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初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文（通用26篇）
閱讀能力是發(fā)展其他語(yǔ)言技能的基礎(chǔ)和前提，是學(xué)好語(yǔ)言的主要手段和有效途徑。英語(yǔ)閱讀不僅能培養(yǎng)學(xué)生英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)感，還能促進(jìn)學(xué)生詞匯積累，提高寫作水平，以下是小編整理的初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文，希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 1
It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money, which often succeed.
So it is with happiness. If you pursue it by means of drink, you are forgetting the hang-over. Epicurus pursued it by living only in congenial society and eating only dry bread, supplemented by a little cheese on feast days.
His method proved successful in his case, but he was a valetudinarian, and most people would need something more vigorous. For most people, the pursuit of happiness, unless supplemented in various ways, is too abstract and theoretical to be adequate as a personal rule of life. But I think that whatever personal rule of life you may choose it should not, except in rare and heroic cases, be incompatible with happiness.
There are a great many people who have all the material conditions of happiness, i.e. health and a sufficient income, and who, nevertheless, are profoundly unhappy. In such cases it would seem as if the fault must lie with a wrong theory as to how to live. In one sense, we may say that any theory as to how to live is wrong.
We imagine ourselves more different from the animals than we are. Animals live on impulse, and are happy as long as external conditions are favorable. If you have a cat it will enjoy life if it has food and warmth and opportunities for an occasional night on the tiles. Your needs are more complex than those of your cat, but they still have their basis in instinct. In civilized societies, especially in English-speaking societies, this is too apt to be forgotten.
People propose to themselves some one paramount objective, and restrain all impulses that do not minister to it. A businessman may be so anxious to grow rich that to this end he sacrifices health and private affections. When at last he has become rich, no pleasure remains to him except harrying other people by exhortations to imitate his noble example.
Many rich ladies, although nature has not endowed them with any spontaneous pleasure in literature or art, decide to be thought cultured, and spend boring hours learning the right thing to say about fashionable new books that are written to give delight, not to afford opportunities for dusty snobbism.
If you look around at the men and women whom you can call happy, you will see that they all have certain things in common. The most important of these things is an activity which at most gradually builds up something that you are glad to see coming into existence.
Women who take an instinctive pleasure in their children can get this kind of satisfaction out of bringing up a family. Artists and authors and men of science get happiness in this way if their own work seems good to them.
But there are many humbler forms of the same kind of pleasure. Many men who spend their working life in the city devote their weekends to voluntary and unremunerated toil in their gardens, and when the spring comes, they experience all the joys of having created beauty.
The whole subject of happiness has, in my opinion, been treated too solemnly. It had been thought that man cannot be happy without a theory of life or a religion. Perhaps those who have been rendered unhappy by a bad theory may need a better theory to help them to recovery, just as you may need a tonic when you have been ill. But when things are normal a man should be healthy without a tonic and happy without a theory.
It is the simple things that really matter. If a man delights in his wife and children, has success in work, and finds pleasure in the alternation of day and night, spring and autumn, he will be happy whatever his philosophy may be. If, on the other hand, he finds his wife fateful, his childrens noise unendurable, and the office a nightmare; if in the daytime he longs for night, and at night sighs for the light of day, then what he needs is not a new philosophy but a new regimen----a different diet, or more exercise, or what not.
Man is an animal, and his happiness depends on his physiology more than he likes to think. This is a humble conclusion, but I cannot make myself disbelieve it. Unhappy businessmen, I am convinced, would increase their happiness more by walking six miles every day than by any conceivable change of philosophy.
道德家們常說(shuō)：幸�？孔非笫堑貌坏降摹Ｖ挥杏貌幻髦堑姆绞饺プ非蟛攀沁@樣。蒙特卡洛城的賭徒們追求金錢，但多數(shù)人卻把錢輸?shù)袅�，而另外一些追求金錢的辦法卻常常成功。追求幸福也是一樣。如果你通過(guò)暢飲來(lái)追求幸福，那你就忘記了酒醉后的不適。埃畢丘魯斯追求幸福的辦法是只和志趣相投的人一起生活，只吃不涂黃油的面包，節(jié)日才加一點(diǎn)奶酪。他的辦法對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)是成功的，但他是個(gè)體弱多病的人，而多數(shù)人需要的是精力充沛。就多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，除非你有別的補(bǔ)充辦法，這樣追求快樂就過(guò)于抽象和脫離實(shí)際，不宜作為個(gè)人的生活準(zhǔn)則。不過(guò)，我覺得無(wú)論你選擇什么樣的生活準(zhǔn)則，除了那些罕見的和英雄人物的例子外，都應(yīng)該是和幸福相容的。
很多人擁有獲得幸福的全部物質(zhì)條件，即健康的身體和豐足的收入，可是他們非常不快樂。就這種情況來(lái)說(shuō)，似乎問(wèn)題處在生活理論的錯(cuò)誤上。從某種意義上講，我們可以說(shuō)任何關(guān)于生活的理論都是不正確的。我們和動(dòng)物的區(qū)別并沒有我們想象的`那么大。動(dòng)物是憑沖動(dòng)生活的，只要客觀條件有利，它們就會(huì)快樂。如果你有一只貓，它只要有東西吃，感到暖和，偶爾晚上得到機(jī)會(huì)去尋歡，它就會(huì)很快活。你的需要比你的貓要復(fù)雜一些，但還是以本能為基礎(chǔ)的。在文明社會(huì)中，特別是在講英語(yǔ)的社會(huì)中，這一點(diǎn)很容易被忘卻。人們給自己定下一個(gè)最高的目標(biāo)，對(duì)一切不利于實(shí)現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)的沖動(dòng)都加以克制。生意人可能因?yàn)榍型l(fā)財(cái)以致不惜犧牲健康和愛情。等他終于發(fā)了財(cái)，他除了苦苦勸人效法他的好榜樣而攪得別人心煩外，并沒有得到快樂。很多有錢的貴婦人，盡管自然并未賦予她們?nèi)魏涡蕾p文學(xué)或藝術(shù)的興趣，卻決意要使別人認(rèn)為她們是有教養(yǎng)的，于是他們花費(fèi)很多煩人的時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)怎樣談?wù)撃切┝餍械男聲＿@些書寫出來(lái)是要給人以樂趣的，而不是要給人以附庸風(fēng)雅的機(jī)會(huì)的。
