外研版八年级上册英语课文

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways t o learn English. Ready? Who has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answer s next to the mistakes. What else?Lingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new wo rd. Ms James: You don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen fo r key words and main ideas.Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to kn ow a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English p en friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions.The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from H ubei wrote, “I like watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can o nly understand a little. What can I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and li sten several times, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will lear n something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friend s.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher from the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I d o?”You can say, “Hello! How are you?”“Do you like China?” These are good ways t o start a conversation. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember t his: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five wor ds a day on pieces of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when yo u see them, and try to use them.Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.It’s g etting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many o ther cities in China. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautif ul city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Dar win. There are lots of old buildings and churches to visit. Students and tourists enjo y trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the River Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous fo r Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small vil lages and beaches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of lo w and beautiful lakes in the north, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Eve rywhere in England you will notice how green the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England an y time of the year, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis. Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That’s fast!Daming: That’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one sc ored at all. So this week’s match is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match. And I hurt my knee. Daming: That’s too bad! Sit down and watch the match. It’s safer than playing te nnis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis. Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, but that’s because it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games. Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at tha t!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s still plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am.We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. We ar e training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. T his year we want to do better.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practice.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. L ast year we were sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we l ost to the other team in the final match. What a pity! This year we practi se more carefully. That means we have a better chance of winning.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans ar ound. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to win the g ame.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But nobody was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school b y taxi.Mum: It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive .Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous. There’s so muc h traffic.Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, and it’s quite safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be carefull.Mum: How does T ony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground. Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. But it’s so crowded! And t he traffic is heavy.Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be ca reful all the time.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterda m.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey take and what is the best way to travel? Could you please te ll me about the trains or ships to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more exp ensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you tr avel. It is usually cheaper. You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hotel. Remember tha t parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city centr e and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in sum mer the coaches sometimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelv e hours to get there. However, it will not cost as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but yo u may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Linglin g offered to take me there. We drank tea and watched an opera. Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and a ctress were excellent.Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours.Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to under stand more next time.Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it ’s famous.Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play T eahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in C hina from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teaho use in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty year s around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teach er’s school in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head t eacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She left home and went to Engl and. He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China fiv e years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about peopl e’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicio us Beijing food. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get c loser to them.Lingling: It’s sad to think of the pandas and other animals in danger. Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, becaus e villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water, because we’ve ma de it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice.Lingling: It says,“Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we nee d your help.”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says,“Your money pays to look after the animals.”That mea ns we can give money to help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’s homed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in th e wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pan das. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The s ituation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to h elp pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not man y pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big a nd there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals . And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save t hem all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It’s about a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with h er sister by the river and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And wher e was it going?Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a h ole in the ground.Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smi ling at everyone.Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strang e game!Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain k nows the story.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha….U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was readi ng a book. Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her s ister’a book. “And what is a book for,” thought Alice,”without pictur es or conversations?” Suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by. There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “O h dear! Oh dear! I’ll be late!” and she did not think it was strange. Th en the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it. A rabbit wi th a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran across the field after it. S he saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she w as going to get out again. She found that she was falling down a very, v ery deep hole. It was too dark for her to see anything. She was falling fo r a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Din ah. Suddenly she landed on some dry leaves…Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appeared Betty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and l istening to music on the road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changi ng to red, a car suddenly appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going f ast, but it didn’t stop.Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the bo y fell off his bike and hurt his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an acci dent! Pay attention, stop at the red lights and…..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from A sia in a box of bananas. It climbed out and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across th e kitchen, and it landed on a table.’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and took a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the f ridge When Henry was trying to find the snake， his hand began to hu rt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the doctors were checking him, the p ain got worse . But they could not help him because they did not kno w what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered th e photo. The doctors sent the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt w hat kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right medicine and he le ft hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, and show the photo to the doctors ‘’, suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing pop ulation.”Lingling: Well, were in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a hug e city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in manycountries. Do you know how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fif th of the world’s population, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because f amilies are getting smaller.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet villag e. They had a small house. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near A rnwick, a city with 200,000 people. People from Parkville moved to Arm wick to find jobs. And they needed places to live.However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the governmen t built flats outside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick. And Arnwick became a city with over a million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo n ow has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour t o get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air cle an water and better public services. It also needs more police to protec t its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money. However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need mo re big cities like this? In fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a stor y.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’re going to the park to skate, There’s thick ice on the lake, Are you coming with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What’s the temperature?Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is cold er here than i England.Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decem bers are we and rainy.Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty? Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York i n winter.Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I d on’t like showers or windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia no w, It’s Probably sunny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choos e carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because y ou may want to travel around. New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow. The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees .California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming i n the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bri ng an umbrella.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in th e evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit A laska, you had better go in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sw eater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other places.There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like! Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that. Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese tradit ions. Tell me more.Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And yo u mustn’t break anything. It’s bad luck!Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means l uck. And you’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival mon th.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi!Betty: Perfect! They taste great.Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a m onth away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed m y stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.F or example, you must say Mr or Mrs when you meet someone for the fi rst time. When you get to know each other better or when they ask yo u to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Aft ernoon tea is not just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too.Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fish and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it aw ay and eat it with your fingers. It is delicious!At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You nee d to stand in a line behind the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get on the bus.Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smil e politely and say, “Excuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone b asic medical help. Let’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He isn’t moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him? Betty: First of all, find out what’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to y ou.Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives? Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. Betty, you must know! You did some basic medical training. Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: That’s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn peopleabout them.Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthq uake, so here is some advice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay away from windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking , but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when you are with other p eople. Be brave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not stand near street lights or under power lines. Stay a way from bridges and trees. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the m ountains, be careful of falling rocks.On a beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you c an also help save others。

八年级外研版英语上册课文(适合背诵用)

