8B Unit6 Travel
France is calling
Now that winter is behind us, many people are starting to think about going abroad for the summer holidays. This year, why not spread your wings and visit France
Paris is the capital of France. It is one of the most popular tourist d___1___ in the world. With its world-famous l___2___ such as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, and its wide, tree-lined streets, Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
If you are taking your children with you, remember that Euro Disney is j___3___ an hour away from the centre of Paris. It offers many of the same attractions as the Disney parks in the USA.
If you want to go on to visit Britain, you can now do it without f___4___ or taking a ferry. The Channel Tunnel enables you to travel by train from Paris to London in about three hours.
The centre of France is a big, agricultural region, growing crops such as wheat and sunflowers, and there are many vineyards. Farmers grow grapes there to make excellent wine. One of the most scenic area is the Loire Valley, w___5___ you can visit the old castles in which the kings and queens of France used to live.
France, l___6___ China, is famous for its food. In our city, we can see the influence of France in some ways. Some bakeries provide French bread and cakes. Other popular French p___7___ are cheese and wine.
France is a leader in art and culture too. A lot of young students from different countries go to France to f___8___ their studies. Every year, French film festivals, exhibitions and concerts are organized throughout the world.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The tower of Pisa was built to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy．It is the bell tower for Pisa Cathedral. However，not only is the marble tower beautiful, it is perhaps the s___1___ tower in the world. It leans to one side and looks like it is going to fall over.
The building of the tower began in August 1173 and took n___2___ two hundred years to complete．Nobody is certain who designed the tower, but for many years it was said that Bonanno Pisano was the a___3___. In 1319, all the floors were finished and years later, work eventually began on the bell chamber at the top. It was officially opened after about 200 years of construction. The tower has eight floors. It is 54.5 metres tall with 294 steps up to the bell chamber. From the top. there is a very beautiful view. Italian scientist, Galileo, once did his famous e___4___ about gravity and falling objects from the top of the tower.
Why does the tower lean In fact, it was already leaning while they were building it. As soon as three floors had been built, by 1178, it began to lean as the ground beneath it sank. The builders tried to make the tower straight again as they a___5___ more floors, but the lean only got worse as the tower grew. It c___6___ to lean by about 1 millimetre every year until finally, on 7 January 1990, it was closed to the public. For ten years, the rescue of the tower was a serious problem. The top was leaning over by 5 metres to the south and if its movement was not stopped, the tower would one day fall over. Measurements taken in 1911 estimated that the tower would collapse by 2050, if not sooner. After 10 years of hard work, it was officially reopened on 16 June 2001. However, it was not opened to the public u___7___ the end of 2001 and even now, the number of visitors is restricted. It is now safe for the next 300 years because engineers have reduced the lean by 50 centimeters to give it the same lean that it had in 1838.
8B Unit 6Vocabulary（牛津）
序号 英文 音标 词性 中文
1 [d 'fi t] v. 击败，战胜
2 [wa n] n. 葡萄酒
3 [' d lt] n. 成年人
4 [frɑ:ns] n. 法国
5 既然；由于
6 [ 'br d] adv. 在国外；到国外
7 [p r s] n. 巴黎
8 [desti'nei n] n. 目的地；终点
9 ['w :ld'feim s] adj. 举世闻名的
10 ['l ndmɑ k] n. 地标
11 例如
12 ['tri:laind] adj. 绿树成荫的；绿树成行的；
13 [ 'tr k n] n. 有吸引力的事或物
14 接着做另一件事
15 [i'neibl] v. 使能够；使有机会
16 [' gr k lt ] adj. 农业的
17 ['ri d n] n. 地区；区域；地方
18 [wi t] n. 小麦
19 ['s nfla ] n. 向日葵；葵花
20 ['v nj d] n. 葡萄园
21 ['eks l nt] adj. 极好的；优秀的；
22 ['si n k] adj. 风景优美的
23 ['kɑ sl] n. 城堡
