广州版初中英语八年级下册unit18课文与对照翻译.docx

1、广州版初中英语八年级下册unit18课文与对照翻译广州版初中英语八年级下册Unit 18课文与对照翻译Unit 1 Helping those in needVoluntary workThree teenagers offered to do some voluntary work during the school holidays. They wrote the following reports.I did some voluntary work in a childrens hospital . The children there all suffer from serious i

2、llnesses. we organized a painting competition for them.I meet a girl called Cindy .She wanted to paint a picture of the park near her home. I went there and took some photos of it. Cindy used them for her painting. BettyThere are many children without parents .I met some of these children with my mo

3、ther .we taught them to tell stories .This helps them express their feelings. One child said ,”My friends dont understand my pain.We spend time with a girl called Vivien. Her parents died in a car accident, and she is unhappy and very lonely. She needs friendship. My mother and I will continue to vi

4、sit Vivien. MarkI want to help disabled children. They have difficulty walking or moving. I taught them to sing because music can bring them joy and peace.I met a boy called Tim. He hurt his legs in an accident ,but he has lots of courage. We need to help children like Tim and raise their spirits .

5、I will continue to do voluntary work in the future. Annie译文：三名青少年在学校放假期间主动做一些志愿工作。他们写了以下报告。我在一家儿童医院做了一些义工。那里的孩子都患有严重的疾病。我们为他们组织了一次绘画比赛。我遇到了一个叫辛蒂的女孩，她想画一幅她家附近的公园的照片。我去那里拍了一些照片。辛蒂用它们来画画。贝蒂有很多孩子没有父母。我和妈妈认识了一些这样的孩子。我们教他们讲故事。这帮助他们表达他们的感受。一个孩子说：“我的朋友不理解我的痛苦。我们和一个叫费雯的女孩共度时光。她的父母死于车祸，她很不开心，很孤独。她需要友谊。我母亲和我将继

6、续拜访费雯。作记号我想帮助残疾儿童。他们行走或行走有困难。我教他们唱歌，因为音乐能给他们带来欢乐和和平。我遇到了一个叫蒂姆的男孩。他在一次事故中弄伤了双腿，但他有很大的勇气。我们需要帮助像蒂姆这样的孩子，振作起来。今后我会继续做义工。安妮Unit2Body languageDebbie and Simon are students. They both have part-time jobs at a travel company.A Well-dressed lady entered the office. She looked at Debbie and Simon, and then w

7、alked over to Debbie. Debbie gave her a cheerful greeting.“Whats the matter” Mr Yang asked.“ People always choose Debbie instead of me. I dont understand.”“I do.Its the way you communicate.”“ How can that be” Simon asked. “I dont get a chance to speak.”“Communicating is more than just speaking. Your

8、 body language is important too.”“Body language”“Its the way you stand and sit. Its your gesture s and the ex pression on your face. Your whole appearance communicates things. You dont give people a good impression, Simon. You look down, you never smile and you dont turn your head towards them.“Look

9、 at Debbie. Shes holding her head up. She he always smiles andlooks friendly. Her body language is making people feel welcome, so they go to her for help.”Simon decided to improve his body language. He sat up straight and tried smiling at people. Minutes later, a beautiful girl entered. She walked o

10、ver to Simon. A few moments later, she left with a smile.Mr Yang came over at once and said, “You made a good impression on her, Simon.” “That was my sister, “ saidSimon.“She wanted to remind me that that tomorrow is her birthday.”译文：戴比和西蒙是学生。他们都在旅游公司兼职。一位衣着讲究的女士走进办公室。她看了看戴比和西蒙，然后走到戴比身边。戴比愉快地向她打招呼。“

11、出什么事了？杨先生问。“人们总是选择戴比而不是我。我不明白。”“是的。这就是你交流的方式。”“怎么可能呢？西蒙问。“我没有发言的机会。”“交流不仅仅是说话。你的肢体语言也是很重要的。”“肢体语言？“这是你站立和坐下的方式。这是你的手势和你脸上的压力。你的整个外表传达了一些东西。西蒙，你没有给人留下好印象。你往下看，你从来不微笑，也不向他们转头。“看戴比。她抬起头来。她总是微笑，看起来很友好。她的肢体语言让人们感到受欢迎，所以他们去找她帮忙。西蒙决定改善他的肢体语言。他坐直了，试着对人们微笑。几分钟后，一个漂亮的女孩进来了。她走到西蒙跟前。过了一会儿，她笑着走了。杨先生马上过来说：“西蒙，你给她

