九年级英语课外阅读材料

1、九年级英语课外阅读材料.初中生快乐玩转微博。词数300建议阅读时间6分钟Every night, Lin Zhengjiang has one hour spare after his homework. He spends this time on Sina Weibo.He follows over 200 users, mainly pop stars and his classmates. He sends over 100 messages a week.Micro blogs like Weibo are nothing new for the young Chinese. A n

2、ewspaper in Chengdu did a survey last month. It found that 90 percent of junior high school students use micro blogs.They give students an outlet （出 口）for emotion （情绪）.“I use micro blogs to record my life. I let everyone see my feelings and complaints （抱怨）said Liu Fangyue, 14, from Xiamen No 1 Middl

3、e School.Or they have fun with classmates even after school. I would send a message to praise someone who ranked first in the exam J said Liu.Teachers also join in the fun, When I sit down to talk to my students, they may not tell me their real thoughts/5 said Lu Dongping at Nanning No 2 Middle Scho

4、ol. “But on micro blogs, they are more relaxed. They even make fun of me.”You would be wrong if you think micro blogs are all about fun. Zhong Yun from Xiamen Haicang Experimental School see it as a tool （工具）to learn English.The 13-year-old follows foreign stars such as Avril Lavigne and Justin Bieb

5、er.“In order to understand their English posts, I have to check the dictionary and learn many new words J said Zhong.Micro blogs widen students perspectives （观点），but there are rules to follow, said Shi Zhongying, a professor from Beijing Normal University.“Manage your time, and dont let micro-bloggi

6、ng affect your study and health J said Shi. Dont give out your name, family address and phone number on micro blogs. You should also respect truth and other peoples privacy （隐私）.毕业临近之际，留下你最想说的话。词数300建议阅读时间6分钟Looking back on three magical yearsThe summer holidays are on their way! That means an end t

7、o your junior high school life. What do you have to say now its all come to an end? Is there a special person you want to thank? Heres what some of our readers will be saying.Li Chaoze, 16, Taiyuan, Shanxi:I really want to say thank you to my grandmother. My parents work in another city. So I am liv

8、ing with my grandmother. She encouraged me and told me not to give up when I was sad and had no more hope for my life. I did what she told me to do. Now I am full of confidence again!Wang Jia, 15, Nantong, Jiangsu:Lulu, my best friend, I have spent three years in junior high with you. I just heard t

9、hat you will go abroad to study. I am sad I cannot study with you in the senior high school. But I know going abroad is your dream so I will also be happy for you. Wherever you go, just remember that we are best friends forever.something Neo imitates （模仿）the touch on the surgeons head.Neo is great n

10、ews for surgeons as now they can feel what the robot is feeling. But scientists have even bigger dreams. Scientists from the Los Angeles-based SynTouch are trying to make robots that can feel for themselves just like humans. They have created sensors （传感器）that are just like the human fingertip. Thes

11、e sensors are at the end of the robofs hand. A message will be sent to the robots “brain” and they will know how to hold it without breaking it.If these scientists succeed then robots will be able to control themselves and feel just like a human. Imagine if, in 500 years, humans are no longer be the

12、 masters of the world because robots are just as smart as we are!.如何缓解压力？词数290建议阅读时间6分钟Dont get stressedKangkang is a ninth-grader at Qingtan Middle School in Changzhou, Jiangsu. He got back home on March 1 after four days out in the open. He ran away from home because he felt stressed out about the

13、 coming senior high school entrance examination （中考）.“I needed some fresh air,“ he said.The boy is not the only one stressed out over exams. Reporters from the Oriental Education Times did a survey at a Shanghai middle school. It showed that 72 percent of students feel stressed and 67 percent of the

14、se students said their stress comes from school grades.Stress is a normal physical response to things that make people feel worried or disrupt （打舌L） their lives in some way.People often feel stressed when they take on a big job, such as performing in a play, taking a test, or playing in a sports mat

