silly 愚蠢的
soap opera 肥皂剧
annoyed 生气的、恼怒的 Grown-up 成人 pick 挑选、选择 own 自己的
argue 争吵、争论 after all 毕竟、终究 EXERCISES
1. Choose the correct words or phrases to put into the sentences below. dead pick supper after all
1) His father is _________. He died two years ago.
2) She can‘t understand. She is only two years old___________. 3) You can have any one you like, take your __________. 4) His mother cooks __________ every day. 2. Answer the following questions. 1) Why did Sam hate his sister?
____________________________________ 2) How did Sam change his mind?
____________________________________
HEALTHY FOOD
What‘s your favorite food? Our reporter showed these two pictures and asked 50 students which they would prefer to eat – 42 chose that picture with fast food. The eight who chose the vegetables were vegetarians. They don‘t eat meat. So they do not like hamburgers. Then our reporter asked the students which picture showed the most healthy food. All the students chose the picture below!
So we know what food is good for us, but it isn‘t our favorite food. Our favorite food isn‘t healthy. Vegetables and fruit are healthy food, but that is not what we want to eat. I eat an apple each day because my mother gives it to me.
I eat vegetables for my dinner because my mother cooks them. She wants me to be healthy. Your mother wants you to be healthy. She probably cooks you healthy food, just like my mother cooks it for me. I want to be healthy but I want to eat hamburgers, not fish!
Our reporter asked two of the students he interviewed what they were having for lunch. Read on, you will see what they said. WORD BANK reporter 记者 show 展示 prefer 更喜欢
vegetarian 素食主义者 probably 大概，可能 EXERCISES
1. Match the word with its correct meaning in the text. healthy decide which thing you want
good for your body and able choose to make you strong
lunch let someone look at something
2. Which of the following are Not healthy food? Place a tick (√) in the brackets.
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WHAT’S IN YOUR LUNCHBOX?
(Sue is 13. She‘s in Class 1.) What do you eat for lunch, Sue?
I often eat a packed lunch. My mother gives me healthy food for lunch. She doesn‘t want me to eat school meals.
Why doesn’t she want you to eat school meals? Because she thinks they aren‘t healthy.
So what does your mother put in your lunchbox, SUE?
She gives me different things every day. I always have a sandwich, but the bread is different. The food inside the sandwich is different too. What is in your sandwich today? Cheese, lettuce and tomato.
What else is in your lunchbox, Sue?
I always have some fruit. Today it‘s an apple. Do you like apples?
They‘re not my favorite. My favorite fruit is bananas, but there aren‘t any bananas today. What do you have to drink, Sue? I have orange juice today. Is that all you eat for lunch?
It is all my mother gives me, but I buy sweets. I often buy chocolate. It‘s my favorite, but it isn‘t healthy! So, Sue, your mother gives you healthy food and you buy food that isn’t healthy? Yes, but I eat a lot of healthy food before I eat the chocolate! WORD BANK
packed lunch 自备午餐、自带饭盒 inside 在…里面 lettuce 莴苣、生菜
else 另外
sweet 糖果 EXERCISES
1. Choose the correct words to put into the sentences below. think drink buy often
1) I want to go to the shop to ________ some milk.
2) Would you like something to __________? 3) I ________ see her there.
4) Do you _________ it‘s going to rain?
2. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1) Sue doesn‘t have lunch at school. ( ) 2) Sue‘s mother thinks school meals aren‘t healthy. ( ) 3) Sue has a different kind of sandwich every day. ( ) 4) Before Sue has lots of healthy food, she often eats chocolate. ( )
SCHOOL MEAL
(Tony is 13. He‘s in Class 2.) What do you eat for lunch, Tony?
I often eat school meals. My mother is a nurse. She often goes to work very early and doesn‘t have time to make me a packed lunch. She thinks the school meals are mostly healthy and she makes sure I eat a healthy dinner.
So what do you eat for your school meal, Tony?
I eat different things every day. The cooks make different food, I choose my favorite things. What’s your meal today?
Noodles and meat sauce, an apple, a cookie and a glass of milk. I am eating while I talk. Or my food will go cold.
That’s OK, Tony, eat your meal. Do you always drink milk?
It‘s not my favorite. Juice is my favorite, but they haven‘t got any juice today. What do you always have, Tony?
I always have a cookie. It isn‘t healthy food, but it is my favorite part of my school meal. Do you always eat your apple?
No, Apples are not my favorite fruit, but they haven‘t got any oranges. Sometimes I give my apple to my friend Sam. Sam gives me some chocolate for the apple. Doesn’t Sam like chocolate?
Yes, but he likes apples too. His mother gives him lots of chocolate! WORD BANK early 初期 noodle 面条
sauce 酱、调味汁
EXERCISES
1. Match the words with the pictures.
cook
juice
nurse
2. Answer the following questions.
1) Why does Tony eat school meals for lunch?
________________________________________ 2) How does Tony get chocolate?
________________________________________
WEATHER SAYINGS
English people have many sayings about the weather. Perhaps this is because English people talk about the weather a lot. English weather is hard to predict, so there are many sayings that are supposed to help you decide what the weather will be like. Many of them are about the possibility of rain. It rains a lot in England. When it rains, many young children sing: Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day! Little Johnny wants to play, Rain, rain, go away.
So, how can you tell if it is going to rain? Here are a few sayings to help you: Red sky in the morning Shepherd’s warning. Red sky at night, Shepherd’s delight.
(This rhyme also works if you replace shepherds with sailors. Anyone working outdoors would be glad if it did not rain!)
Other sayings include:
Rain before seven; fine before eleven. A sunshiny shower won’t last half an hour.
Perhaps, of all weather sayings, this one is the truest (although it is very difficult to say). It is a tongue twister. It is meant to be difficult to say quickly, and makes a joke of the fact that ?weather‘ and ?whether‘ sound the same.
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not whatever the weather We’ll weather the weather Whether we like it or not! WORD BANK perhaps 可能 predict 预测
possibility 可能性
shepherd 牧羊人 warning 警告 delight 喜悦 rhyme 押韵诗 sailor 水手 although 尽管
tongue twister 绕口令 EXERCISES
1. Match the word with its correct meaning in the text.
Say what you think will happen in the perhaps future
An action or statement telling someone decide of a possible problem or danger
Possibly, maybe predict
make a choice about what you are going to warning do
2. Answer the following questions. 1) Does it rain a lot in England?
_____________________________________________
2) What does it mean by saying ―Rain before seven, fine before eleven‖? _____________________________________________
AUTUMN POEMS
There are many English poems about the seasons, and about the way the seasons change. LEAVES
All join hands and circle round
While we watch the leaves fall down See them twirling to the ground, See them dancing all around.
See them skipping here and there, See them flipping in the air. Autumn leaves so peacefully Falling, falling from the tree. THE LEAVES ARE GREEN
The leaves are green, the nuts are brown, They hang so high they won‘t come down. Leave them alone till frosty weather, Then they will all come down together. WORD BANK twirl 转动 skip 跳,蹦 flip 掷, 弹