外研版新标准初二英语上册第五模块课文内容

MOULE 5 Western musicUnit 1 You like western classical music, don’t you?3 listen and read.Tony: I like this music! Who's it by?Lingling: Well, I'm not sure, but Sally's school orchestra is playing it.Betty: It's by Strauss. You've heard of him, haven't you?Lingling: Yes, I have. He was German, wasn't he?Betty: No, he wasn't. He was Austrian. He was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Daming: What's it called?Betty: The Blue Danube. The Danube is the river in Vienna.Lingling: You like western classical music, don't you?Betty: Yes, I do.Lingling: Who's your favourite classical composer?Betty: Beethoven. But I also like pop music. You listen to pop music, don't you?Lingling: Yes, I love it!Betty: But Sally is a classical musician, so she doesn't like pop music, does she?Lingling: No, she doesn't. I think she'll like traditional Beijing Opera.Tony: Hmm, it's certainly very ... traditional, isn't it?Daming: I'm a fan of rap.Tony: Hey! Give us a break!Lingling: What on earth is that?Daming: Rap music.Tony: I don't believe it!Who'e it by? I'm not sure. I'm a fan of ... Give ue a break! What: on earth is that? I don't believe it!2Check (√) the true sentences.1 They're listening to western classical music. □2 Lingling has heard of Strauss. □3 Strauss was born in the capital of Australia. □4 The Blue Danube is pop music. □5 Beijing Opera is traditional music. □6 Answer the questions about the words in the box.capital composer fan musician river1 What's the capital of Shandong province? 4 How many fans of western classical2 Who's your favourite composer? music are there in your class?3 Which musicians do you like best? 5 Which river goes through Shanghai?Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music.2 Read the passage and check (√) the true sentences.Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube. It's the capital city of Austria and the centre'of European classical music. From 1750 a lot of composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna. The most famous family of musicians was the Strauss family.There were two composers called Johann Strauss: a father and a son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for a classical dance—a waltz. His waltzes made him famous all over Europe.The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was even more successful and popular than his father. He wrote more than 400 waltzes and his most famous one was The Blue Danube. He wrote it in 1867. Strauss and Mozart were two of the most important composers.Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six he played not only the piano, but also the violin and the organ. His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra. But he died in 1791 when he was only 35. Some people say he was the greatest European composer.1 Many composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna.2 Strauss the younger played the piano, the violin and the organ at the age of six.3 Mozart wrote his first opera at the age of 14.4 The family took Mozart around Europe.5 The father Johann Strauss died in 1791.6 Mozart wrote The Blue Danube.3 Answer the questions.I Where is Vienna?2 Which family was the most famous family of musicians in Vienna?3 What sort of music did Johann Strauss the elder write?4 What was Johann Strauss the younger's most famous piece of music?5 When was Mozart born?6 What did Mozart write in addition to operas?7 How old was Mozart when he died?8 Who do some people say was the greatest European composer?Writing4 Use the notes to write a passage about the composer Xian Xinghai.