河北省八年级英语上册课外阅读四新版人教新目标版.docx

英语课外阅读四（一）There is no doubt that almost everyone knows about Donald Trump.（唐纳德特朗普）He is the 45th American president. He is famous all over the world. Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York city. He attended the Kew-Forest School from kindergarten through seventh grade. At age 13, Trumps parents sent him to the New York Military Academy. In August 1964. Trump entered Fordham University. He transferred(转学)to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania two years later and graduated in 1968.Some people not only become interested in Donald Trump s personal information, but also show an interest in his family members。Donald Trumps mother, Mary Anne, was born in Scotland in 1912. In 1930, she went to New York on holiday. She met Fred Trump while she was in New York. Donald Trump has four siblings（兄弟姐妹）: two brothers and two sisters. His elder sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, is a judge. In 2007, Donald Trump became a grandfather when Donald Jr. and his wife Vanessa had a daughter, Kai Madison Trump. In 2009, Donald Trumps second grandchild was born。一. 全文翻译毫无疑问，几乎所有人都知道唐纳德特朗普。他是第45任美国总统，在全世界都很有名气。唐纳德特朗普在1946年6月14日出生于纽约。他从幼儿园到7年级在基尤森林学校上学。13岁时，特朗普的父母送他去了纽约军校。在1964年8月，特朗普进入福特汉姆大学。两年后，他转学到宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院，并于1968年毕业。一些人不仅对唐纳德特朗普的个人信息很感兴趣，而且对他的家庭成员也有兴趣。唐纳德特朗普的妈妈玛丽安妮于1912年生于苏格。1930年，她去纽约度假。在纽约时她遇到了弗雷德特朗普。唐纳德特朗普有4个兄弟姐妹：两个弟弟和两个姐妹。他的姐姐玛丽安妮特朗普巴里是一位法官。2007年，当小唐纳德和他的妻子凡妮莎有了女儿凯麦迪逊特朗普时，唐纳德特朗普就当了爷爷。2009，唐纳德特朗普的第二个孙子出生了。二词汇收藏1.doubt dat n. 疑惑，疑问I have no doubt that youll pass the exam. 我确信你会通过考试的。theres no doubt that 毫无疑问 Theres no doubt that he is a great writer. 毫无疑问，他是一个伟大的作家。2.president prezd()nt n.总统 Several presidents attendant the meeting. 几位总统参加了会议。3. attend tend n.出席;参加 Only twelve people attendant the meeting.只有12个人出席了会议。4. personal ps()n()l adj.私人的;个人的 Of course, this is just a personal opinion.当然了，这只是个人意见。5. be famous for 因而出名 Hangzhou is famous for the West Lake. 杭州因西湖而闻名。be famous as 作为而出名Luxun is famous as a great writer. 鲁迅作为一位伟大的作家而出名。三长难句分析Some people not only become interested in Donald Trump s personal information, but also show an interest in his family members.一些人不仅对唐纳德特朗普的个人信息很感兴趣，而且对他的家庭成员也有兴趣。“ not only but also”是固定搭配，意为“不仅而且”用来连接两个并列的成分；show an interest in固定搭配“对感兴趣”（二）Its a hot day today. When you jump into a swimming pool to keep cool, do you know how animals fight against the heat? Animals have their own ways to keep cool in the heat. Here are some examples.Few animals can sweat like humans do, but horses can. They sweat to keep cool. If a horse keeps exercising for one hour, it can lose 15 liters of fluid by sweating.Dogs can not sweat, but they can keep cool by panting（气喘）. Panting means breathing shortly and quickly. In summer, we often see dogs putting out their tongues and breathing shortly and quickly.An African elephants ears can grow to be 1. 8 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. On the back of an elephants , there are many tiny blood vessels( 血管 ). When the temperature of the elephants blood is higher than the temperature of the environment. heat is released from the ears. Besides, elephants also flap(拍打 )their ears to create cool wind. The wind can make the elephant feel cool, too. Generally speaking an elephants ears can cool its body by up to 5. Isnt it amazing?