14-15八年级英语(上)(外语教研版)教材听力原文

        Module 1 Unit 1 2  Listen and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions in the box. 1 Daming: I have a question. What does “spring” mean? Ms James: Spring? Spring is a season. It comes after winter and before summer. Try to remember our famous Spring Festival, Daming. Daming: Oh, I understand. 2 Ms James: Lingling, your grammar isn’t correct. You made a mistake. It’s not “Yesterday I go to the cinema” but “Yesterday I…” . Lingling: Went. Ms James: Good. “Today I have an English lesson. Yesterday I…” Lingling: Had. 3 Daming: How do you spell “cinema” ? I know how to pronounce it, but does it begin with “s” or “c” ? Ms James: What do you think? How do you check the spelling of a word, Daming? Daming: Well, I usually look it up in the dictionary. But this one is difficult because I don’t know the first letter! Unit 3 1  Listen and check（√）the expressions of advice you hear. Mary: Hi, Charlie, what’s wrong? Charlie: Hi, Mary. This English homework is really difficult. Mary: Why don’t we work on it together? Charlie: Yes, OK. How about meeting after school today? Mary: Good idea! We should tell our classmates. Maybe other students would like to join us. Charlie: Yes, we can start an English study club! Let’s try to meet every Monday afternoon after school. Mary: Can you send everyone an email about our club? That way, everyone will know about it. Don’t forget to put the time and place on it. Charlie: We should read some newspapers and help each other with difficult vocabulary. Mary: Good idea! Let’s go and write the email now. 2  Listen again and answer the questions. Mary: Hi, Charlie, what’s wrong? Charlie: Hi, Mary. This English homework is really difficult. Mary: Why don’t we work on it together? Charlie: Yes, OK. How about meeting after school today? Mary: Good idea! We should tell our classmates. Maybe other students would like to join us. Charlie: Yes, we can start an English study club! Let’s try to meet every Monday afternoon after school. Mary: Can you send everyone an email about our club? That way, everyone will know about it. Don’t forget to put the time and place on it. Charlie: We should read some newspapers and help each other with difficult vocabulary. Mary: Good idea! Let’s go and write the email now. Module 2 Unit 1 Now listen and complete. Welcome to Shanghai. This big city in East China has a population of 23. 5 million. It’s on a wide river called the Huangpu River. The tall building you can see is the Jin Mao Tower. It’s 420. 5 metres high. This is Hong Kong. It’s a busy city on the South China coast. Seven million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It’s 552 metres high. Unit 3 7  Listen and complete the sentences. Daming: Is New York the capital of the US, Betty? Betty: No, it isn’t. Washington DC is the capital, but some people think the capital is New York because New York is a bigger and busier city than Washington DC. Daming: I see. New York is more famous than any other city in the US, right? Betty: Yes, I think it is. And which Chinese city is bigger—Shanghai or Beijing? Daming: Well, Shanghai has a larger population. Betty: Really? And which city is older, Beijing or Shanghai? Daming: Well, that’s a good question! They are both very old cities, but Beijing is older than Shanghai. Betty: That’s very interesting! Module 3 Unit 1 1  Listen and number the sports as you hear them. Betty: What sports do you like, Daming? Daming: My favourite sport is basketball. Betty: Oh, that’s an American sport. Americans like baseball too, but football is more popular than baseball in most countries. Daming: Well, football is more exciting than baseball. Baseball is boring. What sports do you play？ Betty: Volleyball and tennis. Tennis is fun. Daming: I like table tennis. It’s a faster game than tennis. Betty: I’ll play table tennis with you. Daming: OK. I go swimming too. Do you like swimming？ Betty: Yes, I do. It’s relaxing. Unit 3  5  Listen and choose the correct answer. Bang! Everyone started to run quickly. The students around the playground all shouted loudly. “Come on, come on!” Children from eight different classes all ran fast. They were in the girls’ 800 metres. At first, Sandy from Class 1 ran faster than any other girls. After two minutes she was still in first place. But later, Joy from Class 4 got faster and faster. Sandy ran more slowly and she looked tired and sad. Something was wrong with her foot. Joy was first. Module 4 Unit 1 2  Listen and match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1.You need to use one word more than once. Boy: Let’s play a game. Question one: What’s the most modern train in the world now? Girl: Mm…I think it’s the Shanghai airport train. Boy: Right. Question two: What’s the most expensive way to travel around London？ Girl: Maybe it’s by taxi. Boy: Correct. Question three: What’s the cheapest way to travel around Beijing? Girl: The bus. Boy: Right. And Question four: What’s the busiest underground in the world? Girl: I think it’s the Tokyo underground. Boy: Yes. Question five: What’s the cheapest way from England to France? Girl: Mm…Train? Boy: Sorry, it’s by ship. Unit 3 7  Listen and match the cities with the information. London is the biggest city in Britain. It also has the largest population. After London, Birmingham is the second largest city, with around four million people living and working there. There are a lot of small cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. They are beautiful and they have two of the oldest universities in the world. Cambridge is the nearest to London. The most expensive city is London but it’s also the most interesting. London is on the River Thames, and has the most popular places for sightseeing, such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. 8  Listen again and answer the questions. London is the biggest city in Britain. It also has the largest population. After London, Birmingham is the second largest city, with around four million people living and working there. There are a lot of small cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. They are beautiful and they have two of the oldest universities in the world. Cambridge is the nearest to London. The most expensive city is London but it’s also the most interesting. London is on the River Thames, and has the most popular places for sightseeing, such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. Module 5 Unit 1 2  Listen and underline the correct words or expressions. Lingling: Hi, Betty. Betty: Hi, Lingling. I’d like to see the traditional Beijing Opera. Lingling: Do you want to come to Lao She Teahouse with me? Betty: What’s Lao She Teahouse? Lingling: You can listen to the Beijing Opera there and drink tea at the same time. Betty: Yes, please. I’d like to go with you. You can tell me what’s happening. Lingling: Yes, it’s quite difficult to understand the story! Just watch the actors and actresses, listen to the music and try to enjoy it. Unit 3 5  Listen and choose the correct answer. Vicky: Hello, Steve. Are you enjoying your visit to London? Steve: Thank you for asking, Vicky. I’m having a great time. We went to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre last night. Vicky: Oh yes, it’s great. A lot of tourists want to go there. Steve: Yes, my uncle offered to take us, and we decided to see Romeo and Juliet. Vicky: Did you understand the play? Steve: Well, I tried to understand the words. It was very difficult. But I know the story. Vicky: I hope to see Romeo and Juliet too. It’s my favourite play. Steve: Will your parents agree to take you? Vicky: Yes, I’m sure they will. 6  Listen again and check（√）the true sentences. Vicky: Hello, Steve. Are you enjoying your visit to London? Steve: Thank you for asking, Vicky. I’m having a great time. We went to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre last night. Vicky: Oh yes, it’s great. A lot of tourists want to go there. Steve: Yes, my uncle offered to take us, and we decided to see Romeo and Juliet. Vicky: Did you understand the play? Steve: Well, I tried to understand the words. It was very difficult. But I know the story. Vicky: I hope to see Romeo and Juliet too. It’s my favourite play. Steve: Will your parents agree to take you? Vicky: Yes, I’m sure they will. Module 6 Unit 1 2  Listen and answer the questions. Betty: Are you watching Animal World? Tony: Yes, I’m watching it to find out about different animals. This week it’s about snakes. Betty: Ugh! Last week they told us why there were so few pandas. They made the programme to show people how the animals live. Tony: Yes, I saw it. Now I understand why pandas are so special. But we want other animals to be safe too. There aren’t many lions, elephants and bears left in the world. Betty: It’s good to find out about them. Unit 3 8  Listen and complete the poster. Boy 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to our first meeting of the Wildlife Club! First, let me tell you why we want to start this club. We want to help animals in danger. We decided to start a club in order to get more ideas. We’d like more students to come to our meetings. Girl 1: Why don’t we send an email to everyone to tell them about the club, and about what we hope to do here? Boy 2: Good idea! Boy 1: And maybe we should decide which kind of animal to help. Let’s ask the zoo for information. Girl 2: We need to tell people about animals in danger. Lots of us buy presents when we go on holidays, and some of the presents are made from animals, but many people don’t know that. Boy 1: Yes, it’s very bad! People use snake skins to make bags. Boy 2: We need to send that email right now! Revision module A 11  Listen and complete the sentences. Betty: Hello, Tony. Did you enjoy your visit to New York? Tony: Yes, I did. I had a great time. