初中英语美文诵读

初中英语美文诵读1 May I have your attention, please? I have an announcement to make. The Students Union is going to hold a party on Saturday evening, August 15, to welcome our friends from the United States. The party will be held in the roof garden of the Main Building (主搂) .It will begin at 7:30 p.m. There will be music, dancing, singing, games and exchange of gifts. Will everybody please bring along a small gift for this purpose? Remember to wrap it up, sign your name and write a few words of good wishes ( 祝愿). Dont forget: 7:30 Saturday evening, roof garden, Main Building. Theres sure to be a lot of fun. Everybody is welcome. 2Dear Mike, I was so pleased to hear from you last Thursday and now I am writing to tell you some changes in our school. Our school was set up in the 1950s. It is one of the biggest schools in our city. But in the past, it had no more than 200 students and 20 teachers. There was only a small playground and five classrooms. However, some changes have taken place. A teaching building with 20 classrooms and a library have been built during the past ten years. The new playground is about 1,000 square meters. Besides, a computer center is being built now and it will be completed next year. I hope you can come here for a visit some day. Best wishes. Yours, Li Hua 3 Today we visited a farm. Early in the morning, we met at the school gate and went there together The farm workers gave us a warm welcome. Then the head of the farm showed us around. How glad we were to see the crops and vegetables growing well. At noon we had a picnic lunch in the sunshine. After a ten minutes break, we had great fun singing and dancing, telling jokes(笑话) or stories. Two of us even played a game of chess. The time passed quickly. Before we knew it,we had to say goodbye to the workers. 4The other day my brother and I went to the cinema by bicycle.My brother was riding with me sitting on the seat behind.As we came to the crossroads(十字路口) a young man and a girl came up and stopped “Weve found you at long last,”they said, “but we didnt know them.Pointing to a policeman not far away,the young man explained. “He stopped us about half an hour ago and made us catch the offender.So come on,stand here.Hope you dont have to wait as long as we did.Good luck. 5. My hometown I was born in a beautiful town with high mountains around it.The mountains are covered with all kinds of green bamboo.Through the town runs a small stream.Its said that a new railway is going to be built to the east of the town and a bamboo factory to the west.All the children of the school age can go to school.If anyone is ill,he can go to see the doctor in the newly-built hospital.People in the town are hard-working and never take the backwardness lying down.Though they are having a richer and better life,they are not satisfied with what they have got.They are working hard to build their town into a modern one. 6 One of the most interesting places to visit in Singapore is the bird park.Its located in the industrial area of Singapore,called Jurong.The bird park is about 12 kilometres from the centre of the city and its easy to get there by bus or taxi. There are hundreds of beautiful birds from many different parts of the world, includingp enguins, parrots,eagles and ostriches.The birds are kept in large cages.Theres also a very large cage which you can walk inside to get a closer look at the birds.It takes about two hours to see all the birds.You can walk around the park or ride on the bus.The best time to visit the park is in the early morning or late in the afternoon,when it is cooler. 7. I live in a flat.When you go in you come into the hall.The toilet is on the left and the bathroom is on the right.There are two doors in front of you.The door on the left leads to a bedroom.The door on the right leads to a living room.When you go into the living room there are two doors on the right.The first door leads to the kitchen.The second door leads to the dining room.There is also another door on the left near the end of the living room.This door leads to the second bedroom.There is a balcony in front of the living room and the second bedroom. 8. Mrs Wang decided to make a trip to Beijing.When she told her son about her decision,he was so overjoyed that he jumped up.They began to pack their luggage.When the day came,the son became worried,for noboday would take care of his flowers.They would die if they were not watered.Suddenly a good idea came to his mind. “Mum”,he said to his mother, “we can use a piece of cloth to take care of the flowers”. He showed her mother what he meant by putting one end of the cloth into the basin, full of water,and the other end into the flower pot. Three days later,when they came back from Beijing, the flowers were still alive and even started to bloom. 