广州版初中英语八年级下册Unit1-8课文与对照翻译

1、 . . 16/16Unit 1 Helping those in needVoluntary workThree teenagers offered to do some voluntary work during the school holidays.They wrote the following reports.I did some voluntary work in a childrens hospital .The children there all suffer from serious illnesses. we organized a painting competiti

2、on for them.I meet a girl called Cindy .She wanted to paint a picture of the park near her home.I went there and took some photos of it.Cindy used them for her painting. BettyThere are many children without parents .I met some of these children with my mother .we taught them to tell stories .This he

3、lps them express their feelings. One child said ,”My friends dont understand my pain.We spend time with a girl called Vivien.Her parents died in a car accident,and she is unhappy and very lonely. She needs friendship. My mother and I will continue to visit Vivien. MarkI want to help disabled childre

4、n. They have difficulty walking or moving.I taught them to sing because music can bring them joy and peace.I met a boy called Tim. He hurt his legs in an accident ,but he has lots of courage. We need to help children like Tim and raise their spirits . I will continue to do voluntary work in the futu

5、re. Annie译文：三名青少年在学校放假期间主动做一些志愿工作。他们写了以下报告。我在一家儿童医院做了一些义工。那里的孩子都患有严重的疾病。我们为他们组织了一次绘画比赛。我遇到了一个叫辛蒂的女孩，她想画一幅她家附近的公园的照片。我去那里拍了一些照片。辛蒂用它们来画画。贝蒂有很多孩子没有父母。我和妈妈认识了一些这样的孩子。我们教他们讲故事。这帮助他们表达他们的感受。一个孩子说：“我的朋友不理解我的痛苦。我们和一个叫费雯的女孩共度时光。她的父母死于车祸，她很不开心，很孤独。她需要友谊。我母亲和我将继续拜访费雯。作记号我想帮助残疾儿童。他们行走或行走有困难。我教他们唱歌，因为音乐能给他们带来欢乐

6、和和平。我遇到了一个叫蒂姆的男孩。他在一次事故中弄伤了双腿，但他有很大的勇气。我们需要帮助像蒂姆这样的孩子，振作起来。今后我会继续做义工。安妮Unit2Body languageDebbie and Simon are students. They both have part-time jobs at a travel company.A Well-dressed lady entered the office. She looked at Debbie and Simon, and then walked over to Debbie. Debbie gave her a cheerful

7、 greeting.“Whats the matter?” Mr Yang asked.“ People always choose Debbie instead of me. I dont understand.”“I do.Its the way you communicate.”“ How can that be?” Simon asked. “I dont get a chance to speak.”“Communicating is more than just speaking. Your body language is important too.”“Body languag

8、e?”“Its the way you stand and sit. Its your gesture s and the ex pression on your face. Your whole appearance communicates things. You dont give people a good impression, Simon. You look down, you never smile and you dont turn your head towards them.“Look at Debbie. Shes holding her head up. She he

9、always smiles andlooks friendly. Her body language is making people feel welcome, so they go to her for help.”Simon decided to improve his bodylanguage. He sat up straight and tried smiling at people. Minutes later, a beautiful girl entered. She walked over to Simon. A few moments later, she left wi

10、th a smile.Mr Yang came over at once and said, “You made a good impression on her, Simon.” “That was my sister, “ saidSimon.“She wanted to remind me that that tomorrow is her birthday.”译文：戴比和西蒙是学生。他们都在旅游公司兼职。一位衣着讲究的女士走进办公室。她看了看戴比和西蒙，然后走到戴比身边。戴比愉快地向她打招呼。“出什么事了？先生问。“人们总是选择戴比而不是我。我不明白。”“是的。这就是你交流的方式。”“

11、怎么可能呢？西蒙问。“我没有发言的机会。”“交流不仅仅是说话。你的肢体语言也是很重要的。”“肢体语言？“这是你站立和坐下的方式。这是你的手势和你脸上的压力。你的整个外表传达了一些东西。西蒙，你没有给人留下好印象。你往下看，你从来不微笑，也不向他们转头。“看戴比。她抬起头来。她总是微笑，看起来很友好。她的肢体语言让人们感到受欢迎，所以他们去找她帮忙。西蒙决定改善他的肢体语言。他坐直了，试着对人们微笑。几分钟后，一个漂亮的女孩进来了。她走到西蒙跟前。过了一会儿，她笑着走了。先生马上过来说：“西蒙，你给她留下了好印象。”“那是我妹妹，”西蒙说。“她想提醒我明天是她的生日。”Unit3Traditio

