初中英语双语阅读③

English in the World

Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English,and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.

English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy1, as well as in science and medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.

estimate 估计

exceed 超过

native 本族的，本国的

official 官方的

acquire 掌握

to some extent 达到某种程度

billion 十亿

increasingly 越来越多地

medium 工具，手段

conduct 实行，执行

international 国际的

diplomacy 外交

medicine 医药

communication 通信

event 事件

世界上的英语

有人说英语已不再属于英国人了，它属于全世界。据估计，使用英语的人超过七亿五千万，其中大约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人，而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定程度的人，这个总数将接近十亿。

英语，作为进行国际业务和外交的工具，在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用

Farewell to Friends

Wang Lin was2 a Chinese boy. When he was eight years old, he went to Australiawith his parents because his father had3 to work there. They lived in a townnear Sydney. He went to a school near Sydney. His Australian4 teachersandstudents were very kind to him, and they became5 good friends.

When Wang Lin was twelve, his father said6, "We have to go back to China nextmonth. I must work again in China for my company7."Wang Lin was very sad. Thenext day when he told his friends about it, they were very surprised8 at thenews. On their last day in Australia, he and his parents gave9 a farewell partyfor his friends.

The next morning, when Wang Lin went to the airport with his parents, he foundall his classmates and his teacher there. He ran10 up to them and said, "Oh,thank you very much for coming. I'll miss you!

和朋友告别

王林是个中国男孩。当他八岁时，他随父母一起去了澳大利亚，因为他父亲要在那里工作。他们住在悉尼附近的一个镇上。他去悉尼附近的一所学校上学。他的澳大利亚老师和同学对他很好，他们成为了好朋友。

当王林十二岁时，他的父亲说：“我们下个月就要回中国了。公司让我回中国工作。”王林非常沮丧。第二天，当他把这件事告诉他的朋友时，他们都感到非常吃惊。在王林一家离开澳大利亚的前一天，王林和他的父母为王林的朋友们举行了一次告别派对。

第二天早上，当王林随父母来到机场时，他发现所有的同学和老师都在那里。他跑向他们说：“谢谢你们能来。我会想念你们的！”

Fishing

Henry likes fishing. He fishes in the river near our house. In the evenings he makes lies"out of little pieces of wool1 and cotton and ties them to his hooks2. Then on Saturday afternoon he goes down to the river and fishes until it is dark. There are always a few other people there. They love fishing too, and they all sit there quietly for hours. Sometimes they catch some fish. Sometimes they do not.

Once Henry caught a big fish and he was very happy! All the other fishermen left their places and came to see his fish. One of them had a camera, so he took a picture of Henry with his big fish. Another time Henry fell into the river. The grass was slippery3 because there was some mud4 on it, and while he was pulling his line in, he slipped5 and fell into the dirty water. Henry does not swim, but the two nearest fishermen pulled him out quickly, and he ran home, with mud all over his face.

wool 羊毛，毛线hook 钩，吊钩

slippery 滑的mud 泥，土slip 滑倒

钓鱼

亨利喜欢钓鱼。他在我们家附近的小河里钓鱼。晚上，他用小团羊毛和棉花系在钓钩上做成“小虫子”。然后，星期六的下午，他就去河边钓鱼，一直钓到天黑。那里一直还有其他一些人。他们也喜欢钓鱼，他们都在那里安静地坐上好几个小时。有时他们会钓到一些鱼，但有时什么也钓不到。

有一次，亨利钓到了一条大鱼，他非常高兴！所有其他钓鱼的人都跑过来看他的鱼。他们中有人有照相机，所以他给亨利和他的鱼照了张相。还有一次，亨利掉进了河里。因为草上有泥浆，很滑，当他收线时，他滑倒在脏水里。亨利不会游泳，但离他最近的两个钓鱼者很快把他拉了出来，他跑回家，满脸都是泥巴。

Growing Tomatoes

"I'll tell you how to grow tomatoes, Jerry,?said Mrs. Hawkins. "First dig upan area in a sunny spot in your yard. Mix in manure1 or compost to enrich thesoil.?