只要你觀察一下周圍那些你可稱之為幸福的男男女女，就會(huì)看出他們都有某些共同之處。在這些共同之處中有一點(diǎn)是最重要的：那就是活動(dòng)本身，它在大多數(shù)情況下本身就很有趣，而且可逐漸的使你的愿望得以實(shí)現(xiàn)。生性喜愛孩子的婦女，能夠從撫養(yǎng)子女中得到這種滿足。藝術(shù)家、作家和科學(xué)家如果對(duì)自己的工作感到滿意，也能以同樣的方式得到快樂。不過(guò)，還有很多是較低層次的快樂。許多在城里工作的人到了周末自愿地在自家的庭院里做無(wú)償?shù)膭趧?dòng)，春天來(lái)時(shí)，他們就可盡情享受自己創(chuàng)造的美景帶來(lái)的快樂。
在我看來(lái)，整個(gè)關(guān)于快樂的話題一向都被太嚴(yán)肅的對(duì)待過(guò)了。過(guò)去一直有這樣的看法：如果沒有一種生活的理論或者宗教信仰，人是不可能幸福的。也許那些由于理論不好才導(dǎo)致不快樂的人需要一種較好的理論幫助他們重新快活起來(lái)，就像你生過(guò)病需要吃補(bǔ)藥一樣。但是，正常情況下，一個(gè)人不吃補(bǔ)藥也應(yīng)當(dāng)是健康的;沒有理論也應(yīng)當(dāng)是幸福的。真正有關(guān)系的是一些簡(jiǎn)單的事情。如果一個(gè)男人喜愛他的妻子兒女，事業(yè)有成，而且無(wú)論白天黑夜，春去秋來(lái)，總是感到高興，那么不管他的理論如何，都會(huì)是快樂的。反之，如果他討厭自己的妻子，受不了孩子們的吵鬧，而且害怕上班;如果他白天盼望夜晚，而到了晚上又巴望著天明，那么，他所需要的就不是一種新的理論，而是一種新的生活——改變飲食習(xí)慣，多鍛煉身體等等。
人是動(dòng)物，他的幸福更多的時(shí)候取決于其生理狀況而非思想狀況。這是一個(gè)很庸俗的結(jié)論，然而我無(wú)法使自己懷疑它。我確信，不幸福的商人與其找到新的理論來(lái)使自己幸福，還不如每天步行六英里更見效。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 2
I used to watch her from mykitchenwindow, she seemed so small as she muscled her way throughthecrowd of boys on the playground. The school was across thestreetfrom our home and I would often watch the kids as theyplayedduring recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stoodout fromthem all.I remr the first day I saw her playing basketball.
I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.Shemanaged to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into thenet.The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.I begantonotice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.Shewould practice dribbling and shooting over and overagain,sometimes until dark.
One day I asked her why she practicedsomuch. She looked directly in my eyes and without a momentofhesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way Icango is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I decided thatifI were good enough, I would get a scholarship.
I am going toplaycollege basketball.
I want to be the best. My Daddy told me ifthedream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Then she smiledandran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen overandover again.
Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined.Iwatched her through those junior high years and into highschool.Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.One day inhersenior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled inherarms.
I walked across the street and sat down in the coolgrassbeside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,”came asoft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at5’5”she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—muchless offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreamingaboutcollege.She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tightenas Isensed her disappointment.
I asked her if she had talked to herdadabout it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and told methather father said those coaches were wrong. They just didnotunderstand the power of a dream. He told her that if shereallywanted to play for a good college, if she truly wantedascholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — herownattitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, thefactsdon’t count.”The next year, as she and her team went totheNorthern California Championship game, she was seen by acollege recruiter.
She was indeed offered a scholarship, a fullride, toa Division I, NCAA women’s basketball team. She was goingto getthe college education that she had dreamed of and workedtoward forall those years.It’s true: If the dream is big enough,the factsdon’t count.
我以前常常從廚房的窗戶看到她穿梭于操場(chǎng)上的一群男孩子中間，她顯得那么矮小。
學(xué)校在我家的街對(duì)面，我可以經(jīng)�？吹胶⒆觽�?cè)谙抡n時(shí)間打球。盡管有一大群的孩子，但我覺得她跟其他的孩子截然不同。
我記得第一天看到她打籃球的情景�？粗谄渌⒆优赃叾祦�(lái)轉(zhuǎn)去，我感到十分驚奇。她總是盡力地跳起投籃，球恰好越過(guò)那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐。那些男孩總是拼命地阻止她，但沒有人可以做得到。
我開始注意到她有時(shí)候一個(gè)人打球。她一遍遍地練習(xí)運(yùn)球和投籃，有時(shí)直到天黑。有一天我問(wèn)她為什么這么刻苦地練習(xí)。她直視著我的眼睛，不加思索地說(shuō):“我想上大學(xué)。只有獲得獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金我才能上大學(xué)。我喜歡打籃球，我想只要我打得好，我就能獲得獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。我要到大學(xué)去打籃球。我想成為最棒的球員。我爸爸告訴我說(shuō)，心中有目標(biāo)，風(fēng)雨不折腰�！闭f(shuō)完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場(chǎng)，又開始我之前見過(guò)的一遍又一遍的練習(xí)。
嘿，我服了她了——她是下定了決心了。我看著她這些年從初中升到高中。每個(gè)星期，她帶領(lǐng)的學(xué)校籃球代表隊(duì)都能夠獲勝。
高中那會(huì)兒的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。我穿過(guò)街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上。我輕輕地問(wèn)出什么事了�！芭叮瑳]什么，”她輕聲回答，“只是我太矮了�！痹瓉�(lái)籃球教練告訴她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她幾乎是沒有機(jī)會(huì)到一流的球隊(duì)去打球的——更不用說(shuō)會(huì)獲得獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金了——所以她應(yīng)該放棄想上大學(xué)的'夢(mèng)想。
她很傷心，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發(fā)緊，因?yàn)槲腋杏X到了她的失望。我問(wèn)她是否與她的爸爸談過(guò)這件事。
她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她爸爸說(shuō)那些教練錯(cuò)了。他們根本不懂得夢(mèng)想的力量。他告訴她，如果真的想到一個(gè)好的大學(xué)去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，任何東西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。他又一次跟她說(shuō)：“心中有目標(biāo)，風(fēng)雨不折腰。”
第二年，當(dāng)她和她的球隊(duì)去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時(shí)，她被一位大學(xué)的招生人員看中了。她真的獲得了獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，一個(gè)全面資助的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，并且進(jìn)入美國(guó)全國(guó)大學(xué)體育協(xié)會(huì)其中一隊(duì)女子甲組籃球隊(duì)。她將接受她曾夢(mèng)想并為之奮斗多年的大學(xué)教育。
是的，心中有目標(biāo)，風(fēng)雨不折腰。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 3
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the presidents palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the presidents palace. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the presidents palace.
