牛津英语7A电子教材
Unit 1 This is me !
1.oh, I love this e-dog. /
2. I‘m Eddie. What‘s your name? My name‘s Hobo. /
3. Yes, I am. / Are you my master ? /
4. Good. Read this book now. 《How to look after your e-dog》
Making friends at your new school:
This is the first day at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. The students are introducing themselves to each other. They are going to write about themselves.
Main task: Write about yourself for the class noticeboard.
Welcome to the unit
A Metting new friends:
?The students are starting school at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School and this is their first English lesson. They are introducing themselves to each other.
Good morning. I‘m Amy. / I‘m Simon. | Hello, I‘m Millie. / I‘m Kitty. | Hi, I‘m Sandy. What‘s your name? / My name‘s Daniel.
B Greetings(问候vt.)
B1? Millie meets Kitty at the following times. What does Millie say to Kitty? Help Millie write the correct greetings under the pictures.
1.Good afternoon.
2. Good morning.
3. Good evening.
4. Good night.
B2?Work in pairs. Greet your partner and then introduce yourself. Use the sentences in Part A and the greetings in Part B1 to help you.
READING:
A Welcome to Beijing Sunshine secondary School.
?Millie, Simon, Sandy, Kitty ,Amy and Daniel are new students at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. Let‘ meet them. [Millie]Hi, I‘m Millie. I‘m 12 years old. I‘m in Class 1, Grade 7. I live in Beijing. I love reading. I‘m in the Reading Club. I have a dog. His name‘s Eddie. I love him very much.
[Simon] Hello, everyone! My name is Simon. I was born in Shanghai but I live in Beijing now. I like Beijing very much. I love playing football after school. I have one cousin, Annie.
[Kieey] 15 This is Kitty. She is 11 years old. She is small. She loves dancing. She works hard.
[Sandy] 10 Hi, I‘m Sandy. I come from Beijing. I‘m very tall and slim. I have long black hair. I like listening to music. Now let‘s meet Kitty, Amy and Daniel.
[Amy] 20 This is Amy. She is not very tall. She has short hair. She is good at swimming. 25 She is funny!
[Daniel] This is Daniel. He wears glasses. He enjoys playing computer games. 30 He is polite and helpful.
B Gretting to know the students:
B1?Mr Wu, the English teacher, wants to know the students better. What activities do they like? Help him write the correct letters in the boxes.
1 Millie []
2 simon []
3 Kitty []
4 Amy []
5 Sandy []
6 Daniel []
a b c d e f
B2?Mr Wu is writing about his students. Look at the following sentences. Are they corret? Write a T if the sentence is true. .write an F if it is false.
1 Millie is 11 years old. [ F]
2 Simon was born in shanghai. [ T]
3 Sandy doesn‘t like listening to music. [ F ]
4 Kitty loves dancing. [ T]
5 Amy has long hair. [ F ]
6 Daniel wears glasses. [ T ]
C New classmates
C1?Millie is making notes about her new classmates. Help her complete the notes. Use the information on page8 to help you.
Simon is very tall. He loves playing ( football ) . He was born in ( Shanghai ). Sandy is tall and ( slim ). She has ( long black) hair. She likes listening to (music ). Kitty does not wear glasses. She has long hair too. She loves ( dancing ). Amy is not very tall. She does not wear ( glsasses ). She is good at ( swimming ). Daniel wears glasses. He likes playing ( computer games). He is helpful and ( polite ).
C2? Write about yourself. Complete the sentences.
1. My name is ( ).
2. I am ( ) years old.
3. I live in ( ).
4. I have ( short black ) hair and (big ) eyes.
5. I love ( ).
Vocabulary
A: Playing Sport:
?What are Millie and her classmates doing today? Write the correct words under the pictures.
Badminton ; football ; swimming ; volleyball ;
B:Sports and equipment:
?It is time for Millie‘s PE lesson. Where are the students now? Complete the sentences.
badminton court ; football field ; swimming pool .
1. They play football on the (football field) .
2. They play badminton on the (badminton court).
3.They swim in the (swimming pool).
Grammar:
Simple present tense:
We use the simple present tense when we talk about:
1.things that are true now.: My hair is long.
2. things that we do regularly.: Simon plays football after school.
3.things that are always true.: Cats eat fish.
Simple present tense of the verb ‘to be’
We make positive and negative sentences using the verb ?to be‘ in the simple present tense like this
Tip:We use ―I‘m ; you‘re ; we‘re ; they‘re ; he‘s ; she‘s ; it‘s ‖. when we write to our friends or when we speak.
We ask and answer questions using the verb ‘to be‘ in the simple present tense like this.
―Am I ; Are you/we/ they ; Is he/she/it ; happy? ‖―Yes, I am. ; you/ we/ they are. He/she/it is. ‖―No, I am not/‘m not. You/we/ they are not/aren‘t. he/she/it is not/isn‘t. (happy) ‖
A ? Millie is talking to her new classmates. Complete their conversation.
Millie: It is a big school. Sandy: Yes. The classrooms are big too. Millie: Our teachers are nice. Mr Wu is a good teacher. Sandy: (Is he) our Maths teacher? Millie: No, He isn‘t. He is our English teacher. Simon: Are you good at English, Millie? Millie: Yes, I am. I like reading. I am/ I‘m in the English Club.
Simple present tense of the verb ‘to do’
We make positive and negative sentences using the verb ?to do‘ in the simple present tense like this.
