八年级牛津版（ 8A ） Unit 3

1. 八年级牛津版（8A） Unit 3

2. Unit 3 A day out

3. Reading

4. Words and expressions mom beginning coach traffic sky model metal inside whole n. 妈妈 n. 开始，起初 n. 长途汽车 n. 交通，来往车辆 n. 天，天空 n. 模型，模特儿 n. & adj. 金属(的) adv. 在里面 adj. 整个的

5. Words and expressions n. 令人感兴趣的人或事 n. 金字塔 adj. 真的，真实的 n. 歌，歌曲 n. 英特网，互联网 主页 n. 行进，走动 adj. 主要的 n. 胃，肚子 interest pyramid real song Internet home page movement main stomach

6. Lead-in 1. Where are you going during the holiday? 2. Which city are you going to? 3. Why do you want to go there? 4. How do you plan to get there?

7. I’d like to go to the World Park in Beijing. There are models of over a hundred places of interest from all over the world. We can see the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids and the Golden Gate Bridge in the park. They look just like the real ones. So I can travel around the world in a day. What an amazing day it will be!

8. Travel around the world in a day!

10. The Great Wall

11. Terracotta Army - China

12. The Pyramids, Egypt

13. Taj Mahal, India

14. Eiffel Tower

15. the Opera House

16. the White House

17. London Bridge

18. A Around the world in a day! Linda went to the World Park in Beijing and she wrote a letter to her mother. Do you want to know what she did and what she saw there? Read the text carefully and answer the questions below.

19. Questions • Where did Linda go? • 2. Who did she go with? • 3. How long was the journey? The World Park in Beijing. With Kitty’s class. About two hours by coach.

20. 4. Did she enjoy it at the beginning? 5. What did she see from the coach when they arrived? 6. How many models of places of interest are there? No, it was boring. There was a lot of traffic. She felt sick. The model Eiffel Tower. Over a hundred.

21. 7. Which places of interest did they see? 8. What was the best part? 9. Where can Linda’s mother see the photos of the trip? The model pyramids and the model Golden Gate Bridge. The song and dance parade. On the Internet.

22. B A fun day out Replace the underlined phrases with the correct words from Linda’s letter.

23. Kitty: It was a great day yesterday. Linda really enjoyed herself.:-) Daniel: Me too. It was interesting to see models of so many places of interest from all over the world.

24. Kitty: I didn’t like the traveling from one place to another at the beginning.:-( There was too much movement of cars on the city roads at the start, but it was OK on the main road between cities. trip traffic highway

25. Daniel: Did you feel food was going to come up from your stomach for most of the trip? Kitty: Yes, but when I arrived at the park, I felt better. Daniel: Did you see the most famous tall metal building in Paris? sick the Eiffel Tower

26. Kitty: Yes, I did. What about the old stone buildings of Egypt? Daniel: Yes. They were amazing, weren’t they? Kitty: Yes, they were. pyramids

27. Our trip to the World Park Read Kitty’s notes. Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.

28. 1. It took half an hour to get to the World Park from school. 2. We went to the World Park by coach from Sunshine Town. 3. We could see the model pyramids from the coach. 4. There are models of many places of interest there.

29. 5. The model pyramids looked just like the real ones in the USA. 6. The model Eiffel Tower is a tall stone building. 7. Daniel made a special home page for the trip.

30. Fill in the blanks according to the text. I was very happy that day because my teacher Mr.Wu i______ my cousin Linda to j______in our school trip. At the b_________we did not e______it because there was heavy t________on the road. Linda and I felt s_______for most of the trip. Finally we a______at the World Park. nvited oin eginning njoy raffic ick rrived

31. Fill in the blanks according to the text. When we saw________________, Linda and I became e_____. In the world Park, there was over a hundred places of i______ from all over the world. The best part was the song and dance p______. I really enjoyed m_____on that a______ day. the Eiffel Tower xcited nterest arade yself mazing

32. Fill in the blanks according to the text. After our trip, Daniel taught h________ how to make a home page. He put his photos on it for everyone to look at. imself

33. Language points

34. 1. Kitty’s teacher Mr. Wu invited me to join their school trip to the World Park. invite v. 邀请 invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事 invite sb to a place 邀请某人去某地 We invited him to our house for a drink. 我们邀请他到我们家喝酒。 He invited me to have coffee, tonight. 他邀请我今晚去喝咖啡。

35. 2. It was a great time but we didn’t enjoy it at the beginning. beginning n. 开始，起初 at the beginning 表示“开始，起初”， 强调开始的时间和起点 We are going to Japan at the beginning of July. 我们五月初将去日本。

36. 3. There was a lot of traffic on the city roads but it got better when we were on the highway. traffic n. 交通 There is heavy traffic during the rush hour. highway n. 城镇间的公路 The two cities are linked by a highway.

37. 4. Kitty’s classmate Daniel taught himself how to make a home page. taught oneself ＝ learn by oneself 自学 He taught himself English when young. 他年轻时自学的英语。 He learned English all by himself. 他自学英语。

38. 5. Go and see for yourself! for oneself 为了自己，亲自 by oneself 独自地，独立地 You shouldn’t live just for yourself. 你不能只为了自己而活着。 I did it by myself.     我独自一个人做了这件事。

39. Thank you!