八年级外研版英语上册课文Module 1 Unit 1Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Now, because it's a new term, I'm going to give you some advice. Why don'tyou write it down? Ready?All: Yes, Ms James.Ms James: You should always speak English in class. And you should write down your mistakes in your notebooks.And why don't you write down the correct spellingand grammar next to the mistakes? What else? Lingling: It's a good idea to check your vocabulary notebook every day.Ms James: That's a good idea. Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio or reading a newspaper inEnglish? But try not to translate every word. Lingling: I think everyone should have a pen friend and write email messages to each other. I'm going to meet mypen friend in Beijing this term.Ms James: Excellent!Lingling: She plays in her school orchestra, and they're doing some concerts in China.Ms James: Is she English?Lingling: Yes, she is.Daming: Good! She can help me with my homework.Questions and answersMany students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions.The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, "I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?"This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself!The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, "Our school has a foreign teacher. But I'm shy and can't speak to her. What should I do?"When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, "Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?" These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps.The third question is about vocabulary. Oliver, from Anhui Province wrote, "I want to remember all the new words. I write them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?"Try to remember eight or ten words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you're shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?Tony: So what's your pen friend's name, Lingling? Lingling: Sally Maxwell, and she's from Park School in London.Tony: Has she visited China before?Lingling: No, she hasn't. But I sent her a DVD about China and she's watched it. And she has enjoyed my messagesabout my life here in Beijing. So I think she'll like ithere.Tony: What about you, Lingling? Have you ever wanted to travel around the world?Lingling: Yes, I have. I've always wanted to go to the USA and Europe. And Sally has invited me to stay with her inEngland one day. The problem is the price of theticket.Tony: Well, guess what! Have you looked at today's newspaper? There's a competition. "Take off fromBeijing Capital Airport and land in London. Writeabout a wonderful experience. The first prize is theholiday of your dreams in England." What do youreckon? Have you ever entered a competition? Lingling: No, I haven't! It sounds brilliant!Have you ever had ... a fantastic experience?Wei Ming has been all over China by plane. Her father is an Air China captain, so they fly to different places for their holidays. "My favourite place is Mount Tai. But I also like the beaches in Sanya." Is there anywhere she hasn't visited? "I've never been to Shanghai!"Han Li has been to San Francisco in the USA. His grandparents live there and he visits them every Spring Festival. "I like San Francisco very much because there's a lot to see and do there. I'm at home in Chinatown!" says Han Li.Yi Wen has tried western food in a hotel in Nanjing. "Have you ever had Italian food? It's delicious! Pizza has always been my favourite food. But I don't like sandwiches or ice cream—they're too cold!"Wang Ming has been to a Liu Huan concert in Beijing with more than 2,000 people. "He's given concerts all over China and the tickets have always sold out. He's written many songs! He's the greatest Chinese musician ... ever!" says Wang Ming.He Meifeng went to a Beijing cinema to see The House of the Flying Daggers because she's always liked Zhang Ziyi. At the end she got up, and Zhang Ziyi was in the seat beside her. "I've always wanted to meet her. It was my 'dream come true'!"Daming: Hi, Tony. What are you up to?Tony: Hi Daming, I've just made this model of the space station. What do you think?Daming: It's great. Is this for your space travel homework? I haven't started it yet.Tony: Don't panic! Ms James wants it next week. Have you heard the latest news? Some scientists have sent a spacecraft toMars. It has taken several months to get there. Daming:Has it arrived yet?Tony: Yes, it has. That's why it's on the news.Daming: And have the astronauts discovered life on Mars?Tony:No, not yet. There aren't any astronauts in thespacecraft.Daming:But astronauts have already been to the moon.Tony: Yes, but no one has been recently. But lots of astronauts have worked on the space station. They take the spaceshuttle, and go there and back.Daming:You know a lot about space travel. Can I show your space station to my parents?Tony:But I hear they've gone to Shanghai on business. Daming: Oh, they're coming back this evening. I'd like to show it to them.Tony:All right, you can borrow it. But bring it back tomorrow.Anyone out there?Scientists think that there has been life on Earth for millions of years. However, we haven't found life on other planets yet. Why not?The Earth is a planet and it goes around the Sun. Seven other planets also go around the Sun. None of them has an environment with air, so people and things cannot grow. The Sun and its planets are called the solar system. The solar system is a small part of our galaxy.The stars we see at night are the suns in other solar systems. There are more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy, called the Milky Way, and our Sun is only one of them.But scientists have discovered many other galaxies in the universe. They are a long way away and their light has travelled for many years to reach us. It is hard to understand how large the universe is.Scientists have sent lots of spacecraft to look at other planets in our solar system, and some spacecraft have gone beyond the solar system. However, no one has discovered any life in space yet.But why has no one from other planets sent us a message? Have they tried to send information to us? With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? We don't know ... yet.Module 4 Unit 1Betty: When does Sally arrive in Beijing?Lingling: Next month.Betty: And how long have you known her?Lingling: For two years.Betty:But have you ever met her?Lingling: No, I haven't. But I get on well with her. We like the same things.Betty: Does she speak Chinese?Lingling: Yes, a little. She's studied it for a year. She says it's very difficult.Betty: Yes, it is! It's easier to learn a foreign language when you visit the country.Lingling: How long have you lived here?Betty:Since 2004.Lingling: And how long have you studied Chinese?Betty:For a year. What does Sally want to do here? Lingling:Well, her school orchestra has some concerts, but she has heard about the Hope Schools and she wants tovisit a school in Gansu or Qingdao.Betty: What's a Hope School?Lingling:It's a school for poor children. In fact, since 1989 Project Hope has built schools all over China. Betty: Really? That sounds interesting. Tell me more.Hope for the FutureLiu Sanzi is an eight-year-old boy from a village in Hunan Province. His parents want him to drop out of school. It's important for him to work on their farm because there are seven people in Liu's family and they are very poor.Li Yinming is 14 and from Zhangxian in Gansu Province. He stopped going to school a few years ago. His parents have been ill and he has to look after them.Many children like Li Yinming and Liu Sanzi can't get an education because their families are poor. Now they can go to school with the help of Project Hope. In the last 15 years, this project has raised money and paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students in the countryside. People in China and abroad have given 2.2 billion yuan. With this money, Project Hope has built many schools and libraries. It has also trained teachers and it has sent students to high schools.Last year Shen, a boy from Shanxi Province, went to a school with no electricity and only a few books. But this year he's at a new school with big classrooms and lots of books. Project Hope paid for it.Most people in China have heard of Project Hope and have given money. But 40 million children from poor families still need help. Because of Project Hope, thousands of children have better lives. Perhaps we should all ask: What can we do for Project Hope? How can we help?Tony: I like this music! Who's it by?Lingling: Well, I'm not sure, but Sally's school orchestra is playing it.Betty: It's by Strauss. You've heard of him, haven't you? Lingling: Yes, I have. He was German, wasn't he?Betty: No, he wasn't. He was Austrian. He was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria.Daming:What's it called?Betty:The Blue Danube. The Danube is the river in Vienna. Lingling: You like western classical music, don't you?Betty: Yes, I do.Lingling:Who's your favourite classical composer?Betty: Beethoven. But I also like pop music. You listen to pop music, don't you?Lingling:Yes, I love it!Betty: But Sally is a classical musician, so she doesn't like pop music, does she?Lingling:No, she doesn't. I think she'll like traditional Beijing Opera.Tony:Hmm, it's certainly very ... traditional, isn't it? Daming:I'm a fan of rap.Tony:Hey! Give us a break!Lingling:What on earth is that?Daming:Rap music.Tony: I don't believe it!Module 5 Unit 2Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube. It's the capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical music. From 1750 a lot of composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna. The most famous family of musicians was the Strauss family.There were two composers called Johann Strauss: a father and a son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for a classical dance—a waltz. His waltzes made him famous all over Europe.The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was even more successful and popular than his father. He wrote more than 400 waltzes and his most famous one was The Blue Danube. He wrote it in 1867. Strauss and Mozart were two of the most important composers.Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six he played not only the piano, but also the violin and the organ. His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra. But he died in 1791 when he was only 35. Some people say he was the greatest European composer.Module 6 Unit 1Tony: How is it going, Lingling?Lingling: Ssh! I'm reading.Tony: Sorry！What's the book?Lingling: Sally sent it to me. It's about a girl called Alice.Tony: Go on!Lingling：One day she was sitting by the river with a book, but she wasn't reading it. Suddenly a whiterabbit ran past her. It was looking at its watch.Tony: Why was it running?Lingling: Because it was late.Tony: Where was it going?Lingling: To a tea party with the Mad Hatter, the MarchHare and a mouse.Tony: I see! Was there a King and a Queen?Lingling: Yes.Tony: And what were they doing?Lingling: The Queen was playing in the garden and the King was sitting on the grass. And the Cheshire Cat was sitting in a tree and was smiling at everyone.Tony: And let me guess ... then Alice fell down a rabbit hole and went into their strange world! Lingling: Tony! Do you know the book?Tony: Yes, it's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Every boy and girl in Britain has read it.Module 6 Unit 2Alice was getting very tired. She was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her sister's book, but it had no pictures or conversations in it. "And what is a book for," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"So she was thinking of making a daisy chain when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by her.There was nothing strange about that. And she didn't think it was strange when she heard the rabbit say, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I'll be late!" But when the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it, Alice got up. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch? She ran across the field after it. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole under the hedge.Then Alice went down after it and never thought about how she was going to get out again.Tony: Mmm ... That smells delicious! What are you making? Betty: Hi, guys! I've made a pizza. Have some!Tony: OK. Yes, it's great.Betty: What's the matter, Daming?Daming: It tastes too strong. I'm afraid I don't like cheese. It doesn't smell fresh. No, thanks.Lingling:Well, I've made some chocolate cookies. Have a try!They taste really sweet.Daming:That's much better.Betty: You're wearing a lovely sweater, Lingling.Lingling:Yes, it feels very soft and comfortable.Tony:You both look very smart. And so much food! Are we having a party?Lingling: We're going to the airport to meet my friend Sally from London.Daming:What's she like?Lingling: I haven't met her, but she sounds really nice.Betty:And she looks very pretty in her photo.Tony: Let's have a look. Hm, yes, I see what you mean! Lingling:And then we're coming back here to have something to eat.Tony: You must introduce me to her.Betty: Sure we will. We'll be back soon.Lingling: See you later.Hi Lingling,Thanks for your last message, it was great to hear from you. You sound great fun, and I can't wait to meet you.I hope you will recognise me from my photo when I arrive at the airport. I'm quite tall, with short fair hair, and I wear glasses. I'll wear jeans and a T-shirt for the journey, but I'll also carry my warm coat. I've got your photo—you look so pretty, so I'm sure we'll find each other!Thanks for telling me about what you like doing. You sound just like me! I spend a lot of time with the school orchestra, but I also like dance music—I love dancing! I enjoy sports as well, especially tennis. My brother is captain of the school tennis team—I'm very proud of him! And I work hard at school—I feel stupid when I get bad marks and I get angry with myself—I should work harder.You asked me how I feel about coming to China. Well, at first I often feel a bit sad when I leave my mum and dad for a few days, and I'm quite shy when I'm with strangers. I feel nervous when I speak Chinese, but I'll be fine after a few days. I'm always sorry when I do something wrong, so please help me do the right things when I'm with you in China! Oh, and I'm afraid of flying. But I'm very excited about coming to China!See you next week!Love SallySally: So show me your map of Beijing, Lingling.Lingling:OK, here's Tian'anmen Square. On the left, over there, is the Great Hall of the People. And on the right is theNational Museum of China.Sally: And how do I get to the Forbidden City?Lingling: Go straight ahead. It's opposite Tian'anmen Square.Sally:I see. And where is the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall?Lingling:It's here, between the Great Hall of the People and the Museum.Sally:And can you tell me the way to a park?Lingling: Yes, Beihai Park is my favourite. It's kind of quiet. Go across the square. Turn left into Chang'an Jie and thenturn right into Chang Jie. I think there's an entrance onthe corner of Chang Jie and Wenjin Jie.Sally: And where can I do some shopping?Lingling: Everyone asks about the shopping! The best place is Wangfujing Dajie. Go across Tian'anmen Square, turnright, and go along Dongchang'an Jie, and turn left intoWangfujing Dajie.Tour of LondonWelcome to this short tour of London. In this square we are standing in the middle of London. Opposite is the National Gallery, a museum with lots of famous paintings. Go along the red street to Buckingham Palace. The Queen lives here.Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Opposite you can see the London Eye. It takes you 135 metres above the River Thames. You can see most of London on a clear day.When you are tired, the best way to see London is by boat. You can get the boat near Big Ben. As you go along the river, the London Eye is on your right.Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. There you can see the Tower of London next to the bridge. The Tower of London is the city's oldest palace. It is 900 years old.Take the boat back along the river. Get off the boat and go past the station and walk along the street. Opposite is the old fruit and vegetable market. They don't sell fruit and vegetables now. There are stores and restaurants, and lots of street musicians. Turn left into King's Street, and go past the church. You're now back where you started, at the square. Now you finish your tour.Lingling:Did you like the zoo?Sally:Yes! I was so excited to see the pandas ... at last! It was interesting to learn about the Wolong Panda Reserve. Lingling: But it's sad to think about all those animals in danger. It makes me mad!Sally:The surprising thing was to hear how many animals are in danger. We need to protect them better.Lingling:And it just isn't right to kill whales or elephants for their meat.Sally:Absolutely, but it's hard to stop the killing.Lingling: And many animals have no place to live in. Our villages and farms are growing bigger, and we're taking awaytheir lands and forests.Sally: Also, often their water isn't good to drink because we've made it dirty.Lingling: It's really awful! We need to help the animals live in peace. But many people decide not to think about it.What on earth can we do?Sally:Let's find out what we can do to save them ...An animal in dangerThe panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.The panda's homePandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas don't have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is becoming very serious.Help for pandasOur government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.Pandas help other animalsMost people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers, whales, turtles and elephants—we need to save the panda, and we need to save them, too.Lingling:Sally and I went to Lao She's Teahouse last night. Tony: How was it?Lingling:It was great! As you know, Sally's main interest is music, and she wanted to see some Beijing Opera. Somy parents offered to take us there. You can drink teaand see some opera.Tony: Do you like Beijing Opera?Lingling: Not especially, but I wanted to see the teahouse, so my parents agreed to take us.Betty: And did you understand it, Sally?Sally: I tried to understand it, but it was almost impossible. Betty: How long did you stay?Sally: We only planned to have some tea, but we decided to stay for two hours.Betty:Did you have a good time, Sally?Sally: Well, it was interesting, that's the main thing. I hope to understand more next time.Tony: (whisper) Betty, who is Lao She?Betty:No idea.Lingling: Lao She was a famous writer. He's especially famous for his play, Teahouse. The story happens in a Beijingteahouse.The play TeahouseLao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the audience life in China between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers. It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighbourhood. Finally, it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people.The story of TeahouseThe story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of theAnti-Japanese War in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and he dies.Lao SheLao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Teacher's School in Beijing and he learned to teach. From 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories. He was named a " People's Artist " and a "Great Master of Language ". He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.Lao She's TeahouseIn Lao She's Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious Chinese food. If you like Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She's Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world.Betty:Hey, you lot! Don't forget Lingling's birthday next week.Tony: Yes, we're going shopping for her present.Betty:It's freezing, isn't it?Tony: Yes, it's really cold.Betty: What are you doing for Spring Festival, Tony?Tony: We're going to England.Daming:Will it be snowy?Tony:You must be joking! It may not even be cold, just wet.And it might be windy. Are you going to the USA, Betty? Betty:We're not sure. We might go to Australia.Tony:Sounds great! What will the weather be like?Betty: Not bad, I guess. At the moment, it's summer there, so it'll probably be hot and sunny. And what about you,Daming?Daming: We're off to Hong Kong. It may be quite cool, but it'll probably be dry. Betty, when's the best time to visit theUSA?Betty: When it's not too cold ... or too hot!Tony: Come on, better get going!Daming: What are you going to buy for Lingling's present? Betty: Something warm to wear!When's the Best Time to Visit the USA?The USA is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a good map because you may want to travel around.New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October. It's not too hot then. In winter there's a lot of snow.The best plan is to arrive in New England in September. The weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change colour. It's a good idea to bring your camera because you may want to take photos of the autumn leaves.4,000 kilometres away in Los Angeles, California, the weather is fine all year. It's nice to see the sun in December! Bring your swimsuit because you might want to swim in the sea.In the northwest, it isn't very cold, but there's a lot of rain, so bring an umbrella. It's pleasant to visit Alaska in July and August but it might be cool in the evening. So remember to wear some warm clothes. But don't come in winter. It'll be dark all day and freezing cold.In Texas and the southeast, there are storms from time to time in summer and fall. It's usually very hot and sunny compared to many other places.So when's the best time to visit the USA? Any time you like!Betty: Stop chatting, everyone. Here she comes! Happy birthday, Lingling.Lingling: Oh, you remembered!Daming:We've got you a present.Lingling:Oh, thank you.Tony:You can open it! Get a move on!Lingling:Oh no! I mustn't open it now. Later!Betty: Hang on! In the USA, when someone gives you a present, you must open it immediately.Lingling: No, in China you must wait and open it later. Daming: And remember: When you accept a present, you must use both hands.Sally:Both hands! In Britain we can use one hand! Daming:That's right. And you must wrap hongbao in red paper because it's lucky. You can't use white, blue orblack.Lingling:You mustn't do any cleaning on the first day of the Chinese New Year.Daming: And you can't cut your hair.Sally: You can't be serious!Lingling: And you mustn't break anything. It's bad luck!Anyway, relax! Traditions in England are strange, too!Tony: And you must eat lots of jiaozi!Sally: What's jiaozi?Betty: Just wait and see!Module 12 Unit 2Advice for Visitors: Traditional Life in EnglandWhen I went to England, I enjoyed my stay. But I noticed so many different traditions.For example, you usually shake hands with people when you meet them for the first time. But after that, you can just say hello. You must say Mr and Mrs when you speak to older people, but you can use first names with your friends.One day we visited some friends and had tea. Tea is not just a drink but a light meal at around 4 p.m. You can't have tea—the meal—after 4:30. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake. You can only drink tea at a tea party, not coffee or juice. And you must drink tea with milk. You must pour the tea, then the milk—you can't put the milk in first, then the tea.In buses or trains, the other passengers are very quiet, and you mustn't talk too loudly. It's very different from China! In some trains you can't even use your mobile phones! And you don't often hear people shouting in the street.I was very lucky—I even went to a wedding. It was very different from a Chinese wedding. For example, the man and the woman can't see each other the night before the wedding. Then the woman mustn't arrive at the church on time but a few minutes late. And at the party after the wedding, the woman throws her flowers over her shoulder. The girl who catches them will be next to get married! It was all very strange but it was great fun!。

