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人教新目标八年级下册英语课文原文

2015春八年级下册英语课文原文

UNIT1What'sthematter?

SectionA

2dRole-playtheconversation.

Mandy:

Lisa,areyouOK?

Lisa:

IhaveaheadacheandIcan'tmovemyneck.WhatshouldIdo?

ShouldItakemytemperature?

Mandy:

No,itdoesn'tsoundlikeyouhaveafever.Whatdidyoudoontheweekend?

Lisa:

Iplayedcomputergamesallweekend.

Mandy:

That'sprobablywhy.Youneedtotakebreaksawayfromthecomputer.

Lisa:

Yeah,IthinkIsatinthesamewayfortoolongwithoutmoving.

Mandy:

Ithinkyoushouldliedownandrest.Ifyourheadandneckstillhurttomorrow,thengotoadoctor.

Lisa:

OK.Thanks,Mandy.

3aReadthepassage.Doyouthinkitcomesfromanewspaperorabook?

Howdoyouknow?

BusDriverandPassengersSaveanOldMan

At9:

00a.m.yesterday,busNo.26wasgoingalongZhonghuaRoadwhenthedriversawanoldmanlyingonthesideoftheroad.Awomanwasnexttohim,shoutingforhelp.

Thebusdriver,24-year-oldWangPing,stoppedthebuswithoutthinkingtwice.Hegotoffandaskedthewomanwhathappened.Shesaidthatthemanhadaheartproblemandshouldgotothehospital.Mr.Wangknewhehadtoactquickly.Hetoldthepassengersthathemusttakethemantothehospital.Heexpectedmostorallofthepassengerstogetoffandwaitforthenextbus.

Buttohissurprise,theyallagreedtogowithhim.SomepassengershelpedMr.Wangtomovethemanonthebus.

ThankstoMr.Wangandthepassengers,thedoctorssavedthemanintime."It'ssadthatmanypeopledon'twanttohelpothersbecausetheydon’twantanytrouble,"saysonepassenger."Butthedriverdidn'tthinkabouthimself.Heonlythoughtaboutsavingalife."

SectionB

2bReadthepassageandunderlinethewordsyoudon'tknow.Thenlookupthewordsinadictionaryandwritedowntheirmeanings.

FindingtheOrderofEvents

Writersdescribeeventsinacertainorder.Findingtheorderoftheeventswillhelpyouunderstandwantyouarereading.

HeLostHisArm

ButIsStillClimbing

AronRalstonisanAmericanmanwhoisinterestedinmountainclimbing.Asamountainclimber,Aronisusedtotakingrisks.Thisisoneoftheexcitingthingsaboutdoingdangeroussports.ThereweremanytimeswhenAronalmostlosthislifebecauseofaccidents.OnApril26,2003,hefoundhimselfinaverydangeroussituationwhenclimbinginUtah

Onthatday,Aron'sarmwascaughtundera2,000-kilorockthatfellonhimwhenhewasclimbingbyhimselfinthemountains.Becausehecouldnotfreehisarm,hestayedthereforfivedaysandhopedthatsomeonewouldfindhim.Butwhenhiswaterranout,heknewthathewouldhavetodosomethingtosavehisownlife.Hewasnotreadytodiethatday.Soheusedhisknifetocutoffhalfhisrightarm.Then,withhisleftarm,hebandagedhimselfsothathewouldnotlosetoomuchblood.Afterthat,heclimbeddownthemountaintofindhelp.

Afterlosinghisarm,hewroteabookcalledBetweenaRockandaHardPlace.Thismeansbeinginadifficultsituationthatyoucannotseemtogetoutof.Inthisbook,Arontellsoftheimportanceofmakinggooddecisions,andofbeingincontrolofone'slife.Hisloseformountainclimbingissogreatthathekeptonclimbingmountainsevenafterthisexperience.

DowehavethesamespiritasAron?

Let'sthinkaboutitbeforewefindourselves“betweenarockandahardplace”,andbeforewehavetomakeadecisionthatcouldmeanlifeordeath.

Unit2I'llhelptocleanupthecityparks

SectionA

Role-playtheconversation.

Helen：

Hi,Tom.I'mmakingsomeplanstoworkinanoldpeople’shomethissummer.

Tom：

Really?

Ididthatlastsummer.

Helen：

Oh,whatdidtheyaskyoutohelpoutwith?

Tom：

Mmm.…thingslikereadingthenewspapertotheoldpeople,orjusttalkingtothem.

Theytoldmestoriesaboutthepastandhowthingsusedtobe.

Helen：

Thatsoundsinteresting.

Tom：

Yeah,alotofoldpeoplearelonely.Weshouldlistentothemandcareforthem.

Helen：

You'reright.Imean,we’reallgoingtobeoldoneday,too.

Readthearticle.WhatdoMarioandMaryvolunteertodo?

StudentsWhoVolunteer

MarioGreenandMaryBrownfromRiversideHighSchoolgiveupseveralhourseachweektohelpothers.

Mariolovesanimalsandwantstobeananimaldoctor.HevolunteersatananimalhospitaleverySaturdaymorning.Mariobelievesitcanhelphimtogethisfuturedreamjob.“It'shardwork,”hesays,“butIwanttolearnmoreabouthowtocareforanimals.IgetsuchastrongfeelingofsatisfactionwhenIseetheanimalsgetbetterandthelookofjoyontheirowners'faces.”

Maryisabooklover.Shecouldreadbyherselfattheageoffour.Lastyearshedecidedtotryoutforavolunteerafter-schoolreadingprogram.shestillworksthereonceaweektohelpkidslearntoread.Thekidsaresittinginthelibrary,butyoucanseeintheireyesthatthey’regoingonadifferentjourneywitheachnewbook.Volunteeringhereisadreamcometrueforme.IcandowhatIlovetodoandhelpothersatthesametime.

