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1、-M1 U1 It smells delicious.Tony: MmWhat a delicious smell! Your pizza looks so nice.Betty: Thanks! Would you like to try some?Tony: Yes, please. It looks lovely, it smells delicious, and mm, it tastes good.Daming: Whats that on top?Betty: Oh, thats cheese. Do you want to try a piece?Daming: Ugh! No,

2、 thanks. Im afraid I dont like cheese. It doesnt smell fresh. It smells too strong and it tastes a bit sour.Betty: Well, my chocolate cookies are done now. Have a try!Daming: Thanks! They taste really sweet and they feel soft in the middle.Tony: Are you cooking lots of different things? You look ver

3、y busy!Betty: Yes, I am! Theres some pizza and some cookies, and now Im making an apple pie.Daming: Apple pie sounds nice. I have a sweet tooth, you know. Shall I get the sugar?Betty: Yes, please. Oh, are you sure thats sugar? Taste it first. It might be salt.Daming: No, its OK. It tastes sweet. Its

4、 sugar. Tony: Whats this? It tastes sweet too.Betty: Thats strawberry jam, for the cake.Daming: Good, everything tastes so sweet! Its my lucky day!Unit 2 I feel nervous when I speak ChineseFROM: SallyTO: LinglingSUBJECT: Re : Wele to China Hi Lingling,1. Thanks for your last message, It was great to

5、 hear from you, and I cant wait to meet you.2. I hope you will know me from my photo when I arrive at the airport. Im quite tall, with short fair hair, and I wear glasses. Ill wear jeans and a T-shirt for the journey, but Ill also carry my warm coat. Ive got your photo you look very pretty, so Im su

6、re well find each other!3. Thanks for telling me about your hobbies. You sound just like me! I spend a lot of time playing classical music with my friends at school, but I also like dance music I love dancing! I enjoy sports as well, especially tennis. My brother is in the school tennis team Im very

7、 proud of him! Hes good at everything, but Im not. Sometimes I get bad marks at school, and I feel sad. I should work harder.4. You asked me, “How do you feel about ing to China? Well, I often feel a bit sad at first when I leave my mum and dad for a few days, and Im quite shy when Im with strangers

8、. I feel nervous when I speak Chinese, but Ill be fine in a few days. Im always sorry when I dont know how to do things in the right way, so please help me when Im with you in China! Oh, Im afraid of flying. But I cant tell you how e*cited I am about going to China! See you ne*t week!Love,SallyM2 Un

9、it 1 Ive also entered lots of speaking petitionsTony: Hi, Lingling. What are you doing? Lingling: Im entering a petition.Tony: What kind of petition?Lingling: A speaking petition.Tony: Great. Itll help you improve your speaking. And maybe you will win a prize.Lingling: Yes, the first prize is “My dr

10、eam holiday. Tony: Have you ever won any prizes before?Lingling: No, I havent. Ive always wanted to go on a dream holiday. But I cant afford it. The plane tickets are too e*pensive.Tony: Well, good luck! Ive also entered lots of speaking petitions, but havent won any prizes. Ive stopped trying now.L

11、ingling: Look! Heres a writing petition. Around the World in 80 Days. To win it, you need to write a short story about a place youve visited.Tony: That sounds wonderful, but Ive never travelled a lot. How can I write about it?Lingling: Dont worry. It doesnt need to be true! You can make it up.Tony:

12、Thats interesting, Ill try. I hope I will win, then I will invite you to e with me.Lingling: Sorry! The first prize is only the book called Around the World in 80 Day!Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids. Mike Robinson is a fifteenyear-old American boy and his sister Clare is fourteen. At the moment,

13、Mike and Clare are in Cairo in Egypt, one of the biggest and busiest cites in Africa. They moved here with their parents two years ago. Their father, Peter, works for a very big pany. The pany has offices in many countries, and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before. Peter usu

14、ally stays in a country for about two years. Then the pany moves him again. His family always goes with him. The Robinsons love seeing the world. They have been to many interesting places. For e*ample, in Egypt, they have seen the Pyramids, travelled on a boat on the Nile River, and visited the pala

15、ces and towers of ancient kings and queens. Mike and Clare have also begun to learn the language of the country, Arabic. This language is different from English in many ways, and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words. However, they still enjoy learning it. So far they have learnt to spe