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初二上册Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.让我们尽可能多地讲英语同学们，欢迎回来！Welcome back, everyone!今天，我们打算谈论一下学习英语的好方法。

Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. 准备好了吗？Ready?谁有一些建议?Who has some advice?在课堂上我们应该总是讲英语。

We should always speak English in class.好！让我们尽可能多地讲英语。

Good! Let's try to speak English as much as possible.为什么不在我们的笔记本上记下错误呢？Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?那是个好主意，而且不要忘记在错误旁边写上正确的答案。

还有其他的什么吗？That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistakes. What else?每天大声拼读生词是一个好主意。

It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.非常感谢你，玲玲。

听广播怎么样？Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?是的，那也有益于我们的发音。

但有很多生词。

Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new words.你们不必理解每个单词（的含义）。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. Ready? Wh o has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistakes. What el se?Lingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: You don’t nee d to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas.Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world throu gh reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions.The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I like watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several times, and gue ss the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the fil ms or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher from the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do?”You can say, “Hello! How are you?”“Do you like China?” These are good ways to start a conversation. And be fore you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget the m quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on pieces of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them.Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a ve ry big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.It’s getting bigger and busier. Som e day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Is aac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churches to visit. Students and tourists enjo y trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the River Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and beaches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the north, and the hills and pr etty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how green the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the year, but brin g an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis.Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That’s fast!Daming: That’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. So this week’s m atch is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match. And I hurt my knee.Daming: That’s too bad! Sit down and watch the match. It’s safer than playing tennis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, but that’s because it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games.Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at that!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s still plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play fo otball. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. We ar e training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. This year we want to do be tter.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold to o. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practice.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we were somet imes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. What a p ity! This year we practise more carefully. That means we have a better chance of winning.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on loudly and we feel mor e confident to win the game.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But nobody wa s late, except me. Maybe I should go to school by taxi.Mum: It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous. There’s so much traffic.Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, and it’s quite safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be carefull.Mum: How does Tony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. But it’s so crowded! And the traffic is heavy. Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be careful all the time.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey take and w hat is the best way to travel? Could you please tell me about the trains or ships to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. When you go b y train, buy your ticket a long time before you travel. It is usually cheaper. You can go by c ar and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the mos t expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hotel. Remember that parking in Amsterda m is very expensive, so stay outside the city centre and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in summer the coaches someti mes get crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get there. However, it will not cost as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait for h ours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to take me there. We drank tea and watched an opera.Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and actress were excellent. Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours. Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to understand more next time. Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it’s famous.Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play Teahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three a cts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to th e middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913. A fter finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She le ft home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China f ive years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about people’s lives, and was nam ed “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teahouse. L ao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong P anda Reserve, because it allows people to get closer to them.Lingling: It’s sad to think of the pandas and other animals in danger.Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, because villages and farms ar e growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water, because we’ve made it dirty. I think we all ne ed to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice.Lingling: It says,“Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we need your help.”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says,“Your money pays to look after the animals.”That means we can give money t o help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’s homed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in the wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to h elp pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not many pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and develo ping other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas . Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it chose the pan da to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It’s about a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with her sister by the rive r and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it going? Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground. Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone.Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter an d a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game!Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the story.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha….U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. Alice had n othing to do. Once or twice she looked into her sister’a book. “And what is a book for,” thoughtAlice,”without pictures or conversations?” Suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by.There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “O h dear! Oh dear! I’ll be l ate!” and she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and loo ked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran across the field after it. She s aw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to get out agai n. She found that she was falling down a very, very deep hole. It was too dark for her to see any thing. She was falling for a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Di nah. Suddenly she landed on some dry leaves…Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appearedBetty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to music on t he road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a car suddenl y appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going fast, but it didn’t stop.Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the boy fell off his bike and hur t his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an accident! Pay attention, stop at the red lights and…..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his ha nd. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landedon a table.’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and too k a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge When Henry was trying to find the snak e， his hand began to hurt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the doctors were checking him, the pain got worse . But they could not help him because they did not know what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered the photo. The doctors se nt the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the ri ght medicine and he left hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, and show th e photo to the doctors ‘’, suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population.”Lingling: Well, w e re in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big popul ation that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. Do you kno w how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fifth of the world’s population, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because families are getting smal ler.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small hou se. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people. People fr om Parkville moved to Armwick to find jobs. And they needed places to live.However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats outside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick.And Arnwick became a city with over a millio n people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a proble m.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a scho ol in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air c lean water and better public services. It also needs more police to protect its people. But to do a ll these things, it needs more money.However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities like this? I n fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a story.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day? Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’re going to the park to skate, There’s thick ice on the lake, Are you coming with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What’s the temperature?Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is colder here than i England. Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decembers are we and rainy. Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York in winter.Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I don’t like showers or windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia now, It’s Probably sunny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around. New York and Wa shington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow. The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Bring your cam era so you can take photos of the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast, and the weathe r is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrella.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Al aska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go in summer. Do not f orget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other places. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that.Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese traditions. Tell me more. Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cleani ng on the first day of the Spring Festival. And you mustn’t break anything. It’s bad luck! Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck. And you’d better n ot cut your hair during the Spring Festival month.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi! Betty: Perfect! They taste great. Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a month away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed my stay, and I noticed so mething interesting with the English way of life.For example, you must say Mr or Mrs when yo u meet someone for the first time. When you get to know each other better or when they ask yo u to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Afternoon tea is not just a dr ink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too.Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fish and chi p shops on the high street, or you can take it away and eat it with your fingers. It is delicious! At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You need to stand in a line behin d the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get on the bus.Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smile politely and say, “Exc use me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone basic medical help. Let’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He isn’t moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him?Betty: First of all, find out what’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to you.Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives?Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. Betty, you must know! You did some basic medical training.Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: That’s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about them.Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some ad vice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay away from windows an d heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shakin g, but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when you are with other people. Be brave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not sta nd near street lights or under power lines. Stay away from bridges and trees. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.On a beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you can also help save other s。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. Ready? Who has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistak es. What else?Lingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Y ou don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas. Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions. The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I li ke watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What ca n I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several tim es, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher fro m the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do?”You can say, “Hello! How are you?”“Do you like China?” These are good ways to start a conversat ion. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piec es of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them. Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but to day it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.It’s getting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in Chin a. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and church es to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Riv er Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cam bridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bri dge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and bea ches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the n orth, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how gree n the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the ye ar, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis.Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That’s fast!Daming: That’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. So thi s week’s match is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match. And I hurt my knee.Daming: That’s too bad! Sit down and watch the match. It’s safer than playing tennis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, but that’s because it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games.Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at that!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s still plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another sch ool next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that w e have time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team bea t us last year. This year we want to do better.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practic e.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we w ere sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the fi nal match. What a pity! This year we practise more carefully. That means we have a b etter chance of winning.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have mo re fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on lou dly and we feel more confident to win the game.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But n obody was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school by taxi.Mum: It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous. There’s so much traffic. Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, and it’s quite safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be c arefull.Mum: How does Tony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. But it’s so crowded! And the traffic is hea vy.Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be careful all the ti me.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey ta ke and what is the best way to travel? Could you please tell me about the trains or shi ps to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you travel. It is usually cheaper.You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hot el. Remember that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city c entre and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in summer the coach es sometimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get there. However , it will not cost as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to t ake me there. We drank tea and watched an opera.Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and actress were ex cellent.Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hour s.Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to understand more next time.Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it’s famous. Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play Teahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nin eteenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa a nd the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese societ y over fifty years around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school i n 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in L ondon and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short s tories about people’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing fo od. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy the m at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all ove r the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get closer to them.Lingling: It’s sad to think of the pandas and other animals in danger.Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water, because we’ve made it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice.Lingling: It says,“Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we need your help.”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says,“Your money pays to look after the animals.”That means we can giv e money to help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’s homed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in the wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have m any babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not many pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamb oo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it cho se the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other a nimals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It’s about a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it goi ng?Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground.Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at ever yone.Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game!Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the stor y.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha….U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. A lice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her sister’a book. “And what is a book for,” thought Alice,”without pictures or conversations?” Suddenly a white rab bit with pink eyes ran by.There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “Oh dear! Oh dea r! I’ll be late!” and she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out o f its pocket and looked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran across the field after it. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to ge t out again. She found that she was falling down a very, very deep hole. It was too dar k for her to see anything. She was falling for a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Dinah. Suddenly she landed on some dry leaves…Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appearedBetty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to music on the road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a ca r suddenly appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going fast, but it didn’t stop. Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the boy fell off his bi ke and hurt his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an accident! Pay atte ntion, stop at the red lights and…..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It c limbed out and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, an d it landed on a table.’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phon e and took a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge When Henry was try ing to find the snake， his hand began to hurt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the do ctors were checking him, the pain got worse . But they could not help him because t hey did not know what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered the photo. The doctors sent the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, th ey gave Henry the right medicine and he left hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, an d show the photo to the doctors ‘’, suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population.”Lingling: Well, w e re in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. D o you know how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fifth of the wor ld’s population, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because families are ge tting smaller.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,00 0 people. People from Parkville moved to Armwick to find jobs. And they needed p laces to live.However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats o utside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick.And Arnwick became a ci ty with over a million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowde d, and rubbish is also a problem.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to g o to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air clean water and better public services. It also needs mor e police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money. However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities l ike this? In fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a story.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’re going to the park to skate, There’s thick ice on the lake, Are you comin g with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What’s the temperature?Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is colder here than i E ngland.Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decembers are we a nd rainy.Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York in winter. Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I don’t like sh owers or windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia now, It’s Proba bly sunny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel aroun d. New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow.The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Brin g your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because y ou might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrell a.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go i n summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other plac es. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that.Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese traditions. Tell me m ore.Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And you mustn’t break anything. It’s bad luck!Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck. And you’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival month.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi!Betty: Perfect! They taste great.Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a month away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed my stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.For example, you must sayMr or Mrs when you meet someone for the first time. When you get to know each ot her better or when they ask you to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Afternoon tea is n ot just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit c ake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too. Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fi sh and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it away and eat it with your finge rs. It is delicious!At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You need to stand in a line behind the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get o n the bus.Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smile politely and say, “Excuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone basic medical help. Let’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He isn’t moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him?Betty: First of all, find out what’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to you.Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives?Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. B etty, you must know! You did some basic medical training.Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: That’s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about them. Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some advice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay awa y from windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking, but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when yo u are with other people. Be brave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not stand near street lights or under power lines. Stay away from bridges and tree s. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.On a beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you can also help save others。

