最新Unit 8英语答案

1、unit 8book 1section onepart 1 phoneticsex. complete the dialogue and pay attention to the link-ups, weak forms and contractions.exercise1. for a 2. would you3. stay in4. and its5. do you6. well do7. all right if8. thatspart 2 listening and note-takingex. b. fill in the following table with relevant

2、informationabcdefno. of wheelshow many people it carriesto speed (in kph)weight (in kilos)price (in pounds)41-261572441606955,00021-22242361,7006721109,00065,000101002,160175,000/212513.5140useful words and expressionsvehicle army vehiclein comfort a maximum speed of a maximum load of public transpo

3、rttwo decks work in collaborationfuel 交通工具，车辆交通工具，车辆lcomfortably 最大时速是最大时速是最大承载最大承载公共交通公共交通双层双层合作开发合作开发燃料燃料军车军车tapescripta.its got four wheels, and usually carries one person, but it can carry two. its top speed is around 6 kilometers an hour, and it weighs about 15 kilos. it costs 72. .b.this vehic

4、le costs about 5,000. it can go up to 160kph, and can carry four people in comfort. it weighs 695 kilos when its empty. there are four wheels.c. these two-wheeled vehicles are very popular with teenagers. they are fast, but much less safe than vehicle a or b. this model has a maximum speed of 224 kp

5、h, and weighs 236 kilos. it can carry one or two people, and costs 1,700,d. this vehicle, which costs l65,000, is commonly used for public transport. it has two decks, or floors, and can carry 72 people when full. its maximum speed is 110 kilometers an hour, but doesnt usually go faster than 80. it

6、has six wheels, and weighs 9,000 kilos.e. this vehicle was built by two countries working in collaboration. it travels at 2,160kph faster than sound-carrying a maximum load of 100 people. when it is fully loaded with passengers and fuel, it weighs 175,000 kilograms. it has ten wheels, each of these

7、vehicles cost hundreds of millions pounds to produce it is impossible to say exactly how much.f. how many wheels? two? what does it weigh? thirteen and a half kilos. how much does it cost? l140. how many people can it carry? just one. top speed? it depends. for most people, perhaps about 25kph.secti

8、on 2part 1 dialoguesdialogue 1 have you been to the theatre here?vocabulary:cash: vt. 将将兑现；支付现款兑现；支付现款ex. a. listen to the interview and answer the questions.1. where are they now? they are in london.2. where is the woman from? she is from the united states.3. how long has she been here? she has bee

9、n here for two and a half weeks.ex. b: listen again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. . plan to stay there for 3 weeks. (w: weve been here about two and a half weeks and weve got another three days before we go back.)2. f. she also has been to a concert. (w: oh, yes. t

10、heatre, opera, concerts, the lot.)3. . she has travellers cheques. (w: tomorrow morning im going to cash some more travellers cheques.)4. (w: ill come back next year if i can. if i have enough money left that is!)tapescriptinterviewer: so youre over from the states? woman: thats right. weve been her

11、e about er, two and a half weeks and weve got another three days before we go back.interviewer: have you been to the theatre here? woman: oh, yes. theatre, opera, concerts, the lot. weve seen some magnificent things at the theatre, really excellent - the acting, the stage sets, the whole atmosphere,

12、 really, it was fantastic. interviewer: which do you think was your favorite play? woman: its hard to say. er, the shakespeare play, that was brilliant, and then we saw a comedy last night, that was really funny, i loved that. i dont know. its been a very entertaining two weeks, i think ive enjoyed

13、most things ive seen.interviewer: and whats next, then?woman: the bank! tomorrow morning im going to cash some more travelers cheques. you can spend quite a lot of money in london, you know. never mind, its been worth it. the most entertaining two weeks ive had for a long time. and i think ill come

14、back next year if i can. if i have enough money left that is!dialogue 2 are you free for lunch today?focus:giving and following directionsnotes:1. cathedral: 主教座堂，大教堂主教座堂，大教堂christian church building in which a bishop has his official seat (cathedra is latin for “chair”)a cathedral is usually large

15、and imposing, and many cathedrals are important in the history of architecture. munster ulm,the tallest church in the world, germanycathedral of sao paulo, brazilsaint louis cathedral, new orleanscanal: n. a long channel of water which is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for tak

