九年级课外阅读材料56单元.docx

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九年级课外阅读材料56单元

九年级英语课外阅读材料

（5-6单元）

BodyLanguage

Bodylanguageisanimportantformofcommunicationthatisusedeverywhere,althoughwedon’toftenthinkaboutit.Somemessagesareunderstoodbypeoplearoundtheworldsimplybecausetheyarenotcommunicatedbywords.Forexample,inmanycountries,peoplenodtheirheadstoshowagreementandtheyputtheirfingersuptotheirmouthstoaskforsilence.

However,bodylanguageisuseddifferentlyindifferentcultures,Forexample,insomewesterncultures,peopleshrugtheirshoulderstoshowtheydon’tunderstandortheydon’tcareaboutsomething.Thisisn’tcommoninotherplaces.InAsiancountries,suchasJapan,peoplebowtoshowrespectwhentheygreeteachotherorsaygoodbye.Thisisn’tdoneintheWest.

Sometimes,peoplethinktheyknowaboutthebodylanguagecustomsofcertaincultures.butinfact,theydon'tknowenough.Takebowingasanexample.Manytravellersaren'tsurehowtoboworwhentobowwhileinJapan.Kissingisanotherexamplethatweneedtolearnabout.InmanyEuropeancultures,womenandchildrenarekissedoneachcheekbyfamilymembersorfriendswhentheymeetinthestreet.NewfriendsareoftengreetedwithakissonthecheekbyEuropeansatparties.Twomenusuallyshakehandsandput

theirfreehandoneachother’sshoulders.IntheMiddleEast,youmustbecarefulaboutyourfeet.Itisveryrudetoshowthebottomofyourshoewhenyourestonelegontopoftheother.Itisalsonotpolitetotouchpeoplewithyourshoes.

So,aswecansee,bodylanguageisjustasimportantasthespokenlanguagewhenwecommunicatewithpeoplefromothercultures.

（北师大版九年级全Unit1Language/Lesson1BodyLanguage）

ChineseandEnglish

ChineseandEnglishareverydifferentlanguages.Eachlanguagedevelopedalongadifferentpathandhasaverydifferentsystemofwritingandpronunciation.Howeverdespitetheirhugedifferences,bothlanguagesarespokenbymorepeopleintheworldthananyotherlanguage.

Chinesebegantodeveloparound1000BC.Ithasgonethroughmanyformsandhasmanydifferentdialects（方言）,Mandarin（普通话）isnowthemostwidelyusedformofChineseEnglishbegantodevelopinBritainaroundtheyear100AD.Locallanguages,oldGerman,LatinandotherEuropeanlanguagesmixedandbecomeanewlanguage.Thisiswhy,eventoday,manywordsinEnglishsoundfamiliartopeoplewhospeakotherEuropeanlanguages.

Chinesewritingusesasystemofstrokes（笔画）tomakecharacters,whichrepresentasound,awordoranidea.LearningtoreadChinesetakesgreatmemorizationskillsandlearningtoreadwriteittakesmanyhoursofrepeatedpractice.Wordsmustbetogetherwiththeirsymbol,meaningandpronunciationEnglish,ontheotherhand,usesanAlphabet（字母）,Eachletterandsomelettercombinations（组合）haveadifferentsound.Lettersareputtogethertomakeawordwithaparticularpronunciation.Onceyoulearnthebasicpatterns,youcansaymostnewwordsyousee.

Tone（语调）isusedverydifferentlyinChineseandEnglish.Chinesehasfourtones,whichusuallyconvey（表达）theactualmeaningofaword.InEnglish,toneofvoicecreatesemphasis（强调）,followsapatternorconveystheemotions（情感）orattitude（态度）ofthespeaker.

（北师大版九年级全册Unit1Language/CommunicationWorkshop）

Fishingwithbirds

WangDaminisafisherman.Althoughheisover65,heisveryfitandstillenjoysworking.

Daminusescormorantstocatchfish.Cormorantsarelargeblackbirds.Theyaregoodatcatchingfishbecausetheycanswimwell.Theycandivedownandstayunderthewaterforuptotwominutes.

DaminusuallysetsoffinthelateafternoonandgetsthecormorantsreadyforWork.First,hetiesapieceofgrassaroundtheirneckstostopthemfromeatingbigfish.ThenwhenDamin’sboatreachestherightplaceintheriver,hepushesthemintotheriver,Daminusesseveralwaystoattractfish.Duringtheday,hejumpsupanddownonhisboat.Afterdark,hehangsalightonapostatthefrontoftheboat.Thecormorantsbringthefishbacktotheboat.ThefisharethentakenandthrownintoabigbasketbyDamin.Nonetsarerequiredforthistypeoffishing.

CormorantfishingwasoncepracticedinlotsofplacesinSouth-eastChina,andthereweremanyfishermeninthearea.Buttoday,fewyoungpeopleareinterestedinit.In50years,perhapstherewillbenomorecormorantfishermenintheworld.

（沪教版八年级下册Unit3Traditionalskills/Reading）

Shadowpuppetplays

EverySaturday,WangWeifangputsonaplaywithhisfriendsinasmalltownnearXi'an.Theaudiencecanhearthem,buttheycannotseethem.Thatisbecausetheyareputtingonashadowpuppetplay.

Shadowpuppetsaremadeofhardleather.Theleatheriscutoutintheshapeofaperson,ananimaloranobject.Eachpuppetispaintedinbrightcoloursandputonastick.Somepuppetshavemovablearmsandlegs.

Duringashadowpu