16、ak German, French, Chinese and Arabic. Sometimes they mi* the languages. “Its really fun, said Clare. The Robinsons are moving again. The pany has asked Peter to work back in the US. Mike and Clare are happy about this. They have friends all over the world, but they also miss their friends in the US

17、. They are counting down the days.M3 Unit 1 Has it arrived yet ?Daming: Hi, Tony. What are you up to?Tony: Hi, Daming. Ive just made a model spaceship for our school project.Daming: I havent started yet, because Im not sure how to make it. Can you help me?Tony: Sure, no problem. Have you heard the l

18、asted news? Scientists have sent a spaceship to Mars. The journey has taken several months.Daming: Has it arrived yet?Tony: Yes, it has arrived already. Thats why its on the news.Daming: So have they discovered life on Mars?Tony: No, they havent yet.Daming: Are there any astronauts in the spaceship?

19、Tony: No, there arent.Daming: Why? Astronauts have already been to the moon.Tony: Yes, but no one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon. Lots of scientists are working hard in order to send astronauts to Mars one day.Daming: Thats interesting! How can I get

20、information on space travel?Tony: You can go online to search for the information.Daming: I will. Thank you, Tony!Unit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet.Scientists think that there has been life on earth for hundreds of millions of years. However, we have not found life on any other

21、planets yet. The earth is a planet and it goes around the sun. Seven other planets also go around the sun. None of them has an environment like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them. The sun and its planets are called the solar system, and our solar system is a sm

22、all part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called the Gala*y or the Milky Way. There are billions of stars in the Gala*y, and our sun is only one of them.Scientists have also discovered many other gala*ies in the universe. They are very far away and their light has to travel for many year

23、s to reach us. So how large is the universe? It is impossible to imagine.Scientists have sent spaceships to the plant of Mars to take photos. They even have sent spaceships to travel outside the solar system. However, no spaceship has travelled far enough to reach near other stars in our Gala*y.Scie

24、ntists have always asked the question: With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets? Why has no one municated with us? We do not know the answersyet.M4 Unit 1 I havent done much e*ercise since I got my

25、 puter.Doctor: How can I help you?Daming: I feel ill. Ive got a stomachache and my head hurts.Doctor: How long have you been like this?Daming: Since Friday. Ive been ill for about three days!Doctor: I see. Have you caught a cold?Daming: I dont think so.Doctor: Let me take your temperatureMm, theres

26、no fever. What kind of food do you eat?Daming: Usually fast food.Doctor: Do you have breakfast?Daming: No, not usually.Doctor: Thats the problem! Fast food and no breakfast. Thats why youve got a stomachache.Daming: What about the headache?Doctor: Do you do any e*ercise?Daming: Not really. I havent

27、done much e*ercise since I got my puter last year.Dcotor: You spend too much time in front of the puter. It can be very harmful to your health.Daming: OK, so what should I do?Doctor: Well, dont worry. Its not serious. First, stop eating fast food and have breakfast every day. Second, get some e*erci

28、se, such as running. And Ill give you some medicine. Take it three times a day.Daming: Thank you, doctor.Questions：Unit 2 We have played football for a year now.Healthy living1.I was not feeling very well so the doctor checked my heart and said I needed more e*ercise. I have never been very active,

29、and I do not like sports. I have always wanted a pet, so my parents gave me a dog for my birthday. Now I get e*ercise by taking him for a walk every day. I have had him for three months now and I feel really healthy. -Anna2.Our teacher decided to start a girls football team and I thought: “What a gr

30、eat idea! I was the first member of the team. We have played football for a year now and we all feel very fit. Our teacher is the coach, and she also takes part in the same training with us. She is in e*cellent condition too. - Wang Wei3.In the last few years, I went to work by underground. When I g

31、ot to work, I always felt very sleepy and I was not happy. I bought a bike in January. Science then, it has bee part of my life. Now I ride to wok every day. It is my daily e*ercise. I arrive at work with a smile on my face. - Thomas 4.Feeling weak after a long illness, I wanted to e*ercise more. Th

32、en a friend suggested, “Why dont we go for a run before school? So we started running a week ago. But I do not enjoy running, and when I get to school, I feel awful. My legs hurt and I am hot all over. Perhaps I am too weak to do any e*ercise. What do you think? -Richard M5 Unit 1 Its time to watch

33、a cartoon.Tony: Daming, weve finished our homework. Its time to watch a cartoon.Daming: Good idea, Tony. Lets watch Superman! Tony: We watched Superman yesterday. Why dont we watch Spiderman? Its more modern.Daming: I think Superman is better. Hes stronger than Spiderman. He can fly through the sky

34、and fight bad people. Tony: Spiderman cant fly, but he climbs up buildings with his hands and feet. Thats cool. I want to be someone like him.Daming: Well, Superman is brave. He keeps fighting bad people. Thats a real hero!Tony: I dont think we agree.Daming: All right. Lets watch Tom and Jerry then.

