外研版八年级下册英语课文电子版Word文档格式.docx

1、 No, thanks. Im afraid I dont like cheese. It doesnt smell fresh. It smells too strong and it tastes a bit sour. Well, my chocolate cookies are done now. Have a try! They taste really sweet and they feel soft in the middle. Are you cooking lots of different things? You look very busy! Yes, I am! The

2、res some pizza and some cookies, and now Im making an apple pie and a cake. Apple pie sounds nice, I have a sweet tooth, you know. Shall I get the sugar? Yes, please. Oh, are you sure thats sugar? Taste it first. It might be salt! No, its OK. It tastes sweet. Its sugar. Whats this? It tastes sweet t

3、oo. Thats strawberry jam, for the cake. Good, everything tastes so sweet! Its my lucky day!Unit 2 I feel nervous when I speak Chinese.2 Read Sallys email and find out which is her picture.FROM: SallyTO: LinglingSUBJECT: Re: Welcome to China.Hi Lingling,Thanks for your last message. It was great to h

4、ear from you, and I cant wait to meet you.1 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 sure we

5、ll find each other!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 proud o

6、f him! Hes good at everything, but Im not. Sometimes I get bad marks at school, and I feel sad. I should work harder.You asked me, “How do you feel about coming 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. I fee

7、l 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 too. But I cant tell you how excited I am about going to China!See you next week!Love,SallyModule 2U

8、nit 1 Ive also entered lots of speaking competitions. 3 Listen and read. Hi, Lingling. What are you doing?Lingling: Im entering a competition. What kind of competition? A speaking competition. Great. Itll help you improve your speaking. And maybe you will win a prize. Yes, The first prize is “My dre

9、am holiday”. Have you ever won any prizes before? No, I havent. Ive always wanted to go on a dream holiday. But I cant afford it. The plane tickets are too expensive. Well, good luck! Ive also entered lots of speaking competitions, but havent won any prizes. Ive stopped trying now. Thats a pity. Hav

10、e you ever thought about other kinds of competitions? What do you mean? Look! Heres a writing competition Around the World in 80 Days. To win it, you need to write a short story about a place youve visited. That sounds wonderful, but Ive never travelled much. How can I write about it? Dont worry. It

11、 doesnt need to be true! You can make it up. Thats interesting. Ill try. I hope I will win, then I will invite you to come with me. Sorry! The first prize is only the book called Around the World in 80 Days!Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids.2 Read the passage and answer the questions.Mike Robinson

12、is a fifteen-year-old American boy and his sister Clare is fourteen. At the moment, Mike and Clare are in Cairo in Egypt, one of the biggest and busiest cities in Africa.They moved here with their parents two years ago. Their father, Peter, works for a very big company. The company has offices in ma

13、ny countries, and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before. Peter usually stays in a country for about two years. Then the company moves him again. His family always goes with him.The Robinsons love seeing the world. They have been to many interesting places. For example, in Egy

14、pt, they have seen the Pyramids, travelled on a boat on the Nile River, and visited the palaces 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

15、 pronounce the words. However, they still enjoy learning it. So far they have learnt to speak German, French, Chinese and Arabic. Sometimes they mix the languages. Its really fun,” said Clare.The Robinsons are moving again. The company has asked Peter to work back the US. Mike and Clare are happy ab

16、out this. They have friends all over the world, but they also miss their friends in the US. They are counting down the days.Module 3Unit 1 Has it arrived yet?Daming: Hi, Tony. What are you up to? Hi, Daming. Ive just made a model spaceship for our school project 1 havent started yet because Im not s

17、ure how to make it Can you help me? Sure, no problem. Have you heard the latest news? Scientists have sent a spaceship to Mars. The journey has taken several months. Has it arrived yet? Yes, it has arrived already. Thats why its on the news. So have they discovered life on Mars? No, they havent yet.

18、 Are there any astronauts in the spaceship? No, there arent. Why? Astronauts have already been to the moon. 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. Thats interest

19、ing! How can I get information on space travel? You can go online to search for information. I will. Thank you, Tony!Unit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet.2 Read the passage and choose the best title for it.1 Anyone out there? 2 Life on earth 3 The sun and the stars 4 The stars at n

20、ight_Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. However, we have not found life on any other 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

21、, 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 small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or the Milky Way. There are billions of stars in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of t

22、hem.Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe. They are very far away and their light has to travel for many years to reach us. So how large is the universe? It is impossible to imagine.Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet of Mars to take photos. They have even sen

23、t spaceships to travel outside the solar system. However, no spaceship has travelled far enough to reach other stars in our Galaxy.Scientists have always asked the questions: 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

24、from other planets? Why has no one communicated with us? We do not know the answersyet.Module 4Unit 1 I havent done much exercise since I got my computer.Doctor: How can I help you? I feel ill. Ive got a stomachache and my head hurts. How long have you been like this? Since Friday. Ive been ill for

25、about three days! I see. Have you caught a cold? I dont think so. Let me take your temperature Mm, theres no fever. What kind of food do you eat? Usually fast food. Do you have breakfast? No, not usually. Thats the problem! Fast food and no breakfast. Thats why youve got a stomachache. What about th

26、e headache? Do you do any exercise? Not really. I havent done much exercise since I got my compute last year. You spend too much time in front of the computer. It can be very harmful to your health. OK, so what should I do? Well, dont worry. Its no serious. First, stop eating fast food and have brea

27、kfast ever day. Second, get some exercise such as running. And Ill give you some medicine. Take it three times a day. Thank you, doctor.Unit 2 We have played football for a year now.2 Read the passage and match the people with the pictures in Activity 1. Healthy living1I was not feeling very well so

28、 the doctor checked my heart and said I needed more exercise, I have never been very active, 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 exercise by taking him for a walk every day. I have had him for three months now and I feel really

29、 healthy. Anna2Our teacher decided to start a girls football team and I thought: “What a great 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 excellent condition too. Wang Wei3In the last few years, I went to work by underground. When I got to work, I always felt very sleepy and I was not happy. I bought a bike in Ja