一.全文翻译今天是炎热的一天。当你跳进游泳池里保持凉爽时,你知道动物们是怎么对抗炎热的吗?不同的动物都有它们自己的方式在炎热中保持凉爽。这儿有一些例子。很少有动物能够像人一样出汗，但是马可以。它们出汗来保持凉爽。如果马坚持运动一个小时，它会通过出汗流失15升的水分。狗不会出汗，但是它们可以通过气喘来保持凉爽。气喘意味着短暂而快速地呼吸。在夏天，我们经常看到狗伸出舌头短暂而快速地呼吸。非洲大象的耳朵能够长到18米长,12米宽。在大象耳朵的后面，有许多细微的血管。当大象血液的温度高于环境的温度时，热量就能通过耳朵散发出来。而且大象还可以拍打耳朵来制造凉爽的风。风也能够使大象感到凉爽。一般而言，大象的耳朵能够使它的身体温度降低5度左右。这难道不神奇吗?二. 词汇收藏1. heat /hi:t/ n. 热；高温 The fire gave out a fierce heat。火焰散发出炽热。2. tongue t n.舌头She made a face and stuck out her tongue at him.她做了个鬼脸，向他吐了吐舌头。3. temperature temprt(r) n. 温度；气温 The temperature of the water was about 40 degrees.水温大约40度。4.release rli:s v.释放He didnt know how to release stress.他不知道怎样释放压力。4. sweat swet v. 出汗 Dogs can not sweat. 狗不会出汗.5. generally speaking一般而言 Generally speaking, our TV station has very few advertisements。一般而言，我们电视台的广告还是很少的。三长难句分析When you jump into a swimming pool to keep cool, do you know how animals fight against the heat?当你跳进游泳池里保持凉爽时,你知道动物们是怎么对抗炎热的吗?本句含有双重复合句，首先，它含有when引导的时间状语从句，从句是you jump into a swimming pool to keep cool，主句是do you know how animals fight against the heat；该句中的know how animals fight against the heat是宾语从句，作动词know的宾语。（三）If you live far away from school and its not convenient to go home, you may use lunch boxes to transport a food. Do you want to know what the early lunch boxes look like? Lets see the history of lunch boxes.From the 19th century, people used baskets to transport meals. A nice wooden box would be used by rich people.By the 1860s, people started making tins to transport meals. The tins are large enough for a piece of meat, some bread and some cheese.Walt Disney made the first character lunch box in 1935 by putting Mickey Mouse on the box. Children liked them very much.In 1950, TV cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy, agreed to put his picture on the outside of the blue and red lunch boxes.Over the next 30 years, different popular characters controlled the market, such as Aladdin, Miss America, and the Flying Nun.The Florida government said that the metal boxes could be used as weapons and they were dangerous for children. The last metal lunch box was made in 1985.In 1986, people began to use lunch boxes which were made of plastic. The plastic lunch boxes have be using since then. Now we can see many plastic lunch boxes with beautiful pictures on them.一. 全文翻译如果你住得离学校很远，而且回家不方便，你可以用午餐饭盒带饭。你想知道早期午餐饭盒是什么样子吗?让我们来看看午餐饭盒的历史。从19世纪开始，人们用篮子带饭。有钱人使用漂亮的木制饭盒。到了19世纪60年代，人们开始制造金属盒用来带饭。这些金属盒足够大，能装下一块肉、一些面包和奶酪。沃尔特迪士尼于1935年把米老鼠的形象印在饭盒上，制作了第一个“卡通形象”午餐饭盒。孩子们非常喜欢。1950年，电视牛仔霍帕朗卡西迪同意把他的图片印在蓝色和红色饭盒上。在接下来的30多年里，不同的流行形象占据着市场，例如：阿拉丁、美国小姐和修女飞飞。佛罗里达州政府表示，金属饭盒可以作为武器使用，而且它们对孩子们来说很危险。最后一个金属饭盒制作于1985年。1986年，人们开始用塑料制成的午餐饭盒。自那时起，塑料午餐饭盒一直被人们使用。现在，我们可以看到许多印有精美图案的塑料午餐饭盒。二、词汇收藏1. convenient knvinnt adj. 方便的，便利的Is three oclock convenient for you? 三点钟你方便吗?convenience knvinns n.方便，便利for your convenience, the bank is open until 7 p.m.为了大家方便，本银行营业到晚上7点。2. transport trnspt; trn- v. 运送；运输The statue was transported to London. 雕塑被运送到了伦敦。transportation trn