12、nalskillsWangDamin is afisherman.Althoughhe is over65,he is veryfitandstill enjoysworking.Daminusescormorantstocatchfish.Cormorantsarelargeblackbirds.Theyaregoodatcatchingfishbecause theycanswimwell.Theycandivedownandstayunderthewaterforuptotwominutes.Daminusually setsoffinthelateafternoonandgetsthe

13、cormorantsreadyfor work.First,hetiesapieceofgrassaroundtheirneckstostopthemfromeatingbigfish.Then whenDamins boatreaches therightplaceintheriver,hepushesthemintotheriver.Daminusesseveral waystoattractfish.Duringtheday,hejumpsUpanddownonhisboat.Afterdark,hehangsaIighton apostatthefrontof theboat.Thec

14、ormorantsbringthefishbacktotheboat.hefisharethentaken and thrownintoabigbasketbyDamin. Nonetsarerequiredfor this type of fishing.CormorantfishingwasoncepracticedinIotsofplaces inSouth-EastChina,andthereweremanyfishermeninthearea.Buttoday,fewyoung peopleare Interested Init.In50years，perhapstherewill

15、benomorecormorantfishermen intheworld.王大明是个渔夫。虽然他已经65岁了，但他很健康，仍然很喜欢工作。大明使用鸬鹚捕鱼。鸬鹚是大型的黑色鸟类。它们善于捕鱼，因为它们能在水里游得很好。他们可以潜水，在水下呆两分钟。大明通常在下午晚些时候出发，让鸬鹚做好工作的准备。首先，他把一根草绑在脖子上，阻止它们吃大鱼。然后，当大明的船到达河里适当位置的时候，他把它们赶到河里。大明用几种方法来吸引鱼。白天，他在船上跳来跳去。天黑以后，他在船前面的杆上挂一盏灯。鸬鹚把鱼带回到船上。然后，大明取下鱼，把它们扔进一个大篮子里。这种捕鱼不需要鱼网。鸬鹚捕鱼曾经在中国东南部的许多地

16、方进行过，而且这个地区有很多渔民。但如今，很少有年轻人对此感兴趣。50年后，世界上就再也不会有鸬鹚渔民了。Unit 4 Cartoons and comic stripsHow to make a cartoonFirst, you need todecide onsome basic ideas for a story.This story is about a robot, Han. He always forgets things.One day, Han meets his friends Sarah and Timat the underground station. He says

17、, “Im happy.I bought a new notebook. Now I wont forget things.”Sarah says, “Yes, I have one too. Here it is.”Tim asks, “Wheres yours, Han?”Han says, “Oh, no! I forgot to bring it!”In the second stage, think about the kinds of characters you want and what they willlook like.Han is a tall robot. He ha

18、s square eyes. They are actually video cameras. Timwearsglasses, so he looks clever. Sarah is a pleasant girl. She has straight, black hair.Now make a rough sketch of the story.Next, use a computer to draw detailed pictures and add colour. Tomakethe characters and thingsappearto move, each picture s

19、hould be made a littledifferent fromthe one before it.In the next stage, a computer programis used toput the pictures together as a film.Finally, record the voices andsoundeffects. The actors will do the characters voices. Their speech must match the pictures. Sound effects, like the noise of the un

20、derground, must also be added separately .After everything has been checked, the cartoonis ready tobe played for everyone to enjoy.如何制作动画片首先，你需要确定一个故事的基本构思。这个故事是关于一个机器人，汉。他总是忘记事情。有一天，汉在地铁站遇见他的朋友莎拉和蒂姆。他说：“我很高兴。我买了一个新笔记本。现在我不会忘记事情。”莎拉说：“是的，我也有一个。就在这里。”蒂姆问，“你的汉子呢？”“汉说：“哦，不！我忘记带了！“第二步，想好你想要的角色的性格类型和它们的样