12、留下了好印象。”“那是我妹妹，”西蒙说。“她想提醒我明天是她的生日。”Unit3 TraditionalskillsWang Damin is a fisherman. Although he is over 65, he is very fit and still enjoys working.Damin uses cormorants to catch fish. Cormorants are large black birds. They are good at catching fish because they can swim well. They can dive down an

13、d stay under the water for up to two minutes.Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work. First, he ties a piece of grass around their necks to stop them from eating big fish. Then when Damins boat reaches the right place in the river, he pushes them into the

14、river. Damin uses several ways to attract fish. During the day, he jumps Up and down on his boat. After dark, he hangs a Iight on a post at the front of the boat. The cormorants bring the fish back to the boat. he fish are then taken and thrown into a big basket by Damin. No nets are required for th

15、is type of fishing.Cormorant fishing was once practiced in Iots of places in South-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area. But today, few young people are Interested In it. In 50 years，perhaps there will be no more cormorant fishermen in the world.王大明是个渔夫。虽然他已经65岁了，但他很健康，仍然很喜欢工作。大明使用鸬

16、鹚捕鱼。鸬鹚是大型的黑色鸟类。它们善于捕鱼，因为它们能在水里游得很好。他们可以潜水，在水下呆两分钟。大明通常在下午晚些时候出发，让鸬鹚做好工作的准备。首先，他把一根草绑在脖子上，阻止它们吃大鱼。然后，当大明的船到达河里适当位置的时候，他把它们赶到河里。大明用几种方法来吸引鱼。白天，他在船上跳来跳去。天黑以后，他在船前面的杆上挂一盏灯。鸬鹚把鱼带回到船上。然后，大明取下鱼，把它们扔进一个大篮子里。这种捕鱼不需要鱼网。鸬鹚捕鱼曾经在中国东南部的许多地方进行过，而且这个地区有很多渔民。但如今，很少有年轻人对此感兴趣。50年后，世界上就再也不会有鸬鹚渔民了。Unit 4 Cartoons and co

17、mic stripsHow to make a cartoonFirst, you need todecide onsome basic ideas for a story.This story is about a robot, Han. He always forgets things.One day, Han meets his friends Sarah and Timat the underground station. He says, “Im happy. I bought a new notebook. Now I wont forget things.”Sarah says,

18、 “Yes, I have one too. Here it is.”Tim asks, “Wheres yours, Han”Han says, “Oh, no! I forgot to bring it!”In the second stage, think about the kinds of characters you want and what they willlook like.Han is a tall robot. He has square eyes. They are actually video cameras. Timwearsglasses, so he look

19、s clever. Sarah is a pleasant girl. She has straight, black hair.Now make a rough sketch of the story.Next, use a computer to draw detailed pictures and add colour. Tomakethe characters and thingsappearto move, each picture should be made a littledifferent fromthe one before it.In the next stage, a

20、computer programis used toput the pictures together as a film.Finally, record the voices andsound effects. The actors will do the characters voices. Their speech must match the pictures. Sound effects, like the noise of the underground, must also be added separately .After everything has been checke

21、d, the cartoonis ready tobe played for everyone to enjoy.如何制作动画片首先，你需要确定一个故事的基本构思。这个故事是关于一个机器人，汉。他总是忘记事情。有一天，汉在地铁站遇见他的朋友莎拉和蒂姆。他说：“我很高兴。我买了一个新笔记本。现在我不会忘记事情。”莎拉说：“是的，我也有一个。就在这里。”蒂姆问，“你的汉子呢？”“汉说：“哦，不！我忘记带了！“第二步，想好你想要的角色的性格类型和它们的样子。汉是一个高大的机器人。他有一双方眼睛。它们实际上是摄像机。蒂姆戴眼镜，所以看起来很聪明。莎拉是个讨人喜欢的女孩。她有一头笔直的黑发。现在草拟一下

