江苏译林版牛津英语8AUnit1Reading课文：

　　LetterA

　　IwanttotellyouaboutmyfriendBetty.SheisasslimasIam.Shehasshorthair.Sheisoneofmybestfriends.

　　Bettyisgenerous.Sheiswillingtosharethingswithherfriends.Sheisalsoveryhelpfulandisreadytohelppeopleanytime.x09Shehelpsmewithmyhomeworkandwhensheisonthebus,shealwaysgivesherseattosomeoneinneed.

　　Bettywantstobeasingerandtravelaroundtheworldwhenshegrowsup.

　　BettyandImaynotgettoseeeachotheroften,butwewillalwaysbebestfriends.

　　LetterB

　　IhaveawonderfulfriendnamedMax.Heisverytall-almost1.75metres.Heisthetallestboyinmyclass.However,hehaspooreyesightbecauseofworkingonthecomputertoomuchatnight.Hewearssmall,roundglassesandtheymakehimlooksmart.

　　Maxhasagoodsenseofhumour.Ineverfeelboredorunhappywhenheiswithme.Hetellsfunnyjokesandalwaysmakesmelaugh.

　　Hislegsareverylongandtheydonotfitundertheschooldesks.Hecanwalkveryfastbutwhenhewalkspastthedesks,heoftenknocksourbooksandpensoffthedesks.Heissofunny.

　　LetterC

　　IthoughtofmygoodfriendMaywhenIreadyouradvertisement.SheisshorterthanIamandisverysmall.Shehasstraight,shoulder-lengthhair.Everyonethinkssheispretty.

　　Mayisatruefriend.Whensomethingworriesme,Icanalwaysgotoher.Icantellanythingbecauseshecankeepasecret.

　　Sheiskindandneversaysabadwordaboutanyone.

　　其中的语言点提示如下：

　　holdawritingcompetition举行写作比赛

　　writeaboutsb.写（某人的）事情

　　thefirstthreeentries前三条

　　tellsb.sth.告诉某人某事

　　asslimas与…一样苗条

　　sharewith与….分享/shareone’sjoy分享某人的快乐

　　bereadytohelp乐于帮助人/bewillingtodo愿意做…

　　helpsb.withsth.帮某人做某事/helpdosth.帮着做某事/helpsb.(to)dosth.帮某人做某事

　　giveseatsto让座给….

　　inneed有需要的

　　awonderfulfriendnamedMax名叫麦克斯的很不错的朋友

　　pooreyesight差的视力

　　because因为(连词)/becauseof因为(介词)

　　toomuchcomputerwork(太多电脑工作)/muchtoo(太,过于[+adj.])

　　atnight(在夜间)/intheevening(在傍晚)

　　wearglasses戴眼镜

　　looksmart看上去聪明

　　haveasenseofhumor有幽默感

　　feelbored/unhappy感到无聊/不快

　　bewithsb.与….呆在一起

　　makesb.laugh使…发笑

　　makehimlooksmart使他看起来聪明

　　knockover撞翻/knockoff撞掉

　　thinkof想念,想到

　　shoulder-length齐肩的

　　(sth.)worriesme(某事)使我担心

　　worryabout/beworriedabout为…着急

　　keepasecret保密

　　sayabad/goodwordaboutsb.说某人的坏/好话

　　straighthair直发