人教版八年级英语下册课文.docx

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人教版八年级英语下册课文

八年级英语下册课文

UNIT1What'sthematter?

BusDriverandPassengersSaveanOldMan

At9:

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

Thebusdriver,24-year-oldWangPing,stoppedthebuswithoutthinkingtwice.

Hegotoffandaskedthewomanwhathappened.Shesaidthatthemanhadaheartproblemandshouldgotothehospital.Mr.Wangknewhehadtoactquickly.Hetold

thepassengersthathemusttakethemantothehospital.Heexpectedmostorallofthepassengerstogetoffandwaitforthenextbus.

Buttohissurprise,theyallagreedtogowithhim.SomepassengershelpedMr.Wangtomovethemanonathebus.

ThankstoMr.Wangandthepassengers,thedoctorssavedthemanintime."It'ssadthatmanypeopledon'twanttohelpothersbecausetheydon?

twantanytrouble,"saysonepassenger."Butthedriverdidn'tthinkabouthimself.Heonlythoughtaboutsavingalife."

HeLostHisArmButIsStillClimbing

AronRalstonisanAmericanmanwhoisinterestedinmountainclimbing.Asamountainclimber,Aronisusedtotakingrisks.Thisisoneoftheexcitingthingsaboutdoing

dangeroussports.ThereweremanytimeswhenAronalmostlosthislifebecauseofaccidents.OnApril26,2003,

hefoundhimselfinaverydangeroussituationwhenclimbinginUtah

Onthatday,Aron'sarmwascaughtundera360-kilorockthatfellonhimwhenhewasclimbingbyhimselfinthemountains.Becausehecouldnotfreehisarm,hestayedthereforfivedaysandhopedthatsomeonewouldfindhim.Butwhenhiswaterranout,heknewthathewouldhavetodosomething

tosavehisownlife.Hewasnotreadytodiethatday.So

heusedhisknifetocutoffhalfhisrightarm.Then,withhisleftarm,hebandagedhimselfsothathewouldnotlosetoomuchblood.Afterthat,heclimbeddownthemountaintofindhelp.

Afterlosinghisarm,hewroteabookcalledBetweenaRockandaHardPlace.Thismeansbeinginadifficultsituationthatyoucannotseemtogetoutof.Inthisbook,Arontellsoftheimportanceofmakinggooddecisions,and

ofbeingincontrolofone'slife.Hisloseformountainclimbingissogreatthathekeptonclimbingmountainsevenafterthisexperience.

DowehavethesamespiritasAron?

Let'sthinkaboutit

beforewefindourselves“betweenarockandahardplace”,andbeforewehavetomakeadecisionthatcouldmeanlifeordeath.

Unit2I'llhelptocleanupthecityparks

P113a

StudentsWhoVolunteer

MarioGreenandMaryBrownfromRiversideHighSchoolgiveupseveralhourseachweektohelpothers.

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

Maryisabooklover.Shecouldreadbyherselfattheageoffour.Lastyearshedecidedtotryoutforavolunteer

afterschoolreadingprogram.shestillworksthereonceaweektohelpkidslearntoread.Thekidsaresittinginthelibrary,butyoucanseeintheireyesthatthey?

regoingona

differentjourneywitheachnewbook.Volunteeringhereisadreamcometrueforme.IcandowhatIlovetodo

andhelpothersatthesametime.

P124b

Mostpeopletodayareonlyworriedaboutgettinggoodjobslotsofmoney.Intheirfreetime,Theythinkaboutwhatforfunorrelaxation.However,fewpeoplethinkaboutwhattheycandoothers.Therearemanypeoplewhoarelessluckythanus.Volunteeringourtimetohelpthesepeopleisagoodwayourfreetime.Forexample,wecanmakeplanssickchildrenin

thehospitalorraisemoneyforhomelesspeople.Somepeopleevenstopdoingtheirjobsforafewmonthstoayeartoanothercountry,likeAfrica,andhelppeople

there.

P142b

I'SllendYouaPhotoofLucky

DearMissLi,

I?

dliketothankyouforsendingmoneytoAnimalHelpers.I?

msureyouknowthatthisgroupwassetuptohelpdisabledpeoplelikeme.YouhelpedtomakeitpossibleformetohaveLucky.Luckymakesabigdifferencetomy

life.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.Hecanunderstand

mewhenIgivehimorders.Forexample,Isay,“Lucky!

Getmybook,”andhedoesitatonce.

Luckyisafantasticdog.I?

llsendyouaphotoofhimifyoulike,andIcouldshowyouhowhehelpsme.Thankyouagainforchangingmylife.

