最新外研版英语八年级课文对话原文

外研版英语八年级上册课文原文及翻译MODULE 1 英汉对照版MODULE 1 How to learn English模块1 怎样学英语Unit 1Try not to translateevery word.第一单元不要试图翻译每个单词。

Ms James:Welcome back,everyone! Now, becauseit's a new term, I'mgoing to give you someadvice.詹姆士女士：欢迎大家回来。

现在，因为是一个新学期，我打算给你们提一些建议。

Why don't you write itdown? Ready?把它记录下来好吗？准备好了吗？All:Yes, Ms James.所有人：是的，詹姆士女士。

Ms James:You shouldalways speak English inclass.詹姆士女士：你们在课堂上应该一直说英语。

And you should writedown your mistakes inyour notebooks.把你们的错误写在你们的笔记本上。

And why don't you writedown the correctspelling and grammarnext to the mistakes?What else?为什么不把正确的拼写和语法写在那些错误旁边呢？还有别的什么吗？Lingling:It's a goodidea to check yourvocabulary notebookevery day.玲玲：每天检查词汇笔记本是一个好想法。

Ms James:That's a goodidea. Thanks a lot,Lingling.詹姆士女士：这是一个好主意。

谢谢你，玲玲。

How about listening tothe radio or reading anewspaper in English?But try not to translateevery word.听听英语广播节目或者看看英文报纸怎么样？不过不要试图翻译每个单词。

Module 1 Unit 11Listen and number the pictures、1Lingling: Guess what it is!Betty: It tastes sweet、Is it a cookie?2Daming: Ugh! This milk smells sour、Tony: Don’t drink it、3Betty: This bed feels a bit soft、Lingling: Try a harder bed、4Lingling: Tom looks very strong!Daming: Yes、He does a lot of exercise、2Listen again and complete the sentences、1Lingling: Guess what it is!Betty: It tastes sweet、Is it a cookie?2Daming: Ugh! This milk smells sour、Tony: Don’t drink it、3Betty: This bed feels a bit soft、Lingling: Try a harder bed、4Lingling: Tom looks very strong!Daming: Yes、He does a lot of exercise、3Listen and read、Tony: Mm、、、What a delicious smell! Your pizza looksso nice、Betty: Thanks! Would you like to try some?Tony: Yes, please、It looks lovely, it smells delicious, and mm, it tastes good、Daming: What’s that on top?Betty: Oh, that’s cheese、Do you want to try a piece? Daming: Ugh! No, thanks、I’m afraid I don’t like che-ese、It doesn’t smell fresh、It smells too str- 1听录音，把图画标上序号。

Module 1 Unit 11Listen and number the pictures.1Lingling: Guess what it is!Betty: It tastes sweet. Is it a cookie?2Daming: Ugh! This milk smells sour.Tony: Don’t drink it.3Betty: This bed feels a bit soft.Lingling: Try a harder bed.4Lingling: Tom looks very strong!Daming: Yes. He does a lot of exercise.2Listen again and complete the sentences.1Lingling: Guess what it is!Betty: It tastes sweet. Is it a cookie?2Daming: Ugh! This milk smells sour.Tony: Don’t drink it.3Betty: This bed feels a bit soft.Lingling: Try a harder bed.4Lingling: Tom looks very strong!Daming: Yes. He does a lot of exercise.3Listen and read.Tony: Mm...What a delicious smell! Your pizza looks so nice.Betty: Thanks! Would you like to try some?Tony: Yes, please. It looks lovely, it smells delicious, and mm, it tastes good.D aming: What’s that on top?Betty: Oh, that’s cheese. Do you want to try a piece? Daming: Ugh! No, thanks. I’m afraid I don’t like che- ese. It doesn’t smell fresh. It smells too str-ong and it tastes a bit sour.Betty: Well, my chocolate cookies are done now. 1听录音，把图画标上序号。

