高三英语课外阅读9篇

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高三英语课外阅读9篇

1、Friends for life

动物们也过节啦,瞧它多快乐

DO you have a pet in your home? Did you remember to give it a big meal and lots of other treats on

Saturday? If not, you've made a big mistake, because October 4 was World Animal Day, an official

holiday for all animals acknowledged by the United Nations.

Liu Hui, a senior high school student in Beijing, made sure her pekinese dog (哈巴狗) named Pipi had a

very special time.

"There are many endangered (濒危) animals in the Amazon rain forests (亚玛逊雨林) and all over the

world that that need protecting," Liu said. "But they all sound far away to me so I just let Pipi have a

wonderful day.

"Pipi is my best friend. He is so clever that he understands every word I say to him. He is such a good

listener; I can tell him all my secrets, without worrying that he will tell them to others."

For Liu Hui, Pipi is just a friend. But for disabled people like Arthur, an American boy living in Beijing, a

pet can be a pair of eyes or ears, or even a pair of legs.

Arthur, 17, lost one of his legs in a car accident. His pet Maquis is a two-year-old German breed dog.

Maquis pulls Arthur's wheelchair to any place he asks and guards him when he is outside of his home.

"Maquis is more than a friend - I love him," Arthur said. "I don't feel lonely or afraid if Maquis is around.

If other boys try to bully me, he will scare them away."

Animals are also useful in treating people with illness and disabilities. In the US, doctors use dogs and

cats as listeners to encourage shy boys and girls to speak in public.

A hundred years ago, an Italian priest called St. Francis started World Animal Day. TheUN sets aside the

special day, not only to persuade people to protect endangered animals, but also to encourage them to

show love for animals living in our society. World Animal Day is a wonderful chance for us to show we

care about animals and their welfare.

2、Caught in the Web?

你想在这似是而非的网络世界里寻找什么?是期待友谊还是打发无聊?

YOUR friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks (点击) away. Life has changed for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online.

Whether you use chatrooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are part of a virtual community (虚拟社区).

"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's

Shadow, the online nickname (网名) used by a Senior 2 girl in Chna. "Eighty per cent of my classmates

use QQ after school."

QQ is the biggest messaging service in China. A record 4 million people used it one Saturday night in

October, according to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.

And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. "I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or

Sundays when I feel bored. I usually spend about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said. "But

I rarely talk with strangers, especially boys or men."

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online. "You don't

know who you're talking to. You should always be careful about who you trust online."

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to know someone very well. Fox's

Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like herself and

they went to a comic show together.

However, not all teenagers have not been so fortunate. At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl

in Liaoning Province was raped(强奸) after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminals (罪犯)

weren't caught until last month.

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. "I used to chat on QQ, but I

found that most people were talking nonsense," he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. "I

only chat online because I've got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore," he said. "I want to learn more

about foreign cultures." But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a waste

of time and money.

"If you are really addicted to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate (集中精神)

in class," he said. "And the friends in your real life are always more important

than those so-called friends you meet online."

3、Crying in class

冬日荧屏向你展现和着欢笑与泪水的高三生活 HELP

chatroom n. 聊天室

log in: 登陆

talk nonsense: 说废话

addicted to: 沉迷于