報(bào)刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關(guān)緊要的事實(shí)和統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字而走向極端。去年，一位記者受一家有名的'雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個(gè)新成立共和國(guó)總統(tǒng)府的文章。稿子寄來(lái)后，編輯看第一句話就拒絕予以發(fā)表。文章的開頭是這樣的："幾百級(jí)臺(tái)階通向環(huán)繞總統(tǒng)的高墻。"編輯立即給那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實(shí)一下臺(tái)階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。
記者立即出發(fā)去核實(shí)這些重要的事實(shí)，但過(guò)了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不見他把數(shù)字寄來(lái)，在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因?yàn)殡s志馬上要復(fù)印。他給記者先后發(fā)去兩份傳真，但對(duì)方毫無(wú)反應(yīng)。于是他又發(fā)了一份傳真，通知那位記者說(shuō)，若再不迅速答復(fù)，將被解雇。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。編輯無(wú)奈，勉強(qiáng)按原樣發(fā)稿了。一周之后，編輯終于接到記者的傳真。那個(gè)可憐的記者不僅被捕了，而且還被送進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。不過(guò)，他終于獲準(zhǔn)發(fā)回了一份傳真。在傳真中他告訴編輯，就在他數(shù)通向15英尺高的總統(tǒng)府圍墻的1，084級(jí)臺(tái)階時(shí)，被抓了起來(lái)。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 4
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 oclock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jewelers. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營(yíng)業(yè)。在早晨的.這個(gè)時(shí)候，拱廊街上幾乎空無(wú)一人。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。他手下兩名店員從早上8點(diǎn)就開始忙碌，這時(shí)剛剛布置完畢。鉆石項(xiàng)鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鐘就回到了店里。
寧?kù)o突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進(jìn)了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來(lái)。一人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個(gè)用黑色長(zhǎng)筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來(lái)。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。這開始發(fā)生時(shí)，泰勒先生正在樓上。他與店員動(dòng)手向窗外投擲家具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。一個(gè)竊賊被一尊很重的雕像擊中，但由于他忙著搶鉆石首飾，竟連疼痛都顧不上了。這場(chǎng)搶劫只持續(xù)了3分鐘，因?yàn)楦`賊爭(zhēng)先恐后地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。就在轎車離開的時(shí)候，泰勒先生從店里沖了出來(lái)，跟在車后追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。但他已無(wú)法抓住那些竊賊了。他們已帶著價(jià)值數(shù)千鎊的首飾逃之夭夭了。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 5
These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as white collar workers for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls (n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. Alfs wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him Mr. Bloggs, not Alf.
如今，從事體力勞動(dòng)的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。坐辦公室的'之所以常常被稱作"白領(lǐng)工人"，就是因?yàn)樗麄兺ǔＪ谴┲差I(lǐng)白襯衫，系著領(lǐng)帶去上班。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。而這常常會(huì)引起種種奇怪的現(xiàn)象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當(dāng)清潔工的艾爾弗雷德.布洛斯就是一個(gè)例子。
艾爾弗結(jié)婚時(shí)，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。他只說(shuō)在埃爾斯米爾公司上班。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班，然后換上工作服，當(dāng)8個(gè)小時(shí)清潔工。晚上回家前，他洗個(gè)淋浴，重新?lián)Q上那身黑色西服。兩年多以來(lái)，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。艾爾弗的妻子一直不知道她嫁給了一個(gè)清潔工，而且她永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)知道了，因?yàn)榘瑺柛ヒ颜业叫铰�，不久就要坐辦公室里工作了。他將來(lái)掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。不過(guò)他覺得，地位升高了，損失點(diǎn)兒錢也值得。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。別人將稱呼他為"布洛格斯先生"，而不再叫他"艾爾弗"了。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 6
Finding enough meat was a problem for primitive man．Keeping it for times when it was scarce was just as hard．Three ways were found to keep meat from spoiling：salting，drying，and freezing．
People near salty waters salted their meat．At first they probably rubbed dry salt on it，but this preserved only the outside．Later they may have pickled their meat by soaking it in salt water．
In hot，dry lands，men found that they could eat meat that had dried while it was still on the bones．They later learned to cut meat into thin strips and hang it up to dry in the hot air．
Men in cold climates found that frozen meat did not spoil．They could leave their meat outside and eat it when they pleased．
對(duì)原始人類來(lái)說(shuō)，獲得充足的肉是件難事，而把肉類儲(chǔ)存到缺肉的時(shí)令也同樣不容易。人們找到了防止肉類變腐的三種辦法：鹽腌、風(fēng)干和冷凍。
靠近咸水地帶的居民用鹽腌肉。起先，他們可能是把干鹽擦在肉上，但這只能使肉的外部不腐。后來(lái)，他們也許就改用咸水浸泡的.辦法來(lái)腌肉了。
在炎熱、干燥的地方，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可以食用已經(jīng)變干、但仍連在骨骼上的肉。后來(lái)，他們學(xué)會(huì)把肉切成薄條，懸掛起來(lái)，讓它在炎熱的空氣中變干。
生活在寒冷氣候下的人們則發(fā)現(xiàn)凍肉不腐。他們可以把肉置于室外，高興時(shí)隨時(shí)可吃。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 7
An old friend used to say to me, "When you are thinking of buying a new house, go and see it on a cloudy day. If you like it then, you need not doubt about liking it in better weather."
一個(gè)老朋友曾經(jīng)告訴我:"當(dāng)你考慮買一套新房時(shí),就趁陰天的時(shí)候過(guò)去看房吧。因?yàn)槿绻菚r(shí)你喜歡它的話,那么在天氣晴朗的日子里你一定也會(huì)喜歡它。
We all enjoy the sun. The sun is the source of heat and life to the earth. Yet people are still to be found who deliberately shut out the sun from their rooms, and are unmindful of the Italian saying that where the sun does not go the doctor does. In this country, especially, we know the value of "facing south".
