(完整word版)人教版九年级英语课文原文word版

(完整word版)人教版九年级英语课文原文word版(完整word版)人教版九年级英语课文原文word版(完整word版)人教版九年级英语课文原文word版Unit1Howcanwebecomegoodlearners?HowILearnedtoLearnEnglishLastyear，IdidnotlikemyEnglishclass.Everyclasswaslikeabaddream.Theteacherspoketooquickly。ButIwasafraidtoaskquestionsbecausemypronunciationwasverybad.SoIjusthidbehindmytextbookandneversaidanything.ThenonedayIwatchedanEnglishmoviecalledToyStory.Ifellinlovewiththisexcitingandfunnymovie!SothenIbegantowatchotherEnglishmoviesaswell。AlthoughIcouldnotunderstandeverythingthecharacterssaid,theirbodylanguageandtheexpressionsontheirfaceshelpedmetogetthemeaning。IalsorealizedIcouldgetthemeaningbylisteningforjustthekeywords.MypronunciationalsoimprovedbylisteningtotheinterestingconversationsinEnglishmovies.Idiscoveredthatlisteningtosomethingyouareinterestedinisthesecrettolanguagelearning.Ialsolearnedusefulsentenceslike“It’sapieceofcake”or“Itservesyouright.”Ididnotunderstandthesesentencesatfirst。ButbecauseIwantedtounderstandthestory,Ilookedupthewordsinadictionary。NowIreallyenjoymyEnglishclass.Iwanttolearnnewwordsandmoregrammar。ThenIcanhaveabetterunderstandingofEnglishmovies。P62bHowCanYouBecomeaSuccessfulLearner?Everyoneisbornwiththeabilitytolearn.Butwhetherornotyoucandothiswelldependsonyourlearninghabits.Researchshowsthatsuccessfullearnershavesomegoodhabitsincommon.CreatinganinterestinwhattheylearnStudiesshowthatifyouareinterestedinsomething,yourbrainismoreactiveanditisalsoeasierforyoutopayattentiontoitforalongtime。Goodlearnersoftenconnectwhattheyneedtolearnwithsomethingtheyareinterestedin.Forexample,iftheyneedtolearnEnglishandtheylikemusicorsports，theycanlistentoEnglishsongsorwatchsportsprogramsinEnglish。Thiswaytheywillnotgetbored。PracticingandlearningfrommistakesGoodlearnersthinkaboutwhattheyaregoodatandwhattheyneedtopracticemore。Remember,“useitorloseit”！Evenifyoulearnsomethingwell,youwillforgetitunlessyouuseit。Practicemakesperfect.Goodlearnersarealsonotafraidofmakingmistakes。AlexanderGrahamBelldidnotinventthetelephoneovernight。Hesucceededbytryingmanytimesandlearningfromhismistakes.DevelopingtheirstudyskillsItisnotenoughtojuststudyhard。Youhavetoknowhowtostudy。Goodlearnersfindoutthebestwaystolearnwell。Forexample，theymaytakenotesbywritingdownkeywordsorbydrawingmindmaps。Goodlearnersalsolookforwaystoreviewwhattheyhavelearned。Theymaydothisbyreadingtheirnoteseverydayorbyexplainingtheinformationtoanotherstudent。AskingquestionsGoodlearnersoftenaskquestionsduringorafterclass。Theyevenaskeachotherandtrytofindouttheanswers。Knowledgecomesfromquestioning。Learningisalife-longjourneybecauseeverydaybringssomethingnew。Everythingthatyoulearnbecomesapartofyouandchangesyou,solearnwiselyandlearnwell。P8selfcheck1PracticePracticedeveloprememberpreparetakeuntilworryeverythingstressedexercisesAreyou________outeachtimeyouhaveatest？Youdon’thavetobeifyou_______smartstudyskills。Rememberto________notesinclassandreviewthemonyourownorwithfriendsafterclass.Thenwhatyoulearnedbydoing_____.Trytostudyand________informationbitbybitinsteadofwaiting__________thelastminutetostudy_________atonce.Ifyou________wellforatest，thenthere’snothingto_________about!Unit2Ithinkthatmooncakesaredelicious!P133aFullMoon,FullFeelingsChinesepeoplehavebeencelebratingMid-AutumnFestivalandenjoyingmooncakesforcenturies.Mooncakeshavetheshapeofafullmoononmid-autumnnight。Theycarrypeople'swishestothefamiliestheyloveandmiss。Therearemanytraditionalfolkstoriesaboutthisfestival.However,mostpeoplethinkthatthestoryofChang'eisthemosttouching。