21、子。汉是一个高大的机器人。他有一双方眼睛。它们实际上是摄像机。蒂姆戴眼镜，所以看起来很聪明。莎拉是个讨人喜欢的女孩。她有一头笔直的黑发。现在草拟一下这个故事的草图。接下来，使用计算机绘制详细图片并添加颜色。为了使人物和事物看起来像是移动的，每幅图画应该与之前的画有所不同。下一步，用一个计算机程序把把图片放在一起合成一部电影。最后，录声与（制作）和音响效果。演员们要为人物配音。他们的语言必须与图片匹配。声音效果，像地铁的噪音，也必须单独增加。在一切都被检查之后，动画片就可以播放了给大家欣赏了。Unit 5Save the endangered animalsThe giant pandaA gi

22、ant panda is HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101eym1.html t _blank a kind ofbear. It has a white face with black patches around its eyes. It also has black ears, shoulders and legs. HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101f483.html t _blank The rest ofits body is white.HOMEPandas live

23、 high up in the mountains of Central and Western China. They live in the bamboo forests there.FOODPandas in the wild usually eat bamboo. In zoos, their menu includes bamboo, apples and carrots. A giant panda can eat HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20102wzzt.html t _blank as much as30 kilogra

24、ms of bamboo a day.BehaviourPanda HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101fdmx.html t _blank like to live HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101f48n.html t _blank on their own. they need to eat a lot to stay healthy, so HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101ekl9.html t _blank they

25、spendmore than 12 hours a dayeating. Although they are big and heavy, HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101exr9.html t _blank it is not difficult for them to climbtrees. HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101f49l.html t _blank They arestrong enough to protectthemselves.LifePandas live

26、 for about 20 years in the wild, but in zoos they can live for HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101e7qn.html t _blank up to35 years.The futurePeople are cutting down forests, so the pandas are losing their homes. Some people are killing them for their fur. HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_9

27、80b7cb20101exr9.html t _blank It is cruel of them to do so.There are not many pandas in the world now. it is important for us to protect them.大熊猫大熊猫是一种熊。它有一白色的脸，眼睛周围有黑色的斑点。它也有黑色的耳朵、肩膀和腿。身体的其余部分是白色的。家熊猫生活在中西部的高山上。他们住在那里的竹林里。食物野生熊猫通常吃竹子。动物园里的菜单包括竹子、苹果和胡萝卜。一只大熊猫每天可以吃30公斤竹子。行为熊猫喜欢独自生活。他们需要多吃才能保持健康，所以他们每

28、天花12个多小时吃东西。虽然它们又大又重，但它们不难爬到树上去。他们足够坚强来保护自己。熊猫在野外生活大约20年，但在动物园里，它们可以活35年。未来人们正在砍伐森林，因此熊猫正在失去家园。有些人为了他们的皮毛而杀了他们。他们这么做是残忍的，现在世界上没有多少熊猫。对我们来说保护他们是很重要的。More practiceThe story of the red-crowned craneHave you ever HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20102x005.html t _blank heard ofthe songThe story o

29、f thered-crowned crane? It is a bout a girl called xu xiujuan.Xiujuan HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20102vbdo.html t _blank was born inZhalong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964. Her fathers job was to HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20102x007.html t _blank look afterred-crowned cranes

30、. Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love ofr these white birds. She HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20102x009.html t _blank became good atraising them.When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province. She enjoyed taking c

31、are of the baby cranes. If a bird became sick, shetookgoodcare ofit and stayed with it every day until HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101f49l.html t _blank it was strong enough to fly again.In September 1987, one of the birds went missing. The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhe

32、re, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worried. She looked for it day and night for two days. On the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird, she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.Later, HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101esum.html t _blank a song was wri

33、ttenin memory of Xiujuan. Though xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.译文：丹顶鹤的故事你听说过丹顶鹤的故事这首歌吗？这是一个叫徐秀娟的女孩。Xiujuan于1964出生于省Zhalong。她父亲的工作是照顾丹顶鹤。Xiujuan年轻时开始帮助她的父亲。她很快就喜欢上了这些白鸟。她很擅长饲养它们。当Xiujuan 21岁的时候，她在省的一个自然保护区找到了一份工作。她喜欢照顾婴儿鹤。如果一只鸟生病了，她会