"我們都喜歡陽(yáng)光。太陽(yáng)是地球上熱量與生命的來(lái)源。然而,我們?nèi)匀话l(fā)現(xiàn)有些人總是故意關(guān)上門,將陽(yáng)光擋在門外,他們忽略了一句意大利諺語(yǔ)"日光不上門,醫(yī)生便上門"。在這個(gè)國(guó)家里,我們都知道"面朝南方"的重要性。
Are we not like houses? We have eyes instead of windows, but we face south, north, east, or west. Who does not know the men and the women facing north? Hard and cold, never letting a ray of sun-shine into their souls. They stand away from all the cheers and warmth of our poor humanity. They are the people who pour cold water on all our enthusiasms, have no faith in human nature, no sympathy with human sufferings.
我們不就像是房子嗎?只不過(guò)我們沒有窗戶,但是我們擁有眼睛,我們可以選擇面朝各個(gè)方向。我們都知道那些面朝北方的人們是怎樣的。他們頑固而冷酷,從不讓一絲陽(yáng)光照進(jìn)他們的心靈。他們總是躲在角落里,拒絕人性的歡樂與溫暖。他們總是澆滅旁人熱情的.火焰,不相信人性,冷眼看待他人的痛苦。
You must know such people. They are not rich people, perfectly healthy, or people without sorrows. On the contrary, they have had a full measure of misfortune. But they have never changed their outlooks4 on life, in their faith in all things working together for good, in their belief that they are in this world to help where help is needed. What a consolation5 such people are! We go to them in entire confidence. We leave them the better and the brighter, with a firmer step, and the determination to win through the difficulties. They are "facing south".
你必定也認(rèn)識(shí)這樣一種人:他們不是有錢人,不是身體特別健全的人,也不是無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的人。相反,他們的生活中充滿了不幸。但他們從不改變對(duì)生活的態(tài)度,在他們看來(lái),所有的事情都在朝著好的方向發(fā)展,他們堅(jiān)持幫助那些需要幫助的人。他們能給人帶來(lái)極大的安慰!我們滿懷信心地靠近他們,離開他們的時(shí)候變得更加樂觀和開朗,我們的腳步會(huì)變得更為堅(jiān)定,戰(zhàn)勝困難的決心也會(huì)更大。他們就是"面朝南方"的人。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 8
Shumei has many pen-friends around the world. She likes writing to them and receiving their letters in return. She stated writing to her first pen-friend, Thomas Wright from Britain, when she was ten years old. They have been writing to each other for two years now.
Shumei enjoys writing to people from other counties because she finds it very interesting to learn more about those counties and the different things.
She hopes to visit her pen-friends some day, but she will continue writing to them and enjoying their friendship.
She will also try to look for pen-friends from other counties such as Japan, China and France
Shumei有很多世界各地的筆友。她喜歡寫信給他們，喜歡收到他們的回信。當(dāng)她10歲時(shí)，開始給第一位來(lái)自英國(guó)的筆友Thomas Wright寫信。他們互相寫信至今已有兩年了。
Shumei之所以喜歡寫信給外國(guó)人，是因?yàn)樗X得更多地了解那些國(guó)家和不同的事物是件很有趣的事情。
她希望有一天去拜訪她的.筆友，但是她會(huì)繼續(xù)寫信給他們，分享他們的友誼。
她也期待著來(lái)自外國(guó)的筆友，如日本，中國(guó)和法國(guó)的朋友。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 9
The world is filled with many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while others are very pleasant to hear. In a single day you probably hear hundreds of different sounds. All sounds are different. Some may be loud. Some are high; others are low. Some sounds are useful.
Without sound we cannot talk or listen to one another. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting of a car warns people of danger.
Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low over the land, the very loud sounds can damage the houses. Very loud sounds can even make people deaf.
We know sound travel about one kilometer in three seconds. In a thunder storm you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels much faster than sound.
Next time you see lightning; count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder. Divide this number of seconds before you hear thunder. Divide this number by 3. This will tell you how many kilometers away the thunder storm is.
這個(gè)世界充滿了許多有趣的聲音。對(duì)于我們的耳朵而言，有些是不舒適的，有些則是悅耳動(dòng)聽的。在一天之內(nèi)你可能聽到數(shù)以百計(jì)的不同聲音。所有的`聲音是不同的。有些可能是響亮的。有些高的，有些低的。有些聲音是有用的。
沒有聲音，我們彼此不能聽說(shuō)。鬧鐘鈴聲喚醒人們。汽車的啼聲警示處于危險(xiǎn)狀況的人們。
有些聲音是有害的。當(dāng)飛機(jī)在陸地上方低空飛行，巨大的聲音可能會(huì)損壞房屋。巨大的聲音，甚至可以使人耳聾。
我們知道， 3秒鐘里聲音傳播約1公里。在雷雨天你先看到閃電，然后再聽到雷聲。這是因?yàn)楣獾乃俣缺嚷曇舻乃俣葌鞑サ每斓亩唷?/p>
下次看到閃電，在聽到雷聲之前，你計(jì)算閃電秒數(shù)。均分聽到雷聲之前的秒數(shù)，即除以3。這會(huì)告訴你多少公里外有雷雨風(fēng)暴。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 10
Tommy has a little dog. Her name is Goldier. She is pretty and interesting. Tommy loves her very much.
The other day, Goldier was out walking with Tommy. She cut her paw on a bit of glass. When they arrived home, Tommy’s mother thought that the cut was deep. She asked Tommy to take Goldier to the vet. The vet was very kind, and he gave her an injection. Then he stitched up the cut and put on a bandage.
Goldier looks ever so funny as she walks on three legs, holding her paw as if she has been to war!
湯米有一只小狗。它名叫Goldier。它可愛而有趣。湯米很喜歡它。
幾天前，Goldier跟著湯米外出散步。它的爪子踩到了碎玻璃。當(dāng)他們回到家里，湯米的'母親認(rèn)為它的傷口深。她讓湯米帶Goldier去獸醫(yī)那兒檢查。獸醫(yī)非常和氣，他給Goldier打了針，然后縫合傷口并纏上繃帶。
Goldier只用三條腿走路，看上去太好笑了，它抬起傷爪子，好像是剛剛?cè)ミ^(guò)戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)！
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 11
Long ago people used bells more than they do today. The postman used to ring a hand when he delivered the letters. Fire engines had bells instead of sirens. People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting what was for sale.
