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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上M1 U1Tony:Lets call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. And I think the Giants Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder.Lingling:Hm,Ive never seen it,so Im not sure I agree with do you like it,Tony?Tony:W

2、ell,I visited the Giants Causeway two years s huge. Therere about 40,000 rocks,most of them with six sides. It goes for several hundred metres on the eastem coast of Northem Ireland.Lingling:That sounds great,though I think Victoria Falls in Africa are even more fantastic. Theyre about 1,700 metres

3、wide and 100 metres can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away.Betty:Wow,thas huge! But in my opinion,man-made wonders are more exciting than natural at the Terracotta s more than 2,000 years old.Daming:I agree with you,Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fantastic too. Its about 2,300 met

4、res long,185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top. It lions of people in China.Betty:Now,whod like to call first?M1 U2A great wonder of the natural worldWhen I arrived,it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the eastthe sky was becoming got out of the car,went through a gate and wa

5、lked along a dark path. There was nothing to see,but I knew it was there.After about a mile,a stranger appeared beside the path.“Am I going the right way?”I knew where I was going,“yes,”he replied,“youll get there in five minutes.”Finally,I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them,but it w

6、as silent and there was no sign of it.Suddenly,the rain stopped and the clouds sun rose behind me and shone on he below me,the ground fell away and down to a was looking across one of the wonders of the natural worldthe Grand Canyon.I looked down to the Colorado River,a silver stream nearly one mile

7、 below you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon,they still would not reach the I looked across to the other side of the canyon,It was about fifteen miles away,maybe ,I looked to my left and to my right,and on both sides the canyon went far away

8、for more than 200 Grand Canyon was not just was huge!I remained by the canyon for about half an hour,and I asked myself.“Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?”I certainly know the do you think?M2 U1My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.Tony:T

9、he First of October s Chinas National Day,isnt it,Lingling?Lingling: Peoples Republic of China was founded on lst October have celebrated the National Day since are flowers and national flags everywhere,and we have a three-day holiday.Tony:Do you have any plans for the holiday this year?Lingling: pa

10、rents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong province and will stay there until he end of the were staying with our friends,were going to spend one day in is your national day,Betty?Betty:Our national day is called Independence s on 4th ve celebrated it since s a public holiday,but we onl

11、y have one day that day,there are all kinds of holiday s the start of the vacation season and most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.Lingling:And is there anything special on that day?Betty:Well,you can see American flags usually have a picnic somewhere have great also watch bands pl

12、ay music in public parks.Daming:Do you have a national day in the UK,Tony?Tony:No,we dontwe celebrate Christmas with a two-day my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.M2 U2ThanksgivingThanksgiving is an American is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in is a time for a

13、special dinner among family and make short speeches and give thanks for their food.We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth hey were crossing the Atlantic,Many people died,and after they landed,their first winter was worse th

14、an any English winter. The local people,the Native Americans,taught the pioneers how to grow following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional kitchen is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help pr

15、epare the lay the table,and then before we begin dinner,my father gies thanks for the food,so we remember why we celebrate the usually eat too much,but it is only one a year!We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as it is all over,everyone helps wash the dishes.The festival is a very busy

16、 time for travel when friends and families come together to the festival,there are plenty of other things to see and live in New York City,and we go to watch the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macys is the start of the Christmas season,and we star

17、t shopping for is also important at Thanksgiving,with many teams playing many Americans,we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.M3 U1She trained hard,so she became a great player later.Ms Li:Daming,who is your hero?Who have you chosen to tell us about?Daming:Deng Yapin

18、g!Shes my hero because shes one of the best table tennis players in the world and I love playing table tennis.Ms Li:Tell us about her.Daming:Well,she started playing table tennis when she was trained hard,so she became a great player later.Ms li:And what competitions has she won?Daming:Shes won many

19、 world competitions including four gold medals in the stopped playing when she was twenty-four.Ms Li:What did she do after that?Daming:She began to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing and then attended university abroad .Her English wasnt good enough when she again she worked hard,and seven year

