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Unit 2 School life1 Why don’t dogs go to school, Eddie?2 Because we’re cleverer than people. They have to work harder.3 what’s school like?4 It’s like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements.Ideal schoolsThe Class 1, Grade 8 students are learning about schools around the world. They are also writing about their ideal school.TaskComplete a questionnaire and write about your ideal school.Welcome to the unitDifferent words for the same thingA People in the UK and the USA sometimes use different words to refer to the same thing. Match the words on the left with words on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks. Then write the correct words under the pictures below.British English American English1 biscuit d a eraser2 autumn b soccer3 lorry c vacation4 film d cookie5 football e fall6 holiday f store7 garden g truck8 rubber h yard9 shop i movie （原书10个，现9个）B Daniel wants to invite Simon to see a film. Read their conversation. Underline the British words and write the American words above them.Daniel: Hello, Simon. Shall we go to see a film this afternoon?Simon: I’d love to, but I have to go t o a shop to buy a birthday present for my cousin Annie. Daniel: OK. Is this Saturday all right?Simon: Sorry, Daniel. The school football team will practice this Saturday.Daniel: I see. You’re really busy this week.Simon: Yes, I am. I can’t wait for the holiday.ReadingA School livesDaniel is visiting on an online club called Schools Around the World. Here are two articles on the website about different school lives.Life in a British schoolHi, everybody.My name is Nancy. I am in Year 8 at woodland school near London. It is a mixed school. Boys and girls have lessons together. Among all my subjects, I like French best. Learning foreign languages is fun.Our school has a Reading Week every year. During the week, we can borrow more books from the school library. We can also bring in books and magazines from home. L lften read more books than my classmates. Near the end of the week., we discuss the books with our classmates in 10 class. Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.Life in an American schoolHi guys.I’m John and I’m 14 years old. I’m in the 8th grade at Rocky Mountain High School near Denver.Every Monday, I go to the Buddy Club. In the club,older students help new students learn more about the school. My friend Tony is in the 12th grade. He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help. He is my hero.We have different classes every day. On Friday afternoon, our school ends earlier than usual. My friends and I often do sports together.Twice a week, I play baseball after school. I love this game and practice hard every time. Our team won two games last month.B Schools in different countriesB1 Daniel does not know the meanings of some words in the article. Help him match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.1 foreign (line 5) a talk about something2 language (line 5) b give something to someone3 discuss (line 9) c be best or first in a competition4 offer (line 17) d not in or from your own country5 win (line 23) e words used in speaking and writingB2 Daniel found some pictures of Nancy’s and John’s schools. First, help him complete the description of each picture. Then put an N in the box if the picture shows Nancy’s scho ol and a J if it shows John’s school.1 In a school, boys and girls study .2 In the , older students help new students learn more about .3 During , students can from the library and can bring infrom home.4 Some students after school and they every week.B3 Daniel wrote about schools in the two countries. However, he made some mistakes. Writea T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.1 Both Nancy and John are Graded 8 students.2 Nancy’s favourite subject i s English.3 There is a Reading Week at Nancy’s school every year.4 Nancy always brings in more books than her classmate.5 The courses are not the same every day at John’s school.6 John and his friends often go shopping on Friday afternoon.B4 On the way home, Daniel tells kitty about John’s school life. Complete their conversationwith the words in the box.(原书这一部分是B2) baseball ends hero offers sports twice wonDaniel: I read an article by a boy from the USA.His name is John. He’s in the 8th grade. Kitty: Really? What’s his school life like?Daniel: Every Monday, he goes to the Buddy Club. His friend Tony is in the 12th grade. Tony listens to John’s problems and (1) him help. He’s John’s (2) .Kitty: What else do you know about John?Daniel: On Friday afternoon, their school (3) earlier than usual. They often do (4) together.Kitty: Does John like sports?Daniel: Yes. His favourite sport is (5) . He plays it (6) a week. Their team (7) two games last month.