Unit One How tall are you ?Im 21 metres tall. Im tallest!Im 1.6 metres tall. Im taller than dinosaur.Its so tall!Some dinosaurs are bigger than houses. Some are smaller than our schoolbags.How heavy is it?Its five tons.What size are your shoes?My shoes are size 35.Look! Thats the tallest dinosaur in this hall.Yes, it is. How tall is it?Maybe 4 metres.Wow! Its taller than both of us together.Look！There are more dinosaurs over there!Theyre all so big and tall.Hey, this dinosaur isnt tall! Im taller than this one.Oh, yes. How tall are you?Im 1.65 metres.How tall are you?Im 1.61 metres.Oh! Im taller.Youre older than me, too.How old are you?Im 12 years old.How tall are you?Im 1.64 metres.Wu Yifan is taller than John, but Zhang Peng is taller than Wu Yifan.Those shoes in the window are nice! Lets have a look.What size are your shoes, Mike?Size 7.Size 7? Thats so small.In China I wear size 40 shoes.Oh! Your feet are bigger than mine. My shoes are size 37.Really? You look taller than me.But I think you are heavier. How heavy are you?Im 48 kilograms.Yes, youre heavier. Im 46 kilograms.How heavy are you, Jim?Im 52 kilograms.Youre heavier than me.Little Duck is watching the sun go down. It is getting lower and lower, but his shadow is getting longer and longer.“Why is that?” Little Duck asks his friend Old Tree. “You are older and smarter than me. Tell me - why is my shadow longer when the sun gets lower?”O(jiān)ld Tree says, “Thats easy, Little Duck. The sun goes down every day, and we grow older every day. Your shadow grows longer because you are growing taller. You are becoming a big beautiful bird!”They need a new goalkeeper.Id like to have a try.Me too.I cant wait.How tall are you?Im 1.8 metres.How heavy are you?Im 86 kilograms.Mr Zebra is 10 centimetres taller than Mr Deer.Yes, and hes stronger. But he cant catch the ball!Im the tallest one. Sorry. Your neck is too long. The others cant reach you. Football needs teamwork.Whats happening here?Oh! Heres the one we want!Why? Hes too heavy!We need a big guy!Oh! Hes almost bigger than the goal!Yes! Hes an excellent goalkeeper.Unit two last weekend?What did you do last weekend?I cleaned my room and washed my clothes on Saturday.Did you play football with Zhang Peng?Yes, I did. We played football on Sunday.Hi, Grandpa. How are you? How was your weekend?Im fine, Mike. It was good, thank you. What did you do?Well, I stayed at home with your grandma. We drank tea in the afternoon and watched TV.I watched TV, too.I watched some childrens shows on TV.Thats nice. Did you do anything else?Yes, I cleaned my room and washed my clothes.You are a good boy!How was your weekend?It was fine, thanks.What did you do?I stayed at home and watched TV.How was your weekend?It was OK.What did you do?I washed my clothes.Hey, Amy. Lets go to the bookstore. I want to buy the new film magazine.Oh, I read it last weekend.Was it interesting?Yes, it talked about a lot of new films. What did you do last weekend? Did you see a film?No, I had a cold. I stayed at home all weekend and slept. Oh, Im sorry. Im happy you feel better now.Thanks. Lets go by bus. Its faster than walking.What did you do last weekend?I saw a film.Did you like it?Yes, I did. It was great.What did John do yesterday?He slept.Did he have a cold yesterday?Yes, he did.CommentsDear Sir,Our weekend at your hotel was bad. Our room was big but everything was very old. Our friend Robin cleaned our room and fixed a broken chair.My mother wanted to read a book but the lamp was too small. My dad got some hamburgers from the hotel kitchen, but they were cold and tasted bad.I wanted to watch TV but the TV didnt work. The people in Room 301 listened to loud music. I didnt sleep all night.Im sorry, but we didnt enjoy our stay very much.Wu Yifan and familyHow was your weekend?It was a busy one.What did you do on Saturday morning?I washed my schoolbag. Then I went to the park.What did you do on Saturday afternoon?I did my homework. Then I went fishing.What did you do on Sunday morning?I cleaned my room. Then I wanted my grandparents.What did you do on Sunday afternoon?I played football. Then I watched TV.That was a busy weekend.Yes, it was. Now I need another weekend.Unit Three Where did you go?You didnt come to school. What happened?I feel off my bike and hurt my foot.Oh dear! Are you all right?Yes, Im OK. Thanks.Can I come and visit you?Sure! You can see my photos from the Labour Day holiday.Did you go to Turpan?Yes, I did. I saw lots of grapes and ate lots of mutton kebabs. They were delicious.Who did you go with?My parents and my uncle.What happened?I felt off my bike last Saturday and hurt my foot.Thats too bad! Are you all right?Im OK now. Come and look at my photos from the Labour Day holiday. Where did you go?Mt.Tianshan, XinJiang. I rode a horse. Look, its very small!Oh, yes. It looks like a mule! Did you go to Turpan?Yes, we did. We saw lots of grapes there, but we couldnt eat them. They wont be ready till August.Where did you go last Saturday?I went to a forest park.What did you do there?I rode a bike.Where did you go over the winter holiday?My family and I went to Sanya.Really? Did you like it?Yes, it was so warm.Hainan is far from here. How did you go there?We went there by plane.How was the beach? What did you do there?It was beautiful. I took lots of pictures, and I also went swimming.Sounds great! Can I see your pictures sometime?Sure.How was your summer holiday, Yifan?It was good. I went swimming every weekend and took lots of pictures.Whats your name？