15、ch.Some stress is good. It makes you more active. If you have an important test, stress can push you to study harder.But too much stress is unhealthy. It can make it hard to concentrate. It can also make you feel worried and tired.What is the best way to deal with stress? Chen Yifan is a student at

16、Nanjing University of Technology. She passed the college entrance examination （高考）and has some experience to share. During the days when I was preparing for the exams, I often took a walk and chatted with my classmates. We told each other our worries and this helped me to stay peaceful J she said to

17、 Xinhua Daily newspaper.Doctors suggested that, besides sharing thoughts with friends, students could also relax by listening to music, reading a book or just spending some time alone.面对校园中发生的紧急事件，你该如何保护自己？词数379建议阅读时间10分钟Take care of yourselfWhat should you do if theres an earthquake at school? How

18、can you protect yourself when you are caught in a stampede （踩踏）? March 25 this year provides you with a good chance to learn about safety.This day is called the National Day of Education on the Safety of Elementary and Middle School Students （全国中小学生平安教育日）.The theme of the day this year is to give st

19、udents more knowledge about safety and make sure their lives safe.A survey done by the China Youth and Children Research Center showed that school accidents kill more elementary and middle school students than anything else. The main accidents come from stampedes, earthquakes, fires and sports injur

20、ies （伤害）.What can we do to keep ourselves safe? Staying calm is the first and most important rule when facing accidents. But different accidents have different self-protection tips.A stampede is possible anywhere. The larger a human crowd gets, the more likely stampedes become. When students around

21、you begin to push, stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If you fall down in a moving crowd, cover your head with both hands. Lean （依 靠）to one side, curl up （卷起）your body and bend （弯曲）your legs.Earthquakes are common natural disasters （灾难）.When you f

22、eel the ground shake, drop down, take cover under a desk and hold on. You should stay indoors until the shaking stops. If you are outdoors, find a place away from buildings, trees, and power lines, according to Central United States Earthquake Consortium.When theres a fire, follow the teachers, inst

23、ructions, leave the classroom quickly and use a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you dont breathe （口乎吸）in smoke.Playing sports is a lot of fiin; getting hurt isnt. Before playing sports, you should warm up for 15 to 30 minutes. When doing sports, you should know the rules to avoid

24、 injuries. For example, in soccer, you should go after the ball rather than the player. This way, you wont hurt others.19.Owning the stage感受林志炫满满的诚意。词数250建议阅读时间5分钟Before he starts performing, Terry Lin （林志炫）is rather a shy man. He silently waits to begin the show. But the second he starts singing, h

25、e owns the stage.The 47-year-old singer from Taiwan started his music career 22 years ago. But his recent fame （名 气）is down to his performance on a Hunan TV channel show, Fm A Singer （我是歌手）. Songs like Youve Never Left （没离开过）and Opera showed off Lins voice. His cover （翻唱）of Jay Chous Fireworks Cool

26、Easily （烟花易冷）touched many, including the songs writer Fang Wenshan.People say they see sincerity （诚意）in Lins eyes. Lin values sincerity a lot in both music and family life.At college, Lin and his schoolmate Li Ji started the band Ukulele （优客李林）. It was a success, but his parents wanted him to help w

27、ith their printing house. At that time, his mother fell very ill. “Family and health are like glass balls in my hands. If I let them fall, I can never get them back in one piece J said Lin.He decided to hold those balls tightly. He cut his working day into two halves. From morning to noon, he works

28、as a salesman for the printing house. In the afternoon, he works as a singer. I have both ordinary and colorful roles in life/9 said Lin.Maybe thats why a man with such talent still treats people and music in such a sincere manner. Dont distance your heartsA wise man was visiting a village with his

29、students. He found a group of family members shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his students and asked: “Why do people shout in anger at each other?” His students thought for a while, and one of them said: Because when we lose our calm, we shout/5 “But, why should you shout when the other

30、 person is just next to you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner； said the wise man.Students gave some other answers but none were any good.“When two people are angry at each other, their hearts become distanced （疏远的）/ the wise man explained. To cover that distance th

