吴山脚下2012
阅读能力在初二英语中一直占有重要位置，坚持每天的英语阅读非常重要。下面我为大家带来初二英语短文带翻译，供同学们阅读练习!
In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of &1000 to the first man who would fly across the English Channel. Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. On July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, Hubert Latham took off from the French coast in his plane the 'Antoinette IV'. He
had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on the sea. The 'Antoinette' floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship.
Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called 'No. XI'. Bleriot had been making planes since 1905 and this was his latest model. A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six miles. Latham, however did not give up easily. He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new 'Antonette'. It looks as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel. Both planes were going to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough. After making a short test flight at 4.15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later. His great flight lasted thirty seven minutes. When he landed near Dover, the first person to greet him was a local policeman. Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again. His engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.
1908年，诺斯克利夫勋爵拿出1,000英镑，作为对第一个飞越英吉利海峡的人的奖励。然而一年多过去了才有人出来尝试。1909年7月19日凌晨，休伯特.莱瑟姆驾驶"安特瓦特4号"飞机从法国海岸起飞，但他只在海峡上空飞行7英里，引擎就发生了故障，他只好降落在海面上。"安特瓦特"号飞机在海上漂浮，后来有船经过，莱瑟姆方才获救。
两天之后，路易斯.布莱里奥驾驶一名为"11号"的飞机来到加来附近。布莱里奥从1905年起便开始研制飞机，"11号"飞机是他制作的最新型号。一周以前，他曾成功地进行了一次26英里的陆上飞行。但是莱瑟姆不肯轻易罢休。同一天，他驾驶一架新的"安特瓦特"号飞机来到了加来附近。看来会有一场激烈的飞越英吉利海峡的竞争。两天飞机都打算在7月25日起飞，但莱瑟姆那天起床晚了。布莱里奥凌晨4点15分作了一次短距离试飞，半小时后便正式出发了。他这次伟大的飞行持续37分钟。当他在多佛着陆后，第一个迎接他的是当地一名警察。莱瑟姆一周以后也作了一次尝试，飞到离多佛不到半英里的地方。这次他又遭厄运，因引擎故障第二次降落在海面上。
Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
消防队员与森林大火搏斗了近三个星期才把火势控制。不久之前，高大的树木覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。现在，仍然升腾着烟雾，弥漫在荒凉的山丘上温暖地面。冬季即将来临，山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾，以及。在大火最后被扑灭后，森林管理当局订购了好几吨特殊类型的草籽生长迅速。这种草籽大量地飞机。飞机撒播近一个月，当它开始下雨。当时，然而，很多地方的草已经生了根。在地方的大树已经生长了许多世纪的补丁绿色开始出现在这片烧焦的土地。
Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for Prize money. Because of this, they were known as 'prize-fighters'. However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prize-fighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza who was born in 1764. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860 when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set Of rules. Though he was technically a prize-fighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prize-fighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game. In his day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike. Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing-match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn. In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him. The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight. A match was held at Stilton where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as &100 for a single appearance. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
两百年前，拳击比赛在英国非常盛行。当时，拳击手们不戴手套，为争夺奖金而搏斗。因此，他们被称作"职业拳击手"。不过，拳击是十分野蛮的，因为当时没有任何比赛规则，职业拳击手有可能在比赛中受重伤，甚至丧命。
拳击史上最引人注目的人物之一是丹尼尔.门多萨，他生于1764年。1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次为拳击比赛制定了规则，拳击比赛这才用上了手套。虽然门多萨严格来讲不过是个职业拳击手，但在把这种粗野的拳击变成一种体育运动方面，他作出了重大贡献。是他把科学引进了这项运动。门多萨在的全盛时期深受大家欢迎，无论是富人还是穷人都对他祟拜备至。
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在平凡的学习、工作、生活中，大家都写过作文吧，作文可分为小学作文、中学作文、大学作文（论文）。那么你知道一篇好的作文该怎么写吗？以下是我为大家整理的初二英语作文10篇，欢迎阅读与收藏。
My English Teacher
Miss Wang is my English teacher. She looks very young.She's about thirty years old, she has long hair,two big eyes and small mouth. She is funny ，but she is strict with us.She wants us to study hard, Her lessons are interesting. We are very happy in her class and we all like her lessons.She is a good teacher, we all like her.
王老师是我的英语老师。她看起来很年轻.她大约三十岁，她有一头长发，一双大眼睛和一个小嘴巴。她很有趣，不过，她严格要求我们。她要我们努力学习，她的课很有意思。上她的'课我们非常高兴，我们都喜欢她的课。她是一位好老师，我们都喜欢她。
When I grow up , I’m going to be a journalist(记者). I have been eager(渴望的)to do something benificial(有益的)to the world. And I think it' suitable(适合的)for me to be a journalist.
To realise(实现)my dream, I will study harder. What's more, I am going to write articles(文章)for magazines and newspaper in my free time, so I can know more about the job.
If I work hard enough, my dream will come ture.
Do you want to watch a game show?
