八年级英语Unit8 How was your school trip Background 新课标 人教版.doc

Unit 8 How was your school tripPart 2: Teaching resourcesI. Background readings about trips The Legendary Roof of the WorldThe climate in most areas of Tibet is very dry. Grain can be stored for more than half a century, and there is no spoiling at all. Butter and dried raw meat will keep for at least one year. Epidemics are almost unknown.Much of Tibet is a cold, and windswept, Grassy and almost treeless high land. It has an average altitude of 15,000 feet. Though it has a dry climate, it is the source of all the major rivers of Asia; it collects its sparse rainfall over an immense area almost twice the size of Texas.The highest point of the earth is the peak of Himalayas Mountains. It is 29,140 feet high. At this altitude the air is very thin. So the climbing is very difficult. Sportsmen take great pride in getting to that peak. They want to see the legendary roof of the world.Notes: 1. legendary 传说的，难信的 2.spoiling 腐败，变坏3.epidemics 传染病4.Texas 德克萨斯州Fun materials 1.A Good LessonIt was Sunday. The train was crowded. A gentleman was walking along the platform looking for a place. In one of the cars he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was lying on it and a young man was sitting next to it.Is this seat vacant? asked the gentleman.No, it is my friends, answered the young man. He is just coming, this is his suitcase.Well, said the gentleman, Ill sit here till he comes. Five minutes later the train started, but nobody came. Your friend is late, said the gentleman. He had missed his train, but he need not lose his suitcase. And with these words he took the suitcase and threw it out of the window. The young man got up and tried to catch the suitcase, but it was too late. It was his suitcase and he had taken a second seat for his own comfort.2.Talking about the outingMary: Just now you were talking about your trip. Where did you go?George: I went walking with some friends in Epping ForestMary: Did you enjoy yourselves?George: Oh, yes. It was raining a little when we left London, but the sun was shining when we got to the forest.Mary: What did you do there?George: We walked through the woods in the warm sunshine. We had a picnic. When we got back to the bus, it was getting dark.3.Christmas CardsIt was two weeks before Christmas, and Mrs. Smith was very busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and to her husbands, and put them on the table in the living-room. Then her husband came home from work. She said to him, “Here are the Christmas cards for friends, and here are some stamps, a pen and book of addresses. Will you please write the cards while I am cooking the dinner?”Mr. Smith did not say anything but walked out of the living-room and went to his study. Mrs. Smith was very angry with him, but did not say anything either. Then a minute later he came back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them. “These are from last year,” he said. “I forgot to post them.”