八年级下册外研教版课文.pdf

Module 1Unit 1Tony:MmWhat a delicious smell!Your pizza looks so nice.Betty:Thanks!Would you like to try some?Tony:Yes,please,it looks lovely,it smells delicious,and mm,it tastes good.Darning:Whats that on top?Betty:Oh,thats cheese.Do you want to try a piece?Darning:Ugh!No,thanks.Im afraid I dont like cheese.It doesnt smell fresh.It smells too strong and it tastesa bit sour.Betty:Well,my chocolate cookies are done now.Have a try!Darning:Thanks!They taste really sweet and they feel soft in the middle.Tony:Are you cooking lots of different things?You look very busy!Betty:Yes,I am!Theres some pizza and some cookies,and now Im making an apple pie and a cake.Darning:Apple pie sounds nice,I have a sweet tooth,you know.Shall I get the sugar?Betty:Yes,please.Oh,are you sure thats sugar?Taste it first.It might be salt!Darning:No,its OK.It tastes sweet.Its sugar.Tony:Whats this?It tastes sweet too.Betty:Thats strawberry jam,for the cake.Darning:Good,everything tastes so sweet!Its my lucky day!Unit 2FROM:SallyTO:LinglingSUBJECT:Re:Welcome to China.Hi Lingling,Thanks for your last message.It was great to hear from you,and I cant wait to meet you.1 hope you will know me from my photo when I arrive at the airport.Im quite tall,with short fair hair,and I wearglasses.Ill wear jeans and a T-shirt for the journey,but Ill also carry my warm coat.Ive got your photo youlook very pretty.So Im sure well find each other!Thanks for telling me about your hobbies.You sound just like me!I spend a lot of time playing classical musicwith my friends at school,but I also like dance music I love dancing!I enjoy sports as well,especially tennis.My brother is in the school tennis team Im very proud of him!Hes good at everything,but Im not.Sometimes I get bad marks at school,and I feel sad.I should work harder.You asked me,“How do you feel about coming to China?”Well,I often feel a bit sad at first when I leave mymum and dad for a few days,and Im quite shy when Im with strangers.I feel nervous when I speak Chinese,butIll be fine in a few days.Im always sorry when I dont know how to do things in the right way,so please help mewhen Im with you in China!Oh,Im afraid of flying too.But I cant tell you how excited I am about going toChina!See you next week!Love,SallyModule 2Unit 1Tony:Hi,Lingling.What are you doing?Lingling:Im entering a competition.Tony:What kind of competition?Lingling:A speaking competition.Tony:Great.Itll help you improve your speaking.And maybe you will win a prize.Lingling:Yes,The first prize is“My dream holiday”.Tony:Have you ever won any prizes before?Lingling:No,I havent.Ive always wanted to go on a dream holiday.But I cant afford it.The plane tickets aretoo expensive.Tony:Well,good luck!Ive also entered lots of speaking competitions,but havent won any prizes.Ive stoppedtrying now.Lingling:Thats a pity.Have you ever thought about other kinds of competitions?Tony:What do you mean?Lingling:Look!Heres a writing competition Around the World in 80 Days.To win it,you need to write a shortstory about a place youve visited.Tony:That sounds wonderful,but Ive never travelled much.How can I write about it?Lingling:Dont worry.It doesnt need to be true!You can make it up.Tony:Thats interesting.Ill try.I hope I will win,then I will invite you to come with me.Lingling:Sorry!The first prize is only the book called Around the World in 80 Days!Unit 2Mike Robinson is a fifteen-year-old American boy and his sister Clare is fourteen.At the moment,Mike and Clareare in Cairo in Egypt,one of the biggest and busiest cities in Africa.They moved here with their parents two years ago.Their father,Peter,works for a very big company.Thecompany has offices in many countries,and it has sent Peter to work in Germany,France and China before.Peterusually stays in a country for about two years.Then the company moves him again.His family always goes withhim.The Robinsons love seeing the world.They have been to many interesting places.For example,in Egypt,theyhave seen the Pyramids,travelled on a boat on the Nile River,and visited the palaces and towers of ancient kingsand queens.Mike and Clare have also begun to learn the language of the country,Arabic.This language is different fromEnglish in many ways,and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words.However,they still enjoy learning it.So far they have learnt to speak German,French,Chinese and Arabic.Sometimes they mix the languages.Itsreally fun,”said Clare.The Robinsons are moving again.The company has asked Peter to work back the US.Mike and Clare are happyabout this.They have friends all over the world,but they also miss their friends in the US.They are counting downthe days.Module 3Unit 1Daming:Hi,Tony.What are you up to?Tony:Hi,Daming.Ive just made a model spaceship for our school projectDaming:1 havent started yet because Im not sure how to make it Can you help me?Tony:Sure,no problem.Have you heard the latest news?Scientists have sent a spaceship to Mars.The