Chang’ewasHouYi’sbeautifulwife。AfterHouYishotdowntheninesuns，agoddessgavehimamagicmedicinetothankhim.Whoeverdrankthiscouldliveforever,andHouYiplannedtodrinkitwithChang’e。However,abadman，FengMeng，triedtostealthemedicinewhenHouYiwasnothome.Chang’erefusedtogiveittohimanddrankitall.Shebecameverylightandflewuptothemoon.HouYiwassosadthathecalledouthernametothemooneverynight.Onenight，hefoundthatthemoonwassobrightandroundthathecouldseehiswifethere。Hequicklylaidoutherfavoritefruitsanddessertsinthegarden.HowhewishedthatChang'ecouldcomeback!Afterthis，peoplestartedthetraditionofadmiringthemoonandsharingmooncakeswiththeirfamilies.P124bDearXiaYu，DoyouknowthattherearetwospecialdaysforparentsinAmerica?OneisMother’sDayonthesecondSundayofMayandtheotherisFather’sDayonthethirdSundayofJune.Onthesetwodays,Americanchildrenoftengivegiftstotheirparentsortakethemoutforlunchordinner。Commongiftsareflowersandcardsformothersandshirtsortiesforfathers。IheardthatitisbecomingmoreandmorepopulartocelebrateMother’sDayandFather’sDayinChina.Iwonderifchildrenovertherealsogivesimilargiftstotheirparents。Ibelievethattherearemanywaystoshowourlove。Actually,wedon’thavetospendalotofmoney.Itisalsoagoodideatohelpparentstodosomethinginstead。JuneP142bTheSpiritofChristmasManywouldagreethatwhenwethinkofChristmas,weprobablythinkofgifts,ChristmastreesandSantaClaus。ButbehindallthesethingsliesthetruemeaningofChristmas:theimportanceofsharingandisperhapsthebestexampleofthis.AChristmasCarolisafamousnovelwrittenbyCharlesDickens.ItisaboutanoldmannamedScroogewhoneverlaughsorsmiles。Heismeanandonlythinksabouthimself，anddoesn'ttreatothersnicely。Hejustcaresaboutwhetherhecanmakemoremoney。AndhehatesChristmas.OneChristmasEve,ScroogeseestheghostofJacobMarley,hisdeadbusinesspartner.MarleyusedtobejustlikeScrooge，sohewaspunishedafterhedied.HewarnsScroogetochangehiswaysifhedoesn’twanttoenduplikehim。HealsotellsScroogetoexpectthreespiritstovisithim.Thatnight,threeghostsvisitScrooge。First,theGhostofChristmasPasttakeshimbacktohischildhoodandremindsScroogeofhishappierdaysasachild。Thenthesecondspirit，theGhostofChristmasPresent，takeshimtoseehowothersarespendingChristmasthisyear.Everyoneishappy,evenpoorpeople.Thelastone，theGhostofChristmasYettoCome,takeshimtothefuture。Heseesthatheisdeadbutnobodycares。ScroogeissoscaredthathewakesupinhisbedandfindsoutitisalreadythenextmorningonChristmasDay!Hedecidestochangehislifeandpromisestobeabetterperson。HehappilycelebratesChristmaswithhisrelatives。Healsogivesgiftstopeopleinneed.Henowtreatseveryonewithkindnessandwarmth,spreadingloveandjoyeverywherehegoes。AndthatisthetruespiritofChristmas！P16selfcheck1ggardenspreadbetweentreatsbusinesslayrelativesManyWesterncountriescelebrateEaster.ThisholidayisalwaysonaSunday__________March22ndandApril25th.Itcelebratesthebirthofnewlife。Hens________eggs，givingbirthtolife。Soaneggisasymbolofnewlife.ApopularactivityduringEasteristohideeggsaroundyourhomeor_________forfriendsor________tofind。Thesecanberealeggs,buttheyaremoreoftenchocolateeggs。Notonlydopeople________themaroundindifferenthidingplacesforanegghunt,buttheyalsogiveoutthese_________asgifts。SojustlikeChristmas，Eastercreatesgood________forsupermarketsandchocolatestores.Unit3Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare？UNIT3P193aFun［AliceandHeWeiareinSpaceWorld]Alice:Iwonderwhereweshouldgonext.HeWei：Howaboutthatnewrideoverthere？Alice:Oh。。。itlooksprettyscary.HeWei:Comeon！Ipromiseit’llbefun！Ifyou’reafraid,justshoutorholdmyhand。［Aftertheride］Alice:Youwereright，thatwasfun！