2026江苏省徐州中考英语人机对话-朗读短文(10-20)中

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Welcome to "Around the World in Eight Hours". I'm your tour guide, Robin. Have you noticed the "Tour" icon at the top of the page? Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours!

Here we are in "the Big Apple" - New York, the biggest city in the USA.

Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island. There are many big companies and international banks here.

Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year's Eve. It's exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness!

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八下Unit 4 A good read Reading (A) Gulliver in Lilliput (Line 1-Line 9)

After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as far as I could. By the time I finally felt the land under my feet, I was tired out. I fell down on the beach and went to sleep.

I woke up as the sun was rising, but I found I could not move. My arms, legs and hair were tied to the ground!

Then I felt something on my leg. It moved up over my stomach and neck until it was standing near my face. I looked down and saw a very small man. He was the same size as my little finger! Where was I? Who was this tiny person?

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八下Unit 6 Sunshine for all Reading (A) Volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games (Line 1-Line 13)

Liu Ming did not know what to expect when he volunteered for the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, back in October 2007. Now he thinks it was the most amazing experience of his life. "It's fantastic to work as a volunteer!" he says.

The Special Olympics World Games give children and adults with intellectual disabilities a chance to show their skills to the world. They include many events similar to those in the Olympics, such as basketball, football and swimming.

Over 40,000 people gave up their spare time for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games. It was necessary for these volunteers to receive training before doing the tasks.

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八下Unit 7 International charities Task Charity work (B) (Line 1-Line 12)

Diana was once a secretary of a big company. She lived in a comfortable flat and drove to work. She travelled to many places, but she seldom took the plane. She was afraid of flying.

One day, Diana saw a TV programme about ORBIS. She learnt about the Flying Eye Hospital. She wanted to help poor people with eye problems see again, so she made up her mind to train as a nurse and attended courses after work.

Diana is working for ORBIS now. She has to travel over 300 days a year. She is getting used to travelling by plane.

Diana enjoys her work. She is glad to be able to help people see again. She does not have as much money as before, but she thinks her life is more meaningful.

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八下Unit 8 A green world Reading (A) Green Switzerland (Line 1-Line 11)

I love Switzerland. It is a country with high mountains and clean blue lakes. It is beautiful, and we should try to keep it that way.

In Switzerland, things like glass, plastic and paper are separated into different groups and then recycled. Even old clothes and shoes can be recycled. I learnt about an organization for recycling clothes. It collects old clothes from all over the country. Some of the clothes are sold in charity shops, some are given to the poor, and others are sent to factories for recycling. My family and I often send our old jeans and T-shirts to this organization.

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九上Unit 2 Colours Reading (A) Colours and moods (Line 1-Line 11)

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九上Unit 4 Growing up Reading (A) The shortest player in the NBA (Line 20-Line 31)

Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he was forced to play in another basketball league. He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him. In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time. He had many great achievements, but his proudest moment came in 1986 - he won the Slam Dunk Contest.

Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type do not matter - you can do almost anything if you never give up.

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九上Unit 5 Art world Reading (A) Music without boundaries (Line 1-Line 11)

Each time a medal was presented to a winner at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the award music was played. The music was written by Tan Dun, a world-famous composer.

Born in 1958 in central Hunan, China, Tan Dun grew up near the Liuyang River. When he was very young, Tan showed an interest in music. He loves the sounds of the rushing water and the blowing wind because, to him, the best music comes from nature. Since he had no musical instruments then, he made music with common objects like stones and paper.

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九上Unit 7 Films Reading (A) Hollywood's all-time best - Audrey Hepburn (Line 7-Line16)

Hepburn was born in Belgium on 4 May 1929. As a child, she loved dancing and dreamt of becoming a successful ballet dancer. After World War II, she moved to London with her mother. She worked as a model before becoming an actress.

In 1951, while acting in France, Hepburn met the French writer Colette. Hepburn's beauty and charm caught the writer's attention. Colette insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl for the lead role in Gigi, a play based upon her novel, although Hepburn had never played any major roles before. That event marked the beginning of her successful career.

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九上Unit 8 Detective stories Reading (A) 25-year-old Computer Engineer Murdered (Line 1-Line 9)

Early today, the body of a 25-year-old man was found in West Town. The police have confirmed that the victim was a computer engineer. He was last seen leaving his office in East Town at about 7 p.m. yesterday. He said he was going to visit his parents.

The police believe that the murder took place between 9 p.m. last night and 1 a.m. this morning. They are still working at the scene of the crime to find out whether the victim was killed somewhere else and then brought to West Town, or killed at the place where he was found.