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Module 1
Unit 1 It smells delicious
Tony: Mm…What a delicious smell! Your pizza
looks so nice.
Betty: Thanks! Would you like
to try some?
Tony: Yes, please, it looks
lovely, it smells delicious, and mm, it tastes
good.
Darning: What’s that on top?
Betty:
Oh, that’s cheese. Do you want to try a piece?
Darning: Ugh! No, thanks. I’m afraid I don’t
like cheese. It doesn’t smell fresh. It smells too
strong and it tastes a bit sour.
Betty:
Well, my chocolate cookies are done now. Have a
try!
Darning: Thanks! They taste really sweet
and they feel soft in the middle.
Tony: Are
you cooking lots of different things? You look
very busy!
Betty: Yes, I am! There’s some
pizza and some cookies, and now I’m making an
apple pie
and a cake.
Darning: Apple pie
sounds nice, I have a sweet tooth, you know. Shall
I get the sugar?
Betty: Yes, please. Oh, are
you sure that’s sugar? Taste it first. It might be
salt!
Darning: No, it’s OK. It tastes sweet.
It’s sugar.
Tony: What’s this? It tastes sweet
too.
Betty: That’s strawberry jam, for the
cake.
Darning: Good, everything tastes so
sweet! It’s my lucky day!
Unit 2 I
feel nervous when I speak Chinese.
Thanks for
your last message. It was great to hear from you,
and I can’t wait to meet you.
I hope you will
know me from my photo when I arrive at the
airport. I’m quite tall, with short
fair hair,
and I wear glasses. I’ll wear jeans and a T-shirt
for the journey, but I’ll also carry
my warm
coat. I’ve got your photo — you look very pretty.
So I’m sure we’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
— I’m
very proud of him! He’s good at everything, but
I’m 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 I’m quite
shy when I’m with strangers. I
feel nervous
when I speak Chinese, but I’ll be fine in a few
days. I’m always sorry when I
don’t know how
to do things in the right way, so please help me
when I’m with you in
China! Oh, I’m afraid of
flying too. But I can't tell you how excited I am
about going to
China!
See you next week!
Love,
Sally
Module 2
Unit 1 I’ve also entered lots of speaking
competitions.
Tony: Hi, Lingling. What are
you doing?
Lingling: I’m entering a
competition.
Tony: What kind of competition?
Lingling: A speaking competition.
Tony:
Great. It’ll help you improve your speaking. And
maybe you will win a prize.
Lingling: Yes, The
first prize is “My dream holiday”.
Tony: Have
you ever won any prizes before?
Lingling: No,
I haven’t. I’ve always wanted to go on a dream
holiday. But I can’t afford it.
The plane
tickets are too expensive.
Tony: Well, good
luck! I’ve also entered lots of speaking
competitions, but haven’t won any
prizes. I’ve
stopped trying now.
Lingling: That’s a pity.
Have you ever thought about other kinds of
competitions?
Tony: What do you mean?
Lingling: Look! Here’s a writing competition
Around the World in 80 Days. To win it, you
need to write a short story about a place
you’ve visited.
Tony: That sounds wonderful,
but I’ve never travelled much. How can I write
about it?
Lingling: Don’t worry. It doesn’t
need to be true! You can make it up.
Tony:
That’s interesting. I’ll try. I hope I will win,
then I will invite you to come with me.
Lingling: Sorry! The first prize is only the
book called Around the World in 80 Days!
Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids.
Mike
Robinson 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 many 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
Egypt, 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
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. It’s
really fun,”
said Clare.
The Robinsons are
moving again. The company has asked Peter to work
back the US.
Mike and Clare are happy about
this. They have friends all over the world, but
they also
miss their friends in the US. They
are counting down the days.
Module 3
Unit 1 Has it arrived yet?
Daming: Hi, Tony. What are you up to?
Tony: Hi, Daming. I’ve just made a model
spaceship for our school project
Daming: 1
haven’t started yet because I’m not sure how to
make it Can you help me?
Tony: Sure, no
problem. Have you heard the latest news?
Scientists have sent a
spaceship to Mars. The
journey has taken several months.
Daming: Has
it arrived yet?
Tony: Yes, it has arrived
already. That’s why it’s on the news.
Daming:
So have they discovered life on Mars?
Tony:
No, they haven’t yet.
Daming: Are there any
astronauts in the spaceship?
Tony: No, there
aren’t.
Daming: Why? Astronauts have already
been to the moon.
Tony: 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.
Daming: That’s interesting!
How can I get information on space travel?
Tony: You can go online to search for
information.
Daming: I will. Thank you, Tony!
Unit 2 We have not found life on any
other planets yet.
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, 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 them.
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 sent
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 from other
planets? Why
has no one communicated with us? We do not know
the answers…yet.
Module
4
Unit 1 I haven’t done much exercise since I
got my computer.
