Becky Wang, and the band playing at a concert in Shenzhen. He Zhong manages to show the movement and the sounds of this great new band, and the fun which their fans are having. A collection of photos called “The many Faces of Our City” which features Beijing won the prize for the Most Unusual category. Three pupils at the same school worked on this entry. It includes photos of different parts of the city, old and new. It successfully shows the rich culture which makes Beijing so famous. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. We are very lucky that the famous photographer John William is in China to talk about his new book. He has agreed to present the prizes at the prize giving ceremony at the end of this month. M9U2 P74 Cartoon heroes Nemo, a cute orange-and-white fish, and Shriek, a huge green monster, have won the hearts of young people in China and the all over the world . The heroes of popular cartoons are everywhere, on office desks, handbags, and computer screens. But there are some cartoon favorites which are older. The cartoon of the monkey King has just had its “40th birthday”. Called havoc in Heaven, it tells the story of a monkey who leads a group of monkeys against the rule of the Emperor in heaven. He flies into a peach garden and ears as many peaches as he likes. He makes a mess in each room in heaven. But it is above all the jokes played by the monkey that people remember. “Havoc in heaven” has become a common expression used by a parent or a boss when they return to the house or office and see a mess. Another favorite who has celebrated an important birthday in China is a reporter with hair and a small white dog. Tintin has traveled to the jungles, the backstretch of Shanghai and even the surface of the moon. Tintin has been popular for 75 years, ever since Belgian cartoonist Here invented the character in 1929. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and about 200 million copies have been sold. In December 1984 the whole series of Tintin began to be published in China. Many Chinese still keep collections of these black-and-white Tintin books. There are several fan clubs in China which have held birthday parties for Tintin in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan. Finally, Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s lovable dog who lives in his own private dream world, also had his “50th birthday” celebrated by China’s Snoopy fans in 2000. understand “I didn’t draw the cartoons only for children. Adults who have experienced lifethem better,” said the late Charles Schultz, creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts cartoons.M10U2 P82 Feed me better Jamie Oliver is a young cook who wants to improve school dinners. In 2005 he went back to school to see what the children were eating. 1 ______________________________ Jamie asked the children what their meals were like. “We hamburgers and chips, or pizza,” they told him, “and sometimes there is fruit, but we prefer ice cream.” Jamie thought the menu was terrible. T he children were eating junk food, and it was a problem. Junk food isn’t just bad for the body. Children whose midday meals were unhealthy were difficult to teach in the afternoon. Teachers said that children behaved very badly after lunch. 2 _______________________________ When Jamie took vegetables into class, the children didn’t know what they were. Jamie realized that the children didn’t know about healthy food. Then he talked to the people who y didn’t know enough about food and health, and worked in the kitchens. He found out that thethey didn’t have very much money to spend.3 ________________________________ He decided to teach the cooks and the children about healthy food. It was hard work! He cooked healthy meals for them including meat, rice, pasta and vegetables, but a lot of the teenagers refused to eat the new food. Jamie showed them why the junk food wasn’t healthy. In the end, when Jamie persuaded them to try his cooking, they like it! 4 ________________________________ Jamie talked to the government. He told them they need to ban junk food from schools, train the cooks, educate the children and spend more money on school dinners. A lot of parents, teachers and children agreed with him. The newspapers wrote articles about him, and a TV programme showed his visits to the school. Jamie is a cook whose ideas are changing school dinners all over Britain. M11U2 P90 Visions of the city arkville 50 years ago, it Jo is 15 and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents first came to Pwas a quiet country village in the centre of the country. At that time, they had a small house on the edge of town, with some fields and the hills in the distance. But Parkville was close to a big city, Arnwick, with about 200,000 people. People from the countryside began to arrive in Arnwick to find jobs and have a better life. And of course they needed somewhere to live. However, it was expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick, so the city government decided to build flats around the edge of the city. And soon, Parkville became a suburb of Arnwick. It now has over a million people. Jo’s family live in one of those new flats —there’s no room for small houses any more.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago. Jo goes to a school close to the centre of Arnwick, with 2,000 pupils. No one knows all their names. It takes Jo an hour to get to school, and this adds to the traffic and pollution. But it’s not her fault. She liked her old school. Arnwick needs larger hospitals and more doctors, better public transport and fewer private cars. There need to be more shops and offices. It also needs clean water and no rubbish in the eds more streets. It’s difficult to run a big city, and to protect people from crime. So it also nelaws and more police, and more taxes to pay for everything. Well, what do you think of all this? Do you like the things which are happening in Parkville? In fact, “Visions of the city” is just a story. But does your town have the same problems as Arnwick? M12U2 P98 Learn English in Los AngelesWe provide summer English courses which are the best you can find. You will enjoy coming to Los Angeles to learn about America culture and improve your English at the same time. The courses last for four, six or eight weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are well –trained and very experienced. They teach English classes for four hours a day. You can choose between small groups of two or three, or largest groups of up to 15. We provide uage skills of reading, writing, weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your langspeaking and listening. We also provide books and other materials. As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the USA. You live with an American family, and you take part in American life. You have meals with an American family and do some activities with the students which last a long time. Of course, If you prefer, we can arrange hotel accommodation. Of course, there are many things to do in Los Angeles. Every day we have activities which take place after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also go to various shopping centers, sports centers, movies and concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San Francisco and other places of interest in California. We try to give our students the best possible experience of English and life in the USA. Just ask our students! They say our summer English courses are fantastic! We hope that you’ll enjoy a course with us, too. If you’re interested, please fill in our application from where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins. 。

1、下载文档前请自行甄别文档内容的完整性，平台不提供额外的编辑、内容补充、找答案等附加服务。
2、"仅部分预览"的文档,不可在线预览部分如存在完整性等问题,可反馈申请退款(可完整预览的文档不适用该条件!)。
3、如文档侵犯您的权益，请联系客服反馈,我们会尽快为您处理(人工客服工作时间：9:00-18:30)。

M1 U1.T ony: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,T ony?T ony: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 T erracotta `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 being 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 holidaybegins.T ony: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 have a three-day holiday.T ony: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 piic somewhere have great also watch bands play music in public parks.Daming:Do you have a national day in the UK,T ony?T ony: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 thenbefore 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 e 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:T ell 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 petitions has she won?Daming:She’s won many world petitions 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 pleted her doctor`sdegree 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 bee 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 pletes his journey and manages to get back to his own country, wife and son are waiting for him to e ,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 manyadventures.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’t e 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 whe n 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 u p 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 go immediately 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!”“T urn 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 leaving me,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 puter 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 e 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 cookand 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!e 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 T ony Smith.Wele 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 munications 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 pare 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 is my favourite museum in the whole world!M6 U1 Dad:T ony,you’re playing the guitar you done your homework?T ony: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 e home from you start now,you’ll finish before dinner.T ony: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?T ony: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.T ony: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 yourhomework,you won’t have time to study.T ony:You mean you don’t want me to help the munity 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.T ony:But...Dad:You can’t do anything before you finish your ’m sorry,but that’s my last word.M6 U2Dear 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 puter game and ask to play it on my dad’s was worried,because I should ask my dad before I use his puter.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 puter,and after we finished playing,we took it off the ,when I started the puter again to check if everything was OK,some of my dad’s documents were ,when my dad used the puter last night,he was really could no longer find the documentsanywhere!They were very important ones.I did not tell him about the puter game because I did not want him to be angry withI feel am not sure ehether a puter engineer can get the documents I tell him about the puter 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 puter 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 puter games!Best wishes.Diana。