初中英语复习文案（续二）
English Learning
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are young people. Some students learn English at school，and others teach themselves.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is very difficult to answer this question.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many people learn English because it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because(提要) they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
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What Are Stars Like?
Have you ever wondered about the stars? In some ways，stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die.
A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. The star's life is over.
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A Clever Bird
A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird.“Hello!”he says. “Hello!”the bird answers.“What are you doing?”says the man.“What are you doing?”says the bird.
The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things.“Hello!”The thief hears the bird's words.“What are you doing?”The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.
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We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights , and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture (家具)shop. "Buy it," she said at once. "We'll carry it home on the roof-rack (车顶架) . I've always wanted one like that . "
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too .
As it was getting darker, I drove slowly . Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through . Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, "There's a long line of cars behind . Why don't they overtake (超车) ?"
Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past . But then , with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂) . One of the offices came to me.
"Right, sir, " he said. "Do you need any more help now?"
I didn't quite understand . "Thanks, officer, " I said . "You've been very kind. I lived just down the road. "
He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. "Well, Well, " he said and laughed . "It's a bookshelf you've got there ! We thought it was-er, something else . "
My wife began to laugh . Suddenly I understood why the police drove here .
I smiled at the officer. "Yes, it's a bookshelf, but thanks again." I drove home as fast as I could .
Mrs Brown's telephone number was 3464, and the number of the cinema in her town was 5463, so people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?"
"I'm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have wrong number. That is not the cinema. "
"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?" said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye! "
Mrs Brown was very surprised. So she told her husband. He laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn't hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy! "
各位毕业班的同学，以上是四段英文，你能读懂吗？今天清记住下面（九年级下册第一单元）18个词组：
1. welcome back 欢迎回来
2. not bad 还不错
3. be full of 充满 =be filled with
4. over = more. than 超过、多于
5. because of + 名词/ 代词/动名词 because +句子
6. fly back to +地名 飞回某地
7. a bit late 有点晚 a bit of + 不可数名词
8. fly direct to Hong Kong 直飞香港
9. succeed in doing sth. 成功做某事
10. take a boat to sp. = go to sp. by boat 坐船去某地
10. have quite a good time 玩得很高兴
quite a / an + adj. + n. = a very adj. + n. quite a nice boy = a very nice boy
11. tour the city v. = take a tour to the city n. 环城市旅行
12. go for a walk 去散步
13. had better do sth. 最好做某事
14. at the end of the term 在学期末 1
5. nothing to worry about 没什么担心的
16. as long as 只要; 和……一样长
17. the school-leavers’ party 毕业生晚会
18. look forward to+ sth. / doing sth. 盼望(做）某事