journeyhas taken several months.Daming:Has it arrived yet?Tony:Yes,it has arrived already.Thats why its on the news.Daming:So have they discovered life on Mars?Tony:No,they havent yet.Daming:Are there any astronauts in the spaceship?Tony:No,there arent.Daming:Why?Astronauts have already been to the moon.Tony:Yes,but no one has been to Mars yet,because Mars is very far away,much farther than the moon.Lots ofscientists are working hard in order to send astronauts to Mars one day.Daming:Thats interesting!How can I get information on space travel?Tony:You can go online to search for information.Daming:I will.Thank you,Tony!Unit 2Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years.However,we have not foundlife on any other planets yet.The earth is a planet and it goes around the sun.Seven other planets also go around the sun.None of them has anenvironment like that of the earth,so scientists do not think they will find life on them.The sun and its planets arecalled the solar system,and our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets,called theGalaxy or the Milky Way.There are billions of stars in the Galaxy,and our sun is only one of them.Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe.They are very far away and their light has totravel for many years to reach us.So how large is the universe?It is impossible to imagine.Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet of Mars to take photos.They have even sent spaceships to traveloutside the solar system.However,no spaceship has travelled far enough to reach other stars in our Galaxy.Scientists have always asked the questions:withso man y st ars in the universe,are we alone,or is there lifeout there in space?Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets?Why has no one communicated withus?We do not know the answersyet.Module 4Unit 1Doctor:How can I help you?Darning:I feel ill.Ive got a stomachache and my head hurts.Doctor:How long have you been like this?Darning:Since Friday.Ive been ill for about three days!Doctor:I see.Have you caught a cold?Darning:I dont think so.Doctor:Let me take your temperature Mm,theres no fever.What kind of food do you eat?Darning:Usually fast food.Doctor:Do you have breakfast?Darning:No,not usually.Doctor:Thats the problem!Fast food and no breakfast.Thats why youve got a stomachache.Darning:What about the headache?Doctor:Do you do any exercise?Darning:Not really.I havent done much exercise since I got my compute last year.Doctor:You spend too much time in front of the computer.It can be very harmful to your health.Darning:OK,so what should I do?Doctor:Well,dont worry.Its no serious.First,stop eating fast food and have breakfast ever day.Second,getsome exercise such as running.And Ill give you some medicine.Take it three times a day.Darning:Thank you,doctor.Unit 2Healthy living1I was not feeling very well so the doctor checked my heart and said I needed more exercise,I have never beenvery active,and I do not like sports.I have always wanted a pet,so my parents gave me a dog for my birthday.Now I get exercise by taking him for a walk every day.I have had him for three months now and I feel reallyhealthy.Anna2Our teacher decided to start a girls football team and I thought:“What a great idea!”I was the first member ofthe team.We have played football for a year now and we all feel very fit.Our teacher is the coach,and she alsotakes part in the same training with us.She is in excellent condition too.Wang Wei3In the last few years,I went to work by underground.When I got to work,I always felt very sleepy and I wasnot happy.I bought a bike in January.Since then,it has become part of my life.Now I ride to work every day.It ismy daily exercise.I arrive at work with a smile on my face.Thomas4Feeling weak after a long illness,I wanted to exercise more.Then a friend suggested,“Why dont we go for arun before school?”So we started running a week ago.But I do not enjoy running,and when I get to school,I feelawful.My legs hurt and I am hot all over.Perhaps I am too weak to do any exercise.What do you think?RichardModule 5Unit 1Tony:Daming,weve finished our homework.Its time to watch a cartoon.Daming:Good idea,Tony.Lets watch Superman!Tony:We watched Superman yesterday.Why dont we watch Spiderman?Its more modern.Daming:I think Superman is better.Hes stronger than Spiderman.He can fly through the sky and fight badpeople.Tony:Spiderman cant fly,but he climbs up buildings with his hands and feet.Thats cool.I want to be someonelike him.Daming:Well,Superman is brave.He keeps fighting bad people.Thats a real hero!Tony:I dont think we agree.Daming:All right.Lets watch Tom and Jerry then.Tony:Yeah!I like humorous cartoons.Tom and Jerry are very funny.I cant help laughing when I watch them!Daming:Yes,Jerry is too smart for Tom.Tony:The cute mouse always beats the cat!They fight a lot,but they really love each other.Sometimes theyprotect each other and work together.I think theres a lesson there!Unit 2Cartoon