An NBA first (P1)
北京市第八十中学 王婧

  Do you like playing basketball? If so, do you want to be an NBA basketball player?

Yes. I’m very good at it. I like watching Yao Ming and many other stars playing basketball on TV. I dream of playing basketball in the NBA.
No. I don’t like playing basketball. I think it is boring.

1. What do the Americans think of Asian Americans?
2. When did Jeremy Lin become a member of the Golden State Warriors?
3. Where did Jeremy Lin graduate from?
4. Does the NBA need a player with a Harvard degree?
Key:   1. They don’t think Asian Americans can play basketball well.
2. In July.
3. Harvard University.
4. No, it doesn’t.

Translate these sentences.
1. 我能把你的衣服变成绿色的。(change)
I can __________ ___  into green.
2. 他成了校篮球队的一员。(become)
He _____ ____ __ ____  the school basketball team.
3. 他是我们学校的第一个体育明星。(first)
He _____ ____ ______ sports star.
4. 他对体育运动一点也不关心。(care about)
He ___________ ____ ____ sports at all.
5. 打篮球对身体健康很有用。(helps)
Playing basketball __________ people’s health.
Key: 1. change your clothes  2. becomes a member of
3. is our school’s first  4. doesn’t care about
5. helps

Do you have any new dreams these days?
Do you want to get good marks in your classes?
Do you want to improve your life?
Anyway, work hard and you’ll succeed.

Super bus comes to town (P2)

Do you often see traffic jams on the road? What can we do about it?
 

Make the best choice.
(  )1. What is the Super Bus made for?
A. To deal with traffic jams.
B. To compete with other buses.
C. To carry students to school.
D.  To work for the traffic police.
(  )2. How long is the Super Bus?
A. 2.2 meters long.
B. 40 meters long.
C. 6 meters long.
D. 1200 meters long.
(  )3. What is the most people the Super Bus      can carry?
A. 120.           B. 140.
C. 1200.         D. 1400.
(  )4. Why doesn’t the Super Bus take up road    space?
A. Because it is very high and small cars can drive under it.
B. Because it is very large and small cars can ride inside it.
C. Because it doesn’t run on the road and it has a special highway.
D. Because it runs very fast and other cars can’t catch up.
(  )5. When may the Super Bus go for a test run?
A. At the end of this year.
B. Next year.
C. It has already been used.
D. It won’t be used.
Key: 1—5 ABDAA

1. Study the following words:
problem, answer, large, long, wide, tall, end,  test
Do you have any problems?
Please answer my question.
It is a very large stone.
The bus is like a long classroom.
The boat is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide.
How tall is he?
There is a test at the end of the year.

2. Fill in the blanks with correct words:

1. Can I ask you a ________ first?
2. I'm having some _________ with my computer.
3. I want to know the ________ to this exercise.
4. Walk straight to the ______ of the street.
5. How  ________ is Yao Ming?
6. I want to move to a ______ house.
7. The new bridge is 1,000 meters ______.
8. When you are taking the ______, please don’t talk to each other.
Key：1. question 2. problems    3. answer  4. end       5. tall
6. large           7. long      8. test

Is it possible to use such a Super Bus?
Do you agree with making this bus or not?
Why?
What good ideas do you have to solve
traffic problems?

China moves up (P4-5)  (P4-5)
北京市第八十中学  王婧
I. Free talk
Have you ever heard of GDP? What does it mean?
Yes. / No.
Maybe it means how rich a country is.
II. Careful reading
Answer the following questions.
1. What are Chinese people happy about?
2. Which country has the biggest GDP? The USA or Japan?
3. Does that mean China is the richest country?
4. What good things does a large economy bring China?
5. What’s the main idea of this passage?

Key:  1. China may become the second largest economy.
2. The USA.
3. No, it doesn’t.
4. More jobs and money, more influence in the world.
5. It tells us what GDP is and how important it is.
III．Vocabulary study
1. rise  v. & n. 上升，升起, 起身，增加；
小山坡
    The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
    He will rise early tomorrow morning for work.
2. add up 加起来, 总计, 说的通
 Add up all the money and you get 500 yuan.
 These numbers add up to 100.
3. service  n. 服务  v. 维护，保养
    I like this restaurant because its service is the best.
4. used to  过去常常
    My father used to play under that tree.
    She used to be very happy.

Fill the blanks with the right forms of the words in the box.
grade, used to, population, rise, add up, service
1. The sun _____in the east.
2. China has a very large  ________.
3. The food is good at this hotel, but the ______is poor.
4. I remember that Lily ______ watch TV a lot.
5. Please  ______these numbers.
6. He's not in the first _______anymore, he’s too old.
Key: 1. rises         2. population  3. service  4. used to 
5. add up   6. grade
Great gifts for Teacher’s Day (P5)
北京市第八十中学 王婧

I. Pre-reading
Do you know when Teachers’ Day is? What are your plans for it?
Yes. It is on September, 10th.
I want to go to visit my teachers.

True or false.
1. Many kids in the US bring their teachers gifts  with pictures of apples.
2. An apple is a good present (礼物) for teachers because apples taste（尝起来） good.
3. Kids in the US used to bring real apples for their teachers.
4. Teachers won’t be happy if you bring an apple for them.
 Key: 1-4 TFTF
III. Vocabulary in use
Translate these sentences.
1. 昨天我的妈妈给我带来了很多玩具。(bring….for)
My mum ______________ me yesterday.
2. 我喜欢读有图片的书籍。(with…)
I like reading books _________.
3. 我们在学校学很多科目，例如语文、数学、英语等。
We learn many subjects at school, _____ Chinese, math and English.
4. 为什么不在教师节那天去看老师呢？(why not)
____________________ on Teachers’ Day?
Key: 1. brought many toys for    2. with pictures
3. such as 4. Why not go to visit the teachers           

What kind of presents would you like to give to your teacher on Teachers’ Day？
Why？