We use these forms when we write to our friends or when we speak. don‘t(=do not) doesn‘t(=does not)
We can ask and answer questions using the verb ?to do ‘ in the simple present tense like this.
Tip: We do not use ?do ‘/‘does ‘ to form questions when the main verb of the sentence is the verb ?to be ‘. She is a student →Is she a student? Do I / you / we / they like
fish?
Does he / she / it
Yes,
I / you / we / they do. he / she / it
does.
No,
I / you / we / they do not/don‘t. he / she / it
does not/ doesn ‘t.
Remember that we add an ?s ‘ to the verb afer ?he ‘, ?she ‘ , ?it ‘. However , there are some exceptions.
Most verbs
+s walk → walks Verbs ending in a consonant +y -y+ies fly → flies Verbs ending in ss, ch, sh or x +es watch → watches Some verbs ending in o
+es
Go → goes do →does
B ? Help Millie complete the sentences below. Use the words from the box.
1 I live in Beijing.
2 I have breakfast at 7 a.m.
3 I go to school with my friend.
4 I love my dog Eddie very much.
5 I talk to my classmates at lunchtime.
6 I take my dog for a walk every day.
C ? Mr Wu wants to know his students better. He asks them to write their names under the activities they like in the table below. Use the information in the table to answer the questions. 1 Do Daniel and Kitty play computer games? Yes, they do. 2 Does Simon like to go swimming? No, he doesn ‘t. 3 Does Amy like reading? No, she doesn ‘t. 4 Do Sandy and Kitty like walking? No, they don ‘t. 5 Does Simon like walking? Yes, he does.
6 Do Sandy and Daniel like drawing? Yes, they do.
C ? Millie is asking Daniel what their classmates do after school. Complete Daniel ‘s answers. Use the simple present tense.
Millie: Daniel, do you play volleyball after school? Daniel: No, I do not/don ‘t play volleyball after school. Millie: Does Simon play football after school? Daniel : Yes, he always plays football after school. Millie: Does Amy walk home after school?
Daniel : No, she does not/doesn ‘t walk home after school. Millie : Does she take the bus?
Daniel : Yes, she takes the bus every day. Millie : Do you like watching TV.
Work out the rule! We use ?do not ‘ with the pronouns I, you, we and they.
I/You/We/They like fish
He/She/It
likes
I / You/We/They do not / don‘t like fish He/She/It does not/ doesm ‘t
We use ?does not‘ with the pronouns he, she and it.
E ? Simon is writing to his penfriend about what he and his family do at the weekend. Help him complete his letter. Use the simple present tense of the verbs in brackets.
Dear David
At the weekend, I usually go running for half an hour in the morning. Then I play football. My mother does not/doesn‘t watch our games but sometimes my father goes to watch them. I am good at football. Are you good at football too? Sometimes my cousin flies a kite with me in the afternoon. In the evening, we often have dinner at my grandparents‘ home. Sometimes, we eat in a restaurant.
Write soon!
Simon
Integrated skills
A Simon‘s favourite football player
A1 ? Simon wants to write about his favourite football player, Li Hua. He found a news article about him. Read the article. Help Simon make notes about Li Hua on the note sheet below.
Sports News
Li Hua scores for Huanghe
Li Hua is a very good football player. He likes reading books about football. He plays for Huanghe Football Team. He is the newest member in it. He is good at scoring goals. Many people like him. He plays football every day. He wants to play in the next World Cup.
Name () Age: () Birthplace: ( ) Team: ( ) He looks: (strong) Hobbies: ( ) Next match: ( )
A2 ? Listen to the radio programme about Li Hua. Help Simon complete the notes in Part A1.
A3 ?Help Simon Write an article about Li Hua. Use the notes in Part A1 on page 16 to help you.
Sports News: Young Superstar Football Player
Li Hua is 22 years old.
He looks strong. He comes from Guangdong but now he lives in Beijing.
He likes reading books about football.
He is the newest member in Huanghe Football Team.
He plays very well. He wants to play in the next world Cup.
Many people like to watch him.
B Speak up: talking about favourite football players
?Daniel and Sandy are talking about their favourite football players at school. Talk about your favourite football players. Use Daniel and Sandy‘s conversation as a model.
Sandy: Hi, Daniel. You look happy.
Daniel: yes. Our school football team wins again. Frank plays very well in the match.
Sandy: Who is Frank?
Daniel: He is my favourite football player in the school football team.
Sandy: Oh, really? Is he tall?
Daniel: Yes. He is tall and strong.
Sandy: Does he often score for our school football team?
Daniel: Yes, he does.
Study skills
Working with others
The more English you speak in class, the faster you will learn. Always work with your partners in English!
A ?You left your pencil box at home today. You need to borrow things from your classmates. Practice saying the following sentences.
1 Do you have a pen/ pencil/ ruler/rubber? Yes, I do. No, I don‘t.
2 Can I borrow your pen/pencil/ruler/rubber? Yes, you can. I‘m sorry. I don‘t have one.
B ?The following sentences will help you in your English lessons. Practice saying them.
If you do not know how to say something in English, you say: Excuse me. How do you say that in English?
If you do not understand something, you say: I don‘t understand.
If you do not know the answer to something, you say: I‘m sorry. I don‘t know.
If you want to start a role-play, you say: I‘ll start/begin now.
Main task
Writing about yourself
A ?The new students at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School are writing about themselves. Below are Millie‘s and Daniel‘s profiles.