SectionB

Skimtheletterandanswerthequestions.

1.WhowrotethelettertoMissLi?

Why?

UnderstandingPartsofSpeech.

Knowingwhatpartofspeechawordis（noun,verb,preposition,etc.）

Canhelpyouunderstandtheword’smeaning.

I’llSendYouaPhotoofLucky

2.WhatdidMissLido?

I’llSendYouaPhotoofLucky

DearMissLi,

I’dliketothankyouforsendingmoneytoAnimalHelpers.I’msureyouknowthatthisgroupwassetuptohelpdisabledpeoplelikeme.YouhelpedtomakeitpossibleformetohaveLucky.Luckymakesabigdifferencetomylife.Letmetellyoumystory.

Whatwoulditbeliketobeblindordeaf?

Orimagineyoucan’twalkouuseyourhandseasily.Mostpeoplewouldneverthinkaboutthis,butmanypeoplehavethesedifficulties.Ican’tusemyarmsorlegswell,sonormalthingslikeansweringthetelephone,openingandclosingdoors,orcarryingthingsaredifficultforme.Thenonedaylastyear,afriendofminehelpedmeout.ShetalkedtoAnimalHelpersaboutgettingmeaspecialtraineddog.Shealsothoughtadogmightcheermeup.IloveanimalsandIwasexcitedabouttheideaofhavingadog.

AftersixmonthsoftrainingwithadogatAnimalHelpers,Iwasabletobringhimhome.Mydog’snameisLucky—agoodnameforhimbecauseIfeelveryluckytohavehim.Yousee,I’monlyabletohavea“dog-helper”becauseofyourkindness!

LuckyisverycleverandunderstandsmanyEnglishwords.HecanunderstandmewhenIgivehimorders.Forexample,Isay,“Lucky!

Getmybook,”andhedoesitatonce.

Luckyisafantasticdog.I’llsendyouaphotoofhimifyoulike,andIcouldshowyouhowhehelpsme.Thankyouagainforchangingmylife.

Bestwishes,

BenSmith

Unit3Couldyoupleasecleanyourroom?

SectionA

2dRoleplaytheconversation.

Sister：

They,couldyoupleasehelpoutwithafewthings?

Brother：

CouldIatleastfinishwatchingthisshow?

Sister：

No.IthinktwohoursofTVisenoughforyou!

Brother：

Fine.Whatdoyouwantmetodo?

Sister：

Couldyoutakeouttherubbish,foldtheclothesanddothedishes?

Brother：

Somuch?

sister：

Yes,becauseMomwillbebackfromshoppinganyminutenow.Andshewon’tbehappyifsheseesthismess.

Brother：

Butthehouseisalreadyprettycleanandtidy!

Sister：

Yes,well,it’sclean,butit’snot“motherclean”!

3aReadthestoryandanswerthequestion.

1.WhywasNancy’smomangrywithNancy?

2.Didtheysolvetheproblem?

How?

Lastmonth,ourdogwelcomedmewhenIcamehomefromschool.Hewantedawalk,butIwastootired.

Ithrewdownmybagandwenttothelivingroom.TheminuteIsatdowninfrontoftheTV,mymomcameover.“Couldyoupleasetakethedogforawalk?

”sheasked.

“CouldIwatchoneshowfirst?

”Iasked.“NO!

”sherepliedangrily.“YouwatchTVallthetimeandneverhelpoutaroundthehouse!

Ican’tworkalldayanddohouseworkallevening.”

“Well,Iworkalldayatschool,too!

I’mjustastiredasyouare!

”Ishoutedback.

Mymomdidnotsayanythingandwalkedaway.Foroneweek,shedidnotdoanyhouseworkandneitherdidI.Finally,Icouldnotfindacleandishoracleanshirt.

Thenextday,mymomcamehomefromworktofindthehousecleanandtidy.

“Whathappened?

”sheaskedinsurprise.

“I’msosorry,Mom.Ifinallyunderstandthatweneedtosharethehouseworktohaveacleanandcomfortablehome,”Ireplied.

SectionB

Skimmming

Thismeanslookingquicklythroughapieceofwritingtofindthemainideawithoutreadingeveryword.Itisstillagoodideatoreadthefirstsentenceineachparagraphalittlemorecarefully.

2bTheSundayMailmagazineinvitedparentstowriteaboutwhethertheythinkyoungpeopleshoulddochoresathome.Skimthefollowingletters.Whichoneagreesandwhichonedisagrees?

DearSir,

Idon’tunderstandwhysomeparentsmaketheirkidshelpwithhouseworkandchoresathome.Kidsthesedaysalreadyhaveenoughstressfromschool.Theydon’thavetimetostudyanddohousework,too.Houseworkisawasteoftheirtime.Couldwejustletthemdotheirjobasstudents?

Theyshouldspendtheirtimeonschoolworkinordertogetgoodgradesandgetintoagooduniversity.Also,whentheygetolder,theywillhavetodohouseworksothere’snoneedforthemtodoitnow.Itistheparents’jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironmentathomefortheirchildren.Andanyway,Ithinkdoingchoresisnotsodifficult.Idon’tminddoingthem.

Mr.Smith

DearSir,

Ithinkitisimportantforchildrentolearnhowtodochoresandhelptheirparentswithhousework.It’snotenoughtojustgetgoodgradesatschool.Childrenthesedaysdependontheirparentstoomuch.They’realwaysasking,“Cou