新人教版新目标英语九年级U1-U6课文.doc

U1How I learned to learn English Last year my English class was difficult.First of all,it wasnt easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked.To begin with,she spoke too quickly,and I couldnt understand every word.Later on,I realized that it doesnt matter if you dont understand every word.I was also afraid to speak in class,because I thought my classmates might laugh at me.I couldnt always make plete sentences either .Then I started to watch English-language TV.It helped a lot.I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of beaing a good learner.Another thing that Ifound very difficult was English grammar.So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class.The I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning.Its amazing how much this helped.Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term.My teacher is very impressed. How Can You Bee a Successful Learner?Everyone is born with the ability to learn. But whether or not you can do this well depends on your learning habits. Research shows that successful learners have some good habits in mon.Studies show that if you are interested in something, your brain is more active and it is also easier for you to pay attention to it for a long time. Good learners often connect what they need to learn with something they are interested in. For example, if they need to learn English and they like music or sports, they can listen to English songs or watch sports programs in English. This way they will not get bored. Good learners think about what they are good at and what they need to practice more. Remember, use it or lose it! Even if you learn something well, you will forget it unless you use it. Practice makes perfect. Good learners are also not afraid of making mistakes. Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone overnight. He succeeded by trying many times and learning from his mistakes. It is not enough to just study hard. You have to know how to study. Good learners find out the best ways to learn well. For example, they may take notes by writing down key words or by drawing mind maps. Good learners also look for ways to review what they have learned. They may do this by reading their notes every day or by explaining the information to another student. Good learners often ask questions during or after class. They even ask each other and try to find out the answers. Knowledge es from questioning. Learning is a life-long journey because every day brings something new. Everything that you learn bees a part of you and changes you, so learn wisely and learn well. 怎么样你才能成为一名成功的学习者? 每一个人天生都有学习的能力。但是否你能学得好取决于你的学习习惯。研究显示，成功的学习者一般都具有某些好习惯。 对所学习内容产生兴趣 研究显示，如果你对某物有兴趣，你的大脑就更活跃，而且对于你长时间关注它也会更容易一些。优秀的学习者经常把他们需要学习的东西与某些有趣的东西联系起来。例如，如果他们需要学习英语，而且他们喜欢音乐或者体育，他们就会听英文歌或者观看英语体育节目。通过这种方法，他们不会觉得(学习英语)枯燥无聊。 练习并从错误中学习 优秀的学习者会考虑他们擅长什么和他们更加需要练习什么。切记，“不用则废。”即使你某些东西学好了，也会忘记它，除非你使用它。“熟能生巧。”优秀的学习者会不断练习他们已经学会了的东西，而且他们无惧于犯错误。亚历山大格拉姆贝尔可不是一夜就发明了xx机的。通过许多次的尝试和从错误中学习，他成功了。 发展他们的学习才能 仅有学习是不够的。优秀的学习者知道他们学习的最佳途径。比如说，他们可能通过写下关键词或者绘制思维导图来做笔记。他们还会寻找方法来复习他们已经学会了的东西。他们可能是通过每天阅读笔记或者通过向别的同学解释信息而做到这一点的。 不耻下问(勤学多问) 优秀的学习者经常课堂上或者课后提问。他们甚至互相提问并努力寻找答案。学问源于提问。 学习是一生的旅程，因为每一天都会带来新的东西。你所学到的一切，会成为你的一部分并改变着你。所以，聪明地学习并好好学习吧。U2Full Moon, Full Feelings Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes have the shape of a full moon on mid-autumn night. They carry peoples wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Change is the most touching. Change was Hou Yis beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Change. However, a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Change refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Change could e back! After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.满满的月，浓浓的情中国人庆祝中秋节和吃月饼的习俗已经有几百年了。月饼有着中秋之夜里满月的的形状，它包含着人们对家庭的爱和思念。 关于这个节日，有许多民间的故事。然而，大多数人认为其中有关嫦娥的是最感人的。嫦娥是后羿的美丽妻子，在后羿射下9个太阳后，一个女神给了他一种魔药表示感谢。无论是谁喝了它都将获得永生，而且后羿准备和嫦娥一起喝了它。可是一个坏人，逢蒙，试图在后羿不在家的时候去偷药。嫦娥不肯给他喝，于是就自己一个人喝完了。她开始变得特别轻，居然飞到了月亮上面。后羿非常伤心以至于他每天晚上对对着月亮大声呼唤她的名字。一天晚上，他发现月亮又亮又圆，并且看到了他的妻子在那里。他很快的在花园准备了把她最喜欢的水果和甜点。他是多么希望嫦娥能回来啊! 在这之后，人们开始了赏月并且与家人分享月饼的习俗。