Iwasscaredatfirst,butshoutingreallydidhelp。HeWei:See，thatwasn’tsobad,right?Youneverknowuntilyoutrysomething.Alice：Yes,I’msogladItriedit.NowIknowIcandoitandit’sactuallyfun！HeWei:DoyouwanttogotoWaterWorldnow?Alice:Sure,butI’mreallyhungry。Doyouknowwherewecangetsomegoodfoodquickly？HeWei：Ofcourse!IsuggestWaterCityRestaurantinWaterWorld.It’safastfoodplace.Itservesdelicioushamburgersandhotdogs。Alice：Thatsoundsperfect！［OntheirwaytoWaterCityRestaurant，AliceandHeWeipassbyUncleBob’s。］Alice：Oh,look!Thisrestaurantlooksinteresting.Itseemsarockbandplaysthereeveryevening。HeWei：Maybewecancomeherefordinnerlater。Let'saskwhattimethebandstarts.［AliceandHeWeiwalkuptoastaffpersonatthedoor。]HeWei:Excuseme,couldyoutelluswhenthebandstartsplayingthisevening?Staff：Eighto’clock.It’salwaysbusy,socomealittleearliertogetatable.HeWei:OK，thanks!P222bCouldYouPlease...？Whenyouvisitaforeigncountry,itisimportanttoknowhowtoaskforhelppolitely。Forexample,“Wherearetherestrooms?”or“Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare？"aresimilarrequestsfordirectionstoaplace.BotharecorrectEnglish,butthefirstonesoundslesspolite。Thatisbecauseitisaverydirectquestion.Itisnotenoughtojustaskaquestioncorrectly。Wealsoneedtolearnhowtobepolitebybeinglessdirect—ormoreindirect—whenweaskforhelp。InEnglish,asinChinese,wechangethewaywespeakwhenwetalkwithdifferentpeople.Theexpressionsyouusemightdependonwhomyouarespeakingtoorhowwellyouknowthem。Ifyousaytoyourteacher，“Whenistheschooltrip.'’,thismightsoundimpolite。Butifyousay，“Excuseme,Mr。West.Doyouknowwhentheschooltripis？’’，thiswillsoundmuchmorepolite.However,itisallrighttoaskdirectquestionsinsomesituations，likewithyourclassmates.Usuallypolitequestionsarelongerandincludemorelanguagesuchas“Couldyouplease.。。?”or“CanIask...？”Itsoundsmorepolitetosay，“Peter,couldyoupleasetellmeyoure—mailaddress?”than“Peter,tellmeyoure-mailaddress。"Sometimesweevenneedtospendtimeleadingintoarequest。Forexample，withastrangeronthestreet，wemightfirstsay，“Excuseme，Iwonderifyoucanhelpme”or“I’msorrytotroubleyou，but。.。"beforeaskingforhelp。Itmightseemmoredifficulttospeakpolitelythanbedirect.However,itisimportanttolearnhowtouseproperlanguage。ThiswillalsohelpyoubecomebetteratEnglish，oranyotherlanguageyouwishtospeak.Unit4Iusedtobeafraidofthedark.P273aFromShyGirltoPopStar1Forthismonth'sYoungWorldmagazine,Iinterviewed19—year-oldAsianpopstarCandyWang。Candytoldmethatsheusedtobereallyshyandtookupsingingtodealwithhershyness.Asshegotbetter,shedaredtosinginfrontofherclass，andthenforthewholeschool.Nowshe'snotshyanymoreandlovessinginginfrontofcrowds.2IaskedCandyhowlifewasdifferentaftershebecamefamous。Sheexplainedthattherearemanygoodthings,likebeingabletotravelandmeetnewpeopleallthetime。“Ididn’tusetobepopularinschool,butnowIgettonsofattentioneverywhereIgo.”However,toomuchattentioncanalsobeabadthing。“IalwayshavetoworryabouthowIappeartoothersandIhavetobeverycarefulaboutwhatIsayordo.AndIdon’thavemuchprivatetimeanymore.Hangingoutwithfriendsisalmostimpossibleformenowbecausetherearealwaysguardsaroundme.”3WhatdoesCandyhavetosaytoallthoseyoungpeoplewhowanttobecomefamous?“Well,”shebeginsslowly,“youhavetobeprep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hinglikeapieceofpaper________abeautifulpieceofart。Peopleoften_________theseartpieces_____thedoors,windowsandwallsoftheirhomestocelebratetheSpringFestival.3。TomakeChineseclayart，theclayisshapedbyhandintothings__________cutechildrenorcharactersfromChinesefairytalesandstories。Theyarethen______paint。