初一上英语悦读联播1 My Friend
Welcome to Southwark School! When you go to a new school, it can be scary. You worry about your studies. You also worry about making friends. You worry that no one will like you. But do not worry too much. Most of the time some people are friendly and some people are not. Usually there are some people you like at once. These people often like you too. How do people make friends? What makes a person a friend? Here?s what one student says:
“My name is Helen. Amy and Sally are my best friends. Amy has been my friend since my first day at nursery school. We were three years old then. We?re 14 now!
I like her because she is happy almost all the time and very friendly. Sally is a quiet person. She makes friends more slowly. However, she is just as good a friend as Amy. They are both interested in the same things as me, and we listen to each other?s problems. Amy likes to talk and Sally likes to listen. We are all good at different school subjects. So we help each other with our homework too!” WORD BANK
scary 令人惊恐的 at once马上 worry 担忧、担心 since 自从
almost 差不多，几乎 nursery school幼儿园 quiet 文静的、沉默寡言的 almost 几乎
subject 科目 each other 彼此；互相 EXERCISES
1. Match the word with its correct meaning in the text. worry most often
friendly think that something bad might happen or has happened usually a thing that is difficult to do or to understand problem behaving in a kind and open way
2. Decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F). 1) You don?t worry about anything when you go to a new school. ( ) 2) Most of the time Amy is happy while Sally is quiet. ( )
3) When Helen and Amy were three years old, they were at the same nursery school. ( )
4) Helen, Amy and Sally are good friends, so they do homework for each other. ( )
初一上英语悦读联播2 WE SPEAKDIFFERENT KINDS OF ENGLISH Ben: Hi, Sally! Sally: Hello, Ben!
Ben: Oh, yes, that?s right! You British people say ?Hello?, not ?Hi?. I forgot that. Sally: Actually, lots of British people say ?Hi? these days. It?s all the American TV we watch. I don?t think people over in America say ?Hello?
much, do they?
Ben: No, most people just say ?Hi?, as ?Hello? sounds very formal. Sally: Well, let?s be British and say ?Hello? to each other for a change. Ben: OK, Sally!
Sally: ?OK? is not British. In Britain we say ?Alright?.
Ben: That?s not true. EVERYONE in the whole world says OK! Even the French say OK. Sally: Well, yes, that?s true. But ?alright? is ?proper? English now. Ben: So it is a kind of old-fashioned English. But OK, I mean alright. I?ll try it. But will anyone understand me? Sally: Yes, of course they will, Oh, look, here comes Tony. He?s from Australia. I wonder whether he says ?Hello? or ?Hi?. Ben: Hi, Tony! Sally: Hello, Tony! Tony: G?day, you two!
Sally: Oh no! He speaks Australian English!
WORD BANK forget 忘记
alright 还好、还可以 whole 整个的、全部的 French 法语、法国人
proper 正确的、合适的 old-fashioned 陈旧的 mean 想说、意指 try 尝试 EXERCISES
1. Find the following six words from the puzzle. start English C D E H E I K A H J I N A J B F O R G E T A X K C L F P G W D U I J R A V O S S G O I Z R T H W P N P Y A P Q E O N B R Q O R M O S T R Y C forget again Proper English 2. Follow the example and find the information from the passage to fill in as much of the table as you can. British Australian American Hi Hello G?day Alright OK
初一上英语悦读联播3 AN INTERVIEW WITH MR BLACK Which class do you teach, Mr. Black?
I teach Class 3. The students are eight or nine years old. What do you teach them?
Everything! I have them all day for whole year! By the end of the year you must know them very well! Yes. They know me pretty well too.
What do you think your class would say about you as a teacher? This year, my class thinks I am grumpy! My wife and I have a new baby. The baby sleeps badly, so we are kept awake almost every night. No wonder you are grumpy in the morning! What is your favorite subject to teach?
I like teaching maths. I like it when I explain something and the children can do things they could not do before, like adding fractions together. Do you like teaching English?