24 [kwi n] n. 女王；王后
25 ['influ ns] n. 影响
26 在某些方面
27 [frent ] adj. 法国的
28 [t i z] n. 干酪；奶酪
29 ['li d ] n. 领先者；领导者
30 ['k lt ] n. 文化（艺术，音乐、文学等统称）
31 ['f ] v. 继续；使…进一步
32 ['k ns t] n. 音乐会；演奏会
33 [θru 'a t] prep. 各处；遍及
34 ['lev l] n. 楼层；层面
（2）8B U6词性转换整理
序号 单词 词性 释义
1 agricultural adj. 农业的
agriculture n. 农业
2 region n. 地区；区域；地方
regional adj. 地区的；区域的
3 culture n. 文化
cultural adj. 文化的
4 France n. 法国
French adj. n. 法国的；法国人的 法语
Frenchman n. 法国人
5 attraction n. 有吸引力的事或物
attractive adj. 吸引人的
attract v. 吸引
6 scenic adj. 风景优美的
scenery n. 风景；景色；舞台
scene n. 场面；现场；景色
7 like v. prep. 喜欢 像...一样
dislike v. 不喜欢
unlike prep. 不像...一样
8 enable v. 使能够；使有机会
able adj. 有能力的
unable adj. 不能的
disable v. 使失去能力
ability n. 能力
9 further v. 继续；使更进一步
adj./adv. 更进一步；更远（抽象）
farther adj./adv. 更进一步；更远（距离）
far adj./adv. 远的；久远地
10 lead v. 引导，领导
leader n. 领先者，领导者
(3) 8B U6知识点整理
1. Now that winter is behind us, many people are starting to think about going abroad for the summer holidays. 由于冬天已经过去，很多人都开始考虑暑假出国旅游的事了。
分析：now that =since, 引导原因状语从句。
Now that you have already known it, I will say no more. 既然你已经知道了，那我就不多说了。
讲解：abroad与aboard的区别 （注意拼写）
go abroad出国 go aboard上车，上船，上飞机
2. A lot of young students from different countries go to France to further their studies. 很多来自不同国家的青年学生去法国深造。
分析：further one’s study深造，further education进修, 深造。
I plan to further my study after graduation. 毕业后我打算去美国深造。
3. go on to do sth. 继续去做（另一件事）
e.g. After he finished his homework, he went on to read China Daily. 他完成作业后，接着读英文版中国日报。
【对比分析】 go on doing something继续做某事（与原来相同的事）
e.g. He relaxed for a while and went on writing the report.
（注意：继续做同一件事）他休息了一下后继续写报告。
4. It is + adj. +for sb. + to do sth. 做某事对某人来说是……的；
It is +adj. + of sb. + to do sth. 某人实在是太……来……
该句型还可以用于宾语从句，句型是：
I find (think…) it + adj. +for sb. + to do sth.
I think it necessary for you to give up smoke.
I find (think…) it +adj. + of sb. + to do sth.
I think it good of you to help that old couple.
5. in some ways 在某些方面
补充 in some (many) ways在一些（许多）方面
by the way顺便问一下
on the way在……路上
in the way 挡道，妨碍人的
e.g. Peter is like his father in some ways.
On the way to hospital, I saw your father waiting at the bus stop.
By the way, could you please tell me if you are free tonight
Seeing a dog in the way, the little girl was frightened.
I. Choose the best answer.
1. The ______ of their flight is Paris. They are going to spend their holiday there.
A. landmark B. castle C. destination D. capital
2. It is ______ to watch the matches of the Tennis Masters Cup.
A. amazed B. amazing C. to amaze D. amazement
3. Shanghai is famous ______ its night views and shopping centres.
A. for B. to C. as D. with
4. His grandpa ______ in a small town. Now he's living in a big city.
A. was used to living B. was used to live
C. used to live D. is used to living
5. Why ______ go swimming this afternoon
A. don't B. not C. not to D. not we
6. What about ______ hopping tomorrow
A. go B. to go C. goes D. going
7. It's freezing today. If you go out without ______ a heavy coat on, you will catch a cold.
A. wearing B. wear C. putting D. put
8. Names such as Dior in clothes are familiar ______ many Chinese people.
A. on B. to C. with D. of
9. It's dangerous for you ______ that tall wall.
A. to climb B. climbing C. climbed D. to climbing
10. —______ do you go to see your grandparents
— Once a month.
A. How long B. How often C. How fast D. How far
11. ______ everyone is here, let's start our class.
A. Though B. Before C. Now that D. After
12. His bike enables him ______ all over China.
A. to travel B. traveling C. traveled D. to traveling
13. The Lees will go to Malaysia ______ their summer holiday.
A. of B. by C. with D. for
14. ______ Lily's mother is ______ teacher. She teaches English in ______ middle school.
A. / a / B. The; a; a C. / a a D. /; an; the
15. — Have you ever been ______
— Yes, I've been to Australia and New Zealand.
A. aboard B. board C. abroad D. broad
16. Of the two apples, she chose ______ one.
A. big B. bigger C. the bigger D. the big
17. She had become familiar ______ the house from the third week on.
A. to B. with C. for D. of
18. ______ useful work they have done!