Millie
My name is Millie. I am 12 years old. I was born in Beijing and I live in Beijing too.
I am not very tall. I have dark brown eyes and my hair is short and black.
I love listening to music. I listen to CDs at the weekend.
I like reading. I am in the Reading Club. I like English and Chinese at school. I am good at English.
I have lots of friends at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School.
I like playing with them.
Daniel
Hello! I am Daniel. I am 11 years old. I was born in Nanjing but now I live with my family in Beijing.
I am short. My hair is black and wear glasses.
I love all my lessons. I am not very good at sport. I like playing computer games.
My friends say I‘m polite and helpful. My teachers and classmates all like me.
B ?You are going to write about yourself too. First fill in the table with your own information. Then, write about yourself and tell the class about yourself. Use Millie‘s and Daniel‘s profiles on page 19 and the information in the table to help you. Name: Feng Jiakun Age:12 Bithplace: Nanjing Living place: Nanjing
School name : Yuying Foreign Languages School Class: H Grade: one
You look: short black hair
You like: playing computer games and singing songs. You are good at: Maths, English, Singing songs.
You are not good at: PE.
My name is Zhu Manxun. I‘m in Yuying Foreign Languages School, I was born Nanjing, I have short black hair, I‘m good at Maths,English, singing songs. But I‘m not good at PE.
Stick your photo here.
Checkout
A How well do you know your new friends?
?Daniel is talking to his mother about his new friends at school. Complete their conversation. Choose the correct words in brackets.
Mother: Do you know all your new friends well now?
Daniel: Yes. They are all very nice.
Mother: Do they all come from Beijing?
Daniel: No. Simon comes from Shanghai.
Mother: Are many of you good at computer games?
Daniel: No, only I am . Simon loves playing football. Millie is good at English.
Mother: Do you go to clubs at school?
Daniel: Yes, we go to different clubs.
Mother : Your new friends sound great!
Daniel : Yes. I love them very much.
B My new friends
? Try to complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Millie‘s cousin, Andy, is good at playing volleyball.
2 My friend, Daniel, wears glasses.
3 Amy like swimming.
4 Eddie does not eat fish.
5 Kitty and Millie often play badminton after school.
Unit 2 My day
Comic strip
1 Wake up, Eddie! Look at the time.
2 Is it time for breakfast !
3 What are you going to do today, Eddie? Well, after breakfast I want to go to sleep, then I have lunch. After lunch, I want to go to sleep.
4 Some dogs just don‘t know to have fun.
Telling your friends about your school life.
Millie has a new online friend—Tommy. She is telling him about her new school.
Main Task: Tell your online friend about your school life and complete a happiness chart for the Online Friendship Club‘s website.
Welcome to the unit
A day at school
?This is Millie‘s diary. You want to keep a diary too. Complete the diary entry below with your own daily activities.
Millie’s day
6.30 a.m. Get up
7.00 a.m. Eat breakfast
7.30 a.m. Go to school 8.00 a.m. Do morning exescises
8.25 a.m. Have lessons 11.50 a.m. Eat lunch
1.30 p.m. Have lessons 4.00 p.m. Do after school activities
5.00 p.m. Go home. 5.30 p.m. Do homework
6.30 p.m. Eat supper.
7.00 p.m. Watch TV
9.30 p.m. Go to bed
My day(sample answers)
6.00 a.m. Get up 6.30 a.m. Have breakfast
7.00 a.m. Go to school by bus 7.30 a.m. Have assembly
8.00 a.m. Have lessons 11.30 a.m. Have lunch
1.30 p.m. Have lessons 3.30 p.m. Play sports
4.30 p.m. Go home.
5.30 p.m. Play the piano
6.30 p.m. Have supper
7.00 p.m. Watch news onTV
7.30 p.m. Do homework 10.00 p.m. Go to bed
Reading
A School life
?Millie is writing to her new online friend Tommy. Here is her e-mail.
Dear Tommy
Hello, my name is Millie. I am a student at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. I love my new school. It is very big. I am in Class 1. Grade 7. I like my classroom because it is big and clean.
There are lots of nice people in my class. Amy is my best friend. At lunchtime, we often sit under the trees in the playground. We always chat with each other or play games. My new classmates are all nice to me. All my friends are really great! I love them very much.
The school day starts at eight every morning. We do morning exercises first. Our lessons begin at 8.25 a.m. My favourite lessons are Chinese and English. I like Maths too. I spend about two hours a day doing my homework.
I go to the school library every day. I go to the Reading Club after school every Tuesday and Friday. I also like playing volleyball. Sometime, I practice with my friends after school. Amy is a member of the Swimming Club. She is a very good swimmer! We always have a good time at our school.
Please e—mail me soon!
Millie
B All about school
B1 ?Millie also wants to send Tommy some pictures of different places in her school. Help her write the correct words under the pictures.
Classroom library playground swimming pool
B2 ?Millie is showing Amy her e-mall to Tommy but Amy does not know some of the words. Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
1 starts---begins
2 favourite --- liked the most of the same kind.
3 spend---use time to do things.
4 swimmer --- someone who can swim.
5 e-mail --- send a mail to someone by a computer and the Internet.
C Online friends
Tommy is now telling his friends about Millie‘s e-mail. Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.
