第九篇 节选自P64—A
Helen Keller was born in the United States in 1880. When she was one year old she was very sick. After the sickness she couldn’t hear or see. She could not speak either. Often she was sad. When Helen was seven years old, Anne Sullivan became her teacher. Helen was very hard-working. When she was 18,
she went to university.
She is famous because she helped many other blind and deaf people. She is also famous because she wrote many books.
第十篇 节选自P68, 69—A
Thomas Edison was one of America’s most famous inventors. Edison was born in 1847. He was born in the state of Ohio, in the USA. There were seven children in the Edison family. Thomas was a smart boy. He read many books and did many experiments.
Edison was most famous for creating the first light bulb. He
worked on many other inventions, too. He tried to make telephones better. He also invented a machine for showing movies. Thomas Edison made 1093 inventions in his lifetime.
第十一篇 节选自P76—A
I’m Li Ming. I’m 12 years old now.
I will be 52 in 40 years. I will invent a small plane. I will go to work in this small plane. My plane will fly as fast as a spaceship. I hope 40 years from now there will be no pollution on the earth. I hope I will still live in Beijing. I think Beijing will be very clean and more
beautiful in the future.
I hope all my dreams come true in 40 years.
第十二篇 改编自P83—C
My name is Larry. When I think about my life in the future, I think to myself: Will I be an astronaut? Will I be a detective? No, I will be President. I will be very busy, so I will just eat a food pill for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A robot will do my housework. When I am President, I will drive around in a big car, and smile at people. There will be no wars. And there will be more peace on earth.