8年级下册英语

八年级英语下册课文

UNIT1What'sthematter?

BusDriverandPasngersSaveanOldMan

At9:day,busNo.26wasgoingalongZhon

ghuaRoadwhenthedriversawanoldmanlyingonthe

wasnexttohim,shoutingfor

help.

Thebusdriver,24-year-

oldWangPing,stoppedthebuswithoutthinkingtwice.

dthatthemanhadaheartproblemandshouldgototh

thepasngersthathemusttakethemantothehospita

ctedmostorallofthepasngerstogetoffan

dwaitforthenextbus.

Buttohissurpri,

movethemanonatheb

us.

dthepasngers,thedoctorssav

edthemanintime."It'ssadthatmanypeopledon'twan

ttohelpothersbecautheydon?twantanytrouble,"sa

ysonepasnger."Butthedriverdidn'tthinkabouthims

thoughtaboutsavingalife."

HeLostHisArmButIsStillClimbing

AronRalstonisanAmericanmanwhoisinterestedinmo

ntainclimber,Aronisudtot

oneoftheexcitingthingsaboutdoing

eremanytimeswhenAronal

l26,2003,

hefoundhimlfinaverydangeroussituationwhencli

mbinginUtah

Onthatday,Aron'sarmwascaughtundera360-kilo

rockthatfellonhimwhenhewasclimbingbyhimlfin

e

hecouldnotfreehisarm,hestayedthereforfivedaysa

nhiswa

terranout,heknewthathewouldhavetodosomething

,with

hisleftarm,hebandagedhimlfsothathewouldnotl

hat,heclimbeddownthemo

untaintofindhelp.

Afterlosinghisarm,hewroteabookcalledBetweenaR

ansbeinginadifficultsitu

book,Ar

ontellsoftheimportanceofmakinggooddecisions,and

ofbeingincontrolofone'eformountaincli

mbingissogreatthathekeptonclimbingmountainv

enafterthixperience.

DowehavethesamespiritasAron?Let'sthinkaboutit

beforewefindourlves“betweenarockandahardpla

ce”，andbeforewehavetomakeadecisionthatcouldm

eanlifeordeath.

Unit2I'llhelptocleanupthecityparks

P113a

StudentsWhoVolunteer

MarioGreenandMaryBrownfromRiversideHighSch

oolgiveupveralhourachweektohelpothers.

Mariolovesanimalsandwantstobeananimaldoctor.H

evolunteersatananimalhospitaleverySaturdaymornin

elievesitcanhelphimtogethisfuturedream

job.“It'shardwork,”hesays,“butIwanttolearnmor

chastrongfeeli

ngofsatisfactionwhenIetheanimalsgetbetterandt

helookofjoyontheirowners'faces.”

ldreadbyherlfattheag

arshedecidedtotryoutforavolunteer

after-

llworksthereonceawee

saresittinginthelibr

ary,butyoucaneintheireyesthatthey?regoingona

eeringher

whatIlovetodo

andhelpothersatthesametime.

P124b

Mostpeopletodayareonlyworriedaboutgettinggo

rfreetime,Theythink

r,fewpeo

re

eeringou

rtimetohelpthepeopleisagoodwayourfreeti

mple,wecanmakeplanssickchildrenin

peopleevenstopdoingtheirjobsforafewmonthstoa

yeartoanothercountry,likeAfrica,andhelppeople

there.

P142b

I’llSendYouaPhotoofLucky

DearMissLi,

I?dliketothankyouforndingmoneytoAnimalHelpe

rs.I?msureyouknowthatthisgroupwastuptohelp

pedtomakeitpossiblef

akesabigdifferencetomy

ellyoumystory.

Whatwoulditbeliketobeblindordeaf?Orimagineyo

ucan?oplewoul

dneverthinkaboutthis,butmanypeoplehavethedif

?tumyarmsorlegswell,sonormalthin

gslikeansweringthetelephone,openingandclosingdo

ors,edayl

astyear,kedtoA

nimalsa

ndIwaxcitedabouttheideaofhavingadog.