1 Millie likes her school very much.
2 Millie sometimes plays games at lunchtime.
3 Millie‘s lessons start at eight every morning.
4 Millie spends three hours a day doing her homework.
5 Millie goes to the Reading Club twice a week.
6 Millie is a member of the Swimming Club.
D Millie’s day
?Tommy wants to know what Millie does on a school day. Help him write the correct activities under the pictures. Use the information on page 23 to help you.
Vocabulary
Daily activities
?Millie is telling Amy what activities Tommy likes to do. Write the correct verbs under the pictures
1 play badminton
2 listen to the radio
3 make model planes
4 watch TV
5 read newspapers
6 write e-mails.
B ?Amy‘s cousin, Shirley, wants to know what Amy and her friends do after school. Complete Amy and Shirley‘s conversation.
Shirley: Does Millie make model planes?
Amy: No, she doesn‘t. She reads books.
Shirley: Does Sandy listen to music?
Amy: Yes, she does. She also plays badminton.
Shirley: Do Simon and Daniel write letters?
Amy: No, they don‘t . They write e-mails.
Shirley: Do you watch football matches on TV?
Amy: No, I don‘t. My mum says we shouldn‘t watch too much TV.
Shirley: Yes. We should listen to her. She‘s always right!
Grammar
A personal pronouns ( subject form )
We can use personal pronouns to replace nouns for people/things. Then we do not neet to repeat the nouns. We use the subject form when the noun we are replacing is the subject.
Subject form
Singular I My name is Millie. I live in Beijing.
You Sandy, do you know Tommy?
He/she/it Simon loves football. He is a member of the football team.
Millie loves Eddie. She walks him every day.
I love my school. It is very big.
Plural We I am Daniel and this is Amy. We are in Class 1, Grade 7. You ?Simon and Millie, you sit here‘, says Mr Wu.
They I have many new friends. They are all nice to me
What are they talking about?
A1 ?Simon and Daniel are talking about their classmates. In the blanks, write the correct pronouns to replace the pictures.
Simon: Hello, Daniel. I have some news.
Daniel: Oh, what is the news? Is it good?
Simon: Peter is now in the school football team. He is really good.
Daniel: I think you are better.
Simon: Thank you. Peter and I both love football. We play together all the time.
Daniel: Does Millie know about the news?
Simon: Yes. She is really happy.
A2 ?Millie has some pictures showing her school life. She wants to write what the people are saying in the pictures. Help her fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns.
1 My name is Millie. I am 1
2 years old. 2 Hello, Simon. How are you?
3 There are Sandy and Amy. They are playing badminton.
4 Here are my friends and I. We are in Grade 7.
5 This is Mr Wu. He is our teacher.
6 Simon and Daniel, are you reading comic books?
A3 ?Amy is writing an article about her friends for the Online Friendship Club. Help her complete the article. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns.
Sandy plays volleyball every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. She is on the volleyball court from 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Then she meets up with Simon and they do their homework together. On Mondays and Wednesdays, Simon plays football. He is a member of the school football team.
The students at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School meet every lunchtime. Millie and I go to the playground. We sit and talk under the big trees there.
Daniel goes to the Computer Club every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. He knows a lot about computers. Kitty goes to her dancing lesson every day. She is very busy and does not have much time to talk with her friends.
Tip:?On Mondays‘ means every Monday
B personal pronouns (object form)
We can use personal pronouns to replace nouns for people/ things when it is clear who or what we are referring to. We use the object form when the noun we are replacing is the object of a verb or preposition.
All my friends are really great! I love them very much.
My school is very big. I like it very much.
Singular Plural Subject form I you he she it We you they
Object form me you him her it us you them
Talking to Grandfather
?Daniel is talking to his grandfather on the phone. Complete their conversation with the correct personal pronouns.
I have a lot of new friends at the new school. Do you want to know them?
Mr Wu is our teacher. He teaches us English.
Millie loves reading. She has a dog, Eddie. She walks him every day.
Simon likes football. Sometimes we talk about it after school.
Is Grandma at home now? I want to say hello to her.
Pardon? Daniel, I can‘t hear you well.
Integrated skills
A A school trip:
A1 ?The Class 1, Grade 7 students will go on a school trip. Read Mr Wu‘ note to Millie and look at the posters.
Millie
Please get some information about the Chian Space Museum, the China Science and Technology Museum and Beijing Zoo. We will have our trip from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. next Monday. Each student can spend ￥10.
Thanks
Mr Wu
A2 ?Millie wants to give the information to Mr Wu. Help her complete the first four columns of the table below.
Place Location Price Opening days Opening hours
A3 ?Listen to the radio programme and fill in the information about the opening hours in Part A2
A4 ?Millie and her classmate now know where they want to go. Help Millie use the in formation in Part A2 to complete her note to Mr Wu.
Dear Mr Wu
Thank you for organizing the class trip. We would like to go to Beijing zoo in Xichen District. the price for each student is ￥5. The Beijing Zoo is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
We cannot go to China Science and Technology Museum or China Space Museum because their prices are ￥15 and China Science and Technology Museum is closed on Mondays.
We are all looking forward to a great day out!
Millie
B Speak up: talking about school life
?Millie is talking to Tommy on the Internet about her school life. You also want to tell your friends about your school life. Work in pairs. Use Tommy and Millie‘s conversation as a model.
Tommy: Millie, what do you think of your new school?
Millie: Oh, it‘s good. I enjoy it very much.
Tommy: When does your school day start?
Millie: It starts at eight every morning.
Tommy: Do you do morning exercises at school?
Millie: Yes. We do morning exercises at 8.00 a.m. every day and then our lessons begin at 8.25.