Unit6Whenwasitinvented?P433aAnAccidentalInventionDidyouknowthattea，themostpopulardrinkintheworld（afterwater),wasinventedbyaccident？Manypeoplebelievethatteawasfirstdrunknearly5，000yearsago.ItissaidthataChineserulercalledShenNongfirstdiscoveredteaasadrink。OnedayShenNongwasboilingdrinkingwateroveranopenfire.Someleavesfromateaplantfellintothewaterandremainedthereforsometime.Itproducedanicesmellsohetastedthebrownwateranyway。Itwasquitedelicious.Inthisway，oneoftheworld’sfavoritedrinkswasinvented。Morethan4，000yearslater，LuYu,“thesaintoftea"，mentionedShenNonginhisbookChaJing。Thebookdescribeshowteaplantsweregrownandusedtomaketea。Italsodiscusseswherethefinesttealeaveswereproducedandwhatkindsofwaterwereused。ItisbelievedthatteawasbroughttoKoreaandJapanduringthe6thand7thcenturies。InEngland，teadidn’tappearuntilaround1660，butlessthan100yearslater，ithadbecomethenationaldrink。TheteatradefromChinatoWesterncountriestookplaceinthe19thcentury。Thishelpedtospreadthepopularityofteaandtheteaplanttomoreplacesaroundtheworld。Eventhoughmanypeoplenowknowaboutteaculture，theChinesearewithoutdoubttheoneswhobestunderstandthenatureoftea。P444cThetelephone(invent)byAlexanderGrahamBell。He_______(born）in1847.Alexander_____(work）ontheinventionofthetelephonewithThomasWatson.In1875,Alexander______(learn）tosendmusicalnotesthroughaninstrumentsimilartoatelephone。Finally，thetelephone________(invent）in1876。Thefirstsentencethat_______（say)onthetelephonebyAlexanderwas“Mr。Watson,comehere;Iwanttoseeyou。”Todaythetelephone____________（use）aroundtheworld.P451dTheHistoryofPotatoChipsDidyouknowthatpotatochipswereinventedbymistake?Potatochips____________byacookcalledGeorgeCrum.Theywereinventedin________.GeorgeCrumcutthepotatoesreally,really__________andthencookedthemforalongtimeuntiltheywere__________。Andheputlotsofsaltonthemsotheywere____________.p462bDoYouKnowWhenBasketballWasInvented？Basketballisamuch-lovedandactivesportmorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries。InChina，youcansometimesseepeopleplayingbasketballinparks,schoolsandeveninfactories。BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith，whowasbornin1861.Whenhewasatcollege，histeacheraskedtheclasstothinkofagamethatcanbeplayedinthewinter。Dr。Naismithcreatedagametobeplayedinsideonahardfloor.Dr.Naismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemtoplayhisnewgame.Thepurposeofthegameisforplayerstogetaballintothe“basket”。Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertohelpeachothergettheballintheotherteam’sbasket。Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.ItisbelievedthatonDecember21,1891,thefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayed.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameaneventattheOlympics.Today，thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenaroundtheworld，withmanyyoungpeopledreamingofbecomingfamousplayers。Basketballhasnotonlybecomeapopularsporttoplay,ithasalsobecomeamorepopularsporttowatch.AlthoughAmerica’sNBAgamesarethemostfamous，theCBAgamesarebecomingpopularinChina。Thenumberofforeignplayers，includingChineseplayers，intheNBAhasincreased。AndtherearealsomoreandmoreforeignplayersintheCBA。Manyyoungpeoplelookuptothesebasketballheroesandwanttobecomelikethem.Thesestarsencourageyoungpeopletoworkhardtoachievetheirdreams.P48SelfCheck1dividedividedoubtmentionnearlyproducesuddenItisoftendifficulttodecideontheinventorofcertaininventions.Thisisbecausesometimesafewpeoplemay_______thingswhichare_______thesame。Opinionsarethen_______aboutwhocameupwiththeideafirst。