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英语(牛津版)
八年级 上册
English
Listening and speaking
Encyclopedias
Unit 1
Listening
Let’s talk about the picture according to the text.
1. Da Vinic was born in the countryside.
2. He was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.
3. Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human beings.
4. Then, suddenly, they all died out.
1
课堂导入
Leonardo da Vinci
Say something about the topic “The animal I am interested in”.
The “Human Encyclopaedia”
Listen to a radio programme about a very clever woman. Then complete the notes on Page 6.
2
课堂活动
Jane Dickinson won Magic TV Quiz.
1)__________million people watched the programme.
She answered questions about many different 2)___________.
10/Ten
subjects
Her house is like a 3)___________. There are 4)________books in her house.
She can find out about many 5) __________ things through books.
We can all learn so much knowledge like her.
It just takes hard work and 6)___________.
library
3,346
interesting
time
Speaking
Sentence stress
When we speak, we usually stress the important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numbers) in a sentence. We do not usually stress unimportant words, e.g. a, the, he, of, is, and, have and can.
A Talk time
3
课堂活动
Read the conversation below and stress the underlined words.
Daisy: Happy birthday, Benny. This is for you.
Benny: An encyclopaedia? Thank you, Daisy!
Daisy: You’re welcome. I’m sure you’ll learn many things from it.
Benny: Yes, I’m sure I will. It’s always useful to have an
encyclopaedia around the house.
Daisy: True. It’ll be a great help with your studies.
B Speak up
What are you interested in? Look it up in an encyclopaedia. In pairs, talk about it. Follow the example.
S1: Do you know anything about Leonardo da Vinci?
S2 Yes. He was a great painter. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.
S1:When and where was he born?
S2:He was born in Italy in 1452.
S1:Did he do any other things?
S2:Yes. He wa