book 8 m1 reading and vocabulary(2)

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9. Which stands for the USA?
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National Emblems （国徽）
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Unit 1 A land of diversity
Reading 一个多元文化的国土
California The United States of America
Canada New York San Francisco
California is on the west coast, borders the Pacific Ocean. The pleasant weather,
long beach and graceful
natural landscape attract
many tourists from all
1. Which city is the capital of the USA?
A. New York
B. Washington, D.C.
C. Los Angeles
2. What is the national flower of America? A. Rose B. Peony (牡丹) C. Cherry blossom
A gold miner— the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.
A building in Chinatown, San Francisco—Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.

Homework 1. Read the passage again and review the new words and expressions. 2. 发挥想象，连词成文(50-100字)。
best- known, named, valued, motivation, court, success, score, season, points, no doubt, annoyed, deserve
Yao Ming
Wilt Chamberlain
Yi Jianlian
To get general ideas
Michael Jordan Para. 1 During the 1990’s Michael Jordan was probably the best known athlete in the world. Para. 2 Michael Jordan became the top scorer in the NBA in his first season (1984-1985). Para. 3 Michael Jordan, the second player to score more than 3,000 points in a season, made contributions to the Bulls and the United States
Scanning
4 Where was Wilt Chamberlain born? A. North Carolina B. New York C. Los Angeles D. Philadelphia
Scanning 5 ____ was the second player to score more than 3000 points in a season, and ___ was the first. A. Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain B. Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan C. Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant D. Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain

than many other countries in the world. That is why lots of people in China have healthy white teeth. People in the Western world do not eat such healthy foods. They eat too much fat and sugar and don’t take enough exercise. Because of this, they put on weight easily. Their diet contains a lot of fat in the form of (以…的形式)potato crisps, potato chips, butter,cream and chocolate. They eat a lot of sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, sweets and so on. The result is that many of them become fat. And some have bad teeth left. In some parts of Britain, one person in ten, by the age of thirty, has no teeth left!
He is going out to play football without a jacket on.
She thinks he will get a bad cold.
She asks him to at least wear a jacket.
Read Zhou Kai(1).Answer the questions.

在刚开始的时候有的同学对学英语狂热。 Some students are enthusiastic about learning English at first.
enthusiasm [ɪn'θjuːzɪæz(ə)m] n. 热 情，热心
3. behavior \ behaviour n. 行为， 举止 n. (u)
pleasing 令人高兴的 satisfying 令人满意的
pleased 高兴的 satisfied 满意的
worrying 令人担心的
worried 担心的
frightening 令人害怕的； frightened 受惊的 恐怖的 boring 令人厌烦的 bored 无聊的；无趣的 embarrassing 令人尴 尬的；令人难堪的 embarrassed 尴尬的；难 堪的
10.embarrass vt. 使．．尷尬

使．．难堪，
embarrassment n. 尷尬 embarrassing adj. 令人尷尬的，令人难 堪的 embarrassed adj. 尷尬的，难堪的 I felt embarrassed when he told me the embarrassing information.
Module 1
Reading and Vocabulary
1. attitude n. 态度
attitude to \ towards (doing )sth 对……的 态度 You’d better change your attitude towards me. What’s his attitude towards teaching ?
他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。
b. A + be + 倍数 + 形容词比较级 + than +B The Yangtze River is almost three times longer than the Pearl River. 长江差不多比珠江长两倍。 The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one. 这本字典比那本恰好贵4倍。