适合八年级的英语阅读短文（汇集20篇）

Im sure you know the song Happy Birthday . You must sing this song to

your family and your friends many times on their birthdays every year. But do

you know who wrote this song? And who was it written for?

More than one hundred years ago, two of archibald Hills aunts, Miss Patty

Hill and Miss Mildred J. Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved

children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was

the well-known song "Good Morning to You". This song was very popular at that

time among kindergarten children, but many grown-ups didnt know it. A few year

later, little Archibald was born. Miss Patty Hill sang the song "Happy

birthday"to the melody of "Good Morning to You" to her little nephew.

Miss Patty Hill and her sister never thought that song would become so

popular, but it really did.

People all over the world like the song.

Purposes:

1. Museum and related heritage institutions provide people with an enhanced awareness of our diverse heritage and our place in the world. They promote understanding and appreciation of our diverse cultures, landscapes, stories and experiences.

2. Museums contribute to the enrichment of the lives of people.

3. Guarantee the availability and use of the collections in research and teaching.

4. Collections and exhibitions reflect the cultural and social diversity.

5. Museums and galleries make an important contribution to education, scholarship, citizenship , social inclusion and tourism.

6. Generally promote the publics enjoyment and understanding of painting and other fine art both by means of the collection and by such other means as they consider appropriate .

How to Support and Develop the Museum and Gallery:

1. The government sets up more state funded museums and art school.

2. Increase education personnel and facilities in museums and galleries, as well as support schools with the cost of visits.

3. We should actively seek to attract additional sources of funding in order to increase the total pool of money available.

4. Museums should be taken to raise standards of collection care or management.

[Museums and Galleries英语作文阅读

My best friend is Xiao Yi. She has short hair. She has two big eyes and a small mouth. She is tall and thin. She lives on the tenth floor of a tall building. There are five people in her family.

Xiao Yi likes to do sports. She likes to play badminton and volley ball. Her favourite color is pink. Her favorite food is fish and vegetables, because they are healthy. Her hobby is reading books and riding a bike. She often plays the computer or goes shopping on the weekend. Sometimes we go to KFC together. We go there by car.

I like my best friend—XiaoYi. We are good friends.

my mother is the person who has influenced me most。She is in her forties。 She always listens to my problems patiently。 And she advises me how to solve them。 As a doctor， she often says she can’t be too careful。 She often works extra hours。 She has devoted most of her time to her work。 So I think she is not only a good mother but also a good doctor。I hope I can be a person like her。 I also hope she will pay more attention to her own health。 She’d better have more time to relax herself。

This holiday my sister and I went to Shanghai. My sister had just graduated and she wanted to find a job in Shanghai. My uncle lived in Shanghai, so we lived with him after we got there. On the first day we went to a lot of interesting places, including Waitan and Huangpu Park.

The next few days were spent helping my sister find a job. We read many advertisements in newspapers. My sister failed in getting the first job because they said she was too young. Then we lost our way and couldn’t find the second company. We had a map but the city is so big, so we had to asked someone for help and finally found the second company. The boss had a talk with my sister and asked her to wait at home for their decision. A month later we went home. My sister couldn’t find a job in Shanghai because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience.

In this holiday we learned that if we want to succeed in life, we have to work hard and get a lot of knowledge.(约185字)

Youth Day (青年节) in the Peoples Republic of China is on May 4. It was established in December 1949 by the Government Administration Council to commemorate the beginning of the May Fourth Movement in 1919. This day is known as …

May Fourth Movement

Chinese intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement (1917 – 21)。 In 1915 young intellectuals inspired by Chen Duxiu began agitating for the reform and strengthening of Chinese society through acceptance of Western science, democracy, and schools of thought, one objective being to make China strong enough to resist Western imperialism. On May 4, 1919, reformist zeal found focus in a protest by Beijings students against the Versailles Peace Conferences decision to transfer former German concessions in China to Japan. After more than a month of demonstrations, strikes, and boycotts of Japanese goods, the government gave way and refused to sign the peace treaty with Germany. The movement spurred the successful reorganization of the Nationalist Party and gave birth to the Chinese Communist Party. See also Treaty of Versailles.

After going to the middle school, I have less time to play outside the school, because I always have a lot of homework to do. Though my leisure time is shorter, I still keep on after-class reading. Many years ago, my Chinese teacher introduced many classic books to us, I bought them and read them all, I fell in love with reading these books, I would be immerged in the stories. Reading these books helps me a lot, I have improved my writing skill. When I saw the topics, my mind will come out a lot of ideas, I have things to enrich my paper. Whats more, I also broaden my vision.

