外研英语八上712八下16.docx

1、外研英语八上712八下16外研英语八上7-12M7U1Hi,Lingling!Ssh!Im reading.Sorry!Whats the book about?Its about a girl called Alice.One day,Alice was sitting with her sisterby the river and she saw a white rabbitwith a watch.It ran past.Why was it running?Because it was late.And where was it going?To see the Queen of He

2、arts.Alice followed it and fell down a holein the ground.Yes!Then she saw the Cheshire Cat.It was sitting in a tree and smilingat everyone.Then Alice arrived at the MarchHares house.He was sitting with the Mad Hatterand a mouse.They were having a tea party in the garden.And then Alice met the Queen

3、of Hearts.She was playing a strange game!Do you already know the book?Yes,its Alices Adventures in Wonderland.Everyone in Britain knows the story.Then why did you ask me all those questions?To see if you remember the story!Ha ha.U1Alice was sitting with her sister by the riverand her sister was read

4、ing a book.Alice had nothing to do.Once or twice she looked into her sisters book.And what is a book for,thought Alice,without pictures or conversations?Suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by.There was nothing strange about that.She heard the rabbit say,Oh dear!Oh dear!Ill be late!and she did

5、 not think it was strange.Then the rabbit took a watch out of itspocket and looked at it.A rabbit with a pocket and a watch?Alice got up and ran across the field after it.01:03.98She saw it go down a large rabbit holein the ground.Then Alice went down after it,but never thought about how she wasgoin

6、g to get out again.She found that she was falling down a very,very deep hole.It was too dark for her to see anything.She was falling for a long time.While she was falling,she was thinkingSuddenly she landed on some dry leaves.M8U1Good morning,Ms James!You look pale.Are you all right?Im OK,but I saw

7、an accident.A boy was riding his bike and listeningto music on the road.Thats very dangerous!I was waiting to cross the road.While the lights were changing to red,a car suddenly appeared round the corner.It wasnt going fast,but it didnt stop.Did the boy stop?No.And the driver was talking on hismobil

8、e phone.So did the car hit the boy?No,Im glad to say.The car stopped just in time,but the boy fell off his bike andhurt his knee.Thats too bad.So when youre on your bike,think about the risk of an accident!Pay attention,stop at the red lights and.what else?Dont ride too fast.Dont ride side by side w

9、ith your friends.Anything else?Dont listen to music!U2Smile,please!One day,when Henry was working in a restaurant,a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand.A few days earlier,the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas.It climbed out and hid somewhere.I was trying to pick it up when itbit me ag

10、ain.I threw it across the kitchen,and it landed on a table.While the snake was lying on the table,Henry quickly picked up his mobile phoneand took a photo with it.Then the snake hid behind the fridge.When Henry was trying to find the snake,his hand began to hurt badly.He hurried to hospital.As the d

11、octors were checking him,the pain got worse.But they could not help him because theydid not know what kind of snake bit him.As he was lying there in great pain.Henry suddenly remembered the photo.The doctors sent the photo to a zoo.As soon as they learnt what kind ofsnake bit him,they gave Henry the

12、 right medicine,and he left hospital the next day.So if a snake bites you,take out yourmobile phone or camera.Take its photo,and show the phototo the doctors,suggests Henry.But as you know,the snake wont smile!M9U1hat are you doing?Im preparing some notes for a reportcalled Our growing population.We

13、ll,were in the right place totalk about that!Beijing is a huge city with a large population.That causes a lot of problems,such as too much traffic and noise.Its not only Beijing.Population increase is a big problemin many countries.Do you know how many babies are born everyminute in the world?No.Can

14、 you tell me?Over 250!That makes over 131.4 millionbirths a year.I cant believe it!The population of China is about 1.37 billion.Thats almost one fifth of the worldspopulation,that is,about 7 billion.Hang on a minute!Ill write that down too!But in the future,Chinas populationwont grow so fast,becaus

15、e families are getting smaller.How do you know all this?I wrote my report yesterday!Great,thanks!Now I can write my report!U2Could it be your town?Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.When Jos grandparents first came to Parkville,it was a quiet village.They had a small house,close to fields and hill