Tommy: In my school, we have lessons at 8.00 and we do morning exercises at 7.45. what are your favourite lessons? Millie: My favourite lessons are Chinese and English.
Tommy: I love Chinese too. but I‘m not very good at English.
Millie: Really? Don‘t worry. Maybe you need to practice it more.
Pronunciation
A Asking ‘Yes’/’No’ questions
A1 ?We often use questions to ask for help. When a question can be answered ?Yes‘ or ‘No‘, our voice rises at the end of the question. Listen to these questions.
1 Can I borrow your pen?
2 Do you have your books?
3 May I watch TV?
4 Is she tall and slim?
5 Are you busy?
6 Do you like music?
A2 ?Read the questions in Part A1. Make your voice rise at the end of each question.
B Saying ‘-(e)s’ endings
When we add ?-(e)s‘ to the end of a word, we pronounce it in three different ways. Some endings are pronounced /s/, some are pronounced /z/ and some are pronounced /iz/.
B1 ?Sandy sometimes has difficulty with the different endings. Help her find out the differences. Listen to these words carefully. Then practice saying them.
/s/ walks; helps; books; likes; ships
/z/ begins; legs ; girls ; flies ; enjoys
/iz/ wishes ; dances ; matches ; glasses ; noses
B2 ?Sandy wants to practice saying the different ?-(e)s‘endings. Listen and say whether the endings of the words are pronounced /s/, /z/ or /iz/.
Main task
Your favourite activities
A ?Millie is filling in a happiness chart for the Online Friendship Club‘s website. First, loot at Millie‘s chart. Then read about Millie‘s likes and dislikes in the table below
Activity Love Like Dislike Reason
Morning exercise ------- They‘re good for us. They help us get ready for the day
Lunchtime ------ I can chat with friends and eat nice food.
Basketball -------
Reading Club ------
Drawing -------
Homework ---------
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Unit 3 let’s celebrate
1.hobo, today is halloween. Great let‘s celebrate.
2. what are you doint ?
3.ghost? that‘s not very interesting. I‘m dressing
up as a ghost. 4. ok, then I‘ll dress up as Monkey king.
Which is your favourite festival?
The class1,grade 7 students in the English club are making a display about different festivals around the world, Each student has to make poster showing his/ner favourite festival.
Main task: Make a poster showing your favourite festival for a school display.
Welcome to the unit
A special days
?Millie is writing a list of festivals. Look at the pictures. Help her write the names of the festivals under the pictures. Chinese New Year ; Christmas ; Dragon Boat Festival ; Halloween ; Mid-Autumn Festival ; Thanksgiving Day .
B Asking about festivals :
?Which is your partner‘s favourite festival? Work in pairs. Use Millie and Amy‘s conversation as a model. Replace the underlined words with your own ideas.
Millie: Which is your favourite festival?
Amy: Mid-Autumn Festival.
Millie: Why do you like Mid-Autumn Festival?
Amy: Because I like to eat mooncakes.
A Getting ready for Halloween
?Millie received a letter about Halloween from her penfriend in the USA. Here is the letter.
October 15th
Dear Millie
Thank you for telling me about Mid-Autumn Festival. We do not celebrate it in the USA but we celebrate Halloween. Halloween in my favorite festival. We have a special party on October 31st.
What do we do for Halloween? We play a game called ?trick or treat‘. We knock on people‘s doors and shout ?trick or treat‘. Usually, they give us some candy as a treat. If they do not give us a treat, we can play a trick on them.
My friends and I always dress up / at Halloween. We wear special costumes with masks. Sometimes we paint out faces and people do not know who we are. It is wonderful! This year, I will wear a tiger costume.
We make our own special pumpkin lanterns for Halloween. We cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth.
My family always have a party on the evening of October 31st. It usually starts at about 8 p.m. We eat a lot of special Halloween chocolates and candies. We have hot drinks and eat lots of nice, hot food. We do not eat mooncakes.
Happy Halloween!
Lots of love
Wendy
B Learning more about Halloween
B1?Do you know the meanings of all the words in the letter? Write the correct names under the pictures.
Party ; pumpkin lantern ; special costume ; trick or treat .
B2?Millie is making some notes about Wendy‘s letter in her diary. However, some of them are not correct. Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.
1 People in the USA usually have a party on October 30th to celebrate Halloween.
2 Wendy often plays ?trick or treat‘ at Halloween.
3 Wendy and her friends always paint their faces at Halloween.
4 People in the USA make lanterns out of oranges.
5 People eat special Halloween chocolates and candies on that day.
B3?Millie is telling her classmates about Halloween but some of them at the back cannot hear everything. Help them complete their note.
Celebrate ; festival ; lantern ; special .
1Halloween is a very special festival.
2People in the USA celebrate Halloween every year.
3Wendy wears a special costume at Halloween.
4You can make a lantern out of a pumpkin.
C Millie’s Halloween party
?Millie and her friends are getting ready for a Halloween party. What are her friends saying? Help Millie fill in the blanks.
1Let‘s buy some Halloween chocolates.
2Let‘s dress up !
3How do we make a pumpkin lantern ?
4These candies are a special treat when we play trick or treat.
Vocabulary
Days of the year
A?Millie and Simon want to know on which days they do not have to go to school. Help them write Yes if they have to go to school and No if they do not have to go to school.
