深圳牛津版英語(yǔ)八年級(jí)上-課文-帶翻譯

1、初二（上）課文 （翻譯） 14Unit 1Look it up! 查閱這里是兩篇來(lái)自百科全書(shū)的文章。Here are two articles'tk()l文章 from an encyclopaedia n,sakl'pid百科全書(shū).達(dá)芬奇·萊昂納多Da Vinci, Leanardo達(dá)芬奇·萊昂納多（1452-1519）是意大利畫(huà)家、發(fā)明家、音樂(lè)家、工程師和科學(xué)家。Leanardo da Vinci (14521519) was an Italian painter'pent畫(huà)家, inventorn'vent發(fā)明家, musician m

2、ju'z()n音樂(lè)家, engineer end'n 工程師and scientist.達(dá)芬奇出生在農(nóng)村。從很小的時(shí)候，他就表現(xiàn)出極大的智慧和藝術(shù)能力。隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，他學(xué)會(huì)了做很多不同的事情。他的畫(huà)是非常有名的，其中一副，蒙娜麗莎，也許是世界上最有名的畫(huà)作。他還有許多發(fā)明。例如，他的筆記本里有一些關(guān)于飛行器的有趣的圖紙。 Da Vinci was born in出生于 the countryside'kntrsad農(nóng)村. From an early age從早期開(kāi)始, he showed great intelligencen'teld()ns 智慧and a

3、rtistic ability'tstk 'blti藝術(shù)才能. As當(dāng)；隨著 he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings'pent畫(huà)作 are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventionsn'ven()n發(fā)明. For example, his notebooks'ntbk筆記本 i

4、ncluden'klud包括 some interesting drawings'dr(r)繪畫(huà) of flying machines m'in飛行器.Dinosaurs'dans恐龍恐龍比人類(lèi)早 6000萬(wàn)年就生活在地球上。他們遍布在地球上的每一個(gè)地方。有些恐龍如雞那么小，有些則有十頭大象那么大，有些甚至?xí)w。 Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million'mljn百萬(wàn) years before human beings人類(lèi). They lived everywhere on Earth. Some din

5、osaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even'iv()n甚至 fly.許多恐龍是吃植物的，但有些恐龍又喜歡吃肉?？铸?jiān)诘厍蛏系纳畛^(guò)了 1.5億年。但是，突然之間，他們滅絕了。沒(méi)有人知道為什么。不過(guò)，我們可以從它們的化石去了解他們。 Many dinosaurs ate plantsplnt植物. However, some dinosaurs liked to eat meat.Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than

6、150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out滅絕. Nobody knows why. However, we can learn about them from their fossils'fs()l.化石澳大利亞的大景點(diǎn)Australias big attractions'træk()n澳大利亞是一個(gè)很大的國(guó)家。它也有許多大景點(diǎn)。Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions.大香蕉The Big Banana大香蕉（雕塑

7、）在科夫斯港。它是由 John Landy 于 1964 年制作的。Landy 想要某個(gè)東西能招攬人們來(lái)到他的水果店，于是他建造了“大香蕉”。這個(gè)好主意起到了作用，很多人來(lái)參觀他的水果店，并和“大香蕉”合影留念。不久后，全澳大利亞的人們開(kāi)始熱衷于做大事情。The big banana is in Coffs Harbour'hb港口. It was made in 1964 by John Landy. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, so he built the Big Banana. Th

8、e idea worked起作用. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures of拍照 the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia 整個(gè)澳大利亞began making big things.大梅里諾The Big Merino大梅里諾（雕塑）在古爾本城。梅里諾是羊一個(gè)種類(lèi)。它們能在干燥的氣候里生活。在澳大利亞的一些地方很干燥，所以這些羊?qū)δ抢锏霓r(nóng)民很重要。大梅里諾雕塑里面，有一個(gè)關(guān)于澳大利亞羊毛史的一個(gè)小型博物館。游客還可以爬到大梅里諾雕塑的頭上，透過(guò)它的眼睛往外觀望。The B

9、ig Merinom'rin美利奴樣 is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a type of 一種sheep. They can live in dry weather 'weð天氣. Some places in Australia are very drydra干燥的, so these sheep are very important to the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum mju'zm 博物館about the