Every village had its church bell to let people know it was time to go to church. At night, this bell was rung so that traveler would find the village in the dark.
In most counties, bells were hung around the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or goats. Today, in India, animals still wear bells.
Now bells are used less and less. Buzzers, sirens and horns have taken their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in schools and churches so they will not lose their beautiful sounds forever.
從前人們使用鈴聲比現(xiàn)在使用得更廣泛。郵遞員在投遞信件的時(shí)候使用手打鈴。消防車使用警鈴，而不是警報(bào)器。賣東西的.人來(lái)到老式住宅區(qū)，搖響鈴聲，高喊吆呼賣東西。
每個(gè)村莊里使用各自的教堂鐘聲告知人們?nèi)ソ烫玫臅r(shí)間。晚上，教堂鐘聲響起，能讓旅行者在黑暗中找到村莊。
在大多數(shù)國(guó)家，響鈴掛在動(dòng)物的脖子上。響鈴幫助業(yè)主尋找丟失的�；蛏窖�。今天，在印度，動(dòng)物仍然掛著響鈴。
現(xiàn)在鐘聲使用得越來(lái)越少。蜂鳴器，警報(bào)器及喇叭已占有一席之地，人們盡量在學(xué)校和教堂使用老式鐘，那些美麗的鐘聲將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)消失。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 12
A good breakfast in important. We can easily underground it. We have not eaten anything for about twelve hours by breakfast time. Our bodies need food for morning activities.
One good breakfast should be rice or bread, an egg, milk and fruit. On cold morning a cup of hot drink is necessary.
We must get up early to have plenty of time to eat breakfast. A good breakfast helps us to be more friendly and also to work better and play more happily.
一份營(yíng)養(yǎng)早餐是重要的。我們可以很容易理解。到早餐時(shí)間之前我們約12個(gè)小時(shí)沒有吃任何東西了。我們的身體需要補(bǔ)充食物以應(yīng)對(duì)整個(gè)上午的`活動(dòng)。
一份營(yíng)養(yǎng)早餐應(yīng)該包括大米，面包，雞蛋，牛奶和水果。在寒冷的早晨，一杯熱飲品是必要的。
我們必須早起以便有充足的時(shí)間吃早餐。一份營(yíng)養(yǎng)早餐有助于我們更加友善，也有助于我們將工作做得更好，玩得更快樂。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 13
In Britainevery town has a public library and there are branch libraries in many villages. Anyone may borrow books, and it costs nothing to borrow them. In some places you may borrow as many books as you want, but in others you are limited to a certain number of books for several weeks so that you can have enough time to finish all the books you’ve borrowed.
The latest novels are always in great need, and non-fiction books, such as books on history, science and gardening, are well-loved, too.
If the books you need are out, you may ask for them to be kept for you when they are returned, and if you pay the cost of sending a postcard, the librarian will let you know when the books are back and are ready for you.
Most public libraries also have a reading-room there are tables and desks at which you can sit and read the daily newspapers and all the other important periodicals (the weeklies, the monthlies and the quarterlies). In the reference library there are encyclopedias, dictionaries, books of maps and other useful books. But you can only use these books there. You cannot take them out.
在英國(guó)，每個(gè)鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)都有公共圖書館，很多鄉(xiāng)村有分館。任何人都可以借閱圖書且無(wú)需費(fèi)用。在一些地方，你想借多少本書籍就可以借多少本，但在別處，你幾個(gè)星期內(nèi)借閱一定數(shù)量的圖書是受限制的，這樣你有足夠的`時(shí)間來(lái)完成你借的所有書籍。
最新小說(shuō)總有很強(qiáng)的借閱需求，非小說(shuō)類書籍，如歷史，科學(xué)和園藝書籍，也深受喜愛。
如果你需要借閱的書籍已借出了，你可以要求他們當(dāng)該書歸還時(shí)為你保留，如果你付費(fèi)發(fā)送明信片，圖書管理員將告知你書籍什么時(shí)候歸還的，并為你備妥。
大多數(shù)公共圖書館都有一個(gè)閱讀室，那里有[tables and ？desks]桌子和椅子，你可以坐下來(lái)閱讀報(bào)紙和所有其他重要期刊（周刊，月刊和季刊）。在圖書館的參考室里，有百科全書，字典，地圖冊(cè)和其他有用的書籍。但你只可以在那里使用這些書籍。你不能外借。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 14
Every morning Mike goes to work by train. As he has a long trip, he always buys a newspaper. It helps to make the time pass more quickly.
One Tuesday morning, he turned to the sports page. He wanted to read the report about an important football match. The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off at his station. He didn’t know it until he saw the sea. He got off at the next station, and had to wait a long time for a train to go back. Of course, he got to the office very late. His boss was very angry.
每天早晨，Mike坐火車去上班。由于路程漫長(zhǎng)，他總是買張報(bào)紙。這有助于快速消磨時(shí)間。
一個(gè)星期二的早上，他翻到了體育版。他想閱讀有關(guān)一場(chǎng)重要的足球比賽的.報(bào)道。該報(bào)道非常有趣，他到站忘記下車了。直到看到了大海，他才知道過(guò)站了。他在下一站下了車，不得不等待很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間坐車返回。當(dāng)然，他很晚才到辦公室。他的老板非常生氣。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 15
Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. but after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him, “Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” tom answered, “No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears my ticket to pieces.”
Tom是一個(gè)小男孩，他只有7歲。有一天，他到戲院看戲。這是他第一次去看戲。他買了票，然后走了進(jìn)去，但是過(guò)了兩，三分鐘，他出來(lái)了，買了第二張票，再次進(jìn)去。幾分鐘后他出來(lái)買了第三張票。兩，三分鐘后，他又走了出來(lái)，重新要買票。于是，售票處里的女孩問(wèn)他：“你為什么買這么多票？你遇見了多少朋友？”湯姆回答說(shuō)： “不，這里沒有我朋友。但是在門口，一個(gè)大男孩總是擋住我，把我的票撕成碎片。”
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 16
A detective is a policeman but doesn’t wear a uniform. He works in his ordinary clothes. If he wears a uniform, robbers will know that he is a policeman. Then they will avoid him.