AftersixmonthsoftrainingwithadogatAnimalHelper

s,?snameisLucky

—agoodnameforhimbecauIfeelveryluckytohav

,I?monlyabletohavea“dog-

helper”becauofyourkindness!Luckyisverycleveran

nderstand

mple,Isay,“Lucky!G

etmybook,”andhedoesitatonce.

Luckyisafantasticdog.I?llndyouaphotoofhimify

oulike,o

uagainforchangingmylife.

Bestwishes,BenSmith

P16Self-check2

Lastweek,everyonewastryingupJimmy,theBikeb

nhappybecauheofmoneyoldbi

signsaskingforoldbikesandallh

toldth

eteachersatschoolabouthisproblemandtheyacal

l-

asthathewithworked

as16bikesupandtochildren

whodon?thavebikes.

Unit3Couldyoupleacleanyourroom?

P193a

Lastmonth,ourdogwelcomedmewhenIcamehomefr

edawalk,butIwastootired.

inuteIsatdowninfrontoftheTV,mymomcameover.“

Couldyoupleatakethedogforawalk?”sheasked.

“CouldIwatchoneshowfirst?”Iasked.“NO!”shereplie

dangrily.“YouwatchTVallthetimeandneverhelpout

aroundthehou!Ican?tworkalldayanddohouwor

kallevening.”“Well,Iworkalldayatschool,too!I?mjus

tastiredasyouare!”Ishoutedback.

week,

nally,Icouldnotfindacleandishoracleanshirt.

Thenextday,mymomcamehomefromworktofindth

ehoucleanandtidy.“Whathappened?”sheaskedins

urpri.

“I?msosorry,lyunderstandthatweneedto

sharethehouworktohaveacleanandcomfortableho

me,”Ireplied.P222bDearSir,

Idon?tunderstandwhysomeparentsmaketheirkidshe

edaysa

n?thave

timetostudyanddohouwork,orkisawa

ejustletthemdotheirjobasst

udents?Theyshouldspendtheirtimeonschoolworkino

rdertogetgoodgradesandgetintoagooduniversity.

Also,whentheygetolder,theywillhavetodohouwor

ksothere?epare

nts?jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironment

way,Ithinkdoingch

?tminddoingthem.

DearSir,

Ithinkitisimportantforchildrentolearnhowtodocho

?snotenou

enthedays

?realwaysaskin

g,“Couldyougetthisforme?”or“Couldyouhelpmewi

ththat?”Doingchoreshelpstodevelopchildren?sindep

endenceandteachesthemhowtolookafterthemlves.

cetheyliveinonehouwiththeirparents,theyshould

knowthateveryoneshoulddotheirpartinkeepingitcle

ghbor?ssongotintoagoodcollege

butduringhisfirstyear,hehadnoideahowtotakecare

ult,heoftenfellillandhisgradesdro

lierkidslearntobeindependent,thebette

Unit4Whydon’ｔyoutalktoyourparents?

P273a

,

MyproblemisIcan?onsb

elopm

encouragesgovernmentsandsocial

groupstothinkaboutwaystoimprovetoiletsinthefutu

re.

Linlin：

LastyearIwenttotheHangzhouNationalTeaMuum.

It?art

performancesshowhowtomakeaperfectcupoftea.W

atchingthempreparetheteawiththebeautifulteatsi

sjustanjoyableasdrinkingtheteaitlf.I?vefinallyre

alizedwhymygrandpalovesdrinkingteaandcollecting

teats.

P684b

Mostofus______(e)MickeyMou,DonaldDuckandot

eyouever________(be)toDisneyland?Disneyland_______(b

e)anamumentparkwithaspecialtheme-

_________(be)manye

xcitingrides,lovelyrestaurantsandfantasticgiftshopst

also_________(e)theDisneycharacterswal

eyouever________(hear)of

aDisneyCrui?This______(be)aboatridewithaDisneyt

_________(take)arideontheboatforvera

oat,youcan______

__(shop)andhaveDisneypartiesbeforeyou_________(arriv

e)attheDisneyisland.

