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1、九年级英语阅读读本1 英语故事 Why was Jenny not amused Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour - everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremys closest friends asked him to make a speech
2、 at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go
3、 home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadnt. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him! 杰里米.汉普登
4、交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 - 人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！ reception n. 招待会 sort n. 种类 admire somebody for s
5、th因某些事而崇拜某人 童话寓言 看不见春天的盲人 One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet, that reads: I am blind, please help. A creative publicist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observe that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coi
6、ns in the hat, and without stopping to ask for permission , took the sign, turned it around, and wrote a new message. He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left. Later that afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost completely f
7、ull of bills and coins. The blind man recognized(认出) his footsteps and asked if it was him who had changed his sign? He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it? The blind man didnt know that his new sign reads as this: Its spring now, but I cant see it. publicist英pblsst 美pblsst n.宣传人员；宣传代理人；政论家
8、；时事评论员 observe英bz:v 美bzv vt.& vi.观察；研究 vt.遵守；观察；看到；保持 vi.注意；说；评述；当观察员 名人传记 A Famous Story of Mark Twain Mark Twain was a famous American writer. He wrote many stories and many of them were funny stories. These stories are still read by many people all over the world. Besides writing, he also liked h
9、unting and fishing very much, so one year he went to Maine for a holiday and spent three very pleasant weeks in the woods there. When he had to go back home, he drove to the station with his baggage. There he asked a porter to put it into the train. Then he got into the smoking car and sat down in o
10、ne of the comfortable seats there. The car was empty when he got in, but a few minutes later, another man got in and sat down on the seat opposite his. Mark Twain looked at the man and thought that this man looked quite unpleasant. However, it would be impolite to say nothing in that situation, so h
11、e said good morning to the man, and they began to talk. First they talked about the weather and then they talked about Maine. The stranger said, We have some beautiful woods in Maine. It would be a pity to come to Maine without spending some time there. I suppose you have been in our woods, havent y
12、ou? Yes, I have, answered Mark Twain. Ive just spent three weeks there and I had a very good time, too. And let me tell you something. Although fishing isnt allowed in Maine at this season, Ive got two hundred pounds of beautiful fish with my baggage in this train. I like to eat fish, so I packed it
13、 in ice to take it home with me. May I ask who you are, sir? The stranger looked at Mark Twain for several seconds and then answered, Im a police officer. My job is to catch people who hunt and fish during the wrong seasons. And who are you? Mark Twain was surprised and frightened when he heard this
14、. He thought quickly and then answered, Well, Ill tell you, sir. Im the man who tells the biggest lies in America. 名人名言 盖茨语录 Be nice to nerds. Chances are youll end up working for one. 善待乏味的人。有可能到头来你在工作中也会变成一个乏味的人。 The world wont care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish s
15、omething before you feel good about yourself. 世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就。 You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You wont be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both. 刚毕业的你不会一年挣4万美元，在你将此职位和汽车都挣到手以前，你不会成为一个公司的副总裁，并拥有一部装有电话的汽车。 If you think your tea
16、cher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesnt have tenure. 你认为你的教师严厉，等你在老板手下干活时再这样想，老板可不像教师那样有任期限制的。 Life is not fair, get used to it. 生活是不公平的，要去适应它。 If you mess up, its not your parents fault, so dont whine about our mistakes, learn from them. 如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的过错，所以不要抱怨错误，要从中汲取教训。 Before you wer
17、e born, your parents werent as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. 在你出生之前
18、，你的父母并非像他们现在这样乏味。他们变成今天这个样子，是因为这些年来一直在为你付帐单，给你洗衣服，听你大谈如何的酷。所以在对父母喋喋不休之前，还是先去打扫一下你自己的屋子吧。 Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; theyll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesnt bear t
