上海牛津初中英语八年级上--CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER ONE

[00:03.29]READING

[00:05.85]Page 3

[00:09.20]A letter from a pen-friend

[00:13.92]  Middle Street Walker Newcastle upon Tyne

[00:19.10]  NE6 4BY

[00:23.25]Dear May

[00:25.89]Hi!I saw your name and address in'Pen-friends' magazine

[00:31.95]And I would like to be your pen-friend.

[00:36.21]First,I will tell you some things about myself.

[00:41.56]My name is Sidney Li Pei-chun.

[00:46.11]I'm fourteen years old.

[00:49.63]I'm about five feet tall.

[00:53.19]I have short black hair and brown eyes.

[00:57.63]My favourite hobby is playing computer games.

[01:02.17]I also enjoy playing chess.

[01:05.93]I live with my parents.

[01:07.97]They came to England about 30 years ago.

[01:12.12]They came from Hong Kong,but I have never been there.

[01:16.85]Now my parents own a Chinese restaurant in Newcastle.

[01:21.68]We live in a small house near our restaurant.

[01:25.92]I was born in Newcastle in 1986.

[01:31.06]I can speak Chinese,but I cannot write it very well.

[01:36.94]I have a brother called Edwin.

[01:40.60]He is 23.

[01:43.65]He works 1 as an architect,in London.

[01:47.81]I'm in Form One at Walker School.

[01:51.93]It is near my house,and so I can walk to school.

[01:58.47]I like my school because the teachers are very friendly.

[02:05.73]My school has many sports fields.

[02:11.16]I am keen 2 on sports.

[02:15.00]I enjoy playing rugby and badminton in the winter,and tennis in the summer.

[02:24.95]My best subject at school is physics.

[02:30.62]My ambition is to be an engineer.

[02:35.98]I enclose 3 a photo of myself and some school friends.

[02:43.42]I am in the middle.

[02:46.90]I hope you will write to me soon,May,and tell me all about yourself

[02:54.76]Best wishes Sidney

[02:59.20]LISTENING

[03:01.76]Page 7

[03:04.71]Completing a table of information

[03:09.28]Listen to the recording 4.

[03:12.94]Sidney and his friend Mary are playing a game.

[03:19.18]Sidney is describing four friends.

[03:24.64]Mary must guess who they are.

[03:29.19]Listen and complete the table for Mary.

[03:34.44]Right, number one.

[03:38.80]Mary:Is it a boy ora girl?Mary:Is it a boy ora girl?

[03:43.84]Sidney:It's a boy.

[03:46.80]Mary:What colour is his hair?

[03:51.84]Sidney:It's black.

[03:54.71]Mary:How long is his hair?

[03:59.44]Sidney:It's not long,he has short hair.

[04:05.29]Mary:What colour are his eyes?

[04:10.85]Sidney:Brown.

[04:13.49]Mary:How tall is he?

[04:17.93]Sidney:He's 4 feet 6 inches.

[04:23.81]Mary:Where was he born?

[04:27.86]Sidney:He was born in Hong Kong.

[04:32.90]Mary:What is his favourite sport?

[04:38.65]Sidney:Football.Now number two

[04:44.24]Mary:Is it a boy or a girl?

[04:49.57]Sidney:It's a girl.

[04:52.49]Mary:What colour is her hair?

[04:57.95]Sidney:It's brown.

[05:00.90]Mary:How long is her hair?

[05:05.87]Sidney:It's very long.

[05:09.52]Mary:What colour are her eyes?

[05:15.48]Sidney:Brown.

[05:18.15]Mary:How tall is she?

[05:21.99]Sidney:She's 4 feet 5 inches.

[05:26.66]Mary:Where was she born?

[05:31.21]Sidney:She was born in England.

[05:36.48]Mary:What is her favourite sport?

[05:41.94]Sidney:Hockey.Now number 3

[05:46.80]Mary:Is it a boy or a girl?

[05:52.16]Sidney:It's a girl.

[05:54.90]Mary:What colour is her hair?

[05:59.26]Mary:How long is her hair?

[06:03.62]Sidney:She has short hair.

[06:08.07]Mary:What colour are her eyes?

