外研版八年级上册英语课文

1、 / 22Module 1 How to learn EnglishUnit 1 Let tsry to speak English as much as possible.Ms James: Welcome back, everyone! Todayw, er egoing to talk about good ways to learn English. R eady? Who has some adviceb?5E2RGbCAPLingling: We should always speak English in class.Ms James: Good! Let tsry to spe

2、ak English as much as possiblpe1.EanqFDPwDaming: Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?D XDiTa9E3dMs James: That as good idea. Andd on ftorget to write down the correct answers next to the mistake s. What else? R TCrpUDGiTLingling: It as good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud ev

3、ery da5yP. CzVD7HxAMs James: Thanks a lot, Lingling. How about listening to the radio?jL BHrnAILgLingling: Yes, that gosod for our pronunciation too. But there are so many new word. Ms James: Yo u don nteed to understand every word. You just need to listen for key words and main ideaxsH.A QX74 J0XDa

4、ming: That thse same for reading. English stories are so interesting. I get to know a lot about the world through reading. LDAYtRyKfELingling: I think writing is also important. Why don wte try to find some English pen friends? We ca n write to them. Ms James: Excellent! I agree with youZ.zz6ZB2LtkU

5、nit 2 You should smile at her!Send your questions to Diana, the Language Doctor.Many students ask for advice about how to improve their English. Here are three basic questionds. vzfvkwMI1The first question is about understanding English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote“, Ilik e watching Engl

6、ish films and listening to English songs, but I can only understand a little. What can I do?” rqyn14ZNXIWatching films and listening to songs are great way to learn English! Watch and listen several time s, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also advise

7、 yo u to talk about the films or songs with your friends. EmxvxOtOcoThe second question is about speaking. Wang Fan from Jilin wrote“, Ou rschool has a teacher from the US. I am shy and I am afraid to speak to her. What should dI o?”SixE2yXPq5You can say,“ Hello !How are you?”“ D oyou like China? ”

8、These are good ways to start a conversati on. And before you begin, you should smile at her! Remember this: Do not be shy. Just tr6ye.w MyirQFL The third question is about vocabulary. Zhang Lei from Anhui wrote,“ Iwrite down new words, but I forget them quickly. How can I remember them?”kavU42VRUsDo

9、 not worry. It is natural to forget new words! I suggest you write four or five words a day on piece s of paper and place them in your room. Read the words when you see them, and try to use theym6v3.ALoS89Module 2 My home town and my countryUnit 1 It tasller than many other buildings.Tony: Hey, Dami

10、ng! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.Tony: Where sShenzhen?Daming: Well, it osn the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but tod ay it as very big city. M2ub6vSTnPTony: So it as newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it a snewer city. In fa

11、ct, it only became important in the1 980s.It gestting bigger and b usier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong KongI, msure. 0YujCfmUCwTony: What sthe population of Shenzhen?Daming: It osver ten million, I think. That lasrger than the population of many other cities in China.Its streets are much

12、wider and cleaner too. I thinkit a sbeautiful city. eUts8ZQVRdTony: I ldike to go to there one day.Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It tasller than many other buildings in Shenzhens.QsA EJkW5TUnit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of EnglandG.MsIasNXkACambridge, London and Engla

13、ndBy Tony SmithI come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home is especially famous for its university. Many famous people s tudied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and

14、 churches t o visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boatT. IrRGchYzgCambridge is 80 kilometres from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the Rive r Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambri dge. It is

15、 about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. 7EqZcWLZNXEngland itself is a part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and beac hes on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low and beautiful lakes in the

16、 nort h, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England you will notice how green the countryside is. lzq7IGf02EIt is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the yea r, but bring an umbrella with you. You will need it most days. zvp

17、geqJ1hkModule 3 SportsUnit 1 Nothing is more exciting than playing tennis .N rpoJac3v1Daming: Hey, Tony. Come and watch the football match on TV. 1nowfTG4KITony: OK. What sthe score?Daming: Spain scored a minute ago.Tony: Wow! That fsast!Daming: That rsight. Last week the match on TV was so boring b

18、ecause no one scored at all. So this week msatch is already more exciting.f jnFLDa5ZoBetty: What sthe matter with you, Tony? You look tired.t fnNhnE6e5Tony: I mreally tired after last night tesnnis match. And I hurt my knee.H bmVN777sLDaming: That toso bad! Sit down and watch the match.I t sasfer th

