附听力语篇材料：人教版《英语》八年级下册
Unit 6 An Old Man Tried to Move the Mountains
Section A 1b
Wang Ming: Hi, Anna. In my Chinese class today, we read a famous story called Yu Gong Moves the Mountains.
Anna: Oh, how does the story begin?
Wang Ming: Well, once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so high and big that it took a long time to walk to the other side.
Anna: So what happened next?
Wang Ming: Well, the old man told his family that they should all help him to move the mountains.
Anna: Mm, but an old man probably couldn't even move a small tree.
Wang Ming: Yes, that's what his wife said, too.
Anna: And where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?
Wang Ming: Yu Gong said they could put it into the sea because it's big enough to hold everything. So they all started digging the next day.
Section A 2a-2b
Wang Ming: Let me tell you the rest of the story about Yu Gong. Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the earth and stone to the sea. One day, a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains. He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak. As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year. Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away. This story reminds us that you can never know what's possible unless you try to make it happen.