外研版八年级下册英语教材课文翻译外研版8下英语课文翻译Module 1 u闻起来味道鲜美。

东尼:嗯.....好香的味道啊!你的比萨看起来很不错。

贝蒂:谢谢!你想尝尝?托尼:好的。

它看起来很令人愉快,闻起来味道鲜美,嗯，它的味道不错。

大明:顶上的是什么?贝蒂:哦，那是奶酪。

你想尝试的一块?大明:唉!不用了,谢谢。

我怕我不喜欢奶酪。

它闻起来不新鲜，气味太重，并且尝起来味道有点酸。

贝蒂:嗯，我的巧克力饼干现在完成了。

试试看!大明:谢谢!它们的味道真甜,中间感觉很柔软。

托尼:你在做许多不同的东西吗?你看起来很忙!贝蒂:是的!有一些比萨饼和一些饼干,现在我正在做一个苹果派。

大明:苹果派听起来不错。

我喜欢吃甜食,你知道的。

我来拿糖吧?贝蒂:是的，请。

哦，你确定那是糖吗?先品尝它。

这可能是盐。

大明:不是盐。

吃起来甜甜的。

是糖。

托尼:这是什么?它的味道甜了。

贝蒂:这是草莓果酱，做蛋糕用的。

大明:好，一切味道这么甜!这是我的幸运日!Module 1 U2说汉语时我感到张，发件人:莎莉收件人:玲玲主题:欢迎到中国玲玲，你好:1、感谢你的上- -封电子邮件。

收到你的电子邮件太好了,我迫不及待地想见到你。

2、我希望当我到达机场时，你会通过我的照片认出我。

我挺高的，留着金色短发,戴眼镜。

我旅行时会穿牛仔裤和T恤,但我也会带一件温暖的外套。

我有你的照片-你看起来很漂亮，所以我相信我们会找到彼此!3、谢谢你告诉我关于你的爱好。

你听起来就像我一-样!我花了很多时间在学校里与我的朋友演奏古典音乐，但我也很喜欢舞蹈音乐-我爱跳舞!我也喜欢运动，尤其是网球。

我哥哥是在学校网球队员-我很为他感到骄傲!他擅长每件事情,但我却不是。

有时我在学校成绩不好，感到很伤心，我应该更努力学习。

4、你问我,“对中国之行你有何感想?”嗯，当我离开我的妈妈和爸爸了几天，开始时我常常觉得有点难过,当我与陌生人在--起时我很害羞。

当我说汉语时我感到紧张，但我过几天就会好的。

最新八年级外研版英语下册课文与翻译Module1 unit1Tony: Mnn…What a delicious smell! Your pizza looks so nice.Betty: Thanks! Would you like to try some?Tony: Yes, please. It looks lovely, it smells delicious and mm, it tastes good. Daming: What’s that on top?Betty: Oh, that’s cheese. Do you want to try a piece?Daming: Ugh! No, thanks.I’m afraid I don’t like cheese. It doesn’t smell fresh. It smells too strong and it tastes a bit sour.Betty: Well, my chocolate cookies are done now. Have a try!Daming: Thanks! They taste really sweet and they feel soft in the middle.Tony: Are you cooking lots of different things? You look very busy!Betty: Yes, I am! There’s some pizza and some cookies, and now I’m making an apple pie and a cake.Daming: Apple pie sounds nice. I have a sweet tooth, you know.Shall I get the sugar? Betty: Yes, please. Oh, are you sure that’s sugar? Taste it first. It might be salt! Daming: No, it’s OK.It tastes sweet. It’s sugar.Tony: What’s this? It tastes sweet too.Betty: That’s strawberry jam, for the cake.Daming: Good, everything tastes so sweet! It’s my lucky day!Tony: 恩......多香的味道啊！你的比萨饼看起来如此的好。