20、s later,she completed her doctors degree at Cambridge she does,she never gives up!Ms Li:Thats amazing!Daming: says that she isnt cleverer than anyone else,but she has a very strong will.Ms Li:I see. Well,I think shes a good student as well as a good player.Daming:Yes,and she helped make the Beijing

21、Olympics a victory for world s simply the best!Ms Li:Shes a true hero.M3 U2My heroDr Norman Bethune By Wang LinglingNorman Bethune is one of the most famous heroes in was a Canadian came to China to help the Chinese people and died for them.Norman Bethune was born in became a doctor in 1916 and went

22、 to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded soldiers during the war soon realised that many people were dying because they did not get to hospital quickly Bethune developed new ways of taking care of the invented special medical tools to use outside hospitals and chose to the fighting areas so that docto

23、rs could treat the wounded more inventions saved many lives.In 1938,Dr Bethune came to China and helped treat the wounded during the Anti Japanese that time,there were few doctors,so he had to work very hard on his experience of treating people in Spain was Useful in developed training courses for l

24、ocal doctors and nurses,and wrote books so that they could learn about how he treated the sick.Dr Bethune often worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself;Once,he even worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed to save over a hundred day in 1939,he cut his finger during

25、 an operation,but he continued his work without treating the end,he died of his wound.Dr Bethunes work for the Chinese people made him a hero in are many books and films about him,and he is still remembered in both China and Canada today. M3 U3Read the passage and choose the best title.My favourite

26、Greek hero is Odysseus.He is the main character in The Odyssey,a famous story by the Greek storyteller,Homer.Odysseus and his friends go from Greece to Troy to ten years,they win and are very proud of win and are very proud of they set off for home,but on their way,there is a great become lost,and t

27、hat is the start of their great that time,they meet many strange of them want to hurt Ojdysseus and his friends,but a few help one island a very big man with only one eye tries to kill this fight,Odysseus loses many of his friends,but he manages to get away.After ten years of fighting and ten more y

28、ears on the way home,Odysseus completes his journey and manages to get back to his own country, wife and son are waiting for him to come ,he looks so different that they fail to recognise Odysseus saves his wife and sonfrom some bad men,they finally know who he is hapy o be back home again after so

29、many adventures.I like this story because it is interesting and think Odysseus is a true is very clever and has a strong also learn from him that great men never give up,no matter what difficulties they face.M4 U1Mum:Now,whats our train number?Dad:T27 to s leaving from Platform 2.Mum:The meeting in

30、Lhasa is very important for us,but Im sorry you cant come with us,Betty. Betty:So am I,but I cant miss two weeks of school.Mum:Will you remember everything Ive told you?Be especially careful with the it when youre in and lock it when you gop out.Betty:Yes, can look after my self,although it wont be

31、easy for me.Mum:Well,make sure you eat plenty of fresh fruit and Ive left lots of your favourite biscuits.Betty:Dont can cook simple meals.Dad:There wont be anybody to wake you up in the morning.Betty:Ill be clock rings so loudly that it will certainly wake me up.Mum:Im sure Ive forgotten something,

32、but I dont know what it is!(Announcement:We advise all passengers for Train T27 to Lhasa to go immediately to Platform train is about to leave.)Betty:Thats your train!Goodbye Mum,goodbye Dad.Mum:I know!I havent given you our address in Lhasa!Betty:Send me a text a good trip!Mum:Bye,my dear!Betty:Bye

33、!See you in a couple of weeks!M4 U2My “perfect holiday”As a boy,like all other boys,I wanted to be a my parents did everything for ,they managed every minute of my they loved me,Ifelt a bit unhappy with them.“Zheng Chenyu,do your homework!”“Practise the piano!”“Turn off the TV!”I became so bored wit