19、an playing tennis.V 7l4jRB8HsBetty: Yes, watching is not sure about that. Nothing is more relaxing too8! 3lcPA59W9Tony: Well, I mnot sure about that. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennims.ZkklkzaaPBetty: But you enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, right? AVktR43bpwTony: Yes, but that besca

20、use it was cheaper than buying tickets for all the gameOs.R jBnOwcEdDaming: And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. Oh, look at tha2tM! iJTy0dTT Tony: Oh, he missed! Oh, bad luck!Daming: Never mind. There sstill plenty of time for them to score.gIiSpiue7AUnit2 This year we practice

21、 more carefully.Training hardBy Li DamingIt is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but t o play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another schoo l next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we

22、 ha ve time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team beat us l ast year. This year we want to do betteru.E h0U1YfmhIt is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are short and the weather i s cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late f

23、or after-school practice. IAg9qLsgBXOur coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we we re sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the fina l match. What a pity! This year we practise more carefully. That means we have a bette r chanc

24、e of winning. WwghWvVhPEThe fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have mor e fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on loudl y and we feel more confident to win the game.asfpsfpi4kModule 4 Planes, ships, and trainsUnit1 He lives th

25、e farthest from schoolBetty: I was late for school today.Mum: Why? What happened?Betty: I took the bus. There was a road accident, and the traffic was very heavy. But no body was late, except me. Maybe I should go to school by taxio.o eyYZTjj1Mum: It thse most comfortable way, buti t aslso the most

26、expensive.B keGuInkxIBetty: Then what about going by bike?Mum: That as good choice, buti t as bit dangerous.T here sso much traffic. PgdO0sRlMo Betty: But most of my classmates ride bikes, andit qsuite safe. Don tworry. I blle ca refull. 3cdXwckm15Mum: How does Tony go to school?Betty: He lives the

27、farthest from school, so he takes the undergroundh8. c52WOngMMum: And what about Lingling?Betty: Her home is the closest to school, so she walksv4.bdyGiousMum: How about Daming?Betty: He goes by bus too, the same as me. Buit sos crowded! And the traffic is heav y. J0bm4qMpJ9Mum: All right. You can r

28、ide your bike to school, but remember to be careful all the ti me. XVauA9grYPUnit2 What is the best way to travel?Question: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdamb.R 9C6TJscwI am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam. How long does the journey ta ke and what is the best way to

29、 travel? Could you please tell me about the trains or ship s to get there? The more information, the better. Thanks!p N 9LBDdtrdBest answer: There are four ways to travel.A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time be

30、fore you travel. It is usually cheaper.You can go by car and by ship across the North Sea. This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your hotel. Re member that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive, so stay outside the city centre a nd

31、travel in by bus or by train. DJ8T7nHuGTThe third choice is by coach. This is usually the cheapest, but in summer the coache s sometimes get crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get there. However, i t will not cost as much as going by train. QF81D7bvUAFinally, you can fly. It is the fast

32、est and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather. 4 B 7a9QFw9hWell, I hope this helps! Have a great trip.Module 5 Lao She TeahouseUnit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.Listen and readBetty: Lingling and I went to Lao She Teahouse last night.ix

33、6iFA8xoXTony: How was it?Betty: It was great! You know, I wanted to see Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to ta ke me there. We drank tea and watched an operwat6.q bkCyDETony: Did you understand the opera?Betty: No, it was difficult to understand the words. But the actors and actress were ex cellen

34、t. Kp5zH46zRkTony: How long did you stay?Betty: We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours. Yl4HdOAA61Tony: Did you enjoyed it?Betty: Well, it was interestingthat thse main thing. I hope to understand more next t ime. ch4PJx4BlITony: Do you often go to see Beijin

35、g Opera, Lingling? qd3YfhxCzoLingling: No, I don tI. wanted to take Betty to the teahouse becausiet fasmous. E836L11DO5Tony: Who is Lao She? Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling. S42ehLvE3MLingling: Lao She is a great writer. He sespecially famous for his play Teahouse. 5 0 1n NvZFisUnit 2It describes the c

36、hanges in Chinese sociejtWy1.v iftGw92 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphxsS0.D OYWHLPLao She TeahouseThe Story of TeahouseLao She1Teahouse is one of LaoS he msost famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play h as three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from th

37、e end of the ninet eenth century to the middle of twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and t he customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society ov er fifty years around the beginning of the twentieth century.L OZMkIqI0w2Lao She was born in Beijing i

38、n 1899. His mother sent him to at eacher scshool in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. I n 1924 Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in Lon don and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and sh