As we all know, reading has a lot of benefit. It can open up our eyes because books are full of knowledge, and it makes us wiser and richer in life. I like readiry; newspapers and magazines, from which I get lots of fun and learn about whats going on around the world. I also read story books and novels in my spare time which make me relaxed and happy. I seldom read e-books because theyre bad for eyes. On weekends, I usually spend a whole afternoon reading in the library. And I also read for about half an hour before going to bed every night.

我们都知道，阅读有很多好处。它可以打开我们的眼睛因为书满是知识，它使我们更聪明和更丰富的生活。我喜欢readiry;报纸和杂志，我从中得到许多乐趣和了解世界各地正在发生什么。我也在我的业余时间，让我轻松愉快的阅读故事书和小说。我很少看电子书，因为他们对眼睛有害。在周末，我通常在图书馆度过一整个下午的时间阅读。我也读过了大约半个小时每天晚上睡觉前。

Summer vacation is coming. I plan to do more reading I am going to read more classics and more English books to improve my language skills. Im sure reading can make a difference to my life.

暑假就要来了。我计划做更多的阅读，我要多读名著和更多的英语书来提高我的语言技能。我相信阅读能使我的生命不同。

Spring is coming. Birds are singing and flowers are blooming.

I wanted to plant spring in my home, so I, together with my dad, went to the market and bought some

flower seedlings.

We prepared to plant them in the yard. When we were backing home, we went into action in no time.

Some time later, we finished. I will patiently wait for spring to

come to the yard now.

她是一个很平凡的人。一张白皙而以俏丽的脸上；两道细溜溜的眉毛；一双小而有神眼睛，薄薄的嘴唇，常常挂着恬静的微笑。她个子不高，站在我们中间像是我们的一员。

她是一个很幽默，可爱的人。一次她在黑板上画了一只猴子，指着画，请了一个开小差的同学问她这是什么。她一慌之下把monkey说成了lizard。陆老师瞪大眼睛，装出一脸狐疑，轻声地问：“同学们，你们看到过像这种品种的lizard吗？下面一阵哄堂大笑。老师及时纠正说：“这是monkey，以后上课要认真听。”

有一次，有位同学上课在开小差，陆老师轻轻地走过去，拍拍他的肩膀说：“革命尚未成功，同志仍需努力啊！”小朋友有错误时，陆老师从不正面批评而是用巧妙的语言给予提醒。

在她的英语课上总是充满了欢声笑语，我们也越来越喜欢英语了！

It was a nice day last Sunday. Zhang Ming was fishing by the Qinhuai River

when a little boy went to play nearly. Suddenly, Zhang Ming heard someone

shouting for help. He looked around and found that a little boy was falling into

the water. It was very dangerous. Zhang Ming jumped into the river immediately.

He tried his best to pull the boy out of the river. At that time other people

came to offer help. Finally, the boy was saved and he was very grateful. People

all said Zhang Ming was very brave and helpful. We should learn form him.

暑假来了，我也轻松多了，哈哈，可以痛快的玩个够。可妈妈说帮我报了兴趣班，我顿时说我没兴趣，可妈妈偏要我去，没办法，母命难违呀。

The summer holiday is coming, I have much more relaxed, ha ha, can play enough. But mum says I signed up in class, I suddenly said, I have no interest, but my mother asked me to go, no way, mother life difficult violations.

我们来到了无极老师的教室，我看了又看，有很多的乐器：吉他、架子鼓、小提琴、二胡、葫芦丝、竖笛……妈妈问我想学什么，我说随便，妈妈就说学架子鼓，我也没说什么，算是默认了。

We came to the endless teacher classroom, I looked at it again and again, there are a lot of musical instruments: guitar, drums, violin, erhu, flute, clarinet...... My mother asked me to learn what I said casually, mom says the drums, I didnt say anything, it is the default.

开始几天，我不敢说话，只是老师说什么，我就点头，慢慢地，我胆子也大了起来，和老师一起学习，一起说笑话，几天后来了两个小朋友也是学架子鼓的，我越学越好，还参加了文化宫的活动，架子鼓一期的学习结束了。

The first few days, I dare not speak, just what the teacher said, I nodded, slowly, I took heart, together with the teacher learning, joke with, a few days later, the two children also learn the drums, the more I learn, the better, is also part of the palace of culture activities, shelf a study over the drum.