31、ey must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other and cover that great distance.”The wise man then gave an example: What happens when two people fall in love? They dont shout at each other but talk softly because their hearts are

32、 very close. When they love each other even more, what happens? They dont need to talk. They only look at each other and thafs all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.”He looked at his students and said: So when you argue, do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words

33、that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is so great that you njwill not find the path to return.”.太空中，眼泪不滑落。No tears in spaceSpace is a lonely place. Hundreds of thousands of kilometers from home, astronauts have a hard life. It stands to reason that, once i

34、n a while, they need to have a good cry. But this is a lot harder than it sounds.We still know very little about space, and about living in zero gravity （重力）.In fact, we are discovering new things every time astronauts take to the skies （and beyond）. As The Atlantic reported in January, crying is no

35、t all that simple in space. This is because when a person normally cries, gravity makes their tears move downwards. But in a spacecraft, this is not the case. Here, there is no gravity, which is why we so often see pictures of astronauts floating around. This means that, strangely, when you cry your

36、 tears have nowhere to go. As a result, they just stick to your eyes.In May 2011? astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this. “Tearsas he said, “dont fall off of your eye.they just kind of stay there.This can be quite painful. In space, your eyes get very dry, and the added moisture is irritating （气人

37、的）.Sometimes, things get even weirder （更，怪异的）.The astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic that when tears get big enough, they “break free of the eye and float around”.No one can be quite sure why we cry. Why should water in our eyes have anything to do with feeling sad? If you stop to think about it

38、, crying is a very strange thing indeed. And now, thanks to the wonders of space, it just got even stranger.Zhang Jie, 14, Jinan, Shandong:I want to say sorry to my parents. My father and mother did a lot for me over my three years in middle school. Sometimes I saw my mother crying when I got low ma

39、rks （分数）in my exams. Please trust （相 信）me, Morn and Dad. I will keep trying until the end!Zong Ze, 15, Xiamen, Fujian:I want to talk to Pan, the boy next door. Pan, you are my idol （偶像）, You are so talented in English. I have worked hard for three years and I believe I will move up to your high scho

40、ol this year! We will be schoolmates. And I will join the School English Speech Competition next year.当个电影明星真不容易！词数280建议阅读时间6分钟What is it like being a film star? Whafs it like in front of the camera? Students from Steamboat Springs Middle School in the US could tell you exactly what its like. They r

41、ecently got a taste of the life of a star.A local movie company decided to produce a film. All the actors in this film were to be students.Fourteen students were chosen from the school. The film, called Ruby vs Wolfgang, was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood （小红帽）.It came with a twist （改变

42、），however - the story was told from the perspective （看法）of the wolf.Zoe Walsh, a seventh-grader, signed up to do behind-the-scenes work. But she soon found herself in front of the camera instead. She played a strange middle school student in the film.“Its just fbnj she told the Steamboat Today. Just

43、 pretending （假装）that youre someone else.”But there were also difficulties. It was very cold during shooting. Students had to put up with snow and icy wind.Lack （缺乏）of experience was another problem. The director Michael Staley said he tried to “help each student bring out the wolf - or whatever anim

44、al they were representing - in themselves”.Erus Harrington, an eighth-grader, said he played a nice, silly British guy”. He learned the British accent （口 音）all on his own.“I just kind of taught myself how to do it by watching videos,“ he said. It makes me feel good after 1 do it because Im proud of

45、myself.”The students will watch themselves on the big screen for the first time during the film festival at a local high school in May.Tm probably going to laugh at myself” said Zach Walsh, the brother of Zoe.太阳能：保护人类家园的绿色能源。词数290建议阅读时间6分钟Thousands of years ago, people didnt know that the Earth move

46、d. They thought the sun really did move across the sky. The Greek god Helios was said to drive the sun around the sky with his chariot （战车）. But now, these ideas have all changed. Nowadays, it is the sun that drives our “chariot“ around the sky.So what does all this mean? Well, quite simply, there i

47、s now a plane （or “chariot） that is powered by the sun. It has special parts in its wings. These parts absorb power from the sun. They absorb so much power that they can carry on flying at night. In the Greek myths, Helios had to take a break at night. It seems were finally even more efficient than

48、the gods themselves.This plane is called Solar Impulse （“太阳驱动”号）. It will fly across the US in May. This is very important for the future of the world.So why is solar energy so good for us? Well, other kinds of energy cause a few problems. If you live in China, youve probably noticed the pollution.

