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1、八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)課外閱讀第一期閱讀材料第一篇:(中英文對(duì)照)盲人摸象Onceuponatime,therewasakingwhoorderedhisofficials:HLeadanelephanttome,andletseveralblindmenfeelitwiththeirhands.Thenaskeachoneofthemtodescribetheshapeoftheelephant/1Theofficialsledtheelephanttotheking?Severalblindmensurroundeditandfeltitwitht
2、heirhands?Thekingaskedthem:MWhatdoyouthinktheelephantresembles?0Alltheseblindmenstrovetobethefirsttoanswer.Oneblindmanfelttheelephantstuskandsaid:"Theelephantresemblesalong,longcarrot.11Oneblindmanfelttheelephantsearandsaid:"Theelephantresemblesadustpan/*Oneblindmanfeltthe
3、elephantsheadandsaid:"Theelephantresemblesalargestone.HOneblindmanfelttheelephantsfootandsaid:'Theelephantresemblesastonemortar/1Oneblindmanfelttheelephanfsbackandsaid:"Theelephantresemblesabed.MOneblindmanfelttheelephant'sbellyandsaid:"Theelephantresemblesawatervat.nnHa!H
4、a!Allofyouarewrong/1Thelastblindmanpulledtheelephantstailandsaid:uLetmetellyouthattheelephantresemblesalong,thin「ope.”Uponthisthekingandhisofficialsallburstintolaughter.從前,有一個(gè)國(guó)王,命令大臣們說(shuō):“你們給我牽一頭大象來(lái),讓兒個(gè)盲人用手去摸,每個(gè)人說(shuō)出大象的模樣大臣們牽來(lái)了大象,幾個(gè)盲人都圍上去用手觸摸,國(guó)王問(wèn)盲人:“你們覺(jué)得大彖的樣子像什么?”幾個(gè)盲人都爭(zhēng)先恐后地回答。
5、一個(gè)摸著大象的牙齒說(shuō):“大象好像一根長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的蘿卜?!币粋€(gè)摸著大象的耳朵說(shuō):“大象好像一只簸箕?!币粋€(gè)摸著大象的頭說(shuō):“大象好像是一塊大石頭。"一個(gè)摸著大象的腳說(shuō):“大象好像是一只石臼?!粋€(gè)摸著大象的背脊說(shuō):“大象好像一張床?!币粋€(gè)摸著大象的肚子說(shuō):“大象好像一只大水缸?!薄肮?,你們說(shuō)的都不對(duì)!"最后一個(gè)盲人拉著大象的尾巴說(shuō):“告訴你們,大彖就像一根長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的、細(xì)細(xì)的繩子?!眹?guó)王和大臣們聽(tīng)了都哈哈大笑。第二篇:北京查出霧霾“元兇”。詞數(shù)200建議閱讀時(shí)間6分鐘Whatfuelscitysmog?WHAThascausedthesmog(霧霾)
6、inBeijing?Theanswermightnotbetoosurprisingtoyou-coalburning(燒煤).LastmonththeChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)releasedtheresultsofastudyonPM2.5?Thescientistsfoundthatabout40percentofBeijing'sPM2.5istheresultofcoalburning,frombothlocalandoutsidethecity.BeijingissurroundedbyHebei
7、,whichhasmanycoal-burningpowerplants(發(fā)電站)andsteel(鋼鐵)factories?AccordingtotheCAS,eachyearBeijingburns23milliontonsofcoalwhileTianjinburnsmorethan70milliontonsandHebeiahuge270milliontons.About20percentofBeijing^spollutantscomefromoutsidethecity?“Coalburningisaprimarysource(
8、來(lái)源)ofsulfuroxide(SO2,二氧化硫)whichistheprimarycauseofPM2.5JsaidWangYuesi,ascientistatCAS?Acc