1、精品精細；挑選；2014 秋季九年級英語 unit5 課文及翻譯The Difficult Search for American Goods in the USIf you go to another country, what kind of things would you buy? Would you buy acamera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland? No matterwhat you may buy, you might probably think those pro

2、ducts were made in those countries.However, you could be wrong. Knag Jian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Lastyear he went to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it interesting that somany products in the local shops were made in China. “I wanted to buy a toy car for mycousin

3、, but even though most of the toys had American brands, they were made inChina”.Toys are not the only things made in China.“Iwanted to buy a pair of basketballshoes,”he explains.“But I had to visit five or six stores before finding a pair made inAmerica!”He realized that Americans can hardly avoid b

4、uying products made in China.“In fact,“hecontinues,“there are so many things made in China -footballs, handbags,pet food, mobile phones. Even American flags are made in China”! Knag Jian thinks itsgreat that China is so good at making these everyday things. However, he wishes that inthe future China

5、 will also get better at making high-technology products that people can精品精細；挑選；buy in all parts of the world.在美國很難找到美國商品如果你去另一個國家，你會買什么種類的東西呢？你會在日本買相機，法國買一 些漂亮的衣服，還是在瑞士買手表呢？無論你可能買什么，你都會認為那些東西 就是在那些國家制造的。但是，你錯了。康健是一個 17 歲的上海學生。去年他去 舊金山拜訪了他的叔叔和阿姨。他發現當地的商品是中國制造的很有趣。 “我想給 我們的表弟買一個玩具車，即使大多數玩具是美國牌子，但他們卻是

6、中國制造。玩具不是唯一一個中國制造的東西。他解釋說： “我想說買一雙籃球鞋” “但是我 必須在找到一雙美國制造之前要逛五到六個商店。他意識到美國人幾乎不能避免 買中國制造的商品。事實上，他繼續說道“這里有許多中國制造的東西-足球，手提包，寵物食品，手機。甚至美國的國旗也是中國制造！康健認為中國善于制造 這些日用品非常好。但是，他希望中國在將來，世界各地的人民也能買到中國制 造的高科技產品。精品精細；挑選；Beauty in Common ThingsEach different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art

7、. These usuallytry to show the things that are important in life such as love, beauty and family,. The mostcommon things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turned into objects of beauty.According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sentthem out to ask for help when

8、 in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals andother celebrations. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanternsare lit, they slowly rise into the air like small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are seenas bright symbols of happiness and good wishes.Paper cutting

9、has been around for over 1,500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easybut it can be difficult to do. The paper usually red, is folded before it is cut with scissors.The most common pictures are flowers, fish, animals, and things about Chinese history.During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows

10、, doors and walls as symbols ofwishes for good luck and a happy new year.Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very real.The pieces are usually cute children or lively characters from a Chinese fairy tale orhistorical story. The pieces are carefully shape by h

11、and from a very special kind of clayand then allowed to air-dry. After drying they are fired at a very high heat. They are thenpolished and painted. Finally, materials such as wood or paper are added to makedifferent things. It takes several weeks to complete everything. These small pieces of clayar

12、t show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty.精品精細；挑選；普通事物中的美中國的每個地方都有它自己獨特的傳統藝術形式。這些試圖展示的事物在生活中是重要的，比如說愛，美和家庭。最普通的東西，從紙，黏土到竹子都轉變成了 美的物體。根據中國歷史，孔明燈最開始是諸葛孔明使用的。在危險的時候，他把孔明燈放出去是為了請求幫助。今天，孔明燈被用在節日上或其它的慶祝活動。它們是用竹子制成并且被紙覆蓋。當孔明燈被點燃的時候，正如我們看到的，它們會像熱 氣球一樣緩慢升上天空。它們被看作是幸福和美好祝愿的光明象征。剪紙大約已經有

13、1500 多年了。剪紙聽起來非常簡單但是做起來卻非常困難。紙材料通常是紅色的，在用剪刀剪之前先要折疊。最普遍的圖案是花，魚，動物和關于中國歷史的事物。在春節的時候，他們被貼在窗戶上，門上和墻上，作為好運 和新年快樂的象征。中國黏土藝術很著名，是因為黏土作品很小但是看起來卻很逼真。作品通常是可 愛的小孩或者是來自中國神話故事和歷史故事的生動人物角色。作品是來自一種 特殊的黏土精細手工定型而成，然后晾干。干了之后，它們會以一種高溫燒制。 然后磨光上色。最后，像木材和紙材料的加入轉變成不同的物品。要花幾周時間 完成所有。這些小的黏土藝術作品展示出所有中國人對生活和美的熱愛。精品精細；挑選;成功就是先制定一個有價值的目標，然后逐步把它轉化成現實的過程。這個過程因為信念而牢固，因為平衡而持久。生活才需要目標，生命