初中英語閱讀300篇

1、The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are in business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.

2、”“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”I looked down the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do you do?”“We give th

3、e computer the information about your trip, and it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”“Thats right, sir.”“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There is

4、no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.”After the girl told me they had no backup(備用的) computers. I said, “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?”“I couldnt tell without asking the computer.”“Maybe I could

5、just go to the gate and ask the pilot the hes flying to Washington.” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to sent you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.”“Is there any other flight to Washington within the next few hours?”“I wouldnt know,”

6、she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. IT can tell me.”By this time there were quiet a few people standing in line. The word spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people left, some people started to cry and still others kicked luggage. 在英語語言中最可怕的話是：“我們的電腦出故障了?！碑?dāng)你

7、在進(jìn)行業(yè)務(wù)時(shí)，你聽到這話越來越多了。有一天，我在機(jī)場(chǎng)候買去華盛頓的機(jī)票，售票處里的女孩說，“對(duì)不起，我無法給你出票。我們的電腦出故障了。”“如果您的電腦出故障了，我手寫一張票吧。”“我無法手寫給你。只有電腦是唯一允許這樣操作的。”我低頭掃視了柜臺(tái)，每個(gè)乘客只是站在那里喝著咖啡，盯著黑色屏幕。然后我問她：“那你做什么呢？”“我們把你的旅行信息輸入電腦，它會(huì)告訴我們您是否能飛或不能?！薄八?，當(dāng)電腦出現(xiàn)故障，你和電腦一起停工?！薄皼]錯(cuò)，先生?！薄半娔X出故障會(huì)有多長時(shí)間？”我想知道。“我不知道。有時(shí)停10分鐘，有時(shí)停兩個(gè)小時(shí)。除了問電腦我們沒有其他辦法知道，因?yàn)樗龉收弦簿筒粫?huì)回答我們。”女孩告訴我

8、他們沒有備用的電腦之后。我說：“讓我們忘掉電腦。那么你們的飛機(jī)怎么樣了？它們是不是還在飛行呢？”“不問電腦我無法告訴你?！薄耙苍S我只能走向大門，去問飛向華盛頓的飛行員。”我建議?！拔也恢滥阍撨M(jìn)什么大門。即使飛行員要飛華盛頓，如果你沒有機(jī)票，他也不能帶上你。”“在未來幾個(gè)小時(shí)里，還有沒有其他飛往華盛頓的航班？”“我不知道，”她指著黑色屏幕說。“只有它知道。只有它能告訴我?！钡竭@時(shí)候還有相當(dāng)一部份人在排隊(duì)。電腦出故障這個(gè)詞傳播到其余旅客。有些人離開，有些人哭了起來，還有一些人踢行李。P321 (2)Almost every family buys at least one copy of a n

9、ewspaper everyday. Some people have as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(推翻) or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. T

10、he news passed by words of mouth. Today we can read in our newspapers of important things that happen in far away countries on the same day.Besides giving news from all over the world, newspapers tell us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides,

11、 book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements(廣告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space(廣告版面), but it is worth the money because news of what they make in factories goes into almost every home in the country. For those

12、who make newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion(時(shí)裝) as well as a small but very popular part on jokes

13、and cartoons. 幾乎每個(gè)家庭每天至少購買一份報(bào)紙。有些人購買多達(dá)兩種或三種不同的報(bào)紙。人們?yōu)槭裁纯磮?bào)紙？五百年前，重大事件，戰(zhàn)爭輸贏，國王或統(tǒng)治者被推翻或殺死的新聞信息要過上幾個(gè)月甚至數(shù)年才能從一個(gè)國家傳播到另一個(gè)國家。那時(shí)的新聞信息通過口頭傳播。今天，我們能夠在報(bào)上看到同一天里在遙遠(yuǎn)的國度發(fā)生的重要事件。除了來自世界各地的新聞，報(bào)紙還給我們提供了其它很多有用的信息。有天氣預(yù)報(bào)，廣播，電視和電影預(yù)告，書評(píng)，故事，當(dāng)然，還有廣告。有各種各樣的廣告。他們支付給廣告版面數(shù)千美元，但這是值得的，因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)诠S發(fā)生的新聞信息傳入幾乎每一個(gè)在鄉(xiāng)間的家庭。對(duì)于經(jīng)營報(bào)紙和廣告的那些人也是非常重要的