A. What B. How C. What a D. What an
19. —______ is your home from your school
— About five minutes' walk.
A. How long B. How often C. How fast D. How far
20. Not only rich men become President. ______, Lincoln was born poor.
A. But also B. For example C. Such as D. As well as
21. Your advice will ______ me to win the competition.
A. able B. disabled C. ability D. enable
22. Songhua River is excellent ______ skating in winter.
A. to B. in C. for D. at
23. That song always reminds me ______ my childhood life.
A. of B. for C. to D. in
plete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. （将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）:（共8分）
A. spend B. join C. in time D. nobody E. true
Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to ___1___ them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to take part in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now Jess thought ___2___ seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely that he drowned his feeling with food. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him.
Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was pleased that Jess thought that was ___3___. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up.
At first Cindy thought it was fun, but later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess’s family had little money, and she hated to see him ___4___ his savings on something he would never use, but her close friends also hated her to tell Jess the truth. They would be angry with her. What could she do now
A. ideas B. common C. only D. imagine E. such as
Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother reads magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we ___5___ life without paper or print
Paper was first created about 2, 000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cottons, bamboo, and since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could ___6___ be produced one at a time by hand and they were expensive and rare. Because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. Then more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ___7___ spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines, ___8___ MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day I am not sure.
plete the sentences with the given verbs in their proper forms
1. Many __________ people feel happy in our country. (France)
2. China is so __________ that many foreigners come to visit it every year. (attract)
3. The film __________ us students a lot. (attractive)
4. The ferry __________ us to go across the river easily. (able)
5. The __________ waved his hand to us and passed. (lead)
6. He will go abroad to __________ his study next month. (far)
7. Baseball and judo are not very popular in __________. (French)
8. There are fewer and fewer __________ regions in Shanghai. (agriculture)
9. The __________ of the students made us surprised. (able)
10. WHO stands for World Health __________. (organize)
IV. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. Linda and Mary have watched some Japanese cartoons before. (改为一般疑问句)
__________ Linda and Mary watched __________ Japanese cartoons before
2. France is famous for its food and wine. (就划线部分提问)
__________ __________ France famous for
3. It is fun to go to Disney Land. (改为感叹句)
__________ __________ it is to go to Disney Land!
4. The man used to do morning exercises in this park. (改为反义疑问句)
The man used to do morning exercises in this park, __________ __________
5. We stopped playing football when it was dark. (保持原句意义不变)
We __________ stop playing football __________ it was dark.
6. He was too excited to sleep after the speech contest. (保持句意基本不变)
He was __________ excited that he __________ sleep after the speech contest.
7. Jessie asks. Did the ancient Greeks win the battle through a trick (合成宾语从句)
Jessie asks __________ the ancient Greeks __________ the battle through a trick.
8. interested in, people, are, few, cormorant fishing, in the modern world, young (连词成句)
___________________________________________________.
I. Choose the best answer.
1. Football is ______ the popular games in the world.
A. of B. between C. among D. in
2. Joe always gets good marks. He is one of ______ in his class.
A. the top student B. clever students
C. best students D. the best students
3. When he heard the phone, he turned over and went on ______.
A. sleeping B. to sleep C. slept D. sleep
4. We believed scientists will ______ a way to solve the problem of air pollution.
A. think of B. think over C. think into D. think for
5. Birds can also tell directions ______ looking at the sun and stars.
A. with B. by C. in D. for
6. I ______ my wardrobe but found no costume that was warm enough.
A. looked for B. looked at
C. looked through D. looked up
7. — I love hip hop music. It always makes me want to dance.
—______. Let's turn on the CD player.
A. So I do B. I do so C. So am I D. So do I
8. — I'm not happy because my clothes are out of date.
—______ try to be better at other things instead of just dress
A. Why don't B. Why not you
C. Why not D. Why you not
9. ______ he has realized his fault, we should ______ him to correct it.
A. As ... let B. Now that ... make
C. For... to allow D. Since ... enable
10. My nephew has many hobbies, ______ playing rugby and going travelling.
A. such B. such as C. for example D. so on
11. Students who like popular music are familiar ______ Jay Chou.
A. for B. with C. to D. at
12. We are here to ______ the public with a service.
A. provide B. give C. pass D. further
13. One of the most beautiful ______ areas in Hangzhou is the West Lake.
A. scene B. view C. scenery D. scenic
14. The train enables us ______ there in time.
A. gets B. get C. to get D. getting
15. Students are quite familiar ______ pop singers nowadays.
A. for B. to C. of D. with
16. ______ young man in black is ______ honest man and you can trust him.
