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Module 7 Great books Unit 1 We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas Mr Jackson: Hello, Betty. ?‎ Betty: I want to an Internet group to discuss great books great writers.‎ Mr Jackson: So, who are your great ?‎ Betty: Well, m Confucius and Shakespeare.‎ Mr Jackson: Really? I a that they’re great because their works are s read by many people today. But I think I’d describe Confucius m as a teacher and thinker ‎ t a writer. He was a very wise man. What do you have to do for the discussion?‎ Betty: Well, each of us reads a f book and writes a r for the discussion.‎ Mr Jackson: I see. We’re still I by Confucius’s ideas, and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of s to us today. People have always read, and will always read great books. B , what do you think of Mark Twain, the great American writer in the nineteenth c ?‎ Betty: He was important, but I s he isn’t well-known Confucius or Shakespeare.‎ Mr Jackson: No, but his books are still p , and one of his books is my favourite, The ‎ A of Tom Sawyer.‎ Betty: Great! Why don’t you join in the d and tell us about it?‎ Unit 2 It is still read and loved A book review of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer By Betty King One of my favourite great books is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain. The story is in the town of St Petersburg, Missouri, the US, in the nineteenth century. It tells some e stories about a boy who has many a .‎ Tom, the hero of the book, lives with his aunt Polly. He is a l and clever boy. He does not like people telling him what to do, so he always . He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run to an island in the of the Mississippi River. Tom has more trouble because a bad man Injun Joe is looking him. Later, Tom e from a ‎ c with （另一个） friend, Becky. He also finds Injun Joe’s t box and takes it .‎ My favourite p of the book is when Tom and Huck s their adventures on the ‎ I in the Mississippi River. At f , they are h . But when they hear that everyone thinks they are dead, they feel very s , so they come back home. They h and watch when they see their family and n coming to their f in the c . Then, Tom and Huck suddenly a . Everyone is s to see them at first, but very pleased to find that they are .‎ The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book. It is more than an adventure story. Mark Twain wrote it in 1876. It describes people’s lives in the s states of America at time. It tells how young people grow, how people love and how bad people for their actions. It is written in everyday English, and the dialogues sound especially real. Today, it is still read and loved by people , and it is thought to be one of the ‎ ‎ American stories.‎ 6‎ Module 8 Sports life Unit 1 Daming wasn’t chosen for the team last year Lingling: Hi, Tony, you look t .‎ Tony: Yes, I’m t for the big match next week.‎ Betty: Who are you playing ?‎ Tony: HAS.‎ Lingling: What does HAS ?‎ Tony: Haidian All Stars.‎ Betty: Oh, yes. It’ll be a d match. Didn’t they b you last time?‎ Tony: Yes, they did. But…‎ Lingling: What was the ?‎ Betty: If my memory is , HAS 98 points to BIG 52.‎ Tony: But Daming wasn’t for the team last time. That was a bad d . We can’t play well him.‎ Lingling: That’s no !‎ Tony: But Daming is back now. There’s no difference b the two teams this season.‎ Betty: When is the match?‎ Tony: It’s next Saturday at noon, but if you want good seats, you should come 11:30. Are you ?‎ Betty: I’m not sure. Do you think they’ll win, Lingling?‎ Lingling: ! How many matches have you played a HAS this year?‎ Tony: Well, about three.‎ Betty: And how many have HAS won?‎ Tony: Er… of them.‎ Betty: Wrong! All of them! the truth, Tony. You’ve got chance!‎ Tony: I don’t a . That’s not fair! (Tony leaves angrily.)‎ Lingling: Remember to t the ball, not k it, Tony!‎ Betty: He’s so us that he’ll try h to win, just to show we’re w !‎ ingling: Nice , Betty! I hope they win this time. We’ll be there to them.‎ Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world.‎ Liu Xiang---trained to win!‎ For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began 2004. First, he was I to competitions around the world. Then, he was chosen the Chinese team at the Athens Olympic Games and won a gold m .‎ Liu Xiang was not a successful sportsman . He was born in Shanghai 13th July 1983, and started training when he was very young. In Grade 4, he went to the Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the .‎ In 1998, Liu Xiang’s a in hurdling was noticed by Sun Haiping, who later became his . In 2001, a special programme was to help young sportsmen and . Liu Xiang was among them. His races were recorded, and he was the world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.‎ In May 2001, Liu Xiang won his first international ‎110m hurdles race in Japan. In 2004, he won the first Olympic gold medal for China in the ‎110m hurdles race, and at the same time the Olympic Games . It was also the first time an Olympic gold medal for hurdling was ‎ round the of a sportsperson from an Asian country.‎ Liu Xiang trained very . In fact, he trained so hard that he his foot. From 2008 , he suffered a lot his foot problem, but he did not give . Though he missed some competitions, he still returned to first place in the world ‎110m hurdles race in 2012.‎ It is a that his foot problem stopped him completing the 2012 London Olympic Games. But he is still a of courage and success, and we continue to take great in him.