译林版牛津初中英语九下reading译文.doc

译林版牛津初中英语九下reading译文
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Unit 1
Welcome to Beijing!
欢迎来北京！

I am Wei Ke from Beijing, the capital of China.
我是来自中国首都北京的魏可。
In the middle of the ancient city of Beijing is the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City.
在北京古城的中间就是故宫，也叫做紫禁城。
The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live there.
明朝和清朝的皇帝过去就住在那里。
It was turned into a museum in 1925.
它在1925年变为博物馆。
With wonderful buildings and art treasures inside, it is well worth a visit.
它里面有宏伟的建筑和艺术珍宝，非常值得一游。
Next to the Palace Museum is Tian'anmen Square, the biggest city square in the world.
故宫旁边就是世界上最大的城市广场--天安门广场。
Many tourists like to gather there early in the morning to watch the raising of the national flag.
许多游客喜欢一大早聚集在那里观看升旗仪式。
In the north-west of Beijing is the Summer Palace,
颐和园在北京的西北部，
a large Chinese garden set in a natural landscape.
它是一个坐落在自然景观中的大型中国式园林。
It was once a nice place for the emperors to spend the summer.
它曾经是皇帝们避暑的好地方。
Another famous attraction is the Great Wall.
另一个著名的景点就是长城。
It runs for over 6，000 kilometres across northern China,
它在中国北部地区绵延6000多公里，
with watchtowers every few hundred metres.
每隔几百米设有瞭望塔。
The wall was first built more than 2，000 years ago.
长城在2000多年前开始修建。
It is one of the wonders of the world.
它是世界奇迹之一。
Come and visit my city!
快来我的城市旅游吧！

All about Guilin
桂林的一切

Hello. My name is Mei Fang. My home is in Guilin.
你好。我叫梅芳。我的家在桂林。
"East or west, Guilin landscape is best."
“桂林山水甲天下。”
Guilin is really a beautiful city in southern China.
桂林是中国南方一个非常美丽的城市。
It lies on the two sideshow of the Lijiang River.
它位于漓江两岸。
All around the city, mountains stand in different shapes.
整个城市的山体都呈现不同的形状。
Many visitors come and visit Guilin because of its fantastic landscape.
许多游客都因其奇特的景观来游览桂林。
In the north-west of the city is the Reed Flute Cave.
在城市的西北部有芦笛岩。
In this underground cave, it is amazing that there are so many rocks in unusual shapes--
在这个地下溶洞中，真让人叹为观止，有如此众多造型奇特的石头，
some hang down, and others point upwards.
有的向下悬垂，还有的向上伸展。
The cave is praised as the "Art Palace of Nature".
此洞被誉为“大自然的艺术宫殿” 。
Tourists like to take a boat trip along the Lijiang River.
游客们喜欢乘船沿着漓江游玩。
It is great fun.
它非常有趣。
It is also popular to hire a bicycle and ride around the countryside.
租一辆自行车，在乡村骑行，也是非常受欢迎的。
I hope you can visit my city one day!
我希望有一天你们能来我的城市游玩！

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Unit 2
Neil Amstrong
尼尔·阿姆斯特朗

Neil Amstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Ohio, the USA.
尼尔·阿姆斯特朗于1930年8月5日出生于美国俄亥俄州。
He became interested in flying when he took his first flight at the age of six.
当他在六岁的时候体验了第一次飞行之后，他就对飞行产生了兴趣。
He received his student pilot’s licence when he was 16.
16岁的时候他便拿到了学生飞行员执照。
Amstrong joined the navy in 1949 and served as a pilot for three years.
阿姆斯特朗1949年加入海军，在那里做了三年飞行员。
In 1955, he became a test pilot.
1955年，他成为了一名测试飞行员。
He flew over 1,100 hours and tested all types of aircraft.
他飞行了1100多小时，测试了所有类型的飞机。
In 1962, he was chosen to become an astronaut.
1962年，他被选成为一名宇航员。
In 1966, he went into space as command pilot of Gemini 8.
1966年，他作为“双子座8号”宇宙飞船的飞行指挥进入太空。
He and David Scott managed to join two spacecraft together for the first time in space.
他和戴维·斯科特成功地将两个航天器在太空首次交会对接。
However, on their way back to the Earth, the spacecraft began spinning out of control.
但是，在他们返回地球的途中，宇宙飞船开始旋转，失去控制。
Amstrong received the order to cut the flight short.
阿姆斯特朗接到缩短航程的指令。
He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.
他成功地使宇宙飞船落入西太平洋。
On 20 July 1969，Amstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon.
1969年7月20日，阿姆斯特朗成为第一个登上月球的人。
Together with Buzz Aldrin, he landed the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the Moon.
他与巴兹·奥尔德林一起将宇宙飞船“阿波罗11号”在月球上着陆。
He said the famous words”one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”
他说出了那句名言“个人一小步，人类一大步”。
As he stepped out onto the Moon’s surface.
当他踏上月球表面的时候，
Amstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon for about two and a half hours.
阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林在月球上走了大约两个半小时。
They collected Moon rocks to take back to the Earth for further research.
他们采集了月球岩石带回地球作进一步研究。
When Apollo 11 returned, the whole world was waiting to greet them. They were heroes.
当阿波罗11号返回地球的时候，全世界都在等着欢迎他们。他们是英雄。
Became of his excellent service, Neil Amstrong was presented the Medal of Freedom,
因为他的出色表现，尼尔·阿姆斯特朗被授予自由勋章——
the highest award that a US citizen can receive.
一个美国公民可得的最高奖励。
He was the pride of the whole world.
他是全世界的骄傲。

