牛津译林版初中英语九年级上册Unit 4 Growing u...

— It sounds like ________unusual dream. I wish you could realize it.

— Yes. His ________ birthday is coming next month.

—It means small office and home office. More and more people can work ________ the Internet at home now. 

—As soon as it ____ tomorrow.

—Well，he ________ a chance to play for an NBA team until he helped Shanghai Sharks win the CBA champion in 2002. 

— Of course it does. You need to find a safer place.

— Yes. He won it in 2006，2009 and 2010，________ he is as short as 1.75 meters.

—________. No dream is too big and no dreamer is too small.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys 1 to watch.

    "What are you doing? "asked one of the2.

    "We plan to dig a hole all the way through Earth!" one of the brothers answered3.

    The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all through Earth was4.

    After a long silence, one of the diggers5 a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide types of insects. He removed the lid （盖子）and6 the wonderful things to the visitors.

    Then he said quietly and7, "Even if we don't dig all the way through Earth, look at what we've found along the way!"

    Their goal was far too ambitious （有雄心的）, but it did cause them8. And that is what a goal is9  to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.

    But not every goal will be fully10. Not every job will end11. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every12 will be realized.

    But13 you fall short of aim（达不到目标）, perhaps you can say, "Yes, but look at what I've found along the way! Look at the14 things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"

It is in the digging that15 is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, and in the end that truly matters.

    In China, more and more villagers have left home to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become leftover children and they need more care. The survey below is from some villages in Central China. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

    Nate Robinson is unlike any other player in the NBA. This player is the shortest in the NBA, but he is one of the most fearless players. He is 1.75m tall. "In NBA, he looks like a fourth﹣grader among a group of high school students, "according to The Atlantic.

    How can he compete （竞争）with them? Robinson makes up for this with his ability to jump. Without moving forwards or backwards, he can jump up to 110cm. However, confidence helps him more. "People talk about my height all the time, but I don't really feel smaller than anyone else, "said Robinson. "I always think I'm on fire（充满激情的）. "No matter who you are or what you've won, he's going to come at you. With that spirit, he has won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest threetimes. Also, he has made many wonderful blocks （盖帽）.

    Chicago Bulls played Miami Heat on May 10, 2013. LeBron James, the 2.03-meter-tall player from Miami Heat, went to shoot. But Robinson blocked him. He also blocked Shaquille O'Neal in Cleveland Cavaliers and even Yao Ming in Houston Rockets.

    Nate Robinson is a hero. He has given many basketball fans hope. Maybe one day, you can also block big guys like LeBron James!

    Do you have the experience of taking music lessons against your wishes? Perhaps you have complained about it because you thought it took you much playtime. But now you'd better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training. A recent study suggests music lessons can make children have better memories than their peers （同龄人）.

    The Canadian study showed that after one year of musical training, children did better on a memory test than those who didn't take music lessons.

    The researchers made the children aged between 4and 6into two groups﹣one group of children took music lessons outside school, and the other didn't take any musical training. In one year, they took four tests in different times. The results showed brain （大脑）development changes at least every four months.

    The children taking music lessons not only did better in musical listening but also made faster progress in other ways, such as reading, writing, Maths and IQ.

    People say music is the good medicine for a broken heart. Now it seems music can also help us to improve our memories. We are sure to find more and more in the wonderful world of music.

If the war continues, we will all live.

What do you think made him?

We all thought him nobody. None of us.

I was just going to bed.

 for charity, he takes action at once.

    There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programmes all day long. Some programmes are only for 3minutes but some are one hour long. The people who read the news are called news presenters and because they appear on television every day, they are very famous.

    Trevor McDonald is a popular news presenter in England in the news studio. He presents a programme called News at Ten every Monday to Friday evenings. Another popular news presenter is Kirsty Young. She has a modern style of reading news and, as you can see, she sits on the desk not on a chair!

    Television news presenters need to have worked as journalists because they have to write most of the news that they read. Sometimes an important new event happens after the programme has started, so the presenter has to be able to read something without looking at it first. They must always keep calm even when there are many changes during the programme. At the end of News at Ten, Trevor McDonald says, "And finally…"Then he reads an unusual or interesting item. It's a famous saying in England now.

News presenters in

    Different students have different TV viewing h.

    Daniel is a football fan. He is watching a w round-up of what is happening in sport. The programme c different sports, such as basketball, badminton and baseball. He finds this week's programmes a bit b because there won't be any football matches. But there are a n of interviews with some famous football players and a report on the c 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

    Bob likes watching game shows. He is now watching Stay to the End （《一站到底》）on JSTV. He hopes one day he can t part in it, answer all the questions and win a great p.

    Andy prefers to watch comedies because the actors in them are f and can make him laugh.

    Mary is a music l. She likes watching all kinds of music programmes like The Voice of China and Chinese Idol. She thinks they are fun.

1）Who is the person?

2）What has he/she done for you? Please give one or two examples.

3）What have you learnt from him/her?

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