14-15八年级英语(上)(外语教研版)教材听力原文.doc

14-15初中英语全解增值服务Module 1Unit 1 2 Listen and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions in the box.1Daming: I have a question. What does “spring” mean?Ms James: Spring? Spring is a season. It comes after winter and before summer. Try to remember our famous Spring Festival, Daming. Daming: Oh, I understand. 2Ms James: Lingling, your grammar isnt correct. You made a mistake. Its not “Yesterday I go to the cinema” but “Yesterday I” . Lingling: Went. Ms James: Good. “Today I have an English lesson. Yesterday I” Lingling: Had. 3Daming: How do you spell “cinema” ? I know how to pronounce it, but does it begin with “s” or “c” ?Ms James: What do you think? How do you check the spelling of a word, Daming?Daming: Well, I usually look it up in the dictionary. But this one is difficult because I dont know the first letter!Unit 31 Listen and check（）the expressions of advice you hear.Mary: Hi, Charlie, whats wrong?Charlie: Hi, Mary. This English homework is really difficult. Mary: Why dont we work on it together?Charlie: Yes, OK. How about meeting after school today?Mary: Good idea! We should tell our classmates. Maybe other students would like to join us. Charlie: Yes, we can start an English study club! Lets try to meet every Monday afternoon after school. Mary: Can you send everyone an email about our club? That way, everyone will know about it. Dont forget to put the time and place on it. Charlie: We should read some newspapers and help each other with difficult vocabulary. Mary: Good idea! Lets go and write the email now. 2 Listen again and answer the questions.Mary: Hi, Charlie, whats wrong?Charlie: Hi, Mary. This English homework is really difficult. Mary: Why dont we work on it together?Charlie: Yes, OK. How about meeting after school today?Mary: Good idea! We should tell our classmates. Maybe other students would like to join us. Charlie: Yes, we can start an English study club! Lets try to meet every Monday afternoon after school. Mary: Can you send everyone an email about our club? That way, everyone will know about it. Dont forget to put the time and place on it. Charlie: We should read some newspapers and help each other with difficult vocabulary. Mary: Good idea! Lets go and write the email now. Module 2Unit 1Now listen and complete.Welcome to Shanghai. This big city in East China has a population of 23. 5 million. Its on a wide river called the Huangpu River. The tall building you can see is the Jin Mao Tower. Its 420. 5 metres high. This is Hong Kong. Its a busy city on the South China coast. Seven million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. Its 552 metres high. Unit 37 Listen and complete the sentences.Daming: Is New York the capital of the US, Betty?Betty: No, it isnt. Washington DC is the capital, but some people think the capital is New York because New York is a bigger and busier city than Washington DC. Daming: I see. New York is more famous than any other city in the US, right?Betty: Yes, I think it is. And which Chinese city is biggerShanghai or Beijing?Daming: Well, Shanghai has a larger population. Betty: Really? And which city is older, Beijing or Shanghai?Daming: Well, thats a good question! They are both very old cities, but Beijing is older than Shanghai. Betty: Thats very interesting!Module 3Unit 11 Listen and number the sports as you hear them.Betty: What sports do you like, Daming?Daming: My favourite sport is basketball. Betty: Oh, thats an American sport. Americans like baseball too, but football is more popular than baseball in most countries. Daming: Well, football is more exciting than baseball. Baseball is boring. What sports do you play？Betty: Volleyball and tennis. Tennis is fun. Daming: I like table tennis. Its a faster game than tennis. Betty: Ill play table tennis with you. Daming: OK. I go swimming too. Do you like swimming？Betty: Yes, I do. Its relaxing. Unit 3 5 Listen and choose the correct answer.Bang! Everyone started to run quickly. The students around the playground all shouted loudly. “Come on, come on!” Children from eight different classes all ran fast. They were in the girls 800 metres. At first, Sandy from Class 1 ran faster than any other girls. After two minutes she was still in first place. But later, Joy from Class 4 got faster and faster. Sandy ran more slowly and she looked tired and sad. Something was wrong with her foot. Joy was first. Module 4Unit 12 Listen and match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1.You need to use one word more than once.Boy: Lets play a game. Question one: Whats the most modern train in the world now?Girl: MmI think its the Shanghai airport train. Boy: Right. Question two: Whats the most expensive way to travel around London？Girl: Maybe its by taxi. Boy: Correct. Question three: Whats the cheapest way to travel around Beijing?Girl: The bus. Boy: Right. And Question four: Whats the busiest underground in the world?Girl: I think its the Tokyo underground. Boy: Yes. Question five: Whats the cheapest way from England to France?Girl: MmTrain?Boy: Sorry, its by ship. Unit 37 Listen and match the cities with the information.London is the biggest city in Britain. It also has the largest population. After London, Birmingham is the second largest city, with around four million people living and working there. There are a lot of small cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. They are beautiful and they have two of the oldest universities in the world. Cambridge is the nearest to London. The most expensive city is London but its also the most interesting. London is on the River Thames, and has the most popular places for sightseeing, such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. 