"When the danger of frost is past, which is about the first of April in thispart of the country, I buy eight tomato plants from a nursery. That's enoughfor my husband and myself. You will probably want to buy twelve plants foryour family."Lay out the plants in their cardboard container about 18 to 20inches apart. Dig a hole deep enough to cover each pot, put the pot in thehole, cover it with soil, and pat the earth down firmly. Then pound in 4 to 5foot long stakes next to each plant. Water the plants well. By the middle ofJuly you should begin to have ripe tomatoes

spot 地点

manure 肥料

compost 混合肥料

nursery 苗圃

cardboard 纸板

container 容器（箱、盆、罐等）

apart 分离

stake 树桩

ripe 熟的，成熟的

种西红柿

“杰瑞，我来告诉你怎么种西红柿。”霍金斯太太说，“先在你院子里阳光充足的地方开垦一块地。把肥料或混合肥料混在土里使土壤肥沃。”

“霜冻的危险过去后，在这个地区大约是在四月一日左右，我从苗圃买八棵西红柿苗。这对我和我丈夫来说足够了。你可能要给你家买十二棵。”

“把苗放在它们的硬纸罐里，间隔大约十八到二十英寸。挖个洞，要足够深，能盖住每个罐子，把罐子放进洞里，用土盖住，把土往下拍结实。然后把四到五英尺的树桩埋在每棵苗旁边。给苗浇足水。等到七月中旬，你就应该有成熟的西红柿吃了。”

Halloween Party

We're having a Halloween party at school.

I'm dressed up like Dracula. Man, I look cool!

I made my hair black and I cut off my bangs.

I'm wearing a cape1 and some fake plastic fangs3.

I put on some makeup4 to paint my face white,

Like creatures that only come out in the night.

My fingernails, too, are all pointed5 and red.

There's no doubt I look like the evil undead.

My mom drops me off and I run into school,

And suddenly feel like the world's biggest fool.

The other kids stare like I'm some kind of freak.

The Halloween party is not still next week.

bang 刘海cape 斗篷plastic 塑料的fang2 尖牙makeup 化妆品creature 生灵

fingernail 手指甲pointed 尖的evil 恶魔undead 未死的，不死的

drop off （让）……下车stare 瞪着freak 怪物

万圣节晚会

我们将在学校举办一个万圣节晚会。

我装扮成吸血鬼的样子。看，我多酷！

我把我的头发染成黑色，剪去刘海，

我用化妆品把脸涂白，

像那些仅在夜里出世的生灵。

我的手指甲也是尖的，红色的。

毫无疑问我看上去就像个不死的恶魔。

母亲让我下了车，我冲进了学校，

突然我感觉自己像是世界上最大的傻子。

其他的孩子像看怪物一样地瞪着我，

万圣节晚会要到下星期才开始呢。

Helping Parents

Parents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. Let's saythat your mother is not happy about her boss. If she doesn't have other waysof expressing her emotions, she might come home and yell2 at you, scream atyour dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you.

Here's how to handle it when an adult in your life has trouble controlling hisor her anger: Don't make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinkingclearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse. Wait till yourparent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone3, and try to explainhow the anger is affecting you.

yell 大叫，呼喊

scream 尖声喊叫

handle 处理

adult 成年人

cool off 平静下来

tone 语气

affect 影响

帮助父母

父母常常因为他们生活中的烦恼而生气。我们举个例子，比如你妈妈对她的上司不满。假如她没有其他方法发泄她的情绪，她就可能回到家冲你大声嚷嚷，对你爸爸大喊大叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至对你说一些难听的话。

当你身边的大人控制不住他们的怒火时，你应付的方法是：别让情况变得更糟糕。生气的人很难保持思维清晰，所以不要做，也不要说任何会使事情变得更糟的事或话。先等你的父母平静下来，然后再心平气和地和他们谈，并想办法说明他们的怒火是如何影响你的

Hobbies

My hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I tried to collect the stamps of all the countries, but now I collect only Greek1 and Indian ones because I have friends in Greece and I live in India. Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all interesting. When you look at stamps carefully, they teach you a lot about the history of other countries.