（原书此处还有C1 C2和vocabulary部分）GrammarA Comparing the amount of thingsWe can compare the amount of things using more … than, fewer … t han and less… than. We use the most for the largest amount and the fewest/ the least for the smallest amount.Millie has more tomatoes than Daniel. Kitty has the most eggs.Millie has less rice than Daniel. Daniel has the fewest tomatoes.Millie has fewer bananas than Kitty. Millie has the least juice.Comparing school lives（原书此处还有A3）B Comparative and superlative adverbsWe can form comparative and superlative adverbs in the same way we form comparative and superlative adjectives.Most short adverbs + er + esthard →harder →hardestreplace the word replace the word→→Integrated skillsA comparing schoolsA1 Daniel is writing an article about different schools.Listen to him introducing Sunshine Middle School and complete the first column in the table below.Sunshine Middle School WoodlandSchoolRocky MountainHigh SchoolNumber of students 66Number of teachersHow long is the summer holiday?How much time do studentsspend on homework every day?Do students wear uniforms? /Do students do morning exercises? yes /noA2 Sandy is helping Daniel collect information on the Internet about other schools. Listen to their conversation and complete the rest of the table above.A3 Help Daniel complete his article with the information in Part A1.（原书中这是属于A2）Woodland School is smaller than Rocky Mountain High School. There are (1) (more, fewer, less) teachers and (2) (more, fewer, less) students in Woodland School than inRocky Mountain High School. Sunshine Middle School has (3) (more, fewer, the most teachers and students of the three.Chinese students have (4) (more, fewer, less) weeks off or the summer holiday than British students. British students spend (5) (more, fewer, less) time doing homework than Chinese students. Among the three schools, students in the American school spend (6) (the least, few, less) time on homework, and they have (7) (long,longer ,the longest) summer holiday. Chinese students spend (8) (the most, the fewest, the least) time on homework. They work (9) (hard, harder, the hardest).A4Daniel, John and Nancy are chatting online about their schools. Match the sentences with the correct people. Use the information in Part A1 on page 25 to help you.Daniel, John & Nancy1 Nancy: My school has fewer weeks off for the summer holiday than Daniel’s.2 : Students in my school do not wear uniforms.3 : I spend less time doing homework than Nancy.4 : My school has the most students.5 : My school has the fewest teachers. （原书有6题）B Speak up: Simon spends the most time on his hobbies.The Class 1, Grade 8 students are talking about the time they spend on their hobbies. Work in groups and talk about your hobbies. Use the conversation below as a model.Millie: How much time do you spend on your hobbies every day, Daniel?Daniel: About one hour. Half an hour for playing computer games and another half an hour for playing chess.Millie: Really? I have only half an hour for my hobbies at most. I often do some reading. How about you, Simon?Simon: About two hours for sports. And you, Amy?Amy: Usually I go swimming for about half an hour.Millie: OK. Among the four of us, Simon spends the most time on his hobbies, and Daniel spends more time on his hobbies than Amy and I.Study skillsThe suffix –lyA suffix is a letter or a group of letters that we add to the end of a word to form a new word. We can add –ly to some adjectives to form adverbs. We can also add –ly to come nouns to form adjectives.Adjective Adverb Noun Adjectivereal really friend friendlybad badly day dailyusual usually week weeklyA Add –ly to each of the words in the box on the left. Then put them in different groups. Y ou may use a dictionary.Adjective →Adverb Noun →AdjectiveB Millie is writing in her diary. Complete her entry with the correct forms of the words in brackets.Today we had an English test. We have a (1) (month) test on each subject. I looked through the questions (2) (quick). I could (3) (easy) answer all of them.To me, learning foreign languages is (4) (real) fun. I read English newspapers and magazines every day. I read very (5) (slow) at first, but I am doing better now. I also keep writing in English about my (6) (day) life. I learn to use English better this way(7) (usual) I watch English videos at weekends. I always have a (8) (love) time!TaskMy ideal schoolA What do you like or dislike about your school? Read the questionnaire below and write your answers.Questionnaire1 What time does your school start?2 Do you think this is too early or too late?3 when do you finish school?4 D you think this is too early or too late?5 How long is lunchtime at your school?6 Do you like your school uniform? Why or why not?7 Below are some subjects , sports and after-school activities. Put a tick (√) in the box next to the ones you like.Subjects Sports Clubs□Chinese □Badminton □Art Club□English□Basketball □Chess Club□Geography □Football □Dance Club□History □Table tennis □English Club□Maths □Tennis □Reading Club□Physics □Volleyball □Singing Club8 How often do you go on school trips?9 Do you think your school is a good one ? Why or why not?Useful expressionsMy ideal school starts at … and finishes at …We have an hour for …I have … because I think … is very interestingI love … so I have … every day.There is…We have lost of …Every …, we g on a school trip.B Read Daniel’s article about his ideal school.My ideal schoolMy ideal school starts at 9 a.m. and finishes at 3 p.m. We do not need to get up early, and we have lots of time for after-school activities. We only have an hour of homework every day.We have an hour for lunch. There is a big, clean dining hall. We have lunch and chat there. We listen to music at lunchtime. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties.Our classes are quite small. There are about 20 students in each class. We can choose subjects to study. I have Maths because I think Maths is very interesting. I love computers, so I have computer lessons every day.There is a big library, a football field and a swimming pool. We have lots of clubs and after-school activities. Every month, we go on a school trip. We always have fun.C Write an article about your ideal schoo l. Use the information in Part A to help you. Then read your article to your partner.。