10、history of woolwl in Australia. Visitors can also climb up爬上去 to the Big Merinos head and look at the view vju風(fēng)景 through ru通過(guò) its eyes.大英百科全書(shū)Encyclopaedia Britannica大英百科全書(shū)是舉世聞名的一本百科全書(shū)。它是歷史最悠久的英文百科全書(shū)。第一版出版于 1768 年，從那時(shí)起，已經(jīng)修訂過(guò) 15 個(gè)版本。第 15 版共有 32 卷。它們共約 40 萬(wàn)字，包含五十萬(wàn)個(gè)主題。今天，大英百科全書(shū)有一個(gè) DVD 版本。你也可以在網(wǎng)上找到它。你知道哪

11、本中國(guó)的知名的百科全書(shū)嗎？關(guān)于它你都知道些什么？The Encyclopaedia Britannica is a world-famous encyclopaedia. It is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia. The first edition was published in 1768, and since then there have been 15 editions. The 15th edition is made up of 32 volumes.Together they contain about 40 million

12、 words on half a million topics. Today there is a DVD edition of the Britannica. You can also find it online.Do you know about any famous Chinese encyclopaedias? What do you know about them?Unit 2國(guó)王和米The king k and the riceras很久以前，印度有一個(gè)國(guó)王。國(guó)王最喜歡的游戲是國(guó)際象棋。A long time ago很久以前, there was有 a king in India

13、'nd印度. The kings favourite'fevrt最喜歡的 game游戲 was chesstes象棋.一天，一個(gè)聰明的老人來(lái)到王宮，國(guó)王向他挑戰(zhàn)了一場(chǎng)比賽。國(guó)王向老人承諾：“如果你贏了這場(chǎng)比賽，你可以獲得任何獎(jiǎng)金。”O(jiān)ne day一天, a wisewaz 聰明的old man 老人came to來(lái)到 the palace 'pæls宮殿 and the king challenged'tæln(d)挑戰(zhàn) him to a game. The king promised'prms 答應(yīng)the old man老人, “Y

14、ou can have 有any任何 prizepraz獎(jiǎng)品 if 如果you win the game贏得比賽.”老人說(shuō)：“如果我贏了這場(chǎng)比賽，我想要棋盤(pán)上的第一格一粒米，第二格兩粒米，第三格四粒米，余下的每個(gè)格都要加倍的數(shù)量?！盩he old man said說(shuō), “If I win the game, Id like想要 one grain gren 粒of rice米 for the first 第一個(gè)squareskwe 方格of the chessboard 'tesbd棋盤(pán), two for the second第二個(gè), four for the third第三個(gè), an

15、d then double 'db()l 翻倍the amount'mant 數(shù)量for each 每一個(gè)of.的 the rest of 剩下的the squares方格.”“就這些嗎？”國(guó)王問(wèn)“你不喜歡金或銀嗎？“ “是的，只要米，”老人回答說(shuō)。 “Is that all全部?” asked the king. “Wouldnt you like goldgld 金子or或者 silver'slv 銀子insteadn'sted相反?”“No, just僅僅，只 rice米,” replied ri'plaid 回答the old man.國(guó)王和老人

16、用了很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間玩了一局。最后，老人贏了。于是國(guó)王命令他的人去取來(lái)一袋米。他在（棋盤(pán)上的）第一格放了一粒米，在第二格上放了兩粒國(guó)王很快意識(shí)到一個(gè)問(wèn)題即使動(dòng)用全國(guó)所有的大米，他也無(wú)法填滿(mǎn)（整副棋盤(pán)上）所有的方格！The king國(guó)王 and the old man played the game for a long time很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間. Finally'fanl最后, the old man wonwn獲勝. So 所以the king ordered'd命令 his men to collectk'lekt收集 a bag of rice一袋米. He put放 one

17、graingren粒 on the first square, two on the second, and so on等等. The king quickly realized'rilaz 意識(shí)到the problem問(wèn)題even甚至 with 用all the rice所有的米 in the country國(guó)家, he would將 still仍然 not have 有enough足夠的 rice to put 放on all the squaresskwe方格!數(shù)字（發(fā)明）前的計(jì)數(shù)Countingkant數(shù)數(shù) before在.之前 numbers數(shù)字在數(shù)字發(fā)明之前，人們采用不同的