Doctor: How can I help you?
Darning: I feel ill. I’ve got a stomachache
and my head hurts.
Doctor: How long have you
been like this?
Darning: Since Friday. I’ve
been ill for about three days!
Doctor: I see.
Have you caught a cold?
Darning: I don’t think
so.
Doctor: Let me take your temperature… Mm,
there’s no fever. What kind of food do you
eat?
Darning: Usually fast food.
Doctor: Do you have breakfast?
Darning:
No, not usually.
Doctor: That’s the problem!
Fast food and no breakfast. That’s why you’ve got
a
stomachache.
Darning: What about the
headache?
Doctor: Do you do any exercise?
Darning: Not really. I haven’t done much
exercise since I got my compute last year.
Doctor: You spend too much time in front of
the computer. It can be very harmful to your
health.
Darning: OK, so what should I do?
Doctor: Well, don’t worry. It’s no serious.
First, stop eating fast food and have breakfast
ever day. Second, get some exercise such as
running. And I’ll give you some medicine.
Take
it three times a day.
Darning: Thank you,
doctor.
Unit 2 We have played football
for a year now.
Healthy living
I was not
feeling very well so 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 healthy. — Anna
Our 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 Wei
In 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 January.
Since then, it has become part of
my life. Now
I ride to work every day. It is my daily exercise.
I arrive at work with a smile on
my face. —
Thomas
Feeling weak after a long illness, I
wanted to exercise more. Then a friend suggested,
“Why don’t we go for a run before school?” So
we started running a week ago. But I do not
enjoy running, and when I get to school, I
feel awful. My legs hurt and I am hot all over.
Perhaps I am too weak to do any exercise. What
do you think? — Richard
Module 5
Unit 1 It’s time to watch a cartoon.
Tony:
Daming, we’ve finished our homework. It’s time to
watch a cartoon.
Daming: Good idea, Tony.
Let’s watch Superman!
Tony: We watched
Superman yesterday. Why don’t we watch Spiderman?
It’s more
modern.
Daming: I think Superman
is better. He’s stronger than Spiderman. He can
fly through the
sky and fight bad people.
Tony: Spiderman can’t fly, but he climbs up
buildings with his hands and feet. That’s cool. I
want to be someone like him.
Daming: Well,
Superman is brave. He keeps fighting bad people.
That’s a real hero!
Tony: I don’t think we
agree.
Daming: All right. Let’s watch Tom and
Jerry then.
Tony: Yeah! I like humorous
cartoons. Tom and Jerry are very funny. I can’t
help laughing
when I watch them!
Daming:
Yes, Jerry is too smart for Tom.
Tony: The
cute mouse always beats the cat! They fight a lot,
but they really love each
other. Sometimes
they protect each other and work together. I think
there’s a lesson there!
Unit 2
Monkey King has just had his 50th birthday.
Cartoon heroes
Nemo is a cute orange-and-
white fish and Shrek is an ugly green man. They
look very
different, but both of them have won
the hearts of young people all over the world. The
pictures of these popular cartoon heroes are
everywhere, on office desks, schoolbags and
computer screens.
There are also some
older cartoon favourites. Monkey King has just had
his 50th birthday.
He is the hero of a story
called Havoc in Heaven. He leads a group of
monkeys against
the Emperor of Heaven and his
guards. He is brave, clever and humorous. Parents
and
children laugh together as Monkey King
makes a terrible mess in heaven. They always
expect to see more Monkey King cartoons.
Tintin is another favourite cartoon hero. He
has been popular for over eighty years, ever
since the artist Herge invented him in 1929.
Tintin has red hair and a small white dog. He
works for a newspaper and has lots of exciting
experiences. Fans have bought about 200
million copies of Tintin’s stories in more
than fifty languages. Tintin appeared in China in
the 1980s. Many Chinese still collect these
black-and-white Tintin books.
Finally, Snoopy,
a cute dog, celebrated his 60th birthday in 2010.
Snoopy lives in his own
private work and finds
real life hard to understand. Charles Schulz
created Snoopy and
his friends, and drew the
cartoons to satisfy older people as well as
children.
Cartoon heroes are popular all over
the world, and some are more than eighty years
old.
The most popular cartoons come out as
books and not as films.
Many children read
cartoons today.
Many foreign cartoons have
become very popular in China.
Module 6
Unit 1 Do you collect
anything?
Lingling: Hi, everyone! Come in and
find somewhere to sit down. Sorry, it’s a bit of a
mess.
I’ll put the fans on the shelf.
Betty: Let me have a look. You’ve got so many
fans.
Lingling: Yes, about sixty.
Betty:
Where did you get them?
Lingling: Most of them
are presents. People often give me fans as
presents because they
know I like them. Do you
collect anything?
