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1、中考英语复习-八年级短文阅读 1Light Up Their LivesFor most of us,watching a movie is a pretty common thing to do.But for the blind,it can be verychallenging.In Kunming,Yunnan province,there is a blind-friendly theater.Its called Xin DengTheater.More than 5,000 volunteers help at the Xin Deng Theater.Most of them
2、are university students.Their job is to narrate films to blind moviegoers.Before working,volunteers will get some training.They will learn how to narrate a film from Zhou Quan,the founder of Xin Deng Theater.Every Saturday,volunteers will come to the bus stop to pick up the blind and take them to th
3、e XinDeng Theater.Then all the blind will be seated to enjoy a movie together.When the movie begins,a volunteer will give lively narrations.He describes what is happening on the screen,includingfacial expressions,unspoken gestures,the background and costumes.With the help of thenarrator,the blind im
4、merse themselves in the movie.They laugh when something funny happensand sigh during sad situations.Volunteers at the Xin Deng Theater help blind moviegoers better enjoy their theater trips.Yifan,one of the volunteers,has narrated more than 20 movies.“I could sense they were enjoying thefilm.I was s
5、o glad that my volunteer work could bring enjoyment to them,”he said.“I felt asthough I was shining a light on their lives.”A Photography Trip to Mount QomolangmaMa Chunlin,a young man from Chengdu,was born in 1995.He loves snowy mountains.Manyyears ago,when Ma stepped into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
6、,the first snowy mountain he sawwith an altitude of over 8,000 meters was Mount Qomolangma.This became the beginning of hisstory with Mount Qomolangma.It has been a century since humans first tried to climb Mount Qomolangma in 1921.Last year,onthe 100th anniversary of the first attempt to climb Moun
7、t Qomolangma,Ma and a partner wenton a photography trip to the mountain.They wanted to arrive at the Kada Valley where theycould admire the best view of Mount Qomolangma.They excitedly set off towards the Kada Valley.However,the difficult conditions caught them offguard.They walked for several days,
8、and the weather was bad all the time.They didnt havehigh-altitude camping experience,and they experienced altitude sickness.Sometimes they feltvery uncomfortable.Luckily,they finally reached the KadaValley,and they clearly saw whatMount Qomolangma looked like.They used their camera to record the bea
9、uty of MountQomolangma.Although Ma had seen Mount Qomolangma before,he was still amazed by it.Later,Ma shared some photos online,and they got many likes.When asked why he chose to photograph Mount Qomolangma,Ma replied,“This processis likelooking for treasures,which is interesting and endless.I want
10、 to help improve publicunderstanding of Mount Qomolangma and call more attention to the protection of theenvironment,rather than creating another popular tourist place.”Changesin Beijings Physical EducationAs people in China are paying more and more attention to childrens health,the government iscar
11、rying out new programs to improve the health level of students.Last December,the BeijingMunicipal Education Commission made great changes to physical educationin this city.The commission now has more progress assessments for P.E.classes in the hope that children willstart physical exercise at an ear
12、lier age and do them more often.Students also have more choicesfor their final P.E.exams.They can choose four sports from alist of 22,including running,tabletennis,badminton,and swimming.14 sports newly joined in the list.The commission alsoprovides middle school students with online classes after s
13、chool.Many people welcome th echanges with open arms.Zhang Fan,a father of a school-age child,said,“Many children in our country have overweight and obesity problems,and one of the mainreasons is that they spend very little time on physical activities.I hope my son will have moretime for physical ac
14、tivities at school.”According to a report,the overweight and obesity rate of Chinese primary and middle schoolstudents increased by 8.7 percent from 2010 to 2019.In 2019,the overweight and obesity rateofprimary school students was 26.2 percent,while it was 23.1 percent for middles chool studentsand
15、21 percent for high school students.Since the governmentis taking action to improvechildrens health levels,the situation will take a turn for the better.Lets look forward to ahealthier future for all Chinese students.A“Genius”TranslatorMonths ago,the real-life story of translator Jin Xiaoyu and his
16、familytouched millions of readers.Jins story became known after his father,JinXingyong,gave a call to Hangzhou Daily.The 85-year-old father called the newspaper in the hope that they could publish his sonsstory.The story lets us know the life of Jin Xiaoyu and his struggle against hardships.Jin was
17、leftblind in one eye after an accident,and he has been mentally ill from a young age.Life has giventhe family a big blow,but they never lose hope and always fight back with love.By chance,Jin started translating foreign books in 2010.In a period of over ten years,hehas translated 22 books from Engli
18、sh,Japanese,and German.More than 10 of his translationshave been published and won high praise from readers.After the story ran in the newspaper,Jin and his family have drawn great attention fromsociety.Many people consider Jin as a genius.But he disagrees and says he is just a hard-workingperson.To
19、 translate well,he read almost every foreign language novel in Zhejiang Library andspent six years learning foreign languages himself.His parents also offered him great help andsupport.In the near future,Jin plans to complete a new translation and learn Spanish.He hopesto keep improving his translation skills and do better work.