新世纪教材

Unit 1

Housing Estates and Surroundings

（一）Moving （搬新家）

The Whites used to live in a small house in the

suburbs. They bought a new house six months ago. It

is in the centre of the town. It is the largest house in

their housing estate, and the public transport is very

convenient. There is a light rail station and a few bus

stops near it. They are going to move in this weekend.

Today is Saturday. There is a lot of work for everyone. Mother is getting all the clothes together. Jack is packing books. He is putting them into boxes. Father is looking for his things. He is asking Mum, “Where ’s my blue jacket?” “Maybe it’s in the bag. I’m not sure.” Mother says. Jack is clever. He first wrote out the names of the books on a piece of paper, and then stuck the piece of paper onto each box. So he knows all his books are in one big box. The Whites are happy to move into a new house, but there’s a lot of work to do.

（二）A new look Around Our housing Estate（小区新面貌）

Aunt Yu used to live with us in Shanghai. Five years ago he went to live in her hometown in Zhejiang Province .She loves country life. She often says, “The air in the country is fresher. The rivers there are clearer.” Last Friday, Aunt Yu came back to Shanghai for my grandmother ’s birthday. She was very happy to see the changes around our housing estate. The street in front of our house used to be narrow. Now it is wider. There used to be a small shop beside our house. Now there is a supermarket. There are more cars in the streets. The cars are more beautiful. They are faster, too. The river behind our house is clearer. Aunt Yu almost lost her way. She could not find the old houses. She only saw shopping malls, supermarkets and beautiful gardens with trees and flowers.

（三） What Good Are Trees

March 12 is Tree Planting Day. On that day every year, people, men and women, young

and old, plant a lot of trees. What good are trees? They make streets and housing estates more beautiful and quieter. They make the air cleaner and cooler. You probably didn ’t know that three trees can do the job of fifteen air conditioners. Trees can also give us fruit. Oranges, apples, pears and kiwi

fruit come from trees. There is wood in our pencils, and

paper in our books-all from trees. But some people don ’t

know the importance of trees. They cut down trees at

will(任意). We must stop them doing so. We must plant more

and more trees.

（四）－ Our flats Li ping ――I live in

the center of the town. Our flat is not big. It is a two-bedroom flat with 65 square metres, but there is enough space for the three of us. Our flat is clean and cosy(小巧舒适的).It is only ten minutes’ walk from my school. There is a light rail station and several bus stops near my home. So public transport is very convenient .

Wang Jian――My family used to live in town. My grandparents, my parents and I shared a one bedroom flat, but last year we moved to the suburbs. Our new flat larger and more beautiful than the old one. It has an area of 120 square metres with three bedrooms, a sitting room, a kitchen and a bathroom .It is farther from my school than my old flat. But it takes only 15 minutes by underground. Besides, around our housing estate, there is a shopping mall, a hospital and an underground station. Life there is much easier.

Zhang Yong――I still live in a small flat in the center of town. It has an area of only 40 square metres. We share a kitchen and a toilet with two other families. Next year, we are going to move to a bigger flat with 100 square metres. It is in the suburbs. I am looking forward to moving into the new flat because I can have my own bedroom.

Unit 2 National Holidays

（一）Chinese National Day

October1,1949 saw the founding of the people ’s Republic Of

China. On that day, the five-star red flag of China rose over

Tian ’anmen Square. That day became our National Day.The

five-star red flag became our national flag.

Ever since then, we have been working hard to develop our country. We are enjoying a happier and richer life. Every year in early October, we have a long holiday. We have many activities to celebrate our national Day. We usually hold national Day galas, and sometimes we go sightseeing. We see smiling faces everywhere.

（二）Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the Chinese new year.

It starts with the new moon on the first day

of the lunar year and it ends with the full moon fifteen days later.

A few days before the New Year, people begin to give the new houses a good cleaning. They decorate their houses with pictures and flowers.