[06:13.24]Sidney:Brown.

[06:15.88]Mary:How tall is she?

[06:19.95]Sidney:She's 4 feet 3 inches.

[06:26.90]Mary:Where was she born?

[06:30.74]Sidney:She was born in England.

[06:35.57]Mary:What is her favourite sport?

[06:40.54]Sidney:Badminton.

[06:43.38]Now number 4 the last one.

[06:48.56]Mary:Right,is it a boy or a girl?

[06:54.72]Sidney:It's a boy.

[06:57.67]Mary:What colour is his hair?

[07:02.82]Sidney:He has blond 5 hair.

[07:07.47]Mary:How long is his hair?

[07:12.04]Sidney:It's not long.

[07:15.38]   He has short hair.

[07:19.46]Mary:What colour are his eyes?

[07:24.60]Sidney:Blue.

[07:27.16]Mary:How tall is he?

[07:31.00]Sidney:4 feet 7 inches.

[07:35.86]Mary:Where was he born?

[07:39.81]Sidney:He was born in Hong Kong.

[07:44.77]Mary:What's his favourite sport?

[07:49.32]Sidney:Rugby.

[07:51.98]SPEAKING

[07:54.54]Pages 11 and 12

[07:59.29]A Talk time

[08:03.84]Questions and answers

[08:07.60]When we ask questions starting with what,where,when,how old or how many,

[08:18.86]We let our voices fall at the end.

[08:24.32]When we answer these questions,

[08:28.40]We usually let our voices fall at the end,too.

[08:34.46]Exercise A1

[08:38.61]1 What's his name?David.

[08:44.07]2 Where does he live? I don't know.

[08:49.53]3 When was he born?

[08:53.79]  In nineteen seventy-nine.

[08:57.84]4 How old is he? Thirteen.

[09:03.87]5 How many brothers has he got? Three.

[09:10.32]Expressing surprise

[09:14.08]Sometimes we make our voices rise at the end of sentences.

[09:21.95]We do this to express surprise,and sometimes other feelings such as happiness

[09:32.29]Exercise A2

[09:36.42]1 He plays tennis. Tennis!

[09:42.77]2 His house has a garden. A garden!

[09:49.74]3 His birthday is tomorrow. So is mine!

[09:56.87]4 His eyes are brown. Brown!

[10:03.12]Exercise A3

[10:07.16]MAY:Hello,what's your name?

[10:11.40]BOB:Bob.

[10:13.83]MAY:Mine is May.

[10:16.99]    Where do you live?

[10:19.94]BOB:I live in London.

[10:22.79]MAY:How old are you?

[10:25.84]BOB:Thirteen.

[10:28.79]MAY:When's your birthday?

[10:31.95]BOB:The tenth of September.

[10:35.92]MAY:(surprised) That's today!

[10:38.98]  Happy birthday,Bob.

[10:42.43]Page 16

[10:45.36]MORE PRACTICE  B

[10:49.22]Jackie Chan came into this world in 1954,

[10:54.18]The son of a poor couple who went to Hong Kong from Shandong,China.

[11:00.74]When he was born,his parents did not have enough money to pay the hospital.

[11:06.91]They almost had to ask a doctor to adopt him.

[11:11.58]But the good omen 6 of his birth

[11:15.24]An only child born in the year of the Horse was destined 7 to change his fortune

[11:22.19]His parents tried very hard to raise money for the hospital bill and took Jackie

[11:28.74],Their only child,home.

[11:31.98]They named him Chan Kong-sang,which means 8 born in Hong Kong,

[11:38.51]To celebrate their safe arrival 9 in Hong Kong.

[11:43.19]The family lived in the French Embassy 10

[11:46.85]Where Jackie's father worked as a cook and his mother a housekeeper 11.

[11:52.59]Jackie disliked school and left after finishing Grade One.

[11:58.24]When Jackie was seven years old,

[12:01.89]His father went to Australia and worked as chief cook in the American Embassy

[12:08.14]to earn more money.

[12:11.19]Jackie's life was destined to change greatly

[12:15.66]from the moment his father decided 12 that the boy should learn some skills,

[12:21.41]And sent him to the China Drama 13 Academy 14.