译林版牛津初中英语九下 reading 译文=======================================Unit 1 Welcome to Beijing!欢迎来北京！I am Wei Ke from Beijing, the capital of China.我是来自中国首都北京的魏可In the middle of the ancient city of Beijing is the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City.在北京古城的中间就是故宫，也叫做紫禁城The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live there.明朝和清朝的皇帝过去就住在那里It was turned into a museum in 1925.它在 1925 年变为博物馆With wonderful buildings and art treasures inside, it is well worth a visit.它里面有宏伟的建筑和艺术珍宝，非常值得一游Next to the Palace Museum is Tian'anmen Square, the biggest city square in the world.故宫旁边就是世界上最大的城市广场--天安门广场。
Many tourists like to gather there early in the morning to watch the raising of the national flag.许多游客喜欢一大早聚集在那里观看升旗仪式In the north-west of Beijing is the Summer Palace,颐和园在北京的西北部，a large Chinese garden set in a natural landscape.它是一个坐落在自然景观中的大型中国式园林It was once a nice place for the emperors to spend the summer.它曾经是皇帝们避暑的好地方Another famous attraction is the Great Wall.另一个著名的景点就是长城It runs for over 6，000 kilometres across northern China,它在中国北部地区绵延 6000 多公里，with watchtowers every few hundred metres.每隔几百米设有瞭望塔。
The wall was first built more than 2，000 years ago.长城在 2000 多年前开始修建It is one of the wonders of the world.它是世界奇迹之一Come and visit my city!快来我的城市旅游吧！All about Guilin桂林的一切Hello. My name is Mei Fang. My home is in Guilin.你好我叫梅芳我的家在桂林"East or west, Guilin landscape is best."“桂林山水甲天下Guilin is really a beautiful city in southern China.桂林是中国南方一个非常美丽的城市It lies on the two sideshow of the Lijiang River.它位于漓江两岸All around the city, mountains stand in different shapes.整个城市的山体都呈现不同的形状Many visitors come and visit Guilin because of its fantastic landscape.许多游客都因其奇特的景观来游览桂林。
In the north-west of the city is the Reed Flute Cave.在城市的西北部有芦笛岩In this underground cave, it is amazing that there are so many rocks in unusual shapes--在这个地下溶洞中，真让人叹为观止，有如此众多造型奇特的石头，some hang down, and others point upwards.有的向下悬垂，还有的向上伸展The cave is praised as the "Art Palace of Nature".此洞被誉为“大自然的艺术宫殿” Tourists like to take a boat trip along the Lijiang River.游客们喜欢乘船沿着漓江游玩It is great fun.它非常有趣It is also popular to hire a bicycle and ride around the countryside.租一辆自行车，在乡村骑行，也是非常受欢迎的I hope you can visit my city one day!我希望有一天你们能来我的城市游玩！================================================Unit 2Neil Amstrong尼尔· 阿姆斯特朗Neil Amstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Ohio, the USA.尼尔·阿姆斯特朗于 1930 年 8 月 5 日出生于美国俄亥俄州。
He became interested in flying when he took his first flight at the age of six.当他在六岁的时候体验了第一次飞行之后，他就对飞行产生了兴趣He received his student pilot’s licence when he was 16.16 岁的时候他便拿到了学生飞行员执照Amstrong joined the navy in 1949 and served as a pilot for three years.阿姆斯特朗 1949 年加入海军，在那里做了三年飞行员In 1955, he became a test pilot.1955 年，他成为了一名测试飞行员He flew over 1,100 hours and tested all types of aircraft.他飞行了 1100 多小时，测试了所有类型的飞机In 1962, he was chosen to become an astronaut.1962 年，他被选成为一名宇航员In 1966, he went into space as command pilot of Gemini 8.1966 年，他作为 “双子座 8 号”宇宙飞船的飞行指挥进入太空。
He and David Scott managed to join two spacecraft together for the first time in space.他和戴维·斯科特成功地将两个航天器在太空首次交会对接However, on their way back to the Earth, the spacecraft began spinning out of control.但是，在他们返回地球的途中，宇宙飞船开始旋转，失去控制Amstrong received the order to cut the flight short.阿姆斯特朗接到缩短航程的指令He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.他成功地使宇宙飞船落入西太平洋On 20 July 1969，Amstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon.1969 年 7 月 20 日，阿姆斯特朗成为第一个登上月球的人Together with Buzz Aldrin, he landed the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the Moon.他与巴兹·奥尔德林一起将宇宙飞船“阿波罗 11 号”在月球上着陆。
He said the famous words”one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”他说出了那句名言“个人一小步，人类一大步”As he stepped out onto the Moon’s surface.当他踏上月球表面的时候，Amstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon for about two and a half hours.阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林在月球上走了大约两个半小时They collected Moon rocks to take back to the Earth for further research.他们采集了月球岩石带回地球作进一步研究When Apollo 11 returned, the whole world was waiting to greet them. They were heroes.当阿波罗 11 号返回地球的时候，全世界都在等着欢迎他们他们是英雄Became of his excellent service, Neil Amstrong was presented the Medal of Freedom,因为他的出色表现，尼尔·阿姆斯特朗被授予自由勋章——the highest award that a US citizen can receive.一个美国公民可得的最高奖励。
He was the pride of the whole world.他是全世界的骄傲Unit 3Robots-Reading居家机器人Mr Jiang is a manager of a big company in SunshineTown. He is always too busy to have any time torelax. "I have to buy a robot so that I can more freetime," Mr Jiang thought. So he ordered one from arobot shop.江先生是阳光城一个大公司的经理他总是太忙，没有时间放松我得买一个机器人了，这样我才能有多一点空闲时间，”江先生想于是他从机器人商店预订了一个The robot made Mr Jiang's life much easier. When hegot up in the morning, breakfast was made, hisbusiness suit was smoothly ironed, and his lunchbox was already prepared. That made him very happy.机器人让江先生的生活变得轻松一些了。
当他早上起床的时候，早餐做好了，他的商务套装熨得整整齐齐，而且他的午餐盒也已经准备好了那让他非常开心While Mr Jiang was at work, the robot would do all the housework. It would go shopping at thesupermarket as。