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九年级外研版英语上册课文原文
九年级英语上册课文原文
Module1Unit1
Listenandread.
Betty:
OK,comeinandsitdown!
Daming:
What'shappening?
Lingling:
We'rehavingameeting.
Daming:
That'snewstome!
I'mdoingmyhomework.What'sitabout?
Lingling:
Theschoolmagazine.
Daming:
Whatschoolmagazine?
Betty:
Right,listenup,everyone.Didanyonewatchtelevisionyesterdayevening?
DidyouseetheinterviewwithBeckyWang?
Lingling:
ShesingswiththebandCrazyFeet.She'smyfavouritesinger.
Tony:
Yes,Isawit.Shewenttoourschool!
Betty:
Well,shestartedaschoolmagazinecalledNewStandardwhenshewasapupilhere.Sowhydon'twestartaschoolmagazine,too?
I'vewrittendownsomeideas.
We'llwriteadiaryofschoolevents,andtelleveryoneabouttheschoolconcertandthedanceclub.
Tony:
Andschoolbasketballmatches.
Lingling:
Butwhowillwritethearticles?
Betty:
We'llwritethearticles.Anymoreideas?
Tony:
Iknow!
I'lldosomereviewsaboutourfavouritebandsandmovies!
Lingling:
AndI'lldoaninterviewwithBeckyWang!
Betty:
Brilliant!
Anyoneelse?
Daming:
Howabout"HomeworkHelp"?
Tony:
Yes,someideasonhowtogetgoodgrades!
Lingling:
What'syourhomework,Daming?
Daming:
I'mwritingacompositioncalled"Whatisawonderoftheworld?
"I'mreadingabouttheancientpyramidsinEgypt.
Betty:
"HomeworkHelp".Ithinkthat'safantasticidea,Daming.
Module1Unit2
Readthepassageanddescribewhatyoucanseeinthephoto.Usesomeof
thefollowingwords.
ancient;deep;high;long;modern;natural;tall;wide
TheGreatestWonderoftheNaturalWorld
WhenIarrived,itwasearlymorninganditwasraining.Igotoutofthecar,went
throughagateandwalkedalongapath.Intheeast,theskywasbecominglight,but
besidethepath,itwasstillverydark.Iknewitwasthere,buttherewasnothingto
see.
Afteraboutakilometre,astrangerappearedinfrontofme."AmIgoingtheright
way?
"Iasked.HeknewwhereIwasgoing."Yes,"hereplied,"you'llgetthereinfive
minutes."
Finally,
Icametosomerocks,
andstopped.
I
looked
carefully
over
them,but
itwasstilltoodarktoseeanything.
Suddenly,
the
clouds
cleared
andthe
rain
stopped.
Thesunrosebehind
meandbeyond
therocks.Isawthatthegroundfellawayanddowntoariver,farbelowme.Iwason
theedgeoftheGrandCanyon,oneofthewondersofthenaturalworld.
I
looked
downtothe
Colorado
River
about
2kilometres
below
me.If
youput
thethree
tallestbuildingsintheworldatthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwon'treachthe
top.
ThenI
looked
across
totheotherside
of
thecanyon.
Howfar
isit?
It's
20kilometres,
maybemore.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyon
disappeared
into
thedistance...
over
400kilometres
long.
TheGrandCanyonis
notjust
big.It'shuge!
Thatmorningontheedgeofthecanyon,Iaskedmyselfaquestion.It'snot"How
deepisit?
"
or"Howwide
isit?
"
or"Howlongisit?
"but
"Is
theGrandCanyonthe
greatest
wonderanywhereinthenaturalworld?
"Iknowtheanswer.Butwhatdoyouthink?
Module2Unit1
Listenandread.
MrJackson:
Hello,Betty.What'sup?
Whatareyoudoinginthelibrary?
Iwaslookingforsomeoldcopiesoftheschoolmagazine.IfI'vegotit
Betty:
right,itwascalled
NewStandard.
That's
right.AsfarasI
remember,it
wasstarted
byBecky
Wang.Wedon't
MrJackson:
haveaschoolmagazineanymore.It'sapity.
Betty:
Well,I'mthinkingaboutstartingitagain.
MrJackson:
Soundslikeagoodidea!
Goon.
Betty:
IwasalsolookingforsomethingbyConfuciusandbyShakespeare.
MrJackson:
Really?
That'sabitdifficultfortheschoolmagazine.
Well,I'dlikea
monthly
articlecalled"GreatBooks"
—youknow,someone
Betty:
readsafavourite
workof
literature
andwritesanarticleaboutit.
Isee.
Confucius'
worksarestill
read
bymanypeople
today,
andwe'restill
influencedbyhisthoughts.AndShakespeare'splaysareseenby
millions
ofpeopleeveryyear.ButhowaboutanAmericanwriter,MarkTwain,for
MrJackson:
example?
Idon'tknow.MarkTwainwasanimportantwriter,butheisn'tknownas
Betty:
agreat
thinker
likeConfucius.
No,buthisbooksarestillpopular.Infact,hewrotemyfavouritebook
TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.Perhapsthat'swhatmakes"Great
MrJackson:
Books"—they'restillreadtoday.
Betty:
Sowhydon'tyouwritethefirstarticleon"GreatBooks"?
Module2Unit2
Readthepassageandcheckyouranswerstothefollowingquesti