Unit 8 Is there a post office near here？阅读1Welcome to Sunshine Town!There are lots of things to do in Sunshine Town. Would you like to ... stay in a quiet town? The air is fresh here. You can see many trees, lakes and green hills. There is also a beautiful park in the town centre. Local people like jogging in the park in the morning. Sunshine Town is not far from the centre of Beijing. It takes only 40 minutes by underground.Would you like to go shopping? There are lots of nice shops in our town. Most things are not expensive. You can buy wonderful presents for your family and friends there.Would you like to eat Chinese food? Beijing duck is very famous. Would you like to try some? There are many Chinese restaurants here. If you do not like Chinese food, there are some Western restaurants too. Would you like to enjoy Beijing opera? Why not visit our local theatre and enjoy Beijing opera? If you want to learn more about Chinese art, don’t miss the opera shows there.Welcome to our town. We are looking forward to meeting you soon. 【译林牛津版初中英语七下】阅读2Hello, I’m John. I’m going to show you around my hometown.Look! This is my house. It is on a farm. It has two floors. Most people here live in houses like this. There are many flowers and trees around my house. Every day, I can smell the flowers and hear the birds sing. There is a lake near my house. Sometimes we row a boat there.There are about one hundred families in our town. Some families raise cows, and others grow wheat. People here know each other. They are all friendly. There are buses to the town centre every day. Usually my mother drives us there to do the shopping.We enjoy our life here. I think it is a wonderful place to live. I hopeyou can come and visit soon! 【译林牛津版初中英语七下】阅读3Welcome to this short tour of London．This square is Trafalgar Square and it is the middle of London. we’re standing opposite the National Gallery, a famous museum with lots of famous paintings. From here we’ll walk along the red street to Buckingham Palace. The Queen lives there.Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Opposite you can see the London Eye．It takes you 135 meters 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 of Bridge. Next to the bridge is the Tower of London. It’s over 900 years old.After visiting the Tower of London，take the boat back along the river to the railway station．When you get off the boat，go past the station and walk along the street. Turn left into King’s Street and go past a church. You’re now back at the square. And this is where we’ll finish our tour. 【外研版初中英语七下】阅读4My name is Lind a. I live in Yushancun. It’s a quiet community. There are many old people living here. Many families with young children live here, too. They are all kind to each other.There are a lot of tall buildings and small gardens in our community. My home is in an apartment building. Behind the building, there is a sports center. People often do sports there. There are many shops and restaurants close to my home. There is a supermarket near Xinhua Bookstore and there is a hospital behind the supermarket. Our school is not far from here. There is a community service center in our area. We can call it for help.People all love the community and we have a colorful life here! 【仁爱版初中英语七下】阅读5Dear Rebecca,It’s great to hear that you can come and stay with us for the sum mer! We’re looking forward to seeing you. Let me tell you something about our house. Well, it’s not very big ! But your Uncle Jack and like it and we’re very happy here. Downstairs（楼下）there is a living room, a dining room a kitchen and a small bathroom. And upstairs there are three bedrooms and another bathroom. One bedroom is for you ,of course. It’s at the back of house and it has a large window. There is a desk and a chair for you to do your homework and there’s a bookcase under the window. Glenford is a small town but there are lots of places to go. There is a mall very close to our house. There are two large department stores and five or six restaurants. Do you like French food? Well , there is a great French restaurant. I know you like reading. Well, there are two good bookstores and there’s a library near the house, next to the gas station. Well, that’s all for now.Write or call soon and don’t forget to tell me the date and the time of your flight.LoveAunt Martha 【北师大版初中英语七年级上】阅读6Dear David,I’m very glad you are arriving in my city at 3：00 p. m. this Sunday. Now let me tell you the way to the Blue Sky Restaurant. I’ll meet you there. Take a bus from the bus station and go down New Bridge Avenue. Go across the big bridge. When you see a bank, turn right and go through Bank Street. You’ll pass three one-way avenues：Sixth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue. When you see a big McDonald’s, turn left.Then go along Green Avenue until (直到) you see New Park. Turn left and go down Center Street. The Blue Sky Restaurant is on your right.I hope you have a good trip.Yours,Larry 《英语周报》阅读7Bob comes out of the station and at once he doesn’t know where to go. He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a worker. He works in a factory, but Bob does n’t know where the factory is.He walks along the street. He passes a hospital, a post office, a bookshop and at last he gets to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of them, “ Excuse me. Do you know where the Red Star Factory is?”“Of co urse, I know. I live near there. My father works in that factory. It’s outside this town,” answers the boy.“Is it far from here? Can you show me the way, please?” Bob asks again.“I’m going home now. Will you come with me? We can go there by bus.”《英语周报》阅读8I live in a small town in Guilin. You can’t see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is very fresh(清新的).There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are five hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school.In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow (种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere.There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Math and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.Do you like my town? I hope you can come here to have a look.《英语天地》阅读9When you are in Hong Kong, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left. It is different from that in other areas of China. If you are the first time to come to Hong Kong, you must look to the right side and then the left before you cross the street.If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then people on foot can cross the road carefully. But if the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn’t cross.When people go to or come from work in the morning and evening, the streets are very busy. Traffic is the most dangerous then, especially for the children.When you go by bus in Hong Kong, you have to be careful, too. You must always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way.In Hong Kong, there are many big buses with two floors you can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the view of the whole city well. It’s very interesting.Notes:1.the view of the whole city 城市的全景《英语天地》。