Betty: Yes, I collect coins
and notes, you know, like British pounds and US
dollars and
cents.
Lingling: Coins? They
must be really valuable. Can I see them?
Betty: Sure! I’ll show you my stamps too. I’ve
collected stamps from all over the world, I’ve
got six or seven books of stamps.
Tony: My
hobby doesn’t cost as much as yours —I collect
tickets, bus tickets and train
tickets!
Betty: You can’t do anything with old tickets!
Tony: I know, but when I look at them, I
remember some wonderful places.
Lingling:
Right! Their value isn’t very important. People
usually collect things just to
remember
something important in their lives.
Unit 2 Hobbies can make you grow as a person.
David’s hobbies
Many students have
hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing
vegetables and looking
after animals. Some
hobbies are relaxing and others are active.
Hobbies can make you
grow as a person, develop
your interests and help you learn new skills.
David Smith is a student, and one of his
hobbies is writing. During the summer of 2010, he
spent four weeks at a summer camp. As well as
the usual activities such as sailing and
climbing, there was writing class. “The
teacher was writer, and she asked us to talk about
our lives and tell interesting stories. Then
she encouraged us to write about experiences
at the camp.”
Back at school, David wrote
a story about the life of a sixteen-year-old boy,
and it came
out as a book in 2012. Many young
people love his book, and as result, David has
become a successful young writer.
David
has been very lucky because his hobby has brought
him pleasure and success. But
writing is not
his only hobby. He is also interested in many
other things. “I like playing
volleyball too,”
says David. “I spend some of my free time playing
volleyball for my school
team. Maybe I’ll
write about my volleyball team in my future
books.”
Module
7
Unit 1 Please write to me and send me some
photos!
Lingling: Hi, Betty. I’m making a list
of things for my trip. I like to get things ready
earlier.
Can you help me?
Betty: Sure. How
can I help?
Lingling: Well, it sounds crazy
but I don’t know what to take.
Betty: You
should take notebooks, pens and a dictionary.
Lingling: OK. What clothes should I take to
LA?
Betty: When are you leaving and how long
are you going to stay there?
Lingling: I’m
leaving at the end of July and I’m going to stay
there for four weeks.
Betty: Shorts are good,
or you can wear light trousers, it’ll be sunny and
hot there.
Lingling: I haven’t got any
sunglasses. I’ll buy a pair there.
Betty:
That’s a good idea. But remember, many things are
more expensive in America.
Have you got any
American dollars?
Lingling: Yes. Is 200
dollars enough?
Betty: If you’ve already paid
for the air tickets and for homestay, it should be
OK.
Lingling: What else?
Betty: Your bag
mustn’t weigh too much. You’d better ask the
travel company about the
total weight for all
your bags. Oh, by the way, don’t forget to take
your passport.
Lingling: OK. Thank you.
Betty: You’re welcome. You’ll have a great
time. Please write to me and send me some
photos!
Lingling: Yes, I will!
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Module 8
Unit 1 I can
hardly believe we’re in the city centre.
Lingling: Here we are. Welcome to Beihai Park,
Tony: Wow! It’s so quiet here that I can even
hear the birds singing! I can hardly believe
we’re in the city centre.
Lingling: This
park is famous for its lake, the bridges and the
ancient buildings on the hill.
The lake takes
up over half of the park area. Let’s walk along
the lake, cross the bridge
and climb up the
hill. Then I can point out the sights of Beijing
for you.
Tony: Yes, good idea. I’m sure it’ll
be fantastic to see the city from the top.
Daming: But I’m so tired, and it’s so hot
here. I don’t want to climb. The lake looks nice
and cool. Why don’t we go for a swim?
Lingling: I don’t think they allow people to
swim in the lake. It’s dangerous.
Daming:
That’s too bad. Then why don’t we have our picnic
here? I’m so hungry and
thirsty.
Lingling:
I think it’s better to have our picnic at the top
of the hill.
Tony: Come on! Let’s not waste
any more time.
Daming: All right. I hope it
will be cooler up there.
Unit 2 We
thought somebody was moving about.
FROM:
Betty
TO: Mum and Dad
SUBJECT: Wonderful
time in Zhangjiajie
Dear Mum and Dad,
I
promised to write, so…
We’re staying with
Lingling’s uncle in Hunan Province, and I’m having
a wonderful time
here in Zhangjiajie. It’s a
magic land of mountains, forests and rivers. It’s
very large, about
480 square kilometres. It’s
famous for the strange shape of its tall rocks.
Some of them
look like humans while others
look like wild animals.
Last night we camped
by a small lake. During the night, we heard some
noise! It woke
everybody up. We thought
somebody was moving about. Lingling’s uncle said
it was an
animal. We came out without making
any noise, and found it was just a hungry monkey
looking for food.