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Unit 3
Robots-Reading
居家机器人

Mr Jiang is a manager of a big company in SunshineTown. He is always too busy to have any time torelax. "I have to buy a robot so that I can more freetime," Mr Jiang thought. So he ordered one from arobot shop.
江先生是阳光城一个大公司的经理。他总是太忙，没有时间放松。“我得买一个机器人了，这样我才能有多一点空闲时间，”江先生想。于是他从机器人商店预订了一个。
The robot made Mr Jiang's life much easier. When hegot up in the morning, breakfast was made, hisbusiness suit was smoothly ironed, and his lunchbox was already prepared. That made him very happy.
机器人让江先生的生活变得轻松一些了。当他早上起床的时候，早餐做好了，他的商务套装熨得整整齐齐，而且他的午餐盒也已经准备好了。那让他非常开心。
While Mr Jiang was at work, the robot would do all the housework. It would go shopping at thesupermarket as well.
江先生上班的时候，机器人会做所有的家务。它还会去超市购物。
When Mr Jiang returned home from work, his flat look as good as new, and a delicious dinnerwould be ready for him. After dinner, the robot would tidy up. That allowed Mr Jiang to dowhatever he liked. He would watch TV or do dome reading.
当江先生下班回到家里，他的公寓看起来就像新的一样，美味的晚餐已为他准备好。晚餐过后，机器人会清理干净。那让江先生可以做任何他喜欢做的事情了。他可以看电视或者看书。
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang's needs.
看起来这个机器人大体上满足了江先生的需求。
After a few comfortable weeks, however, things started to go wrong. The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly. It began to make stupid mistakes. Sometimes it woke Mr Jiang up at four o'clock in the morning. When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess: food was laid on the bed; milk was stored in the rubbish bin; coins, bils and his private papers were spread all over the floor. Moreover, the robot moved too fast on its wheels and often knocked things over. Mr Jiang did not know what to do with it.
然而，几周舒适的生活之后，情况开始不对了。机器人感染了病毒，不再正确工作了。它开始犯一些愚蠢的错误了。有时候它在凌晨四点就把江先生叫醒。当江先生回到家，他会发现家里乱作一团；食物放在床上，牛奶储存在垃圾桶里，硬币、账单和他的私人文件撒得满地都是。而且机器人的轮子移动得太快了，经常把东西撞翻。江先生不知道该拿它怎么办。
In the end, Mr Jiang decided to return the robot to the robot shop. Robots can help people a lot, but they can also be too much trouble!
最后，江先生决定把这个机器人送回机器人商店。机器人能帮助人们很多，但是它们也可能会太麻烦。

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Unit 4
Moving to Mars
移居到火星

Some people believe that humans could live on theplanet Mars by the year 2100. Our own planet, theEarth, is becoming more and more crowded andpolluted because of the rapid increase inpopulation. It is hoped that people could start allover again and build a better world on Mars. Here iswhat life there could be like.
有些人相信到2100年人类可以在火星上生活。我们自己的星球，地球，因为人口的快速增长正在变得越来越拥挤，污染越来越严重。人们有望能够在火星上重新开始，建设一个更好的世界。这里描述的是火星上的生活可能是什么样子。
At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of passengers to Mars--it wouldtake months. With the development of technology, by the year 2100, the journey might onlytake about 20 minutes in spacecraftthat travel at the speed of light! However, the spacecraftwould travel so fast that the journey to Mars mightbe quite uncomfortable. Many peoplewould feel ill.
目前，我们的宇宙飞船太慢了，无法运送大批的乘客去火星——因为要花几个月的时间。随着技术的发展，到2100年，乘坐以光速飞行的宇宙飞船，行程或许只要大约20分钟！但是，宇宙飞船的飞行速度如此之快，可能会导致到火星的行程相当不舒服。很多人会觉得不舒服。
Humans cannot survive without water, oxygen or food.
没有水、氧气和食物，人类无法生存。
So far, nobody knows whether there would be enough water or oxygen on Mars for people there. Moreover, scientists are not sure whether plants could grow on Mars. Food would most probably be in the form of pills and wouldnot be so tasty.
到目前为止，没有人知道火星上是否有足够的水和氧气供人类生存。而且，科学家也不确定植物是否能在火星上生长。食物很大可能会以药片的形式存在，而且味道没那么可口。
Gravity could be another problem. The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. Peoplewould have to wear boots that are specially designed to prevent themselves from floating off into space.
重力可能会是另一个问题。火星上的重力大约只有地球上的八分之三。人们可能得穿上特殊设计的靴子，防止自己漂浮到太空中去。
Compared with life on the Earth, life on Mars would be better in some ways. People would have more space. Theymight live in houses with huge comfortable rooms. Also, robots would do most of their work so that they could have more time to relax.
与地球上的生活相比，火星上的生活在有些方面要好些。人们会有更多的空间。他们可能住在房间又大又舒适的房子里。而且机器人会帮他们做大部分的工作，这样他们就有更多时间来放松。
There would probably be no schools on Mars. Every student would have a computer at home connected to an interplanetary network. They would study at online schools with "e-teachers".
火星上可能没有学校。每个学生家里都有一台电脑与星际网络连接。他们可以跟电子教师一起在网上学校学习。
Life on Mars would be interesting as well as challenging.
火星上的生活，不仅有挑战性，还很有趣。