18、方式來(lái)數(shù)東西。Before the invention n'ven()n發(fā)明 of written numbers'rtn書(shū)寫(xiě)數(shù)字, people人們 used用 many 很多different 不同的ways方法 to count kant數(shù) things東西.一開(kāi)始，人們用他們的手指，連同自己的腳趾。然而，他們也只能指望這樣來(lái)計(jì)算小的數(shù)字。At first首先, people人們 used用 their他們的 fingers'fg手指, and even甚至 their toest腳趾. However然而, they could能夠 only僅僅 count數(shù)

19、small小的 numbers數(shù)字 in this way用這種方法.后來(lái)，他們開(kāi)始用棍棒和骨頭制作一些小物件。這能幫助他們計(jì)算更大的數(shù)字。他們依此來(lái)計(jì)算如每個(gè)月天數(shù)、他們擁有的食物和動(dòng)物數(shù)量（那樣的數(shù)字）。After that在那之后, they 他們began to 開(kāi)始make 制作small 小的marksmk 符號(hào)；標(biāo)記on sticksstk 棍子and bonesbn骨頭. This helped幫助 them他們 count數(shù) bigger更大的 numbers數(shù)字. They used用 them to count things like像是 the days 天of the

20、 month月, the amount 'mant數(shù)量 of food食物 and the number of .的數(shù)量animals動(dòng)物 they had有.再后來(lái)人們開(kāi)始使用由粘土或小石塊做成小物件。這可以用來(lái)計(jì)算更大的數(shù)字。他們通常會(huì)它們穿成串兒，以方便他們攜帶。這就發(fā)展成了如算盤(pán)的工具。Then然后 people人們 began to 開(kāi)始use 用tokens'tk()n符號(hào) made from用.做 claykle 泥土or small stonesbn石頭. This helped them count數(shù) even甚至 bigger更大的 numbers數(shù)字. T

21、hey often經(jīng)常 put the tokens 符號(hào)on piecespis 根of stringstr繩子 so that 所以they could能夠 carry攜帶 them around四處 easily容易地. This developed intod'velp 發(fā)展成tools tul工具 like像 the abacus'æbks算盤(pán).最后，人們開(kāi)始發(fā)展書(shū)寫(xiě)符號(hào)系統(tǒng)，用來(lái)顯示不同的數(shù)字，于是產(chǎn)生了印度 - 阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字（0-9）。直到今天，我們?nèi)匀辉谑褂眠@套（數(shù)字）系統(tǒng)。Finally'fanl最后, people人們 began to 開(kāi)始

22、developd'velp發(fā)展 systems'sstm系統(tǒng) of written'rtn 書(shū)寫(xiě)的marks mk符號(hào) to show 展示；表明different 不同的numbers數(shù)字, and this led toled導(dǎo)致 the Hindu-Arabic'hindu:-'reibik system'sstm 系統(tǒng)(09). We are still 仍然using使用 this system today.世界各地的數(shù)Numbers around the world世界各地的人們書(shū)寫(xiě)數(shù)字的方式不同。下圖顯示了不同文化背景的人如何寫(xiě)從一

23、到五。People around the world write numbers in different ways. The following shows how people from different cultures write one to five.漢語(yǔ)：一，二，三，四，五Chinese: 一、二、三、四、五羅馬：，Romans: , , , , 英語(yǔ)：one, two, three, four, fiveEnglish: one, two, three, four, five但是，今日世界上絕大多數(shù)人都在使用阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字（1，2，3，4，5，等等）。However, most

24、people around the world use Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) today.Unit 3 電腦的事實(shí) Computer factsfækt 更小而更好 Smaller and better在 20 世紀(jì) 40 年代，第一臺(tái)電腦比汽車(chē)還要大。現(xiàn)在的電腦變得越來(lái)越小，而且越來(lái)越好了。有些電腦是微型的。你可能意識(shí)不到它們?？赡茉谀愕碾娨暀C(jī)或洗衣機(jī)內(nèi)部就有一個(gè)。你比你所意識(shí)到的更加依賴(lài)電腦。In the 1940s, the first computers were bigger than cars. Now computer

25、s are becoming smaller and better. Some computers are tiny'tan微小的. You may be unaware of沒(méi)注意到n'we them. There is probably 或許one inside your TV or washing machine洗衣機(jī). You depend on d'pend 依賴(lài)computers more than you realize'rilaz意識(shí)到.我們可以用電腦做什么？What can we do with computers?我們可以用電腦來(lái)計(jì)算。它們可

