八年级unit10 Section B 1

1. Why do millions of Chinese leave the countryside every year? To search for work in cities 2. How often do you think these people visit their hometowns? I think they visit their home towns once or twice a year. 3. What new buildings does the government usually build in towns and villages? Large hospitals and new schools.
1a Check (√ ) the places or things you can find in your town or city.
____ √ a museum ____ √ a bridge ____ √ a park ____ √ a library
____ √ a primary school ____ √ a zoo ____ √ a hill ____ √ a river
Listen and answer the questions. 1. Does Martin like Jenny’s hometown? Yes, he does. 2. Does Jenny still live in her hometown? No, she doesn’t. 3. What is behind the science museum? What do people do there on weekends? A big park. People go there to let their kids run around and climb the hills.
读之前回答问题也可以帮助我们做到这一点
Hometown Feelings
故乡情怀
Some people still live in their hometown. However, others may only see it once or twice 其他人可能一年只见到他一次或两次 a year. Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave 如今，数百万中国人离开农村到城市寻找工作 the countryside to search for work in the cities. Among these is Zhong Wei, a 46-year- old
它在附近至少20年了
How often do you visit your hometown? What are the changes in your hometown?
Answer the questions before you read. Then read the passage to find out if your answers are the same as in the passage.
这些人中，有一位46岁的丈夫和父亲，叫钟伟。
husband and father. He has lived in Wenzhou 在过去的13年里，他住在温州 for the last 13 years. With a hard job in a 在蜡笔厂有一份辛苦的工作 crayon factory, he doesn’t find much time to 他没有找到很多时间去看望他的家乡 visit his hometown. “I used to return home at 过去我每年至少回家一次， least once a year, but I haven't been back for 但现在我近三年没有回去了。 almost three years now. Its a shame, but I just 这是个遗憾 don’t have the time,” he says. 但我实在没有时间 Many people like Zhong Wei regard with great 很多像钟伟一样的人们对自己的家乡改变的如何怀着极大的兴趣 interest how their hometowns have changed.
old
new old
for hundreds of years since last August for as long as Jenny can remember
Talk about your town/city with a partner. A: My city is lovely. B: What are some of the special places there? A: Well, there’s a concert hall there. It’s been around for at least 20 years.
Listen again and fill in the chart about the places in Jenny’s hometown.
Place New or old? How long has it been there?
town library
science met
“In my hometown, there was a big old tree opposite the school. It is still there and
在我的家乡，学校对面有一颗古老的大叔。
has become quite a symbol of the place.
Most of the children in my time liked to
really old. I hear they re going to 我听说他们打算 真的很陈旧了 build a new school there.” Zhong 在那里建立一所新的学校 Wei thinks such developments are 钟伟认为这样的发展很好，而且他也知道他的家乡 good, and he also knows that his hometown cannot always stay the 不能始终保持不变 same. According to Zhong Wei, however, 然而，在钟伟看来，有些东西永远不会变 some things will never change.
People like him are _________ interested in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the ___________. government Zhong Wei thinks these changes are _____ good because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some things ___________ will never change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood _________. memories
Complete the summary with words from the passage. You may need to change the forms of the words.
Many Chinese people these days leave their _________ hometown to work in _______. cities They usually _______ return to their hometown one or two times a ______. year Zhong Wei hasn’t been back in close to three years. He has been working in a ________ crayon factory in Wenzhou for the past 13 years.
Perhaps large hospitals and new roads have 也许大医院和心得道路出现了。 appeared. In many places, the government has 在许多地方，政府也建立了新的学校 also built new schools and sent teachers from 并从城市派出教师支援 the cities to help. “I noticed that’s true of my hometown,” 我注意到我的家乡这是真的 adds Zhong Wei. “Children have learned to 钟伟补充说 自20世纪中叶以来，在我的旧小学 read and count at my old primary school since 孩子们已经学会了阅读和计算 the mid-20th century. But now the buildings 但是现在这些建筑 are
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hometown nowadays search among crayon shame regard count
家乡 现今 搜索 在（其）中 彩色铅笔 羞耻 把…视为 数数
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countury according opposite especially childhood consider close to hold
Using Previous Knowledge We can often guess what a text is about by using 通过运用我们已经知道的知识，我们常常会猜到一篇课文是关于什么的 what we already know. Answering questions before we read can also help us do this.