模块第1外研版英语八年级下课文翻译玲玲：你好，萨莉！进来坐坐。

对不起房间有点不整洁。

我收拾一下桌椅。

萨莉：嗨！瞧这些扇子！它们很漂亮！你有一个相当好的收藏品。

玲玲：是的，我有五六十把扇子。

你收藏什么东西吗？萨莉：有，我收藏娃娃。

我弟弟收集邮票。

大明：我收藏票——你知道的，汽车标和火车票。

玲玲：真的吗？但是我真正的爱好是音乐。

我一直拉小提琴和听音乐。

玲玲：什么使你对音乐如此感兴趣？萨莉：我爸爸是一位音乐家。

我经常听他拉小提琴。

八年前他就给了我第一把小提琴。

玲玲：而现在音乐把你带到中国来。

你下次什么时候演奏？萨莉：在这学期末。

在北京电视台有一个音乐会。

大明：因此你现在能轻松一点，对吗？萨莉：哦，不。

我要和你一起上学。

玲玲：太棒了。

萨莉：但下星期五不行……大明：下星期五有什么要发生？萨莉：我要去北京电视台。

我将在明星大搜索节目中做一个采访。

大明：我听说过那个节目。

人们唱歌或演奏音乐，而听众选择最佳歌手或作曲者。

玲玲：哇！你将会真的很出名。

特别的爱好很多学生都有爱好，比如阅读、绘画、在花园里种菜和照顾动物等。

有些爱好是休闲型的，其他是创意型的。

爱好可以使我们成长，培养我们的兴趣，帮助我们学习新的技能。

夏天，他在夏令营度过四周。

除了常见的2000大卫史密斯是个学生，他的爱好是写作。

在活动如驾驶帆船、登山和山地自行车运动之外，还有一个有专业作家参加的讨论会。

她叫我们想象我们在一个故事中。

然后我们写写我们在夏令营中的经历。

在高中时，他写了一年出版成书。

很多十几岁的青少年都喜欢读他的书，而大卫2003个关于青少年的故事，于也因此成为一名成功的年轻作家。

大卫是幸运的，他的爱好不仅给他带来了快乐，同时还带来了成功。

不过，他还对很多其“我花一些空闲时间为校排球队打排球。

也许将“我也喜欢排球。

”大卫说：他事情感兴趣。

来我会写更多的书，但我也不肯定。

”有时候，我们很难记住“不要把所有的时间都花在最大的爱好上”这个建议。

生活中有很多其他有趣的事情可做，我们应该尝试新的或不同的事情。

2021版外研版新标准英语八年级(下)课文翻译全版2021版外研版新标准英语八年级(下)课文翻译M1U1 It smells delicious托尼：��?..好香啊。

你做的比萨看上去不错。

贝蒂：谢谢！来一点尝尝？托尼：好的。

看上去不错，闻起来香喷喷的，�蓿�好吃。

大明：这上面是什么？贝蒂：噢，是奶酪，想尝一块吗？大明：啊！不用了，谢谢，我不喜欢奶酪。

奶酪闻起来不新鲜，气味太大，吃起来有点酸。

贝蒂：嗯，我的巧克力饼干做好了，尝尝吧！大明：谢谢！很甜，里面很酥软。

托尼：你是不是在做很多不同的食物啊？你看上去挺忙的！贝蒂：是的。

我做了比萨和饼干，现在我在做苹果派和蛋糕。

大明：苹果派听起来不错呢。

我喜欢甜食，你知道的。

我给你拿糖吧？贝蒂：好。

噢，你确定你拿的是糖吗？先尝一下，可能是盐。

大明：没拿错，是甜的，是糖。

托尼：这是什么？也是甜的。

贝蒂：是草莓酱，做蛋糕用的。

大明：太好了。

每种东西都是甜丝丝的。

我今天可真幸运啊！M1U2 I feel nervous when I speak Chinese玲玲：你好！谢谢你上次的来信，收到你的信真是太好了。

真想马上见到你。

希望你能凭着照片在机场认出我来。

我的个子比较高，留着一头金色短发，戴眼镜。

为了旅行方便，我将穿牛仔裤和T恤，但我也会拿一件厚点的外套。

我这里有你的照片，你非常漂亮，我想我们肯定能认出对方来！谢谢你告诉我你的爱好，我俩的爱好非常相似！我花很多时间在学校和朋友弹奏古典音乐，我也喜欢舞曲――我喜欢跳舞。

我也喜欢运动，尤其是网球。

我哥哥在我们学校网球队，我为他感到非常自豪。

他各方面都很优秀，而我不行。

有时候考得不好，我会难过。

我要更加努力。

你问我：“要来中国了，你有什么感受？”嗯，每当我要离开父母几天时，起初都会有点感伤。

和陌生人一起的时候，我会很害羞，讲汉语时我会感到紧张，但是1过几天就好了。

当我不知道该如何正确处理事情时，心里总是难过，所以到中国和你在一起的时候，你要帮助我哟！对了，我还害怕做飞机。

外研版八年级上册英语课文翻译（中英文对照更详细）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Welcome back, everyone!同学们，欢迎回来!Today, we 're going to talk about good ways to learn English.今天，我们打算谈论一下学习英语的好方法。

