(完整)人教版九年级英语课文原文.docx

Unitl How can we become good learners?How I Learned to Learn Eng Ii shLast year, I d i d not I i ke my Engl i sh c I ass. Every c I ass was I i ke a bad dream. The teacher spoke too quicklyo But I was afraid to ask questions because my pronunciat ion was very bad. So I just hid behind my textbook and never sa i d anyth i ng.Then one day I watched an Engl ish movie cal led Toy Story. I feI I in Iove with th i s exciting and funny mov i e! So then I began to watch other Engl i sh mov i es as we I Io Although I couId not understand everyth i ng the characters said, thei r body Ianguage and the express ions on thei r faces he I ped me to get the mean i ngo I a I so rea I i zed I cou I d get the mean i ng by I i stem i ng for just the key words. My pronunc iat ion a I so improved by I i sten i ng to the i interest i ng conversat i ons i n Eng I i sh mov i es. I d i scovered that I i sten i ng to someth i ng you are i nterested i n i s the secret to I anguage I earn i ng. I a I so learned useful sentences I i ke "It' s a piece of cake or “It serves you r i ght. " I did not understand these sentences at first。 But because I wanted to understand the story, I Iooked up the words in a dict ionaryoNow I rea I I y enjoy my Eng I i sh c I ass. I want to I earn new words and more grammaro Then I can have a better understanding of Engl ish moviesoP6 2bHow Can You Become a SuccessfuI Learner?Everyone i s born with the ab i I i ty to I earn. But whether or not you can your norma I I ifeo You can never imagine how difficult the road to success i s. Many times I thought about gi v i ng up, but I fought ono You rea I I y requ i re a lot of ta I ent and hard work to succeedo On Iy a very sma I I number of peop Ie make it to the topo "P30 2bHe Used to Cause a Lot of TroubleLi Wen i s a norma I 15-yearoI d boy who works hard i n schoo I and gets good grades. It i s hard to be I i eve that he used to be a “problem child” unt i I a conversation with h i s parents i nfIuenced h i s way of th i nk i ngo L i Wen I ives in the Sichuan countryside. As a smaII child, he seIdom gave his parents any prob Iems, and they were proud of h imo However, , the boy' s I ife became more difficult。 He had to move i n with h i s grandmother.Li Wen began to cause prob Iems for h imseIf and h i s fami Iy. He was no I onger i interested i n study ingo He was oft en absent from c I asses, and he fai led his examinationso Final Iy, his parents made a decision to send him to a boarding schooI o Li Wen no longer I ived with his grandmother. He studied, ate and sI ept at the schooI, and he hated it. There were so many rules, and he used to keep break i ng themo One day, he to I d h i s teacher he wanted to I eave the schooIoThe head teacher advi sed h i s parents to ta I k with thei r son i n person。 His parents took a 40-hour train r ide and a f i vehour bus r ide to go back to thei r hometown. To Li Wen' s surpr i se, thei r conversat ion changed h i s I i feo “It was exact Iy what I needed, he sa i d. "My parents he I ped meto understand how muchthey had given meoThey a I so to I d me that even thoughtheycouldn11be there to take care ofme, they were alwaysthinking ofme and wouId take pr ide in everything good that I dido . I reaI ized thats i nee myparentsmoved away, I' ve been afra i d of be i nga I one,andhavetr i ed tomake myparents pay moreattent i on to me." He has been work i ng hard and i s now one of the best students in hi s cIasso Hi s parents' Iove has made him fee I good about himseIfo “It's very important for parents to be there for the i r children,“ Li Wen saysoP31 2ebe proud of/take pride inmake a decision/decidenot like/hateno longer/not. anymorechange/influencelook after/take care ofLi Wen i s a good student, son and grandson. However, he used to cause a lot of troub Ie for hi s parentso When hi s parents moved to work in anothercity, they cou Id not be at home to himo So he wasi interested i n study i ng and mi ssed c I asses. Then h i s parents to sendhim to a boarding schooI and he it。 In the end, his teacher advisedh i s parents to ta I k with the i r son and th i s conversat ion h i s I ifeo He reaI ized that his parents wouId everything good that hedido Now he is one of the best students in his cIassoUnit5 What are the sh i rts made of?The Difficult Search for Amer i can Goods i n the USI f you go to another country, what k i nds of th i ngs wou I d you buy? Wou I d you buy a camera in Japan, some beautifuI cIothes in France, or a watch i n Switzer I and? No matter what you may buy, you might probab I y th i nk those products were made i n those countr ieso However, you cou Id be wrong. Kang Jian is a 17yearoId student from Shanghai o Last year he went to visit his aunt and uncIe in San Francisco. He found it interesting that so many products i n the I oca I shops were made i n Ch i na. "I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys