八英人下册英语section b 1

Complete

the

sentences.她已经去火车站见她朋友了。

She

has

gone

tothetrainstationto meet

her

friend.谢谢你所做的一切。Thanks

for

all

that

you

have

done.我很久没有看到你了。I

haven’t

seen

you

for

a

longtime.雨下了多久了？How

long

has

it

been

raining?

他很友好，从没有和任何人争吵过。

He

isvery

friendly

and

has

never

argued

with

anyone.num.thousand一千thousands

of数以千计的safe

adj.安全的fear v.

&

n.害怕；惧怕Indian

adj.印度人；印度的Japaneseadj.日本人；日本的fox

n.狐狸equator

n.赤道spring

n.春天theGreat

WallHave

you

ever

been

to

these

places?thePalaceMuseumthe

Terracotta

Armythe

Bird’s

Nest1a

Matchthe

pictures

withnames.abcd

c

theTerracottaArmy

a

theGreatWall

d

theBird’sNest

b

thePalaceMuseum1bListen

to

a

student

interviewing

a

foreignstudent.

Check

(√)

the

questions

you

hear.

√

HaveyouvisitedthePalaceMuseum?

√

HaveyoubeentotheGreat

Wall?

HaveyoubeentotheBird’sNest?

HaveyouseentheTerracotta

Army?

√

HaveyoutriedChinesefood?1c

Listen

again

and

take

notes.Name:

Peter

Country:

Australia

HowlonginChina: two

weeks

Placesvisited: thePalaceMuseum,

the

Great

Wall

,

the

Bird’s

Nest,

the

Terracotta

ArmyFood: Beijing

Duck

What

places

have

you

been

to?Ask

your

partner.Have

you

visited

…?Have

you

been

to

…?Have

you

seen

…?Have

you

tried

…?1dWork

in

pairs.What

do

you

knowabout

Singapore?Discuss

itwithyourgroup.2a

What

do

you

knoworwanttoknowaboutSingapore?Madeup:

main

island

63

small

islandsArea:

697.1

square

kilometres.Population:

3,437,300(Chinese

76.2％,

Malays13.8％,Indians

8.3％,Others

1.7％

)Introduce

Singapore

brieflySingapore’sgeographical

position(地理位置)A

small

island

(1)

in

Southeast

Asia

Language(s)

peoplespeak

in

Singapore(2)

Putonghua

and

English

Food

we

can

find

inSingaporeChinese

food,

(3)Indian

food,

western

food

andJapanesefood.Fill

in

the

blanks

according

to

the

article.Name

of

the

nightzoo

inSingapore(4)

Night

SafariTemperature

inSingaporeIt

is

(5)

almost

the

same

all

yearround.2b

Read

the

article.

Howmanyreasons

canyoufindforvisitingSingapore?1.

Most

people

in

Singapore

only

speak

English.2.

It

is

not

easy

togetmanydifferentkinds

of

good

food

in

Singapore.The

statements

below

arefalse.

Use

information

from

thearticle

to

correct

them.2cspeak

English

as

well

as

Putonghuanot去掉3.

It’s

better

to

see

lions

and

tigersduringthedaytimebecausetheywillprobably

be

awake.4.

It’s

best

to

visit

Singapore

in

theautumn.atnightYou

can

visit

Singapore

at

any

timeof

the

year.Fill

in

the

conversation

aboutSingapore

using

the

informationform

the

article.A:

I

am

going

to

Singapore

next

week.

Have

you

ever

been

there

before?B:

Yes,

I’ve

been

to

Singapore

many

times.It’s

my

favorite

country

to

visit

in

Southeast

Asia.A:

What

languages

do

people

speak

there?B:

Mostly

Chinese

and

English

.2dA:

What

about

the

food?

Is

it

good?B:

It’s

excellent!

Have

you

ever

tried

Indianfood?

Indian

food

is

really

good

inSingapore.A:

I

see.

Have

you

ever

heard

of

the

NightSafari?

Someone

told

me

to

go

there.B:

Yes!

I

havebeen

to

the

Night

Safari.

Itwas

really

exciting

to

see

the

animals

inthe

dark.A:

And

it

is

always

sunny

in

Singapore?B:

All

yearround!

It’s

always

summer

there!After

reading,

write

down

three

ormore

things

you

have

learned.

Wealways

remember

things

better

ifwe

take

time

to

reflect.1.

On

one

hand,

more

than

threequartersof

the

population

are

Chinese…

On

theother

hand…on

theonehand…

on

theother

hand一方面……另一方面……e.g.On

the

one

hand,

she

taught

English,on

the

other

hand

shelearnedChinese.她一方面教英语,一方面学习汉语。2.

…more

than

three

quarters

of

thepopulation

are

Chinese…quarter

n.

四分之一；一刻钟three

quarters

四分之三e.g.I’vegottogoina

quarter

ofanhour.一刻钟以后我就得走了。3.

Maybeyou

fear

that

you

won’t…fear

v.害怕；担心e.g.Manypeoplefear

changebecausethey

do

notlike

the

oldways

tobechanged.很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢原有的生活方式被改变。4.

A

lot

of

animals

onlywake

up

atnight…wake

v.

醒来；唤醒

(wokewoken)e.g.

She

went

upstairs

towake

John.她上楼去叫醒约翰。5.

It

might

seem

strange

to

go

to…a)“好像，似乎”,其后加形容词。e.g.

He

seems

unhappy

today.他今天好像不高兴。She

seems

very

sad.

她似乎很伤心。b)

seem

+

(to

be)

+

n.e.g.

They

seem

(to

be)

doctors.他们好像是医生。c)

seem+(to

be)+介词e.g.

It

seems

like

years

since

I

last

saw

her.自从上次遇到她,