1、外研版最新版九年级上英语课文原文712M7 U1Mr.Jackson:Hello,Betty.Whats up?Betty:Iwant to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.Mr.Jackson:So,who are your great writers?Betty:Well,maybe Confucius and Shakespeare.Mr.Jackson:Really?I accept that theyre great because their works are still read ba
2、y many people today.But I think Id describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.He was a very wise man.What do you have to do for the discussion?Betty:Well,each of us reads a favourite book and writes a review for the discussion.Mr.Jackson:I see.Were still influenced by Confucius i
3、deas,and Shakespeares plays also make a lot of sense to us today.People have always read,and will always read great books.By the way,what do you think of Mark Twain,the Great American writer in the nineteenth century?Betty:He wasnt important,but I suppose he isnt as well-know as Confucius or Shakesp
4、eare.Mr.Jackson:No,but his books are still popular,and one of his book is my favourite,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.Betty:Great!Why dont you join in the discussion and tell us about it?M7 U2A book review of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. By Betty King.One of my favourite great books is The Adventures
5、 of Tom Sawyer,by Mark Twain.The story is set in the town of St Petersburg,Missouri,the US,in the nineteenth century.It tells some exciting stories about a boy who has many adventures. Tom,the hero of the book,lives with his aunt Polly.He is a lively and clever boy.He does not like people telling hi
6、m what to do,so he always gets into trouble.He and his best friend,Huck Finn,run away to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River.Tom has more trouble because a bad man named Injun Joe is looking for him.Later,Tom escapes from a cave with another friend,Becky.He also finds Injun Joes treasur
7、e box and takes it away. My favourite part of the book is when Tom and Hunk start their adventures on the island in the Mississippi River.At first, they are happy.But when they hear that everyone thinks they are died,they feel very sorry,so they come back home.They hide and watch for a time when the
8、y see their family and neighbours coming to their funeral in the church.Then Tom and Huck suddenly appear.Everyone is surprised to see them at first,but very pleased to find that they are alive. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a great book. Its more than an adventure story.Mark Twain wrote it in 187
9、6.it describes peopleslives in the southern states of America at that time.It tells how young people grow,how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions.Its written in everyday English,and the dialogues sound especially real.Today,it is still read and loved by people all over th
10、e world,and it is thought to be one of the greatest American stories.M8 U1Lingling: Hi, Tony. You look tired. Tony:Yes. Im training for the big match next week.Betty: Who are you playing against?Daming: HAS.Lingling: What does HAS stand for?Tony: Haidian All Stars.Betty: Oh, yes. Itll be a difficult
11、 match.Didnt they beat you last time?Tony:Yes,they did.But.Lingling: What was the score?Betty: If my memory is correct, HAS 98 points to BIG 52. Tony:But Daming wasnt chosen for the tea last time.That was a bad decision.We cant play well without him.Lingling:Thats no excuse!Tony:But Daming is back n
12、ow.There is no difference between the two teams this season.Betty:When is the match? Tony: Its next Saturday at afternoon,but if you want good seats,you should come by 11:30. Are you coming?Betty: Im not sure.Do you think theyll win,Lingling?Lingling: No way!How many matches have you played against
13、HAS this year?Tony:Well, about three.Betty:And how many has HAS won?Tony:Er.most of them.Betty: Wrong!All of them!Face the truth,Tony.Youve got no chance! Tony:I dont agree.Thats not fair!(Tony leaves angrily.)Lingling:Remember to throw the ball,not kick it,Tony!Betty:Hes so mad at us that hell try
14、harder to win,just to show were wrong!Lingling:Nice work,Betty!I do hope they win this time.Well be there to cheer for them.M8 U2Liu Xiang-Trained to win.For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004. First, he was invited to competitions around the world. Then,he was chosen for the Chinese tea
15、m at the Athens Olympic Games and won a gold medal.Liu Xiang was not a successful sportsman at first. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and started training when he was very young. In Grade 4, he went to the Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train f
16、or the high jump. In 1998, Liu Xiangs ability in hurdling was noticed by Sun Haiping,who later became his coach.In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen.Liu Xiang was among them.His races were recorded, and he was compared with the worlds best sports stars. Sun