14、。廣告收入使他們有可能以低廉的價(jià)格出售他們的報(bào)紙并且仍然能夠盈利。報(bào)紙經(jīng)常有園藝，烹飪和時(shí)裝方面的信息，也有笑話和漫畫方面的一小塊但非常流行的版面。P322 (3)Many students are injured or killed in different kinds of accidents. Chen haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No. 25 middle School and a self-protection expert, gives young students advice on how to deal with danger:If you are

15、 robbedKeep clam. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try and remember what the robber looked like and tell the police.If you are in a traffic accidentIf you are hurt by a car, take down the registration number, if it is a bicycle, try to contact your parents before y

16、ou let the rider go. This is in case you dont realize how seriously you are hurt.If it is raining hard and there is lightningDont stay in high places and keep away from trees.When there is a fireGets away as fast as you can. But wet material on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take elevator

17、!If someone is drowningIf you cant swim, dont get into the water. Cry out for help.Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Look after yourself at all times! 許多學(xué)生在各類事故中受傷或死亡。陳浩宇，一位北京第25中學(xué)教師和自我保護(hù)的專家，給年輕學(xué)生關(guān)于如何處理危險(xiǎn)的建議：?如果被搶劫保持沉默。如果你不能呼叫求助或逃離開，把你的錢給強(qiáng)盜。設(shè)法記住這個(gè)強(qiáng)盜長什么樣子，報(bào)告警察。?如果出交通事故如果你被汽車撞了，記

18、下車牌號(hào)，如果是自行車，在你讓騎車人離開之前，設(shè)法聯(lián)系你的父母。這是在你不知道你傷得有多嚴(yán)重的情況下。?如果天下大雨并有雷電不要停留在高處，遠(yuǎn)離大樹。?當(dāng)發(fā)生火災(zāi)盡你的可能快速撤離。隨身帶上濕的東西，并設(shè)法找到一個(gè)出口。不要乘電梯！?如果有人溺水如果你不會(huì)游泳，不能跳入水中。呼叫求助。?請(qǐng)記住此類危險(xiǎn)從來不是你想象中的遙遠(yuǎn)。你自己時(shí)時(shí)要當(dāng)心！P323 (4)Suppose(假設(shè)) a man has a car accident. He is hurt badly and is unconscious(失去知覺的); that is, he cant think, speak, or hear

19、. His family takes him to the hospital. The doctors tell the family that his brain(大腦) is dead. A machine can make him breathe.Now the patients(病人) family must answer some difficult questions. Should they think he is dead? Should they ask the doctors to use the machine to make him breathe? Sometimes

20、 machines can make an unconscious person breathe for years. However, if his brain is dead, he will never think, speak, or hear again. Then, should his family ask the doctors not to use the machine and let him die?Someone who is unconscious cant say he wants to die. Can his family say this for him? S

21、ome people think this is a good idea. Some think otherwise(不同地).Many people are hurt when machines keep a person alive. The unconscious person doesnt know this. Machine only make the family and friends hurt longer. 假設(shè)一個(gè)男子出了車禍。他傷的很重，失去了知覺；也就是說，他不能思考，不能說話，不能聽見。他的家人送他到醫(yī)院。醫(yī)生告訴家人，他的大腦已經(jīng)死亡。一臺(tái)機(jī)器可以輔助他呼吸。 現(xiàn)在

22、，病人的家屬必須回答一些棘手的問題。他們可以認(rèn)為他死了嗎？他們可以要求醫(yī)生使用機(jī)器使他呼吸嗎？有時(shí)機(jī)器可以使昏迷不醒的人呼吸多年。但是，如果他的大腦已經(jīng)死亡，他再也不能思考，不能說話，不能聽見了。那么，能允許他的家屬要求醫(yī)生不使用機(jī)器，讓他死去嗎？ 昏迷不醒的人無法說出他想死。他的家屬能替他說嗎？有些人認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)好主意。另有一些人持不同認(rèn)識(shí)。 當(dāng)機(jī)器維持一個(gè)人活著的時(shí)候，許多人受到了傷害?；杳圆恍训娜瞬恢肋@一點(diǎn)。機(jī)器僅能造成他的家人和朋友更長時(shí)間的傷害。P324 (5)Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in