19、he slightest resemblance to anything in real life. 你的学校也许已经不再分优等生和劣等生，但生活却仍在做出类似区分。某些学校已经废除不及格分，只要你想找到正确答案，学校会给你无数次机会。这和现实生活中的任何事情没有一点相似之处。 Life is not divided into semesters. You dont get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time. 生活不分学
20、期，你并没有暑假可以休息，也没有几位雇主乐于帮助你发现自我。自己找时间做吧。 Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 电视不是真实的生活。现实生活中，人们实际上得离开咖啡屋去干自己的工作。 nerdsn:dz n.讨厌的人，卑微的人 生活话题 少年犯罪de问题 The problem of Juvenile crime Juvenile crime has become a more and more serious probl
21、em for todays society. Many young people, unable to resist the various temptations of society, degenerate into moral depravity and some even commit crimes. There are different causes for such a widespread phenomenon. First, many young offenders lack warm emotional support and parental care from thei
22、r families. Their partents, either too busy with their own business or too estranged to show their affections for their children, seldom set aside time for the education of their children. These children have nobody to turn to when faced with trouble from society and easily slide into bad habits and
23、 begin to acquire bad company. Second, the society is also to blame. Money seems to have become the central concern of many people. Those children with weaker will cannot resist the temptation of money and addict to materialist desires. In order to prevent juvenile crime, parents should devote more
24、time to the care of children. They should themselves set examples for their offspring so that to tell their children to know the good from the bad. Furthermore, we should build a social system that is healthy for the growth of young children. Education should be given primary concern. Let the entire
25、 society be a school. Only through the collaboration of individual families and the society can we prevent juvenile climes. Juvenile crime 少年犯罪 resist英rizist 美rzst v.抵抗，抗拒；忍耐；反对，抵制 n.防染剂；防腐剂 offendersfendz n.冒犯者；犯规者；罪犯；妨害的人 acquire英kwai 美kwar vt.获得，取得；学到 offspring英fspri 美fspr, f- n.后代，子孙；产物，结果；崽；幼苗
26、复数：offsprings； 诗歌散文 What is Time? 对你来说，时间是什么 Time is grain for peasants. Time is wealth for workers. Time is life for doctors. Time is victory for strategists. Time is knowledge for entrepreneurs. Time is speed for scientists. Time is money for enterprisers. Time is everything for all of us. Therefo
27、re, seize this day! Begin now! Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it. For today already walks tomorrow. grain greinn.颗粒, 谷类, 纹理, 谷物, 谷粒, 细粒, 粮食vt.(使)成谷粒vi.(使)成谷粒 peasants 英peznt 美pznt n.农民；农夫；佃农；粗俗的人 复数：peasants； Seize si:zvt.没收, 抓住, 掌握, 查封, 逮捕, 俘获, 扣押vi.利用, 突然抓住 对你来说，时间是什么 对农民来说，时间就是粮食。 对工人来说，时
28、间就是财富。 对医生来说，时间就是生命。 对军事家来说，时间就是胜利。 对教育家来说，时间就是知识。 对科学家来说，时间就是速度。 对企业家来说，时间就是金钱。 对我们大家来说，时间就是一切。 因此，把握今天！ 现在就开始！ 每天都是一次新生。 把握住它，好好生活。 因为今天未逝时，明天已开始。 2 英语故事 Jumbo versus the police Last Christmas， the circus owner， Jimmy Gates， decided to take some presents to a childrens hospital. Dressed up as Fath
29、er Christmas and accompanied by a guard of honour of six pretty girls， he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a s
30、ide street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Though Jimmy agreed to go at once， Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. The police had a difficult time， but they were most amused. Jumbo must weigh a few tons， said a policeman afterwards， so i
31、t was fortunate that we didnt have to carry him. Of course， we should arrest him， but as he has a good record， we shall let him off this time. 去年圣诞节，马戏团老板吉米。盖茨决定送些礼物给儿童医院。他打扮成圣诞老人，在由6个漂亮姑娘组成的“仪仗队”的陪同下，骑上一头名叫江伯的小象，沿着城里的主要街道出发了。他本该知道警察绝不会允许这类事情发生。一个警察走过来告诉吉米，他应该走一条小路，因为江泊阻碍了交通。虽然吉米同意马上就走，但江伯却拒绝移动。15个警
32、察不得不用很大的力气把它推离主要街道。警察虽然吃了苦头，但他们还是感到很有趣。“江伯一定有好几吨重，”一个警察事后这样说，“值得庆幸的是它没让我们抬它走。当然，我们应该逮捕它，但由于它一贯表现很好，这次我们饶了它。” versus prep. 对 (对抗的概念) circus n. 马戏团 accompany v. 陪伴, 随行 approach v. 走近 ought modal verb. 应该 fortunate adj. 幸运的 set off出发 童话寓言 经典英语成语故事：投鼠忌器(中英对照) Do not burn you house to get rid of a mouse
33、there is a story in Hanshu telling of a rich man, who being a lover of s and had a large collection. Among them was a rare vase made of jade. The vase of exquisite workmanship and of historical value and he loved it dearly. One night he noticed a mouse passing near the precious vase. The mouse jumpe
34、d into the vase and was trying to eat some food which the man had carelessly left there. The sigh infuriated the man and in a fit of rage he threw a stone at the mouse. For sure, the mouse was killed, but the precious vase was broken also. The loss of the vase pained the man GREatly and he deeply re
