九年级unit3.unit4课本范文
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3a Work in groups and find the answers to the questions on the Internet. Then share the information with
your group members.
1. Where is Chinese mainly spoken?
2. How many people speak Chinese as their second language? Where are they from?
3. How many people are learning Chinese as a foreign language? Why are they
learning Chinese?
3b Write a passage based on the study in 3a.
Nowadays Chinese is becoming more and more popular all over the world. It’s mainly
spoken in China, and has the largest number of speakers in the world. Chinese is also the official
language in China and Singapore and it is learned by more and more people as a foreign language.
By the year of 2010, over 100 million people learned Chinese as their foreign language. People
learn Chinese for various reasons. Some learn it for they believe in the rapid development of
China. Some learn it because they love the Chinese culture and others learn it just because they
like the language itself. With the development of China, the number of Chinese learners will be
larger and larger.
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3．Write a passage with the title Different Cultures, Different Meanings based on the table.
have different meanings between the Chinese and western cultures.
In China, peacock is a beautiful animal that stands for beauty and goodness. Bats also have
positive meanings in China, especially in the southern part of the country. They stand for life and
happiness. However, for people in western cultures, they mean bad luck. Bamboo is a symbol of
happiness and peace in China, but it means wisdom and power in western cultures.
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3. Read Li Ming’s question in “ Ask About English” column from the website BBC
Learning English and write back to help them.
Question:
I’m a shy boy, and I don’t like to talk. My spoken English is not good because I’m afraid of
answering the teacher’s questions in English class. And after class, I have no chance to practice
speaking English. What should I do?
Li Ming Answer:
Hello, Li Ming. It’s an interesting question. As we all know, spoken English is very important
in learning English, so you should try your best to answer the teacher’s questions in English class.
Don’t be shy, take a deep breath and smile before speaking. After class, you’d better try to practice speaking English as often as possible. You can take part in the English corner to communicate with others. As long as you can practice more, you’ll make progress.
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3 Do you know how to be an inventor? Do you want to invent something? Write a passage about your invention. The following questions may help you .
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• 1. How do you come to the idea of your invention? 2. What does it look like? 3. What is it made of/from? 4. What’s it used for?
• 5. What are you going to name it?
My invention is a robot. It is called “Superman”. There is a computer inside its body. It looks like a tiger. When you see it for the first time, you may be frightened. In fact, it is gentle and polite. It can help us do housework, such as cleaning a room, washing dishes, and making the bed. When the room is dirty, it will begin to work at once. It can also watch over a house instead of humans. It is careful, clever and hard-working. In short, this robot is very useful to us, though it can’t run or speak.
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3a Write back an e-mail to Uncle Stephen for Kangkang and ask him for more information about Mars. The list may help you.
• clothing
• food and drinks
• weather
• transportation
• …
3b Work in pairs. Check your partner’s e-mail and use your knowledge of Mars to answer the questions for Uncle Stephen.
Dear Uncle,
I’m very glad to receive your e-mail, and I know that the living conditions were quite bad during your journey. I am interested in the information about Mars. Can you tell me more about it ? How about the weather on Mars? Is it very cold? What kind of transportation do you use there? I am looking forward to your e-mail!
Good luck! Yours, Kangkang
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2 A spaceship will be sent out to find aliens in outer space. A letter will be put on the spaceship to introduce our earth. Discuss in groups and write a short introduction of the earth. Then present it to the class
.Our Earth
Do you want to know about the earth? Now, let me tell you something about it.
The earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system and is named after old English. It goes around the sun. The moon is its only natural satellite. Its diameter is 12,742 kilometers. The surface area of the earth is 510 million square kilometers and the temperature is between -89.2℃ and 61℃. The air has 21% oxygen. So plants, all kinds of animals and human beings can live on the earth. The population of the world has reached 6.8 billion. Do you want to make friends with us?
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2 Write a short passage with the title with One Day Without Computers. The following information may help you.
Suppose you were on a special day in 2030. During the
day, there were no computers in the world. What trouble
would you have? You may begin like this:
One Day Without Computers
Today, when I got up, I just turned on the computer as usual, but it didn’t work.
Then I tried my brother’s PC, my parents’, even my dog’s, but none of them worked. Later, it was reported on TV that all of the computers in the world broke down today. So the world is quite different. For instance, we can’t play games, watch movies or do shopping at home. Besides, we can’t communicate by sending e-mails or chatting online. Without the help of computers, businessmen can’t place or cancel orders online. Teachers can’t give lessons to their students. What’s worse, robots controlled by computers can’t do dangerous work for humans. Even the doctors can’t find the diseases easily.
In short, we almost have trouble with everything without computers today.
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Written a passage with the title The Advantage of Knowing a Foreign Language.
The Advantage of Knowing a Foreign Language. One day, a cat was waiting for a little mouse to kill her for lunch. And he was mewing at the door. The little mouse was too afraid to move. Then the mother mouse came to see what happened. “Mom, the cat is coming!” the little mouse cried. The mother mouse thought for a while and had an idea. She came near the door and imitated the voice of a dog, “Bow-Bow, Bow-Bow…!” just like a dog. Hearing the voice of a dog, the cat ran away immediately. “You see, this is the importance of knowing a foreign language,” the mother mouse told her child.