·Xian Xinghai·famous for the song The Yellow River·wrote it in 1939 in only six days·music describes China to the rest of the world·used traditional Chinese music·studied in Paris·one of the great composers of classical and traditional music·brought western and Chinese music together·born in Macao, China, 1905·songs have been popular for more than 60 years·called the People's Musician·died young, 1945Xian Xinghai is one of the great composers of classical and traditional music.He was born in ...Unit 3 Language in useShe doesn't like pop music, does she? You've heard of him, haven't you?He was German, wasn't he? You listen to pop music, don't you?It's certainly very traditional, isn't it?.1 Match the sentences in Box A with the question tags in Box B.A 1 You like rock music,B a have they?2 They sing well, b can't we?3 He has written ten new songs this year, c didn't he?4 He wrote traditional music, d do you?5 She was a musician, e don't they?6 We can practise after school, f don't you?7 You don't like this song much, g is it?8 They have never been to any concert, h hasn't he?9 This music isn't very popular, i doesn't he?10 He has a lot of CDs, j wasn't she?2 Write the missing question tags.A Sally: Hi, John! It's a lovely day, (1) ?John: Yes, it is. You're going on holiday today, (2) ?Sally: That's right. I told you last week, (3) ?John: Yes, you did. You didn't get my message last night, (4) ?Sally: No, I didn't. You didn't call me, (5) ?John: Yes, I called about eight. Maybe you didn't hear the phone.BKaty: You like blues music, (1) ?Jenny: Yes, I do. I play the guitar, so I play a lot of blues music. You can play the guitar, (2) ?Katy: No, I can't. Actually, I'm a singer. I don't play any instruments. You didn't come to my last concert, (3) ?Jenny: No. I was busy that day. Your next concert is on Saturday, (4) ?Katy: Yes, that's right. You are coming, (5) ?Jenny: Yes, of course!Now work in pairs and say whether the speaker in each case is asking a real question, or just checking information.6 Complete the passage with the words from Activities 4 and 5.Mozart was a composer . He wrote (1) music and (2) His music is difficult to play and sing. Musicians and (3) train for a long time before they can play and sing Mozart's music, but (4) and rock musicians don't train much. Their most popular instrument is the (5) . In America, black musicians often sing sad songs. They call this music the (6) Another type ofmodern music from America is (7) . This music often uses (8) and other loud instruments. We use (9) and violin to play all types of music.7 Read the passage and answer the questions.Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, the USA on January 8, 1935. In 1948 the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee.At the age of five he loved to listen to radio music. He also liked to go to his neighbourhood church and listen to the music by the black singers and musicians, called gospel. When Elvis was 16 his father bought him a guitar for his birthday. Because his father had very little money, the guitar had no strings. Elvis got a part-time job as a milkman and bought one string a month. Soin six months he could play his guitar. Lucky for him a guitar has only six strings!One day he went to a recording studio and made a song for his mother on her birthday. The manager of the studio thought Elvis was a great singer and decided to make records for him.Next Elvis Presley went on the Ed Sullivan programme and everyone loved him. Elvis had lots of hit records and became the biggest rock singer in the world.He also made lots of films. In 1968 Elvis got his own TV show and it was very popular. He went to Las Vegas and gave a very successful concert there.Around the world he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. People think he is one of the most important figures of the 20th century popular culture.Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.1 How long did Elvis live in Memphis?2 What kind of music did Elvis like when he was a young child?3 Where did he get his guitar?4 Why does the writer say Elvis was lucky because a guitar has only six strings?5 Do you think Elvis was an artist? Why?Around the worldThe orchestraAn orchestra is a large group of musicians who play classical music. The main instruments of the orchestra belong to four main categories: strings, (e.g. violins, violas, cellos), woodwind (e.g. oboes, clarinets), brass (e.g. trumpets, trombones), percussion (e.g. drums). The orchestra is led by a conductor. The conductor makes sure that everybody plays together, and shows the orchestra when to play quietly or loudly and when the musicians should stop and start playing.。