妈妈和老师在说可以学些其他的东西吗?老师对我说：“你还想学什么呀!”我说：“吉他”。妈妈就帮我报了名。刚开始的几节课我都不想去，妈妈却鼓励我说：“别放弃，努力就行了”。我又重新去上课了，对吉他也产生了极大的兴趣。

The mother and the teacher can learn something else in that? The teacher said to me: "you want to learn what ah!" I said: "guitar". My mom helped me signed up. I dont want to go to the first few lessons, but mother encouraged me to say: "dont give up, to do it". I have to go to class, but also had a great interest in the guitar.

我总结了一下，学架子鼓要有激情，学吉他要有耐心。学了这两种乐器，我对音乐有了极大的兴趣，以后也想当个音乐家。

I summed up the drum with passion, patience to learn how to play the guitar. Study of these two kinds of musical instruments, I have a great interest in music, later wants to be a musician.

Very good question, the answer to which needs to be in English as reading English has nothing to do with Chinese.

When reading English,that brain should think English and only English,not Chinese.

There are two pathways to lead information to the brain:by sound or by sight.

Sound becomes meaning,all in English,and goes to an area in the brain named letterbox to be understood.

Sight becomes sound (for a lot of people) then becomes meaning,(all in English,and goes to an area in the brain named letterbox to be understood.)

All of the above.That is the only single complete way to understand English when reading.

Reading is very important in our life. We can get knowledge through reading. It can not only open our minds but also make us more intelligent. Besides, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.

Textbooks, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of reading materials can help us know more about the outside world and help us grow into an excellent person.

Im planning to read at least 5 books in the coming holiday. And Ill spend more time reading every day in my senior high school life. Reading makes a full man! Lets start reading now.

I am a middle school student.Though I ’m busy with my lessons,my spare time

is still colorful. After school I usually play sports . Sports help me to keep

healthy and study better.I often do some reading in the evening.I think books

give us much knowledge.So reading books is the best way of spending my spare

time. Sometimes I watch TV or surf the internet. On weekends, I often help my

parents with the housework..I sweep the floor,wash the clothes and learn to

cook.I enjoy myself in my spare time.

Do you know Halloween? I think with the increasing of international communication, most people must be familiar with it. It has become one of the most popular festivals inEurope. It falls on the last day of October. People will celebrate it from the midnight of October, 31 to November first.

你知道万圣节吗?我觉得随着国际交流的密切，大多数人都是很熟悉的。它已成为欧洲国家最受欢迎的节日之一。圣诞节是在十月的最后一天。人们会从十月三十一日的午夜就一直开始庆祝到十一月一日。

At first, it is celebrated to praise autumn. So it falls on the late autumn. It also has another legend. Since a long time ago, Halloween has been connected with the ghosts. People consider that the ghosts who have no home to go will go out for food on the night of October, 31. No matter this story is true or not, people will feel afraid only hearing it. So they decide to have celebration on that day. They will light up lights to frighten the ghosts.

一开始庆祝它主要是为了赞美秋天。所以这个节日是在深秋。它还有另一个传说。很久以前，万圣节都是与鬼魂相关联的。人们认为那些无家可归的鬼魂会在10月31日晚上出来找食物。不管这个传书是真的还是假的，单单听说人们就会感到害怕了。所以，他们决定在那一天庆祝。他们会把灯点亮来吓唬鬼魂。

However, after a long time, Halloween become the day mainly for kids. Every Halloween children will put on strange masks and frightening costumes. Most children will make themselves become the monster or hero in the movie or legend that they like. When they finish the make up, they will carry bags from house to house to play the game, “Trick or treat”. The adults will put the treat candy into their bags. Thus, Halloween is the most favorable festival for children.

然而，经过很长一段时间后，万圣节主要成为了孩子们的节日。每年万圣节前夕，孩子都会戴上奇怪的面具，穿上吓人的服装。大多数孩子会扮成电影中或者传说他们喜欢的英雄或怪物。当他们化妆完后，他们会带着袋子挨家挨户去玩“不给糖就捣蛋”的游戏。大人们就会把准备好的糖果放进他们的袋子里。所以说，万圣节是孩子们最喜欢的节日。

Not only the kids like the festival, but also some grown-ups love it. They will join parties after making up. This brings them the satisfaction of being young. How about you? Do you love it?

不仅小孩喜欢这个节日，连大人也喜欢。大人们会在画完妆后参加聚会。这可以给他们带来年轻的快感。你呢?你喜欢万圣节吗?