牛津8AUnit Reading Grammar SpeakingCulturecornerwriting More practiceCHAPTER ONE EncyclopediasLook it upSome &anysomebody/anybodyA person or athing you areEncyclopediaBritannica A baby dinosaurAustralia’s bigattractionsCHAPTER TWO Numbers The king and therice基数词和序数词Checking mathsproblemsNumbersaround theworldA report withnumbersCountingbeforenumbersCHAPTER THREE ComputersComputer facts形容词副词比较级和最高级Using computersat homeThe abacusAn email aboutmonitorsComputergameproblemsCHAPTER FOUR InventionsGreat inventionsGood,bad,far(not)as...asThe most usefulinvention to meThe Kongminglantern and thehot-air balloonMy invention A pen giantCHAPTER FIVE EducationalexchangesAn exchangevisit iseducational andinterereating现在完成时Already yet everneverAlice’s experiencein LondonCulture shockAn exchangevisitTake part inoureducationalexchangeCHAPTER SIX Ancient stories The Trojanhorse现在完成时sincefor现在完成时与一般过去时A play about “TheTrojan horse”The art of warA story aboutthe The TrojanwarThe story of100000arrowsCHAPTER SEVEN MemoryMemory corner条件状语从句If...not /unlessSpecial methodsfor rememberingWorld memorychampionshipsA specialmemoryHow toimprove yourmemoryCHAPTER EIGHT English weekA play forEnglish week情态动词shouldhad betterWays to improveyour spokenCrosswordpuzzlesA notice forEnglish weekRobin Hoodand PrinceJohn牛津8BUnit Reading Grammar SpeakingCulturecornerwriting More practiceCHAPTER ONE Helping those inneedVoluntary work 不定式Which voluntaryactivity are youUNICEFA letter to thehead teacherSuccess forSpring BudsCHAPTER TWO Body language Body language 动名词The meanings ofsome gestures Different waysof greetingothersA short message Eye contactCHAPTER THREE Traditional skills Fishing withbirds被动语态The traditionalskill of paperChinese knotsA person with atraditional skillShadowpuppet playsCHAPTER FOUR Cartoons andcomic stripsHow to make acartoon被动语态在情态动词中，在现在完成时中用法The ending of thestory about a babyHavoc in heaven Mystery Island Tom and JerryCHAPTER FIVESave theendangeredanimalsThe giantpandasIt is adj for/of sbto doAdj+enoughtodoHow can we helpsave endangeredWWFAn endangeredanimalsThe story ofthered-crownedcraneCHAPTER SIX PetsHead to headWith用法比较级、最高级Problems causedby petsHow sayingsabout dogs havechangedWhat animalmakes the bestpet?A dog’s storyCHAPTER SEVEN The unknownwordAliens arrive！原因状语从句Because ofThings to takewhile lost onScience fictionMeeting thepeople of BirdWorldUFOCHAPTER EIGHT Life in the future Life in 2050 过去进行时 A trip to the Moon Shanghai Expo:dream inspiresfuture citiesLife in the pastand presentProblems in2050。
8A Unit 3 More Practice 教材改编Computer game problemsGood afternoon ,parents and teachers. Thank you for attending this meeting.Last weekend ,one of our students went to hospital. The student played computer games on the Internet all day Saturday without stopping to drink, eat or sleep. Finally ,he became very ill.Some students play computer games for too long .This is a serious problem. In the past, students used to play outside more often, but now they spend more time in front of computers. This is bad for their health. Tomorrow we will have some experts here to talk to the students abot the bad effects of playing computer games. They will also give some advice on how to use computers for studying.I hope we can all work together to stop students from spending too much time playing computer games. Thank you for your time.1.Who is attending the meeting?2.Why did the student become ill?3. What is the serious problem?4.Who will talk to the students tomorrow?5.What will they talk about?The answers:1.Paents and teachers are attending the meeting.2.Because he played computer games on the Internet all day Saturday without stopping to drink,eat or sleep.3.Some students play computer games for too long.4.Some experts will talk to the students tomorrow.5.They will talk about the bad effects of playing computer games.。
By the end of the teaching, the students are expected to➢get to know the new words of main parts of the computer and the sentence patterns “What can you do with /on…/ What’s the use of?…” (language objective)➢know about how to use the sentence patterns to talk about the uses of main parts of the computer.(skill objective)➢Enable Ss to read new words and expressions and correct their pronunciation➢Arouse their interest of computer (emotion objective)Teaching aids:Multi-media, student’s book, pictures in Tuning InBy the end of the teaching, the students are expected to➢ talk about the main parts of a computer and grasp the new sentence patternsuse modal verbs. (language objective)➢ know how to talk about the uses of main parts of a computer.and act out the dialogue (skill objective)➢arouse their interest of talking about computers (emotion objective)Teaching aids:Multi-media8A Unit 1 Lesson 1Computers(Period 3)Teaching Objectives:By the end of the teaching, the students are expected to➢ express ability with be able to.express responsibilities, obligation and necessity with ought to.(language objective)➢ask and answer questions, listen to the tape and play a short game (skill objective)➢arouse their interest of talking about computers (emotion objective)Teaching aids:Multi-media8A Unit 1 Lesson 1 Computers(Period 4)Teaching Objectives:By the end of the teaching, the students are expected to➢understand new words in the Reading with the help of its context and grasp its main idea. (language objective)➢ know how to talk about the Internet. (skill objective)➢Arouse their interest of talking about the Internet (emotion objective)Teaching aids:Multi-media。