Dear Xia Yu, Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America? One is Mothers Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Fathers Day on the third Sunday of June. On these two days, American children often give gifts to their parents or take them out for lunch or dinner. mon gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is being more and more popular to celebrate Mothers Day and Fathers Day in China. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I Believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we dont have to spend a lot of money. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.U3Could You Please?When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely. For example, you may ask “Where are the restrooms?” or “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?”These are similar requests for directions to a place. Both are correct English, but the first one sounds less polite. That is because it is very direct question. It is not enough to just ask a question correctly. It is not enough to just ask a question correctly. We also need to learn how to be polite when we ask for help. Good speakers change the way we speak in different situations. The expressions you use might depend on whom you are speaking to or how well you know them. It is all right to ask direct questions to your classmates because you know them well. Howeve,if you say to your teacher, “When is the school trip?”, this might sound impolite. But if you say, “Excuse me,Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is?”, this will sound much more polite. Usually polite questions are longer. They include expressions such as “Could you please?” or “May I ask?” It sounds more polite to say, “Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address?” than “Peter, tell me your e-mail address.” Sometimes we even need to spend time leading in to a request. For example, we might first say to a stranger, “Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me” or Im sorry to trouble you, but .” before asking for helping. It might seem more difficult to speak politely than be direct. However, it is important to learn how to use right language in different situations. This will also help you munication better with other people. 当你在外国旅游时，知道如何礼貌地寻求帮助是很重要的。例如：“休息室在哪里？”或者“请问能告诉我 休息室在哪里吗？”是问一个地方在哪里的相似问法。两种说法语法都正确，但是第一种没有第二种听起来礼 貌。那是因为第一种问法太直接。只是正确地提问还不够。当我们在寻求帮助的时候，我们还需要学会如何在寻求帮助时表现礼貌而且用不那么直接或者更间接的方法。就像中文里，在英语中我们会和不同的人交谈改变不同的说话方式。你使用的短语可能取决于你说话的 对象或者你了解他们的程度。如果你对老师说“哪天去校游？”，这可能听起来不太礼貌。但是如果你说“韦斯 特先生，打扰一下，你知道哪天去校游吗？”，这样听起来会礼貌得多。但是，在某些情况下直接提问是没有 关系的，比如和你的同学们在一起。礼貌的问题通常比较长，而且包含例如“请问你能？”或“我可以问一下？”等更多的语言。“彼得， 请问你能告诉我你的邮箱地址吗？”比“彼得，告诉我你的邮箱地址。”听起来更礼貌。有时候我们甚至需要花 时间来引到请求上。例如，和陌生人在街上，我们可能会在寻求帮助前先开始说：“打扰一下，不知道你是否 可以帮我”或者“很抱歉打扰你，但是”礼貌地说话比起直接说话可能看上去更难。但是，学会如何使用正确的语言很重要。这还会有助于你把 英语学得更好，或者其他任何你想说的语言。U4From Shy Girl to Pop Star For this months Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now shes not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didnt use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.”However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I dont have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.” What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to bee famous? “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.”从害羞女孩到明星 为了这个月的年轻世界杂志，我采访了 19 岁的亚洲明星坎迪王。坎迪告诉我她过去 非常害羞，于是开始唱歌来对付她的羞怯。当她变得更好一些时，她敢于在全班同学面前唱 歌，然后为全校唱歌。现在她不再羞怯了，并且很喜欢在观众面前唱歌。 我问坎迪在她成名之后生活有怎样的不同。 她解释说有很多好的事情， 如总是能够旅游和认 识新朋友。 “我过去在学校里不受欢迎，但是现在我去哪里都受到极大关注。 ”然而，太多的 关注也可能是一件坏事。 “我总是不得不为怎样出现在别人面前而担忧，并且我必须注意我 说的话和我所做的事。 还有我不再有很多私人的时间。 现在对我来说和朋友们一起闲逛几乎是不可能的，因为在我的周围总是有警卫。 ” 坎迪必须对所有的想出名的那些年轻人说些什么呢? “好，”她开始慢慢地说， “你必须准备 好放弃你的正常生活。你永远无法想象通往成功的路是多么困难。许多次我考虑放弃，但我继续战斗。你真的需要很多才艺和努力工作才能取得成功。只有很少一部分人做到最好。 ”He studies harder than he used toLi Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy from the countryside. He works very hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family spent a lot of time together. However, things began to change a few years ago. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs, and his grandparents came to take care of him. But he missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.Li Wens unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork. He became less interested in studying. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. Finally, Li Wens parents made decision to send him to a boarding school. However, Li Wen was shy and not able to make friends quickly in school. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher was worried about him and she called his parents. She advised them to talk with their son in person. So his parents took a 24-hour train and a 5-hour bus ride to get to Li Wens school.They had a long walk. “It was exactly what I needed,” he said. “Now I understand that even though they are busy, they are always thinking of me .They take pride in everything good that I do.”After that, Li Wens parents had much more munication with their son than they used to. Now Li Wen has really changed .He became more outgoing and made some good friends in school. He even joined the school basketball team and became active in many other act ivies. “Im much happier now, and I work even harder than I used to. I know my parents love me and theyre always proud of me,” says Li Wen “Its very important for parents to be there for their children”他比过去更加努力学习李文是一个正常的15岁的男孩来自农村。他工作非常努力，在学校表现良好。很难相信他曾经在学校有困难。当他还是个小男孩的时候，他很少造成任何问题，和他的家人花了很多时间在一起。然而，事情几年前开始发生变化。他的父母搬到城里找工作，和他的祖父母来照顾他。但他非常想念他的父母，他经常感到孤独和不快乐。 李文的不满开始影响他的学业。他变得更有兴趣学习。有时他缺席类和失败的考试。最后，李文的父母决定送他去寄宿学校。然而，李文是害羞，不能很快在学校里交朋友。他发现那里的生活困难。有一天，他告诉他的老师，他想离开学校。他的老师很担心他，她给他的父母。她建议他们和他们的儿子。所以他的父母坐了24小时的火车和公共汽车骑了五个小时到达李文的学校 他们聊了很长时间。“这正是我需要的，”他说。“现在我明白，即使他们很忙，他们总是想着我。他们为好，我所做的一切感到自豪。”之后，李文的父母与他们的儿子比以前更多的沟通。现在李文真的改变了。他变得更外向和在学校结交了一些好朋友。他甚至加入了学校篮球队，在许多其他的活动中变得活跃了。“我现在快乐多了，我比以前更加努力工作。我知道我的父母爱我，他们总是以我为荣，李文说“父母在孩子身边是很重要的。”U5The difficult search for american products in the us If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy?Would you buy a camera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland? No matter what you may buy, you might think those products were made in those countries. However, you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he went to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops were made in China. I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys were American brands, they were made in China. Toys are not the only things made in China. I wanted to buy a pair of basketball shoes, he explains. But I had to visit five or six stores before finding a pair made in America! He realized that Americans can hardly avoid buying products made in China. in fact, he continues, there were many other things there made in China footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones. Even American flags are made in China! Kang Jian thinks its great that China is so good at making these everyday things. However, he wishes that in the future China will also get better at making technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world.在美国很难找到美国商品如果你去另一个国家，你会买什么种类的东西呢？你会在日本买相机，法国买一些漂亮的衣服，还是在瑞士买手表呢？无论你可能买什么，你都会认为那些东西就是在那些国家制造的。但是，你错了。康健是一个17岁的上海学生。去年他去旧金山拜访了他的叔叔和阿姨。他发现当地的商品是中国制造的很有趣。我想给我们的表弟买一个玩具车，即使大多数玩具是美国牌子，但他们却是中国制造。玩具不是唯一一个中国制造的东西。“我想说买一双篮球鞋。”“他解释说，但是我必须在找到一双美国制造之前要逛五到六个商店。他意识到美国人几乎不能避免买中国制造的商品。事实上，他继续说道，“这里有许多中国制造的东西足球，手提包，宠物食品，手机。甚至美国的国旗也是中国制造！”康健认为中国善于制造这些日用品，这非常好。但是，他希望中国在将来，世界各地的人民也能买到中国制造的高科技产品。Beauty in mon things Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art.These usually try to show the things that are important in life such as love, beauty and family. The most mon things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turned into objects of beauty. According to Chinese history, sky lanterns ?l?nt?nwere first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out to ask for help when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are lit, they slowly rise into the air like small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are seen as bright symbols of happiness and good wishes. Paper cutting has been around for over 1,500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easy but it can be difficult to do. The paper, usually red, is folded before it is cut with scissors ?s?z?z. The most mon pictures are flowers, fish, animals, and things about Chinese history. During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year. Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very real. The pieces are usually cute from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces are carefully shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. Aft