26、以以比我們更快的速度計(jì)算而且?guī)缀鯊膩?lái)不會(huì)給你錯(cuò)誤的答案。我們還可以用它們來(lái)打字或繪畫(huà)。此外，電腦還可以擔(dān)負(fù)重要的工作，像是操作鐵路、飛飛機(jī)和太空飛船。We can use computers to calculate'kælkjlet計(jì)算. They can calculate at a faster speedspid 以一個(gè)更快的速度than we can and almost 幾乎never從不 give wrong answers. We can also type tap打字 and draw畫(huà) things with them. In addition'd

27、()n另外, computers can do important jobsdb工作 like operating 'pret操作；運(yùn)行 railways 'relwe鐵路 and flying planes飛機(jī) and spaceships'spesp太空飛船.一臺(tái)電腦會(huì)比我更聰明？Is a computer cleverer than me?答案是“否”。你的大腦能產(chǎn)生新的想法，但電腦不能。不過(guò)，或許有一天電腦能比人類(lèi)干得更好。例如：他們可能比醫(yī)生更能從事醫(yī)生的工作。The answer is “No”. Your brainbren大腦 can producepr

28、'djus產(chǎn)生 new ideas but computers cannot. However然而, one day computers may be able to能夠 do a better job than human beings人類(lèi). For example, they may be better than doctors at doing their job.如果電腦可以做我們所有的工作時(shí)將會(huì)發(fā)生什么？我們什么都不用做？電腦可能會(huì)改變我們的生活，但它們會(huì)讓生活變得更美好嗎？What will happen to發(fā)生 us if computers can do all ou

29、r jobs? Will we have nothing to do? Computers may changeten(d)改變 our lives生活, but will they make them better?電腦游戲的問(wèn)題Computer game problems問(wèn)題家長(zhǎng)們和教師們，下午好。感謝您出席本次會(huì)議。上周末，我們的一個(gè)學(xué)生進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。這名學(xué)生在上周六一整天都在電腦上玩在線游戲，沒(méi)有停下來(lái)喝口水、吃飯或睡覺(jué)。到最后，他（身體）就變得很虛弱了。Good afternoon, parents 父母and teacher. Thank you for attending't

30、end參加 this meeting.Last weekend上周末, one of our students went to hospital. The student played computer games on the Internet'ntnet 網(wǎng)上all day Saturday without沒(méi)有 stopping to drink, eat or sleep. Finally最后, he became very ill生重病.一些學(xué)生玩電腦游戲的時(shí)間過(guò)長(zhǎng)，這是一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題。以前，學(xué)生們更多的是經(jīng)常在戶(hù)外玩，但現(xiàn)在他們花更多的時(shí)間在電腦前。這對(duì)他們的健康不利。Som

31、e students play computer games for too long. This is a serious'srs嚴(yán)重的 problem. In the past在過(guò)去, students used to過(guò)去常常 play outside外面 more often, but now they spend 花費(fèi)more time in front of 在.前面computers. This is bad for their healthhel健康.明天我們將會(huì)有些專(zhuān)家到這跟學(xué)生聊聊關(guān)于玩電腦游戲的壞的影響。他們也將給出一些關(guān)于如何用電腦學(xué)習(xí)的建議。Tomorrow w

32、ell have some experts 'ekspt專(zhuān)家 here to talk to the students about the bad effects 'fekt影響 of playing computer games. Theyll also give some adviced'vas 建議on 關(guān)于how to use computers for studying.我希望我們能一起努力，防止學(xué)生花太多時(shí)間玩電腦游戲。感謝大家抽空過(guò)來(lái)！I hope we can all work together一起 to stop students from阻止 spe

33、nding花費(fèi) too much 太多time playing computer games. Thank you for your time.The abacus算盤(pán)算盤(pán)或許算是（世上）第一款計(jì)算機(jī)了。人們?cè)缭?4000 年前就開(kāi)始使用它來(lái)做算術(shù)了。它在古代中國(guó)，羅馬，埃及和希臘都有被使用。今天，還有些人在使用算盤(pán)。The abacus was perhaps the first type of computer. People started using it over 4,000 years ago to do maths. It was used in ancient China, R