1 New Year‘s Day ;
2 May Day ;
3 Children‘s Day ;
4 Teachers‘ Day ;
5 National Day ;
6 Christmas . B?Millie and Simon are talking about different festivals. Complete the sentences below. Use the pictures to help you.
1 At Christmas, we get cards and presents.
2 On Thanksgiving Day, we eat turkey.
3 At Dragon Boat Festival, we eat rice dumplings.
4 At Mid-Autumn Festival, we eat mooncakes.
Grammar
A prepositions of time
We use different prepositions to talk about time, days, months and seasons.
Preposition What for? Words Example
at clock time The film starts at six o‘clock.
mealtimes breakfast, lunch, supper,
dinner I read the newspaper at breakfast.
some festivals Christmas, Mid-Autumn
festival,…. People give presents at Christmas.
age Children in China go to
school at 7.
on days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday,…We start school on Monday. We have a party on New Year‘s Day.
dates The holiday starts on 15th
july.
in Parts of the day. Morning, afternoon,
evening
The party is in the evening.
Months January. February, March,
April, May, June, July,
August, September,
October, November,
December
Christmas is in December.
Seasons Spring, summer, autumn;
winter In Canada, it is very cold in winter.
years My cousin was born in 1990. What is Millie doing in October?
A1?What is Millie doing in October? Complete what she says.
The National Day is on Tuesday.
Eric‘s birthday is on 6th October.
I‘m going to see the doctor at three o‘clock in the afternoon on 12th October.
I always take Eddie for a walk in the evening.
We have a long holiday in October.
A2?Millie is writing to Wenday about her week. Help her complete the letter with the correct prepositions.
28th October
Dear Wendy
Here is what I do every week. Usually I go to the Reading Club on Tuesday and Friday. Our club meeting starts at four o‘clock in the afternoon and finishes at five. I play volleyball at school on Wednesday. On Thursday, I go to Kitty‘s home in the evening. We study Maths together.
Amy‘s birthday is on 2nd November so we want to have a big party for her. It is Eddie‘s birthday on Saturday, but he doesn‘t want a party.
Maybe I can take him for a long walk!
Write soon!
Love
Millie
B Asking ‘Wh-’ questions
We use ?Wh-‘ questions to ask for information about someone / something.
‘wh-’ word In formation about question Answer
What Activity or thing What do you do for
Halloween We play a game called ?trick or treak‘.
Which Thing or person Which would you like? I‘d like this yellow one.
Who Person Who is Mr Wu? He is our teacher.
Whose Possession Whose bag is this? It‘s Millie‘s.
When Time When is your birthdady? It is on 2nd April.
Where Place Where is my pen? It is in the pencil case.
Why Reason Why are you so happy? It is my birthday!
How Manner How do you go to school? I go to school by bus.
Millie loves to ask questions
B1?Millie loves to ask questions. Look at the pictures below and help her complete her ?Wh-‘ questions.
1 Where are you going?
2 Who is that man ?
3 What do we have for lunch?
4 Why do you like fishing?
B2?Millie loves to learn about different things. She is always asking a lot of questions. Help Millie form questions with the correct ?Wh-‘ words.
1 Where are you going on holiday? We are going to Guilin.
2 When is Chinese New Year this year? It is in February.
3 Who is that person in a special costume ? That is Kitty!
4 What do you want for Christmas? I want a model train.
5 Where is Daniel? He is in the kitchen.
6 How do you celebrate Christmas ? we have a party and give others presents.
7 When is your birthday ? It is on 14th August.
8 Why do you buy mooncakes ? Because Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.
9 What do you eat at Dragon Boat Festival? We eat rice dumplings.
C Using ?some ‘/ ?any ‘
We use ?some ‘ or ?any ‘ to talk about the amount of something. 1 I must buy some Christmas presents. 2 Do you have any money? 3 No, I don ‘t have any money. Question Do they give you any candy? Tip: We can use ?some ‘ when we are making offers and requests. We use it when we expect the answer to be ?yes ‘. Would you like some tea? Can I have some stamps
Positive sentence They give us some candy. Negative sentence
They don ‘t give us any candy.
How do you celebrate ?
? Wendy and Millie are chatting online. Here is their conversation. Complete their questions and answers with ?some ‘ or ?any ‘.
Wendy : Are there any Halloween parties in Beijing ? Millie: No, there aren ‘t any Halloween parties.
Wendy: Do you play any special games at Chinese New Year?
Millie : No, we don ‘t play any games. We get some red packets and there ‘s always some money in them. Wendy : Do you get any presents?
Millie : Yes, we get some presents. Sometimes we get lots of them. Integrated skills
A Chinese New Year celebrations
A1 ?Wendy saw a poster for this year ‘s Chinese New Year celebrations in New York. Look at the poster. Help Wendy complete part of the table below.
Chinese New Year party
Gong He Xin Xi
● Chinese food ● Lion dance
● Fireworks (starts at 8 p.m.)
● Music and dance from 9 p.m. to midnight Date: Sunday, February 9th Place: Chinatown, New York Find more on New York Radio
A2 ?Listen to the radio programme. Help Wendy fill in the missing information in the table in Part A1.
A3 ?Wendy plans to celebrate Chinese New Year in New York. She is writing a postcard to Millie to tell her about the celebrations. Help her complete the postcard. January 13th Dear Millie
Gong He Xin Xi! I am on holiday in New York. I want to see the (Chinese New York) party here.