BenSmith

Bestwishes,

P16Self-check2

Lastweek,everyonewastryingupJimmy,theBikeboy.Hewasunhappybecauseheofmoneyoldbikes.Hesomesignsaskingforoldbikesandallhisfriendsonthephonethemabouttheproblem.He

evennoticesatthesupermarket.Thenhetoldtheteachersatschoolabouthisproblemandtheyacallincenterforparents.Theideasthathewithworked

tochildren

outfine.Henowhas16bikesupandwhodon?

thavebikes.

Unit3Couldyoupleasecleanyourroom?

P193a

Lastmonth,ourdogwelcomedmewhenIcamehomefromschool.Hewantedawalk,butIwastootired.

Ithrewdownmybagandwenttothelivingroom.TheminuteIsatdowninfrontoftheTV,mymomcameover.

Couldyoupleasetakethedogforawalk?

”sheasked.

CouldIwatchoneshowfirst?

I”asked.“NO!

”shereplie

dangrily.“YouwatchTVallthetimeandneverhelpoutaroundthehouse!

Ican?

tworkalldayanddohousewor

kallevening.”“Well,Iworkalldayatschool,too!

I?

mjustastiredasyouare!

”Ishoutedback.

Mymomdidnotsayanythingandwalkedaway.Foroneweek,shedidnotdoanyhouseworkandneitherdidI.Finally,Icouldnotfindacleandishoracleanshirt.

Thenextday,mymomcamehomefromworktofindthehousecleanandtidy.“Whathappened?

”sheaskedinsurprise.

I?

msosorry,Mom.Ifinallyunderstandthatweneedto

sharethehouseworktohaveacleanandcomfortablehome,”Ireplied.P222bDearSir,

Idon?

tunderstandwhysomeparentsmaketheirkidshelpwithhouseworkandchoresathome.Kidsthesedaysalreadyhaveenoughstressfromschool.Theydon?

thavetimetostudyanddohousework,too.Houseworkisawasteoftheirtime.Couldwejustletthemdotheirjobasstudents?

Theyshouldspendtheirtimeonschoolworkinordertogetgoodgradesandgetintoagooduniversity.

Also,whentheygetolder,theywillhavetodohouseworksothere?

snoneedforthemtodoitnow.Itistheparents?

jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironment

athomefortheirchildren.Andanyway,Ithinkdoingchoresisnotsodifficult.Idon?

tminddoingthem.

Mr.Smith

DearSir,

Ithinkitisimportantforchildrentolearnhowtodochoresandhelptheirparentswithhousework.It?

snotenoughtojustgetgoodgradesatschool.Childrenthesedays

dependontheirparentstoomuch.They?

realwaysasking,“Couldyougetthisforme?

”or“Couldyouhelpmewi

ththat?

”Doingchoreshelpstodevelopchildren?

sindependenceandteachesthemhowtolookafterthemselves.

Italsohelpsthemtounderstandtheideaoffairness.Sincetheyliveinonehousewiththeirparents,theyshouldknowthateveryoneshoulddotheirpartinkeepingitcleanandtidy.Ourneighbor?

ssongotintoagoodcollegebutduringhisfirstyear,hehadnoideahowtotakecare

ofhimself.Asaresult,heoftenfellillandhisgradesdropped.Theearlierkidslearntobeindependent,thebetteritisfortheirfuture.Ms.Miller

Unit4Whydon'tyoutalktoyourparents?

P273a

DearMr.Hunt,

MyproblemisIcan?

tgetonwithmyfamily.Relationsbetweenmyparentshavebecomedifficult.anddevelopmentoftoilets.Italsoencouragesgovernmentsandsocialgroupstothinkaboutwaystoimprovetoiletsinthefuture.

Linlin

LastyearIwenttotheHangzhouNationalTeaMuseum.

It?

sarelaxingandpeacefulplacenearalake.Theteaartperformancesshowhowtomakeaperfectcupoftea.Watchingthempreparetheteawiththebeautifulteasetsisjustasenjoyableasdrinkingtheteaitself.I?

vefinallyrealizedwhymygrandpalovesdrinkingteaandcollectingteasets.

P684b

Mostofus（see）MickeyMouse,DonaldDuckandotherfamousDisneycharactersincartoonsbefore.Buthav

eyouever（be）toDisneyland?

Disneyland（be）anamusementparkwithaspecialtheme-

Disneycharactersandmovies.There（be）manyexcitingrides,lovelyrestaurantsandfantasticgiftshopst

here.Youcanalso（see）theDisneycharacterswal

kingaroundthepark.Andhaveyouever（hear）of

aDisneyCruise?

This（be）aboatridewithaDisneyt

heme.Youcan（take）arideontheboatforsevera

ldaysandeatandsleeponit.Ontheboat,youcan

（shop）andhaveDisneypartiesbeforeyou（arriv

e）attheDisneyisland.

P702b

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