高尔基曾说过：书籍是人类进步的阶梯。寇蒂斯也曾说过：书籍乃世人累积智慧之长明灯。我国唐代伟大诗人杜甫认为：读书破万卷，便可下笔如有神，清初学者顾炎武也认为：读万卷书，行万里路。由此可见读书对我们是有多么的重要。

无论是厚重肃穆的字典，还是空灵芳馨的散文集，都让我领悟到人生的真谛，使我领略了世界的辽阔，知识的力量。但对我影响最深的还是海伦凯勒的《假如我有三天光明》。

海伦是不幸的，在她19个月大时，一场大病让她失去了视觉和听觉，这个幼小的生命不知道该怎样排遣与世隔绝的孤独感，于是她变得古怪、粗暴无礼。直到她的老师莎莉文走进她的世界，交她认字，教她与人沟通。海伦渐渐意识到，只有知识才能铺就一条通向光明的路。在海伦理解了水这个字后，她开始对知识、对世界、对生活有了强烈的渴求。开始了如饥似渴的认字、阅读。

海伦忍受着常人无法忍受的痛苦，用她那坚强的意志，克服了学习路上的一切艰难险阻。坚持终会有奇迹，最终海伦学会了德语、法语、拉丁语等多国语言。她把学习看成攀登奇山险峰，跌倒了再站起来，继续向上爬，每得到一点进步，就得到一份鼓舞，逐渐看到广阔的世界，一直爬到璀璨的云端，山的顶峰！在知识的蓝天下，海伦张开翅膀自由翱翔。

海伦说过，我努力求取知识的目的在于想为社会，为人类贡献一点力量。那么。作为一个健全的人，我们又该为这个社会做些什么呢？知识的力量是多么强大啊，它能使一个残疾人变成一个有益于人类有益于社会的伟大人物。假如我们每个人都能趁年少年时期好好学习，多读书，掌握知识，继而运用这些知识去造福社会，造福全人类。像海伦那样，每天都怀着爱，怀着友善的心去生活，我们将会多么幸福，这个社会将会是多么的和谐美好啊！

好书是伟大心灵之宝贵血脉。我们要学会珍惜时间，多多读书，在阅读中快乐成长！

Learn to smile(Don’t forget to smile)

Smiling is an attitude toward life.In our life,there may be some unpleasant

things.For example,you fail in an exam;or another time,you are misunderstood by

your friends.These unpleasant things may make you feel sad.Then what will you

do?Why not learn to smile?Smiling to yourself can bring back your

confidence.Sometimes,the greatest enemy is yourself;that’s to say,sometimes,you

are beaten by yourself.We should also learn to smile to others.It will help us

get closer to others.Smiling is the most widely understood language.

On weekend

On Saturday and Sunday, I often go to the library and play the piano, My father go to play basketball. Sometimes, we watch TV and listen to music at home.

I love my family. Because I’m very happy to live with my parents

My winter holidaysMy winter holidays is very dull. I stay at home for most of time. Sometimes I visit my friends and play basketball with them. Sometimes I go shopping.So I feel very unhappy.

Dear Sally, how have you beenI have a busy Sunday. Let me tell you about my own last Sunday in something. On Sunday morning, I at home doing my homework and clean my room. After this noon, because their parents are not at home, do it himself a bowl of tomato noodles to eat. In the afternoon, I went to see my grandma, help grandma washing clothes. In the evening, I accompany grandma watch TV together. I had a very busy day, feel a bit tired. But still very happy. best wish

Shanghai is my favourite city in China. Its the biggest cities in China with an area of 6,340square kilometers and a population of 23.48 million.

Moreover, Shanghai is the central city of our country.

Its the center of economy, technology, industry, finance and trade centre. Shanghai is also an emerging tourist city, with profound modern urban culture and many historical monuments. It has successfully held the 20xx World Expo.

It has become an international city with its high reputation in the world. In my opinion, it looks like a highly motivated youth with courage, strong willpower and ambition.

I look forward to working in such an energetic city in the future.

My life in 20 years

In 20 years, I think I will be a tour guide because I like to travel.

As a tour guide, I will go to different places of interest and meet a lot

of tourists. I will learn several kinds of foreign languages because I will meet

tourists from different countries. I will live in Yongchuan. Because it’s a

beautiful city. And I will also get married. I will have a beautiful wife and

two children. I love the nature, so I will go hiking with my family.

I’m sure my life will be very wonderful in the future.