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. It isn’t the tallest building in the world now, but it’s still very tall. Betty: Oh yes, all the tourists want to go to the top because you can see all of the city from there. Tony: Yes, and it’s one of the most beautiful buildings in New York. Betty: Where else did you go? Tony: We went to the theatre and saw a play. Betty: Did you enjoy it? Tony: Yes, I did. It was one of the most popular plays in New York and everyone cheered when they saw the famous actors. Betty: What else did you do? Tony: We walked over the Brooklyn Bridge because it’s one of the best places to visit in New York. Betty: Yes, it’s a fantastic place to see the city from. Did you stay in a nice hotel? Tony: Yes, but it was one of the most expensive hotels in the city. Module 7 Unit 1 1  Listen and number the words as you hear them. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a famous English story. It’s about a girl called Alice. She goes to Wonderland and meets some strange people and animals. First, she follows a white rabbit and falls down a hole. Then, she sees the Cheshire Cat. She goes to a tea party at the March Hare’s house. Finally, she meets the Queen of Hearts. 2  Listen again and number the pictures. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a famous English story. It’s about a girl called Alice. She goes to Wonderland and meets some strange people and animals. First, she follows a white rabbit and falls down a hole. Then, she sees the Cheshire Cat. She goes to a tea party at the March Hare’s house. Finally, she meets the Queen of Hearts. Unit 3 7  Listen and complete the sentences. One day, I was with my friends. We were having a picnic in a field and I saw something strange. There was a white cat with a pink nose sitting in a tree. There’s nothing strange about that, of course, but it looked like it was eating the leaves in the tree! That was strange! Cats don’t usually eat leaves. “Maybe it’s very hungry,”  I thought. While I was looking at it, the cat got out of the tree, jumped down to the ground and walked across the field and sat next to us. Maybe it wanted some of our picnic to eat, but there was nothing for a cat. The cat got up and came close to me. I talked to it and it smiled at me. Was it a Cheshire Cat? I found some biscuits in my pocket and gave them to the cat. Soon, it was eating biscuits and smiling at us. Then, after a while, the cat got up and walked across the field. Maybe it wasn’t hungry any more. Module 8 Unit 1 2  Listen and underline the correct words. Policewoman: How did the accident happen? Driver: I was driving along the road and… Policewoman: How fast were you going at the time? Driver: I wasn’t going fast. Policewoman: Where were you going? Driver: I was going along the road, just here. Policewoman: Where was the boy on the bike going? Driver: I didn’t see him. Policewoman: Were you looking? Driver: No, I wasn’t. Policewoman: Were you using your mobile phone? Driver: Yes , I was. Policewoman: So, that’s not good. You mustn’t use your mobile phone while you are driving. Unit 3 6  Listen and complete the accident report. News reader: And finally, a story about a lucky cat. Here’s Alice to tell us what happened. Alice: Yes, at about four o’clock yesterday afternoon, I was reading a book in the sitting room. I heard a strange sound from the next room. I went in to look and saw my cat, Pete. He was looking into the fish bowl and trying to get a fish from it! News reader: And then what happened? Alice: The fish bowl fell on Pete! I went to pick him up because he doesn’t like water. I took him to the bathroom and dried him! Module 9 Unit 1 2  Listen and choose the correct answer. Betty: I went shopping in the city centre with my family last week. Tony: Did you have a good time? Betty: Yes, I did, but there was a lot of traffic on the way there. Then there were too many people and not enough space. It was impossible to move. And there was a lot of noise. Tony: Well, Beijing is a big city. Betty: Yes, it is. It has a population of about twenty million. Tony: Twenty million！Does Beijing have the largest population in China? Betty: No, it doesn’t. Chongqing has the largest population in China. More than thirty–three million people live there . Tony: Really? That’s a lot of people! Betty: Yes, and there’s a lot more pollution in the air. Unit 3 Now listen and check. 1.China has a population of one billion, three hundred and seventy million, five hundred and thirty–seven thousand. 2. The population of the US is three hundred and fourteen million, seven hundred and ninety–one thousand. 3. Twenty-two million, nine hundred and fifty-six thousand people live in Australia. 4. Four million, four hundred and thirty-seven thousand people live in New Zealand. 