9On day a man was riding along the road. Suddenly a car was running towards him. He was so shocked that he quickly turned to the left side. But it was too late. The car knocked him down heavily. When the driver realized he had caused an accident, he got such a fright that he fled with his car. He was soon out of sight, leaving the man helpless on the spot. But some passers-by happened to see what had happened and reported to the police the number of the car. Several days later the driver was caught. 10 Nowadays watching TV has become part of peoples life in most families. Although there are many excellent programs for children, many people feel it harmful for them. There are several reasons for this. First, some programs are not good for children to watch. Second, television can affect childrens eyesight. Third, if they watch TV too long each day, they wont be able to finish their homework in time. So watching too much television can be harmful to children, both mentally and physically. Parents should know what program the children are watching. Every coin has two sides. Children must be under control when they watch television. 11. The Way to Keep Healthy Its very important for us to keep healthy in our everyday life. But why? Here are some advice for you to follow. First you should have a healthy diet. Its necessary to eat enough fish and vegetables, because they contain all kinds of vitamin you need every day. But do not eat too much fat, such as butter or anything too fatty. Too many sweets can do harm to your teeth. So you had better not eat too many sweets or chocolates and keep off coffee. Good habits can help your keep fit. Doing regular exercise is certainly a good way to ensure your body is healthy. After a days work, an eight-hour sleep is needed. And avoid working or studying too hard. Remember smoking can damage your health .So never smoke. 12 Computers will be used more and more in the hospital s of tomorrow. For example, a doctor can talk to the computer and explain what is wrong with a person . Then the computer will tell him what to do .Not only do computers check a persons health but also they keep information records of patients with the same illness. The possibility that these records will be printed by computers any time needed will be turned into reality soon The computer programs for storing whole texts about different illnesses have already been well developed to help medical workers already. Scientists are working hard so that computers can save doctors a lot of time and work and play a more and more important part in hospitals in the future. 13 Today pollution has become a more serious problem to us. It means that the air, seas, rivers , and land are polluted by waste or poisonous things. It does harm not only to human beings but also to animals. We can not have fresh air because many factories have poisonous smoke sent into the air. Beautiful parks are made dirty by plastics tins and bags. Fish die from polluted water. Its said that strange diseases have appeared in some places because of pollution. I hope scientists can find ways to solve the serious problems. We are looking forward to seeing clear sky, clean rivers and beautiful parks again. 14 Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow Mike was Mr and Mrs /smiths only son. They loved him very much. One day Mr Smith bought Mike a new bike. The moment he had the bike, Mike rode it round and round. How happy he was! Mr and Mrs Smith stood nearby watching happily. Now Mike managed to ride with his hands off, “ Look at me!” How proud he felt! While he was looking at his parents cheerfully. Mike sped up the bike. Oh, no! Off the bike the overjoyed boy. He got gbadly hurt. Mr and Mrs Smith went into deep sorrow. It was the right saying” Extreme joy begets sorrow”. The story teaches us the we must think of danger in time joy. 15 Hello, everyone. Its so nice to meet all of you here. I have been studying in this school since last September, and I have joined in quite a few very popular and unforgettable after-class activities. The school often holds the “ English Corner” , in which the students practice their spoken English. I have learned a lot more about China by taking with the Chinese students. We had a New Year party with wonderful performances of singing and dancing. In March, the school organized a tree-planting activity in the countryside. Recently many students took an active part in the English Speech Contest. All these activities have a good effect on the training of the students abilities, so they are warmly welcomed by them . Thank you. 16 As we all know now, the earth is like our mother. But look at what we have done to her. The destruction of the rain forests, and wildlife, the ozone layer depletion, the polluted rivers and seas. Once she was beautiful and rich, but she has become dirty and poor. She gives life to all the living things on the earth, beautiful and balanced nature. Can she bear to have children destroying everything? Can we bear to see our mother suffering so much? Is this the way to treat our mother? Droughts, floo