To detect means to “find out”. A detective finds out who does bad things. He can sit in a coffee-shop with other people. He can listen to people talking. Some thieves come, the policemen will catch them.
A detective can go to a football match. He can watch for pick-pockets are people who steal things from other people’s pockets.
A detective must be clever, honest and brave. He works hard and helps to protect us.
偵探是一名警察，但不穿制服。他穿便服工作。如果他穿著制服，匪徒會(huì)知道他是一名警察。然后，他們就會(huì)避開他。
做偵探意味著“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)誰(shuí)做了壞事。他可以與其他人一樣坐在咖啡館里。他可以聽人說(shuō)話。小偷出現(xiàn)了，偵探將抓住他們。
偵探可以到足球比賽場(chǎng)。他可以監(jiān)視從別人口袋里竊取財(cái)物的扒手們。
偵探必須聰明，誠(chéng)實(shí)和勇敢。他努力工作，保護(hù)著我們。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 17
Dong Jianhua was born in Shanghai in 1937. His father was Dong Haoyun, the king of the ship in Hong Kong. Dong Jianhua was his elder son.
In 1949, he came to Hong Kong with his father. At the age of thirteen, he studied in Zhonghua Middle School. In 1954, he went to England to study the mechanical engineering. Five years later, he received a Bachelor of Science in Liverpool University. Later he went to America and he worked in the General Electrical Company in America.
There he had stayed for ten years. He returned to Hong Kong again in 1969. In Hong Kong, he helped his father do business in shipping and opened an airline from Hong Kong to Europe and America. He never stressed the food or clothing. In his spare time, he likes reading newspapers and studying Chinese history. He also likes sports.
On December 11, 1996, Dong Jianhua was elected the first senior office of Hong Kong. He took office on July 1, 1997.
1937年董建華在上海出生。他的'父親董好運(yùn)，是香港的船王。董建華是他的大兒子。
1949年，他隨父親來(lái)到香港。13歲時(shí)，他在中華中學(xué)讀書。 1954年，他到英國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)械工程。五年后，他獲得英國(guó)利物浦大學(xué)的理科學(xué)士學(xué)位。此后，他到美國(guó)，在美國(guó)GE公司工作。
他在那里呆了十年。他在1969年回到香港。在香港，他幫助父親做航運(yùn)業(yè)務(wù)，開辟香港至歐美航線。他從來(lái)不講究吃穿。在業(yè)余時(shí)間，他喜歡閱讀報(bào)紙和學(xué)習(xí)中國(guó)歷史。他還喜歡運(yùn)動(dòng)。
在1996年12月11日 ，董建華當(dāng)選為第一任香港特首。他于1997年7月1日 就任。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 18
The classroom was very quiet. Twenty-four girls were having a history lesson. They had books open in front of them on their desks, and their teacher was talking to them.
The school was in Poland. The time was 1877. At that time much of Poland was a part of Russia. Children could not learn the history of their own country in school or even use their own language. But the teacher was still teaching Polish history in Polish.
Suddenly the bell rang. Two long rings, two short rings. The girls knew what that meant. Quick hands closed all the Polish books. Four girls ran up and down the classroom and picked them up, and then they ran out through a door with the books. The girls quickly took some sewing from their desks and the teacher got out a Russian book. Just then a Russian official came in, and asked the teacher, “What are you reading to the class?” the teacher said, “Russian stories.” “Now,” he said, “I’d like to ask one of you some questions.” “Manya, please stand up,” the teacher ordered quietly. A little girl stood up. After Manya answered all his questions, the Russian official walked out of the classroom.
The little girl Manya became Madame Curie, the great woman scientist.
教室里非常安靜。 24個(gè)女孩正在上歷史課。在他們面前的課桌上他們打開著書，他們的老師在講課。
學(xué)校在波蘭。當(dāng)時(shí)是1877年，波蘭的許多地方已淪為俄國(guó)的一部分了。在學(xué)校里，孩子不能學(xué)習(xí)自己國(guó)家的歷史，甚至不能使用自己的母語(yǔ)。但老師仍然用波蘭語(yǔ)講授波蘭歷史。
突然間鈴響了。兩聲長(zhǎng)鈴，兩聲短鈴。女孩們知道這意味著什么。雙手快速合上所有的'波蘭書本。四個(gè)女孩在教室里跑前跑后，收起書本，然后她們拿著書本從另一扇門跑出去。其他女孩們很快從課桌里取出針線物品，老師很快取出一本俄語(yǔ)書。就在這時(shí)，一名俄國(guó)官員走了進(jìn)來(lái)，問(wèn)老師，“你在上什么課？”老師回答，“俄國(guó)的故事�！薄艾F(xiàn)在，”他說(shuō)，“我想問(wèn)問(wèn)你們其中的一些問(wèn)題�！薄癕anya，請(qǐng)起立，”老師悄悄地下令。一個(gè)小女孩站了起來(lái)。Manya回答俄國(guó)官員的所有問(wèn)題后，俄國(guó)官員離開了教室。
小女孩Manya成為居里 夫人，偉大的女科學(xué)家。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 19
American schools begin in September after a long summer: There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school then they finish high school.
High school students take only 4 or 5 subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get money for their studies.
長(zhǎng)夏過(guò)后美國(guó)學(xué)校在9月開學(xué)：每一學(xué)年有兩個(gè)學(xué)期。第一學(xué)期是從9月至來(lái)年1月，第二學(xué)期是從2月到6月。大多數(shù)美國(guó)兒童從小上學(xué)，直至他們完成高中學(xué)業(yè)。
每學(xué)期高中學(xué)生只需要學(xué)4或5種科目。他們通常一起上大課，也有每課的功課。下了課他們參加多種興趣活動(dòng)。
高中畢業(yè)后，很多學(xué)生進(jìn)入大學(xué)。他們可以上小型學(xué)院或者大型學(xué)院。他們通常要支付很多學(xué)費(fèi)。因此，許多大學(xué)生課余勤工儉學(xué)。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 20
What are middle school students thinking about these days? It’s a word that starts with “s”. Sunshine, swimming, sports… summer, Yes, that’s it, summer, with sunshine, swimming and sports!
