外研版八年级英语上册课文原文 Module1 unit1 Listen and read.
Lingling: Hi Sally! Come in and sit down. Sorry it's a bit untidy. I'll tidy up the table and chairs. Sally: Hey! Look at all those fans! They're beautiful! You've got a wonderful collection. Lingling: Yes, I've got fifty or sixty fans. Do you collect anything?
Sally: Yes, I have a collection of dolls. And my brother collects stamps. Daming: And I collect tickets—you know, bus tickets and train tickets!
Sally: Do you really? But my real hobby is music. I play the violin and I listen to music all the time. Lingling: What made you so interested in music?
Sally: My father is a musician. I often listened to him play the violin. And he gave me my first violin eight years ago.
Lingling: And now music has brought you to China. When will you play next time? Sally: At the end of this term. There's a concert at Radio Beijing. Daming: So can you relax now?
Sally: Well, no. I'm going to school with you! Lingling: Great!
Sally: But not next Friday ...
Daming: What's happening on Friday?
Sally: I'm going to Radio Beijing. I'm giving an interview on Starsearch!
Daming: I've listened to that programme! People sing songs or play music, and the listeners choose the best singer or musician.
Lingling: Wow! You're going to be really famous! Module1 unit2
A Special Hobby
Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in their gardens, and looking after animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and others are creative. Hobbies can make you grow as a person, develop your interests and help you learn new skills.
David Smith is a student, and his hobby is writing. During the summer of 2000, he spent four weeks on a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such assailing, climbing and mountain biking, there was a writing workshop with a
professional writer. \imagine that we were in a story. Then we wrote about our experiences at the camp.\
In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it came out as a book in 2003. Many teenagers love his book, and as a result, David has become a successful young writer.
David has been very lucky because his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success, but he is also interested in many other things. \volleyball, too,\spend some of my free time playingvolleyball for my school team. Maybe I'll write more books in the future, but I'm not sure.\
It's sometimes difficult to remember that we shouldn't spend all our time on our favourite hobby. There are many other interesting things to do in life, and we should try to do something new or different.
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Why do people usually have hobbies?
Is writing a usual activity for a summer camp? When did David become a successful writer? How many hobbies does David have? Which hobby is he interested in most?
Module2 unit1
Listen and read.
Chen Huan: Do you know if Sally Maxwell has arrived? Receptionist: That's Miss Maxwell. Chen Huan: Hi, are you Sally?
Yes, that's right. This is my friend Lingling. I asked your secretary
Sally: whether she could come or not.
Oh, yes. Hi Lingling. OK, I'm going to ask you some personal questions, and record your answers. OK, here goes ... Sally,
Chen Huan: welcome to China!
Sally: Thank you.
Chen Huan: Can you tell me where you are from?
Yes, I'm from London. I'm here with some classmates. In fact, I'm
Sally: studying Chinese.
Chen Huan: And I've heard that you play in your school orchestra.
Yes, our last public concert will be here on Starsearch in a couple
Sally: of months. But I don't know who will come.
Chen Huan: Can I ask you if you miss the UK, or your relations?
Sally: Yes, I miss my parents, but I have some close friends here.
I know that foreigners find China very different from their own
Chen Huan: countries. What does it feel like?
It's a very exciting place. But I don't like the word \foreigner\
Sally: visit here is all about making friends.
OK, Sally, thank you. And good luck with the concert ... (They stop.) That was great! So this recording will be part of the programme. By the way, why don't you bring all your friends for a
Chen Huan: visit to Radio Beijing? Maybe sometime next week? Lingling &
Sally: OK, thanks!
Module2 unit2
Read the passage and look at the photo. Decide who is in the photo.
A Beautiful Smile
—Zhang Bei
When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me! It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
Module3 unit1
Listen and read.
Chen Huan: Hi, everybody.
Sally: We'd like to thank you for taking us around Radio Beijing.
Don't mention it. I enjoy showing visitors around. Now, I want to answer your questions, but remember to look out for the red
Chen Huan: light ...
Betty: ... and stop talking!
Come this way. This is the news room. We collect the latest news
Chen Huan: and write the reports here.
Lingling: How can I become a newsreader?
On Radio Beijing everyone needs to speak English well. So keep studying, and maybe one day you can join us. Here's where I work
Chen Huan: on Starsearch. We decide what to listen to ... and who to see.
Daming: What about the sports news? I like listening to the football results. Chen Huan: That's over there.
Tony: I'd like to be a sports reporter. Daming: Me, too!