23、 todays world to find work for everybody. The economies of the world need to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. often this is not possible, and so more people are without work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in a sho

24、rter time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work of forty percent of people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities

25、a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. 大多數(shù)人想要工作，但在當(dāng)今世界每個(gè)人都找到工作已成為很大困難。世界經(jīng)濟(jì)需要每年增長4，僅能維持原先的就業(yè)人數(shù)。通常這是不可能的，所以好多人沒有工作。現(xiàn)今有些人沒有工作，是由于新機(jī)器能用較短時(shí)間完成許多人的工作。此外，機(jī)器不會(huì)要求更多的工資和較長的假期。在世界上所有國家，機(jī)器不僅在工廠，而且在農(nóng)場(chǎng)正取代人的工作。一臺(tái)機(jī)器通常能夠完成人工作的40。每天約75,000人移居到城市找工作，但只有其中70可以找到工作。P325 (6)On Thursday morning, more

26、than 100 citizens in Nanjing, the capital of East Chinas Jiangsu Province, donated blood at a local station as a result of the local promotion campaign of the countrys blood donation law which took effect late last year. Some 82.3 percent of the blood in the local supply(供應(yīng)) centre has been donated,

27、 compared with last year where a large amount of blood was purchased(購買). As many as 12,000 local people have freely donated their blood so far, ensuring(保證) an abundant supply for use in local hospitals. 周四早上，在中國東部江蘇省省會(huì)南京，100多名市民在當(dāng)?shù)?電視臺(tái)獻(xiàn)血，以作為去年年底生效的國家獻(xiàn)血法的本地宣傳活動(dòng)。與去年同期那里大量購買的血液相比，已有82.3%捐贈(zèng)到當(dāng)?shù)毓┭行?。到目?/p>

28、為止，多達(dá)12,000名當(dāng)?shù)厥忻駸o償捐獻(xiàn)了自己的鮮血，為當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)院的使用保障了豐富的供應(yīng)。P326 (7)In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice. Today, it is possible to get advice from radio show, TV programs and telephone hot lines, too. A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of g

29、etting in touch with(同聯(lián)絡(luò)) advisers. Most hot lines are completely anonymous(不具名的). Callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usually free, too. Callers do not have to pay for the advice or the phone calls-even if the calls are long distance(長途). At some hot line

30、s, the advisers are volunteers(志愿者). Other hot lines pay their advisers for their words. Usually the advisers are professionals(專業(yè)人員), with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to

31、 people and help them settle their problems. 在過去，當(dāng)人們遇到問題，他們向家人或朋友咨詢。今天，也可以從廣播節(jié)目，電視節(jié)目和電話熱線得到咨詢。熱線是一條電話線，提供了一個(gè)與顧問聯(lián)絡(luò)的直接方式。大多數(shù)熱線是完全匿名的。呼叫者不必說出他們的名字或電話號(hào)碼。大多數(shù)熱線通常也是免費(fèi)的。呼叫者不必支付咨詢費(fèi)或電話費(fèi)，即使是長途電話費(fèi)。有些熱線的顧問是志愿者。其他熱線給它們的顧問支付報(bào)酬。顧問通常是有多年教育和經(jīng)驗(yàn)的專業(yè)人士，但有時(shí)候，顧問在開始熱線電話工作以前只經(jīng)過短期培訓(xùn)。所有的顧問傾聽來電，幫助他們解決問題。P328 (8)Here are four m

32、essages on Alan Marshalls answerphone.Monday 9:21Alan? Alan, if youre at home, please answer the phone. Are you really not there? Well, Id just like to say that Im very angry with youand your father is too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one youre missed. I

33、hope youve got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.Monday 10:21Mr. Marshall, this is Stefi Rosen, Mr. Princes assistant. Im calling to confirm(確認(rèn)) tomorrows lunch with Mr. Yamada of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr. Prince wants you to know what his meeting is very imp

34、ortant. Please remember to bring to interactivity designs(互動(dòng)設(shè)計(jì)) with you. He says that Mr. Yamada is ready to pay for the world rights(版權(quán)) on your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street and Ive booked a table for a quarter past one. Be there on timeplease!Monday 11:23 My name is

35、Karen Miller. Im a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Australia. I saw your game “Kill the Enemy!” at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and Id like to discuss buying the rights for my part of the world. Someone at the fair said that youre working on a new game whi