had Amer ican brands, they were made i n Ch i na.”Toys are not the on I y th i ngs made i n China. "I wanted to buy a pa i r of basketba I I shoes, ” he exp I a i nso “But I had to visit five or six stores before finding a pa i r made i n America!” He reaIi zed that Amer i cans can hard Iy avoid buy i ng products made i n Ch i nao “In fact, n he cont i nues, “there are so many th i ngs made i n Ch i na footba Ils, handbags, pet food, mobi Ie phones. Even Amer ican f Iags are made in China!11 Kang Jian thinks it' s great that China i s so good at making these everyday things. However, he wishes that in the future China wi I I a I so get better at making h i ghtechno Iogy products that peopIe can buy i n a I I parts of the worIdoP38 2bBeauty i n Common Th i ngsEach different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art. These usua I I y try to show the th i ngs that are important i n I i fe such as I ove, beauty and fami I yo The most common things, from paper to c I ay to bamboo, are turned i nto objects of beauty.Accord i ng to Ch i nese h i story, sky Ianterns were first used by Zhuge Kongmi ngo He sent them out to ask for he Ip when i n troubIe. Today, sky Ianterns are used at fest i vaIs and other ceI ebrat i ons. They are made of bamboo and covered with papero When the Ianterns are I it, they slowly r i se i nto the a i r I i ke sma I I hota i r ba I I oons for a I I to see. They are seen as br ight symboIs of happ i ness and good wi shesoPaper cutt ing has been around for over 1, 500 yearso Paper cutt i ng sounds very easy but it can be difficult to do. The paper, usua I I y red, i s foI ded before it i s cut with scissors. The most common p i ctures are f I owers, fish, animal s, and th i ngs about Ch i nese h i story o Dur i ng the Spr i ng Fest i va I, they are put on windows, doors and walls as symboI s of wi shes for good I uck and a happy new year.Ch i nese c I ay art i s famous because the c I ay p i eces are so sma I I but they Iook very reaI. The pieces are usuaI Iy cute chi Idren or I iveIy characters froma Ch i nese fa i ry ta I e or h i stor i ca I story. The p i eces are carefu I I y shaped by hand from a very spec i a I kind of clay and then a I I owed to a i rdry o After drying, they are f i red at a very h i gh heato They are then poI i shed and pa i nted. Final ly, mater i a I s such as wood or paper are added to make d i fferent th i ngSo It takes severaI weeks to comp Iete everyth i ng. These smaI I pieces of c I ay art show the I ove that a I I Ch i nese peop I e have for I i fe and beauty。P39 2dsuch as turn . into send out cover with rise into put. on1 o PeopIe used to sky Ianterns when they were in troubIeo But today, peop Ie I ight the Ianterns and watch them the sky with thei r wi sheso2 . The art of paper cutt i ng a simple th i ng I i ke a p iece of paper a beautifuI piece of art。 PeopIe often these artpieces the doors, windows and walls of thei r homes to ceIebrate the Spr i ng Fest i vaI.3O To make Ch i nese cI ay art, the cI ay i s shaped by hand i nto th i ngs cute ch i Idren or characters from Ch i nese fa i ry taIes andstor i eso They are then pa i ntoUnit 6 When was it invented?P43 3aAn Acc i dentaI Invent i onDid you know that tea, the most popu I ar dr i nk i n the wor Id (after water), was i nvented by accident? Many peopIe be Iieve that tea was fi rst drunk near I y 5, 000 years ago. It i s sa i d that a Ch i nese ru I er cal led Shen Nong first d i scovered tea as a dr i nko One day Shen Nong was boiling dr inking water over an open f i re. Some I eaves from a tea p I ant fe I I i nto the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smeI I so he tasted the brown water anyway o It was quite de I icious. I n th i s way, one of the wor Id' s favor ite dr i nks was i nventedoMore than 4, 000 years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, meritioned Shen Nong i n h i s book Cha Jing。 The book descr i bes how tea p I ants were grown and used to make tea。 It a I so d i scusses where the finest tea I eaves were produced and what kinds of water were usedoIt i s be I i eved that tea was brought to Korea and Japan dur i ng the 6th and 7th centur ieso In England, tea didn' t appear unt i I around 1660, but I ess than 100 years later, it had become the nat i ona I dr i nko The tea trade from Ch i na to Western countr i es took p I ace i n the 19th centuryo Th i s he I ped to spread the popular ity of tea and the tea p I ant to more p I aces around the worIdo Even though many peopIe now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of teaoP44 4cThe te I ephone (invent) by Alexander Graham Bello He(born) i n 1847. Alexander (work) on the i nvent i on of the te I ephone with Thomas Watson. I n 1875, Alexander (I earn) to send mus i ca I notes through an i nstrument s imi I ar to a te I ephoneo Final I y, the te I ephone(invent) i n 1876O The f i rst sentence that (say) on the te I ephone by Alexander was “Mr。 