外研社最新版八年级英语上册课文原文（完整版之Module5-Module6）Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Betty:Lingling and I went to Lao She T eahouse last night.Tony:How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see the 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 actresses 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 enjoy it?Betty: Well, it was interesting---that’s the main thing. I hope to understand more next time. T ony: Do you often go to see the 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 2It describes the changes in Chinese society.Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.a)Lao She Teahouse b) The story of Teahouse c) Lao She1 _________________Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wr ote 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 the 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.2__________________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.3__________________At Lao She T eahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.Module 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1It 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 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. 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 sc hool. Let’s first find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.Unit 2The WWF is working hard to save them all.Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.a)Nature parks for pandas c) The panda’s homeb)WWF and animals in danger d) An animal in danger1 _________________Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas 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. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2_________________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.3_________________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.4_________________The world Wide 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.。

模块1如何学习英语第一单元让我们尽可能多地说英语。

詹姆斯老师:欢迎大家回来!今天，我们来谈谈学习英语的好方法。

准备好了吗?谁有什么建议?玲玲:我们在课堂上应该经常说英语。

詹姆士女士:好!让我们尽可能多地说英语。

大明:为什么不把错误写在我们的笔记本上呢?詹姆斯老师:好主意。

不要忘记在错误旁边写下正确的答案。

还有什么?玲玲:每天大声拼写和发新单词是个好主意。

詹姆斯老师:非常感谢，玲玲。

听收音机怎么样?玲玲:是的，这对我们的发音也有好处。

但是有这么多的新单词。

詹姆斯老师:你不需要理解每一个单词。

你只需要听关键字和主要思想。

大明:读书也是一样。

英语故事很有趣。

通过阅读，我对世界有了更多的了解。

玲玲:我认为写作也很重要。

我们为什么不试着找一些英语笔友呢?我们可以写信给他们。

詹姆士女士:太好了!我同意你的看法。

第二单元你应该对她微笑!把你的问题寄给语言医生戴安娜。

许多学生就如何提高英语水平征求意见。

这里有三个基本问题。

第一个问题是关于理解英语电影和歌曲。

来自湖北的李浩写道:“我喜欢看英文电影和听英文歌曲，但我只能听懂一点点。

我该怎么办呢?”看电影和听歌曲是学习英语的好方法!多看几遍，听几遍，猜猜生词的意思。

每一次你都会学到新东西。

我还建议你和你的朋友谈论电影或歌曲。

第二个问题是关于口语的。

来自吉林的王帆写道:“我们学校有一位来自美国的老师。

我很害羞，不敢和她说话。

我应该怎么做什么?”你可以说，“你好!”你好吗?“你喜欢中国吗?”这些都是开始对话的好方法。

在你开始之前，你应该对她微笑!记住这个:不要害羞。

只是试一试。

第三个问题是关于词汇的。

来自安徽的张磊写道:“我写下新单词，但我很快就忘记了。

我怎么能记住它们呢?”不要担心。

忘记新单词是很自然的!我建议你每天在纸上写四五个单词，然后把它们放在你的房间里。

看到单词时读出来，并试着使用它们。

模块2我的家乡和我的国家第一单元它比许多其他建筑物都高托尼:嗨,大明!你周末过得怎么样?大明:很好!我去了深圳。

【MODULE 5】The Conquest of the Universe【READING AND VOCABULARY】Space: the Final Frontier[Part 1]Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, people have become accustomed to the idea of space travel. Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and whatrisks had to be taken. With Armstrong`s now famous words:“That`s onesmall step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, a dream was achieved. All three astronauts made it safely back to Earth, using a spaceship computer that was much less powerful than the ones used by the average school students today.There were several more journeys into space over the next few years but the single spaceships were very expensive as they could not take off more than once. People were no longer so enthusiastic about a peace travel programme that was costing the United States $10 million a day. That was until the arrival of the space shuttle——a spacecraft that could be used for severaljourneys. The first shuttle fight into space was the Columbia——launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April, 1981,. The aim of this flight was to test the new shuttle system, to go safely up into orbit and to return to the Earth for a safe landing. It was a success and a little more than a decade after Apollo 11`s historic voyage, the Columbia made a safe, controlled, aeroplane-style landing in California. This was the start of a new age of space travel.By the time the Challenger took off in 1986, the world seemed to have lost its fear and wonder at the amazing achievement of people going to be a special flight and so millions of people turned in to witness the take-off on TV. An ordinary teacher, Christa McAuliffe, 37, who was married with two children, was to be the first civilian in space. She was going to give two fifteen-minute lessons from space. The first was to show the controls of the spacecraft and explain how gravity worked. The second was to describe theaim of the Challenger space programme. Christa hoped to communicate a sense of excitement and create new interest in the space programme. Sadly, she never came back to her classroom again, as the shuttle exploded just over a minute after taking off in Florida and all seven astronauts were killed.The world was in shock——maybe they assumed this space flight would be no more dangerous than getting on an aeroplane. But how wrong they were——in one moment excitement and success turned into fear and disaster. It was the worst space accident ever. As one Russian said at the time,“When something like this happens we are neither Russians nor Americans. We are just human being who have the same feelings.”[Part 2]I can remember that day so clearly, watching the take-off on TV at school. There was an ordinary teacher on the Challenger, and we were all very excited. We didn`t have much patience waiting for the launch. We had seen the smiling faces of the astronauts waving to the world as they stepped into the shuttle. Then, little more than a minute after take-off, we saw a strange red and orange light in the sky, followed by a cloud of white smoke. The Challenger had exploded in mid-air and we all started screaming.It happened so quickly and everyone was schoolboy I had thought that going into space as an astronaut must be the best job in the world. When I heard, a few weeks later, that the bodies of the astronaut and even the teacher`s lesson plans had been found at the bottom of the ocean, I was not so sure it was worth it at all. In spite of all our advanced technology, the world is still only at the very beginning of its voyage into space.