36、ch is even more interactive. How interactive can you get? Perhaps we interact over lunch? Im in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 0277417 6130800.Monday 12:31Hello, Alan. Its Daisy. Did you have a good weekend? Hows the new game going? I miss you. Bye. 有關(guān)艾倫馬歇爾的錄音電話的四條消息。 星期一9:21艾倫？艾倫，如果你在家

37、里一樣，請(qǐng)接電話。難道你真的不在？嗯，我只是想說，我，還有你的父親對(duì)你很生氣。你知道他是多么重視我們的每月家庭午餐。這是你第五次缺席了。我希望這次你找到一個(gè)很好的理由。哦，嗯，?這是你母親的留言。星期一10:21馬歇爾先生，我是斯特菲羅森，普林斯先生的助手。我打電話來確認(rèn)明天與旭日電腦游戲的山田先生的午餐會(huì)。普林斯先生希望你知道這個(gè)會(huì)議很重要。請(qǐng)記住帶上你的互動(dòng)設(shè)計(jì)。他說，山田先生準(zhǔn)備為你的新游戲付款購買全世界版權(quán)！餐廳在高爾街上的四星星，我已經(jīng)預(yù)訂了一點(diǎn)一刻的座位。請(qǐng)準(zhǔn)時(shí)到來！星期一11:23我是凱倫米勒，澳大利亞互動(dòng)電腦游戲的制片人。我在國際電腦游戲博覽會(huì)上看到你的游戲“殺敵！”。我覺得你

38、的游戲很精彩，我很愿意與你商談購買我的部份世界版權(quán)。在博覽會(huì)上有人說你正在創(chuàng)作的一個(gè)新游戲具有更強(qiáng)的互動(dòng)性。你怎么取得互動(dòng)性的？也許我們互動(dòng)一次午餐？我在倫敦逗留到星期三。我的手機(jī)號(hào)碼是0277417 6130800。星期一12:31艾倫，你好。我是戴西。周末過得愉快嗎？新游戲進(jìn)展如何？我想你。再見。P329 (9)“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, th

39、e word has had many different meanings.“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “Its cool.” You may think, “Hes so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer.We all maximize(擴(kuò)大) the meaning of “cool”. You c

40、an use it instead of many words such as teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one students paper was just the one sentence, “Its so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show that he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity(不足) of words. Withou

41、t “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can, and I think they are also very cool. “酷”是一個(gè)具有多種含義的詞。其本義是用來表達(dá)一個(gè)溫度有點(diǎn)冷。由于世界變化了，這個(gè)詞有許多不同的含義?！?/p>

42、酷”可以用來表達(dá)對(duì)幾乎所有的東西感興趣的感覺。當(dāng)你在街上看到一輛名牌汽車，也許你會(huì)說，“這很酷?！爱?dāng)你看到你最愛的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，你可能想：”他太酷了“。我們都在擴(kuò)大“酷”的意思。你可以用它代替許多話，比如老師要求她的學(xué)生描寫他們觀賞過的瀑布。在一個(gè)學(xué)生的作文里只有一個(gè)句子，“這太酷了?！耙苍S他認(rèn)為這是最好的方式來表達(dá)他看到的和感受到的。但這個(gè)故事也顯示出詞語的匱乏。不用“酷”，有些人就沒有詞語來表達(dá)同樣的意思。所以保留一些可信性是很重要的。你能想到許多其他詞語使你生活得如同“酷”字一樣豐富多彩嗎？我能做到，我覺得他們也很酷。P330 (10)Today there are about 7,000

43、,000 Americans in colleges and universities. In the United States nearly half of the population(人口) are young persons under twenty-five. Many of them will soon be in charge of(掌管) the country. So their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand

44、 what young people think and feel.College students today have strong opinions(觀點(diǎn)) about right and wrong. They are interested in making a better life. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways. Because of this, there

45、 is often trouble in American families. 今天，大約有7,000,000美國人就讀高校。在美國近半數(shù)的人口是二十五歲以下的青少年。他們中許多人將在不久掌管這個(gè)國家。因此對(duì)國家中的每個(gè)人而言，他們的想法是很重要的，而且成年人理解年輕人的想法和感受是必要的。今天的大學(xué)生具有強(qiáng)烈的對(duì)錯(cuò)觀。他們對(duì)創(chuàng)造一個(gè)美好生活感興趣。他們看到在父母生活中的很多不足。讓他們用老觀念去看什么是正確而好的是很困難的。正因?yàn)槿绱?，在美國家庭往往存有煩惱。P332 (11)“How are you?” is a nice question. Its a friendly way that