49、This is caused by burning coal or gas to make energy. The heat and chemicals （化学制品）from this make things work. But if we use the heat from the sun, we dont have to bum anything, and theres no pollution.Solar energy is not all there yet. It needs to be improved. But the best thing about it is that, u

50、nlike coal and gas, it doesnt run out. Solar Impulse could pretty much keep flying forever. Well, actually, the sun will run out too, one day, but not for another 5 billion years. Thats a pretty long flight.可口可乐之父：约翰彭伯顿。词数240建议阅读时间5分钟Coke changed the worldYou may not know the name John Smith Pembert

51、on, but you must know the name of his invention: Coca-Cola.Pemberton was a US pharmacist （药剂师）.When he was wounded （受伤）in the Civil War, he used medicine to ease the pain and gradually got addicted （上瘾）to it. To quit the addiction, he created his own drink using leaves of coca and nuts of kola. He n

52、amed it “Pembertons French Wine Coca”. In the same year, the local government enacted temperance legislation （禁酒令）.Pemberton had to change the recipe.On May 8, 1886, Pemberton invited pharmacist Willis Venable to test and help him perfect his new recipe. They used carbonated （碳酸的）water and finally i

53、nvented a new drink. It had no alcohol but could also ease pain and clear the mind. Pemberton decided to sell it as a drink rather than a medicine. In 1887, Pemberton sold part of the stock （股份）of his company to Asa Candler, who created the Coca-Cola Company later.Nowadays, Coca-Cola has become one

54、of the most popular drinks in the world. And this drink is still made with its original ingredients （酉己方）.Its secret recipe has been kept in the SunTrust Bank in Atlanta fbr 86 years until the end of 2011. Now its kept in the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. The company only offers semi-finished produ

55、cts to partners and wont sell the original ingredients.找个时间和爸爸妈妈谈谈心。词数280建议阅读时间6分钟Pan Weihong, 14, from Taizhou, Zhejiang, was watching news on her computer when her mother came in. Her mother immediately （立艮） ordered her to turn off the computer, but Pan refused.“I was taking a rest. I wasnt going

56、to use it fbr long,“ said Pan. But she didnt listen. I couldnt understand her!”Many teenagers often feel the same as Pan. Growing up, they might feel as though their parents want to control （控制）them.The main reason behind this all is that teenagers are becoming more independent （独立的）and want to make

57、 their own decisions, but parents have their worries too.In Pans case, her mother thought Pan was too young to use the computer properly”.Besides, both children and parents have stresses in their own lives. Children have to study hard. Their parents need to support the whole family. Without a proper

58、 way to ease （减轻）the stress, its easy to bring it home with you.To solve the problem, children should walk in their parents, shoes （从父母的角度思考问题），said Xia Ziting, 15, from Nanjing, Jiangsu.“What our parents do is based on life experience that we dont have now. More often than not, they are right,“ she

59、 said. “They may just use the wrong way of telling us.”Wang Jiannan, 15, from Taiyuan, Shanxi, advised that teenagers find the right time and right way to talk to their parents.“Dont argue with them when they,re very angry. Its taken me many painful （痛苦的）lessons to learn that J he laughed.Wang sugge

60、sted talking to parents in an easy tone when doing housework together, during a walk, or, as he usually does, at dinnertime.“After all, no one wants to argue on an empty stomach （月土子）!” he said.地震无情人间有爱，全国人民为雅安祈福。词数300建议阅读时间6分钟Ten days ago, Yang Xuelan, 18, was preparing for the college entrance exa