34、ome, Egypt and Greece.Today some people still use the abacus.Unit 4 Great偉大的 inventionsn'ven()n發(fā)明 偉大的發(fā)明改變了世界。它們幫助人們過(guò)上更好的生活。下面，是歷史上三個(gè)最重要的發(fā)明。Great inventions change改變 the world世界. They他們 help幫助 people人 live a better life過(guò)更好的生活. The following'fl 以下的are three of the most important 最重要的inventions

35、 in history'hst()r在歷史上.  The wheelwil 車(chē)輪車(chē)輪也許是歷史上最偉大的發(fā)明。在其發(fā)明后，旅行變得更快，更舒適。幾千年前，人們開(kāi)始在車(chē)上使用車(chē)輪。19 世紀(jì)初，第一批列車(chē)開(kāi)始載客。20 世紀(jì)初，汽車(chē)開(kāi)始流行。如果沒(méi)有車(chē)輪，我們也就不會(huì)有這些發(fā)明了。 The wheel is perhaps或許 the greatest invention 最偉大的發(fā)明in history. After在之后 its invention, travelling旅行 became變得 faster更快 and more comfortable&

36、#39;kmf()tb()l更加舒適. A few thousand years ago幾千年前, people started to開(kāi)始 use使用 wheelswil on carriages'kærd馬車(chē). In the early 19th century'sentr世紀(jì), the first trains火車(chē) began to開(kāi)始 carry攜帶 passengers'pæsnd乘客. At the start of開(kāi)端 the 20th century, cars became popular變得流行. Without沒(méi)有 the whe

37、el, we would將 not have these這些 inventions發(fā)明.  The telephone電話1876 年，亞歷山大·格雷厄姆·貝爾發(fā)明了第一部實(shí)用的電話。自那時(shí)起，人們實(shí)現(xiàn)了長(zhǎng)距離相互通話。今天世界各地上數(shù)以百萬(wàn)的人擁有自己的移動(dòng)電話。它們使人可以彼此之間隨時(shí)隨地保持聯(lián)系。Alexander Graham Bell inventedn'vent發(fā)明 one of the first practical 實(shí)用的'præktk()l telephones in 1876. Since sns then自

38、從那時(shí)候, people have been able to能夠 speak to each other彼此 over long distances'dst()ns在長(zhǎng)距離外. Today millions of成百上千萬(wàn) people across the world 全世界own擁有 mobile phones'mbal移動(dòng)電話. They allow允許 people to keep in touchtt保持聯(lián)系 with each other anytime任何時(shí)候, anywhere任何地點(diǎn).  The light bulbblb電燈泡1879 年

39、，托馬斯·愛(ài)迪生研制出第一個(gè)實(shí)用的電燈。在電燈發(fā)明之前，人們?cè)谝估锟礀|西不得不依靠油燈、煤氣燈或蠟燭。（自從）有了電燈，人們可以在晚上如同白天一樣做很多的事情。你能想象離開(kāi)它們后的生活嗎？ Thomas Edison developedd'velp發(fā)展 the first practical light bulb in 1879. Before the invention of the light bulb, people had to不得不 use使用 oil lampsl  læmp油燈, gas lampsgæs氣燈 or或者 c

40、andles'kænd()l蠟燭 to see at night在晚上. With有了 light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime'detam在白天. Can you imagine'mædn想象 living生活 without沒(méi)有 them他們?  A pen giant  'dant鋼筆巨頭你知道拉斯洛·拜羅（注：匈牙利文）嗎？也許你沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)，但你可能每天都在使用著他的發(fā)明

41、，你甚至現(xiàn)在手里還拿著它吧！Do you know Laszlo Biro? Maybe或許 you do not, but you probably很可能 use his inventionn'ven()n 發(fā)明every day, and you may或許 even甚至 have it in your hand right now現(xiàn)在!拜羅（1899-1985）是圓珠筆的發(fā)明者。他出生在匈牙利首都布達(dá)佩斯。在 20 世紀(jì) 30 年代，當(dāng)他擔(dān)任報(bào)社編輯，他幾乎每天都要使用鋼筆。但是，他不得不每時(shí)每刻都要將其加滿(mǎn)墨水。墨水又沒(méi)那么容易干，有時(shí)把報(bào)紙搞得一團(tuán)糟。拜羅想要一支更好的筆。他