17、 Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.In May 2001,He won his first international 110m hurdles race in Japan. In 2004, He won the first Olympic gold medal for China in the 110m hurdles race,and at the same time broke the Olympic Games record.It was also the first
18、time an Olympic gold medals for hurdling was hang round the neck of a sportsperson from an Asian country.Liu Xiang trained very hard.In fact,he trained so hard that he hurt his foot.From 2008 on,he suffered a lot from his foot problem,but he did not give up.Though he missed some competitions,he stil
19、l returned to first place in the world 110m hurdles race in 2012.It is a pity that his foot problem stopped him from completing the 2012 London Olympic Games.But he is still a symbol of courage and success,and we continue to take great pride in him.M9 U1Tony:Dad, can I borrow your ?Dad:Why?Tony:Id l
20、ike to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week.Theyll be put up on the school website.And they can be seen on the Internet by other classes,even people living in other countries. Dad:Sounds great!When I was at school,we wait for weeks to hear from our pen friends abroad.But toda
21、y,we can send and receive photos and mails on the Internet,and its really fast.Tony:Yes, the Internet and the computer have changed our lives.We even use online textbooks in our class.I wonder.Will computers be used more than books in the future. Dad:Perhaps.In the past,we mainly got information fro
22、m paper books.Some are huge ones with thousands of pages.Today,with the invention with the computer and the electronic technology ,its easy to get information on the Internet .The Internet is more powerful than books.Tony:Anyway,about the camera.?Dad:Oh,yes.Here it is. I havent used it since your mu
23、ms birthday.And the memory may be full.Tony:OK.That can be fixed.Ive got an empty memory card.Where are the instructions. Dad:In the camera bag.Its a gift from your mum for my birthday,so you must promise that youll take good care of it.If you have to lend it to anyone,tell them to use it properly.T
24、ony:Promise!M9 U2Will books be replaced by the Internet.Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming o
25、n my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or printing?Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China.After its invention, people start to write on paper to make a book. In those days, books were only be produced one . As a result, they were not many books,and
26、they were expensive and rare. So few people had the chance to learn to read. was invented in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.Later,developments in printing made it possible to produce books more quickly and cheaply.A trade in books resulted,and more people learnt to read. and ideas faster th
27、an ever before.In a way,we can compare the invention of paper and printing to the of the Internet in the twentieth century.Although the Internet is stull young,it is growing very fast,and may become more powerful than printing.A much larger amount of information can be stored in more varied forms on
28、 the Internet than in books.Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find it in printed forms.And the machines we use to read it era now small and light,often smaller and lighter than a single book.Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now,
29、and newspapers and magazines are already read online. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future?Will books be replaced by the Internet?Lets wait and see.M10 U1Tony:Dad,I need your help.My teacher asked us to choose a country we want to visit,imagine we were there,and write a let
30、ter to our parents back home.I have chosen Australia.How can I do it.Dad:Dont worry.I have some photos that I took in Australia last year.They may help you.Here we go.This is a rock called Ayers Rock,in central Australia.According to the local people,its a special and magical place.Tony:Oh,it looks
31、huge.Whats its height?Dad:348 metres.And this is the Sydney Opera House.Its like a huge sailing boat with water on three sides.And this one is the Great Barrier Reef.Tony:Does it lie off the northeast coast of Australia?Dad:Yes,its over 2600 kilometres long.Its a great natural wonder.And here are so
32、me photos of my Australian friends.Theyre sheep farmers.They wear special hats that keep the flies away.The scissors that they are holding are used to cut the wool off the sheep.Do you know that many Australians came from Britain? Tony:Yes,of course!Thats why they speak English.Did you keep a diary while you were there?Dad:Yes,and you can read it.Tony:Thats great!And what didnt you like about Australia?Dad:I hated the ants that were all over place .I had to brush
