Unit 8 Sports
Useful expressions and Structures
（一） 必會詞
1． 動詞：beat, compete, dive, hold, prepare, rank, score, tie, weigh
2．名詞：Athens, athlete, badminton, competitor, continent, congratulation, effect, event, flag, flame, gesture, Greece, gymnastics, Los Angeles, medal, motto, point, position, preparation, profile, quarter, quiz, season, shooting, skill, speed skating, sport, superstar, time, title, torch, track and field, venue, weight, weightlifting, win, wrestling,
3．形容詞、副詞：ancient, facial, final, further, gold, professional, well-known, worth
（二） 必會短語、結構
host the Olympic Games, the five Olympic rings, stand for, because of, win three gold medals, every four years, history-making success, light the Olympic torch, sports fan, win against, host city, single/double match, give sb. final win of …, would rather, take an active part, in preparation for, live one’s dream
（三） 詞語辨析
1. win, beat
2. take part in, join, join in, attend
（四） 經典范句
1. I’d rather watch it than play it.
2. Some of the games in which the young men competed were: running, jumping and wrestling.
3. In Sydney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals, ranking third of all the competing countries.
4. Following the history-making success in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, China won another great competition in 2001 which was not for a medal.
5. The people of Beijing, and of the whole country, will be preparing to light the Olympic torch to welcome athletes and sports fans from all over the world.
Being the host of the Olympic Games will have good and bad effects on the host city.
Unit 9 Technology
Useful expressions and Structures
（一） 必會詞
1． 動詞：add, clone, dare, defeat, department, depend, dial, disagree, interview, obey, press, remind, revise, skip, succeed
2．名詞：agreement, appointment, automobile, behaviour, calendar, case, clue, disagreement, electricity, emergency, feature, force, function, image, item, planet, resource, teenager, toothpick, wonder
3．形容詞、副詞：absolutely, according, broadband, creative, latest, left-handed, negative, particular, peaceful, test-tube, unexpected,
4．其他：throughout, whatever,
（二） 必會短語、結構
solve problem, turn sth. inside out, on the go, send e-mail, surf the Internet, add…to…, electronic calendar, remind sb. about sth., stay in touch, call for help, in case (of), go on, dial the number to sb., according to, collect money for…, take over, break down, dream about…, fight a war, come up with a solution, take steps to do,
（三） 經典范句
1. You can move any side as many steps as you wish.
2. Wang Mei puts her hand into her pocket, takes out her red cellphone and presses the talk key.
3. I should be home in about ten minutes.
4. Wang Mei is one of the many Chinese teenagers who live life “on the go” and used cellphones.
5. Words and images are being sent throughout the world.
6. The latest cellphones have features such as games, music and an electronic calendar that will remind you about appointments and important dates.
7. The answer seems to be that we have a need to stay in touch with friends and family no matter where we are or what we are doing.
8. Having a cellphone also makes us feel safer, since we can call for help in case of an emergency.
9. She says that her cellphone helps her do whatever she wants to do and still stay in touch with her parents and friends.
10. “I think it’s the most useful invention ever,” Wang Mei says as she is dialing the number to Xiao Li again to ask her what she will be wearing to school tomorrow.
11. Some students are spending as much as 200 yuan a month on their cellphones.
12. The few surviving human beings are being used in the way that we use machines today: they have to make electricity for the machines, repair them when they break down, and do everything Q12 tells them to.
13. In this school, the students still learn about all the wonders of the world---science, art, history, culture---and they are still allowed to dream about a better future.
The leader of the human has decided that it is time to do something to stop Q12, bring the machines and people back together, and make and world beautiful again.
Unit 10 The World Around Us
Useful expressions and Structures
（四） 必會詞
2． 動詞：act, endanger, organize, reduce, respond,
2．名詞：amount, antelope, battery, deed, ecosystem, endangerment, energy, flat, fur, giraffe, habitat, hippo, jungle, material, measure, poster, species, topic, tour, wolf,
3．形容詞、副詞：attractive, brief, common, harmful, original, valuable,
4．辨析：common, usual與ordinary
fur與hair
（五） 必會短語、結構
in danger, die out, as a result of, lead to, take measures, adapt to, make a difference, devote…to, at present, set free, in the wild, take turns, keep…from doing, take sb. on a tour, first of all, at (the) least, make a list of, be used to, the number of, care about, living things, throw away, end up
（六） 經典范句
1. Do you know of any other endangered animals?
2. Why is it important to make sure that animals do not die out?
3. We don’t always do as we say.
4. … the animal or plant has to either adapt to the change or find a new home.
5. The good news is that there is a lot we can do to help.
6. Without air, water and sunlight there would be no livin
Unit 11 The sounds of the world
Useful expressions and Structures
（一）必會詞
1．動詞：contain, entertain, express, perform, satisfy, spread
2．名詞：blues, chant, characteristic, desire, emotion, guitar, instrument, intelligence, jazz, Latin, musician, performer, process, record, rhythm, slave, suggestion, variety
3．形容詞、副詞：folk, inner, musical, totally, traditional, universal
4．其他：versus
5．辨析：contain與include, emotion與feeling
（二）必會短語、結構
a world of, have much in common, turn … into…, on the other hand, a variety of…, make a record, dance to music, make a decision, play an instrument, musical style, during festivals, express true feelings, satisfy one’s inner desire, eight human intelligences, live for music, because of, come from, feel easy
（三）經典范句
1．What do you have in mind?
2．What we hear on the radio or see on TV is only a small part of all the wonderful music that is waiting for us.
3．People have been playing the blues for many years.
4．There is a wide variety of new music to be discovered in every corner of the world, so the next time you look for a tape or a CD, don’t just look for Chinese or American music-open your ears to the sounds of the world.
5．A pop song is written in a “factory” where one person writes the words, someone else the music, and other musicians record it.
6．Perhaps the most important characteristic of rap music is the way the artists sing.
7．Pop music makes people feel easy and forget about the real world; rock music makes people think about the world and how to make their life better.
8．For example, love in a pop song is dither good or bad, but in a rock song it can be both good and bad at the same tome.
9．Many people study better with music on.