Watson, come here; I want to see youo ” Today the te I ephone (use) around the wor I d.P45 1dThe H i story of Potato Ch i psDid you know that potato chips were invented by mi stake? Potato chips by a cook cal led George Crum. They were invented inGeorge Crum cut the potatoes rea I I y, rea I I y and then cooked themfor a Iong time unti I they were 。Andhe put Iots of salt on them so they were .p46 2bDo You Know When BasketbaI IWas Invented?Basketba I I i s a much-loved and act i ve sport more than 100 mi I I ion peop Ie in over 200 countr ieso In China, you can sometimes see peopIe playing basketbaI I i n parks, schooIs and even i n factor i esoBasketba I I was i nvented by a Canad i an doctor named James Naismith, who was born i n 1861. When he was at co I I ege, h i s teacher asked the c I ass to think of a game that can be pIayed in the wintero Dro Nai smith created a game to be pIayed inside on a hard fIoor. Dr. Nai smith divided the men i n h i s c I ass i nto two teams and taught them to p I ay h i s new game. The purpose of the game i s for p I ayers to get a ba I I i nto the “basket” o PI ayers on the same team must work together to he I p each other get the ba I I i n the other team' s basket0 At the same time, they need to stop the competing team from gett i ng the ba I I i nto the i r own basket.It i s be I i eved that on December 21, 1891, the f i rst basketba I I game i n hi story was pIayed. Then in 1936 in Ber I in, it became an event at the 01ympics. Today, the popu I ar i ty of basketba I I has r i sen around the wor Id, with many young peopIe dreaming of becoming famous pIayerso BasketbaI I has not on I y become a popu I ar sport to p I ay, i t has a I so become a more popu I ar sport to watch.Although America' s NBA games are the most famous, the CBA games are becoming popu I ar i n Ch i nao The number of fore i gn p I ayers, i nc I ud i ng Ch i nese p I ayers, i n the NBA has i ncreasedo And there are a I so more and more fore i gn p I ayers i n the CBAO Many young peop I e I ook up to these basketba I I heroes and want to become Ii ke them. These stars encourage young peopIe to work hard to ach i eve the i r dreams.P48 Self Check 1divide doubt mention nearly produce sudden11 i s often difficult to dec i de on the i nventor of certa i n i nvent i ons. Th i s i s because sometimes a few peop I e may th i ngs wh i ch are thesameo Opinions are then about who came up with the idea f i rsto Somei nvent i ons can a I so a I I of a Iead to other inventions. So somepeopIe whether the inventor came up with the idea himself or herseIfoThey th i nk that the i nventor used someone else' s idea to create h i s or her invent ion. That i s why books or websites usuaI Iy more than one inventor when giving information about inventions.Unit7 Teenagers shouId be a I I owed to choose the i r own cIothes.P51 3aMom Knows BestWhen / was a tiny baby crying all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my sideWhen / was t/red and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep inWhen / was two runn/ng through the field, she made sure / was safe and kept me from dangerWhen / fell and hurt myself, she gave me a hug and lifted me upWhen / was seven cough/ng badly, she said no ice-cream for meBut / talked back loudly, "/ should be allowed to eat some/ Give it to me now!”When / was nine watch/ng scary movies, she said it' dgi ve me awful dreamsBut / shouted back angrily, "/ shouId be allowed to watch it! /' m not a baby 1 ”When / was a teen going out with friends, she said, “Please be back by ten!"But / taIked back again - "/ should not be told what to do! I' m seventeen now!”Now r m an adult, thinking back to those times/ coughed for days after eating that ice-creamAnd had scary dreams after watching that fi Im/ was late for schoo/ from staying out past ten/ regret talking back, not /istening to MomMom knows best, and for me she wanted on/y the best!P52 4bShou Id teenagers (ask) to move out when they start working? I n many Western countr i es, teenagers (a I I ow) to move out at s i xteen or seventeen. The i r parents be I i eve that they shouId (educate) to take care of themseIves from a young age. Th i s way, when they(start) working they can manage thei r own Ii veso However, in most Asian societies, the fami ly unit i s espec i a I I y strongo So it i s not common for teenagers to (move) out。 Ch i nese parents be I i eve that i t i s better for chi Idren to I ive with parents who can (take) care of them. But the young shouId then Iook after thei r parents as they get oldero That is why many Chinese aduIts (cont inue) to I i ve with thei r parents.P54 2bShou Id I Be AI I owed to Make My Own Dec i s i ons?Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these can get in the way of the i r schooI work, and parents might worry about the i r success at schooIo Teenagers oft