16、s.Parkville was near Arnwick,a city with 200,000 people.People from Parkville moved to Arnwickto find jobs,and they needed places to live.However,it was expensive to livein the city centre,so the government built flats outsidethe centre.Soon,Parkville became part of Arnwick,and Arnwick became a city

17、 with overa million people.Jos family lives in one of those flats.It is very crowded,and rubbish is also a problem.The small local school in Parkvilleclosed down five years ago,so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwickwith 2,000 pupils.It takes an hour to get there by bus.There is a lot of traffic

18、and pollution.It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools,buses and hospitals.It needs fresh air,clean water and better public services.It also needs more police to protect its people.But to do all these things,it needs more money.However,can money help solve all these problems?Do we need more big c

19、ities like this?In fact,this is just a story.But it describes what is happening allover the world.Could it be your town some day?M10U1Hey,boys!Hi,Betty.Hi,Lingling.Where are you going?Were going to the park to skate.Theres thick ice on the lake.Are you coming with us?Are you joking?Its really cold t

20、oday.And its cloudy too,so it might snow.Whats the temperature?Its between minus eight and minus two degrees!Winter is colder here than in England.Is it snowy in England in December?Not usually,although this year it snowedquite a lot.Most Decembers are wet and rainy.Whats the weather like in America

21、in winter,Betty?We have cold winters and hot summers.Its snowy in New York in winter.Sounds great!I like sunny weather,and I like snow as well.But I dont like showers or windy weather.Me neither.Rainy weather is terrible!I wish I were in Australia now.Its probably sunny and hot there.You can go to H

22、ainan Island if you likesunny weather.One day I will.Come on,better get going!We can skate in the park and get warm.U2When is the best time to visit the US?The US is a very big country.It is about 3,000 miles from the east coastto the west coast,o choose carefully the places to see andthe time to go

23、.Bring a map because you may want totravel around.New York and Washington DC are good placesto visit in May or October,but in winter there is a lot of snow.The best time to visit New England isin September.The weather gets cooler,and the green leaves start to turn gold,then brown.Bring your camera s

24、o you can take photosof the autumn trees.California is on the Pacific coast,and the weather is fine all year round.Take your swimming clothes because you mightwant to go swimming in the sea,even in December.In Seattle,in the northwest,it is not very cold but it rains a lot,so bring an umbrella.In Al

25、aska,the days are long and warm in summer,but may be cool in the evening.In winter,Alaska can be very very cold.If you want to visit Alaska,you had better go in summer.Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast,it is usually very hot and sunny comparedto other places.T

26、here are storms from time to timein summer and autumn.So when is the best time to visit the US?Any time you like!M11U1Happy birthday,Lingling.Heres your gift.Oh,you remembered!What a surprise!You can open it!I dont think I should open it now.In China,we open a gift later.But back in the US,we open a

27、 gift immediately.So what do I do?You neednt wait!(Lingling opens her present andfinds a dictionary.)Oh,thank you.I really wanted one.Were happy you like it.I noticed another difference.In China,you accept a gift with both hands.But in the West,we usually dont pay much attention to that.Thats intere

28、sting!Im interested to know all theChinese traditions.Tell me more.There are a lot.For example,in my home town,people say you mustnt do any cleaning onthe first day of the Spring Festival.And you mustnt break anything.Its bad luck!You must only use red paper for hongbaobecause red means luck.And you

29、d better not have your hair cutduring the Spring Festival month.You cant be serious!And in the north of China,people eatots of jiaozi!Perfect!They taste great. like eating jiaozi too.Anyway,the Spring Festival is still overa month away.Lets celebrate Linglings birthday first!U2My experiences in Engl

30、andBy Wang HuiI went to England last year.I enjoyed my stay,and I noticed something interesting withthe English way of life.For example,you must say Mr or Mrs whenyou meet someone for the first time.When you get to know each other betteror when they ask you to,you can just use their first names.One day,we visited some friends and hadafternoon tea together.Afternoon tea is not just a drink buta light meal at around 4 pm.We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake.In England,you usually drink tea with milk.So I tried to drink tea with milk too.Fish an