外研版九年级英语上册Unit2课文原文

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1 / 19 Module 1

When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I

got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path.

In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beside the path,

it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was

nothing to see.

After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of

me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was

going. “yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five

minutes.” Finally, I came to some rock, and stopped. I looked

carefully over them, but it was still too dark to see anything.

Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun

rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell

away and down to a river, far below me. I was on the edge of

the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.

I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000 metres below

me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the

bottom of the canyon, they still won’t reach the top. Then

I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is

it? It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my

left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared

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2 / 19 is not just big. It’s huge!

That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a

question. It’s not “how deep is it? ” or “how wide is

it? ”or “how long is it? ” but “Is the Grand Canyon the

greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world? ” I know the

answer. But what do you think?

Module 2

My favourite great book is the adventures of tom sawyer by mark

twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of

St Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and clever young boy,

and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away

with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the

middle of the Mississippi River for days. With Huck he goes

looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and

finally, they find a box of gold.

My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom

is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and

watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is

surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive.

Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important

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3 / 19 Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s best friend, and

Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.

The themes of the story are to do with children growing up

and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen

in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom,

social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour.

Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote

the story in 1876, but it’s still read and loved by people

all over the world today. And although it’s only a story, Twain

wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of

America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today it’s

thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature.

Go on---read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too.

Module 3

For liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun. First

of all, he’ll be invited to competitions around the world.

He’ll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. He’s

a symbol of China’s international sporting success.

And now that he’s well known all over the world, liu Xiang

will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and

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4 / 19 that he trains regularly. Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach

how to be a great sportsman, and by his manager how to be a

star.

Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai

on July 13, 1983 and like many Olympic sports stars, he stared

training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the

Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was

encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998,his

skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping.

Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up

in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu’s races

were recorded, and his performance was compared with the

world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information

to change Liu’s training programme. In 2002 he won his first

international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the

same year, a gold medal at the Asia Games in Korea. In 2004,

Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China