34、h their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.Well,my wish came true!Although my parents were very worried about leaving me,they had to go away on business for a few was my chance!I could have some fun at last!As soon as I got home from school the first day,I happily threw my schoolbag on t

35、he sofa and ate lots of I enjoyed an exciting film on TV,and after that I played computer liked the games so much that I played until midnight.The next morning I woke up had to hurry to school without breakfast,but I was still teacher asked me for my homework,but I could not hand it an empty stomach

36、,I was unable to play basketball with my classmates!I felt tired and sleepy at school all day long.When I got home,I tried to cook some rice,but I burnt een dropped my fathers cup when I was cooking started to feel wanted Mum and Dad to come home cooked such delicious food,and made sure I never forg

37、ot my laways helped me with any difficult questions,and told funny jokes when I was I realised being home alone was not always perfect.When my parents came home,they were happy to find that II could cook and tidy up now. I told them my home alone story,and we all laughed.M5 U1(Betty,Lingling and Dam

38、ing are on the second floor of a museum.)Betty:What a wonderful museum!Lingling:Its great,isnt it?Lets go to the Animal Room need some information for my project.Betty: Me,s ,wheres Daming?Lingling:There he s he doing over there?Daming:Hey,Betty!Lingling!Come and see the monkey exhibition!Guard:No s

39、houting,please!Its against the rulrs.Betty:Oh,no!Daming is in trouble again.Daming:Look at the monkeys tail!Ive got to get in here.Guard:Stop!Dont cross that rope!Cant you see the sign,kids?”No entry”.Daming: not?Guard:Because its closed.Lingling:Yes, the sign!Daming:Oh,s no good!Well,Ill just take

40、a photo.Guard: ?Daming:There certainly are a lot of rules in this wonder the place is empty!Betty:Daming!Dont be rude!Lingling:Oh,no!Betty:Whats the matter,Lingling?Lingling:My mobile phone !Its missing!Oh,no!What am I going to do?Guard:Dont worry, downstairs to the lost and found might have it.Ling

41、ling:That phone is new!I have to find it,or Mum will punish me!Betty:Iam sure it will be all right,s go and see.Daming:Yes,lets go downstairs.M5 U2The Science Museum in London.By Tony Smith.Welcome to the most friendly museum in most museums,there is no shouting and no running,and you must not touch

42、 the Science Museum is different.It is noisy!People talk about what they can see and do here,and there are some very noisy machines as you want answers to all your questions about science,this is the right place for you. I like to visit the rooms on the second and third can learn about communication

43、s and the environment as well as maths,physics and example,you can find out how dig coal from the ground and use it to create in one room they even explain how X-rays let you see inside your body. The Launchpad on the third floor is the most popular room,and it is my favourite too because there are

44、lots of physics example,if you want to fill a bag with sand,you have no control a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the correct can also find out how people travel into space and back again. On the fourth and fifth floors,you can learn about what medicine was like in the you compare the medic

45、ine of the past with the medicine of today,you will feel very lucky next time you visit a doctor!The Science Museum is interesting for people of all can always find something new and have a wonderful time museum is free to enter,so you can go in for a few minutes or stay all is open daily from 10 an

46、 to 6 if you ever go to London,make sure you visit the Science is my favourite museum in the whole world!M6 U1Dad:Tony,youre playing the guitar you done your homework?Tony:No,not yet,but I havent got I start after dinner,Ill finish it before I go to ,you wanted me to learn an instrument.Dad:I want y

47、ou to get a habit of doing your homework as soon as you come home from you start now,youll finish before dinner.Tony:Yes,but I need a restfrom also want to go to the library to do volunteer work.Dad:So youre not going to do your homework now? Tony:No,it isnt necessary to do it ll do it later.Dad:Tha

48、ts a really dont think you should go to the library so much.Tony:Why not?I can work in the library and Im also able to read books there.Dad:No deal, you do all these other things instead of your homework,you wont have time to study.Tony:You mean you dont want me to help the community and increase my knowledge of the world?Dad:Thats not the should consider what the