外研版新标准初二英语下册第8模块课文内容

MODULE 8 Public holidays
Unit 1 It’s the last day before the new school year begins.
Listen and read.
Tony: Do you have any plans for the May Day holiday, Betty?
Betty: My parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong Province. And while
we're staying with them, we're going to spend a few days in Qingdao. We'll stay there until May 5th.
Darning: Do you celebrate May 1st in the UK, Tony?
Tony: Well, we celebrate May Day, but the holiday is not always on May 1st. It's the closest Monday to May 1st, and we only have one day off.
Betty: In the USA, Labour Day is a national holiday, but on a different date, too. It's on the first Monday in September. And it's the last day before the new school year begins.
Lingling: Do you do anything special?
Betty: We go camping or we have a picnic somewhere nice, or go to the beach. But it's also the end of the vacation season. When September comes, it starts to get cooler,so after Labour Day we start classes.
Darning: We also go back to school as soon as the May Day holiday is over. Lingling: True, but our weather gets better, and then we only have a few weeks before the start of the summer holidays.
Betty: Right! So let's enjoy ourselves until we go back to school.
4 Complete the table.
5 Choose the best answer.
1 Lingling and Sally will leave Qingdao on May _____
a) 1st b) 3rd c) 5th
2 The Americans celebrate Labour Day _____ May Day in China.
a) on the same day as b) earlier than c) later than
3 American children go back to school ______
a) on September 1 st b) on the first Monday of September
c) the day after Labour Day
4 Lingling thinks that after May Day in China, ______
a) it's the start of the summer holiday b) everyone enjoys themselves
c) the weather eets better
Unit 2 As soon as it’s 12 o’clock…
2 Read the passage, and match the topics with the paragraphs.
a A family day
b Different ways of celebrating
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c Making plans for the new year
d New Year's Ev
e in New York
e An ending and a beginning
People all over the world celebrate the new year. However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn't begin on the same date every year. It can depend on the seasons, the moon or the sun.
In many countries, the new year begins on January 1st, but people start celebrating on December 31st, New Year's Eve. In New York many people 'go to celebrate in Times Square. While they're waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o'clock, everyone counts down from 10: 10, 9, 8 ... As soon as it's 12 o'clock, everyone shouts very loudly, "Happy New Year!" and they say, "Out with the old year and in with the new?' Suddenly there are fireworks and special drinks. Sometimes people sing an old song called
Auld Lang Syne.
New Year's Day is often a family day. Some people relax at home. Some families get together for a special, meal with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. When the weather is fine, many families go out for a walk.
On New Year's Day, many people make resolutions for the new year. They write down a list of things, such as "I will help out more at home. I will work harder at school." or "1 won't spend so much time playing video games." When they have made their list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to follow their resolutions. So it doesn't matter how they celebrate, for people in countries all over the world, it's a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.
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