人教版 八年级英语下 3a原文

Bus Driverand PassengersSave anOld ManAt9:00a.m.yesterday,bus No.26was goingalong ZhonghuaRoad when the driversawan oldman lyingon theside of the road.A womannext tohim wasshouting forhelp.The busdriver,24-year-old WangPing,stopped the bus withoutthinking twice.He gotoffand askedthe womanwhat happened.She saidthat the man hada heartproblemand shouldgo to the hospital.Mr.Wang knewhe hadto actquickly.He toldthepassengers that he musttake theman tothe hospital.He expectedmost orall ofthepassengers to get offand waitfor thenext bus.But tohis surprise,they allagreed togowith him.Some passengershelped Mr.Wang tomove theman ontothebus.Thanks toMr.Wang and the passengers,themanwas savedby thedoctors intime.Itssad thatmany peopledont want to helpothers becausethey don*t wantanytrouble/says onepassenger.But thedriver didntthink abouthimself.He onlythoughtabout savinga life.Students WhoVolunteerMario Greenand MaryBrown fromRiverside HighSchool give up severalhours eachweekto helpothers.Mario lovesanimals andwants to be ananimal doctor.He volunteersat ananimalhospital everySaturdaymorning.Mario believesit canhelp himtogethis futuredream job.Its hardwork,he says,but Iwant tolearn moreabout howto carefor animals.I getsuch astrongfeeling ofsatisfaction when I seethe animalsget betterandthelook ofjoy ontheirowners faces.Mary isa booklover.She couldread byherself atthe ageof four.Last year,she decidedtotry outfor avolunteer after-school readingprogram.She stillworks thereonce aweekto helpkids learnto read.The kidsare sittingin thelibrary,but youcan seeintheir eyesthat theyregoing ona differentjourney witheach newbook.Volunteeringhere isa dreamcome truefor me.I cando whatI loveto doand helpothers atthe sametime.Last month,our dogwelcomed mewhenIcame homefrom school.He wanteda walk,but Iwas tootired.I threwdown mybag andwent tothe livingroom.The minuteI satdown infront oftheTV,my momcame over.Could youplease takethe dogfor awalkH sheasked.CouldI watchone showfirstI asked.No!she repliedangrily,You watchTV allthe timeand neverhelp out around thehouse!I cantwork all day anddo houseworkall evening.Well,I workalldayat school,too!Im justas tiredas youare!I shoutedback.My momdid notsay anythingand walkedaway.For oneweek,she did not doanyhousework andneither didI.Finally,I couldnot finda cleandish ora cleanshirt.The nextday,my momcame homefrom workto findthe houseclean andtidy.Whathappened sheasked insurprise.Im sosorry,Mom.I finallyunderstand thatwe needto sharethe houseworkto haveaclean andcomfortable home,I replied.Dear Mr.Hunt,My problemis thatI cantget onwith myfamily.Relations betweenmy parentshavebecome difficult.They fighta lot,and Ireally dontlike it.Its theonly communicationtheyhave.I dontknow ifI shouldsay anythingto themabout this.When theyargue,its likea big,black cloudhanging overour home.Also,m elderbrother is not veryniceto me.He alwaysrefuses tolet mewatch myfavorite TVshow.Instead hewatcheswhatever hewants untillate atnight.I dontthink thisis fair.At homeI alwaysfeellonely andnervous.Is thatnormalWhat canI doSad and ThirteenDear SadandThirteen,Its noteasy beingyour age,and itsnormal to have these feelings.Why dontyou talkaboutthesefeelingswith yourfamily Ifyour parentsare havingproblems,you shouldofferto help.Maybe youcould domore jobsaround thehouse sothat theyhave moretimefor propercommunication.Secondly,why dontyou sitdown andcommunicate withyour brotherYou shouldexplainthat youdont mindhim watchingTV allthe time.However,he shouldlet youwatchyour favoriteshow.I hopethings will be betterfor yousoon.The StormBrought PeopleCloserTogetherBen couldhear strongwinds outsidehis homein Alabama.Black cloudswere makingthesky verydark.With nolight outside,it feltlike midnight.The newso TVreportedthat aheavy rainstormwas inthe area.Everyone inthe neighborhoodwas busy.Bens dadwas puttingpieces ofwood overthewindows whilehis momwas makingsure theflashlights andradio wereworking.Shealso putsome candlesand matcheson thetable.Ben washelping hismom makedinner whenthe rainbegan tobeat heavilyaga thewindows.After dinner,they triedto playa cardgame,but itwas hard tohavefun withaserious stormhappening outside.Ben couldnot sleepat first.He finallyfell asleepwhenthewind wasdying downataround3:00a.m.When hewoke up,the sunwas rising.He wentoutside with his familyandfound theneighborhoodin amess.Fallen trees,broken windowand rubbishwere everywhere.They joinedthe neighborsto helpclean upthe neighborhoodtogether.Although thestormbroke manythings apart,it broughtfamilies andneighbors closertogether.In November1979,pupils inEngland wereable towatch anew TVprogram calledMonkey.Mostof themwere hearingthis storyfor thefirst time.However,this storyisnotnew toChinesechildren.The Monkey King orSun Wukongis the main characterin thetraditionalChinese bookJourney tothe West.The MonkeyKing isnot justany normalmonkey Infact,he sometimesdoes notevenlook likeamonkey!This isbecause he can make72changes tohis shapeand size,turninghimself intodifferent animals and objects.But unlesshecanhide histail,he cannotturnhimself into a man.To fightbad people,the MonkeyKing usesa magicstick.Sometimes hecan makethe stickso smallthathecan keepit inhis ear.At othertimes,he isable to make itbig andlong.The MonkeyKing hasexcited thechildren ofChina formany years.And assoon astheTV programcame outmore than30years ago,Western childrenbecame interestedinreading thisstory becausethe cleverMonkeyKingkeeps fightingto helpthe weakandnever givesup.Qomolangma-the MostDangerousMountain inthe WorldOne ofthe worldsmost dangeroussports ismountain climbing,and oneofthe mostpopular placesfor thisis theHimalayas.The Himalayasrun alongthe southwesternpartof China.Of allthe mountains,Qomolangma risesthe highestand is themostfamous.Itis8,

