國中英語雙語閲讀範文

English in the World

Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English, and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion. English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.

estimate 估計 exceed 超過 native 本族的，本國的 official 官方的

acquire 掌握 to some extent 達到某種程度 billion 千萬

increasingly 越來越多地 medium 工具，手段 conduct 實行，執行

international 國際的 diplomacy 外交 medicine 醫藥

communication 通信 event 事件

世界上的英語

有人説英語已不再屬於英國人了，它屬於全世界。據估計，使用英語的人超過七億五千萬，其中大約有三億五千萬是以英語為母語的人，而其餘的人將英語作為官方語言使用。如果我們再加上已經掌握英語到一定程度的人，這個總數將接近十億。

英語，作為進行國際業務和外交的工具，在世界上起着越來越重要的作用。它還在科學、醫藥、互聯網、空中及海洋通信、國際體育賽事、電台電視節目、流行歌曲及電影中發揮着越來越重要的作用。

Managing Your Emotions

What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad. I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actually called names. I regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly because I think I was provoked in that situation.

The most positive way of dealing with anger is talking about the problem. I talk to someone who listens, or I'll write my thoughts down on paper. Learning how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important. When you're younger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry, but as you get older, you're expected to handle your emotions much better.

Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something that you'll regret later on in life!

emotion 情緒 manage 控制，操縱，管理 admit 承認

full heartedly 全心全意地 provoke 激怒 prevent 預防，防止

控制你的情緒

什麼事會讓我憤怒呢?通常情況下，當有人試圖使別人覺得不舒服時，我會非常憤怒。我不得不承認，有一次，在我實在很生氣的時候，我確實罵了人。過後，我很後悔那麼做，但我不認為全是我的錯，因為我覺得在那種情況下，我是被激怒了。

解決憤怒的最積極的方法是把問題説出來。我説給願意聽的人，或者把我的想法寫在紙上。在你成長的過程中，學會處理憤怒是非常重要的。小時候，你生氣的時候可以大喊大叫或者哭鬧，但長大後，你被期望能更好地控制情緒。

現在就學着控制情緒能讓你避免做一些可能使你以後遺憾一生的事情。

The Dog and His Shadow

It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water.

"Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!"

With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at all.

Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too. "That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."

By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!

shadow 影子 snap at 抓，咬

狗和他的影子

碰巧狗有一些肉，他想回到家後再吃。回家的路上，他遇到了一條河。當他往河裏看

時，在水裏他看到了他的影子。

“看啊!”他對自己説，“下面的那隻狗也有一些肉。如果我能從他那裏把肉弄過來，

那我今晚就可以美餐一頓了!”

帶着這個想法，他朝另一隻狗的肉撲去。當他這麼做時，他自己的`肉掉進了水裏。所以

他就什麼都沒有了。

然後，他看到另一隻狗的肉也沒了。“活該!”他想，“因為我看到他想從我這裏搶走

我的肉。” 什麼都想要，卻失去了原來所擁有的!

A Bus Ride

One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help the old,"I said to myself. When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up quickly saying, "Please sit down."The old lady thanked him and sat down. She looked very happy. I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus. Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my seat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian, and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.

ride 騎馬、騎腳踏車或乘坐公共交通工具旅行 elderly 年長的

virtue 美德 pregnant 懷孕的

乘公共汽車

一天，我在一輛公共汽車上。我發現一位年長的婦人站在我的面前，她手裏拿了個大包。“幫助老人是年輕人的美德。”我對自己説。

當我正要站起來把自己的座位讓給那位老婦人時，一個年輕的外國人很快站了起來，説：“請這裏坐。”老婦人謝謝他，然後坐下，她看上去非常高興。

我有一點尷尬，因為我坐在車廂的中間。突然一個孕婦上了車。我很快地站起來把座位讓給了她。那個外國人笑着看着我，他説他是澳大利亞人，正在中國學習中國文化。

A Thrilling Ride

Bill and Jane were coasting on a hill. Down the hill went the sled. Bill steered. Jane held on tightly. The coasters on the hill watched them. Past trees they whizzed. Jane yelled, "Stop the sled! Stop the sled!?but Bill could not stop it.

Suddenly Jane had a feeling that she was a bird in flight. Was she dreaming?

She landed in a big pile of snow. Where was Bill? He must have gone all the way down the long slide to the end of the hill. Now, Bill came in sight

plodding up the hill. Jane laughed as she called to him. They were so glad to be together. The coasters cheered to see them safe. They went home to tell Mother what a thrilling ride they had had.

thrilling ride 驚心動魄的經歷 coast 滑行，滑下 sled 雪橇

steer 駕駛，掌舵 tightly 緊緊地 coaster 滑雪橇的人

whiz 颼颼作聲，發出嘶嘶或呼呼聲 flight 飛行

plodding 沉重緩慢的 thrilling 驚心動魄的

一次驚心動魄的經歷

比爾和簡正在山上滑行。他們的雪橇從山上滑下來。比爾駕駛着雪橇。簡緊緊地抓着雪橇。山上滑雪橇的人們看着他們。兩旁經過的樹發出颼颼的聲音。簡大聲地叫起來：“停下來!快停下來!”但是比爾停不下來。

突然，簡感覺自己就像一隻小鳥在空中飛翔。她是在做夢嗎?她撞在一個大雪堆上停了下來。比爾在哪兒?他肯定是沿着長長的滑道一直滑到山下了。就在這時，比爾出現了，他正吃力地從山下爬上來。簡笑着叫他。又能在一起，他們真是太高興了。看到他們都很安全，其他滑雪橇的人們歡呼起來。他們回家告訴了媽媽他們的經歷是多麼驚心動魄啊。

The Eagle and the Raven

An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, "You'll never break it like that,"he said. "If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I could, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's the only way you'll get at the kernel."

The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to the ground. The raven hopped quickly from his branch and seized the nut in his beak. By the time the eagle had found his way back to the right place, all that was left was a broken piece of shell.

eagle 鷹 raven 渡鴉 beak 鳥嘴 land 着陸 kernel 果實

hop 單腳跳 broken 破碎了的 shell 殼

鷹和渡鴉

正當鷹試圖弄開它嘴中的堅果時，一隻渡鴉停在了他旁邊的樹幹上。渡鴉貪婪地看着堅果，“你這樣永遠也弄不開它，”他説。“如果我是你，我就會盡我所能，飛向高空，然後讓堅果掉在石頭上。這是得到果實的唯一辦法。”

鷹飛向空中，然後讓堅果落下，落下，落到地面。渡鴉飛快地跳離樹幹，叼住了堅果。當鷹尋舊路折回時，地上只剩下一些破碎的果殼了。