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UNIT 1课文Look it up! 第3页Here are two articles from an encyclopaediaDa Vinci, LeonardoLeonardo da Vinci(1452-1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines.(See Art)DinosaursDinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human beings. They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly.Many dinosaurs ate plants. However, some dinosaurs liked to eat meat.Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out . Nobody knows why. Howerer, we can learn about them from their fossils.(See Earth history)UNIT 1 More practice Australia’s big attractions 第13页Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions.The Big BananaThe Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. It was mad in 1964 by John Landy. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, so he built the Big Banana. The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures of the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia began making big things .The Big MerinoThe Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a type of sheep. They can live in dry weather. Some places in Australia are very dry, so these sheep are very important to the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia. Visitors can also climb up to the Big Merino’s head and look at the view through its eyes.UNIT 2课文The king and the rice第19页A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king’s favourite game was chess.One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king challenged him to a game. The king promised the old man, “You can have any prize if you win the game.”The old man said, ”If I win the game, I’d like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares.”“Is that all?” asked the king. “Wouldn’t you like gold or silver instead?”“No, just rice,” replied the old man.The king and the old man played the game for a long time. Finally, the old man won. So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. The king quickly realized the problem---even with all the rice in the country, he would still not have enough rice to put on all the squares!UNIT 2 More practice Counting before numbers 第29页Before the invention of written numbers, people used many different ways to count things.At first, people used their fingers, and even their toes. However, they could only count small numbers in this way.After that, they began to make small marks on sticks and bones. This helped them count bigger numbers. They used them to count things like the days of the month, the amout of food and the number of animals they had.Then people began to use tokens made from clay or small stones. This helped them count even bigger numbers. They often put the tokens on pieces of string so that they could carry them around easily. This developed into tools like the abacus.Finally, people began to develop systems of written marks to show different numbers. and this led to the Hindu-Arabic system (0-9).We are still using this system today.UNIT 3课文Computer facts第35页Smaller and betterIn the 1940s, the first computers were bigger than cars. Now computers are becoming smaller and better.Some computers are tiny. You may be unaware of them. There is probably one inside your TV or washing machine. You depend on computers more than you realize.What can we do with computers?We can use computers to calculate. They can calculate at a faster speed than we can and almost never give wrong answers. We can also type and draw things with them. In addition, computers can do important jobs like operating railways and flying planes and spaceships.Is a computer cleverer than me?The answer is “No”. Your brain can produce new ideas but computers cannot. However, one day computers may be able to do a better job than human beings. For example, they may be better than doctors at doing their job.What will happen to us if computers can do all our jobs? Will we have nothing to do? Computers may change our lives, but will they make them better?UNIT 3 More practice Computer game problems 第45页Good afternoon, parents and teachers. Thank you for attending this meeting. Last weekend, one of our students went to hospital. The student played computer games on the Internet all day Saturday without stopping to drink, eat or sleep. Finally, he became very ill. Some students play computer games for too long. This is a serious problem. In the past, students used to play outside more often, but now they spend more time in front of computers. This is bad for their health.Tomorrow we’ll have some experts here to talk to the students about