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1、九年级英语课外阅读材料选自21世纪英文报3.11-5.61. 初中生快乐玩转微博。词数 300 建议阅读时间 6分钟Every night, Lin Zhengjiang has one hour spare after his homework. He spends this time on Sina Weibo. He follows over 200 users, mainly pop stars and his classmates. He sends over 100 messages a week.Micro blogs like Weibo are nothing new for
2、 the young Chinese. A newspaper in Chengdu did a survey last month. It found that 90 percent of junior high school students use micro blogs.They give students an outlet (出口) for emotion (情绪). “I use micro blogs to record my life. I let everyone see my feelings and complaints (抱怨),” said Liu Fangyue,
3、 14, from Xiamen No 1 Middle School.Or they have fun with classmates even after school. “I would send a message to praise someone who ranked first in the exam,” said Liu.Teachers also join in the fun. “When I sit down to talk to my students, they may not tell me their real thoughts,” said Lu Dongpin
4、g at Nanning No 2 Middle School. “But on micro blogs, they are more relaxed. They even make fun of me.”You would be wrong if you think micro blogs are all about fun. Zhong Yun from Xiamen Haicang Experimental School see it as a tool (工具) to learn English.The 13-year-old follows foreign stars such as
5、 Avril Lavigne and Justin Bieber.“In order to understand their English posts, I have to check the dictionary and learn many new words,” said Zhong.Micro blogs widen students perspectives (观点), but there are rules to follow, said Shi Zhongying, a professor from Beijing Normal University.“Manage your
6、time, and dont let micro-blogging affect your study and health,” said Shi. “Dont give out your name, family address and phone number on micro blogs. You should also respect truth and other peoples privacy (隐私).”2. 毕业临近之际，留下你最想说的话。词数 300 建议阅读时间 6分钟Looking back on three magical yearsThe summer holiday
7、s are on their way! That means an end to your junior high school life. What do you have to say now its all come to an end? Is there a special person you want to thank? Heres what some of our readers will be saying.Li Chaoze, 16, Taiyuan, Shanxi:I really want to say thank you to my grandmother. My pa
8、rents work in another city. So I am living with my grandmother. She encouraged me and told me not to give up when I was sad and had no more hope for my life. I did what she told me to do. Now I am full of confidence again!Wang Jia, 15, Nantong, Jiangsu:Lulu, my best friend, I have spent three years
9、in junior high with you. I just heard that you will go abroad to study. I am sad I cannot study with you in the senior high school. But I know going abroad is your dream so I will also be happy for you. Wherever you go, just remember that we are best friends forever.Zhang Jie, 14, Jinan, Shandong:I
10、want to say sorry to my parents. My father and mother did a lot for me over my three years in middle school. Sometimes I saw my mother crying when I got low marks (分数) in my exams. Please trust (相信) me, Mom and Dad. I will keep trying until the end!Zong Ze, 15, Xiamen, Fujian:I want to talk to Pan,
11、the boy next door. Pan, you are my idol (偶像). You are so talented in English. I have worked hard for three years and I believe I will move up to your high school this year! We will be schoolmates. And I will join the School English Speech Competition next year.3. 当个电影明星真不容易！词数 280 建议阅读时间 6分钟What is
12、it like being a film star? Whats it like in front of the camera? Students from Steamboat Springs Middle School in the US could tell you exactly what its like. They recently got a taste of the life of a star.A local movie company decided to produce a film. All the actors in this film were to be stude
13、nts. Fourteen students were chosen from the school. The film, called Ruby vs Wolfgang, was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood (小红帽). It came with a twist (改变), however the story was told from the perspective (看法) of the wolf.Zoe Walsh, a seventh-grader, signed up to do behind-the-scenes wo
14、rk. But she soon found herself in front of the camera instead. She played a strange middle school student in the film.“Its just fun,” she told the Steamboat Today. “Just pretending (假装) that youre someone else.”But there were also difficulties. It was very cold during shooting. Students had to put u
15、p with snow and icy wind.Lack (缺乏) of experience was another problem. The director Michael Staley said he tried to “help each student bring out the wolf or whatever animal they were representing in themselves”.Erus Harrington, an eighth-grader, said he played a “nice, silly British guy”. He learned
16、the British accent (口音) all on his own.“I just kind of taught myself how to do it by watching videos,” he said. “It makes me feel good after I do it because Im proud of myself.”The students will watch themselves on the big screen for the first time during the film festival at a local high school in May.“Im probably going to laugh at myself,” said Zach Walsh, the brother of Zoe.4. 太阳能：保护人类家