16、ing water from one area to another:运河；运河；地理地理 水道；水道；建建 管道；灌溉水渠管道；灌溉水渠useful words:marston streetgrange squarelacysmacys,caxton streetex. listen to the dialogue and complete the passage. stuart asked margaret to have (1)_together. they will meet at lucys, in (2) _ at (3) _. margaret can take a (4) _

17、bus from the (5) _ , gets off at (6)_ , (7) _ the road, turns (8) _, takes the (9) _ on her (10) _, and lacys is a few yards down the road on the (11) _, opposite a (12) _. however, margaret wont be coming from the office. lunchmarston streeta quarter to one 47officegrange squarecrossleftfirstrightl

18、eftchurchshes got a meeting at the (13) _. shell be coming straight from there. then she can get a number (14) _, gets off in front of the (15)_ , walk through the (16) _, then go along the (17) _ to the (18) _and over the (19)_, and shell come out (20) _ marston street. lacys is down at the (21) _

19、on the (22) _.town hall17cathedralparkcanalrightfirst bridgeoppositeother endrighttapescriptstuart: woodside 8432.margaret: hello again, stuart. what can i do for you?stuart: are you free for lunch today?margaret: yes, i think so. what time?stuart: one oclock?margaret: ok. where?stuart: lacys, in ma

20、rston street. do you know where it is?margaret: no.stuart: well, you take a 47 bus from the office, get off at grange square, cross the road, turn left, take the first on your right, and lacys is a few yards down the road on your left, opposite a church. you cant miss it. margaret: but i wont be com

21、ing from the office. ive got a meeting at the town hall; ill be coming straight from there.stuart: ok. then get a number 17, get off in front of the cathedral, walk through the park, then go along the canal to the right and over the first bridge, and youll come out opposite marston street. lacys is

22、down at the other end on the right. you cant miss it.margaret: no, i bet. did you say one oclock?stuart: yes. is that ok?margaret: no, on second thoughts, can we make it a bit earlier? say a quarter to?stuart: quarter to one, ok.margaret: all right. see you then. macys, in caxton street, right?secti

23、on two listening comprehensionpart 1 passagesdiscussion: do you believe that one can learn a language well in ones sleep? why or why not?notes:1. hammer into: v. to force someone to understand by repeating敲进(强化理解,灌输)they have had english grammar hammered into them. 他们强制自己反覆学习英语语法.2. interval: n. a p

24、eriod between two events or times he comes back to see us at regular intervals. 他每隔一段时间就回来看看我们。他每隔一段时间就回来看看我们。3. soothing:adj. freeing from fear and anxiety; calm her words had a soothing effect. 她的话起了安慰的作用。她的话起了安慰的作用。 (of machinery) make a similar smooth vibrating sound （指机器）发低沉而连续的呼隆声（指机器）发低沉而连续的呼

25、隆声: hard-earned: adj.earned or achieved after a lot of efforthard-earned money/cash ex. listen and choose the best answer1. a 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. c 6. c 7. a 8. b if you ask some people how did you learn english so well? you may get a surprising answer: in my sleep! these are people who have taken par

26、t in one of the recent experiments to test learn-while-you-sleep methods, which are now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects, of which english is only one. specialists say that this sleep-study method speeds language learning tremendously. they say that the average person can

27、learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day and this does not affect his rest in any way. a word of warning, however: sleep teaching will only hammer into* your head what you have studied while you are awake.tapescript in one experiment, ten lessons were broadc

28、ast over the radio at intervals* of a fortnight. each lesson lasted twelve hours - from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. the first three hours of english grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. at 11 p.m., a soothing* lullaby* was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours

29、 the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears. at 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision. then he was lulled* back to rest again while the radio purred on. at 5 oclock his sleep ended and he had to go through the less

30、on again for three hours before his hard-earned breakfast.section three news items be trapped :if someone or something is trapped, they are unable to move or escape from a place or situationb: listen to the news item again and answer the following questions1. whats the situation of weather services

31、in many developing countries?in many developing countries, national weather services have the information, but there is no way to get it to people in rural communities.2. what does ranet mean?ranet means rural communications using radio and the internet.3. what does ranet aim at?ranet aims at workin

32、g with national weather services to improve their reach.4. who owns and supports networks of satellite receiver systems?the local communities own and support the systems.5. besides networks of satellite receiver systems, what else does the project help to develop?the project also helps to develop co