‎ 6‎ Module 9 Great inventions Unit 1 Will computers be used more than books in the future?‎ Tony: Dad, can I borrow your c ?‎ Dad: Why?‎ Tony: I’d like to some on the school visit to the museum next week. They’ll be ‎ ‎ on the school . And they can be seen on the Internet by other classes, even people living in countries.‎ Dad: Sounds great! When I was at school, we waited for weeks to hear from our pen friends a . But today, we can and photos and mails the Internet, and it’s really fast.‎ Tony: Yes, the Internet and the computer have changed our lives. We even use textbooks in our class. I wonder… Will computers be used more books in the future?‎ Dad: P . In the past, we mainly got information from paper books. Some are huge ones with of pages. Today, with the invention of the computer and the ‎ technology, it’s easy to get information on the Internet. The Internet is more powerful than books.‎ Tony: Anyway, about the camera…?‎ Dad: Oh, yes. Here . I haven’t used it since your mum’s birthday. And the memory may be .‎ Tony: OK. That can be fixed. I’ve got an memory . Where are the ?‎ Dad: In the camera bag. It’s a gift from your mum for my birthday, so you must that you’ll take care of it. if you have to lend it to anyone, tell them to use it .‎ Tony: Promise!‎ Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet?‎ Every morning, my father buys a newspaper on way to work. Every day, I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening, my mother looks magazines at home. And every night, I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming my bedroom wall before I . Can we I life paper or printing?‎ Paper was first created about 2,000 years in China. After its , people started to write on paper to make a book. In those days, books were only produced one by hand. As a result, there were not many books, and they were e . So, few people had the chance to learn to read.‎ Printing was invented in China the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later, developments in printing made it possible to produce books more q and c . A trade in books resulted, and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas s faster than ever before. , we can the invention of paper and printing the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.‎ Although the Internet is still young, it is growing very fast, and may become more than printing. A much larger of information can be s on the Internet than in books. Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find in printed . And the machines we use to read it are now small and light, often smaller and lighter than a book.‎ Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now, and newspapers and magazines are already read . So what will traditional printing take in the future? Will books be ‎ by the Internet? Let’s wait and see.‎ 6‎ Module 10 ‎Australia Unit 1 I have some photos that I took in Australia last year Tony: Dad, I need your help. My teacher asked us to c a country we want to visit, i ‎ we were there, and write a letter to our parents back home. I’ve chosen Australia. How can I do it?‎ Dad: Don’t worry. I have some photos that I in Australia last year. They may help you. Here we go. This is a called Ayers Rock, in Australia. the local people, it’s a special and place.‎ Tony: Oh, it looks . What’s its height?‎ Dad: 348 meters. And this is the Sydney Opera House. It’s like a huge boat with water ‎ ‎ three sides. And this one is the Great Barrier Reef.‎ Tony: Does it lie off the northeast coast of Australia?‎ Dad: Yes, it’s over 2,600 kilometres . It’s a great natural . And here are some photos of my Australian friends. They’re sheep f . They wear special hats that keep the ‎ away. The s that they’re holding are used to cut the wool the sheep. Do you know that many Australians came from ?‎ Tony: Yes, of course! That’s why they English. Did you while you were there?‎ Dad: Yes, and you can read it.‎ Tony: That’s great! And what didn’t you like about Australia?‎ Dad: I hated the ants that were all over the place. I had to them my clothes, especially my trousers!‎ Tony: Ants in your trousers! That’s really funny!‎ Dad: It wasn’t funny !‎ Unit 2 The game that they like most is Australian football Dear Mum and Dad,‎ I am writing this letter to you from the centre of Australia. , we are staying near Ayers Rock. On the first day, we a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how ‎ it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres ! During different of the day, the colours of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. Ayers Rock is a centre of local Aboriginal . The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the earliest times, and their stories descried the spirits that created the world.‎ The Australians have a close with the British. Many have British , and they are like us in many ways. The foods that Australians like most are ham and beef with lots of salad. They also grow grapes and other fruits. They love all sports, but the game that they like most is Australian football. Because most Australians live near the coast, they also love to the beach for swimming and surfing or just .‎ Although it is December, it is summer over here. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of sheep the fields and the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand… And kangaroos!