22、这个故事的草图。接下来，使用计算机绘制详细图片并添加颜色。为了使人物和事物看起来像是移动的，每幅图画应该与之前的画有所不同。下一步，用一个计算机程序把把图片放在一起合成一部电影。最后，录声及（制作）和音响效果。演员们要为人物配音。他们的语言必须与图片匹配。声音效果，像地铁的噪音，也必须单独增加。在一切都被检查之后，动画片就可以播放了给大家欣赏了。Unit 5Save the endangered animalsThe giant pandaA giant panda isa kind ofbear. It has a white face with black patches around i

23、ts eyes. It also has black ears, shoulders and legs.The rest ofits body is white.HOMEPandas live high up in the mountains of Central and Western China. They live in the bamboo forests there.FOODPandas in the wild usually eat bamboo. In zoos, their menu includes bamboo, apples and carrots. A giant pa

24、nda can eatas much as30 kilograms of bamboo a day.BehaviourPandalike to liveon their own. they need to eat a lot to stay healthy, sotheyspendmore than 12 hours a dayeating. Although they are big and heavy,it is not difficult for them to climbtrees.They arestrong enough to protectthemselves.LifePanda

25、s live for about 20 years in the wild, but in zoos they can live forup to35 years.The futurePeople are cutting down forests, so the pandas are losing their homes. Some people are killing them for their fur.It is cruel of them to do so.There are not many pandas in the world now. it is important for u

26、s to protect them.大熊猫大熊猫是一种熊。它有一张白色的脸，眼睛周围有黑色的斑点。它也有黑色的耳朵、肩膀和腿。身体的其余部分是白色的。家熊猫生活在中西部的高山上。他们住在那里的竹林里。食物野生熊猫通常吃竹子。动物园里的菜单包括竹子、苹果和胡萝卜。一只大熊猫每天可以吃30公斤竹子。行为熊猫喜欢独自生活。他们需要多吃才能保持健康，所以他们每天花12个多小时吃东西。虽然它们又大又重，但它们不难爬到树上去。他们足够坚强来保护自己。熊猫在野外生活大约20年，但在动物园里，它们可以活35年。未来人们正在砍伐森林，因此熊猫正在失去家园。有些人为了他们的皮毛而杀了他们。他们这么做是残忍的，现在

27、世界上没有多少熊猫。对我们来说保护他们是很重要的。More practiceThe story of the red-crowned craneHave you everheard ofthe song The story of the red-crowned crane It is a bout a girl called xu xiujuan.Xiujuanwas born inZhalong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964. Her fathers job was tolook afterred-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started

28、 helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love ofr these white birds. Shebecame good atraising them.When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province. She enjoyed taking care of the baby cranes. If a bird became sick, shetookgoodcare ofit and stayed wit

29、h it every day untilit was strong enough to fly again.In September 1987, one of the birds went missing. The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worried. She looked for it day and night for two days. On the second night, while she was looking fo

30、r the missing bird, she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.Later,a song was writtenin memory of Xiujuan. Though xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.译文：丹顶鹤的故事你听说过丹顶鹤的故事这首歌吗？这是一个叫徐秀娟的女孩。Xiujuan于1964出生于黑龙江省Zhalong。她父亲的工作是照顾丹顶鹤。Xiuju

31、an年轻时开始帮助她的父亲。她很快就喜欢上了这些白鸟。她很擅长饲养它们。当Xiujuan 21岁的时候，她在江苏省的一个自然保护区找到了一份工作。她喜欢照顾婴儿鹤。如果一只鸟生病了，她会好好照顾它，每天都呆在那里，直到它足够强壮再飞。1987年9月，其中一只鸟失踪了。自然保护区的工人到处寻找，但没有人能找到。Xiujuan非常担心。她夜以继日地找了两天。第二天晚上，当她在寻找失踪的鸟时，她掉进河里死了。她只有23岁。后来，有一首歌是为纪念Xiujuan而写的。虽然秀娟夭折了，但当人们听到这首歌或看到丹顶鹤时，她总是记得她。Unit 6 PetsHead to headIs it a good

32、idea to keep pet dogs Emma and Matt give their opinions on this matter.Keeping pet dogs is a good idea, says EmmaKeeping pet dogs is a good idea. There are lots of reasons for thisFirst, dogs are really cute. Its nice to hold them in our arms, and its wonderful tosee them grow up.Second, we canlearn responsibility