【READINH AND VOCABULARY】Secrets of the Gas GiantThe Cassini-Huygens space probe, which reached Saturn last week, has sent bank amazing photographs of the planet`s famous rings viewed in ultraviolet light. The pictures show them in shades of blue, green and red. The different colours shoe exactly what the rings are made of: the red means the ring contains tiny pieces of rock and the blue and green is likely to be a mixture of water and frozen gases. Saturn itself is made of gases. It is so light and it could float on water——if a big enough ocean could be found!The probe is an international project to explore the planet and its rings and moons. It was launched in 1997 and its mission was to explore the “gas giant” planet which is the furthest planet to be seen from the Earth without a telescope.Scientist says the spacecraft`s four-year tour of Saturn may tell them how the rings are formed. It will also study the planet`s atmosphere and magnetic field.The porbe has sent back pictures of some of Saturn`s moon, including tiny Phoebe, which has a strange shape——unlike other planets and their moons, it is not perfectly round——and Saturn`s biggest moon, Titan, which is believed to be the only body in the solar system other than the Earth with liquid on the surface.The images of Titan and Phoebe look strangely like photos of Earth and our own Moon, taken decades ago by the earliest space missions. They are so clear that it is easy to forget they ear coming from a distance fone-and-a-half-billion kilometers.【READING PRACTICE】May the Force Be with YouStar Wars is a series of science fantasy films. The six-film series began in 1977, and has a world-wide audience, with films, books, video games, television series and toys. It is now acknowledged by the movie industry as the most successful film series ever.The films were made in random order, and move backwards and forwards through two hundred years. They describe the deeds of Anakin Skywalker, a noble Jedi knight, while Darth Vader, under orders from Lord Sith, creates tension then conflict between various autonomous republics and movements. This results in the defeat of the Jedi.Then Anakin`s son, Luke Skywalker, joins the Rebel Alliance to attack the authority of the new evil Empire. He accuses Darth Vader of killing his father, so he trains to become a Jedi knight and swears to avenge his loss. But to his sorrow, he learns that his father is actually Darth Vader himself. Luke escapes the latter`s grasp, as well as the Emperor`s attempt to turn him to the Dark Side. Instead, to his great relief, he achieves glory by turning his father back to the light side, while the divisions of the Rebel Alliance fleet flights the battle for the airspace over the motherland, and wins the war. Star Wars reflects many abstract concepts in Greek, Roman and Chinesefolk stories, such as an ability to foresee the future and the impossibility of controlling one`s destiny. For example, Anakin Skywalker cause the deathof his wife coming to her aid. Luke is like the hero lf a wuxia film, with his intention of avenging the death of his father, to become the most powerful Master of his art.The broad theme of Star Wars` philosophy is the Force, and in every movie someone says “May the Force be with you.” Star Wars stresses the dangers of fear, anger, and hate, as well as putting aside one`s sympathy for certain people. For example, Luke Skywalker is ever told that his training rather than rescue his friends.This is consistent with many religious faiths, which stress rational thought, personal dignity and a devotion to praying for holy understanding, as opposed to the “Dark Side”, of violent passion and acute emotion.However, the strongest influence is Taoist philosophy. The Force is similar to Qi, a stable balance of the Yin and Yang forces to human beings and the environment. Many true Taoist masters eventually become supreme beings, similar to Obi-Wan and Yoda who Luke, as their scholar, consults for their teaching and advice.Even the language and clothing convey the philosophy of the Force——the Dark Force soldiers speak with British accents and wear black uniforms whilst most of the Rebels speaker American English and wear light colours.【CULTURAL CORNER】The War of the WorldsIn 1898, the English writer H.G. Wells wrote what is arguably the most important novel in the history of science fiction The War of the Worlds. It is a dramatic story about an invasion of the Earth by aliens from Mars, a subject that has fascinated science fiction writers and film-makers ever since. But when, in 1938, the American actor and director, Orson Welles set a radio drama of The War of the Worlds in real life New Jersey town of Grover`s Mill, little did he know what people turned on their radios and heard the Mercury Theatre Company broadcast, it was so realistic that they believed every word:Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make. Incredible as it may seen, both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the New Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.Orson Welles had managed to set in motion a panic across America. When people heard that an invasion by aliens from Mars was underway, there was a wave of mass hysteria. Hundreds of people left their homes in panic, there were traffic jams all over the state and the police received thousands of telephone calls from terrified listeners who believed that Martians were attacking.The sleepy town of Grover`s Mill for an hour became the centre of the universe.One 13-year-old boy was doing his homework when he hears the first newsflash of the invasion. Taking the radio into the cafédownstairs where his mother worked, he and a dozen or so customers listened with mounting fear to the broadcast, until the men jumped up and announced they were going to get their guns and join in the defence at Grover`s Mill.Did Orson Welles deliberately set out to terrify the nation? Or was it simply a masterpiece of realistic theatre? Either way, The War of the Worlds will be remembered as a piece of broadcasting history.。