8 Listen again and answer the questions.London is the biggest city in Britain. It also has the largest population. After London, Birmingham is the second largest city, with around four million people living and working there. There are a lot of small cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. They are beautiful and they have two of the oldest universities in the world. Cambridge is the nearest to London. The most expensive city is London but its also the most interesting. London is on the River Thames, and has the most popular places for sightseeing, such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.Module 5Unit 12 Listen and underline the correct words or expressions.Lingling: Hi, Betty. Betty: Hi, Lingling. Id like to see the traditional Beijing Opera. Lingling: Do you want to come to Lao She Teahouse with me?Betty: Whats Lao She Teahouse?Lingling: You can listen to the Beijing Opera there and drink tea at the same time. Betty: Yes, please. Id like to go with you. You can tell me whats happening. Lingling: Yes, its quite difficult to understand the story! Just watch the actors and actresses, listen to the music and try to enjoy it. Unit 35 Listen and choose the correct answer.Vicky: Hello, Steve. Are you enjoying your visit to London?Steve: Thank you for asking, Vicky. Im having a great time. We went to Shakespeares Globe Theatre last night. Vicky: Oh yes, its great. A lot of tourists want to go there. Steve: Yes, my uncle offered to take us, and we decided to see Romeo and Juliet. Vicky: Did you understand the play?Steve: Well, I tried to understand the words. It was very difficult. But I know the story. Vicky: I hope to see Romeo and Juliet too. Its my favourite play. Steve: Will your parents agree to take you?Vicky: Yes, Im sure they will. 6 Listen again and check（）the true sentences.Vicky: Hello, Steve. Are you enjoying your visit to London?Steve: Thank you for asking, Vicky. Im having a great time. We went to Shakespeares Globe Theatre last night. Vicky: Oh yes, its great. A lot of tourists want to go there. Steve: Yes, my uncle offered to take us, and we decided to see Romeo and Juliet. Vicky: Did you understand the play?Steve: Well, I tried to understand the words. It was very difficult. But I know the story. Vicky: I hope to see Romeo and Juliet too. Its my favourite play. Steve: Will your parents agree to take you?Vicky: Yes, Im sure they will.Module 6Unit 12 Listen and answer the questions.Betty: Are you watching Animal World?Tony: Yes, Im watching it to find out about different animals. This week its about snakes. Betty: Ugh! Last week they told us why there were so few pandas. They made the programme to show people how the animals live. Tony: Yes, I saw it. Now I understand why pandas are so special. But we want other animals to be safe too. There arent many lions, elephants and bears left in the world. Betty: Its good to find out about them. Unit 38 Listen and complete the poster.Boy 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to our first meeting of the Wildlife Club! First, let me tell you why we want to start this club. We want to help animals in danger. We decided to start a club in order to get more ideas. Wed like more students to come to our meetings. Girl 1: Why dont we send an email to everyone to tell them about the club, and about what we hope to do here?Boy 2: Good idea!Boy 1: And maybe we should decide which kind of animal to help. Lets ask the zoo for information. Girl 2: We need to tell people about animals in danger. Lots of us buy presents when we go on holidays, and some of the presents are made from animals, but many people dont know that. Boy 1: Yes, its very bad! People use snake skins to make bags. Boy 2: We need to send that email right now!Revision module A11 Listen and complete the sentences.Betty: Hello, Tony. Did you enjoy your visit to New York? Tony: Yes, I did. I had a great time. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. It isnt the tallest building in the world now, but its still very tall. Betty: Oh yes, all the tourists want to go to the top because you can see all of the city from there. Tony: Yes, and its one of the most beautiful buildings in New York. Betty: Where else did you go?Tony: We went to the theatre and saw a play. Betty: Did you enjoy it? Tony: Yes, I did. It was one of the most popular plays in New York and everyone cheered when they saw the famous actors. Betty: What else did you do?Tony: We walked over the Brooklyn Bridge because its one of the best places to visit in New York. Betty: Yes, its a fantastic place to see the city from. Did you stay in a nice hotel?Tony: Yes, but it was one of the most expensive hotels in the city. Module 7Unit 1 1 Listen and number the words as you hear them.Alices Adventures in Wonderland is a famous English story. Its about a girl called Alice. She goes to Wonderland and meets some strange people and animals. First, she follows a white rabbit and falls down a hole. Then, she sees the Cheshire Cat. She goes to a tea party at the March Hares house. Finally, she meets the Queen of Hearts. 