My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them there. When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and number. He likes train watching very much, but I don's. I went to the station with him one day, but it wasn's interesting.

My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn's got a sewing machine, but she sews with our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too. She makes most of her clothes, and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.

engine 火车头sewing 缝纫tear 撕破mend 修补

业余爱好

我的爱好是集邮。开始时，我设法收集所有国家的邮票，但是现在我只收集希腊和印度的，因为我有朋友在希腊，而我生活在印度。我的一些邮票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。当你仔细看邮票时，它们会教你很多其他国家的历史。

我兄弟的爱好是看火车。他去我们的车站，在那里看火车。当一辆车进站时，他写下车名和车号。他非常喜欢看火车，但我不喜欢。一天，我和他一起去车站，但那一点都不有趣。

我姐姐的爱好是缝纫。她没有缝纫机，但她用妈妈的。有时她也用手缝。她大多数的衣服是她自己做的，当我扯破衬衣或裤子时，我就把它们拿给她补。

Homestay in the US

My name is Jenny and I did a homestay in America. When I first met my host mother, Mary, she gave me a big hug.

I was really shocked because I had never been hugged before, and I was sure how to respond. By the time I left America, though, I came to enjoy hugging and being hugged. Shaking hands was also a challenge. My homestay father, Peter, looked at me straight in the eye and squeezed2 my hand firmly.

Both Mary and Peter wanted me to call them by their first names because they, as Americans, like informality. By using first names only, we felt friendlier towards each other.

homestay 家庭寄宿

host 东道主

hug 拥抱

shock 震惊

respond 回应

challenge 挑战

straight 直接地

squeeze1 挤压

firmly 紧紧地

informality 随意

在美国家庭寄宿

我叫珍妮，我在美国家庭寄宿。当我第一次见到我要寄宿那家的母亲玛丽时，她热情地拥抱了我。我确实感到非常震惊因为我从来没有被拥抱过，我不知道该如何回应。然而到我要离开美国时，我已经非常喜欢拥抱别人和被别人拥抱了。

握手也是个挑战。我寄宿那家的父亲彼特，直视着我的眼睛，紧紧地握我的手。

玛丽和彼特都希望我对他们直呼其名，因为美国人一般比较随意。通过直呼其名，我们互相之间感到更加亲切友好

Humour —Things Your Mother Wouldn’t Say "Be good and I'll buy you a motorcycle for your birthday!

"How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"

"Don's bother wearing a jacket — it's quite warm out.

"Let me smell that shirt — yeah, it's good for another week.

"I think a cluttered1 bedroom is a sign of creativity.?

"Yeah, I used to skip school, too.?

"Just leave all the lights on...it makes the house more cheery.

"Could you turn the music up louder so I can enjoy it, too?

humour幽默

motorcycle 摩托车

on earth 究竟smell 闻

cluttered 混乱的

sign 预兆，表现

creativity 创造力

skip 跳

cheery 愉快的

幽默——母亲不会说的话

“你表现好，我就给你买辆摩托车作为生日礼物！”

“你怎么能够坐得这么远看电视呢？”

“不用麻烦再穿夹克衫了——外面很暖和。”

“让我闻闻这件衬衫——好，还可以再穿一个星期。”

“我觉得乱七八糟的卧室也是创造力的表现。”

“好，我以前也逃过课。”

“就让所有的灯都开着吧……这样的房间更令人愉快。”

“你可以把音乐开得再响一点吗？这样我也可以欣赏它。”

Humour — What Is a Teenager?

A teenager is ...

... someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room.

... a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make

a bed.

... a connoisseur1 of two kinds of fine music — loud and very loud.

... an enthusiast2 who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually too

tired to dry the dishes.

... a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week.

... a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the room needs cleaning.

... an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.

block 街区whiz 天才，能手

connoisseur 内行，鉴赏家

enthusiast 热心的人，热情的人

energy 精力

romantic 浪漫主义者

suspect 怀疑

original 新颖的，独创的

positive 肯定的

幽默——少年是什么样的人？

少年是……

……一个隔着三个街区也能听到他最喜欢的歌手的声音但却听不到隔壁房间母亲叫声的人。

……一个不用上一节课就可以操作最新电脑的能手，但却不会铺床。

……两种音乐的鉴赏家——吵闹的和非常吵闹的音乐。

……一个充满热情，精力充沛的人，他可以骑车骑几英里，但却经常因为觉得太累而擦不

干碟子。

……一个浪漫主义者，他不经常恋爱，一周绝对少于一次。

……一个每星期六都要睡到中午，却总是怀疑房间需要打扫的人。

……是一个有独创精神的思想家，他断定他的母亲不是从少年时期走过来的

In a Boat

My family likes the sea very much. When we have a holiday, we go to a place at the seaside and borrow a boat from one of our friends. Then we row, sail and fish on the sea all day. Sometimes we have races against other boats. When the sea is rough1, we row and sail on a small lake near the sea instead. We are very careful on this lake because there are a lot of sharp rocks and the water is shallow2. We do not want to damage our friend's boat.

There are not many fish in the lake, but in the sea we sometimes catch a lot with a hook3, line and small pieces of bread. The fish are not very big, but they taste very good. When the weather is fine, we row to the land at lunch time, collect pieces of dry wood and fry or grill4 our fish over them on the beach.

There is an island a kilometre from our friend's house, and we often sail to it. The water is very clean and we often bathe there.

sharp 锋利的，锐利的

shallow 浅的

在船上

我们一家都很喜欢大海。度假时，我们去海边的一个地方，向我们的朋友借一艘船。然后我们整天都在海上划船、航行还有钓鱼。有时我们和其他的船比赛。

海上有风浪时，我们就在大海附近的小湖里划船。在这个湖上我们很小心，因为那里有很多锋利的暗礁，而且湖水很浅。我们不想损坏朋友的船。

来味道很不错。天气好的时候，中午我们划到岸边，在海滩上搜集几块干木头，在岸上煎鱼或者烤鱼吃。离我朋友家一公里的地方有座小岛，我们常常划船去那里。那里的水很干净，我们常在那儿洗澡。

In a Strange City

If you go out by yourself2 in a strange city, you might3 get lost. What shouldyou do? How can you find your way? Of course4, if you never go out alone5, youwon't get lost, but you will also miss a lot of good experiences7. One thing you can do in case you get lost is take a map along8. It might alsobe a good idea to take a card from your hotel, so you have the hotel'saddress. If the map doesn's help you, or if you forget to take one, you mustask how to get where you're going9. You can ask, for example, "There is NovaHotel?'or "How do I get to Nova Hotel?"or "Do you know where Nova Hotelis?"Police10 officers11 and clerks12 in shops are often helpful13 when you askdirections.

get lost 迷路

experience6 经历

in case 如果，万一

在一个陌生的城市里

如果你在陌生的城市里一个人出去走走，你可能会迷路。那你该怎么办呢？你该如何找到路呢？当然，如果你从来不独自出门，你不会迷路，但是你将会错过许多很好的经历。

为了防止迷路，你能做的一件事就是随身携带一份地图。随身带一张酒店的卡片也是个好主意，这样你就知道酒店的地址了。如果地图帮不了你，或者你忘记带地图了，你必须向他人问路。例如，你可以问“Nova酒店在哪里？”或者问“我该怎么走才能到Nova酒店？”或者问“您知道Nova酒店在哪里吗？”当你要问路时，警察或商店的店员通常会帮助你.