Ready?准备好了吗?Who has some advice?谁有一些建议?We should always speak English in class.在课堂上我们应该总是讲英语。

Good! Let's try to speak English as much as possible.好!让我们尽可能多地讲英语。

Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?为什么不在我们的笔记本上记下错误呢?That's a good idea. And don't forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistakes. What else?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?It's a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.每天大声拼读生词是一个好主意。

Thanks a lot, Ling ling. How about listening to the radio?非常感谢你，玲玲。

听广播怎么样?Yes, that's good for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new words.是的，那也有益于我们的发音。

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。

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. 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 words.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 knowa 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 othercities 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 churches 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 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 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 bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days.Module 3 Language in useUnit 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 up. We are training harder than usual because the other team beat 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 weatheris 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 sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. What a pity! 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 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 the 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 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 OperaBetty: 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.Teahouse 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 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.Lao 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 She 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, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food. If youlike 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.(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 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.Pandas 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 help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.Pandas 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.In 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 bamboo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.The 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.Module 7 A famous storyUnit 1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the riverTony: 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?Because it’s late.Lingling:And where was it going?Tony: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground. Lingling:Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone. Tony: 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.Lingling: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game!Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, it’s Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland.Everyone in Britain knows the story. Lingling:They why did you ask me all those question?Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha ........Unit 2 She was thinking about her catAlice 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. “And what is a book for,”thought 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! I’ll be late!”and she did not think it was strange . Then the rabbit took a watch out of 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 going to get out again. 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 8 AccidentsUnit 1 While the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appearedBetty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?Ms James:I’m 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 across the road. While the lights were changing to red, a car suddenly appeared around 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 his 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 you’re 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 fast/Daming: Don’t ride side by side with your friends.Ms James: Anything else?All: Don’t listen to music!Unit 2 I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again.Smile, please!One 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 and hid somewhere.“I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it across the 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 fridge.When Henry was trying to find the snake , 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 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 the photo to the doctors, ” suggests Henry.“But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”Module 9 PopulationUnit The population of China is about 1.37 billion.Betty:What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population”.Lingling:Well, we’re in the right place to talk about that ! Beijing is a huge city with a large population . That cause a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.Betty: It’s 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?Lingling:Over 250! The make over 131.4 million births a year.Betty: I can’t believe it!Lingling:I can’t believe it!Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. That’s 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, China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families 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 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 peopleJo is fifteen and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents fist came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house, close to fields and hills.Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people . People from Parkville moved to Arnwick 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 million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowed, and rubbish is also a problem.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to got to a school in Arnwick with 2000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and population.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. But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weatherUnit 1 It might snow.Betty: 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 in England. Daming:Is is snowy in England in December?Tony:Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot. Most Decembers are wet 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 here.Linging:You can go to Hainan Island 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 around.The US is a very big county . It is about 3000 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 Washington DC 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 you camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast. and the weather is fine all year around. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.In settle, 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 cold. If you want ti 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 storm 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 later.Betty: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.)Betty:Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.Lingling: 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 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 have your hair cut during the Spring Festival month.Tony:You can’t be serious.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.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 other 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 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 a 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’s delicious.At the bus stop, you must not push your way onto the bus.You need to stand in a line 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, “Excuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?”He was really polite.Module 12 HelpUnit 1 What should we do before help arrives?Ms James: This morning’s 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 furnitureEarthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about ually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some advice:Inside1.Do not jump out of high buildings.2.Hide under a table. Stay away from the windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires.3.Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking, but do not use the lift.4.Keep clam, especially when you are with other people. Be brave and be useful.Outside1.Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you.2.Do not stand near street lights or under power lines.3.Stay away from bridges and trees. If you are in bus or car, stay in it.4.In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.5.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.。

1 / 2 MODULE 8 Public holidays Unit 1 It’s the last day before the new school year begins. Listen and read. Tony: Do you have any plans for the May Day holiday, Betty? Betty: My parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong Province. And while we're staying with them, we're going to spend a few days in Qingdao. We'll stay there until May 5th. Darning: Do you celebrate May 1st in the UK, Tony? Tony: Well, we celebrate May Day, but the holiday is not always on May 1st. It's the closest Monday to May 1st, and we only have one day off. Betty: In the USA, Labour Day is a national holiday, but on a different date, too. It's on the first Monday in September. And it's the last day before the new school year begins. Lingling: Do you do anything special? Betty: We go camping or we have a picnic somewhere nice, or go to the beach. But it's also the end of the vacation season. When September comes, it starts to get cooler,so after Labour Day we start classes. Darning: We also go back to school as soon as the May Day holiday is over. Lingling: True, but our weather gets better, and then we only have a few weeks before the start of the summer holidays. Betty: Right! So let's enjoy ourselves until we go back to school. 4 Complete the table.