P702b

Singapore-APlaceYouWillNeverForget!

HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?Forthousandsoftouri

stsfromChina,thissmallislandinSoutheastAsiaisawo

nehan

d,morethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChines

e,soyoucansimplyspeakPutonghuaalotofthetime.

Ontheotherhand,SingaporeisanEnglish-

speakingcountry,soit?salsoagoodplacetopracticeyo

urEnglish!

HaveyouevertriedChinefoodoutsideofChina?May

beyoufearthatyouwon?tbeabletofindanythinggoo

apore,however,you?llfi

ndalotoffoodfromChina;youwon?thaveanyproble

mgettingrice,oreisalsoa

ryoulikeIndia

nfood,WesternfoodorJapanefood,you?llfinditalli

nSingapore!

Mostlargecitieshavezoos,buthaveyoueverbeentoa

zooatnight?tem

strangetogotoazoowhenit?r,ifyoug

otoelions,tigersorfoxesduringthedaytime,they?ll

probablybeasleep!Alotofanimalsonlywakeupatnig

ht,ightSa

fari,youcanwatchtheanimalsinamorenaturalenvir

onmentthaninanormalzoo.

OnegreatthingaboutSingaporeisthatthetemperature

becautheisl

anchootogow

heneveryoulike-

spring,summer,,ofcour,it?sn

ottoofarfromChina!

Unit10I'vehadthisbikeforthreeyears.

P753a

hteris16and

getbi

?vebeenclea

ringoutalotofthingsfromourbedroomsforayardsal

e.

We?vedecidedtoeachllfivethingswenolongeru.

We?llgivethemoneyweraitoachildren?

dalotoftoysthathe

doesn?

example,he?sownedatrainandrailwaytsincehisfou

rthbirthday,andheplayedwithitalmosteveryweekunt

idn?twanttolothetoy

monkeyhe?berwhenhewoul

hterwasmoreund

erstanding,althoughshealsofeltsadtopartwithcertain

e,Ididn?twanttogiveupmyfootballshir

ts,but,tobehonest,Ihaven?tplayedforawhilenow.I?

mgettingolder,too!

P782a

HometownFeelings

r,other

ys,million

sofChineleavethecountrysidetoarchforworkint

heisZhongWei,a46-year-

ivedinWenzhouforthe

ardjobinacrayonfactory,hedoe

sn?tfindmuchtimetovisithishometown.“Ｉudtoret

urnhomeatleastonceayear,butIhaven?tbeenbackf

?sashame,butIjustdon?t

havethetime,”hesays.

ManypeoplelikeZhongWeiregardwithgreatinteresth

slargehospit

places,thego

vernmenthasalsobuiltnewschoolsandntteachersfr

omthecitiestohelp.

“Inoticedthat?strueofmyhometown,”addsZhongWei

.“Childrenhavelearnedtoreadandcountatmyoldpri

maryschoolsincethemid-

they?regoingtobuildanewschoolthere.”ZhongWeit

hinkssuchdevelopmentsaregood,andhealsoknowsth

athishometowncannotalwaysstaythesame.

AccordingtoZhongWei,however,somethingswillneve

rchange.“Inmyhometown,therewasabigoldtreeopp

illthereandhasbecomequiteas

thechildreninmytimeliked

toplaytogetherunderthatbigtree,especiallyduringth

ometownhasleftmanysoftandsweetmemoriesinour

hearts.”

P792c

ManyChinepeoplethedaysleavetheirtoworki

uallytotheirhometownsoneortw

otimesa________.ZhongWeihasn?tbeenbackinclot

eenworkinginafactoryinW

enzhouforthepast13years.

Peoplelikehimareinhowtheirhometownsarecha

Weithinksthechangesarebecauthingsneedto

lsothinksso

methingschange,andhishometownisstilltheplace

thatholdsallhischildhood.