46、 people in the United States greet each other, but when a person says “How are you?” he expects() to hear the answer “Fine,” even if the persons friend isnt fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isnt really a question, and “fine” isnt really an answer. They are common ways of saying “Hello” and “H

47、i”.Sometimes people also dont say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks, “Do you agree?” the other person may be thinking. “No, I dont agree. I think you are wrong.” But it doesnt sound very polite, so he may say, “Im not so sure.” Its a nicer way to say that you dont agree with som

48、eone.People also dont say exactly what they are thinking. For example, when a person wants to finish talking with other people on the phone, he may say “I have to go now”. Sometimes he often gives an excuse, “Someone is at the door”, “Something is burning” so on. The excuse may be real, or it may no

49、t. Its a polite way to stop a conversation and it doesnt hurt the other persons feeling. Its an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and its a part of the game of language. “你好嗎？“是一個(gè)友善的問題。這是一種美國人民互相問候?qū)Ψ降挠押梅绞剑钱?dāng)一個(gè)人說：“你好嗎？“即使這人的朋友不是很好，他期望聽到的回答：”好，“。原因是，“你好嗎？ “不是一個(gè)真正的問題，”好“也不是一個(gè)真正的回

50、答。它們是說“你好”和“嗨”的常見方式。有時(shí)候，人們不是精確地說出他們的意思。例如，當(dāng)有人問，“你是否同意？“其他人可能會(huì)想。“不，我不同意。我認(rèn)為你錯(cuò)了?！安贿^，這聽上去不是很有禮貌，所以他可能會(huì)說，”我不那么肯定?！斑@是一個(gè)較好的方式來表達(dá)你不同意某人。人們也不是精確地說出他們的所想。例如，當(dāng)一個(gè)人要結(jié)束與他人在電話中的交談，他會(huì)說：“我得走了?！庇袝r(shí)候，他常常給出一個(gè)借口，“有人在門口”，“有東西燒糊了”等。借口可能是真實(shí)的，也可能不真實(shí)的。這是一種停止談話的禮貌方式，這樣不會(huì)傷害他人的感覺。這是一個(gè)人們盡量善待對(duì)方的重要途徑，這也是語言游戲的一個(gè)部分。P333 (12)It isnt

51、strictly true that one half of the world is rich and the other half is poor. Its one third that is very rich and tow-thirds that are very poor.People in the rich countries dont understand the great difference between them and those in the poorer countries. A very simple is that a dog or a cat in Nor

52、th America eats better than a child in the poorer countries. A fisherman is South America may be catching fish which is made into pet food, and his own children are not getting enough to eat for their bodies to grow properly.Although a lot of the worlds natural resources(資源) like oil come from these

53、 poorer countries, people in the richer countries are using about sixty times as much of these resources as people in Asia of Africa. And its the richer countries that deicide that kind of prices they are ready to pay for these resources. And the process the richer countries get for their own export

54、s(出口), however, are always rising. So they are getting richer and richer and the poorer countries are getting poorer. 世界上一半是富人，另一半是窮人，這不完全正確。世界上三分之一的人非常富有，三分之二的人非常貧窮。在富裕國家的人們并不了解他們與在貧窮國家的人們之間的巨大差異。一個(gè)顯見的事是，狗或貓?jiān)诒泵莱缘谋仍谳^貧窮國家的兒童吃的更好。一個(gè)南美漁民可能把捕到的魚制成寵物食品，而他自己的孩子得不到足夠的身體正常生長所需的東西吃。雖然世界上的自然資源比如石油來自這些貧窮國家，在富裕國家的人享用的資源約為在亞洲，非洲人民的六十多倍。富裕的國家決定了他們?cè)敢庵Ц哆@些資源的價(jià)格。而這個(gè)過程中較富裕的國家由于他們出口得到的卻總是在上升。因此，他們?cè)絹碓礁?，窮國越來越窮。P335 (13)From the time we were babies we have been taug