This morning, we climbed
Mount Tianzi! From the top we hoped to see the
lakes and
forests. But it was a pity that it
was cloudy. We could only see the mountain tops
above the
clouds. Then we walked down the
path, along a river, past trees and other plants
and back
to the camp, I pulled a leaf off a
plant, but Lingling’s uncle said that it was wrong
to pull
leaves off plants and that we should
protect everything here. I was very sorry.
Tomorrow we’re going to Dong ting Lake, the
second largest freshwater lake in China.
We’ll
be back home next week! Wish you were here!
Love,
Betty
Module 9
Unit 1 Could I ask if you’ve mentioned this to
her?
Helpline: Hello, Friendship Helpline.
Who’s calling, please?
Lingling: Hello. This
is Lingling speaking.
Helpline: Hi, Lingling!
How can I help you?
Lingling: I have a problem
with my best friend. She’s called…
Helpline:
No, don’t tell me who she is. Tell me when the
problem started
Lingling: Yes. Well. We’ve
been friends for five years. We got separated when
we went to
different schools last term, but we
stayed in touch.
Helpline: So could you
explain what happened then?
Lingling: This
term, she came to study at my school. I was so
happy at first. But she’s so
different.
Helpline: Can you tell me how she’s different?
Lingling: She doesn’t like me to see my other
friends.
Helpline: Could I ask if you’ve
mentioned this to her?
Lingling: Yes, but she
refused to listen.
Helpline: OK. Do you know
why she treats you like that?
Lingling: No, I
don’t know.
Helpline: Maybe she doesn’t feel
very sure of herself in her new school.
Lingling: Maybe.
Helpline: She probably
feels lonely without you. I’m sure she regrets
hurting you. So be
patient with her and
explain to her that she can make friends with your
other friends too.
Try to introduce her to
them.
Lingling: I see. I’ll encourage her to
join in more. Thanks.
Helpline: No problem,
Lingling. You’re welcome!
Unit 2 I
believe that the world is what you think it is.
A beautiful smile
When I was thirteen
years old, a girl gave me an important gift. It
was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my
first year at a new school. No one knew me. I was
very
lonely, and afraid to make friends with
anyone.
Every time I heard the other students
talking and laughing, I felt even more lonely. I
could
not talk to anyone about my problem, and
I did not want my parents to worry about me.
One day, my classmates were talk with their
friends, but I sat in silence. At that moment, a
girl entered the classroom. I did not know who
she was. She passed me and then turned
back.
She 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. It was like a hidden treasure.
That smile changed my life. I started talk
with the other students. Day by day, I learnt to
trust people, and they included me in their
circle of friends. The girl with the bright smile
has become my best friend now, and we stick
together like glue.
One day, I asked her why
she smiled at me that day. She said she could not
remember!
Now I believe that the world is what
you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you
might
always be alone. My suggestion is: smile
at the world and it will smile back.
Module 10
Chen Huan: Hi, everybody.
I’m the news director at Radio Beijing.
Lingling: Thank you for showing us around.
Chen Huan: No problem! Now, come this way.
Look at the red light. When it’s on, it means
we’re on air. And we should avoid making any
noise in the background!
Tony: OK.
Chen
Huan: This is the newsroom. We collect the latest
national and international news
and write
reports here. It gets crazy in here just before
the programme begins.
Lingling: How can I
become a presenter?
Chen Huan: I think you
need to speak English really well. So keep
studying, and I hope
that you can join us one
day.
Tony: What about the sports news?
Chen Huan: That’s over there. And it is where
we do interviews with big stars of sports.
Let’s watch the presenter. Remember, I said
you need to keep quiet if the red light is on.
Presenter: Finally, we’ve just heard that
Germany has won the football match, 2-1 against
England.
Lingling: Hey! That’s great news!
Tony: No, it’s awful news!
All: Ssh!
Presenter:…And that’s the end of the six
o’clock news.
“How old are you? The
radio manager looked down at me.
“Fifteen,” I
said.
“And you want a job in radio? Shouldn’t
you be at school?” he asked.
How could I
explain? I have always loved the radio. I still
remember, when I was four years
old, I sat
close 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 not to lots of
listeners but to
me in person. At the age of nine, I asked for
part-time 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, talked about life at school,
and
hoped someone might be listening.
Soon my
friends at school started to listen, and then they
wanted to help. We prepared a
programme once a
week, doing research on articles about music,
sports news, jokes and
the weather report (I
did this by looking out of the window).
“OK,
come with me,” the manager said. I sat down in the
studio. He was in another room,
behind a glass
wall.
“OK, let’s do a sound check. Just tell
me what you had for breakfast.”
All radio
presenters need to answer the same question before
they begin work. The
purpose is to check the
sound level.
“I had eggs, fruit and some
milk.”
“OK, that’s great!” the man behind the
glass said.
This was how my first real job in
radio began.