Unit 2 Reading阅读课件2023-2024学年沪教牛津版（广州沈阳通用）八年级英语上册

What do we use numbers for? We use numbers to … Brainstorm Discuss What do we use numbers for? We use numbers to … We use numbers for the house number, the bus number, the phone number, the date, the temperature, the time, the weight, the length and the price. Brainstorm Discuss What do you know about …? A You can find numbers everywhere in your daily life. Look at the photos and write the correct numbers in the blanks. 1 Today is _ September. 2 It is _ C. 3 It is _. 4 They are _ grams. 5 It is _ centimetres long. 6 It is _ yuan. 1 23 10:10 526 17.8 3.90 / r m/ Revision 3 Who are the people in the first picture? a The king and his son. b The king and his brother. c The king and an old man. B Look at the pictures, the title of the story and the first sentences of paragraphs 1 and 2 on page 19. Then circle the correct answers. The king and the rice a wise old man the king The king and the rice 2 What are they doing? a Playing chess. b Growing rice. c Playing cards. 3 Where did the story probably happen? a In China. b In India. c In Japan. A long time ago , there was a king in India. Look at the pictures and the title of the story again. Then answer the questions below. 1. Who won the game, the king or the wise old man? 2. What prize did the wise old man want, silver, gold or something else? 3. Would the king give him the prize he wanted? 4. Why is the title “The king and the rice”? 6 The king and the rice A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king’s favourite game was chess. One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king challenged him to a game. The king promised the old man, “You can have any prize if you win the game.” The old man said, “If I win the game, I’d like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares.” Text “Is that all?” asked the king. “Wouldn’t you like gold or silver instead?” “No, just rice,” replied the old man. The