Someinventionscanalsoallofa_______leadtootherinventions.Sosomepeople_______whethertheinventorcameupwiththeideahimselforherself。Theythinkthattheinventorusedsomeoneelse’sideatocreatehisorherinvention.Thatiswhybooksorwebsitesusually________morethanoneinventorwhengivinginformationaboutinventions.Unit7Teenagersshouldbeallowedtochoosetheirownclothes.P513aMomKnowsBestWhenIwasatinybabycryingallnight,mymomsangtomeandstayedbymysideWhenIwastiredandhungry,shegavemefoodandwarmarmstosleepinWhenIwastworunningthroughthefield，shemadesureIwassafeandkeptmefromdangerWhenIfellandhurtmyself，shegavemeahugandliftedmeupWhenIwassevencoughingbadly,shesaidnoice-creamformeButItalkedbackloudly，“Ishouldbeallowedtoeatsome！Giveittomenow！”WhenIwasninewatchingscarymovies,shesaidit’dgivemeawfuldreamsButIshoutedbackangrily,“Ishouldbeallowedtowatchit!I’mnotababy！”WhenIwasateengoingoutwithfriends,shesaid，“Pleasebebackbyten!"ButItalkedbackagain-“Ishouldnotbetoldwhattodo！I’mseventeennow!”NowI’manadult，thinkingbacktothosetimesIcoughedfordaysaftereatingthatice—creamAndhadscarydreamsafterwatchingthatfilmIwaslateforschoolfromstayingoutpasttenIregrettalkingback，notlisteningtoMomMomknowsbest，andformeshewantedonlythebest!P524bShouldteenagers_________(ask)tomoveoutwhentheystartworking?InmanyWesterncountries，teenagers_______(allow）tomoveoutatsixteenorseventeen.Theirparentsbelievethattheyshould__________(educate)totakecareofthemselvesfromayoungage.Thisway,whenthey_______（start)workingtheycanmanagetheirownlives。However，inmostAsiansocieties，thefamilyunitisespeciallystrong。Soitisnotcommonforteenagersto_______（move)out。Chineseparentsbelievethatitisbetterforchildrentolivewithparentswhocan_______（take）careofthem.Buttheyoungshouldthenlookaftertheirparentsastheygetolder。ThatiswhymanyChineseadults______(continue）tolivewiththeirparents.P542bShouldIBeAllowedtoMakeMyOwnDecisions?Manyteenagershavehobbies.Butsometimesthesecangetinthewayoftheirschoolwork，andparentsmightworryabouttheirsuccessatschool。Teenagersoftenthinktheyshouldbeallowedtopracticetheirhobbiesasmuchastheywant。Doyouagree？LiuYu，afifteen-year—oldboyfromShandong,isarunningstar。Heisonhisschoolteamandhasalwayswantedtobeaprofessionalrunnerwhenhegrowsup.However，hisparentswon’tallowhimtotrainsomuch。“Ofcoursewewanttoseehimachievehisdreams,”saysMr。Liu。“Andweknowhowmuchhelovesrunning。MywifeandIhavesupportedeveryoneofhisraces。Wehavenothingagainstrunning!Butwethinkoursonneedstothinkaboutotherpossiblejobs。He’sgettingoldernow，soheneedstothinkaboutwhatwillhappenifhedoesn’tendupaprofessionalrunner."LiuYudoesn’treallyagree.“Well，IthinkIshouldbeallowedtodecideformyself，”hesays。“Myparentshavealwaystaughtmehowimportantitistoworkhardatschoolandenteruniversity.Iunderstandthis,butI'mseriousaboutrunning.It’stheonlythingI’veeverwantedtodo.”HisparentsbelievethatLiuYushouldstudyhardintheeveningssotheydon’tallowhimtopracticerunningatnight。“Maybehethinksit’stoostrictorunfair,”saysMrs.Liu。“Butwethinkwe’redoingtherightthing.Heneedstospendmoretimeonhishomeworkbecausebecomingaprofessionalsportsstarisadifficultdream.”ButLiuYustilldisagrees。“Iknowmyparentscareaboutme.TheyalwaystalkaboutwhatwillhappenifIdon’tsucceed.ButIwill!I’maquickrunner！IthinkIshouldbeallowedtomakethischoicemyself。OnlythenwillIhaveachancetoachievemydream.”Unit8ItmustbelongtoCarla.P593aWeliveinasmalltownandalmosteveryoneknowseachother。Itusedtobeveryquietandnothingmucheverhappenedaroundhere。However,thesedays,somethingunusualishappeninginourtown.Victor,