牛津译林版（新）八年级下册Unit Online tours 全市获奖

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Unit3OnlinetoursDoyouknowwhichcityiscalled“theBigApple”?NewYorkFamousplacesinNewYorkcity.WallStreet华尔街Timesquare时代广场CentralPark中央公园Broadway百老汇Whatelse?EmpireStateBuilding帝国大厦UNHeadquarters联合国总部RockefellerCenter洛克菲勒中心DanielislookingatawebsitecalledAroundtheWorldinEightHours.Hereiswhatthewebsite'sguidesays.AAroundtheWorldinEighthoursWelcometoAroundtheWorldinEightHours.I’myourtourguide,Robin.Haveyounoticedthe“Tour”iconatthetopofthepage?Justclickonit,andyoucanvisitAsia,Africa,Europe,Americaandmoreinonlyeighthours!HereweareintheBigApple—NewYork,thebiggestcityintheUSA.WallStreet,theworld-famoustradecentre,ishereatthesouthernendofManhattanIsland.Therearemanybigcompaniesandinternationalbankshere.FurtheronisTimesSquare.Everyyear,thousandsofpeoplegatherhereonNewYear'sEve.It'sexcitingtoseethehugeglassballfallingthroughthedarkness!InthecentreoftheislandisCentralPark.Withseverallakes,hillsandalargegreenlawn,it’sagoodplacetorelaxafterahardday'swork.WhenyouvisitNewYork,don'tmissBroadway.Ithasbeenfamousforitstheatressincetheearlytwentiethcentury.HaveyoueverheardofthesongMemory?ItcomesfromthefamousBroadwaymusicalCats.OK,somuchforNewYork.There'saBack

iconatthebottomofthepage.Clickonit,pickanothercityandthenstartyournewtour!据传，大约在一百多年前，美国一群爵士乐师们（jazzmusicians）经常到各地巡回演出赚钱（makemoney）。乐师们常常把所要去的城镇比喻成树上的苹果。他们去该城镇演出赚钱，就好像是去摘树上的苹果，由于纽约是他们演出赚钱最多的城市，自然被称为“theBigApple”。不久，纽约一家俱乐部和一种流行舞蹈也取名为“theBigApple”。后来，精明的纽约市官员们为了招揽游客（tourist），发展旅游业（tourism），索性把“theBigApple”作为该城市的象征物（symbol）。从此，越来越多的游客被吸引到纽约去参观旅游，纽约的别名也就随之传开了。B

AfunwaytotravelB1Danieldoesnotknowthemeaningsofsomewordsonthewebpage.Helphimmatchthewordsontheleftwiththemeaningsontheright.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.a.

aplayfilledwithmanysongsb.restafterworkc.cometogetherd.aperiodof100yearse.morethantwof.theactivityofbuyingandsellingg.twoormorecountriestakingparth.verylarge1．trade（line7）___2．nternational（line10）___3．gather（line11）___4．huge（line12）___5．several（line14）___6．relax（line15）____7．century（line19）____8．musical（line21）____fgchebdaB2DanielisintroducingthewebsitetoMillie.MillieistryingtofindoutwhatpeoplecanseeinNewYork.Helpherfillintheblanksbelow.NewYorkBroadwayAworld–famous（3）______________Peoplegathertogetheron（4）______________lakes,hillsandalargegreen（5）______famousforits（6）________（1）_____________tradecentreNewYear’sEvelawntheatresWallStreet（2）_____________CentralParkTimesquareB3Amyisalsointerestedintravellingaroundtheworld.Sheistellinghermumaboutthewebsite.Checkwhetherwhatshesaysiscorrectornot?WriteaTifasentenceistrueoranFifitisfalse.1．Thewebsitehelpspeoplebuyticketstodifferentplaces.____ 2．ThereisaTouriconatthebottomofthepage.___ 3．NewYorkisalsocalledtheBigApple.___ FFT4．WallStreetisatthenorthernendofManhattanIsland._____ 5．AbigapplefallsfromtheskyonNewYear'sEveatTimesSquare._____ 6．TherearenohillsorlakesinCentralPark.__7．Thesong“Memory”comesfromthemusicalCats._____8．ClickontheBackiconandyoucanstartanewonlinetour._____ FFFTTB4Kittyalsowantstoknowaboutthewebsite.SheisaskingDanielaboutit.Completetheirconversationbelow.Kitty:Daniel,what'sthewebsitecalled?Daniel:It’scalled（1）____________________________________.Kitty:Itgivespeople（2）________tours,right?Daniel:Yes.Itcanshowyoucitiesin（3）______，

AroundtheWorldinEightHoursonlineAsiaAfrica,（4）________,Americaandotherplaces.Kitty:Canwefindmoreinformationaboutacity?Daniel:Ofcourse.Look,here'sNewYork,andhere'sWallStreet.Kitty:Isee.WallStreetisonManhattanIsland.Therearemanybig（5）____________and（6）____________________there.EuropecompaniesinternationalbacksDaniel:Yes,andTimesSquareisanothergreatplacetovisit.Everyyear,manypeoplegathertheretowelcomethe（7）____________.Kitty:Thatsoundsgreat.Look!That'sCentralPark.Peopleliketo（8）______thereafterwork.Daniel:Yes,