On New Year’s Eve, family members get together for a New Year’s Eve dinner. They eat fish, chicken, duck, pork, vegetables, dumplings and many other delicious foods. After dinner, Some people watch the Spring Festival gala on CCTV. Other people enjoy the fireworks. Children can get lucky money. They don’t need to go to bed early. When the clock strikes twelve, people set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year. Some people telephone, send messages or e-mail each other to say “Happy New Year.”

（三）Christmas Day My Favorite Holiday

I like holidays. My favorite holiday is Christmas Day. It is on

December25.On Christmas Eve, we usually have a party. We eat a big

meal-turkey, Christmas pudding, potatoes, ham and so on.We

decorate our house with a Christmas Tree. The tree is very beautiful.

We hang a lot of stars and lights on it. After Christmas dinner, we

sit around the tree and sing Christmas carols. Everyone has a wonderful time. That night we go to bed late. During the night, Father Christmas gets into our

house

through the chimney. He brings us children presents. He

puts his presents in the stockings at the end of our beds.

We open our presents on the morning of Christmas Day. I

love Father Christmas. I love his presents.

（四）Thanksgiving

In 1620, a ship carried 102 English and Dutch people

to America. They began to build houses, raise chicken

and sheep, And plant crop there. But poor food, hard

work and terrible weather killed a lot of them.

One day in early 1621, an Indian came to their small

village. He introduced himself. Then he brought his friends to the village.The Indians taught them how to plant crops. In October that year, they had a good harvest. The English and Dutch people were very thankful to God. They were also thankful to the Indians. To celebrate their harvest, they had a big dinner. They ate turkey, fish, pork and many other delicious foods. They called this day Thanksgiving.

The people in other places of America also celebrate Thanksgiving. In 1789,the last Thursday of November became national Thanksgiving. Now Americans still celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a time for family members to get together.

Unit 3 Going on holiday

（一）LiHui ’s e-mail to Linda

Dear Linda,

We went sightseeing around London today. We travelled by

bus and underground. We set out early in the morning because

we wanted to see lots of places of historical interest. In the morning we went to The Tower of London and Tower Bridge. In the afternoon, we went to see Big Ben. It is one of the most famous clocks in the world. We also went to Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Guards. We really had a wonderful time today.Tomorrow we are going to visit the British Museum in the morning, and the Waxwork Museum in the afternoon. We are leaving London at 4:30p.m.

How was your trip to Beijing?

Li Hui

（二）Linda ’s e-mail to Li Hui

Dear Li Hui,

Thank you for your e-mail from London. I’m glad to

learn you are having a good time there. I had a nice

package tour to Beijing. We arrived in Beijing on July10, and we went sight seeing there for four days. There are so many places of historical interest there We visited Tian ’anmen Square, the Great Wall, The Summer Palace, the Palace Museum and so on. Tian ’anmen Square is in the centre of Beijiing. It is very large The Great Wall is far from the city centre. It is the longest wall in the world. The Summer Palace is not far from the city centre. It is one of the best parks in Beijing, and it’s very beautiful, with Kunming Lake. The Palace Museum is in the centre of the city, too. It has an area of about 720,000 squares metres. There are a lot of ancient buildings in it. I learned a lot about Chinese history. I really enjoyed this trip.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Linda

（三）Diana’s postcards to her parents

Dear Mum and Dad,

Here I am in Shanghai, safe and sound. It’s a wonderful city,very

modern.There are many high-rises and shopping malls here.I ’m

staying at the Park Hotel. It is near People’s Park. It used to be the

highest building in the city. The public transport is very convenient,

and there are a lot of tourist attractions here.The weather ’s

beautiful, and the people are friendly. I’m having a wonderful time here.

Love, Diana Dear Mum and Dad,

My friend Li Guang showed me around the Bund today.It is one of the most famous attactions in Shanghai.There are buildings of different styles there. They look prettier at night.Tomorrow we are going to People’s Square. We’ll visit the Shanghai Museum and see a play at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.