Of course, you can try to make this summer a little bit special. It’s not difficult. There are usually a couple of things that you’re been thinking about doing for a long time, but haven’t done yet. When the summer comes, it’s time to do them! For example, you can join spend sports team, go to a park, fly a kite, lie in the grass, or just spend some time with friends.
Summer is a great time to relax and it can also be a great time to have fun and to learn! You can go to a botanical garden and get to know 5 or 6 different plants or flowers. If you have planned for a summer trip with your family, it will be exciting to write down the details of your trip along with your photos. And it you prefer to stay indoors, you can learn to make some easy crafts, such as paper cups, brown paper bags, or cool cards. You can make some birthday gifts to give on your friends’ birthday!
It’s hard to say what is the best way to spend the summer, just do something new that you havent done before.
現(xiàn)今什么是中學(xué)生所想的？有一個(gè)以“s”開頭的詞語(yǔ)。陽(yáng)光，游泳，運(yùn)動(dòng)...夏天，是的，就是這樣，夏天，充滿陽(yáng)光，盡情游泳和運(yùn)動(dòng)！
當(dāng)然，你可以嘗試使這個(gè)夏天特別一點(diǎn)。這并不困難。通常有一兩件事是你一直想做，但沒做的。夏天來(lái)臨，正是做它們的時(shí)候！例如，你可以參加運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)，去公園，放風(fēng)箏，躺在草地上，或者只與朋友一起共度。
夏天是一個(gè)休閑的好時(shí)光，也是一個(gè)娛樂和學(xué)習(xí)的好時(shí)光！你可以到植物園，了解5，6種不同的植物或花卉。如果你計(jì)劃與你的家人一起夏季旅行，用照片記錄一些你們的旅行細(xì)節(jié)，這將是令人興奮的'。如果你喜歡留在家里，你可以學(xué)做一些簡(jiǎn)易工藝品，比如，紙杯，牛皮紙袋，或者酷酷的卡片。你還可以給你朋友做一些生日禮物！
很難說(shuō)什么是度過(guò)夏天的最好方式，只要做一些你以前沒做過(guò)的新鮮事就行。
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At the end of a busy week, I was anxious because I didn’t have a “how to” speech for my class. My ride home was leaving immediately after the class, and I hadn’t packed yet. Then I thought of a solution for both problems.
Rushing back to my room, I threw everything I needed into my traveling bag and ran to class hurriedly. When I was asked to speak, I carried my bag to the front of the room and put it on the table. All the disorderly things in the bag went out suddenly.
“This is not the way to pack a bag,” I said. I then explained the right way to pack clothing and books, showing clearly as I went along. By the time my speech was finished, my traveling bag was packed. I received an “A” for my speech and didn’t miss my ride home.
在一個(gè)繁忙的周末，我因?yàn)闆]有準(zhǔn)備好題為“如何”的課上發(fā)言而發(fā)愁。我回家的.班車會(huì)在課后很快離站的，可我還沒有整理完畢。稍頃，我想出了這兩個(gè)問(wèn)題的解決方案。
我趕回寢室，我把所需的東西統(tǒng)統(tǒng)塞進(jìn)旅行包，而后匆匆跑去上課。輪到我發(fā)言了，我提著旅行包來(lái)到教室前方，再把包放在桌上。包里所有未整理的東西一下子都“跑”了出來(lái)。
“這不是收拾行李包的方法，”我說(shuō)。然后我解釋了收拾衣物和書籍的正確的方式，同時(shí)我清晰地演示操作。到我發(fā)言完畢時(shí)，我的旅行包也整理完畢。我的發(fā)言得了一個(gè)“A”級(jí)分，并且沒有耽誤搭車回家。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 22
Many people go to school for me education. They learn languages, history, politics, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn skills in order to make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to remember some facts or a formula. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem. Great scientists before us didn’t get everything from school. Their teachers only showed them the way. Edison didn’t even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. He invented so many things for human being. The reason for their success is that they know how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Most important is that they knew how to use their train.
很多人去學(xué)校接受教育。他們學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)文，歷史，政治，地理，物理，化學(xué)和數(shù)學(xué)。也有部分人去學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)技能，以便謀生。學(xué)校教育是非常重要的，非常實(shí)用的。然而，人不可能從學(xué)校學(xué)到每樣?xùn)|西。一位老師，無(wú)論他知道多少知識(shí)，都不可能講授給學(xué)生們所想知道的每樣?xùn)|西。教師的工作是給學(xué)生講授如何學(xué)習(xí)。他講授如何閱讀和如何思考。所以，更多的是由學(xué)生自己在校外學(xué)習(xí)。
知道如何通過(guò)自己的研習(xí)，比起死記一些事例或公式總是更重要的。其實(shí)學(xué)習(xí)一個(gè)歷史事件或某一個(gè)數(shù)學(xué)公式很容易。不過(guò)運(yùn)用一個(gè)數(shù)學(xué)公式解答數(shù)學(xué)問(wèn)題卻是非常困難的。我們面前的'科學(xué)偉人并不是從學(xué)校里學(xué)到一切的。他們的老師僅僅給他們講授讀書方法。
愛迪生甚至沒有念完小學(xué)。但他們都非常成功。他為人類發(fā)明了這么多事情的人。他們獲得成功的原因是他們知道如何去學(xué)習(xí)。他們讀了不止在學(xué)校學(xué)到的書籍。他們?cè)陂喿x的同時(shí)還會(huì)提出許多問(wèn)題。他們做過(guò)數(shù)以千計(jì)的實(shí)驗(yàn)。他們辛勞一生，沒有浪費(fèi)過(guò)一分一秒。最重要的是他們知道如何使用自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 23
“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to describe a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the world “cool” has had many different meanings.
“Cool” can be used to describe feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.” you may think, “He’s so cool”, when you see your favorite footballer.
Whats more, you can use “cool” instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student’s paper was just one sentence, “It’s so cool.” maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
But in fact, many other words can make your life as colorful as the word “cool”. And I think they are also very cool, too.