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.。

M1U1托尼:呣…、、好香啊。

您做得比萨瞧上去不错。

贝蒂:谢谢！来一点尝尝？托尼:好得。

瞧上去不错,闻起来香喷喷得,呣,好吃。

大明:这上面就是什么？贝蒂:噢,就是奶酪,想尝一块吗？大明:啊！不用了,谢谢,我不喜欢奶酪。

奶酪闻起来不新鲜,气味太大,吃起来有点酸。

贝蒂:嗯,我得巧克力饼干做好了,尝尝吧！大明:谢谢！很甜,里面很酥软。

托尼:您就是不就是在做很多不同得食物啊？您瞧上去挺忙得！贝蒂:就是得。

我做了比萨与饼干,现在我在做苹果派与蛋糕。

大明:苹果派听起来不错呢。

我喜欢甜食,您知道得。

我给您拿糖吧？贝蒂:好。

噢,您确定您拿得就是糖吗？先尝一下,可能就是盐。

大明:没拿错,就是甜得,就是糖。

托尼:这就是什么？也就是甜得。

贝蒂:就是草莓酱,做蛋糕用得。

大明:太好了。

每种东西都就是甜丝丝得。

我今天可真幸运啊！M1U2玲玲:您好！谢谢您上次得来信,收到您得信真就是太好了。

真想马上见到您。

希望您能凭着照片在机场认出我来。

我得个子比较高,留着一头金色短发,戴眼镜。

为了旅行方便,我将穿牛仔裤与T恤,但我也会拿一件厚点得外套。

我这里有您得照片,您非常漂亮,我想我们肯定能认出对方来！谢谢您告诉我您得爱好,我俩得爱好非常相似！我花很多时间在学校与朋友弹奏古典音乐,我也喜欢舞曲——我喜欢跳舞。