42、的弟弟喬治，幫助開(kāi)發(fā)了一種特別的的墨水，這種墨水很容易干。然后，他們開(kāi)發(fā)了一種新型筆。Biro 'bairu (18991985) was the inventor n'vent發(fā)明家 of the ball-point pen圓珠筆. He was born in 出生于Budapest, Hungary'hgri匈牙利. In the 1930s, when he worked as當(dāng) a newspaper 報(bào)紙editor'edt編輯, he used a fountainfantn pen鋼筆 almost 幾乎every day. However然而

43、, he had to refillri'fl重新裝滿(mǎn) it all the time一直. The inkk墨水 also did not drydra 干easily容易地, and it sometimes made a messmes弄得一團(tuán)糟 on the paper. Biro wanted a better pen. His brother, George, helped him developd'velp發(fā)展；開(kāi)發(fā) a special'spe()l 特別的ink墨水. The ink dried干 easily. Then they developed

44、a new type種類(lèi) of pen.有一個(gè)小球在筆尖。小球滾動(dòng)時(shí)把墨水印在紙上。他們把它稱(chēng)為“圓珠筆”。There was a tiny'tan ballbl微小的 at the tiptp of在.的頂端 the pen. The ball rolledrl滾動(dòng) ink onto paper as當(dāng) it movedmuv移動(dòng). They called it the “ballpoint” pen'blpnt. 圓珠筆是一個(gè)巨大的成功，每個(gè)人都喜歡它。現(xiàn)在，世界各地?cái)?shù)以百萬(wàn)的人每天都使用它。The ballpoint pen was a great succes

45、ssk'ses極大的成功. Everyone loved it. Now millions of成百上千萬(wàn)的 people use it all over the world全世界 every day.人們將因?yàn)榘萘_的發(fā)明而永遠(yuǎn)記住他。今天，在很多說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的國(guó)家，人們?nèi)匀挥谩癰iro”代指任何種類(lèi)的圓珠筆。People will always remember記住 Biro for因?yàn)?his invention發(fā)明. Today in many English-speaking countries'kntr說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的國(guó)家, people still仍然 use the word

46、“biro” to refer to r'f指代 any kind of ballpoint pen.  孔明燈與熱氣球The Kongming Lantern'læntn燈籠 and the hot-air balloon b'lun熱氣球孔明燈在亞洲各地很受歡迎。它是一種封閉頂部，內(nèi)放一支小蠟燭的紙燈籠。蠟燭加熱燈籠內(nèi)的空氣，使燈籠升起來(lái)。人們?cè)谥匾娜兆雍拖矐c節(jié)日期間放孔明燈。The Kongming Lantern 'læntn is very popular流行 all over Asia整個(gè)亞洲. It is

47、a kind of一種 paper lantern紙燈籠 with有著 a closedklzd 封閉的top頂部 and a small candle'kænd()l 蠟燭inside里面. The candle heats hit加熱 the air 空氣inside the lantern and makes it riseraz上升. People use the Kongming Lantern on important days and during 'djr在期間 festivals'festv()l節(jié)日. 三國(guó)時(shí)期，諸葛亮在戰(zhàn)斗中用這

48、種燈籠作信號(hào)?？酌鳠魧?dǎo)致了熱氣球的發(fā)明。你知道任何引起其它發(fā)明的發(fā)明嗎？During the time of the Three Kingdoms'kdm三國(guó), Zhuge Liang used such這樣的 lanterns to give signals'sgn()l發(fā)出信號(hào) in battles'bæt()l戰(zhàn)役. The Kongming Lantern led to導(dǎo)致 the inventionn'ven()n of the hot-air balloon. Do you know any 任何other inventions

49、that led to other inventions? 初二（上）課文 （翻譯）58Unit 5游學(xué)是有教育意義并有趣的An exchangeks'tend; eks- 交換visit is educational ed'ken()l有教育意義的 and interesting!一群來(lái)自倫倫伍德帕克學(xué)校的英國(guó)學(xué)生正在一次游學(xué)中參觀北京的新華初中。A group of一群 British 英國(guó)students from Wood-park School in London are visiting Xinhua Junior 'dunHigh School初中 in