A. An ... a B. An ... the C. The ... a D. The ... an
17. When I was a child, I ______ in the park with my grandmother.
A. am used to walking B. was used to walking
C. used to walk D. used to walking
18. The teacher introduced the history of our school first and then ______ us ______ our classroom.
A. took ... to B. took ... in C. took ... around D. took ... with
19. I have an important meeting ______ and we will talk about it later.
A. attend B. attending C. attended D. to attend
20. Look out! A bus ______. Don't cross the road now.
A. comes B. coming C. is coming D. came
21. It is interesting for children ______ kites in the playground with their friends when spring comes.
A. to fly B. flying C. fly D. flew
plete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. （将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）:（共8分）
A. compete with B. wonderfully C. need D. through E. pay less attention to
For the first time, Zhang Shengyu, a student at Laiyang Middle School in Shandong, didn’t ask her mother to buy her a new schoolbag or any new pens for the beginning of the school term. “My old schoolbag can still be used, so there is no ___1___ to buy a new one,” Zhang said. “I’ve decided to be thrifty (节约的) from now on.”
As the centre of the family’s attention, many of the one-child generation do not know about the hardships of life. They sometimes have no idea of the value of things. Many students would throw away pens and erasers that haven’t been used up and buy new ones. Some like to ___2___ each other to see whose clothes and school things are more expensive.
The Ministry of Education released a notification (通知) on its website on Jan 20, 2013. It called on students to form good habits such as diligence and thrift to avoid wasting food and to ___3___ famous brands (品牌).
Many schools consider teaching the value of money to be an important lesson and encourage their students to be thrift.
Students at No 44 Middle School in Hebei planted many fruit trees on their campus. The students learned how to cherish (爱惜) things ___4___ taking care of the trees. “With everyone’s work, we can make a difference,” said Li Dong, a student at the school.
F. so far G. spend H. happen I. full of J. provides
For most of us in China, we only have to turn on the tap to get clean water. We seldom think twice about where it comes from.
Day after day, thousands of children in poor countries have to ___5___ hours walking for miles to collect water. What’s more, the water is dirty and can cause serious diseases, such as diarrhea (腹泻). It’s hard to believe, but every 20 seconds a child dies as a result of a water-related disease.
The international water-aid charity called Just a Drop ___6___ clean water to some of the poorest areas in the world, by building wells, pipelines and toilets. The charity has helped about 1.5 million people ___7___.
Betty, from Uganda, is just one of the people who have been helped by Just a Drop. 11-year-old Betty had to walk two miles every day, carrying two heavy cans ___8___ dirty pond water before Just a Drop placed a well in her village. “I used to get sick from the water. Now, I don’t have to walk long distances and I feel much safer with this clean water.”
plete the sentences with the given verbs in their proper forms
1. My friends and I will soon begin our _________ trip to Australia. (five)
2. We have many ___________ in this national resort. (attract)
3. They are ____________ to finish everything by themselves. (enable)
4. The guard ____________ us to the entrance immediately. (leader)
5. It offers many of the same ______________ as the Disney Parks in the USA. (attract)
6. This dictionary _____________ you to understand English words. (able)
7. In Shanghai, we can easily buy some French _____________. (produce)
8. I am not quite sure whether I can make the model ship all by _________ (me)
9. Anhui is a big _______province. (agriculture)
IV. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. My parents set out early to catch the first bus yesterday. (改为一般疑问句)
__________ your parents __________ out early to catch the first bus yesterday
2. Doctor Zhang was highly praised for what he had done for his patients. (对划线部分提问)
__________ __________ Doctor Zhang highly praised
3. A tourist guide showed the foreigners around Yu Garden yesterday. (改为被动语态）
The foreigners __________ __________ around Yu Garden yesterday.
4. The air pollution was quite serious in our city last month. (改为感叹句)
__________ __________ the air pollution is in our city today!
5. Visitors love this city because it has historical sights and delicious food. (改为简单句)
Visitors love this city __________ __________ its historical sights and delicious food.
6. “Have you seen the exciting film before ” Linda asked her husband. (合并为一句)
Linda asked her husband __________ he __________ seen the exciting film.
There are a lot of old castles in Loire Valley. The kings and queens of France used to live in them. （合并为一句）
In Loire Valley there are a lot of old castles __________ __________ the kings and queens of France used to live.
8. months, take, the bridge, at least, will, , it, to, the engineers, three, design (连词成句)