In through the Window

One day my father took us for a family drive in the country. We arrived home before seven. Dad pulled into the driveway and we got out. Dad walked to the door. His hand came out of his pocket. He tried his other pockets, but they too were empty. He realized that he didn's have his door keys. He tried the window. It was firmly1 shut. He went around to the back, and we followed, but mother was always afraid of burglars2, and the rear3 windows were just as tightly4 closed. "John, run up to Mr. Wilson and ask if you can borrow his ladder,"he said. I went too, and in a few moments we were back with it. "Mr. Wilson says he wants the ladder back right away."We took it around to the back, and David went up the ladder while Dad held it. The front door was soon open, and we left Mary and Susan to prepare dinner while we returned the ladder.

driveway 车道

firmly 紧紧地

burglar 窃贼，夜盗

rear 后面的，背面的

ladder 梯子，阶梯

right away 立刻，马上

从窗户进去

一天，我爸爸带我们一家到乡下兜风。我们七点到家。爸爸把车开进车道，我们下了车。爸爸朝大门走去。他的手从口袋里拿出来。他又试了一下其他口袋，但它们都是空的。他意识到他没有带大门钥匙。他试了试窗户。窗户都紧紧地关着。他绕到屋后，我们都跟着他，但妈妈总是害怕有窃贼，所以后窗同样也关得紧紧的。“约翰，快去找威尔逊先生，问他是否能借他的梯子。”他说。我也去了，几分钟后，我们带着梯子回来了。“威尔逊先生说他希望梯子马上就还回去。”我们把梯子拿到后面，大卫爬上梯子，爸爸帮他扶着。前门很快就开了，我们留下玛丽和苏珊准备晚饭，而我们去还梯子。

Jim’s Stomachache

Jim went to the doctor this morning. He likes apples very much and yesterday he ate3 too many green ones, so this morning he had4 a stomachache. When he came5 to breakfast he was6 crying. "What's the matter, Jim?"His mother said7. "Why are you crying?""My stomach1 hurts, mother,"he answered. "You ate too many apples yesterday,"she said, "and they were green. Go to Dr8. Jones and he will give you some medicine9.""Yes Mother. I don's want any breakfast now."

Jim got10 to Dr. Jones"office at 9:30, but there were four other people in the doctor's waitingroom, so Jim didn's see the doctor until11 about 10 o'lock. "What's the matter with you, young man?"said Dr. Jones. "I have a stomach-ache,"said Jim. "Have you eaten any green apples?"asked the doctor. "Yes, I ate a lot yesterday,"Jim said, and smiled. The doctor smiled too. He wrote12 on a piece of paper and said, "take this to a chemist13, and he will give you some medicine."Jim thanked the doctor, went to a chemist and bought the medicine. His stomachache was soon better.

吉姆肚子疼

吉姆今天早上去看医生了。吉姆很喜欢吃苹果，昨天他吃了太多的青苹果，所以今天早上开始肚子疼。吃早饭时，他哭了。“怎么啦，吉姆？”她妈妈问，“你为什么哭啊？”“我肚子疼，妈妈，”他回答。“昨天你吃了太多的苹果。”妈妈说，“它们都是青的，还不熟。去看琼斯医生吧，他会给你开一些药。”“好的，妈妈。我现在不想吃早饭。”

九点三十分，吉姆到了琼斯医生的诊所，但候诊室里还有四个人，所以吉姆大约十点才见到医生。“小伙子，怎么啦？”琼斯医生问。“我肚子疼？”吉姆说。“你有没有吃青苹果啊？”医生问。“是的，昨天我吃了很多。”吉姆说着笑了。医生也笑了起来。他在一张纸上写着，说：“把这个交给药剂师，他会给你一些药。”吉姆谢过医生，去药剂师那里买了药。很快，他的肚子疼就好了。

King Lion and Mouse

One day a lion was sleeping peacefully in the forest when a mouse ran across his paw. Then he ran up the nose of the lion, awakening1 the great beast from his sleep.

