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Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.

DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then,suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.（See 

Earthhistory）

Unit2 

Thekingandtherice

Alongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Theking'

sfavouritegamewaschess.

Oneday,awiseoldmancametothepalaceandthekingchallengedhimtoagame.Thekingpromisedtheoldman,“Youcanhaveanyprizeifyouwinthegame.”

Theoldmansaid,“IfIwinthegame,I'

dlikeonegrainofriceforthefirstsquareofthechessboard,twoforthesecond,fourforthethird,andthendoubletheamountforeachoftherestofthesquares.”

“Isthatall?

”askedtheking.“Wouldn'

tyoulikegoldorsilverinstead?

”

“No,justrice,”repliedtheoldman.

Thekingandtheoldmanplayedthegameforalongtime.Finally,theoldmanwon.Sothekingorderedhismentocollectabagofrice.Heputonegrainonthefirstsquare,twoonthesecond,andsoon.Thekingquicklyrealizedtheproblem--evenwithallthericeinthecountry,hewouldstillnothaveenoughricetoputonallthesquares!

Unit3 

Computerfacts

Smallerandbetter

Inthe1940s,thefirstcomputerswerebiggerthancars.Nowcomputersarebecomingsmallerandbetter.

Somecomputersaretiny.Youmaybeunawareofthem.ThereisprobablyoneinsideyourTVorwashingmachine.Youdependoncomputersmorethanyourealize.

Whatcanwedowithcomputers?

Wecanusecomputerstocalculate.Theycancalculateatafasterspeedthanwecanandalmostnevergivewronganswers.Wecanalsotypeanddrawthingswiththem.Inaddition,computerscandoimportantjobslikeoperatingrailwaysandflyingplanesandspaceships.

Isacomputercleverthanme?

Theansweris“No”.Yourbraincanproducenewideasbutcomputerscannot.However,onedaycomputersmaybeabletodoabetterjobthanhumanbeings.Forexample,theymaybebetterthandoctorsatdoingtheirjob.

Whatwillhappentousifcomputerscandoallourjobs?

Willwehavenothingtodo?

Computersmaychangeourlives,butwilltheymakethembetter?

Unit4 

Greatinventions

Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportantinventionsinhistory.

Thewheel

Thewheelisperhapsthegreatinventioninhistory.Afteritsinvention,travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.Afewthousandyearsago,peoplestartedtousewheelsoncarriages.Intheearly19thcentury,thefirsttrainsbegantocarrypassengers.Atthestartofthe20th 

century,carsbecamepopular.Withoutthewheel,wewouldnothavetheseinventions.

Thetelephone

AlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenabletospeakeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones.Theyallowpeopletokeeptouchwithearnotheranytime,anywhere.

Thelightbulb

ThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb,peoplehadtouseoillamps,gasdampsorcandlestoseeatnight.Withlightbulbs,peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?

Unit5 

Educationalexchanges 

Anexchangevisitiseducationalandinteresting!

AgroupofBritishstudentsfromWoodparkSchoolinLondonarevisitingXinhuaJuniorHighSchoolinBeijingonaneducationalexchange.

“Iwasverynervousatfirst,”saysSarah.“However,myhostfamilyarereallyfriendly.I'

mgladtobeaguestintheirhome.I'

velearnttousechopsticks,andthey'

reteachingmealittleChinese!

ThestudentsspendtheweekdaysstudyingwithChinesestudents.Attheweekend,theytouraroundBeijingandvisitplacesofinterestwiththeirhostfamilies.

“It'

sbeenafantasticexperiencesofar,”saysEric.“I'

velearntabitoft'

aichi,andIreallyenjoyit.We'

vealreadylearntalotaboutChinesecultureandhistory.TheteachershaveintroducedustoChinesepaintingaswell.We'

vealsotriedtopaintsomepicturesourselves!

Ihaven'

thadmuchsuccessyet,butI'

llkeeptrying.”

“I'

vemademanynewfriends,”saysSarah.“IplantokeepintouchwiththemwhenIreturnhome.We'

llseeoneanothersoonbecausethey'

llcomeovertotheUKforthesecondpartoftheexchangenextmonth.Ican'

twait!