外研版八年级英语上册所有课文及翻译

外研版八年级英语上册所有课文及翻译1. Unit 1- Lesson 1: Where Are You from? (你来自哪里？)- Lesson 2: Wei Hua's Pen Pal (魏华的笔友)- Lesson 3: I'm So Tired! (我好累！)- Lesson 4: What's the Matter with Millie? (米莉怎么了？)2. Unit 2- Lesson 1: I'll Call You Back (我会回电话的)- Lesson 2: What Were You Doing When the Rainstorm Came? (暴风雨来临时你正在做什么？)- Lesson 3: I Was Born in Canada (我在加拿大出生)- Lesson 4: What Time Do You Go to School? (你什么时候上学？)3. Unit 3- Lesson 1: How Do You Study for a Test? (你如何备考？)- Lesson 2: I'm More outgoing than My Sister (我比我姐姐更外向) - Lesson 3: What's the Weather Like Today? (今天的天气怎么样？)- Lesson 4: He Is Taller than His Father (他比他父亲高)4. Unit 4- Lesson 1: It's a Nice Day, Isn't It? (天气真好，不是吗？)- Lesson 2: How Often Do You Exercise? (你多久锻炼一次？)- Lesson 3: What Did You Do Yesterday? (你昨天做了什么？)- Lesson 4: They Had a Great Time (他们玩得很开心)5. Unit 5- Lesson 1: Do You Want to Travel to Beijing? (你想去北京旅行吗？)- Lesson 2: What Are You Going to Do? (你打算做什么？)- Lesson 3: What Should I Do? (我应该做什么？)- Lesson 4: It's Warmer in the North (北方更暖和)6. Unit 6- Lesson 2: Whose Jacket Is This? (这是谁的夹克）- Lesson 3: How Was Your Weekend? (你周末过得如何？)- Lesson 4: Where Did You Go on Vacation? (你去哪里度假了？)7. Unit 7- Lesson 1: Can You Play the Guitar? (你会弹吉他吗？)- Lesson 2: She'll Be Back in Five Minutes (她五分钟后回来)- Lesson 3: What's the Best Thing About Nanjing? (南京最好的事情是什么？)- Lesson 4: What Are You Thinking about? (你在想些什么？)8. Unit 8- Lesson 1: Do You Know Where Your Pencil Case Is? (你知道你的铅笔盒在哪里吗？)- Lesson 2: I'm Watching TV (我在看电视)- Lesson 3: What Were You Doing at This Time Yesterday? (昨天这个时候你在做什么？)- Lesson 4: He Doesn't Have to Wear a Uniform (他没必要穿制服)9. Unit 9- Lesson 1: I Haven't Heard from My Pen Pal for a Long Time (我已经很久没收到我笔友的来信了)- Lesson 2: He Must Be in Class (他一定在课堂上)- Lesson 3: Could You Tell Me Where the Restroom Is? (你能告诉我洗手间在哪里吗？)- Lesson 4: I Have Had the Same Ruler Since Last Term (自从上个学期以来，我一直用的是同一把尺子)10. Unit 10- Lesson 1: I Love Listening to Music (我喜欢听音乐)- Lesson 2: Could You Please Tell Me Where the Post Office Is? (你能告诉我邮局在哪里吗？)- Lesson 3: She Wants to Be an Actress (她想当一位女演员)- Lesson 4: It Takes Me Thirty Minutes to Get to School (我花30分钟上学)11. Unit 11- Lesson 1: Merry Christmas! (圣诞节快乐！)- Lesson 2: I Have a Lot of Fun Playing Basketball (打篮球很好玩) - Lesson 3: What Did You Buy? (你买了什么？)- Lesson 4: The Little Match Girl (卖火柴的小女孩)12. Unit 12- Lesson 1: They Spent Two Years on Planning the Project (他们花了两年时间策划这个项目)- Lesson 2: What Will You Do If You Win the Lottery? (如果你中了彩票你会怎么办？)- Lesson 3: New Oxford Street (新奥克街)- Lesson 4: I'm Going to Be a Basketball Player (我打算当一个篮球运动员)以上是外研版八年级英语上册所有课文及翻译的列表。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. Ready? Who has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistak es. What else?Lingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Y ou don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas. Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions. The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I li ke watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What ca n I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several tim es, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher fro m the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do?”You can say, “Hello! How are you?”“Do you like China?” These are good ways to start a conversat ion. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piec es of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them. Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but to day it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.It’s getting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in Chin a. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and church es to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Riv er Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cam bridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bri dge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and bea ches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the n orth, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how gree n the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the ye ar, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis.Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That’s fast!Daming: That’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. So thi s week’s match is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match. And I hurt my knee.Daming: That’s too bad! Sit down and watch the match. It’s safer than playing tennis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, but that’s because it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games.Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at that!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s still plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another sch ool next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that w e have time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team bea t us last year. This year we want to do better.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practic e.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we w ere sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the fi nal match. What a pity! This year we practise more carefully. That means we have a b etter chance of winning.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have mo re fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on lou dly and we feel more confident to win the game.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But n obody was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school by taxi.Mum: It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous. There’s so much traffic. Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, and it’s quite safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be c arefull.Mum: How does Tony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. But it’s so crowded! And the traffic is hea vy.Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be careful all the ti me.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey ta ke and what is the best way to travel? Could you please tell me about the trains or shi ps to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you travel. It is usually cheaper.You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hot el. Remember that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city c entre and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in summer the coach es sometimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get there. However , it will not cost as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to t ake me there. We drank tea and watched an opera.Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and actress were ex cellent.Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hour s.Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to understand more next time.Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it’s famous. Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play Teahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nin eteenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa a nd the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese societ y over fifty years around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a t eacher’s school i n 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in L ondon and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short s tories about people’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing fo od. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy the m at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all ove r the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get closer to them.Lingling: It’s sad to think of the pandas and other animals in danger.Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, because villages an d farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water, because we’ve made it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice.Lingling: It says,“Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we need your help.”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says,“Your money pays to look after the animals.”That means we can giv e money to help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’s homed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in the wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have m any babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not many pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamb oo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it cho se the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other a nimals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It’s about a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it goi ng?Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground.Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at ever yone.Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game!Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the stor y.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha….U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. A lice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her sister’a book. “And what is a book for,” thought Alice,”without pictures or conversations?” Suddenly a white rab bit with pink eyes ran by.There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “O h dear! Oh dea r! I’ll be late!” and she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out o f its pocket and looked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ranacross the field after it. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to ge t out again. She found that she was falling down a very, very deep hole. It was too dar k for her to see anything. She was falling for a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Dinah. Suddenly she landed on some dry leaves…Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appearedBetty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to music on the road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a ca r suddenly appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going fast, but it didn’t stop. Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the boy fell off his bi ke and hurt his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an accident! Pay atte ntion, stop at the red lights and…..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It c limbed out and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, an d it landed on a table.’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phon e and took a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge When Henry was try ing to find the snake， his hand began to hurt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the do ctors were checking him, the pain got worse . But they could not help him because t hey did not know what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered the photo. Thedoctors sent the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, th ey gave Henry the right medicine and he left hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, an d show the photo to the doctors ‘’, suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population.”Lingling: Well, w e re in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. D o you know how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fifth of the wor ld’s population, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because families are ge tting smaller.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,00 0 people. People from Parkville moved to Armwick to find jobs. And they needed p laces to live.However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats o utside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick.And Arnwick became a ci ty with over a million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowde d, and rubbish is also a problem.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air clean water and better public services. It also needs mor e police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money. However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities l ike this? In fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a story.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’re going to the park to skate, There’s thick ice on the lake, Are you comin g with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What’s the temperature?Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is colder here than i E ngland.Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decembers are we a nd rainy.Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York in winter. Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I don’t like sh owers or windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia now, It’s Proba bly sunny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully theplaces to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel aroun d. New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow.The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Brin g your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because y ou might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrell a.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go i n summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other plac es. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that.Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese traditions. Tell me m ore.Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And you mustn’t break anything.It’s bad luck!Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck. And you’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival month.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi!Betty: Perfect! They taste great.Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a month away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed my stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.For example, you must say Mr or Mrs when you meet someone for the first time. When you get to know each ot her better or when they ask you to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Afternoon tea is n ot just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit c ake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too. Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fi sh and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it away and eat it with your finge rs. It is delicious!At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You need to stand in a line behind the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get o n the bus.Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smile politely and say, “Excuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone basic medical help. Let’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He isn’t moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him?Betty: First of all, find out what’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to you.Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives?Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. B etty, you must know! You did some basic medical training.Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: That’s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about them. Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some advice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay awa y from windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking, but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when yo u are with other people. Be brave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not stand near street lights or under power lines. Stay away from bridges and tree s. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.On a beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you can also help save others。