假如你是林涛，去年夏天去北京度假，参观过许多地方。以My vacation 为题目，写一篇70词左右的短文。内容包括：1， 旅游景点(the Great Wall, the Palace Museum, Tian'anmen Square, Beijing hutong). 2, 天气、活动。3， 观点等。
Last summer, I went to Beijing on vacation with my father. The weather was sunny and hot. First we visited the Great Wall. There were a lot of people on the Great Wall. It is really the longest wall in the world. The next day, we visited the Palace Museum and Tian'anmen Square. We took many photos there. We also visited some other interesting places in Beijing. We visited Beijing hutong, too. We had a great time there. I hope to go there again.
Elephants are the biggest animals on the land.They are big and srong.They have big ears and trunks.They can walk quietly and help people move heavy things.
They are very friendly,kind and always live together.But the number of elephants reduces.People kill elephants for their ivories.We must take action to protect them or else they will extinct from the world.
After the spring, it is summer.
Summer is not only delicious, there are beautiful scenery.
Pond, the pink lotus in the pond distributed bursts of fragrance, people involuntarily came, white lotus like a little girl, wearing a white skirt in the pond dancing.
The tadpoles swam in the pond, and the frogs sit on the green leaves.
Willow under the grandfather in the next chess, playing cards, under the five children, willow also secretly laugh it!
The tree, know the joy of cried, as in calling friends.
Grass grass in the laughter.
Watermelon, is also essential for the summer things, and watermelon is delicious and quench their thirst.
I like summer.
春天过后，就是夏天了。
夏天不单单有好吃的，还有美丽的景色。
池塘里，粉色的荷花在池塘中散发出阵阵清香，使人中不由自主地走来，白莲像一位小姑娘，穿着白裙子在池塘中跳舞。
蝌蚪在池塘快活地游泳，青蛙在绿油油的荷叶上坐着。
柳树下老爷爷在下象棋、打牌、下五子，柳树也偷偷的笑呢！
大树上，知了快活地叫着，像在呼唤朋友。
草丛里小草在偷笑。
西瓜，也是夏天必不可少的东西，而且西瓜既好吃又解渴。
我喜欢夏天。
When I was small, I like to eat a lot of food, but I have a habit, I will not eat up all the food, I just like to taste all of it. When my mother saw this, she felt bad for me, she told me that all the food was the farmers’ hard work, I should not waste it. Thinking about this, I felt so shameful about my bad behavior, I decided to eat up the food. Wasting the food should be condemned, especially in the cities, people like to waste the food, they want to keep thin and only eat small portion. Now, the government advocates people clean the plate, this movement is welcomed by the public, more and more people have the idea not to waste the food.
在我小的时候，我喜欢吃很多东西，但是我有一个习惯，我不会把东西吃完，我喜欢浪费食物。当我的妈妈看到这些，她对我感觉不好，她告诉我所有的食物都是农民辛勤劳作的，我不应该浪费食物。想到这些，我对自己的坏习惯感到惭愧，我决定吃完所有的食物。浪费食物应该受到谴责，特别是在大城市，人们喜欢浪费食物，他们想要保持苗条，只吃小部分。现在，政府提倡人们光盘，这个做法得到了大众的肯定，越来越多的人意识到不能浪费食物。
my name is Fang Haotian, I am a lively boy, I live in China's Shandong Liaocheng,I am seventeen years old this year.I am in Grade nine Class five, I love my class very much, In the class,I have many friends,We talked and laughed,It make me happy.I have many hobbies,such as runing , drawing,writting,reading and playing chess.f In these, my favorite drawing, because It always make me forget something unhappy.I like making friends,too.If you want to make friends with me,please join me!Friends! I look forward to your arrival.Happy Year of the Tiger!
Early Rising
早起
Early rising benefits us in many ways.
早起在各方面对我们都有好处。
First, it helps to keep us fit. We all need fresh air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides, by taking morning exercises we can improve our health.
首先，早起能帮助我们保持健康。我们都需要新鲜的空气。但是早上的空气是最新鲜的。此外，做早操也能够提高我们的健康。
Second, it can help us in our studies. In the morning we can learn more quickly.
其次，早起能在学习方面帮助我们。早上我们可以学得很快。
Third, it can enable us to plan our work for the day. We cannot work well without a proper plan. Early rising can also give us enough time to get ready for our work.
第三，早起能让我们计划好一整天的工作。没有一个适当的计划我们无法好好工作。早起也可以给我们足够的时间来准备我们的工作。
So we say that those who always get up late should make great effort to get up early.
因此我们说那些总是起得晚的人应该努力早起。
By the time I become a senior high school student,I will be more mature and more caring for our society.I want to join a lot of clubs and try out for the student council.I like to get involved in the school because I can make a lot of friends in those clubs.As being a good student since the elementary school,I hope to keep up with my good marks.I want to be the number one student in the school,so I have to study very hard.I will try my best to do every single work assigned by the teacher,and never ask anybody to do my homework for me.I will never go on Baidu like this asking somebody to write a paragraph for me.
Live with thankfulness
Do you know Thanksgiving Day? Do you know why human thank God?
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.
In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.
