八年级上册阅读册(2)

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unner in Scotland. He was chosen to be part of Britain‘s 1924 Olympic team. The games were in Paris. The 100meter race was his best event, but it was to be held on a Sunday. Eric, a strong Christian, refused to run on Sundays because he believed that it should be a day of rest as the Bible teaches. Although many people told him to run the race, he refused. Instead he started to train for other distances. At the Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 200meter race and then a gold medal in the 400meter race, setting a world record. This story is told in the awardwinning 1981 movie Chariots of Fire. Though now famous in Scotland, Eric still loved and remembered China. He wanted to go back to the country where he was born. In 1925, he went to China and worked as a middle school teacher in Tianjin. Then he went to Hebei Province to help the poor people there. After the Japanese invaded（入侵） China, Eric chose to stay. He wanted to help the sick and give Dear Eric, Here is a postcard from Paris. We came here at half term for a holiday. We went to Disneyland. I‘d like to see the Disneyland in California one day. I‘m speaking French because Mum and Dad have fotten the French they learned at school! We‘re going to up the Eiffel Tower late this afternoon because we will have dinner at the restaurant halfway up。 You can go up in a lift or climb stairs. There are over 700 steps to the middle part. I don‘t know how many there are to the top! Ben Dear Ben, Some cousins came to stay with us last weekend. We took them to Disneyland. So I‘m sending you a postcard, because you said you wanted to go! The postcard is of my mum‘s favourite ride, which is Pirates of the Caribbean. She likes it because it isn‘t too fast. The reason you have this postcard is because my mum bought it for me while I was on another ride with my cousins! Maybe you will e to stay with me one day. We will go to Disneyland and go on all the fast rides! Eric hope to the Chinese people. In 1943, the Japanese sent him to a prison camp in Weifang. Even in the camp, he continued to help the old people. He also arranged games for the children, and taught them science. In 1945, Eric was very ill. He was given a chance to leave the camp but he refused. Instead he gave this chance to a pregnant woman. This inspiring man died six months before the end of the war. Many people still remember his service to the Chinese people of that area. 9. DRAMA IN THE 3000 METRES The crowd fell silent as the starter called the petitors in the men‘s 3000 metres to the starting line. As the athletes were moving to their marks, all eyes were on two runners Mark, the favourite for the gold medal, and a newer to the athletic world, Jim. Mark was very experienced and was thought by many to be the finest 3000 metres runner in the country. Until a few months before, Jim was almost unknown outside his hometown. But, he had amazed athletics fans by leaving his opponents far behind him at one athletics meeting after another. Many people thought Jim would do very well to finish second or even third. It was going to be an exciting race! The starter raised his pistol. Bang! The race had started. For the first half, Jim ran with Mark in the leading group. At the 1700 metre mark, Jim was leading with Mark in second place about a metre behind. Suddenly the crowds, who had been cheering, fell silent. Mark had fallen and crashed onto the grass on the side of the track. He tried to get up, but he had been injured and was out of the race. The crowd believed that Jim was responsible for tripping Mark and they began to shout insults at him. Jim looked back, slowed his pace, then went on with the race. But the race was over for Jim too, he slowly dropped back and finished in seventh place. Jim was very upset by what had happened. Later, after the judges had studied the video of the race, they decided that Jim had not been to blame. Jim went to see Mark and Mark really appreciated it. ―I‘m sorry for...‖ ―It‘s not your fault. I got cramp in my leg when I was running.‖ Mark interrupted Jim. ―Such a thing rarely happens to me. I‘ve got to talk with the doctor.‖ The two went on to bee good friends and were often seen training together. 10. THE HIGH JUMP IN THE 1936 OLYMPICS One news story about the modern Olympics is about men pretending to be women to enter the women‘s events. People are arguing about how fair it is to test women athletes to make sure they are not men. One side argues that men are stronger, so will win any women‘s event. They say that athletes are tested to make sure they are not using drugs to win and more importantly, women should be tested to make sure they are not men. They say skill is more important than strength. But has this ever really happened? The answer is yes, several times! The most famous case is that of Dora in the 1936 Olympic Games. The Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany, three years after the Nazis came to power. The Nazis wanted to win lots of events at the Olympics. But they had wrong ideas about race. They did not want black or Jewish people in the German team. But many of their best athletes were Jewish. The Nazis did not let these athletes pete. But that means they might lose events! One event that the Nazis thought they might lose was the women‘s high jump. So the Nazis sent a male athlete, Hermann Ratjen, to pete under the name of ‗Dora‘. Did he win? No, Dora came fourth. The winner was a young Jewish woman from Hungary. She jumped metres. Dora only jumped metres. So men do not always win! 11. I LOVE HORSERIDING! I‘m Sue. I‘m 14 and I live in England. My father works in a horseriding school. I‘ve been riding since I was six. I go horseriding every Saturday. Now I can ride quite well. I spend all Saturday at the riding school. I help to get the horses r。