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澶栫爺鐗?鍏勾绾?鑻辫,涓婂唽,鍏ㄩ儴,璇炬枃,鍙?缈昏瘧,Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let鈥檚 try to speak English as much as possible璁╂垜浠敖鍙兘澶氬湴璁茶嫳璇?Welcome back, everyone!鍚屽浠紝娆㈣繋鍥炴潵锛?Today, we鈥檙e going to talk about good ways to learn English.浠婂ぉ锛屾垜浠墦绠楄皥璁轰竴涓嬪涔犺嫳璇殑濂芥柟娉曘€?Ready?鍑嗗濂戒簡鍚楋紵Who has some advice?璋佹湁涓€浜涘缓璁?We should always speak English in class.鍦ㄨ鍫備笂鎴戜滑搴旇鎬绘槸璁茶嫳璇€?Good! Let鈥檚 try to speak English as much as possible.濂斤紒璁╂垜浠敖鍙兘澶氬湴璁茶嫳璇€?Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?涓轰粈涔堜笉鍦ㄦ垜浠殑绗旇鏈笂璁颁笅閿欒鍛紵That鈥檚 a good idea. And don鈥檛 forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistakes. What else?閭ｆ槸涓ソ涓绘剰锛岃€屼笖涓嶈蹇樿鍦ㄩ敊璇梺杈瑰啓涓婃纭殑绛旀銆傝繕鏈夊叾浠栫殑浠€涔堝悧锛?It鈥檚 a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.姣忓ぉ澶у０鎷艰鐢熻瘝鏄竴涓ソ涓绘剰銆?Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?闈炲父鎰熻阿浣狅紝鐜茬幉銆傚惉骞挎挱鎬庝箞鏍凤紵Yes, that鈥檚 good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new words.鏄殑锛岄偅涔熸湁鐩婁簬鎴戜滑鐨勫彂闊炽€備絾鏈夊緢澶氱敓璇嶃€?You don鈥檛 need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas.浣犱滑涓嶅繀鐞嗚В姣忎釜鍗曡瘝锛堢殑鍚箟锛夈€備綘浠彧闇€瑕佸惉鍏抽敭璇嶅拰涓昏鎰忔€濄€?That鈥檚 the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.闃呰涔熶竴鏍枫€傝嫳璇晠浜嬪姝ゆ湁瓒ｃ€傞€氳繃闃呰鎴戦€愭笎浜嗚В浜嗕笘鐣屼笂鐨勮澶氫簨鎯呫€?I think writing is also important. Why don鈥檛 we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them.鎴戣涓哄啓浣滀篃寰堥噸瑕併€傛垜浠负浠€涔堜笉灏介噺鍘绘壘浜涜鑻辫鐨勭瑪鍙嬪憿锛熸垜浠彲浠ョ粰浠栦滑鍐欎俊銆?Excellent! I agree with you.澶浜嗭紒鎴戝悓鎰忎綘锛堢殑鎻愯锛夈€?Unit 2 You should smile at her!浣犲簲璇ュ悜濂瑰井绗戯紒Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English.寰堝瀛︾敓鍜ㄨ濡備綍鎻愰珮浠栦滑鑻辫姘村钩鐨勫缓璁€?Here are three questions.杩欏効鏄笁涓熀鏈棶棰樸€?The first question is about understanding English films and songs.绗竴涓棶棰樻槸鍏充簬鐞嗚В鑻辨枃鐢靛奖鍜屾瓕鏇茬殑闂銆?Li Hao from Hubei wrote, 鈥淚 like watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do?鈥?鏉ヨ嚜婀栧寳鐨勬潕娴╁啓閬擄細鈥滄垜鍠滄鐪嬭嫳鏂囩數褰憋紝鍚嫳鏂囨瓕鏇诧紝浣嗘垜鍙兘鐞嗚В涓€鐐瑰効銆傛垜鍙互鎬庝箞鍋氬憿锛熲€?Watching films and listening to songs are great ways to learn English!鐪嬬數褰卞拰鍚瓕鏇叉槸瀛︿範鑻辫鐨勫緢濂界殑鏂瑰紡锛?Watch and listen several times, and guess the meaning of the new words.鐪嬩笂鎴栧惉涓婂嚑閬嶏紝骞剁寽娴嬬敓璇嶇殑鍚箟銆?Each time you will learn something new.姣忎竴閬嶄綘閮戒細瀛﹀埌鏂颁笢瑗裤€?I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.鎴戣繕寤鸿浣犲拰鏈嬪弸浠皥璁轰竴涓嬭繖浜涚數褰辨垨姝屾洸銆?The second question is about speaking.绗簩涓棶棰樻槸鍏充簬璇寸殑銆?Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, 鈥淥ur school has a teacher from the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do?鈥?鏉ヨ嚜鍚夋灄鐨勭帇甯嗗啓閬擄細鈥滄垜浠鏍℃湁涓€浣嶆潵鑷編鍥界殑鑰佸笀銆傛垜寰堣吋鑵嗭紝涓嶆暍涓庡ス璇磋瘽銆傛垜璇ユ€庝箞鍔炲憿锛熲€?You can say, 鈥淗ello! How are you?鈥?鈥淒o you like China?鈥?These are good ways to start a conversation.浣犲彲浠ヨ锛氣€滃棬锛佷綘濂藉悧锛熲€濃€滀綘鍠滄涓浗鍚楋紵鈥濊繖浜涢兘鏄睍寮€浜よ皥鐨勫ソ鏂瑰紡銆?And before you begin, you should smile at her!鍦ㄤ綘寮€濮嬶紙璁茶嫳璇級鍓嶏紝浣犲簲璇ュ悜濂瑰井绗戯紒Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.璁颁綇杩欎竴鐐癸細涓嶈瀹崇緸锛屽幓璇曚竴璇曘€?The third question is about vocabulary.绗笁涓棶棰樻槸鍏充簬璇嶆眹鐨勩€?Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, 鈥淚 write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?鈥?鏉ヨ嚜瀹夊窘鐨勫紶闆峰啓閬擄細鈥滄垜鍐欎笅鐢熻瘝锛屼絾鎴戝緢蹇氨蹇樿浜嗗畠浠€傛垜鎬庢牱鎵嶈兘璁颁綇瀹冧滑鍛紵鈥?Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words!涓嶇敤鎷呭績锛屽繕璁扮敓璇嶆槸寰堣嚜鐒剁殑锛?I suggest you write four or five words a day on pieces of paper and place them in your room.鎴戝缓璁綘姣忓ぉ鎶?涓垨5涓崟璇嶅啓鍦ㄧ焊鐗囦笂骞舵斁鍦ㄤ綘鐨勬埧闂撮噷銆? Read the words when you see them, and try to use them.鐪嬪埌杩欎簺鍗曡瘝鐨勬椂鍊欏氨璇讳竴璇伙紝骞朵笖灏介噺浣跨敤瀹冧滑銆?Module 2 My hometown and my country鎴戠殑瀹朵埂鍜屾垜鐨勫浗瀹?Unit 1 It鈥檚 taller than many other buildings.。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’t s ry to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Todayw, e’regoing to talk about good ways to learn English. Ready? Who has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good!Let ’t s r y to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James:That ’a s good idea. Anddon’f t orget to write down the correct answers next to the mistak es. What else?Lingling: It ’a s good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that ’g o s od for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Y ou don’n t eed to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas. Daming: That ’t s h e same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’w t e try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions.The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote“,I l i ke watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What ca n I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several tim es, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote“, O u s r chool has a teacher fro m the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What shoulddIo?”You can say,“Hello!How are you?”“Doyou like China? ”These are good ways to start a conversat ion. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote,“I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piec es of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them.Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It ’t a s ller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it ’o s n the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but to day it ’a s very big city.Tony: So it ’a s newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes,it ’a s newer city. In fact, it only became important in the1980s.It ’g e s tting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong KongI,’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It ’o s v er ten million, I think. That ’la s rger than the population of many other cities in Chin a. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I thinkit ’a s beautiful city.Tony: I ’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower.It ’ta s ller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and church es to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Riv er Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cam bridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bri dge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and bea ches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the n orth, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how green the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the ye ar, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis.Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on T V.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That ’f s a st!Daming: That ’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. So thi s week’s match is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I ’m really tired after last night ’te s nnis match. And I hurt my knee.Daming: That ’t s o o bad! Sit down and watch the match.It ’s s a fer than playing tennis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I ’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, butthat ’b e s cause it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games.Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at that!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s s till plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, butto play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another sch ool next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that w e have time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team bea t us last year. This year we want to do better.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practic e.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we w ere sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the fi nal match. What a pity! This year we practise more carefully. That means we have a b etter chance of winning.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have mo re fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on lou dly and we feel more confident to win the game.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But n obody was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school by taxi.Mum: It ’th s e most comfortable way, butit ’a s l so the most expensive.Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That ’a s good choice, butit ’a s bit dangerous.There ’s s o much traffic.Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, andit ’q s u ite safe.Don’t worry. I ’blle c arefull.Mum: How does Tony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. Buitt ’so s crowded! And the traffic is hea vy.Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be careful all the ti me.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey ta ke and what is the best way to travel? Could you please tell me about the trains or shi ps to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you travel. It is usually cheaper.You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hot el. Remember that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city c entre and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in summer the coach es sometimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get there. However , it will not cost as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to t ake me there. We drank tea and watched an opera.Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and actress were ex cellent.Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hour s.Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that ’th s e main thing. I hope to understand more next time.Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’tI. w anted to take Betty to the teahouse becausiet ’f a s mous. Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play Teahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of LaoShe’m s ost famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nin eteenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa a nd the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese societ y over fifty years around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a tecaher ’s s chool in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in L ondon and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short s tories aboutpeople ’li s v es, and was named“thePeople ’A s rtist ”L a.o She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing fo od. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy the m at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all ove r the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get closer to them.Lingling: It ’s s a d to think of the pandas and other animals in danger.Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’h t ave a safe place to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn ’e t n ough clean water, becausewe’vemade it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look,there ’a s notice.Lingling: It says, “H e l W p!e want to save animals in danger, and we need youhrelp. ”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says, “Yomur oney pays to look after theanimals. ”T h m a e t ans we can give money to help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at schoolL. e t ’f s i nd out what else we can doto save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’h s omed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in the wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have m any babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas ar e losing their home. And there are not many pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamb oo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other a nimals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I ’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It ’a s bout a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it goi ng?Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground.Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at ever yone.Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’h s ouse. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game! Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, I t ’A s lice ’A s dventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the stor y.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Haha⋯.U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. A lice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into hersister ’b o a ok. “Andwhat is a book for, ”t hought Alice, ”withopuitctures or conversations? Su”ddenly a white rab bit with pink eyes ran by.There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit sa“y,Ohdear! Oh dea r! I ’blle late! a”nd she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out o f its pocket and looked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran across the field after it. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to ge t out again. She found that she was falling down a very, very deep hole. It was too dar k for her to see anything. She was falling for a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Dinah. Suddenly she landed on some drlyeaves ⋯Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appearedBetty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to music on the road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a ca r suddenly appeared round the corner. I w t asn’g t oing fast, but it didn ’s t top. Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No,I ’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the boy fell off his bi ke and hurt his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an accident! Pay atte ntion, stop at the red lights and⋯..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don ’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It c limbed out and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, an d it landed on atable. ’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phon e and took a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge When Henry was try ing to find the snake，his hand began to hurt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the do ctors were checking him, the pain got worse . But they could not help him because t hey did not know what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered the photo. The doctors sent the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, th ey gave Henry the right medicine and he left hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, an d show the photo to the doctors‘’su,ggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I ’m preparing some notes for a report called“O u g r rowing population. ”Lingling: Well, w ere in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. Do you know how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can ’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fifth of the wor ld’s population, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’w l rite that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because families are ge tting smaller.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’g s randparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,00 0 people. People from Parkville moved to Armwick to find jobs. And they needed p laces to live.However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats o utside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick.And Arnwick became a ci ty with over a million people. Jo’f s amily lives in one of those flats. It is very crowde d, and rubbish is also a problem.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to g o to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air clean water and better public services. It also needs mor e police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money.However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities l ike this? In fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a story.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’regoing to the park to skate,There ’t h s ick ice on the lake, Are you comin g with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What ’s the temperature?Tony: It ’b s etween minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is colder here than i E ngland.Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decembers are we a nd rainy.Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?Betty: We have cold winters and hot summersI.t ’s s n owy in New York in winter. Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But Idon’l t i ke sh owers or windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia now, It ’P s roba bly sunny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel aroun d. New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow.The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Brin g your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because y ou might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrell a.