“酷”是一個(gè)多義詞。本義是用來(lái)形容一個(gè)有點(diǎn)冷的溫度。由于時(shí)代的發(fā)展變化，世間的“酷”已經(jīng)有許多不同的含義。
“酷”，可以用來(lái)描述對(duì)幾乎所有的東西感興趣的感覺。當(dāng)你在街上看到一輛名車時(shí)，也許你會(huì)說(shuō)，“這很酷�！�，當(dāng)你看到你喜歡的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員時(shí)，你可能認(rèn)為“他太酷了”。
更重要的'是，你可以使用“酷”代替許多詞語(yǔ)，如“新”或“令人驚訝”。這里有一個(gè)有趣的故事，以顯示該單詞的使用方式。老師要求學(xué)生們就觀賞過(guò)的瀑布作文。在一個(gè)學(xué)生的作文里只有一句話，“這太酷了�！币苍S他覺得這是最好的方式來(lái)展示他所看到和感受到的。
但事實(shí)上，很多其他詞匯也能描述你的生活如同“酷”字一樣的豐富多彩。而且我認(rèn)為他們也非�？帷�
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 24
Mr. Jenkins is fifty years old. He’s taught math in a middle school for twenty-six years. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students will be honest and he is strict with them. Some of his students have become to him. Of course the man is proud of them.
This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know about him. On the first day of school he told the students how to be an honest person. He gave them some examples and said, “I don’t like telling a lie.” Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Lesson 1.
The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he asked, “Who’s finished Exercise 8 in Lesson 1.”
The students had a look at their workbooks and their faces turned red at once.
詹金斯先生50歲。他在中學(xué)執(zhí)教數(shù)學(xué)26年了。他工作努力，總是準(zhǔn)時(shí)上班。他希望他的學(xué)生們誠(chéng)實(shí)守信并對(duì)他們嚴(yán)格要求。他的學(xué)生有的已成為他那樣。當(dāng)然，他為此感到驕傲。
這個(gè)學(xué)期，他開始教一年級(jí)。一些新生聽說(shuō)過(guò)他，但其余的都不認(rèn)識(shí)他。在開學(xué)第一天，他告訴學(xué)生如何做一個(gè)誠(chéng)實(shí)守信的人。他給他們舉了一些例子，說(shuō)：“我不喜歡說(shuō)謊的`�！毕抡n之前，他布置全體學(xué)生完成第1課練習(xí)8。
第二天早晨，他一走進(jìn)教室就問(wèn)：“誰(shuí)完成了第1課練習(xí)8�！�
學(xué)生們看了看他們的作業(yè)簿，他們的臉一下子變紅了。
初中英語(yǔ)閱讀短文 25
Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”? It is easy to play and most people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape-recorder. You can even use a radio.
Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.
The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Every one goes in the same direction, of course. They should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.
The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music stops again, one more player will be out.
At last, there will be two players and one chair! The one who sits on the chair when the music when the music stops is the winner.
你知道如何玩耍名叫“音樂椅”的游戲嗎？這是很容易玩的，大多數(shù)人游戲及小部分人播放音樂。如果有人會(huì)彈奏，可以使用一架鋼琴或任何其他樂器。你也可以使用一個(gè)錄音機(jī)。你甚至可以使用收音機(jī)。
把椅子排成一排。椅子需背對(duì)背成雙擺放。一個(gè)更好的辦法是把椅子面對(duì)面一把挨一把地?cái)[放成一行。
這個(gè)游戲是容易玩的。當(dāng)音樂開始，游戲者輪著椅子轉(zhuǎn)圈。每個(gè)人按同一個(gè)方向走，當(dāng)然，他們應(yīng)該跟著音樂走。如果音樂節(jié)奏快，他們應(yīng)該快走。如果音樂節(jié)奏慢，他們應(yīng)該慢慢走。
播放音樂的人不可以看到游戲中的'人。當(dāng)音樂停止時(shí)，游戲者設(shè)法坐在椅子上。如果有人不能找到椅子坐下，他就出局了。然后，在音樂停止之前，會(huì)有更多的游戲者出局。
最后，將有兩名游戲者，一把椅子！當(dāng)音樂停止時(shí)，一個(gè)坐到椅子上的人就是贏家。
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Chinese children are very obedient. In China, children are taught to obey and respect their parents, teachers and elders. But children is Western counties do not obey every time.
Most parents and teachers in the West expect some bad behavior in children. They expect to see it in teenagers as they are becoming adults.
In China students stand respectfully when they answer questions from the teacher. In the West they don’t stand and often several answer the teacher’s questions at the same time. This sometimes makes the classroom noisy and hard to control. But students in these classrooms can also have good talks about interesting ideas. Not all the ideas come from the teacher.
Is it good to be an obedient child at all times? Do you sometimes feel that your parents are being unfair when they ask you to do something? Perhaps the answer is somewhere between the two days-the Western way and the Chinese way. If you disagree sometimes, it might be a good way to speak out your ideas politely. That was your parents or teachers can listen and perhaps learn to see your point of view. So you can disagree sometimes as long as you do so politely and with respect.
中國(guó)孩子很聽話。在中國(guó)，兒童被教導(dǎo)要服從和尊重他們的父母，老師和長(zhǎng)輩。但是西方國(guó)家的兒童不都是這樣。
在西方大多數(shù)家長(zhǎng)和老師期望發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子們的一些不良行為，他們希望在青少年階段發(fā)現(xiàn)這些，因?yàn)楹⒆觽冋诔砷L(zhǎng)為成年人。
在中國(guó)，當(dāng)老師提問(wèn)時(shí)，學(xué)生需恭敬地站著回答。在西方，學(xué)生不必站著，往往會(huì)在同時(shí)有幾個(gè)人回答老師的提問(wèn)。有時(shí)候這樣會(huì)使課堂嘈雜和難以控制。但是，在這些教室里的學(xué)生可以對(duì)感興趣的想法作活躍的討論。并非所有的觀點(diǎn)都來(lái)自于老師。
在任何時(shí)候都聽話的孩子是一個(gè)好孩子嗎？當(dāng)你父母要求你做某事，有時(shí)候你會(huì)感覺到他們的'要求不太公平嗎？也許答案是介于上述兩種，中國(guó)式和西方式。如果有時(shí)候你不同意，有禮貌地說(shuō)出你的想法可能是一個(gè)好的方式。這樣，你的父母或老師聽過(guò)后，也許能采納你的觀點(diǎn)。因此，只要你這樣，有禮貌地和尊重地行事，有時(shí)候你可以持不同意見。
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