Unit6

TheTrojanHorse

ThecaptainstoodonthehighwallofthecityofTroy.“TheGreekshavegoneandwe'

vewon,”hesaid.“They'

vetriedtocaptureourcityfortenyears.Nowthey'

vegivenupandsailedaway!

” 

“Butlookoverthere,”asoldiersaid.

“They'

veleftahugewoodenhorse.”

“Ah,yes,”thecaptainsaid,“it'

stoobig.TheGreeksdidn'

twanttotakeitwiththem.Getsomehe1pandpullitintothecity.”

Thatnight,inthemainsquareofthecity,alltheTrojanscelebrated.Theysang,anddancedaroundthehorse,andmadejokesaboutthestupidGreeks.“Ihaven'

tlaughedlikethissincemychildhood,”thecaptainsaid.Aftertheparty,theylockedallthegatesofthecityandthenallwenttosleep.

Bymidnight,themainsquarewasempty,except 

forthehugehorse.Suddenlyasecretdooropenedonthesideofthewoodenhorse.ThehorsewasfullofGreeksoldiers!

Theyquietlyclimbedoutofthehorse,onebyone. 

Thesoldiersopenedthemaingates.TheGreekarmyenteredthecity.

Fortenyears,theGreekscouldnotcapturethecitybyfighting.Inonenight,however,theysucceededincapturingitthroughaclevertrick.

Unit7 

MemoryCorner

Henry,Pau1aandMilliewritefortheschoolnewspaper.Theyhavewrittentheshortarticlesbelowtohelpstudentsimprovetheirmemory.

Rosie 

BridgeSchool 

27March

Henry

Agreatwaytohelpyouremembersomethingistoimagineapictureofitinyourmind.Ifyoumakethepicturebig,strangeorsilly,youwillrememberitbetter.Forexample,toremembertheword“smiles”,wecanimaginethereisa“mile”betweenthefirstletterandthelastletter.Thismakesitthelongestwordintheworld.Remember:

apictureisworthathousandwords.

Paula

Agoodmethodforrememberingthespellingofawordistomakeashortsentencewitheachletteroftheword.Forexample,ifyouwanttorememberhowtospelltheword“because”,youcanusethesentence“Bigelephantscanalwaysunderstandsmallelephants”.

Millie

Youwillforgetsomethingveryquicklyunlessyouunderstanditwell.Forexample,youmayhavetroublerememberingthelistofstepsinthewatercycle.However,itiseasiertorememberthesestepsifyouunderstandhowthewatercycleworks.

Unit8

18May

English:

funforlife

EnglishWeekatRosieBridgeSchool

Lastweek,studentsatRosieBridgeSchoolworkedhardtomaketheirEnglishWeekabigsuccess.

TherewasanEnglishbookfairinthelibraryandatreasurehunt.SomestudentsputonanEnglishplay.OtherstudentstookpartinanEnglishsingingcompetition.

Therewasalsoaspeakingcompetition.ThestudentshadtospeakonatopicinEnglishfortwominutes.

Wespoketothewinner,Henry.“I'

msohappythatIwon,”hesaid.“Iadvisepeopletospeakslowly.Iftheywanttobegoodpublicspeakers,they'

dbetterspeakclearlyandconfidently.”

WealsospoketoseveralotherstudentsaboutEnglishWeek.OneofthemwasAmy.

“IreallyenjoyedEnglishWeek.Itgavemeachancetolearnnewwords.Inmyopinion,everyschoolshouldhaveanEnglishWeek.It'

swellworthdoing,”shesaid.

OnthelastdayofEnglishWeek,theheadteachergaveaspeechtothewholeschool.HegavestudentssomesuggestionsonhowtoimprovetheirEnglish.“YoushouldcommunicateinEnglishwithyourfriendswheneveryoucan.YoushouldreadEnglishbooksandmagazines,andwatchEnglishtelevisionprogrammes.Aboveall,youshouldenjoyEnglish!

”hesaid.