外研版八年级下册英语课文电子版解析

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.