八年级下册闽教版英语书电子课本
Unit 1 What’s the matter?
Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks.
Unit 3 Could you plea clean your room?
Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?
Unit 9 Have you ever been to a muum?
Unit 10 I’ve had this bike for three years.
Notes on the Text
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八年级下英语课文原文(一)
P3 3a
Bus Driver and Pasngers Save an Old Man
At 9: yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the side of the road. A woman was next to him, shouting for help.
The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told the pasnge
rs that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the pasngers to get off and wait for the next bus.
But to his surpri, they all agreed to go with him. Some pasngers helped Mr. Wang to move the man ona the bus.
Thanks to Mr. Wang and the pasngers, the doctors saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want to help others becau they don‟t want any trouble," says one pasnger. "But the driver didn't think about himlf. He only thought about saving a life."
八年级下英语课文原文(二)
P6 2b
He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing
Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountai
n climber, Aron is ud to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. There were many times when Aron almost lost his life becau of accidents. On April 26, 2003, he found himlf in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah
On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 2,000-kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by himlf in the mountains. Becau he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him. But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life. He was not ready to die that day. So he ud his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himlf so that he would not lo too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.
After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place. This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot em to get out of. In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one's life. His l
o for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.
Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let's think about it before we find ourlves “between a rock and a hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.
八年级下英语课文原文(三)
P11 3a
Students Who Volunteer
Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School give up veral hours each week to help others.
Mario loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream jo
b. “ It' s hard work , ” he says , “but I want to learn more about how to care for animals . I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I e the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners' faces.”
Mary is a book lover. She could read by herlf at the age of four. Last year she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program .she still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. The kids are sitting in the library, but you can e in their eyes that they‟re going on a different journey with each new book. Volunteering here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.