How ’s everything with you? Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Love, Linda

（四）Helen’s letter to her parents

Dear Mum and Dad,

We arrived in Paris yesterday, safe and sound. We had a

good journey.

We made a lot of friends on the plane. They are on the same

package tour with us. All of them are older than Tim and me. So

they looked after us on the way.

They are very interested in travelling. Some of them travelled to London and New York last year on a package tour. But this is their first time in Paris.

We are staying in a three-star hotel. It is in the centre of the city. Shopping and transport are very convenient. Paris is a modern city. But it has a lot of historical interest. This morning we visited the Louvre and Notre Dame. In the afternoon, we visited the Eiffel Tower. We learned a lot about French history. Both Tim and I think travelling not only is interesting and relaxing, but also

Can enrich our knowledge and broaden our minds.

Love,Helen

Unit 4 Polular Stories

（一） Snow White and the seven Dwarfs （Excerpts ）

One day the queen asked the mirror, “Mirror. mirror on the

wall, Who is the most beautiful of all?” The mirror said “Oh,

you are a beautiful queen. But Snow White is more beautiful than

you. Over the hills and far away, She is living with the seven

dwarfs today.”

The queen was very angry. She came to the little house and

gave a poisonous apple to Snow White. Snow White had a bite of

it. At once she looked dead.The seven dwarfs were all very sad. They put her in a glass coffin. All seven of them sat around it and cried for three days. A few days later, a prince happened to see Snow White in the glass coffin. He said to himself, “I’ve never seen such a beautiful girl before.” He decided to take Snow White to his Palace. Then he asked the dwarfs, “Can I take her home?”

“All right.” The Dwarfs agreed.

The prince asked his men to carry the coffin to his palace. But they stumbled on the road. The piece of poisonous apple came out of Snow White’s mouth. She sat up. “Where am I?” asked Snow White

“You are with me, my dear,” answered the Prince. “Would you like to be my wife?” “Yes, I’d like to,” answer Snow White with a sweet smile.

They became husband and wife and lived a happy life.

（二）Harry Porter

Harry Porter is an eleven-year-old English boy.

His parents died when he was a little baby. From then on

he lived with his horrible aunt, uncle and cousin. He had a

hard life, and he didn’t have a birthday party for eleven

years.

But on his eleventh birthday, an owl sent him a letter.

He began to learn about his true past. His father was a wizard. His mother was a witch. He himself is a wizard, too. The letter also invited him to go to school for wizards and witches So he took a train to the school. Harry found magic in everything in the school. He played new games and learned new lessons. He made friends and enemies there.

One day some people tried to steal something important from the school. Together with his friends, Harry managed to save the school.

（三）Conan Doyle－ the Great Writer of Detective Stories

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish doctor, He was born

in 1859. In 1887, he wrote his first detective story. Its

hero( ) was Sherklock Holmes, a great detective. People

loved the story and its hero very much. In 1891, Conan Doyle

began too write more stories about Sherklock Holmes. From

then on, each week there was a Holmes story in a magazine.

In 1892, Conan Doyle became bored with detective stories.

He decided to stop writing. So in one of the stories Holmes died.

Many fans was surprised to learn that. They didn’t want their hero to die They asked Conan Doyle to write another Holmes story. So he wrote the story The Hound of the Baskervilles(《巴斯克维尔庄园的猎狗》) It is the most famous Sherklock Holmes story.

Conan Doyle went on writing stories and novels. He died in 1930. Today Sherklock Holmes is still the most famous detective in the world.

estates surroundings

galas, probably

suburb lunar year

decorate carols

raise crop

introduce harvest

travel underground

package tour

queen dwarf

prince happen to

uncle cousin

magic enemy

save Scottish

magazine. bored

The Tower of London

Big Ben.

the Changing of the Guards.

the Waxwork Museum

Park Hotel

Shanghai Grand Theatre.

Notre Dame

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