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other plac es. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don ’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usuallydon’p t ay much attention to that.Betty: That ’in s teresting! I ’m interested to know all the Chinese traditions. Tell me m ore.Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say youmustn’d t o any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And youmustn’b t reak anything.It ’b s a d luck!Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck. A n y o d u’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival month.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi!Betty: Perfect! They taste great.Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a month away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed my stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.For example, you must sayMr or Mrs when you meet someone for the first time. When you get to know each ot her better or when they ask you to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Afternoon tea is n ot just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit c ake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too.Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fi sh and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it away and eat it with your finge rs. It is delicious!At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You need to stand in a line behind the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get o n the bus.Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smile politely and say,“Excuseme! Are you waiting for this bus?”He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone basic medical help. Let’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He i s’nt moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him?Betty: First of all, find out what ’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to you. Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives?Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. B etty, you must know! You did some basic medical training.Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: Tha’t s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about them. Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some advice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay awa y from windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking, but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when yo u are with other people. Be brave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not stand near street lights or under power lines. Stay away from bridges and tree s. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.Ona beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you can also help save others。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. Ready? Who has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistakes. Wha t else?Lingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: You don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas.Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world th rough reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions.The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I like watch ing English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several times, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk abou t the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher from the US . I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do?”You can say, “Hello! How are you?”“Do you like China?” These are good ways to start a conversation. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget t hem quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on pieces of pap er and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them.Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.It’s getting bigger and busier. S ome day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China. Its stre ets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a populati on of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, suc h as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churches to visit. Students and to urists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the River Tham es. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is abou t 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and beaches on t he coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the north, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how green the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the year, but b ring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis.Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That’s fast!Daming: That’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. So this week’s match is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match. And I hurt my knee.Daming: That’s too bad! Sit down and watch the match. It’s safer than playing tennis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, but that’s because it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games.Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at that!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s still plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm u p. We are training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. This year we wa nt to do better.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practice.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we were so metimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. W hat a pity! This year we practise more carefully. That means we have a better chance of winn ing.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans t o watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to win the game.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But nobody was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school by taxi.Mum: It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous. There’s so much traffic.Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, and it’s quite safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be carefull. Mum: How does Tony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. But it’s so crowded! And the traffic is heavy. Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be careful all the time.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey take and what is the best way to travel? Could you please tell me about the trains or ships to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you travel. It is usually cheaper. You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also t he most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hotel. Remember that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city centre and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in summer the coaches som etimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get there. However, it will not co st as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait fo r hours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to take me there. We drank tea and watched an opera.Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and actress were excellent.Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours. Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to understand more next time. Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it’s famous.Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play Teahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has thre e acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao S he left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about people’s lives, an d was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twen tieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food. If y ou like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teaho use. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolon g Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get closer to them.Lingling: It’s sad to think of the pandas and other animals in danger.Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water, because we’ve made it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice.Lingling: It says,“Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we need your help.”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says,“Your money pays to look after the animals.”That means we can give mone y to help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’s homed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in the wild today. Zoos a nd research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of rese arch to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their h ome. And there are not many pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and dev eloping other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the p andas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It’s about a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with her sister by the ri ver and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it going? Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground .Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone. Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game!Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the story.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha….U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. Alice ha d nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her sister’a book. “And what is a book for,” th ought Alice,”without pictures or conversations?” Suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by.There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I’ll b e late!” and she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket an d looked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran across the field after i t. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to get out ag ain. She found that she was falling down a very, very deep hole. It was too dark for her to see anything. She was falling for a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Dinah. Suddenly she landed on some dry leaves…Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appearedBetty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to music on the road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a car sudde nly appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going fast, but it didn’t stop.Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the boy fell off his bike and hurt his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an accident! Pay attention, s top at the red lights and…..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out an d hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it lande d on a table.’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and t ook a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge When Henry was trying to find the snake， his hand began to hurt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the doctors were checking hi m, the pain got worse . But they could not help him because they did not know what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered the photo. The doctors sent the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right medicine and he left hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, and show t he photo to the doctors ‘’, suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population.”Lingling: Well, were in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big pop ulation that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. Do you k now how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fifth of the world’s po pulation, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because families are getting s maller.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people. Peo ple from Parkville moved to Armwick to find jobs. And they needed places to live. However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats outside t he centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick.And Arnwick became a city with over a million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a sc hool in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffi c and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air clean water and better public services. It also needs more police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money.However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities like this ? In fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a story.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day? Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’re going to the park to skate, There’s thick ice on the lake, Are you coming with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What’s the temperature?Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is colder here than i England.Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decembers are we and rainy .Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York in winter.Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I don’t like showers o r windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia now, It’s Probably sun ny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around. New York a nd Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow.The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Bring your c amera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go s wimming in the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrella.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other places. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that.Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese traditions. Tell me more. Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cle aning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And you mustn’t break anything. It’s bad luck! Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck. And you’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival month.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi!Betty: Perfect! They taste great.Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a month away. Let’s c elebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed my stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.For example, you must say Mr or Mrs wh en you meet someone for the first time. When you get to know each other better or when the y ask you to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Afternoon tea is not just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too.Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fish and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it away and eat it with your fingers. It is delicio us!At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You need to stand in a line be hind the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get on the bus. Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smile politely and say, “E xcuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone basic medical help. L et’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He isn’t moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him?Betty: First of all, find out what’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to you.Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives?Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. Betty, yo u must know! You did some basic medical training.Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: That’s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about them. Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some advice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay away from windo ws and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stop s shaking, but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when you are with other people. Be b rave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not stand near street lights or under power lines. Stay away from bridges and trees. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.On a beach, run away fro m the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you can also help save oth ers。

