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1、英語課外閱讀一（一）connie talbot is a great singer. she was born on november 20, 2000 in england. she is young, but she is well-known all over the world.connie was born in a poor family. her parents had to work in other cities and earned money. she began to live with her grandmother when she was 18 months ol

2、d. connies grandmother liked singing. she often sang to little connie. connie showed her interest in singing when she was a baby. she liked to sing with her grandmother. she even sang in her dreamconnie's family was so poor that they had no money to send her to a music school. they could only bu

3、y a cd player for her. connie used the cd player to learn singing every daywhen connie was seven years old, she took part in the britain's got talent. her beautiful voice surprised everyone. they couldn't believe their ears! connie's excellent performance won her the second place in the

4、talent show.after that connie soon became famous. she made many albums, such as over the rainbow and beautiful world. she also gave many concerts around the world. connie's beautiful voice won her lots of fans and made her one of the most popular singers in the world.一、全文翻譯康妮·塔波特是一位很棒的歌手。她于

5、2000年11月20日出生于英國。她很年輕，但在世界上很有名氣。康妮出生在一個貧困的家庭。她父母不得不在其他城市工作賺錢。她18個月的時候就開始和她的奶奶一起居住?？的莸哪棠滔矚g唱歌。她經(jīng)常給小康妮唱歌?？的莺苄〉臅r候就對唱歌很感興趣。她喜歡和她的奶奶一起唱歌。她甚至夢里都在唱歌?？的莸募彝ズ茇毨?，以至于他們沒有錢送她去上音樂學(xué)校。他們只能給她買一個cd機(jī)?？的菝刻煊眠@個cd機(jī)來學(xué)習(xí)唱歌?？的?歲的時候，參加了英國達(dá)人。她動聽的嗓音使每個人都很驚訝。他們簡直無法相信自己的耳朵！康妮的完美表演使她在達(dá)人秀中獲得了第二名。從那以后，康妮很快走紅。她制作了許多專輯，比如彩虹星光和美麗的新世界。她還在

6、世界各地舉辦過許多演唱會?？的輨勇牭纳ひ羰顾龘碛性S多粉絲，并成為世界上最受歡迎的歌手之一。二、詞匯收藏1. interest/ intrest/n。興趣v.使感興趣i had no interest in the competition. 我對那次比賽沒有興趣。 your story interested me 你的故事使我很感興趣。2. take part in參加；參與she takes part in the activity actively. 她積極地參加活動。3. excellent/ eksolont/ adj.優(yōu)秀的；精彩的he is an excellent singer。他

7、是一位優(yōu)秀的歌手。4. performance/p'fo:mns/.n.表演they stood up and clapped hands for their performance. 他們站起來為他們的表演鼓掌。5. make sb +n.是某人成為you make me a fool. 你把我當(dāng)傻子啊6. in the world在世界上which is the largest city in the world? 世界上最大的城市是哪個?三、長難句分析connie's family was so poor that they had no money to send he

8、r to a music school。康妮的家庭很貧困，以至于他 們沒有錢送她去上音樂學(xué)校。本句中的“ so。that?！币鉃椤叭绱艘灾劣谟脕硪龑?dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句；so用來修飾形容詞或副詞。(二)we all know that smiling is a kind of body language. in fact, it is not just a body language. it also has some different benefits. lets learn about the benefits of smiling.first of all, smiling can reduc

9、e stress. although it's not easy to keep smiling when you are in stressful situations, smiling can reduce stress. that's true. sometimes, smiling can help people get rid of stress, even listening to others laughter and seeing smiling faces can help you keep calm and relaxed.secondly, smiling

10、 is good for your health. for example, it can strengthen your immune system. it's said that keeping smiling can help you fight against many kinds of diseases. that's why we often advise some patients to be happy and keep smiling.thirdly, smiling can improve your mood. next time you are feeli

11、ng down, try putting on a smile. and then your mood will change for the better.lastly, smiling can help you make friends easily. when you smile at others, they usually regard you as a polite and friendly person. then they are willing to make friends with you.therefore, no matter what happens, please

12、 keep smiling every day一、全文翻譯我們都知道微笑是一種身體語言。其實(shí)，它不僅僅是一種身體語言，它還有一些不同的益處。讓我們了解一下微笑的益處吧。首先，微笑能夠減少壓力。盡管當(dāng)你在有壓力的情況下要保持微笑是很不容易的，但微笑能減少壓力。那確實(shí)是真的。有時，微笑能幫助人們擺脫壓力。甚至聽別人的笑聲和看笑臉也能幫助你保持鎮(zhèn)靜和放松。第二，微笑對你的健康有好處。比如，它能夠增強(qiáng)你的免疫力。據(jù)說保持微笑能夠幫你對抗多種疾病。那就是我們經(jīng)常建議一些病人要開心并保持微笑的原因。第三，微笑能夠改善你的心情。下次當(dāng)你覺得沮喪的時候，試著微笑一下，然后你的心情就會變好。最后，微笑能夠幫你更