9  Listen and choose the best summary. Joining car clubs is a good way to get around in cities. There are many car clubs in the US. You can use a car when you want to, and it’s cheaper than having a personal car. You only pay for the car when you drive it. You don’t always use the car because sometimes you can take a bus, or walk or ride a bike. This is healthier for the city, as there will be fewer cars on the road. It is also healthier for you. 10  Listen again and choose the correct answer. Joining car clubs is a good way to get around in cities. There are many car clubs in the US. You can use a car when you want to, and it’s cheaper than having a personal car. You only pay for the car when you drive it. You don’t always use the car because sometimes you can take a bus, or walk or ride a bike. This is healthier for the city, as there will be fewer cars on the road. It is also healthier for you. Module 10 Unit 1 2  Listen and check（√）the correct information in the table. Good morning, here is the weather for China today. In Beijing, there’ll be clouds in the early morning, and it will be between minus eight and minus two degrees. Shanghai will be rainy and windy, and between five and eight degrees. It’ll be cloudy and snowy in Xi’an with a temperature between minus four to two degrees. In Guangzhou, it’ll be cloudy. There may be some showers, and it’ll be between ten and twenty-one degrees. In Hong Kong, it’ll be cloudy. There will be storms later, and it’ll be between seventeen and twenty degrees. Unit 3 5  Listen and complete the sentences. My name is Peter and I live in Sydney, Australia, with my parents. My grandparents are American and they live in New York. The weather is very different there! In New York, it often snows in the winter months—December, January and February. My grandparents wear very warm clothes because it’s very cold. In New York, the summers are very hot. In July, the temperature is often over thirty degrees. It never snows in Sydney in December because it’s the middle of summer. It’s very hot and sunny, so we often go to the beach! In Sydney, it often rains in the Australian autumn—April, May and June. Winter in Sydney is not very cold. The temperature is about eighteen degrees. Module 11 Unit 1 1  Listen and number the words and expressions as you hear them. Betty: It’s Lingling’s birthday tomorrow. Tony: We must get her a present. Betty: She’s too old for a toy. Tony: She likes playing chess. How about a chess set? Betty: Yes, or we could buy her things to eat or drink. Tony: She likes chocolate. Betty: How about some nice chopsticks ? Tony: Or a video game? Betty: Or how about a baseball cap? Tony: I’ve got it! A dictionary！ Betty: Yes, an English dictionary. She can look up new words in it. Unit 3 4  Listen to a teenager talking about his life. Check（√）the things he must or mustn’t do. Well, my parents are quite strict. I must clean up my bedroom once a week and I must always wash up after dinner. My parents are very strict about that. I mustn’t stay out after nine o’clock at night, but I can go out with my friends at weekends. I must do my homework before I go out and I must wash my hands before dinner. I can play music, but I mustn’t play it loudly after ten o’clock at night. 5  Listen again. What two things does he say he can do? Well, my parents are quite strict. I must clean up my bedroom once a week and I must always wash up after dinner. My parents are very strict about that. I mustn’t stay out after nine o’clock at night, but I can go out with my friends at weekends. I must do my homework before I go out and I must wash my hands before dinner. I can play music, but I mustn’t play it loudly after ten o’clock at night. Module 12 Unit 1 2  Listen and check what the pictures are about. Ms James: Accidents often happen before you notice them. You could fall when you go down the stairs at school. It’s quite dangerous in the kitchen at home because broken glass or knives can cut you. And moving heavy furniture is dangerous too. You could drop it and hurt your foot. Unit 3 6  Listen and complete the sentences. We were having dinner at home when the earthquake happened. The room started to shake and before we knew what was happening, Father shouted to everyone to get under the kitchen table. We all sat on the floor under the table and waited. When the ground stopped shaking, we got up and we weren’t hurt. We couldn’t get out of the room, because the door wouldn’t open. My father called for help on his mobile phone, and in three hours, people came to help us. They opened the door. We got up and left our flat. Revision module B 15  Listen and complete the sentences. One of my favourite films is Peter Pan. It is a very popular story with children and their parents. The story is about Peter Pan. Peter lives on the island of Neverland. He believes in magic and he never wants to grow up. One day he meets some children in London, and they decide to go to the island with him. They have a wonderful time there—but there’s danger too because they meet Captain Hook, a very bad man. Near the end of the film, Peter Pan throws Captain Hook over the side of a ship. The children cheer loudly. But in the end, Wendy misses her family, and is worried about getting back, so she and her brothers leave Peter Pan and go back home. It’s a fantastic film, exciting and very funny! See it if you can.