the bad effects of playing computer games. They’ll also give some advice on how to use computers for studying.I hope we can all work together to stop students from spending too much time playing computer games. Thank you for your time.UNIT 4课文Great inventions第51页Great inventions change the world. They help people live a better life. The following are three of the most important inventions in history.The wheel is perhaps the greatest invention in history. After its invention, travelling became faster and more comfortable. A few thousand years age, people started to use wheels on carriages. In the early 19th century, the first trains began to carry passengers. At the start of the 20th century, cars became popular. Without the wheel, we would not have these inventions. The telephoneAlexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. Since then ,people have been able to speak to each other over long distances. Today millions of people across the world own mobile phones. They allow people to keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere.The light bulbThomas Edison developed the first practical light bulb in 1879. Before the invention of the light bulb, people had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night. With light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. Can you imagine living without them?UNIT 4 More practice A pen giant 第61页Do you know Laszlo Biro? Maybe you do not, but you probably use his invention every day, and you may even have it in your hand right now!Biro(1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. In the 1930s, when he worked as a newspaper editor, he used a fountain pen almost every day. However, he had to refill it all the time. The ink also did not dry easily, and it sometimes made a mess on the paper. Biro wanted a better pen. His brother, George, helped him develop a special ink. The ink dried easily. Then they developed a new type of pen. There was a tiny ball at the tip of the pen. The ball rolled ink onto paper as it moved. They called it the “ballpoint” pen.The ballpoint pen was a great success. Everyone loved it. Now millions of people use it all over the world every day.People will always remember Biro for his invention. Today in many English-speaking countries, people still use the word “biro” to refer to any kind of ballpoint pen.UNIT 5课文An exchange visit is educational and interesting!第67页A group of British students from Woodpark school in London are visiting Xinhua Junior High School in Beijing on an educational exchange.“I was very nervous at first,” says Sarah. “However, my host family are really friendly. I’m glad to be a guest in their home. I’ve learnt to use chopsticks, and they’re teaching me a little Chinese!”The students spend the weekdays studying with Chinese students. At the weekend, they tour around Beijing and visit places of interest with their host families.“It’s been a fantastic experience so far,” says Eric. “I’ve learnt a bit of t’ai chi, and I really enjoy it . We’ve already learnt a lot about Chinese culture and history. The teachers have introduced us to Chinese painting as well. We’ve also tried to paint some pictures ourselves! I haven’t had much success yet, but I’ll keep trying.”“I’ve made many new friends,” says Sarah. “ I plan to keep in touch with them when I return home. We’ll see one another soon because they’ll come over to the UK for the second part of the exchange next month. I can’t wait!”UNIT 5 More practice Take part in our educational exchange第77页Do you love to travel and meet new people? Yes? Have you ever lived and studied in another country? No? Well, join our educational exchange now! Our educational exchange is fantastic. You can experience a different culture and learn a new language. You can improve your social skills and make lots of friends.There are two parts in our educational exchange. In the first part, an exchange student will travel to your home country and stay with your family. In the second part, you will travel to your exchange partner’s home country and stay with his or her family. You will go to school with him or her. You will also take part in local activitier. You can apply for our educational exchange if you”●are aged between 14 and 17.●would like to learn about the language, culture, history, geograply andway of life of another country.●have a reference from your head teacher.It will be the adventure of a lifetime. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today!UNIT 6课文The Trojan horse 第83页The captain stood on the high wall of the city of Troy. “The Greeks have gone and we’ve won,” he said. “They’ve tried to capture our city for ten years. Now they ‘ve given up and sailed away!”