34、好好照顾它，每天都呆在那里，直到它足够强壮再飞。1987年9月，其中一只鸟失踪了。自然保护区的工人到处寻找，但没有人能找到。Xiujuan非常担心。她夜以继日地找了两天。第二天晚上，当她在寻找失踪的鸟时，她掉进河里死了。她只有23岁。后来，有一首歌是为纪念Xiujuan而写的。虽然秀娟夭折了，但当人们听到这首歌或看到丹顶鹤时，她总是记得她。Unit 6 PetsHead to headIs it a good idea to keep pet dogs? Emma and Matt give their opinions on this matter. HYPERLINK :/blog.sin

35、a .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101ez8a.html t _blank Keeping pet dogs is a good idea, says EmmaKeeping pet dogs is a good idea. There are lots of reasons for thisFirst, dogs are really cute. Its nice to hold them in our arms, and its wonderful to HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101f26l.html t _blan

36、k see them grow up.Second, we can HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101fc7h.html t _blank learn responsibility from keeping dogs.We have to feed them, train them and play with them. HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101fc73.html t _blank According to my mum,this HYPERLINK :/blog.sina

37、 .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101eea1.html t _blank helps us becomemore responsible people.Young people can learn how to care for others by keeping dogs.A dog will love you faithfully and HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101emxq.html t _blank bring you lots of happinessfor many years.So I think its

38、a good idea to keep pet dogs.Keeping pet dogs is not a good idea, says MattIts not a good idea to keep pet dogs.Pet dogs HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101en9n.html t _blank leavetheir hair on the floor, on beds and on sofas, and they HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101ejfn.html

39、 t _blank need to be washedoften.Dogs are noisy. Nearly all dogs bark at strangers. Some dogs bark more loudly than others. A few dogs bark all night. This HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101fc6v.html t _blank stops people from HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101fc6v.html t _blan

40、k gettingany sleep. Not all dogs are friendly. A small number of pet dogs even attack people.Whats more,HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101exr9.html t _blank its common for people to live in flats.They HYPERLINK :/blog.sina .cn/s/blog_980b7cb20101fkrh.html t _blank have no choice but to ke

41、eptheir dogs in small spaces. However, dogs need fresh air and large open spaces where they can run free.Finally, owning dogs can be expensive.So keeping pet dogs is not a good idea.头对头养宠物狗是个好主意吗？艾玛和Matt就这件事发表意见。艾玛说，养宠物狗是个好主意。养宠物狗是个好主意。这有很多原因首先，狗真的很可爱。把他们抱在怀里很美好，看到他们长大很美妙。其次，我们可以从养狗中学习责任。我们必须喂养它们，训练

42、它们并与它们玩耍。根据我妈妈的说法，这有助于我们成为更有责任感的人。年轻人可以通过养狗来学会如何照顾他人。狗会忠实地爱你，给你带来很多幸福。所以我认为养宠物狗是个好主意。Matt说，养宠物狗不是个好主意。养宠物狗不是一个好主意。宠物狗把头发留在地板上、床上和沙发上，它们需要经常洗。狗很吵闹。几乎所有的狗都对着陌生人吠叫。有些狗比其他狗吠叫得更大声。一些狗彻夜吠叫。这使人们无法入睡。并非所有的狗都很友好。少数宠物狗甚至攻击人。更重要的是，人们通常住在公寓里。他们除了把狗放在狭小的空间里以外别无选择。然而，狗需要新鲜空气和大的开放空间，它们可以自由奔跑。最后，养狗可能很昂贵。所以养宠物狗不是个好主

43、意。Unit 7 The unknown worldAliens arriveTina woke up at midnight. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light.The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. “Im sure something landed in the forest

44、 near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” she said.“Lets explore after school.”At 6 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes and kept quiet. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver

45、 body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship was damaged because of a crash.The children were frightened. Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. It discovered them and made a terrible noise! The children ran away in fear.The next morning, Tina and Tom to

46、ld their parents about the strange creatures. “They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didnt have any feathers,” said Tina.“There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom, “ It looked like this, I wonder what it means,” He drew some lines on a piece of paper.But Dad said, “Since n

