國中英語雙語閱讀：A Joke— “I stand corrected”
I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.
lean 傾斜 slightly 輕微地 check out 檢查 refuse 拒絕 quarter 四分之一
surgery 手術 cure 治癒 fix 治癒 stand corrected 認錯
笑話——“我誠懇認錯”
我有一個朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。這個問題曾經非常困擾我，所以我建議他去看醫生，檢查一下他的腿。幾年來，他總是不聽我的建議，還說我不正常，但是上星期，他終於去看了醫生。果真，醫生髮現他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個很快的小手術後，他康復了，現在他的兩條腿完全一樣長了，他也不再傾斜了。“你看，”我說，“那時我告訴你醫生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢。”他看着我說：“我認錯了。”
國中英語雙語閱讀：Managing Your Emotions
What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad. I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actually called names. I regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly because I think I was provoked in that situation.
The most positive way of dealing with anger is talking about the problem. I talk to someone who listens, or I'll write my thoughts down on paper. Learning how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important. When you're younger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry, but as you get older, you're expected to handle your emotions much better.
Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something that you'll regret later on in life!
emotion 情緒 manage 控制，操縱，管理 admit 承認
full heartedly 全心全意地 provoke 激怒 prevent 預防，防止
控制你的情緒
什麼事會讓我憤怒呢?通常情況下，當有人試圖使別人覺得不舒服時，我會非常憤怒。我不得不承認，有一次，在我實在很生氣的時候，我確實罵了人。過後，我很後悔那麼做，但我不認爲全是我的錯，因爲我覺得在那種情況下，我是被激怒了。
解決憤怒的最積極的方法是把問題說出來。我說給願意聽的人，或者把我的想法寫在紙上。在你成長的過程中，學會處理憤怒是非常重要的。小時候，你生氣的時候可以大喊大叫或者哭鬧，但長大後，你被期望能更好地控制情緒。
現在就學着控制情緒能讓你避免做一些可能使你以後遺憾一生的事情。
國中英語雙語閱讀：The Dog and His Shadow
It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water.
"Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!"
With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at all.
Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too. "That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."
By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!
shadow 影子 snap at 抓，咬
狗和他的影子
碰巧狗有一些肉，他想回到家後再吃。回家的路上，他遇到了一條河。當他往河裏看
時，在水裏他看到了他的影子。
“看啊!”他對自己說，“下面的'那隻狗也有一些肉。如果我能從他那裏把肉弄過來，
那我今晚就可以美餐一頓了!”
帶着這個想法，他朝另一隻狗的肉撲去。當他這麼做時，他自己的肉掉進了水裏。所以
他就什麼都沒有了。
然後，他看到另一隻狗的肉也沒了。“活該!”他想，“因爲我看到他想從我這裏搶走
我的肉。” 什麼都想要，卻失去了原來所擁有的!
國中英語雙語閱讀：A Bus Ride
One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help the old,"I said to myself. When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up quickly saying, "Please sit down."The old lady thanked him and sat down. She looked very happy. I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus. Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my seat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian, and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.
ride 騎馬、騎腳踏車或乘坐公共交通工具旅行 elderly 年長的
virtue 美德 pregnant 懷孕的
乘公共汽車
一天，我在一輛公共汽車上。我發現一位年長的婦人站在我的面前，她手裏拿了個大包。“幫助老人是年輕人的美德。”我對自己說。
當我正要站起來把自己的座位讓給那位老婦人時，一個年輕的外國人很快站了起來，說：“請這裏坐。”老婦人謝謝他，然後坐下，她看上去非常高興。
我有一點尷尬，因爲我坐在車廂的中間。突然一個孕婦上了車。我很快地站起來把座位讓給了她。那個外國人笑着看着我，他說他是澳大利亞人，正在中國學習中國文化。
國中英語雙語閱讀：A Thrilling Ride
Bill and Jane were coasting on a hill. Down the hill went the sled. Bill steered. Jane held on tightly. The coasters on the hill watched them. Past trees they whizzed. Jane yelled, "Stop the sled! Stop the sled!?but Bill could not stop it.
Suddenly Jane had a feeling that she was a bird in flight. Was she dreaming?
She landed in a big pile of snow. Where was Bill? He must have gone all the way down the long slide to the end of the hill. Now, Bill came in sight
plodding up the hill. Jane laughed as she called to him. They were so glad to be together. The coasters cheered to see them safe. They went home to tell Mother what a thrilling ride they had had.
thrilling ride 驚心動魄的經歷 coast 滑行，滑下 sled 雪橇
steer 駕駛，掌舵 tightly 緊緊地 coaster 滑雪橇的人
whiz 颼颼作聲，發出嘶嘶或呼呼聲 flight 飛行
plodding 沉重緩慢的 thrilling 驚心動魄的
一次驚心動魄的經歷
比爾和簡正在山上滑行。他們的雪橇從山上滑下來。比爾駕駛着雪橇。簡緊緊地抓着雪橇。山上滑雪橇的人們看着他們。兩旁經過的樹發出颼颼的聲音。簡大聲地叫起來：“停下來!快停下來!”但是比爾停不下來。
突然，簡感覺自己就像一隻小鳥在空中飛翔。她是在做夢嗎?她撞在一個大雪堆上停了下來。比爾在哪兒?他肯定是沿着長長的滑道一直滑到山下了。就在這時，比爾出現了，他正吃力地從山下爬上來。簡笑着叫他。又能在一起，他們真是太高興了。看到他們都很安全，其他滑雪橇的人們歡呼起來。他們回家告訴了媽媽他們的經歷是多麼驚心動魄啊。
國中英語雙語閱讀：The Eagle and the Raven
An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, "You'll never break it like that,"he said. "If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I could, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's the only way you'll get at the kernel."
The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to the ground. The raven hopped quickly from his branch and seized the nut in his beak. By the time the eagle had found his way back to the right place, all that was left was a broken piece of shell.
eagle 鷹 raven 渡鴉 beak 鳥嘴 land 着陸 kernel 果實
hop 單腳跳 broken 破碎了的 shell 殼
鷹和渡鴉
正當鷹試圖弄開它嘴中的堅果時，一隻渡鴉停在了他旁邊的樹幹上。渡鴉貪婪地看着堅果，“你這樣永遠也弄不開它，”他說。“如果我是你，我就會盡我所能，飛向高空，然後讓堅果掉在石頭上。這是得到果實的唯一辦法。”
鷹飛向空中，然後讓堅果落下，落下，落到地面。渡鴉飛快地跳離樹幹，叼住了堅果。當鷹尋舊路折回時，地上只剩下一些破碎的果殼了。
