英語外研社八年級上課文外研版(編輯修改稿)

　

【文章內容簡介】 to England . He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays , novels and short stories about people’s lives , and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century. 3 Lao She Teahouse At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows , you can enjoy them at the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm wele to everyone from all over the world. Module 6 Animals in danger Unit 1 It allows people to get closer to them (Lingling and Betty are leaving the zoo.) Lingling: Did you like the zoo? Betty: Yes! I saw 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 them. Lingling: It’s sad to think of pandas and other animals in danger. Betty: We need to protect them better. Lingling: Yes. Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests. Betty: Also, often there isn’t enough clean water. I think we all need to help animals live in peace. Look, there’s a notice. Lingling: It says, “Help! We want to save animals in danger, and we need your help.” Betty: But what can we do ? Lingling: It says, “Your money pays to look after the animals.” That means we can give money to help protect the animals. Betty: Maybe we can raise some money at school. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible. Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all. 1 An animal in danger Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1600 pandas in the wild today. Zoos and research centers are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live. 2 The panda’s home Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. 3 Nature parks for pandas In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and 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 parks. 3 WWF and animals in danger The World Wild Fund for Nature(WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants or any other animals, so that WWF is working hard to save them all. Module 7 A famous story Unit 1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river. Tony: Hi, Lingling! Lingling: Ssh! I’m reading. Tony: Sorry! What’s the book about? Lingling: It’s about 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 past. Tony: Why was it running? Lingling: Because it was late. Tony: And where was it going? Lingling: To see the Queen of Hearts. Alice followed it and fell down a hole in the ground. Tony: Yes! Then she saw the Cheshire Cat. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone. Lingling: Then Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse. They were having a tea party in the garden. Tony: And then Alice met the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game! Lingling: Do you already know the book? Tony: yes, it’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everyone in Britain knows the story. Lingling: Then why did you ask me all those questions? Tony: To see if you remember the story! Ha ha… Unit 2 She was thinking about her cat. Alice was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. Alice had nothing to do. Once or twice she looked into her sister’s book. “And what is a book for,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?” Suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by. There was nothing strange about that. She heard the rabbit say, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I’ll be late!” and she did not think it was strange. Then the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it. A rabbit with a pocket and a watch? Alice got up and ran across the field after it. She saw it go down a large rabbit hole in the ground. Then Alice went down after it, but never thought about how she was going to get out again. She found that she was falling down 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 dry leaves… Module 8 Accidents Unit 1 While the lights were changing to red, a car suddenly appeared. Betty: Good morning, Ms James! You look pale. Are you all right? Ms James: I’m OK, but I saw an accident. A boy was riding his bike and listening to music on the road. Daming: That’s very dangerous! Ms James: I was waiting to cross the road. While the lights were changing to red, a car suddenly appeared round the corner. It wasn’t going fast, but it didn’t stop. Lingling: Did the boy stop? Ms James: No. and the driver was talking on his mobile phone.