35、Tony: Yeah! I like humorous cartoons. Tom and Jerry are very funny. I cant help laughing when I watch them.Daming: Yes, Jerry is too smart for Tom.Tony: The cut mouse always beats the cat! They fight a lot, but they really love each other. Sometimes they protect each other and work together. I think

36、 theres lesson there!Cartoon heroesNemo is a cute orange-and-white fish and Shrek is an ugly green animal. They look very different, but both of them have won the hearts of young people all over the world. The pictures of these popular cartoon heroes are everywhere, on office desks, handbags, and pu

37、ter screens.There are also some older cartoon favourites. Monkey King has just had his 50th birthday. He is the hero of a story called Making Havoc in Heaven. He leads a group of monkeys against the Emperor of Heaven and his guards. He is brave, clever and humorous. Parents and children laugh togeth

38、er as Monkey King makes a terrible mess in heaven. They always e*pect to see more Monkey King cartoons.Tintin is another favourite cartoon hero. He has been popular for over eighty years, ever since the artist invented him in 1929. Tintin has red hair and a small white dog. He works for a newpaper a

39、nd has lots of e*citing e*periences. Fans have bought about 200 million copies of Tintins stories in more than fifty languages. Tintin appeared in China in the 1980s. Many Chinese still collect these black-and-white Tintin books. Finally, Snoopy, a cute dog, celebrated his 60th birthday in 2010.Snoo

40、py lives in his own private world and finds real life hard to understand. Charles Schulz created Snoopy and his friends, and drew the cartoons to satisfy older people as well as children.M6 Unit 1 Do you collect anything?Lingling: Hi, everything! e in and find somewhere to sit down. Sorry, its a bit

41、 of mess. Ill put the fans on the shelf.Betty: Let me have a look. Youve got so many fans. Lingling: Yes, about si*ty. Betty: Where did you get them?Lingling: Most of them are presents. People often give me fans as presents because they know I like them. Do you collect anything? Betty: Yes, I collec

42、t coins and notes, you know, like British pounds and US dollars and cents.Lingling: Coins? They must be really valuable. Can I see them?Betty: Sure! Ill show you my stamps too. Ive collected stamps from all over the world. Ive got si* or seven books of stamps. Tony: My hobby doesnt cost as much as y

43、oursI collect tickets, bus tickets and train tickets!Betty: You cant do anything with old tickets!Tony: I know, but when I look at them, I remember some wonderful places.Lingling: Right! Their value isnt very important. People usually collect things just to remember something important in their live

44、s. Davids hobbiesMany students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables and looking after animals. Some hobbies are rela*ing and others are active. Hobbies can make you grow as a person, develop your interests and help you learn new skills.David Smith is a student, and one of his

45、hobbies is writing. During the summer of 2010, he spent four weeks at a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing and climbing, there was a writing class. “The teacher is a writer, and she asked us to talk about our lives and tell interesting stories. Then she encouraged us to wr

46、ite about our e*periences at the camp.Back at school, David wrote a story about the life of a si*teenyearold boy, and it came out as a book in 2012. Many young people love his book, and as a result, David has bee a successful young writer.David has been very lucky because his hobby has brought him p

47、leasure and success, but writing is not his only hobby. “I like playing volleyball too, says David. “I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team. Maybe Ill write about my volleyball team in my future books. M7U1Lingling is preparing for her trip to LALingling: Hi, Betty. Im ma

48、king a list of things for my trip. I like to get things ready earlier. Can you help me?Betty: Sure. How can I help?Lingling: Well, it sounds crazy but I dont know what to take.Betty: You should take notebooks, pens and a dictionary.Lingling: OK. What clothes should I take to LA？Betty: When are you leaving and how long are