The lion caught the little creature and the mouse, shivering with fear, cried out for mercy. "Please have mercy on me, King Lion! Please don's kill me! Forgive me this time, and I will never forget it. A day may come when I may be able to do something for you to repay your kindness."The lion smiled at the mouse's fright and laughed at the thought that so small a creature could ever help him, but he let the mouse go.

Not long after this, the lion was caught in a hunter's net. The angry lion let out a roar that could be heard far and wide throughout the forest. Even the mouse heard it. He knew it was the voice of the lion. He recalled that the lion

"King Lion, now it's time for me to repay you."

The mouse set to work at once, biting with his sharp little teeth at the heavy ropes that held the lion. Soon the lion was free.

paw 手掌，手爪beast 兽，畜牲

shiver 颤抖mercy 宽恕，怜悯

forgive 原谅repay 报答

recall 回想，记起merciful 仁慈的，慈悲的

狮子王和老鼠

一天，狮子正在森林里安静地睡觉，就在这时，一只老鼠从他爪子上跑过。接着老鼠又跑到狮子的鼻子上，把兽中之王从睡梦中惊醒。

狮子一把抓住那只小动物，而老鼠害怕地颤抖着，哭着求饶。

“请饶了我吧，狮子大王！不要杀我！原谅我这次吧，我永远都不会忘记的。也许有一天我能为你做些事情来报答你的仁慈。”

狮子笑着看着惊恐万分的老鼠，嘲笑这么小的一只动物竟然能有帮助他的想法，但他还是把老鼠放走了。

在这之后不久，狮子被猎人的网套住了。愤怒的狮子发出嚎叫声，整个森林都能听到，甚至连老鼠都听到了。他知道这是狮子的声音。他想起狮子曾经对他很仁慈。所以他跑到狮子被绳网套住的地方。他对狮子说：“狮子大王，现在是我报答你的时候了。”

老鼠马上开始工作，用他又尖又小的牙齿咬断缚住狮子的大绳。很快狮子就自由了。

Learning English in England

I came2 to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I amgoing to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China nextmonth.

At first it was4 very difficult for me to communicate5 with other people inEnglish. Now I can speak English much better, and even3 understand Englishtelevision, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates havehelped me a lot.

I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited6 me fordinner at their houses. They are interested7 to learn about China and Chinesepeople. Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize8 how little I knowabout my own9 country.

communicate 交流

在英国学英语

去年夏天，我来到英国。现在我在英国已经待了十一个月了。我将很快结束在英国的学习，下个月我就将回中国了。

一开始，我觉得很难用英语和别人交流。现在我英语说得好多了，甚至可以看懂英语电视，这是因为我学习

对中国和中国人很感兴趣。每当他们问我许多问题时，我才意识到自己对祖国的了解是如此之少

Little Blue Flower

Sky Chief was a brave Indian chief. All his people loved him. He had a littleniece, Blue Flower. She looked just like her name. Her eyes were as blue asthe sky. Her hair was black and shiny, and it waved in the wind like the tallprairie grass. She could run like a deer, and she loved all the animals of theforest.

Blue Flower had a pet fawn1. They played in the fields in the warm summer. Shemade wreaths2 of daisies for her pet. They had fun in the snow in the coldwinter.

Sky Chief admired his little niece very much. On cold winter evenings, he toldher stories about the stars and how they got in the sky. He told her of theSun God and the Rain God, too.