33、mmunity radio stations and other technologies.tapescriptin many developing countries, weather reports remain trapped in the capitals. national weather services have the information, but no way to get it to farmers and other people in rural communities.this is the job of an international project call

34、ed ranet- rural communications using radio and the internet. ranet works with national weather services to improve their reach. the project develops networks of satellite receiver systems, community radio stations and other technologies. communities often are provided with some equipment, but the sy

35、stems are locally owned and supported. ranet is working to improve communications in countries with limited power supplies. news item 2 n.any of a variety of seeds from cultivated crops which provide oil,油籽the practice or science of growing flowers, fruit and vegetablesb: listen to the news item aga

36、in and answer the following questions1. where is the news report from?the new report is from the climate change science program.2. how many federal agencies conducted the research?thirteen federal agencies conducted the research.c: complete the following form.parts of the united statesclimate change

37、much of the east and souththe west and southwestgets more rain than a century ago.have evidence of increased drought conditions. for example, there are less snow and ice on the mountains in western states and the snow melts earlier in the spring.tapescript a government report says climate change is

38、already affecting american agriculture. the new report is from the climate change science program, which brings together the research efforts of thirteen federal agencies. much of the east and south now gets more rain than a century ago. but the report says there is some evidence of increased drough

39、t conditions in the west and southwest. western states have less snow and ice on the mountains and earlier melting in the spring. grain and oilseed crops are likely to develop faster with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. but higher temperature will increase the risk of crop failures. also

40、, horticultural crops such as tomatoes, onions and fruit are more easily affected by climate change than grain and oilseed crop. the department of agriculture was the lead agency for the new report.news item 3to gather crops from the fields,but here it refers to “collect”. flow of electricity throug

41、h sth or along a wire or cable 电流b: listen to the news item and give the definition of the following expressions.piezoelectricity:crowd farming:the science of gaining power from motionc: complete the following passage.james graham and thaddeus jusczyk are two graduate students at the massachusetts i

42、nstitute of technology in cambridge. they designed a way to capture the energy of peoples footsteps. they created a design for a special floor covering that moves a little when people step on it. the movement would create an electrical current that could be captured to provide electrical power.tapes

43、cript science has made it possible to harvest energy from the wind, sun and water. all these renewable resources are used today to power an energy-hungry world. but imagine harvesting energy from crowds of people moving to and from work every day. that is one of the possibilities of piezoelectricity

44、, the science of gaining power from motion.james graham and thaddeus jusczyk are two graduate students at the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge. they designed a way to capture the energy of peoples footsteps. they created a design for a special floor covering that moves a little whe

45、n people step on it. the movement would create an electrical current that could be captured to provide electrical power. gathering power from the movements of large groups of people is called crowd farming. and interest in crowd farming continues to grow. section three oral workpart 1 questions and

46、answersuseful words:palace piermontrealbrightonthe royal pavilion1. where is judy? she is on palace pier.2. whom is she talking to? she is talking to a visitor.3. where does he come from? he comes from montreal, canada.4. is he enjoying himself in brighton? yes. its a lovely day and theres lots to d

47、o.5. how much of brighton has he seen? he hasnt seen very much of brighton.6. how long has he been here? he has been here for an hour.7. where is he going now? he is going to the royal pavilion.8. which train will he catch back to london? he will catch the last train back to london.radio: good after

48、noon. this is radio brighton. its two oclock and time for on the town and this is judy nash introducing the programme.judy: hello. im here on palace pier and its a beautiful holiday. the pier is crowded with visitors. lets talk to some of them. where do you come from, sir?ben: montreal.judy: all the

49、 way from canada?ben: thats right.judy: are you enjoying yourself here in brighton?ben: yes. its a lovely day and theres lots to do.judy: how much of brighton have you seen?ben: not very much - weve only been here for an hour.judy: where are you going now?ben: were going to the royal pavilion.judy:

50、and after that?ben: we havent decided yet.judy: what about tonight?ben: well probably go to a restaurant and then catch the last train back to london.judy: well, thanks for talking to us, and have a good time.part ii retellinguseful words:slip :(of a person, an animal, a car, etc) slide accidentally; lose ones balance and fall or nearly fall in this way （指人 动物 汽车等）意外滑动, 失去平衡跌倒或险些跌倒tapescriptone cold winter afternoon, a postman was slowly pushing his bicycle up the hill. he has only one letter to deliver: this was for an old lady who lived at the top of th