35、gretted (后悔 抱歉)his own thoughtlessness, which bought him this unrecoverable loss. He now realized that any one, who cares for the present and overlooks consequences is apt to bring disasters upon himself. So he exclaimed to warn people by saying do not burn you house to get rid of a mouse. jade英deid
36、n.玉，翡翠；翡翠色；劣马，驽马；宝 碧玉 adj.玉制的；翡翠色的；绿玉色的 exquisite英ekskwizit adj.精致的；细腻的；优美的；剧烈的 precious英pres adj.宝贵的，珍贵的；贵重的；矫揉造作的；可爱的，宝贝的 adv.很，非常n.珍爱的人；可爱的人 infuriatednfjri:etid v.使大怒，激怒 ragereid n.愤怒；激烈，猛烈；渴望，疯狂；口战争狂 vi.大发脾气，动怒；流行，风行 unrecoverablenrikvrbl adj.不可回收的 apt英pt adj.恰当的，适当的；有倾向的；易于的；聪明的，灵巧的 投鼠忌器 汉书中有这
37、么个故事：有个富人，很喜欢古董并收藏了很多。其中有一件稀有的玉盂，工艺精湛，具有很高的历史价值，深受这个富人的喜爱。一天晚上，一只老鼠跳进了这个玉盂，想去吃里边的一些剩菜，正巧被这个富人看到了。他非常恼火，盛怒之下，他拿了块石头砸向老鼠。当然，老鼠是被砸死了，可是那个珍贵的玉盂也被打破了。这件事使富人非常难过，他深深后悔自己的鲁莽带来的不可挽回的损失。他认识到只考虑眼前，而忽视后果，将给自己带来灾难。他向世人发出警告，不要为了除掉一只老鼠而烧毁自己的房子。 名人传记 A Greek to remember Diogenes was a famous greek philosopher of t
38、he fourth century b.c., who established the philosophy of cynicism . He often walked about in the daytime holding a lighted lantern, peering around as if he were looking for something. When questioned about his odd behavior, he would reply, I am searching for an honest man. Diogenes held that the go
39、od man was self-sufficient and did not require material comforts or wealth. He believed that wealth and possessions constrained humanitys natural state of freedom. In keeping with his philosophy, he was perefectly satisfied with making his home in a large tub discarded from the temple of cybele, the
40、 goddess of nature. This earthen tub, called a pithos, and formerly been used for holding wine or oil for the sacrifices at the temple. One day, Alexander the great, conqueror of half the civilized world, saw Diogenes sitting in this tub in the sunshine. So the king, surrounded by his countries, app
41、roached diogenes and said, I am Alexander the great. The philosopher replied rather contemptuously , I am Diogenes, the cynic. Alexander then asked him if he could help him in any way. Yes, shot back Diogenes, dont stand between me and the Sun. A surprised Alexander then replied quickly, if I were n
42、ot Alexander, I would be Diogenes. 名人名言 关于幸福 A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. (G. Bernard Shaw, British dramatist ) 终身幸福！这是任何活着的人都无法忍受的，那将是人间地狱。 Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little adva
43、ntages that occur every day. (Benjamin Franklin, American president) 与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运，不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。 Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln, American president ) 对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。 The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about wh
44、ether you are happy or not. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist ) 痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。 The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. (Victor Hugo, French novelist) 生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。 There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence. (Jean Jacques Rousse
45、au, French thinker ) 人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无暇。 To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. (Bonaparte Napoleon, French emperor ) 要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。 Happiness is form courage. ( H. Jackson , British writer ) 幸福是勇气的一种形式。 Happy is the man who is living by his hobby. (G. Bernard Shaw , British
46、 dramatist ) 醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。 Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. (Franklin Roosevelt, American president) 幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。 We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consu
47、me wealth without producing it. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样，我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。 生活话题 十二星座英文介绍 Aries 白羊座 The fire element of Arise brings assertive “I” energy. 火相星座的特质使白羊座具有非常自信的自我力量。 TIPS: Your persistence will lead you to success. But your impulsive temper may cause p
48、roblems. 坚持会使你成功，但是爱冲动的毛病也会带来麻烦。 Taurus 金牛座 The Earth element of Taurus brings strength and the desire for solid ground form and structure. 土相星座的特质让金牛座渴望并具有脚踏实地的能力。 TIPS: You might be a little bit slow-witted, but your consistency will make it up. 你也许反应有一点慢,但是你的坚毅会弥补这个缺点。 Gemini 双子座 The Air element of Gemini brings communication, intellect and speed. 风向星座的特质让双子座具有沟通能力,智慧和速度。 TIPS: Your mutable moti
