MODULE 3 Sporting life 5 Choose the best answer. I Xu Haifeng won the first gold in the Olympic Games for China a) meda b) symbol c)prize d) point 2 Liu Xiang- by his coach to train regularly a) told b)was advised c) was defeated d) compared 3 The team played well, but they didnt the competition a) score b)do c) win d) succeed 4 Mr Li- to represent the new computer company. a)were noticed b)was chosen c) set up d) held 5 Our team entered the after we won 50 matches a)competition b)season c) meda d) training 6 BIG Beijing International Globetrotters a) makes b)spells c) stands for d) looks like 7 Our team lost!. They by the other team a) noticed b) were defeated c)won d) were encouraged 6 Listen and check(√) the true statements.圖 I She found her training difficult when she first started doing taekwondo. D 2 She trains without a coach. D 3 She is a very tough person, even when she isnt doing sports. L 4 She didn t win a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. U 5 Chen Zhong won't be in the next Olympic Games. L 7 Listen again and choose the correct answer. oa I Who encouraged her to continue with her training? a) her coach and her moth b) Her friends c) Her fans 2 How does she change when she is in a competition? a) She becomes tough b) She becomes shy. c) She becomes happy 3 What does Chen Zhong want to do in the future? a) To set up a taekwondo school b) To encourage people to take part in the Olympics c) To win another gold medal in the next Olympic Games 24 Module
Language in use 3 8 Put the sentences in the correct order to complete the conversation a Well, don't stop looking It's important to find a club that has been set up by the WTF. L b People say Ive got no chance of getting a black belt in less than five years. What do you reckon c i want to find out whether I am too old to start taek wondo, d Of course not! People of all ages can do taek wondo. First of all, you need to find a e The World Taekwondo Federation. D f There's one near my school, but I dont think it's good. D g Well, it usually takes about five years, but it can be done in about two or three years,so go for it!口 h What does that stand for? Around the wOrld The Paralympic Games In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a doctor at a hospital in England, began using sport as part of his patients' treatment He set up a competition with other hospitals at the same time as the london olympics in that year Over the next ten years, the competition grew bigger and bigger with more hospitals in England taking part In 1960, at the Rome Olympics, Guttmann brought 400 athletes to compete. The modern Parallel Olympics(or 人 Paralympics")were born Ludwig Guttmann More and more people take part in Paralympics, and at the Paralympics in Sydney, a total of 125 countries took part. Crowded stadiums and enormous media coverage across the world made this the best Paralympics ever Module task: Making a class sports survey 9 Work in groups. Write questions to find out about the sports people like to watch and do what sports do you like?. How often.? Do you like to…or.? 0 Carry out your survey. Ask as many students as you can to answer your questions I1 Write the results of your survey. Say how many students you asked and what the questions were We asked.. student“whar..?” Compare their answers students said. and students said Module 325
ModULE 4 Great inventions Module task: Discussing how to improve inventions Unit 1 Paper and printing have been used for age es Listening and vocabulary a3Listen and read E Tony: Dad, can I ask a favour? Can I borrow New Standard your digital camera Tonys dad: Why? School Diary」l Tony: Id like to take some photos on the Homework Help school visit to the museum next week Hobbies Tonys dad: Is this for your school magazine? Has it been published yet? Teachers Tony: Yes, two issues have been published But it,'s going to be an online magazine from now on Tonys dad: What's wrong with an ordinary magazine? Tony: Do you mean using paper? It's too expensive. If the magazine is online, paper won't be needed. Thats an important advantage. It'll be published on the school website, and it can be read on screen Tonys dad: Well, that makes me think Paper 1 Work in pairs and answer the questions and printing have been used for ages. We once got information from books, but now I Is an online magazine the same as an the same information can be read or even ordinary magazine listened to on computers 2 What is the advantage of an online Tony: I wonder. Can books be replaced by magazine 3 Will someone lend you a digital camera? computers? Maybe I'll write something for the magazine! Any way, about the 2 Listen and check the words as you camera.? hear then.圖 Tony's dad: Here it is. The battery hasn't been charged for a couple of months. It's been advantage battery borrow camera turned off since your mums birthday party. charge lend look after online Tony: It doesnt matter. I'll see to that photo promise same turn off Tonys dad: But you must promise that it won't turn on be lent to anyone, and it won' t be left at school! Just look after it. Is that clear? Tony: Promise! 26 Module 4
Paper and printing have been used for ages. 1 4 Read the summary of the conversation. Pronunciation and Underline the wrong information spe eaking Tony wants to borrow his father's digital 7 Listen to the sentences oaa camera because the school magazine is now I If the magazine is online paper wont be going to be on paper. Tony wants to take needed some photos of the school dance and the 2It'll be published /on the school website, basketball match. Tony's dad is happy to and it can be read /on screen borrow the camera and tells tony to turn it 3 But you must promise/ that it wont be off. He promises Tony to look after it lent to anyone and it won t be left at Now listen again and correct the school! Now say the sentences aloud summary.圖 5 Answer the questions 8 Work in pairs. Talk about the I Why does Tony want to borrow his fathers advantages of these inventions digital camera? bicycle mobile phone digital camera 2 Why does Tony's dad ask "Whats wrong email Tv washing machine with an ordinary magazine? 3 Does Tony think books can be replaced You can use a cell phone anywhere. That's by computers? an important advantage. The ordinary 4 How will Tony look after the camera? phone… Describe how the inventions have 6 Find the sentences in the conversation changed your life which mean My life has been changed by email because I can I I will do what you tell me to 2 Why dont you continue to publish the magazine on 3 Could you do something for me? 4 Do you understand me? 5 It's not a problem. I'll charge the battery 6 Changing the subject, will you lend me your camera? Ever Can I ask a favour?E A Here it is It doesn't matter I'll see to that Is that clear? Promisel 27
MODULE 4 Great inventions Unit 2 Books could be produced more quickly and cheaply Reading and vocabulary 1 Work in pairs. Read the title of the passage. Discuss the advantages of both books and computers. Make a list of their advantages 2Read the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs. a a The world before books d Technology and books b The invention of printing e Can books be replaced by computers? c Life on paper and in print Can books be replaced by computers? by Tony Smith Every morning my father buys a introduction of the Internet in the 20th newspaper on his way to work Every day century I open my books in class and start my But will books be needed in the future? lessons. Every evening my mother looks Today information can be received online through magazines at home. And every downloaded from the Internet rather than night, I look at the posters with photos found in books, and information can be of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as bedroom wall before I go to sleep Can we MP3 players. These machines are smaller imagine life without paper or print? and lighter than books so that they can be Paper was first created about 2,000 carried very easily years ago, and has been made from silk Computers are already used in cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th classrooms, and newspapers and magazines century,from wood. People learned to can already be read online. So will books write words on paper to make a book. be replaced by computers one day? No But in those days, books could only be I don' t think the Yao Ming poster on my produced one at a time by hand. As a bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a result, they were expensive and rare. And computer two metres high because there werent many books, few people learned to read Then printing was invented in China The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that knowledge and ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared with the 28 Module 4