39、ort stori es about people livses, and was named“ thePeople Asrtist ”La.o She is one of the gre atest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.Z KZUQsUJed3At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing foo d. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic show

40、s, you can enjoy them at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over t he world. dGY2mcoKtTModule 6 Animals in dangerUnit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.Listen and read(Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo)Lingling: Did you like the zoo?Betty: Yes! I saw

41、 the pandas at last! But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve, because it allows people to get closer to themrCY.b SWRLIA Lingling: It ssad to think of the pandas and other animals in dangeFyrX.joFlMWh Betty: We need to protect them better.Lingling: Yes, Many wild anima

42、ls don htave a safe place to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forestsT.u WrUpPObX Betty: Also, often there isn etnough clean water, becauswe ev emade it dirty. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look,t here a snotice. 7qWAq9jPqE L

43、ingling: It says, “ He lWp!e want to save animals in danger, and we need youhre lp. ”llV IWTNQFkBetty: But what can we do?Lingling: It says, “Yo muroney pays to look after thea nimals. ”T hmaet ans we can give money to help protect the animals.y hUQsDgRT1Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at schoo

44、lL. et fsind out what else we can do t o save as many animals as possible. M d UZYnKS8IUnit 2The WWF is working hard to save them all.0 9T7t6eTno2 Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphe5sTf.ZQIUB5Nature parks for pandasWWF And animals in dangerThe panda hsomeAn animal in danger1P

45、andas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas living in the wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have man y babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientist are doing a lot of research to help pandas pro

46、duce more babies and help baby pandas live. s1SovAcVQM2Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs t o eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not many pandas leftG. XRw1kFW5s3In order to

47、protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks a nd developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parkUsTR. Ex49Xj94The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to prot

48、ect all animals. And it chos e the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants, or any other ani mals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all8.PQN3NDYyPModule7 A famous storyUnit1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the riverm.L PVzx7ZNw Tony: Hi,Lingling!Lingling: Ssh! I

49、mreading. Tony: Sorry! What sthe book about?Lingling: It asbout a girl called Alice. One day, Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran pastA.H P35hB02dTony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it goin g? NDOcB14

50、1gTLingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground. 1zOk7Ly2vATony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at every one. fuNsDv23KhLingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare hsouse. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter an

51、d a mouse. They were having a tea party in the gardetnqM. B9ew4YX Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange gamHemM! JFY 05dELingling: Do you already know the book?Tony: Yes, It Aslice Asdventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the story . ViLRaIt6skLingling:

52、Then why did you ask me all those questions?9eK0GsX7H1 Tony: To see if you remember the story! Hah a.U2 She was thinking about her cat.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. Ali ce had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into hesr ister boaok. “And what

53、 is a b ook for, t”hought Alice, ”witho puitctures or conversations? Su”ddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by.naK8ccr8VIThere was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit sa“y,O h dear! Oh dear! I blle late! a”nd she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out of i t

54、s pocket and looked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch. Alice got up and ran acr oss the field after it. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the groundB.6 JgIVV9aoThen Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to get out again. She found that she was falling do

55、wn a very, very deep hole. It was too dark for her to see anything. She was falling for a long time. While she was falling, she was thinking about her cat, Dinah. Suddenly she landed on some drlye aves P2IpeFpap5Module 8Unit1 while the lights were changing to red ,a car suddenly appear3eYdIxKpScDMBe

56、tty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right?gUHFg9mdSsMs James: Im OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to m usic on the road. uQHOMTQe79Daming: That s very dangerous!Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a c

57、ar suddenly appeared round the corner. Iwt asn gtoing fast, but it didn sttop. IMGWiDkflP Lingling: Did the boy stop?Ms James: No. And the driver was talking on his mobile phone.W HF4OmOgAwBetty: So did the car hit the boy?Ms James: No, I mglad to say. The car stopped just in time, but the boy fell

58、off his bik e and hurt his knee.a DFdk6hhPdTony: That s too bad.Ms James: So when youre on your bike, think about the risk of an accident! Pay atten tion, stop at the red lights and.what else? o zElQQLi4TBetty: Don t ride too fastDaming : Don t ride side by side with your friends. CvDtmAfjiAAll: Don

59、 t listen to music!Unite 2One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. A few days earlier, the snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It cli mbed out and hid somewhere.Q rDCRkJkxh“ I was trying to pick it up when it bit me again. I threw it acros

60、s the kitchen, and it landed on a table. 4nCKn3dlMXWhile the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and took a photo with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge When Henry was tryin g to find the snake， his hand began to hurt badly. He hurried to hospital. As the do