13、容易地交到朋友。當(dāng)你對別人微笑的時候，他們會把你視為有禮貌而友好的人。然后，他們就會愿意和你交朋友。所以，不管發(fā)生什么事情，請每天保持微笑。二、詞匯收藏1. learn about 了解，獲得，學(xué)得today we are going to learn about famous plays 今天，我們學(xué)習(xí)一些著名的戲劇。2. stressful/ stresfl/adj.有壓力的teaching can be a tiring and stressful job 當(dāng)老師是件辛苦而有壓力的工作。3.get rid of除掉，去

14、掉;it is important for us to get rid of the bad habits in the beginning.對于我們來說，在開始去除壞習(xí)慣是重要的。4. keep calm保持冷靜。 keep +adj.保持怎樣的狀態(tài)i kept active, not just in the morning but all day.5.its said that 據(jù)說its said that worry is like a rocking chair: it keep you

15、0;busy, but doesnt get you anywhere.據(jù)說煩惱就像一把搖椅：它讓你忙碌，但又讓你原地踏步6.fight against與作斗爭爭吵，反對 people tried to fight against being moved to another city, but it was no use. 人們試圖抵制移居到另一座城市去，但無濟(jì)于事7. thats why+句子“那就是為

16、什么的原因” 8. advise sb to do sth建議某人做某事9. improve /im'pru：v/ v.改進(jìn)；改善you need to improve your english 你需要提高你的英語水平。10. regard /r'gud/ v.看作；視為 regard as將看作they always regard red as a symbol of good luck 他們總是把紅色看作是好運(yùn)的象征。11. polite/pa' lait/ adj.有禮貌的 politeimpolite-politelywe all want to make fr

17、iends with him because he is polite 我們都想和他交朋友，因?yàn)樗苡卸Y貌12. make friends with與交朋友he is outgoing and likes making friends with different people. 他性格外向，喜歡與不同的人交朋友。13. be willing to do srh愿意做某事 14.no matter what=whatever無論什么三、長難句分析although it's not easy to keep smiling when you are in stressful situat

18、ions， smiling can reduce stress。盡管當(dāng)你在有壓力的情況下要保持微笑是很不容易的，但微笑能減少壓力。本句含有雙重復(fù)合句，首先，它含有 although引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語從句， although意為“盡管；雖然”，用來引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句；從句中的 when you are in stressful situations是when引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句。（三）nowadays, you can see some orange bicycles on streets in some cities.these orange bikes are from a company. you

19、 can order a bike through its app on your phone. when you find a bike， you can scan its qr code(掃描二維碼)， then you can use the bike freely。 you don' t have to return the bike to the former(先前的) place。 you can park the bike anywhere。china was known as "the kingdom of bicycles" around 30 y

20、ears ago. later on, more people preferred to drive cars rather than ride bicycles. now, bike rental services are bringing bikes back to people's lives。lots of people think bike rental services are very good. some people say that the services are good for the environment. other people choose to r

21、ide bikes in order to keep healthy. all the people agree that using the app to order a bike is easy and convenient. one of the people says that it is a good way to save money. after all, they don't have to spend their own money on new bikesthe company hopes that more and more people will choose

22、to use their bikes. 一、全文翻譯現(xiàn)如今，在一些城市你可以看到馬路上有許多橙色的自行車。這些橙色的自行車來自一家公司。你可以通過手機(jī)上它的應(yīng)用軟件來預(yù)約自行車。當(dāng)你找到一輛自行車的時候，你可以掃描它的二維碼，然后你就可以自由地使用它了。你沒有必要把自行車歸還到先前的地方。你可以把它停在任何地方。中國在大約30年前是著名的“自行車王國”。后來，更多人寧愿開車而不愿騎自行車?，F(xiàn)在，這種自行車租賃業(yè)務(wù)把騎自行車又帶回到了人們的生活中。許多人覺得自行車租賃業(yè)務(wù)很不錯。有些人說這些服務(wù)對環(huán)境有好處。其他人選擇騎自行車是為了保持健康。所有人都贊同使用手機(jī)應(yīng)用軟件預(yù)約自行車簡單而便利。其中

23、一個人說這是省錢的一種好方法。畢竟，他們不必花自己的錢買新的自行車了。這家公司希望有越來越多的人能選擇使用他們的自行車。二、詞匯收藏1. freely /'fri：ii/adv.自由地you can use it freely。你可以自由地使用它。2. return sth to把某物還給i must return some books to the library. 我必須得把一些書還給圖書館。3.anywhere/ eniwe/adv.任何地方y(tǒng)ou can buy the ballpoint pen anywhere 你在任何地方都可以買到這種圓珠筆。4. be known as 作為而聞名； liu dehua is known as a singer. 劉德華作為歌手而聞名。5. prefer to do sth rather than do sth 寧愿做某事而不愿做某事i prefer to do homework rather than&