新译林版英语八年级下册第三单元Reading2

Welcome to “Around the World in Eight Hours”. I’m your tour guide, Robin. Have you noticed the “Tour” icon at the top of the page? Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours!
Do you know which city is called “the Big Apple”? New York
Welcome to New York
纽约，美国最大的城市。
Background information
纽约别称“大苹果”。关于此名的由来 有好几个版本，其中广为流传的一个是 源自20世纪初流行于美国爵士乐手中的 一句歌词：“树上有这么多苹果，但当 你选中了纽约市，你就选中了最大的苹 果。”后来the Big Apple成了纽约市的 代名词，意指这是一个充满机遇的城市。
thousands of people gather here on New
Year’s Eve. It’s exciting to see the huge
glass ball falling through the darkness! In the centre of the island is Central Park. With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work. When you visit New York, don’t miss Broadway. It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century.

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Times Square
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Further on is Times Square .
When do thousands of people gather there?
Every year, thousands of people gather there on New Year’s Eve .
Why do people gather there?
It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness
1. What is the Broadway famous for? It is famboeufsamfoorusitfosrtheatres.
2. How long has it been famous? Since the early twentieth century.
3. Where does the famous song "Memory" come from? It comes from the famous Broadway musical Cats.
1. New York is also called “the Big Apple”. T
2. Wall Street iissn’t a world-famous trade centre. F 3. Wall Street is at the snoourtthheerrnn end of Manhattan

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Wall Street The world-famous trade centre
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Welcome to New York!
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Suppose you are a guide
pick “the big apple” New York
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“Pick” or “pick up”?

Unit 3 Online tours第 3 课时Reading (2)一、根据句意和中文提示完成单词。

1. The USA is in the central part of North ________ (美洲) .2. Hamlet (《哈姆雷特》) is one of the most famous ________ (戏剧) by Shakespeare.3. They need a good ________ (休息) after a long trip.4. Hainan is in the ________ (南方) of China.5. I feel frightened because of the ________ (黑暗) of the night. I can't go out alone.6. All these books are for teenagers. You can ________ (挑选) any of them to read.7. Charles Chaplin is a ________ (世界著名的) comedy actor.8. Many tourists like to ________ (聚集) at Tian'anmen Square to watch the raising of the national flag.9. My son was playing on the ________ (草坪) in front of my house the whole morning.10. Lily's uncle comes from ________ (非洲) .二、根据句意, 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. These caps are for the ________ (travel) .2. I have ________ (notice) the red icon at the top of the home page.3. Every year, ________ (thousand) of people come to visit China ll over the world.4. After a few minutes, our eyes got used to the ________ (dark) .5. My sister often ________ (relax) herself by listening to some light music.6. "One Belt, One Road" is helpful for the development of the ________ (internationally) trade.7. The song "Memory" comes from the ________ (music) Cats.8. Follow this street until you get to a food shop, and the cinema is a little ________ (far) on.三、单项选择。