2013最新译林版最新8A unit2英语课文(word版)

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Unit 2 School life

1 Why don’t dogs go to school, Eddie?

2 Because we’re cleverer than people. They have to work harder. 3 what’s school like?

4 It’s like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements. Ideal schools

The Class 1, Grade 8 students are learning about schools around the world. They are also writing about their ideal school. Task

Complete a questionnaire and write about your ideal school. Welcome to the unit

Different words for the same thing

A People in the UK and the USA sometimes use different words to refer to the same thing. Match the words on the left with words on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks. Then write the correct words under the pictures below. British English American English 1 biscuit d a eraser 2 autumn b soccer 3 lorry c vacation 4 film d cookie 5 football e fall 6 holiday f store 7 garden g truck 8 rubber h yard 9 shop i movie (原书10个,现9个)

B Daniel wants to invite Simon to see a film. Read their conversation. Underline the British words and write the American words above them.

Daniel: Hello, Simon. Shall we go to see a film this afternoon?

Simon: I’d love to, but I have to go to a shop to buy a birthday present for my cousin Annie. Daniel: OK. Is this Saturday all right?

Simon: Sorry, Daniel. The school football team will practice this Saturday. Daniel: I see. You’re really busy this week. Simon: Yes, I am. I can’t wait for the holiday. Reading

A School lives

Daniel is visiting on an online club called Schools Around the World. Here are two articles on the website about different school lives. Life in a British school Hi, everybody.

My name is Nancy. I am in Year 8 at woodland school near London. It is a mixed school. Boys and girls have lessons together. Among all my subjects, I like French best. Learning foreign languages is fun.

Our school has a Reading Week every year. During the week, we can borrow more books from the school library. We can also bring in books and magazines from home. L lften read more books than my classmates. Near the end of the week., we discuss the books with our classmates in 10 class. Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books. Life in an American school Hi guys.

I’m John and I’m 14 years old. I’m in the 8th grade at Rocky Mountain High School near Denver.

Every Monday, I go to the Buddy Club. In the club,

older students help new students learn more about the school. My friend Tony is in the 12th grade. He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help. He is my hero.

We have different classes every day. On Friday afternoon, our school ends earlier than usual. My friends and I often do sports together.

Twice a week, I play baseball after school. I love this game and practice hard every time. Our team won two games last month. B Schools in different countries

B1 Daniel does not know the meanings of some words in the article. Help him match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks. 1 foreign (line 5) a talk about something 2 language (line 5) b give something to someone 3 discuss (line 9) c be best or first in a competition 4 offer (line 17) d not in or from your own country 5 win (line 23) e words used in speaking and writing

B2 Daniel found some pictures of Nancy’s and John’s schools. First, help him complete the description of each picture. Then put an N in the box if the picture shows Nancy’s school and a J if it shows John’s school.

1 In a school, boys and girls study . 2 In the , older students help new students learn more about . 3 During , students can from the library and can bring in from home. 4 Some students after school and they every week.

B3 Daniel wrote about schools in the two countries. However, he made some mistakes. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. 1 Both Nancy and John are Graded 8 students. 2 Nancy’s favourite subject is English. 3 There is a Reading Week at Nancy’s school every year. 4 Nancy always brings in more books than her classmate. 5 The courses are not the same every day at John’s school. 6 John and his friends often go shopping on Friday afternoon.

B4 On the way home, Daniel tells kitty about John’s school life. Complete their conversation with the words in the box. (原书这一部分是B2) baseball ends hero offers sports twice won

Daniel: I read an article by a boy from the USA. His name is John. He’s in the 8th grade. Kitty: Really? What’s his school life like?

Daniel: Every Monday, he goes to the Buddy Club. His friend Tony is in the 12th grade. Tony listens to John’s problems and (1) him help. He’s John’s (2) . Kitty: What else do you know about John? Daniel: On Friday afternoon, their school (3) earlier than usual. They often do (4) together. Kitty: Does John like sports?

Daniel: Yes. His favourite sport is (5) . He plays it (6) a week. Their team (7) two games last month.

(原书此处还有C1 C2和vocabulary部分)

Grammar

A Comparing the amount of things

We can compare the amount of things using more … than, fewer … than and less… than. We use the most for the largest amount and the fewest/ the least for the smallest amount.

Millie has more tomatoes than Daniel. Kitty has the most eggs. Millie has less rice than Daniel. Daniel has the fewest tomatoes. Millie has fewer bananas than Kitty. Millie has the least juice. Comparing school lives

A1 Daniel wants to compare his school life with Nancy’s and John’s. Look at the table below. Help Daniel complete his sentences. Nancy John Daniel Me Subjects 6 8 12 Clubs 3 2 4 Free time each day 4 hours 3 hours 1 hour 1 John studies subjects than Nancy, but the studies subjects than I. I study the subjects among the three of us. 2 Nancy is in clubs than John, but she is in clubs than I. John is in the clubs among the three of us. 3 I have free time than John, but Nancy has free time than John. Among the three of us, I have the free time and Nancy has the free time.

A2 What is your school life like? Complete the last column in part A1 with your own information. Make sentences to compare your school life with Nancy’s, John’s and Daniel’s.

(原书此处还有A3)

B Comparative and superlative adverbs

We can form comparative and superlative adverbs in the same way we form comparative and superlative adjectives.

Millie came third in the race. She ran fast. Sandy came second in the race. She ran faster than Millie.