Little Blue Flower was a very happy girl and she made all the others aroundher happy as well.

chief 酋长，首领

niece 侄女

prairie 大草原，牧场

deer 鹿

pet fawn 宠物小鹿

daisy 雏菊

admire 赞赏，喜欢

小蓝花

天空酋长是一位勇敢的印第安酋长。他的族人都热爱他。他有一个小侄女，叫蓝花。她长得就像她的名字一样。她的眼睛像天空一样蓝。她的头发又黑又亮，像大草原的草一样在风中飘动。她能像鹿一样奔跑，她喜欢森林里所有的动物。

蓝花有只宠物小鹿。温暖的夏天，她们在旷野上玩耍。她帮她的宠物做花冠。寒冷的冬天，她们在雪地里嬉戏。

天空酋长很喜欢他的小侄女。在冬天寒冷的夜晚，他给她讲关于星星和星星怎么上天的故事。他还给她讲太阳神和雨神的故事。

小蓝花是个很快乐的女孩，她还给她身边的人带来了快乐.

Making a Kite

One day, Paula and Richard decided1 to make a kite. First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together. Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame2 and glued it around the string. They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. On the next windy day, they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.

straight stick 直木棍

tie 系

string 绳子

shape 形状

cross 十字

spread 传开

stick 粘

tail 尾巴

windy 有风的

做一个风筝

一天，保罗和理查德决定做一个风筝。首先，他们出门找了两根一样长的直木棍。他们把木棍带回家，用一根绳子把它们绑成十字形。然后他们又拿了些绳子，把木棍的四个顶端连在一起。然后，他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水，粘在风筝的框架上。他们将纸做的尾巴粘在一角，在风筝中间系上一根长绳。在接下来的一个有风的日子里，他们就在家附近的小山上放风筝了

Managing Your Emotions

What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone elsefeel bad. I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actuallycalled names. I regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedlybecause I think I was provoked in that situation.

The most positive way of dealing1 with anger is talking about the problem. Italk to someone who listens, or I'll write my thoughts down on paper. Learninghow to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important. When you'reyounger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry, but as you get older,you're expected to handle your emotions much better.

Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing somethingthat you'll regret later on in life!

emotion 情绪

manage 控制，操纵，管理

admit 承认

full heartedly 全心全意地

provoke 激怒

prevent 预防，防止

控制你的情绪

什么事会让我愤怒呢？通常情况下，当有人试图使别人觉得不舒服时，我会非常愤怒。我不得不承认，有一次，在我实在很生气的时候，我确实骂了人。过后，我很后悔那么做，但我不认为全是我的错，因为我觉得在那种情况下，我是被激怒了。

解决愤怒的最积极的方法是把问题说出来。我说给愿意听的人，或者把我的想法写在纸上。在你成长的过程中，学会处理愤怒是非常重要的。小时候，你生气的时候可以大喊大叫或者哭闹，但长大后，你被期望能更好地控制情绪。

现在就学着控制情绪能让你避免做一些可能使你以后遗憾一生的事情。

My Uncle’s Farm

My Uncle Tom has a small farm. He has a lot of chickens. Every summer, during the holidays, I go to his farm and help him. I feed the chickens and collect and clean the eggs. Uncle Tom pays me something for my help.

money for them.

My uncle's hens are rather stupid1 and noisy, I think. They are very useful because they lay the eggs, but I don's like them very much. I prefer the baby chickens and the cocks2.

My uncle has some white ducks too. They live on a pond3 on his farm. There are rows of trees all around the pond. Every evening my uncle puts food under the trees, and the ducks come up out of the pond to eat it.

lay 生产pond 池塘row 排，行

我叔叔的农场

我的汤姆叔叔有个小农场。他有很多小鸡。每个夏天暑假的时候，我去他农场帮忙。我喂那些小鸡，拾捡鸡蛋，然后把它们擦干净。对于我的帮助，汤姆叔叔付给我一点钱。每星期两次，我们把鸡蛋放进盒子里拿到镇上。我叔叔在那里把它们卖掉。这样他挣了很多钱。