There are lots of interesting things here. I am going to watch the ( lion dance). It is my first time to see it and I am very excited. After that, I am going to eat some traditional (Chinese food). At night there will be (fireworks) in Chinatown. What do you do for Chinese New Year in Beijing? Lots of love Wendy
B Speak up: Which is your favourite day?
?Which is your partner ‘s favourite day in the year? Why? Ask your partner. Use Sandy and Millie ‘s conversation as a
model.
Sandy: Which is your favourite day in the year?
Millie: My birthday is my favourite day.
Sandy: When‘s your birthday?
Millie: It‘s on 3rd October.
Sandy: Why do you like your birthday so much?
Millie: I always have a party and I get lots of presents.
Sandy: Who gives you the presents?
Millie: My parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Study skills
Making flash cards
A?Millie is making some flash cards to help herself remember things. Your English teacher asks you to do the same thing. Look at the pictures and read the instructions
How to make flash cards
1 Cut out pieces of card. These are your flash cards.
2 Write a sentence, a question or an expression on each flash card.
3 Draw a picture about the sentence. The question or the expression on the other side of the flash card.
4 Look at the picture for a few seconds and try to remember the sentence. the question or the expression on the other side of the card.
B?Make your own flash cards now. Study the flash cards for 10 minutes every day and you will be able to remember things better!
Main task
A festival display
A ?The class 1, Grade 7 students are making a display about ?Festivals around the world‘. Each student has to make a poster showing his or her favourite festival. Below is Millie‘s writing plan.
Halloween: What is Halloween?----31th October----People in the West celebrate it.
How do people celebrate Halloween? ---- dress up--- play ?trick or treat‘(get a treat or play a trick)---make pumpkin lanterns. (cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth)--- have Halloween parties. (put candles in them)--- eat lots of special chocolates and candies.
B?Help Millie complete her poster. Use her writing plan on page 53 to help you.
HALLOWEEN
Halloween is on 31th October. People in the West celebrate it.
People celebrate Halloween in many ways. Children wear special costumes and masks at Halloween. Many children play a game called ?trick or treat‘. They knock on their neighbours‘ doors and shout ?trick or treat‘. Their neighbours usually give them a treat of some candy. If the children do not get any candy, they can play a trick on the neighbour.
Some people also make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins. They cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth. They put candles in them so the light shines through the eyes, the nose and the teeth.
C?Make a writing plan for your poster. Look for information in the library or on the Internet. Talk to a classmate about it . Then make a poster for the school display
Checkou t
A what are they talking about?
?Millie wants to write an article about what people do to celebrate different festivals for the school newsletter. She is talking with Wendy on the Internet. Complete their conversation.
Millie: (Which) is your favourite festival?
Wendy: I like Halloween best.
Millie: (When) is Halloween?
Wendy: It‘s (on) the last day in October.
Millie: (What) do you usually do (on / in) the evening of Halloween?
Wendy: I go to Green Park.
Millie: (Where) is the park?
Wendy: It‘s near my home.
Millie: (When) do you go there.
Wendy: (At) 8 p.m. (On) October 31st every year, there‘s a Halloween party there.
Millie: (Who) do you go with?
Wendy: I go with my friends.
Millie: (How) do you go there?
Wendy: We go there on foot.
B Millie’s dream
?Millie is dreaming about different festivals. Look at the pictures. What is she dreaming about? Write the names of the festivals in the blanks.
1 Halloween ;
2 Mid-Autumn Festival ;
3 Christmas ;
4 Chinese New Year ;
5 Dragon Boat Festival
6 Thanks giving Day
Project
My friend
Each student in Class 1, Grade 7 at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School made a poster of one of his / her friends. They put up the posters on the wall as a class display. Your teacher wants you to do the same thing.
A Planning and making a poster
1 Work in pairs. Write a list of 20 questions to ask your friend. You can use the following questions to help you.
2 Ask your friend your list of questions.
3 Make notes of your friend‘s answers.
4 Make a poster of your friend.
Tip: You learnt how to make different kinds of questions in Unit 1—3.
P 27
Questions: Age and height: When is your birthday? How old are you? How tall are you?
Family:Where do you live ? How many cousins do you have? What does your father/mother do?
Favourite activities:What subjects do you like? What do you like doing? What do you do after school?
What do you do at the weekend? What sports do you play?
Favourite day: Which day of the week do you like? Which festival do you like? Which season do you like?
Answer:
B Tip for making your poster
Writing
●Read your notes carefully.
●Make a plan before you start writing.
●Remember to write about your friend‘s appearance.
Checking
●Finish your writing.
●Check your sentences and words.
●Ask your partner to check your work.
Displaying
●Work in pairs. Talk about how to make your posters look interesting.
●Put some pictures on your poster.
●Put up your poster on the wall for display.
Unit 4 Food
1. it‘s lunchtime, Hobo. Let‘s have a hamburger.
2. You‘re always hungry, Eddie.
3. I need a lot of energy. Why? You never exercise.
4. Yes, I do. I walk to my bowl many times a day.
Are you a healthy person?
Millie joined an online club called the Get fit Club. She is writing an article about healthy eating for the club‘s website. Main Task: Collect information about different kinds of food. Write an article about yourself and your diet for the Get Fit Club.
Welcome to the unit :
What is your favourite food ?
A?: Millie is a member of the Get Fit Club. She has some pictures of food. Look at the pictures and write the food you like or dislike in the table below.