50、Beijing on an educational exchangeed'ken()l ks'tend; eks-教育交換.沙拉說(shuō)，“剛開(kāi)始我非常緊張，然而，我的接待家庭非常友好。我很高興在他們家成為一個(gè)客人。我已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)了使用筷子，并且，他們正教我一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)漢語(yǔ)?！薄癐 was very nervous'nvs緊張 at first剛開(kāi)始,” says Sarah. “However然而, my host主人；主人 family（接待家庭） are really friendly'fren(d)l有好的. Im glad to開(kāi)心 be a guest gest 客

51、人in their home. Ive learnt to use chopsticks'tpstks筷子, and theyre teaching me a little Chinese!”學(xué)生們?cè)诠ぷ魅蘸椭袊?guó)學(xué)生一起學(xué)習(xí)。在周末，他們和接待家庭環(huán)游北京并參觀名勝古跡。The students spend 花費(fèi)（時(shí)間）the weekdays 'wikdez工作日 studying with Chinese students. At the weekend在周末, they tourt around Beijing 環(huán)游北京and visit places of intere

52、st 名勝古跡with their host families.埃里克說(shuō)，“到目前來(lái)講，這是一次奇異的經(jīng)歷。我已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)了一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)太極，并且，我非常喜歡。關(guān)于中國(guó)文化和歷史，我們已經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)了解了很多。老師也給我們介紹了中國(guó)畫(huà)。我們自己也盡力畫(huà)了些畫(huà)。我還沒(méi)有取得很多成功，但我將繼續(xù)努力。”“Its been a fantasticfæn'tæstk奇異的 experience 經(jīng)歷so far到目前,” says Eric. “Ive learnt a bit of 一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)tai chi, and I really 很的enjoy it. Weve already已經(jīng) l

53、earnt a lot about Chinese culture'klt中國(guó)文化 and history歷史. The teachers have introducedntr'djus 介紹us to Chinese painting中國(guó)畫(huà) as well也. Weve also tried to 努力paint畫(huà) some pictures ourselves我們自己! I havent had much success 成功yetjet還, but Ill keep trying繼續(xù)努力.”沙拉說(shuō)，“我已經(jīng)交了很多新朋友。當(dāng)我返回到家，我計(jì)劃和他們保持聯(lián)系。我們很快將看到

54、彼此，因?yàn)樗麄儗⒃谙聜€(gè)月的教育交換的第二個(gè)部分來(lái)到英國(guó)。我迫不及待了?！薄癐ve made many new friends交了很多新朋友,” says Sarah. “I plan to 計(jì)劃keep in touch tt with 保持聯(lián)系them when I return返回 home. Well see one another彼此 soon很快 because theyll come over to the UK 來(lái)到英國(guó)for the second part部分 of the exchange 交換next month下個(gè)月. I cant wait!”參與我們的交換生活動(dòng)Tak

55、e part in參加 our educationaled'ken()l教育 exchange交換你熱愛(ài)旅游，喜歡結(jié)識(shí)新朋友嗎？是？你曾經(jīng)在另一個(gè)國(guó)家生活和學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)嗎？沒(méi)有？那么現(xiàn)在就加入我們的交換生活動(dòng)吧！Do you love to travel and meet new people? Yes? Have you ever曾經(jīng) lived and studied in another 另一個(gè)country國(guó)家? No? Well, join參加 our educational exchange now!我們的交換生活動(dòng)棒極了。你可以體驗(yàn)不同的文化，學(xué)習(xí)一種新的語(yǔ)言。還可以提高你自己

56、的社交能力，結(jié)交大量的朋友。Our educational exchange is fantasticfæn'tæstk奇幻的；極好的. You can experience經(jīng)歷 a different culture'klt文化 and learn a new language 'lægwd語(yǔ)言. You can improvem'pruv改善 your social skills 's()l社會(huì)技能 and make lots of friends.我們的交換生活動(dòng)共分兩個(gè)部分。在第一部分中，交換生將

57、在自己國(guó)家旅行，并與你的家人在一起。在第二部分中，你將前往你的交換伙伴的國(guó)家，并與他或她的家人待在一起。你會(huì)與他或她一起去上學(xué)。你還可以參加當(dāng)?shù)氐幕顒?dòng)。There are two parts in our educational exchage. In the first part, an exchange student 交換生will travel to your home country 祖國(guó)and stay 停留with your family. In the second part, you will travel to your exchange partners 'ptn 搭檔；伙伴home country and stay with his or her family. You will go to school with him or her. You will also take part in參加 local當(dāng)?shù)氐?a