冀教版九年级上册英语 Great People 单元话题拓展阅读

Passage1主题关于苹果公司创始人乔布斯体裁记叙文生词3ThedesigneroftheAppleComputer,SteveJobs,wasnotquitesuccessfulinhisearlyyears.Hewasnotamongthebeststudentsatschool,andfromtimetotimehegotintotroublewitheitherhisschoolmatesorhisteachers.Buthewasfullofnewideas,whichfewpeoplesawthevalueof.Thingsremainedthesamewhenhewentuptocollegeandhedroppedout（退学）halfway.SteveJobsworkedfirstasavideogamedesigneratAtari.HeworkedthereforonlyafewmonthsandthenhesetouttotourIndia.Hehopedthatthetripwouldgivehimmoreideasandgivehimachangeinlifeforthebetter.AfterhereturnedfromIndia,hebegantoliveonafarminCalifornia.Andthen,in1975,SteveJobssetaboutmakinganewtypeofcomputer.AlongwithhisfriendStephenWozniak,hedesignedtheAppleComputerinhisbedroomandbuiltitinhisgarage（车库）.Hegavethename“Apple“becauseitremindedhimofahappysummerheoncespentonanorchard（果园）inOregon.HisAppleComputerwassosuccessfulthatSteveJobssoonbecameworldwidefamous.Butunluckily,hediedofillnessin.Passage2AboutLiNa主题关于网球运动员李娜的情况体裁记叙文生词5Birthday:February26,1982Birthplace:Wuhan,HubeiHeight:172cmWeight:65kg“Mydreamhascometrue.IhavealwayswantedtobeaGrandSlam（大满色I）champion."ThesearethewordsofChinesetennisplayerLiNaaftershebecamethefirstAsianwomantowinaGrandSlamfinalintheFrenchOpenonJune4,.MissLihasatattoo（文身）.Shehasdyedherhairmanydifferentcolours.And,attheBeijingOlympics,shetoldherfansto”shutup“whentheygottoonoisyintheirsupport.LiNawasborninWuhan.Shestartedtoplaytennisattheageof6.Sheoncerecalled:"Asachild,IfeltsadbecauseeverydayIhadtowakeupearlytopractice.AfterschoolIhadtopracticemore.Ididn,thavetimetoplay.”Luckily,thestronggirldidn,tgiveup,thusmakinghistoryforChinesetennistimeaftertime.NowthenewchampionisalreadythinkingaboutwinninganotherGrandSlamtitle."Whenyouhaveonetitle,surelyyouwillthinkaboutanother,wshesays,nothidingherambition（雄心）.uChinesepeoplearesolacking（缺乏的）inconfidenceonthetenniscourt.IfthereisapersonlikemewhocanproveweChinesecandoit,theotheryoungplayersinChinawi11feelthesame,“shesaid.InOctober,,ChinesewriterMoYanwontheNobelPrizeinLiterature（诺贝尔文学奖）.HehasbecomethefirstChinesewritertoreceivethisaward.MoYanwasborninFebruary,1955.Hisparentswerefarmers.Whenhewastwelve,heleftschooltowork,firstonafarm,laterinafactory.In1976,hebecameasoldierandbegantowrite.Thewriter,srealnameisGuanMoye.Hechosehispenname,“MoYan”,whilewritinghisfirstnovel.Itmeans"Don'tspeak."Thewriterthoughttalkingtoomuchcouldbringtrouble,sohehopedthepennamecouldremindhimselfnottospeakhismindwhileinpublic.MoYanisaleadingwriterofmodernChinesenovels.Hisworksaremostlyaboutthecountrylife.Heoftenwritesabouttheareawherehegrewup一Gaomi,Shandong.Hetalksaboutwhathappenedinhishometownevenbeforehewasborn.MoYan's1986novelRodSorghumisaneo'smostfamousbookintheEnglish-speakingworld.Ittellsastorythathappenedinhishometowninthe1930s.ManypeoplegottoknowMoYanwhenthebookwasmadeintoasuccessfulfilmbydirectorZhangYimouin1987.In,MoYan'snovelLifeandDeathAreWearingMeOutcameoutanditquicklygotpopular.MoYan'slatestnovel,Frog,isaboutaruraldoctor'sexperience.Passage3Beethoven（贝多芬）wasborninasmallcityneartheRhineinGermany.Hisfatheralwaysdrankandhismotherwasamaid（女仆）.Theylivedapoorlife.Beethovenwasatalented（有天赋的）childinmusic.PeopleatthattimethoughthewasascleverasMozart.Hisfatherwantedtomakemoneyfromhistalent,sohetoldhimtopracticeandplayallthetime.Ifhedidn,tdothat,hisfatherwouldbeangrywithhimandbeathim.Beethovenwasveryshortandugly.Hecouldn,thearwellfromtheageof22andlaterheheardnothing,butalltheseunhappythingsdicin'tmak