Amy came first in the race. She ran the fastest. Adverb Comparative Superlative Most short adverbs hard high Long adverbs quickly carefully Irregular adverbs well badly far + er → harder → higher more + → more quickly → more carefully replace the word → better → worse → further/ farther + est → hardest → highest most + → most quickly → most carefully replace the word →best →worst →furthest/ farthest My classmates

Daniel is writing about his classmates. Help him complete his sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. 1 Sandy draws (well). She draws (well) than any other student in my class. She draws (well) of us all. 2 David jumps (high). He jumps (high) than any other of my classmates. He jumps (high) in my class. 3 Amy swims (fast). She swims (fast) than all my other classmates. She swims (fast) in my class. 4 Millie writes (quickly). She writes (quickly) than the other students in my class. Millie writes (quickly) of us all. Integrated skills A comparing schools

A1 Daniel is writing an article about different schools. Listen to him introducing Sunshine Middle School and complete the first column in the table below. Woodland Rocky Mountain Sunshine

School High School Middle School

Number of students 66

Number of teachers

How long is the summer holiday? How much time do students spend on homework every day? Do students wear uniforms? / Do students do morning exercises? yes no /

A2 Sandy is helping Daniel collect information on the Internet about other schools. Listen to their conversation and complete the rest of the table above.

A3 Help Daniel complete his article with the information in Part A1.(原书中这是属于A2) Woodland School is smaller than Rocky Mountain High School. There are (1) (more, fewer, less) teachers and (2) (more, fewer, less) students in Woodland School than in Rocky Mountain High School. Sunshine Middle School has (3) (more, fewer, the most teachers and students of the three. Chinese students have (4) (more, fewer, less) weeks off or the summer holiday than British students. British students spend (5) (more, fewer, less) time doing homework than Chinese students. Among the three schools, students in the American school spend (6) (the least, few, less) time on homework, and they have (7) (long,

longer ,the longest) summer holiday. Chinese students spend (8) (the most, the fewest, the least) time on homework. They work (9) (hard, harder, the hardest).

A4 Daniel, John and Nancy are chatting online about their schools. Match the sentences with the correct people. Use the information in Part A1 on page 25 to help you. Daniel, John & Nancy

1 Nancy : My school has fewer weeks off for the summer holiday than Daniel’s. 2 : Students in my school do not wear uniforms. 3 : I spend less time doing homework than Nancy. 4 : My school has the most students. 5 : My school has the fewest teachers. (原书有6题)

B Speak up: Simon spends the most time on his hobbies.

The Class 1, Grade 8 students are talking about the time they spend on their hobbies. Work in groups and talk about your hobbies. Use the conversation below as a model. Millie: How much time do you spend on your hobbies every day, Daniel?

Daniel: About one hour. Half an hour for playing computer games and another half an hour for playing chess.

Millie: Really? I have only half an hour for my hobbies at most. I often do some reading. How about you, Simon?

Simon: About two hours for sports. And you, Amy? Amy: Usually I go swimming for about half an hour.

Millie: OK. Among the four of us, Simon spends the most time on his hobbies, and Daniel spends more time on his hobbies than Amy and I. Study skills The suffix –ly

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that we add to the end of a word to form a new word. We can add –ly to some adjectives to form adverbs. We can also add –ly to come nouns to form adjectives. Adjective Adverb Noun Adjective real bad usual really badly usually friend day week friendly daily weekly

A Add –ly to each of the words in the box on the left. Then put them in different groups. You may use a dictionary.

Adjective→Adverb Noun→Adjective

careful day easy love month quick slow usual week year

B Millie is writing in her diary. Complete her entry with the correct forms of the words in brackets.

Today we had an English test. We have a (1) (month) test on each subject. I looked

through the questions (2) (quick). I could (3) (easy) answer all of them. To me, learning foreign languages is (4) (real) fun. I read English newspapers and magazines every day. I read very (5) (slow) at first, but I am doing better now. I also keep writing in English about my (6) (day) life. I learn to use English better this way(7) (usual) I watch English videos at weekends. I always have a (8) (love) time! Task

My ideal school

A What do you like or dislike about your school? Read the questionnaire below and write your answers. Questionnaire

1 What time does your school start? 2 Do you think this is too early or too late? 3 when do you finish school? 4 D you think this is too early or too late? 5 How long is lunchtime at your school? 6 Do you like your school uniform? Why or why not?

7 Below are some subjects, sports and after-school activities. Put a tick (√) in the box next to the ones you like. Subjects Sports Clubs □Chinese □Badminton □Art Club □English □Basketball □Chess Club □Geography □Football □Dance Club □History □Table tennis □English Club □Maths □Tennis □Reading Club □Physics □Volleyball □Singing Club 8 How often do you go on school trips? 9 Do you think your school is a good one ? Why or why not? Useful expressions

My ideal school starts at … and finishes at … We have an hour for …

I have … because I think … is very interesting I love … so I have … every day. There is…

We have lost of …

Every …, we g on a school trip.

B Read Daniel’s article about his ideal school.

My ideal school

My ideal school starts at 9 a.m. and finishes at 3 p.m. We do not need to get up early, and we have lots of time for after-school activities. We only have an hour of homework every day.

We have an hour for lunch. There is a big, clean dining hall. We have lunch and chat there. We listen to music at lunchtime. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties.

Our classes are quite small. There are about 20 students in each class. We can choose

subjects to study. I have Maths because I think Maths is very interesting. I love computers, so I have computer lessons every day.

There is a big library, a football field and a swimming pool. We have lots of clubs and after-school activities. Every month, we go on a school trip. We always have fun.

C Write an article about your ideal school. Use the information in Part A to help you. Then read your article to your partner.

Self-assessment I have learnt Details Result 1 about different school lives. 2 to use the new words to talk about my school life.

3 to compare the amount fo things. To use comparative and superlative adverbs. 4 the suffix -ly Result: Excellent! Good! I need to spend more time on

Not bad!

. (原书此处还有checkout 部分)

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