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初中英语课外阅读材料
初中课外阅读英语不仅能扩充我们的知识面，还能帮助我们积累词汇句型，下面是我分享的适合初中生的英语阅读材料，欢迎大家阅读!
There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.
What to do
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
What to wear
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
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In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated (犹豫).
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned around with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾的.) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying “I love you”. I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. “Does your mom love you?” “Of course,”they answered.
“How do you know ?”was my logical question. They responded that their mons cooked and always told them what they were doing wrong to show their caring. I was stunned .So mon’s cooking and criticzing read out as “I love you ”. “Then how do you say ‘I love you ’to her?” They agreed that getting good grades, followed by god jobs would be how they showed their love.
I come from a culture where most people are expressive enough, so I repeated these queries in classes over time. Gradually, I began to get different response. Some of them had exchanged those sentiments with their moms.
One of my favorite stories of change came from a girl. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugged(拥抱)her. This had never happened before, but her mom said, “Now that you have gone I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and that I would begin hugging you.”
In my family we all say “I love you” a lot .While it is true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three little words carry a world of meaning ,even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we love.
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初中英语课外阅读材料
.阅读是运用语言文字来获取信息、认识世界、发展思维，并获得审美体验与知识的活动。它是从视觉材料中获取信息的过程。视觉材料主要是文字和图片，也包括符号、公式、图表等。下面是我精心整理的初中英语课外阅读材料，欢迎大家分享。
All the mice met together in a council against a fierce cat. "We cannot live because of the cat. There must be some ideas to get rid of it." "Please tell us your ideas."
But despite the enthusiastic discussion, they were unable to come up with a good idea. The oldest mouse advised the other mice, "It would be nice if someone let us know when the cat is coming." Having no good ideas, they were just studying each others facial expressions.
At that time, the youngest mouse confidently said, "If we tie a bell around the cats neck, we will know when the cat is approaching so we can run away." Everyone agreed to the young mouses opinion.
Then, the leader mouse replied, "That is a good idea. If we tie a bell to the cat, we will be able to run away in advance. But, who is going to tie a bell to the cat?"
After hearing the leader, all the mice became quiet. No one wanted to tie a bell to the cat. The young mouse that offered the idea slowly read the others faces and left the meeting.
参考翻译
所有的老鼠在一个议会对抗一只凶猛的猫。我们不能生活，因为猫。必须有一些想法来摆脱它。“请告诉我们你的`想法。”
但是，尽管热烈的讨论，他们无法想出一个好主意。最年长的老鼠告诉其他老鼠，“如果有人告诉我们猫什么时候来，那就太好了。”没有好主意，他们只是在研究对方的面部表情。
当时，最年轻的老鼠自信地说：“如果我们在猫的脖子上系一个铃铛，我们就会知道猫什么时候来，这样我们就可以逃跑了。”。
然后，领队老鼠回答说：“这是个好主意。如果我们把铃铛系在猫身上，我们就能提前逃跑。可是，谁来给猫系铃铛呢?”
听了领队的话，所有的老鼠都安静下来了。没有人想给猫系上铃铛。提出这个想法的小老鼠慢慢地读了别人的脸，离开了会议。
There were two goat villages in the woods. The goats from the upper village and those from the lower village disliked one another. One day, a goat from the upper village and that from the lower village came across each other on a single-log bridge. A Single-log Bridge
The two goats were fighting to get by first. The goat from the lower village said, "Since I got here first, I should cross the bridge first."
Unyieldingly, the goat from the upper village replied, "Excuse me, but I got here first. I will cross the bridge first!" Both goats would not give in.
"Yo-ho! Yo-heave-ho!" They fought by butting each other with their horns. "I will never give in." "Me neither!" Both goats had their way until the end. While fighting, their horns ended up being tangled in the others.
At that moment, the goat from the upper village missed his step. And so the other goat also slid down the cliff. The two goats were swept away by the rough, flowing water and drifted away with the current. "Bleat! Help me!" The two goats fell off the bridge because they did not yield to the other.
参考翻译
树林里有两个山羊村。来自上村庄和下层村庄的山羊彼此不喜欢。有一天，一只山羊从上村和下村在一个独木桥上相互往来。独木桥
两只山羊在打架以先被抓住。从下村的山羊说，“因为我第一次来到这里，我应该先过桥。”
顽强地，从上村的山羊说：“对不起，但我是第一个到达的。我先过桥!”两只山羊都不肯让步。
“唷!唷!”他们战斗的对接彼此的角。”我决不让步。“我也不屈服!”两只山羊一直走到最后。战斗的时候，他们的喇叭最终被对方纠缠住了。
在那一刻，从上村的山羊错过了他的步骤。于是另一只山羊也滑下悬崖。两只山羊被粗糙的流水冲走了，漂走了。咩咩!救救我!”两只山羊从桥上摔下来，因为他们不向另一只屈服。