844.43meters highand sois verydangerous toclimb.Thick cloudscover thetopand snowcan fallvery hard.Even moreserious difficultiesinclude freezingweatherconditions and heavy storms.It isalso veryhardtotake in air asyou getnear thetop.The firstpeople toreach thetop wereTenzing Norgayand EdmundHilallary EdmundHilaryon May29,

1953.The firstChinese teamdid soin I960,while thefirst womantosucceed wasJunkoTabei fromJapan in

1975.Why doso manyclimbers risktheir livesOne ofthemainreasons isthat peoplewantto challengethemselves inthe faceof difficulties.The spiritof theseclimbers showsusthat weshould nevergive uptrying to achieve ourdreams.It alsoshows thathumanscan sometimesbe strongerthan theforces ofnature.When Ifirst arrivedon thisisland,I hadnothing.But Ivefound theship andmade asmall boat.Ive broughtback manythings Ican use-food anddrink,tools,knives andguns.Although I have losteverything,I havenot lostmylife.So Iwill notgiveupand Iwill waitfor anothership.I havealready cutdowntrees andbuilt ahouse Igo outwith mygun almost every dayto killanimalsandbirdsfor food.Im evenlearning togrow fruitand vegetables.A fewweeks ago,I foundthe marksof anothermans feeton thesand.Who elseis onmyisland Howlong havethey beenhere Notlong afterthat,I sawsome cannibalstryingto killtwo menfrom abroken ship.One ofthem diedbut theother rantowardsmy house.I helpedhim killthe cannibals.This mannow liveswith meand helpsme.Inamed himFriday becausethat wasthe dayI methim.He issmart andI havealreadytaught himsome English.Ken:The mostinteresting museumIve everbeen toistheAmerican ComputerMuseum.They haveinformation aboutdifferent computersand whoinvented them.The oldcomputersweremuch bigger.Its unbelievablethat technologyhas progressedin sucha rapidway!Ivealso learnedthat therewas aspecial computer.It couldplay chesseven betterthanhumans.I wonderhow muchmore computerswillbeable todo inthe future.Amy:Iverecently beentoavery unusualmuseum inIndia,the InternationalMuseum ofToilets.Ijust couldntbelieve myeyes whenI sawso manydifferent kindsof toiletsthere.Themuseum teachespeople aboutthe historyand developmentof toilets.It alsoencouragesgovernments andsocial groupsto thinkabout waysto improvetoilets inthefutureLinlin:Last yearI wenttotheHangzhou NationalTea Museum.Its arelaxing andpeacefulplace neara lake.The teaart performancesshow howtomakea perfectcupof teawith beautifultea sets.Watching thetea preparationis justas enjoyableasdrinking thetea itself.Ive finallyrealized whymy grandpaloves drinkingtea andcollectingtea sets.My childrenare growingup fast.My daughteris16and myboy isalready injunior highschool.As theyget bigger,our houseseems toget smaller.So wewant tosell someofour thingsinayard saleand givethe moneytoachildrens home.We havealready clearedoutalot ofthings fromour bedrooms.We havedecided toeachsell fivethings thatwe nolonger use.My sonwas quitesad atfirst.Although hehasnot playedwithhisold toysfor along time,he stillwanted tokeep them.Forexample,he hasowned atrain andrailway setsince hisfourth birthday,andheplayedwith italmosteveryweek untilhe was about seven.And hedidnot wanttolose histoymonkey,either.He sleptnext tothe monkeyevery nightwhen hewasachild.Mydaughter wasmore understanding,although shealso feltsad topart withcertain toys.As forme,I didnotwantto giveup myfootball shirts,but,tobehonest,Ihavenotplayed fora whilenow.I amgetting older,too!。