2 Listen again and number the pictures.Alices Adventures in Wonderland is a famous English story. Its about a girl called Alice. She goes to Wonderland and meets some strange people and animals. First, she follows a white rabbit and falls down a hole. Then, she sees the Cheshire Cat. She goes to a tea party at the March Hares house. Finally, she meets the Queen of Hearts.Unit 37 Listen and complete the sentences.One day, I was with my friends. We were having a picnic in a field and I saw something strange. There was a white cat with a pink nose sitting in a tree. Theres nothing strange about that, of course, but it looked like it was eating the leaves in the tree! That was strange! Cats dont usually eat leaves. “Maybe its very hungry,” I thought. While I was looking at it, the cat got out of the tree, jumped down to the ground and walked across the field and sat next to us. Maybe it wanted some of our picnic to eat, but there was nothing for a cat. The cat got up and came close to me. I talked to it and it smiled at me. Was it a Cheshire Cat? I found some biscuits in my pocket and gave them to the cat. Soon, it was eating biscuits and smiling at us. Then, after a while, the cat got up and walked across the field. Maybe it wasnt hungry any more. Module 8Unit 1 2 Listen and underline the correct words.Policewoman: How did the accident happen?Driver: I was driving along the road andPolicewoman: How fast were you going at the time?Driver: I wasnt going fast. Policewoman: Where were you going?Driver: I was going along the road, just here. Policewoman: Where was the boy on the bike going?Driver: I didnt see him. Policewoman: Were you looking?Driver: No, I wasnt. Policewoman: Were you using your mobile phone?Driver: Yes , I was. Policewoman: So, thats not good. You mustnt use your mobile phone while you are driving. Unit 3 6 Listen and complete the accident report.News reader: And finally, a story about a lucky cat. Heres Alice to tell us what happened. Alice: Yes, at about four oclock yesterday afternoon, I was reading a book in the sitting room. I heard a strange sound from the next room. I went in to look and saw my cat, Pete. He was looking into the fish bowl and trying to get a fish from it!News reader: And then what happened?Alice: The fish bowl fell on Pete! I went to pick him up because he doesnt like water. I took him to the bathroom and dried him!Module 9Unit 1 2 Listen and choose the correct answer.Betty: I went shopping in the city centre with my family last week. Tony: Did you have a good time?Betty: Yes, I did, but there was a lot of traffic on the way there. Then there were too many people and not enough space. It was impossible to move. And there was a lot of noise. Tony: Well, Beijing is a big city. Betty: Yes, it is. It has a population of about twenty million. Tony: Twenty million！Does Beijing have the largest population in China?Betty: No, it doesnt. Chongqing has the largest population in China. More than thirtythree million people live there . Tony: Really? Thats a lot of people!Betty: Yes, and theres a lot more pollution in the air. Unit 3 Now listen and check.1.China has a population of one billion, three hundred and seventy million, five hundred and thirtyseven thousand. 2. The population of the US is three hundred and fourteen million, seven hundred and ninetyone thousand. 3. Twenty-two million, nine hundred and fifty-six thousand people live in Australia. 4. Four million, four hundred and thirty-seven thousand people live in New Zealand. 9 Listen and choose the best summary.Joining car clubs is a good way to get around in cities. There are many car clubs in the US. You can use a car when you want to, and its cheaper than having a personal car. You only pay for the car when you drive it. You dont always use the car because sometimes you can take a bus, or walk or ride a bike. This is healthier for the city, as there will be fewer cars on the road. It is also healthier for you.10 Listen again and choose the correct answer.Joining car clubs is a good way to get around in cities. There are many car clubs in the US. You can use a car when you want to, and its cheaper than having a personal car. You only pay for the car when you drive it. You dont always use the car because sometimes you can take a bus, or walk or ride a bike. This is healthier for the city, as there will be fewer cars on the road. It is also healthier for you. Module 10Unit 1 2 Listen and check（）the correct information in the table.Good morning, here is the weather for China today. In Beijing, therell be clouds in the early morning, and it will be between minus eight and minus two degrees. Shanghai will be rainy and windy, and between five and eight degrees. Itll be cloudy and snowy in Xian with a temperature between minus four to two degrees. In Guangzhou, itll be cloudy. There may be some showers, and itll be between ten and twenty-one degrees. In Hong Kong, itll be cloudy. There will be storms later, and itll be between seventeen and twenty degrees. Unit 35 Listen and complete the sentences.My name is Peter and I live in Sydney, Australia, with my parents. My grandparents are American and they live in New York. The weather is very different there! In New York, it often snows in the winter monthsDecember, January and February. My grandparents wear very warm clothes because its very cold. In New York, the summers are very hot. In July, the temperature is often over thirty degrees. It never snows in Sydney in December because its the middle of summer. Its very hot and sunny, so we often go to the beach! In Sydney, it often rains in the Australian autumnApril, May and June. Winter in Sydney is not very cold. The temperature is about eighteen degrees. Module 11Unit 1 1 Listen and number the words and expressions as you hear them.Betty: Its Linglings birthday tomorrow. Tony: We must get her a present. Betty: Shes too old for a toy. Tony: She likes playing chess. How about a chess set?Betty: Yes, or we could buy her things to eat or drink. Tony: She likes chocolate. Betty: How about some nice chopsticks ?Tony: Or a video game?Betty: Or how about a baseball cap?Tony: Ive got it! A dictionary！Betty: Yes, an English dictionary. She can look up new words in it. Unit 34 Listen to a teenager talking about his life. Check（）the things he must or mustnt do.Well, my parents are quite strict. I must clean up my bedroom once a week and I must always wash up after dinner. My parents are very strict about that. I mustnt stay out after nine oclock at night, but I can go out with my friends at weekends. I must do my homework before I go out and I must wash my hands bef