Rice ; hamburgers ; chicken ; fish ; apples ; oranges ; vegetables ; cakes ;
Love:
Like:
Dislike:
Hate:
B?: what food does your partner like? Work in pairs to find out. Take turns to ask questions. Use Millie and Daniel‘s conversation as a model.
I like bananas. What food do you like ? / I like hamburgers. / Do you like carrots? They are my favourite. / No, I dislike them. What about fish? / I like fish. It is bealthy. I don‘t like eggs. What about you? / I hate eggs.
Reading:
A Food and lifestyles:
Millie is reading this week‘s articles about Kitty‘s and Daniel‘s diets and lifestyles. Here are the articles.
What we eat and how we live
A: Hi! My name is Kitty. I am 12 years old. / I want to be a dancer. Every day, I dance for two hours.
A healthy diet is very important for a dancer, I need lots of energy to dance. It‘s very easy for me to get tired when I dance. I need to keep fit, I seldom eat sweet snacks like cakes, sweets or drink Coke between meals , There is too much sugar in them. They give me energy but they are not healthy.
I usually have fruit and vegetables because I want to be healthy. I always eat an apple for breakfast and I often drink some milk and eat some bread. I eat lunch every day. For dinner, I usually eat meat and vegetables. After dinner, I sometimes have an orange or a banana.
B: Hello, I‘m Daniel. I am 12 years old. I like sudying. After class, I also like playing computer games and chatting with my friends on the internet.
I am a top student at school, but I do not have a healthy diet or lifestyle. I love Cole and hamburgers. I always eat hamburgers for lunch. I want to play basketball, but I cannot run fast. I never do any exercise. It‘s time for me to change now. I plan to have healthy meals—juice and bread for breakfast, fish and begetables for lunch and dinner. There is saimming pool near my home. I plan to go swimming twice a week.
B A healthy lifestyle
B1 ?: Mille wants to know the meanings of all the new words in Kitty‘s and Daniel‘s articles. Help her match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
1 dancer ---not very often
2 healthy--- best
3 diet --- the way you live
4 energy --- having good health.
5 seldom --- a person who dances.
6 top --- power to do things
7 lifestyle --- sports activities.
8 exercise --- the food you usually eat.
B2 ?:Kitty and Daniel want to show other club members the differences between their diets.
Help them write the food they have every day on their pieces of paper. Use the words from the articles on page 60.
C Kitty’s and Daniel’s lifestyles:
C1 ?:Millie is telling her mother about Kitty‘s and Daniel‘s different diets and lifestyles. But she does not remember the articles clearly. Write a T if the information is true. Write an F if it is false.
1 Kitty wants to be a teacher ( )
2 Kitty is careful with her diet because she wants to be healthy. ( )
3 Sweet snacks are healthy because they give people energy. ( )
4 Daniel is good at studying. ( )
5 Daniel has Coke and hamburgers for lunch. ( )
6 Kitty and Daniel have healthy diets and lifestyles. ( )
Simon does not have time to read this week‘s online articles. He is asking Millie some questions about them. Help Millie answer the questions correctly.
How often does Kitty dance? She dances every day.
How long does Kitty dance every day? She dances for two hours.
What does Daniel want to do? He wants to play basketball.
What does Daniel plan to have for breakfast? He plans to have juice and bread.
Vocabulary
How much do you know about food?
A1 ?: Millie is doing a puzzle on the Get Fit Club website. Help her rearrange the letters to find out the names of the following.
1 a cold drink.----coke
2 it is sweet and brown.---chocolate
3 a hot drink.---tea
4 this animal lives in water.---fish.
5 it is round and sweet.--- mooncake.
6 a yellow fruit. --- lemon.
B ?: Millie finds more information about food. Look at the pictures and help Millie put the food into the correct groups in the table below.
Vegetables: carrots ; cabbage; tomatoes
Fruit : lemons ; mangoes .
Meat:beef ; pork ; fish .
Sweet snacks:mooncakes ; chocolate .
Drink:milk ; juice .
Grammar
A Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of frequency tell you how often things happen. Look at the graph below.
0% never ; 20% seldom ; 40% sometimes ;
60% often; 80% usually ; 100% always .
How often do they exercise?
?Millie is asking her classmatea how often they exercise. Look at the graph above. Then help Millie complete the sentences below.
1 Simon loves playing football. He (often) plays football after school.
2 Sandy doesn‘t have much time to play badminton. She (seldom) plays badminton.
3 Amy goes to the Swimming Club three times a week. She (usually) swims after school.
4 Daniel spends all his free time sitting in front of the computer. He never plays football.
5 Daniel has Coke and hamburgers for lunch.
6 Millie sometimes goes roller skating. She‘s not very good at it .
Tip: We usually put an adverb of frequency before a verb except when it is the verb ?to be‘. I am always happy.
B Countable and uncountable nouns:
A countable noun refers to something we can count. Here are some examples.
Countable nouns (singular) Countable nouns (plural )
an apple a carrot a cake two apples two carrots two cakes
We use ?a‘ or ‘an‘ before a singular countable noun. If the noun starts with a vowel sound, we use ?an‘.
To form the plural form of most countable nouns, we add ?-s‘ to the singular form. However, there are some exceptions.
Most nouns +s A cake →cakes
Nouns ending in a consonant+y -y+ies A story →
Nouns ending in s, sh, ch, or x +es A glass→glasses
Nouns ending in o +s or +es A radio→radios mango→mangoes
Nouns ending in f or fe -f or –fe+ves shelf→shelves knife→knives