我也喜欢运动,尤其就是网球。

我哥哥在我们学校网球队,我为她感到非常自豪。

她各方面都很优秀,而我不行。

有时候考得不好,我会难过。

我要更加努力。

您问我:“要来中国了,您有什么感受？”嗯,每当我要离开父母几天时,起初都会有点感伤。

与陌生人一起得时候,我会很害羞,讲汉语时我会感到紧张,但就是过几天就好了。

当我不知道该如何正确处理事情时,心里总就是难过,所以到中国与您在一起得时候,您要帮助我哟！对了,我还害怕做飞机。

不过要去中国了,您不知道我有多兴奋！下周见！爱您得,萨莉M2U1托尼:嗨,玲玲,在做什么呢？玲玲:我在报名参加比赛。

托尼:什么比赛？玲玲:一个演讲比赛。

新外研版英语八年级上下全册课文电子稿word版八上M1 P4Questions 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 speakin g. 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 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 write them down, but I forget them qui ckly. 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?八上M2 P12Have 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 favorite 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!”1Han Li has been to San Francisco in the USA. His grandparents live there and he visit 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 favorite food. But I don’t like san dwiches 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 ZhangZiyi was in the seat beside her,” I’ve always wanted to meet her. It was my “dream come true”!八上M3 P20Scientists 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. Eight 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.八上M4 P282Hope 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 poo r.Li Yingming 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 Liu Sanzi and Li Yinming 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?八上M5 P36Vienna 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 waltz made him all over the 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.3八上M6 P44Alice 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, it had no pictures and conversations in it. “And what is a book for,” thought Alice, “without pictures and 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 ra bbit 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.八上M7 P58Hi 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.4You 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 Sally八上M8 P66Tour 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.5Take 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.八上M9 P74The 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.Pandas 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.Our 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.Most 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 in6danger, 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.八上M10 P82Lao 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 starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and he dies.Lao 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.In 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.7八上M11 P90When'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!八上M12 P988Advice 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!新外研版英语八年级下册课文电子稿word版八下M1 P4A Special HobbyMany students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in their gardens, and looking after animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and others are creative.9Hobbies can make you grow as a person, develop your interests and help you learn new skills.David Smith is a student, and his hobby is writing. During the summer of 2000, he spent four weeks on a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing, climbing and mountain biking, there was a writing workshop with a professional writer. "She asked us to imagine that we were in a story. Then we wrote about our experiences at the camp."In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it came out as a book in 2003. Many teenagers love his book, and as a result, David has become a successful young writer.David has been very lucky because his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success, but he is also interested in many other things. "I like playing volleyball, too," says David. "I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team. Maybe I'll write more books in the future, but I'm not sure."It's sometimes difficult to remember that we shouldn't spend all our time on our favourite hobby. There are many other interesting things to do in life, and we should try to do something new or different.八下M2 P12A Beautiful Smile—Zhang BeiWhen I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to worry about me.Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, smiled.Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me!10It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.八下M3 P20Radio Times"How old are you?" the radio studio manager at WXBN looked down at me."Fifteen," I said."And you want a job in radio? Shouldn't you be at school?" he asked.How could I explain? I've always loved the radio. When I was about four or five years old, I remember sitting close to the radio in the living room, listening to my favourite programmes, and to the voices of my favourite presenters. It seemed that they were speaking to me in person. At the age of nine, I asked for jobs in small radio stations.As I grew older, my interest in radio grew. One day I learnt about Internet radio. Once a week, I played my favourite music from my father's computer to the listeners, talked about life at school, and then closed down and did my homework.Soon my friends at junior high school started to listen, and then they wanted to help. We prepared the weekly programmes, articles about music, sports news, jokes and the weather report (I did this by looking out of the window)."OK, come with me," the WXBN manager said. I sat down in the studio, in front of a microphone. He was in another room, behind the glass wall."OK, let's do a sound check. Just tell me what you had for breakfast."All radio presenters begin work with the same question."I had eggs, fruit and some milk.""OK, that's great!" the man behind the glass said.And this was how my first real job in radio began.八下M4 P28Smile, Please!If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.11One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared ... and bit him on the hand.A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish."I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door," Mr Jackson said.Anyway, Mr Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.Then Mr Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day."So my advice is this: If a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors," suggests Mr Jackson. "Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry!"八下M5 P36Dear Diana，Do you have a problem? Write to Diana at New Standard Magazine, and ask for her advice.Last week, my friend Da Wei brought a new computer game and asked to play it on my father's computer. But my father has warned me not to use his computer for playing games because he uses it for his job. I can only use it for my homework. He thinks that if I play games on it, it'll go wrong.Well, my dad was out, so we decided to try Da Wei's game. We copied it onto the computer and when we finished, we took it off the computer. We made quite sure my father didn't notice anything.But when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. The computer wasn't working because it had a virus!But I didn't tell him about the computer game.Now I feel terrible. It's going to be expensive to mend it. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I offer to pay?Yours,Steve12Dear Steve,Oh dear! You've made two mistakes. First, you used your dad's computer when he told you not to. Second, you didn't tell him about the game. Yes, you must tell him immediately. If you tell him the truth, he'll be angry with you, but at least you'll prove how honest you are. Then I think you should offer to pay. But you shouldn't use your pocket money—after all, your parents gave you that money. If you offer to do some jobs around the home, or maybe help him with his work, he'll realise that you're truly sorry.Oh, and next time, play football with Da Wei!Best wishes,Diana八下M6 P50Good morning. I'm Chen Huan. Here's my culture report for today, Monday:A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o'clock. The film is Pirates of the Caribbean. It's a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Caribbean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come face to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also save Keira Knightley. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightley and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.The film isn't true to life, but it's very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It's an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. If you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now.I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It's showing all week.八下M7 P58Dear Mum and Dad,We're spending some time off with Lingling's uncle in Hunan Province, and I'm having a wonderful time here in Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area. It's very large, about 390 square kilometres, and it's a magic land of mountains, forests and rivers. It's famous for the strange shape of its tall rocks. Some people think they look like soldiers, and others13think they look like animals. Before Wu Guanzhong, a famous Chinese painter, painted some beautiful pictures of it in 1979, few people knew about the area.Last night we camped by a small lake. During the night, I heard a loud noise, as if someone was laughing. I woke up Lingling and her uncle, and I asked them what the noise was. Lingling's uncle told us not to worry, and left the tent to find out what it was. After a few minutes, he told us to come out quietly. Then he pointed into the forest. It was a monkey. When it saw us, it jumped up into the trees and went back into the forest.This morning we took a cable car up Mount Tianzi—it was quite safe! From the top we hoped for a wonderful view of the lakes and forests, but we could only see the mountain tops through the clouds. Then we walked down the path, past trees, waterfalls and plants back to our tent. I pulled a leaf off a plant, but Lingling's uncle told me to wash my hands, and not to touch it, because it was dangerous. He also said that it was wrong to pull leaves and we should protect everything here. I felt sorry.Tomorrow we're going to the second largest fresh water lake in China, Dongting Lake.We'll go back to school next week! Wish you were here!Love,Sally八下M8 P66People all over the world celebrate the new year. However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn't begin on the same date every year. It can depend on the seasons, the moon or the sun.In many countries, the new year begins on January 1st, but people start celebrating on December 31st, New Year's Eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square. While they're waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o'clock, everyone counts down from 10: 10, 9, 8 ... As soon as it's 12o'clock, everyone shouts very loudly, "Happy New Year!" and they say, "Out with the old year and in with the new!" Suddenly there are fireworks and special drinks. Sometimes people sing an old song called Auld Lang Syne.New Year's Day is often a family day. Some people relax at home. Some families get together for a special meal with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. When the weather is fine, many families go out for a walk.On New Year's Day, many people make resolutions for the new year. They write down a list of things, such as "I will help out more at home. I will work harder at school." or "Iwon't spend so much time playing video games." When they have made their list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to follow their resolutions.14So it doesn't matter how they celebrate, for people in countries all over the world, it's a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.八下M9 P74My Hero—Dr Norman BethuneNorman Bethune is one of China's most famous heroes, but he wasn't Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping the Chinese people.Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to help soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospitals. In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan'an. There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors could learn about new treatments.Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to rest. Once, he performed operations for 69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He continued working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not stop to take care of his hand.Dr Bethune's work with the Chinese soldiers made him a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both Canada and China.八下M10 P82A Perfect Holiday?Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?Zheng Chenyu says that she would worry "Where would I find food? How would I cook it?" The 14-year-old girl says that she knows little about cooking."I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and then burn the soup."Although Zheng believes that basic life skills, such as cooking and washing clothes, are especially important, she doesn't think teenagers get enough practice.15。