“But look over there.” a soldier said. “They’ve left a huge wooden horse.” “Ah, yes,” the captain said, “it’s too big. The Greeks didn’t want to take it with them. Get come help and pull it into the city.”That night, in the main square of the city, all the Trojans celebrated. They sang and danced around the horse, and made jokes about the stupid Greeks. “ I haven’t laughed like this since my childhood,” the captain said. After the party, they locked all the gates of the city and then all went to sleep.By midnight, the main square was empty, except for the huge horse. Suddenly a secret door opened on the side of the wooden horse. The horse was full of Greek soldiers! They quietly climbed out of the horse one by one. The soldiers opened the main gates. The Greek army entered the city.For ten years, the Greeks could not capture the city by fighting . In one night, however, they succeeded in capturing it through a clever trick.UNIT 6 More practice The story of 100,000 arrows 第93页This is a story about two wise men----Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. The Chinese people have told it for many, many years.One day, Zhou Yu gave Zhuge Liang an impossible task. He asked him to make 100,000 arrows within ten days. “No problem,” Zhuge Liang said. “I’ll bring you 100,000 arrows in there days.”Zhuge Liang asked his soldiers to fill 20 large boats with many straw men. In the early morning of the third day, Zhuge Liang’s soldiers sailed the boats towards the camps of Cao Cao’s army on the other side of the river. The soldiers shouted and beat their drums loudly.When Cao Cao’s soldiers heard the sounds, they thought they were under attack. However, they could not see through the thick fog on the river. Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows towards the sounds of the drums and the shouting. Zhuge Liang’s boats were soon full of arrows.Zhuge Liang’s soldiers then turned the boats around and shouted, “Thank you for your arrows, Cao Cao. “Zhuge Liang took all these arrows to Zhou Yu. There were more than 100.000 of them.UNIT 7课文Memory Corner 第99页HenryA great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, strange or silly, you will remember it better. For example, to remember the word “smiles”, we can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember: a picture is worth a thousand words.PaulaA good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “B ig e lephants c an a lways u nderstand s mall e lephants”.MillieYou will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well. For example, you may have trouble remembering the list of steps in the water cycle. However, it is easier to remember these steps if you understand how the water cycle works.UNIT 7 More practice How to improve your memory 第109页Memory is very important. It helps you remember who you are, where you live, what you have learnt and what you plan to do in the future.So, how can you improve your memory?It is important to exercise your brain. For example, you can do new things and change your daily habits. If you walk a different way to school or take a different bus, you will keep your brain active. You can try to memorize something new. You can try a Maths puzzle. You can also try to learn new skills or study a foreign languate. Your brain gets lots of regular exercise if you do any of these things.If you live a healthy life, your memory will work better. You must have a balanced diet. You must give your brain enough time to rest. Unless you get enough sleep every night, you will not remember things well.If you want your brain to work well, you also need to relax. If you get too worried, your brain will slow down, and your memory will become less sharp. So, to improve your memory, you should exercise your brain, live a healthy life and stay relaxed.UNIT8课文English:fun for life 第115页English Week at Rosie Bridge SchoolLast week, students at Rosie Bridge School worked hard to make their English Week a big success.There was an English book fair in the library and a treasure hunt. Some students put on an English play. Other students took part in an English singing competition.There was also a speaking competition. The students had to speak on a topic in English for two minutes.We spoke to the winner, Henry. “I’m so happy that I won,” he said. “I advise people to speak slowly. If they want to be good public speakers, they’d better speak clearly and confidently.”We also spoke to several other students about English Week. One of them was Amy.“I really enjoyed English Week. It gave me a chance to learn new words. In my opinion, every school should have an English Week. It’s well worth doing,” she said.On the last day of English Week, the head teacher gave a speech to the whole school. He gave students some suggestions on how to improve their English. “You should communicate in English with your friends whenever you can . You should read English books and magazines, and watch English television programmes. Above all, you should enjoy English!” he said.UNIT 8 More practice Robin Hood and Prince John 第125页Prince John has caught Maid Marian and has set a trap for Robin Hood. Inside Prince John’s ca stle.Prince John: Now tell me, where’s Robin Hood hiding?Maid Marian: Never! Robin Hood will come and rescue me.Prince John: There’s no way Robin Hood can get past my guards. Soon Robin Hood will be mine!Robin Hood enters.Robin Hood: Did somebody call my name?Maid Marian: Robin Hood! I knew you’d come!Prince John: Guards! Capture him!Robin Hood: It’s a trap!The first guard takes Robin Hood’s arms from behind and the second guard tries to hit him. Robin Hood ducks and the second guard hits the first guard in the head. The two guards then start fighting. Prince John: Foolish guards!Robin Hood pulls out a sword.Robin Hood: Now you’re mine, Prince John! This castle and all your gold now belong to the poor!Maid Marian: Thank you for saving me, Robin Hood!。