我觉得我叔叔的母鸡真是又蠢又吵。虽然它们下蛋，很有用，但是我一点也不喜欢它们。我更喜欢鸡宝宝和公鸡。

我叔叔也有一些白色的鸭子。他们住在农场的池塘里。池塘四周是一排排的树。每天傍晚，叔叔把食物放在树下，鸭子就从池塘里出来吃食。

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单词或者短语在该情景中的具体含义，根据所给的部分文章内容，推测文章的结尾等。初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧: 一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。切记：一想当然，就会出错。 1.审视标题，抓住中心试题中有的文章有标题，有的没有，拟题人是有所考虑的。标题是文章主题的高度凝聚。它能给我们启发和想象，想象文章的内容和走向。这样做有利于对文章的理解，能提高做题的效率。

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12月13号任务家长签字:______________ 简单词根词缀【符号：n.名词v.动词 a.形容词ad.副词】 1. re- 又,再，往返 eg: ①review=re+view 复习eg: You should review your notes everyday. 【note:笔记】 ②rebuild=re+build 重建eg: All you have to do is to rebuild your confidence. 【confidence['k?nfid?ns] 自信】你唯一要做的就是重树自信. 2. pre- 提前 ①pare[pe?] v. 削eg: Pare a pear for me. 给我削一个梨. ②prepare[pri'pe?]v. = pre提前+ pare削【做菜提前削好】准备，打算 eg: Prepare for the worst but try your best. 做好最坏的打算然后全力以赴。 ③preview 预习n. 预告片 3. dis-表否定 ①dislike 不喜欢 ②discover[dis'k?v?] v.发现=dis+cover 把盖子掀开eg: He discovered America.发现了美洲大陆 4.in-; im-表否定(1) inhuman a. 野蛮的没有人性的eg: You are inhuman!你没人性！ (2)①possible ['p?s?bl] a. 可能的eg: Anything is possible. 一切皆有可能!【李宁】 ②impossible a.不可能的eg1:Impossible is nothing. 没有什么不可能【阿迪】。 eg2: That’s impossible! 那是不可能的.【五星级口语】 5.mis- 表否定mistake[mi'steik]n.错误=.mis+take [拿错了] eg: You made a big mistake.你犯了大错。 misunderstand= mis+understand = 误解eg: You misunderstood me. 你误解我了。 6.un- 表否定①unhappy不高兴的 ②unfair. 不公平的Eg: This is unfair.这是不公平的。 12月14号任务家长签字:___________________ 7.en- 动词化 (1)①slave [sleiv] n.奴隶 -Tom, wash an apple for me. Tom，给我洗个苹果。 -Why me? I’m not your slave. 为什么是我呀？我又不是你的奴隶. ②enslave [in'sleiv] v. 奴役 Eg: I’m enslaved by homework. 我被作业奴役. (2) rich --- enrich [in'rit?] v.使…富裕，丰富 Eg1: China is rich in history. 中国历史悠久. 【五星级句子】【history['hist?ri] n.历史】 Eg2: -How can I enrich my life? 我怎样才能使生活丰富多彩呢?【白日梦状】 -First of all, enrich your wallet. 首先使你的钱包丰富。（3）enlarge[in'la:d?] v. 扩大eg: Enlarge the picture! 把照片放大. (4)①courage[,k?rid?] n. 勇气eg: I don’t have the courage to tell mum the truth. 我没勇气告诉妈妈真相. ②encourage[in`k?rid?] v. = en给予+courage勇气= 鼓励eg: I encourage you to speak English.我鼓励你们说英语. (5)weak [wi:k] a.虚弱的衰弱的 Eg：She is still weak after long illness.久病之后，她依然很虚弱。 (6)weaken ['wi:k?n] v.削弱减弱 Eg: Nothing can weaken my will. 没有什么能削弱我的意志。【will意志】 8. -ize 动词化 ①computerize计算机化=computer+ize ②realize['ri?laiz]=real+ize [变成真的]= v. 实现eg: Work hard to realize your dream.努力奋斗，实现梦想！