七年级英语课外阅读

七年级英语课外阅读

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HOW much do you know about Top Combine (至上励合 TC), the popular boy band? After two months of training and rehearsal in South Korea, the five boys are back with their *latest album Grandness Equal to Heaven (《齐天大盛》). They showed up in Beijing last month to promote their new record. Hundreds of teenagers screamed in excitement when they saw their idols.“I was blown away (被……征服) by this album.

I knew TC would improve after going to South Korea, but I couldn't have imagined it would be so nice,” said a fan after she listened to the album.Each of the boys has put something of themselves into the new album, from Zhang Yuan's soft voice to Ma Xueyang's talents composing and writing lyrics. Their hit song Grandness Equal to Heaven is a creative mix of catchy (动人的) rhythms and traditional musical instruments, including flute (笛子) and pipa. A teenage fan says that Top Combine's new album helps him get through all his tests.Although they tried to be China's No 1 Motivational (励志的) boy band, Top Combine's debut in October, 2008 was not a big success. The band's first EP Arrival (《降临》) was not immediately popular. People accused the band of being unoriginal. They said TC was just like a South Korean boy band, because their fashion sense and music style were similar to those bands. But they didn't give up. Now with their new album, their hard work looks like it's paying off.

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*latest adj.“最近的，最新的”

Have you read her latest work?

Teens点金

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imagine v. 想象

用法：imagination n. 想象，想象力；imaginable adj. 可想象的；imaginative adj. 富于想象力的。

You can imagine how surprised I was.

similar adj. 相似的

用法：similarity n. 相似；similar to 与……相似；different from 与……不同。

He talked about it in a similar way.

pay off (付出)得到回报，还清

用法：pay n. 工资；pay…for 为……支付；pay the bill 付账。

It took them three years to pay off the debt.

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I knew TC would improve after going to Korea, but…

用法：划线部分是一个过去将来时态结构，即 would +动词原形，表示过去将要发生的事。

二Obama meets China

Obama has a good time at the Great Wall. REUTERSHE who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. US President Barack Obama is a true man. Obama had a four-day visit to China last week. He had a very busy schedule (日程). But he still spent some time visiting the Forbidden City (故宫) and the Great Wall.When a leader visits another country, he or she sometimes goes to the country's most famous places. It is to show respect to the local culture. For the leaders, it's also a good time to relax during a tiring foreign trip.Obama spent 50 minutes in the Forbidden City on Tuesday. He thinks the Forbidden City is a "magnificent (华丽的) place to visit". He said: "I will come back with my girls and my wife."On Wednesday afternoon, he took a quick tour of the Great Wall at Badaling. There, he enjoyed a moment of peace."It's magical (不可思议的). It reminds (使想到) you of the sweep (进程) of history," Obama said about the Great Wall.

三Life-saving classes

LIU Xu was robbed (抢劫)! The 13-year-old was riding home when a man suddenly jumped out from the roadside. He pulled Liu off his bike and rode away. Liu was scared (害怕), but he didn't run after the robber. He found a telephone and called the police at 110.“Safety is the priority (要务) in such a situation,” Liu said, remembering what his teacher had told him in his first aid (急救) class. “It is not safe to run after an adult who is much stro nger than you.”Liu is a junior student at Shenzhen Bao'an Middle School in Guangdong. His school is one of the first in China to have compulsory (必修的) first aid education. Junior 1 students at the