How about “Max”?Hello, Max!Friday, April 23rdToday was a sunny day. In the morning, we rode a bike for three people. Max sat in a basket on the front of the bike. That was fun! We took pictures of the beautiful countryside. We bought some gifts and ate some delicious food. In the afternoon, Mum ate some bad fruit and didnt feel well. So we stayed in the hotel. Dad and I wanted to make her happy. We dressed up and made a funny play. Robin played the part of a dog. He was so cute. Max liked him so much. He jumped on him and licked him. Of course, Robin didnt like it. We laughed and laughed.It was a bad day but also a good day!Am I now on the moon? I cant believe it! She must be Change. Oh, there is the rabbit.Its time to go. Good! Here comes a spaceship.How was your holiday?It was fun.Where did you go?I went to the moon.How did you go there?By spaceship.What did you see?I saw Change, the rabbit and the tree.Did you take any pictures?Yes, I did. Oops, where did I put the pictures?Oh, it was a dream.Unit Four Then and nowYifan, thats your father. Wow!You werent very big then, Mr Wu!No, so I didnt like PE class very much. I couldnt run fast or play basketball well.Our school was small!We didnt have a library, and there werent any computer rooms at all.There was no gym either!Wow, a library! There was no library in my old school.Tell us about your school, please.There was only one small building on a hill.Could you see stars at night?Yes, I liked the stars.Me too. One day Im going to visit the moon.The Americans took about five days to get there in 1969. How do you know that?Easy, I looked it up on the Internet. Ah! There were no computers or Internet in my time.John, come and look at Mikes photos!Thats funny. Mike! Youre wearing a pink T-shirt.Yes, but I dont like pink now.We are all different now!Right. Before, I was quiet. Now, Im very active in class. How about you?Well, I was short, so I couldnt ride my bike well. Now, I go cycling every day. I like it very much.Thats good exercise.I didnt like winter before. I thought it was too cold, and I couldnt go cycling.How about now?Now I love to ice-skate, so I like winter.What a dream!Wu Yifan had a race with his father and Max. There were many people there. His father ran very fast, but Wu Yifan could not. There was nothing he could do. He was so worried. “I could run fast at school,” he thought. “Why am I so slow now?”Then Robin said, “Drink this!” and gave Wu Yifan some water. Wu Yifan drank it and suddenly he felt good. He could run fast again.There was a second race. There were many animals in that race. Wu Yifan ran like a cheetah. He could win the race! But suddenly he tripped and fell. Then he woke up. He was in bed. It was all a dream!Cavemen often ate raw meat. They didnt cook their food.Now there are many things to help you cook.In 2050, there will be house robots. They will cook, clean and wash the dishes.There were many trees, and there were many clean rivers.Now, there are more and more buildings.We should help the earth now, so birds will have homes and the forests will be healthy and green again.Before humans lived on the earth, whales already lived in the sea.Now, there are not many whales. If we change now, whales and humans will have a bright future.Oh, cavemen didnt cook their meat?Its OK. They didnt do the dishes either!Look! How beautiful the world was! Oh! What will the birds do?Dont worry. People will help them.Heal the world!Make it a better place!RecycleDay 4Its an elephant. Its big.Guess! Is this bigger or smaller than the elephant?I think its bigger than the elephant.No, it isnt. Its smaller. Look. Its a tiger.Look. The other card is a whale.So the whale is the biggest, and the tiger is the smallest.Day 5I go to school from Monday to Friday. My favourite day is Monday.On Monday I have maths, English, music and PE. I like PE best.Maths is my first class. I often answer maths questions. Sometimes theyre difficult.In English class, I read many English stories, and I like to speak English with my friends.I play the piano or sing songs in music class. This is very noisy and often great fun.In the afternoon I have PE class. I sometimes play football or exercise in the gym. Im not good at running, but I like football best!Mike is my new friendMike likes Monday best. His favourite class is English.English is his first class on Monday. He reads many English stories, and he likes to speak English with his friends.In the maths class, Mike often answers very difficult maths questions.In the PE class, Mike sometimes plays basketball or exercises in the gym. He likes basketball best.Day7Dear Friends,It is time to leave our school. We are all going to middle school soon, so we will say goodbye to each other. We are going to have a farewell party. You can bring your friends. Place: Our music room Time: Friday 3 p.m.Activities:We will draw pictures and sing songs. We are going to give prizes for the best pictures. We are going to have cake, candy and juice, too.Yum!We will also give prizes to our good students. Who studied hard? Who wrote the best story? Who did the best homework?We will listen to music, play games and dance. It will be great fun.See you at the party!I have some good news and some bad news.What is it?Im going away for a long time.Im sorry to hear that.Where are you going?America. My father has a new job there.That is good news for your father. Its sad news for me.Me too.Are you going to a new school?Im going to a new middle school. Ill be in Grade 7.Will you promise to write to me? Of course. Take care.9學(xué)期教學(xué)#