47、o one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now go to school!The children spread their wings and flew to school together.Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks on it. “It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”.外星人来了蒂娜半夜醒来。她向窗外看了看，看见天空中有一道黄色的光。它突然冲向地面。她听到

48、一声响声，并看见了一束红光。第二天早上，蒂娜向她弟弟汤姆提起此事。“昨天晚上我听到一声巨响时，我确定有什么东西落在山附近的森林里，”她说。“放学后我们去探险吧。”下午6点，蒂娜和汤姆来到森林。他们听到一些人用奇怪的语言说话，所以他们躲在灌木丛后面，保持安静。然后他们看到了一个外星人！它高高的，圆圆的脑袋和银色的身躯。它站在一艘长长的宇宙飞船旁。宇宙飞船因坠毁而损坏了。孩子们很害怕。突然，另一个外星人出现在他们面前的灌木丛中。它发现了它们，发出了可怕的声音！孩子们害怕地跑掉了。第二天早上，蒂娜和汤姆告诉他们的父母这些奇怪的生物。“他们很丑。他们有一些头发，但他们没有羽毛，“蒂娜说。“宇宙飞船上写

49、着什么东西，”汤姆说，“它看起来像这个，我不知道这意味着什么，”他在一纸上画了一些线。但是爸爸说：“既然没有人看见这些外星人，我就不信你了。现在上学去吧！孩子们展开翅膀，一起飞向学校。爸爸看了看纸上面的奇怪的记号。当他看到了“地球”这个词时，他说“它看起来很奇怪，”More PracticeUFOMany people say they have seen UFOs. Here is one famous story. It is called the Roswell Incident and it happened in the US in 1947.Person A (name not g

50、iven): My wife and I were sitting outside because it was a warm night. Suddenly we saw something very bright flying through the sky.Person B (William Brazel, a farmer): I found some pieces of strange metal on my farm. I called the army. Major Marcel came and collected the pieces. He told me not to t

51、alk to anyone about this.Person C (Major Marcel): I went and collected the pieces. I gave them to an army expert. He said the pieces came from a weather balloon. However, since I have not seen this kind fo metal before, I think this was a lie.Person D (name not giver): My parents and I were in the c

52、ountryside. Suddenly we saw a silver spaceship on the side of the hill. There were the bodies of three aliens lying on the grass. Then some soldiers came and told us to leave.So what is the truth?Perhaps some or all of the people lied.Perhaps a US rocket crashed and people thought it had come from s

53、pace.Perhaps an alien spaceship really crashed in Roswell.译文：不明飞行物很多人说他们见过不明飞行物。这里有一个著名的故事。它被称为“罗斯威尔事件”，它发生在1947美国。我的妻子和我坐在外面，因为那是一个温暖的夜晚。突然，我们看到一些非常明亮的东西在天空中飞舞。人乙（William Brazel，农民）：在我的农场，我发现了一些奇怪的金属。我打给军队。Major Marcel来收集这些碎片。他告诉我不要和任何人谈论这件事。C（Major Marcel）：我去收集这些碎片。我把他们交给了一个军事专家。他说这些碎片来自气象气球。但是，因为

54、我以前没有见过这种金属，我认为这是个谎言。我的父母和我都在乡下。突然，我们看到山边有一艘银质飞船。草地上躺着三个外星人的尸体。然后一些士兵来告诉我们离开。那么，真相是什么呢？也许有些人或所有人都撒谎了。也许美国的一颗火箭坠毁了，人们认为它来自太空。也许外星人飞船真的在罗斯威尔坠毁了。Unit 8 Life in the futureLife in 2050The Hotel WhaleThe Hotel Whale is built under the water. It is in the shape of a whale.The hotel has bedrooms, a cafe and

55、 shopping centre.Mrs Peng: “When we were staying at the hotel recently, my children watched the fish outside their bedroom window. They were never bored!”Forever Green HousesThese houses are both “green” and “smart”. There is glass outside the houses. Heat is held under the glass and is then used as

56、 energy for each house. In the bathroom, your medicine cupboard is connected to your doctors computer when your need more food.Mr Yu: “When we were living in our old house, we were using more energy. I would certainly recommend Forever Green Houses to my friends. They will satisfy everyone.”The CJ3The Cj