heroesNemo is a cute orange-and-white fish and Shrek is an ugly green man.They look very different,but both of themhave won the hearts of young people all over the world.The pictures of these popular cartoon heroes areeverywhere,on office desks,schoolbags and computer screens.There are also some older cartoon favourites.Monkey King has just had his 50thbirthday.He is the hero of a storycalled Havoc in Heaven.He leads a group of monkeys against the Emperor of Heaven and his guards.He is brave,clever and humorous.Parents and children laugh together as Monkey King makes a terrible mess in heaven.Theyalways expect to see more Monkey King cartoons.Tintin is another favourite cartoon hero.He has been popular for over eighty years,ever since the artist Hergeinvented him in 1929.Tintin has red hair and a small white dog.He works for a newspaper and has lots of excitingexperiences.Fans have bought about 200 million copies of Tintins stories in more than fifty languages.Tintinappeared in China in the 1980s.Many Chinese still collect these black-and-white Tintin books.Finally,Snoopy,a cute dog,celebrated his 60th birthday in 2010.Snoopy lives in his own private work and findsreal life hard to understand.Charles Schulz created Snoopy and his friends,and drew the cartoons to satisfy olderpeople as well as children.Module 6Unit 1Lingling:Hi,everyone!Come in and find somewhere to sit down.Sorry,its a bit of a mess.Ill put the fans on theshelf.Betty:Let me have a look.Youve got so many fans.Lingling:Yes,about sixty.Betty:Where did you get them?Lingling:Most of them are presents.People often give me fans as presents because they know I like them.Do youcollect anything?Betty:Yes,I collect coins and notes,you know,like British pounds and US dollars and cents.Lingling:Coins?They must be really valuable.Can I see them?Betty:Sure!Ill show you my stamps too.Ive collected stamps from all over the world,Ive got six or sevenbooks of stamps.Tony:My hobby doesnt cost as much as yours I collect tickets,bus tickets and train tickets!Betty:You cant do anything with old tickets!Tony:I know,but when I look at them,I remember some wonderful places.Lingling:Right!Their value isnt very important.People usually collect things just to remember somethingimportant in their lives.Unit 2Davids hobbiesMany students have hobbies,such as reading,painting,growing vegetables and looking after animals.Somehobbies are relaxing and others are active.Hobbies can make you grow as a person,develop your interests andhelp you learn new skills.David Smith is a student,and one of his hobbies is writing.During the summer of 2010,he spent four weeks at asummer camp.As well as the usual activities such as sailing and climbing,there was writing class.“The teacherwas writer,and she asked us to talk about our lives and tell interesting stories.Then she encouraged us to writeabout experiences at the camp.”Back at school,David wrote a story about the life of a sixteen-year-old boy,and it came out as a book in 2012.Many young people love his book,and as result,David has become a successful young writer.David has been very lucky because his hobby has brought him pleasure and success.But writing is not his onlyhobby.He is also interested in many other things.“I like playing volleyball too,”says David.“I spend some of myfree time playing volleyball for my school team.Maybe Ill write about my volleyball team in my future books.”Module 7Unit 1(Lingling is preparing for her trip to LA.)Lingling:Hi,Betty.Im making a list of things for my trip.I like to get things ready earlier.Can you help me?Betty:Sure.How can I help?Lingling:Well,it sounds crazy but I dont know what to take.Betty:You should take notebooks,pens and a dictionary.Lingling:OK.What clothes should I take to LA?Betty:When are you leaving and how long are you going to stay there?Lingling:Im leaving at the end of July and Im going to stay there for four weeks.Betty:Shorts are good,or you can wear light trousers,itll be sunny and hot there.Lingling:I havent got any sunglasses.Ill buy a pair there.Betty:Thats a good idea.But remember,many things are more expensive in America.Have you got anyAmerican dollars?Lingling:Yes.Is 200 dollars enough?Betty:If youve already paid for the air tickets and for homestay,it should be OK.Lingling:What else?Betty:Your bag mustnt weigh too much.Youd better ask the travel company about the total weight for all yourbags.Oh,by the way,dont forget to take your passport.Lingling:OK.Thank you.Betty:Youre welcome.Youll have a great time.Please write to me and send me some photos!Lingling:Yes,I will!Unit 2Learn English in Los Angeles1Come to learn English in Los Angeles!We can offer you great summer English courses.You will love comingto Los Angeles to learn about American culture and improve your English at the same time.2The courses last for four,six or eight weeks.They start at the beginning of July.Our teachers are well trainedand have a lot of experience.They teach English classes for fou