‎ Australians speak English, . For example, when they say “G’day!” and “No worries.”, they mean “Hello!” and “Don’t worry about it. It’s not a problem!” ‎ On the second day, we went horse . The horse that I rode was , so I was left far . But I enjoyed the slow and r ride.‎ Later this evening, we back to Sydney and coming home. It has been a wonderful trip.‎ Love, Tony 6‎ ‎ Module 11 Photos Unit 1 He’s the boy who won the photo competition last year!‎ Daming: Are you going to the photo competition, Tony?‎ Tony: You ! I want to beat He Zhong this year. He’s not going to win it !‎ Daming: Who’s He Zhong?‎ Tony: He’s the boy who won the photo competition last year!‎ Daming: The one who took photos at the school dance?‎ Tony: That’s right. The thing is, he’s really good. And the of the competition is much higher this year.‎ Daming: I have a feeling that we can solve these little difficulties. What are the that they’ve chosen for this year’s competition?‎ Tony: Nature, Home and Away, City and People, and Music.‎ Daming: I think He Zhong will choose Music. Why don’t you choose the subject Home and Away, and take photos of Beijing?‎ Tony: But Beijing isn’t my home town. It’s Cambridge.‎ Daming: .Take some photos of Beijing and add some photos of Cambridge that you took recently.‎ Tony: That’s a good idea. What about that photo of my cousin with Chinese kids in the ? And the one of him reading a Chinese for the first time in Cambridge?‎ Daming: Nice photos! I’m sure you’re in with a chance!‎ Unit 2 The photo which we liked best was taken by Zhao Min Results of the photo competition Tonight I am happy to read out the winners of the photo competition. We were very our competition this year. Compared other years, we many more photos. Even though all of the photos are e , we are s to say that we cannot give ‎ to everyone.‎ The person who won the prize for the subject Nature is Li Wei. Li Wei took a photo of the trees in Xiangshan‎ ‎Park. His photo shows the different on the hill.‎ The photo which we liked in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. Zhao Min is only twelve years old. Her photo shows a person a street on a windy evening. It is a beautiful girl who is wearing a and , and who is protecting her books against the .‎ The best photo in the Music group was taken by He Zhong. His photo of the group Crazy Feet shows the singer, Becky Wang, and the band playing a concert. He Zhong manages to ‎ how this great new band moves and sounds, and the good time their fans are having.‎ A group of photos which show Beijing and Cambridge in England have won the prize for the subject Home and Away. They show some of the of a young visitor to our country, and some memories of his home. The winner is Tony Smith!‎ C to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition. Now let’s ‎ 6‎ welcome our to the prizes to the winners!‎ Module 12 Save our world Unit 1 If everyone starts to do something, the world will be saved.‎ Lingling: After our lesson on the e , I’m worried the future. P is our great enemy, and we have to it. If the rivers are p , farmers can’t use the water for their .‎ Tony: And in some places, pollution from f spreads over cities and villages. It makes people ill, and may even them. Pollution is a to our health.‎ Betty: And there are so many cars the roads. They use so much and cause pollution ‎ Daming: But we’re only students. We can’t do anything about factories and cars.‎ Betty: It’s no use talking about things we can’t do. we’ve got to think of things we can do!‎ Daming: Such as …?‎ Lingling: Do you think we can make our school a school?‎ Daming: What’s a green school?‎ Lingling: At a green school, every class which can be or used again. Then the school sells the waste and uses the money to help students in poor areas.‎ Daming: !‎ Betty: Students at a green school also learn ways to save and recycle . That means less waste.‎ Tony: That’s a good idea. Though pollution is now, I don’t think it’s . If everyone starts to do something, the world will be .‎ Unit 2 Repeat these three words daily: reduce, reuse and recycle.‎ How to be green How green are you? Answer these questions and find out.‎ ‎.Do you walk or ride a bike to school?‎ ‎.Do you buy new just because they are modern?‎ ‎.Do you turn the lights when you the room?‎ ‎.Do you take your bag when shopping and not ask for a bag?‎ ‎.Do you buy drinks in ? And what do you the bottles when they are ?‎ ‎.Do you the waste things to recycle and things to throw away?‎ We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day, and it is harmful to our environment. Repeat these three words daily: r , r and r .‎ Reduce Reduce means “use less”. Do not waste things. It money and causes less pollution. Do not more food than you can . Turn off the lights when you do not them. Before you buy something new, think it is really n , because maybe the old one is just as good!‎ Reuse Reuse means “use again”. Use things for possible. them so that they will last. R them if possible. Do not throw them away and buy new . Do not use paper or paper . It is better to use china and bags because they can be used many .‎ Recycle Recycle means “ to be reused”. Although it takes energy to change things into something else, it is better than throwing things away or ‎ them. We throw rubbish away each year, and we have to make a change. Divide your rubbish into plastic, glass, paper and rubber. a recycling for the whole community. Buy products such as to help trees.‎ We cannot hope for change, but let’s take these simple steps today we 6‎ ‎ will save the world for our g and g tomorrow.‎ 6‎