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。

外研版-英语-八上-外研版八上Module32单元课文原文M3 SportsUnit 2 This year we practise more carefullyTraining hardby Li DamingIt 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 are training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better .It is more difficult to practice 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 sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. What a pity! 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 more confident to win the game.。

Module 1 Feelings and impressionsUnit 1 It smells delicious.1 Listen and number the pictures.1Lingling: Guess what it is!玲玲:猜猜它是什么！Betty: It tastes sweet. Is it a cookie?贝蒂:它尝起来很甜。

是小甜饼吗？2Daming: Ugh! This milk smells sour.大明:呃！这牛奶闻起来酸了。

Tony: Don’t drink it.托尼:别喝了。

3Betty: This bed feels a bit soft.贝蒂:这张床摸起来有点儿软。

Lingling: Try a harder bed.玲玲:试一张硬点儿的。

4Lingling: Tom looks very strong!玲玲:汤姆看起来很强壮！Daming: Yes. He does a lot of exercise.大明:是的。

他做很多运动。

2 Listen again and complete the sentences.1Lingling: Guess what it is!玲玲:猜猜它是什么！Betty: It tastes sweet. Is it a cookie?贝蒂:它尝起来很甜。

是小甜饼吗？2Daming: Ugh! This milk smells sour.大明:呃！这牛奶闻起来酸了。

Tony: Don’t drink it.托尼:别喝了。

3Betty: This bed feels a bit soft.贝蒂:这张床摸起来有点儿软。

Lingling: Try a harder bed.玲玲:试一张硬点儿的。

4Lingling: Tom looks very strong!玲玲:汤姆看起来很强壮！Daming: Yes. He does a lot of exercise.大明:是的。