And this is where we prepare the weather reports. Let's watch the
Chen Huan: newsreader. OK, see the red light? Quiet, please.
Finally, some sports news about the England and China football
Newsreader: match. England scored two goals, and China ... three.
Daming: Hey! We won the match! Tony: And we lost! I hate losing! All: Ssh!
Newsreader: And tomorrow's weather—sunny in the morning, but it'll start
raining in the afternoon. And that's the end of the six o'clock news.
Module3 unit2
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. 2. 3.
Who wrote it?
What's the story about? Why did he write it?
Radio Times
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How could I explain? I've always loved the radio. When I was about four or five years old, I remember sittingclose to the radio in the living room, listening to my favourite programmes, and to the voices of my favourite presenters. It seemed that they were speaking to me in person. At the age of nine, I asked for jobs in small radio stations.
As I grew older, my interest in radio grew. One day I learnt about Internet radio. Once a week, I played my favourite music from my father's computer to the listeners, talked about life at school, and then closed down and did my homework.
Soon my friends at junior high school started to listen, and then they wanted to help. We prepared the weekly programmes, articles about music, sports news, jokes and the weather report (I did this by looking out of the window).
\of a microphone. He was in another room, behind the glass wall.
\soundcheck. Just tell me what you had for breakfast.\
All radio presenters begin work with the same question. \
\glass said. And this was how my first real job in radio began.
Module4 unit1
Listen and read.
(Irish music, with a violin ...)
Lingling: That's lovely! Who's playing?
That's us! Chen Huan wants a recording for his programme, and he lent me his CD recorder. The orchestra was practising some Irish music
Sally: yesterday, so I recorded it. Tony: How does it work?
Let's look at the instructions. \turn on the recorder, press
Daming: the blue button. If you want to play back, press the green button.\(The same Irish music) Daming: You've done that.
\press the red button. If the red light
Tony: doesn't come on, wait for thirty seconds.\Daming: Is it working? (Playback: Is it working?)
Yes, it is. \recorder to your computer. If there's no green light, choose the 'copy'
Tony: symbol.\
Lingling: And are you playing the violin?
Sally: No, that's my best friend Kylie. She plays really well.
Lingling: But why do you want to send Chen Huan a recording of Kylie playing? Sally: Well, she's my friend, and it's important for her. Lingling: But it's important for you, too, Sally.
I think Chen Huan wants to hear you on Starsearch, not Kylie. Come on,
Betty: Sally. Where's your violin? Tony, press \
OK! Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our star musician ... Sally
Tony: Maxwell! All: Hooray!
Module4 unit2
Read the passage and check what it is about.
Smile, Please!
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared ... and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish.
\it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door,\
Anyway, Mr Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt.
Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
\bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors,\suggests Mr Jackson. \snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry!\
Module5 unit1
Listen and read.
Betty: Tell me about the concert, Sally.
Well, we play some music all together. And then one of us plays a solo
Sally: of some Irish dance music at the end of the Starsearch concert. Lingling: A solo? You mean alone in front of everyone? Rather you than me!
Well, the orchestra will play in the background. Our music teacher will choose the best player during our finalpractice. And if I play well, I'll
Sally: play the solo during the Starsearch concert.
And if Kylie beats you, she'll play the solo and become the star on
Betty: Starsearch!
Sally: Yes, but actually, I want Kylie to win. Lingling: Why?
Her parents have warned her about her schoolwork. If she spends too much time with the orchestra, they'll punish her and send her to a
Sally: different school. Betty: That's a shame!
Sally: And if she goes to a different school, I won't see my best friend. Lingling: So what can you do?
If our teacher chooses Kylie, she'll play the dance music. And if she becomes a star, her parents will be proud of her, and they won't send
Sally: her away.
Lingling: I see the problem!
Sally: But if I refuse to play, our teacher won't choose me. She'll choose Kylie. Betty: But that's such a pity! You play so well.
Sally: I'll have another chance one day. And I'll keep my best friend.
Module5 unit2
Read the letter and the answer. Choose the problem and the advice.
Dear Diana
Do you have a problem? Write to Diana at New Standard Magazine, and ask for her advice. Dear Diana,
Last week, my friend Da Wei brought a new computer game and asked to play it on my father's computer. But my father has warned me not to use his computer for playing games because he uses it for his job. I can only use it for my homework. He thinks that if I play games on it, it'll go wrong.
Well, my dad was out, so we decided to try Da Wei's game. We copied it onto the computer and when we finished, we took it off the computer. We made quite sure my father didn't notice anything.
But when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. The computer wasn't working because it had a virus!