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八年级上册英语外研版课文Unit 1 Will people have robots?Lesson 1 Will there be robots?In the future, people will have robots. They may looklike humans, or they may look like animals or other things.In the future, robots will work in people’s homes, in hospitals, or in factories. They will do a lot of things for people. I think people will be happy to have them.I think people will have robots in the future, too. They will help people a lot. For example, they will do the housework for people. They will also cook for people. Ireally hate cooking, so I will be happy to have a robot to cook for me. I also think that robots will also do a lot of other jobs for people. For example, they will clean hospitals. They will also work in difficult places, like on the Moon or on Mars. In the future, people may have robots everywhere!Lesson 2 What will the future be like?I have an amazing robot. It looks like a small person, and it can do a lot of things. When I am at school, it cleans my room! It also cooks my meals and does my homework. I like my robot very much because it Can play with me. I think people will have robots in the future. They will have robots at home, at work, and at school. People will have robots everywhere!In the future, people will have small computers. Theywill carry them everywhere. They will also talk to their friends with them. People will be very busy in the future. They will work very hard, and they will travel a lot. They will also play a lot of games. I think people will have more free time. They will also have more fun!。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways t o learn English. Ready? Who has some advice?Lingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?Ms James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answer s next to the mistakes. What else?Lingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?Lingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new wo rd. Ms James: You don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen fo r key words and main ideas.Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to kn ow a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English p en friends? We can write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions.The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from H ubei wrote, “I like watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can o nly understand a little. What can I do?”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and li sten several times, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will lear n something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friend s.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher from the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I d o?”You can say, “Hello! How are you?”“Do you like China?” These are good ways t o start a conversation. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember t his: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five wor ds a day on pieces of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when yo u see them, and try to use them.Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.It’s g etting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many o ther cities in China. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautif ul city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Dar win. There are lots of old buildings and churches to visit. Students and tourists enjo y trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the River Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous fo r Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small vil lages and beaches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of lo w and beautiful lakes in the north, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Eve rywhere in England you will notice how green the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England an y time of the year, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis. Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV.Tony: OK. What’s the score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That’s fast!Daming: That’s right. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one sc ored at all. So this week’s match is already more exciting.Betty: What’s the matter with you, Tony? You look tired.Tony: I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match. And I hurt my knee. Daming: That’s too bad! Sit down and watch the match. It’s safer than playing te nnis.Betty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too!Tony: Well, I’m not sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis. Betty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right?Tony: Yes, but that’s because it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the games. Daming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at tha t!Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There’s still plenty of time for them to score.Unit2 This year we practice more carefully.Training hardBy Li Daming It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am.We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. We ar e training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. T his year we want to do better.It is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practice.Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. L ast year we were sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we l ost to the other team in the final match. What a pity! This year we practi se more carefully. That means we have a better chance of winning.The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans ar ound. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to win the g ame.Module 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives the farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But nobody was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school b y taxi.Mum: It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive .Betty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous. There’s so muc h traffic.Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, and it’s quite safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be carefull.Mum: How does T ony go to school?Betty: He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground. Mum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walks.Mum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. But it’s so crowded! And t he traffic is heavy.Mum: All right. You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be ca reful all the time.Unit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterda m.I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey take and what is the best way to travel? Could you please te ll me about the trains or ships to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more exp ensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you tr avel. It is usually cheaper. You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hotel. Remember tha t parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city centr e and travel in by bus or by train.The third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in sum mer the coaches sometimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelv e hours to get there. However, it will not cost as much as going by train.Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but yo u may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather.Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.Tony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Linglin g offered to take me there. We drank tea and watched an opera. Tony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and a ctress were excellent.Tony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours.Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to under stand more next time.Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling?Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it ’s famous.Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.Lingling: Lao She is a great writer. He’s especially famous for his play T eahouse.Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a) Lao She Teahouseb)The Story of Teahousec)Lao She1Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in C hina from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teaho use in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty year s around the beginning of the twentieth century.2Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teach er’s school in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head t eacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She left home and went to Engl and. He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China fiv e years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about peopl e’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicio us Beijing food. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get c loser to them.Lingling: It’s sad to think of the pandas and other animals in danger. Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, becaus e villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water, because we’ve ma de it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice.Lingling: It says,“Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we nee d your help.”Betty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says,“Your money pays to look after the animals.”That mea ns we can give money to help protect the animals.Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandasb) WWF And animals in dangerc) The panda’s homed) An animal in danger1Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in th e wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pan das. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The s ituation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to h elp pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not man y pandas left.3In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big a nd there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.4The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals . And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save t hem all.Module7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading.Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about?Lingling: It’s about a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with h er sister by the river and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past.Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And wher e was it going?Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a h ole in the ground.Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smi ling at everyone.Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden.Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strang e game!Lingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain k nows the story.Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha….U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was readi ng a book. Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her s ister’a book. “And what is a book for,” thought Alice,”without pictur es or conversations?” Suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by. There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “O h dear! Oh dear! I’ll be late!” and she did not think it was strange. Th en the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it. A rabbit wi th a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran across the field after it. S he saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground.Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she w as going to get out again. She found that she was falling down a very, v ery deep hole. It was too dark for her to see anything. She was falling fo r a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Din ah. Suddenly she landed on some dry leaves…Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appeared Betty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and l istening to music on the road.Daming: That’s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changi ng to red, a car suddenly appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going f ast, but it didn’t stop.Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.Betty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I’m glad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the bo y fell off his bike and hurt his knee.Tony: That’s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an acci dent! Pay attention, stop at the red lights and…..what else?Betty: Don’t ride too fastDaming : Don’t ride side by side with your friends.All: Don’t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from A sia in a box of bananas. It climbed out and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across th e kitchen, and it landed on a table.’’While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and took a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the f ridge When Henry was trying to find the snake， his hand began to hu rt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the doctors were checking him, the p ain got worse . But they could not help him because they did not kno w what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered th e photo. The doctors sent the photo to a zoo. As soon as they learnt w hat kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right medicine and he le ft hospital the next day.“So if a snake bites you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, and show the photo to the doctors ‘’, suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit1 the population of China is about 1.37 billionBetty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing pop ulation.”Lingling: Well, were in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a hug e city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.Betty: Its not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in manycountries. Do you know how many babies are born every minute in the world?Tony: No. Can you tell me?Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a yearLingling: I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fif th of the world’s population, that is, about 7 billion.Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because f amilies are getting smaller.Lingling: How do you know all this?Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Unit 2Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet villag e. They had a small house. Close to fields md hills. Parkville was near A rnwick, a city with 200,000 people. People from Parkville moved to Arm wick to find jobs. And they needed places to live.However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the governmen t built flats outside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick. And Arnwick became a city with over a million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo n ow has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour t o get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air cle an water and better public services. It also needs more police to protec t its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money. However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need mo re big cities like this? In fact, this is just a story. In fact, this is just a stor y.But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snowBetty: Hey, boys!Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling, Where are you going?Betty: We’re going to the park to skate, There’s thick ice on the lake, Are you coming with US?Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.Daming: And it’s cloudy too so it might snow.Lingling: What’s the temperature?Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is cold er here than i England.Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot, Most Decem bers are we and rainy.Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty? Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York i n winter.Tony: Sounds great ! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I d on’t like showers or windy weather.Betty: Me neither, Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia no w, It’s Probably sunny and hot there.Lingling: You can go to Hainan lsland if you like sunny weather.Betty: One day I will.Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm.Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choos e carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because y ou may want to travel around. New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow. The best time to visit New England is in September.The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees .California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming i n the sea, even in December.In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bri ng an umbrella.In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in th e evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit A laska, you had better go in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sw eater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other places.There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like! Module 11 Way of lifeUnit 1 In China, we open a gift laterBetty: Happy birthday, Lingling.Daming: Here’s your gift.Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!Tony: You can open it!Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.Lingling: So what do I do?Betty: You needn’t wait!(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Betty: We’re happy you like it.Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that. Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese tradit ions. Tell me more.Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And yo u mustn’t break anything. It’s bad luck!Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means l uck. And you’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival mon th.Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi!Betty: Perfect! They taste great.Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a m onth away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!Unit 2 In England you usually drink tea with milk.My experiences in England. I went to England last year. I enjoyed m y stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.F or example, you must say Mr or Mrs when you meet someone for the fi rst time. When you get to know each other better or when they ask yo u to, you can just use their first names.One day we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Aft ernoon tea is not just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake.In England you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too.Fish and chips is the traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fish and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it aw ay and eat it with your fingers. It is delicious!At the bus stop you must not push your way onto the bus. You nee d to stand in a line behind the other people and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get on the bus.Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smil e politely and say, “Excuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This mornings class is about first aid, or giving someone b asic medical help. Let’s imagine an accident. A boy is lying at the bottom of the stairs. He isn’t moving or making a sound. He is in pain. What can we do to help him? Betty: First of all, find out what’s wrong with him.Ms James: How do we do that?Betty: Ask him.Ms James: Ok. But he could have trouble hearing you or speaking to y ou.Lingling: Shout for help? Call 120?Ms James: Good idea, but what should we do before help arrives? Tony: Make him comfortable.Ms James: And how can we do that?Tony: Lift him up and sit him on a chair?Ms James: No, that could be harmful! You could drop him and hurt him even more. Betty, you must know! You did some basic medical training. Betty: Make sure he’s warm. Cover him with a coat.Ms James: That’s such good advice that you could be a doctor, Betty!Unit 2 Stay away from windows and heavy furniture.What to do in an earthquakeEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn peopleabout them.Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthq uake, so here is some advice. Inside Do not jump out of high buildings. Hide under a table. Stay away from windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking , but do not use the lift.Keep calm, especially when you are with other p eople. Be brave and be helpful.Outside Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you. Do not stand near street lights or under power lines. Stay a way from bridges and trees. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.In the m ountains, be careful of falling rocks.On a beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you c an also help save others。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. R eady Who has some adviceLingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooksMs James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mist akes. What elseLingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.*Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radioLingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Yo u don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas. Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends We ca n write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions .:The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I lik e watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several tim es, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher fro m the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do”You can say, “Hello! How are you”“Do you like China” These are good ways to start a conversation. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piec es of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them .|Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekendDaming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s ShenzhenDaming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but to day it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong KongDaming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the ’s getting bigger and busier. S ome day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.（Tony: What’s the population of ShenzhenDaming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China . Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.；Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churche s to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Rive r Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cam bridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridg e.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and bea ches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the n orth, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how gree n the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the ye ar, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. R eady Who has some adviceLingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooksMs James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mist akes. What elseLingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.*Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radioLingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Yo u don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas. Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends We ca n write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions .:The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I lik e watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several tim es, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher fro m the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do”You can say, “Hello! How are you”“Do you like China” These are good ways to start a conversation. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piec es of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them .|Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekendDaming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s ShenzhenDaming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but to day it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong KongDaming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the ’s getting bigger and busier. S ome day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.（Tony: What’s the population of ShenzhenDaming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China . Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.；Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churche s to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Rive r Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cam bridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridg e.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and bea ches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the n orth, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how gree n the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the ye ar, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.。

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Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re going to talk about good ways to learn English. R eady Who has some adviceLingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.Daming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooksMs James: That’s a good idea. And don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mist akes. What elseLingling: It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.*Ms James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radioLingling: Yes, that’s good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Yo u don’t need to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideas. Daming: That’s the same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading.Lingling: I think writing is also important. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends We ca n write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with you.Unit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questions .:The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I lik e watching English films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do”Watching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several tim es, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.The second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote, “Our school has a teacher fro m the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should I do”You can say, “Hello! How are you”“Do you like China” These are good ways to start a conversation. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just try.The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote, “I write down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them”Do not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piec es of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them .|Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekendDaming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where’s ShenzhenDaming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but to day it’s a very big city.Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong KongDaming: Yes, it’s a newer city. In fact, it only became important in the ’s getting bigger and busier. S ome day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.（Tony: What’s the population of ShenzhenDaming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China . Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city.Tony: I’d like to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.；Cambridge, London and EnglandBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churche s to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Rive r Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cam bridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridg e.England itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and bea ches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the n orth, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how gree n the countryside is.It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the ye ar, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.。