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Unit7GreatbooksUnit1We’restillinfluencedbyConfucius’sideas.Mr.Jackson:Hello,Betty.What’sup?Betty:IwanttojoinanInternetgrouptodiscussgreatbooksbygreatwriters.Mr.Jackson:So,whoareyourgreatwriters?Betty:Well,maybeConfuciusandShakespeare.Mr.Jackson:Really?Iacceptthatthey’regreatbecausetheirworksarestillreadbymanypeopletoday.ButIthinkI’ddescribeConfuciusmoreasateacherandthinkerthanawriter.Hewasaverywiseman.Whatdoyouhavetodoforthediscussion?Betty:Well,eachofusreadsafavouritebookandwritesareviewforthediscussion.Mr.Jackson:Isee.We’restillinfluencedbyConfucius’sideas,andShakespeare’splaysalsomakealotofsensetoustoday.Peoplehavealwaysread,andwillalwaysreadgreatbooks.Bytheway,whatdoyouthinkofMarkTwain,thegreatAmericanwriterinthenineteenthcentury?Betty:Hewasimportant,butIsupposeheisn’taswell-knownasConfuciusorShakespeare.Mr.Jackson:No,buthisbooksarestillpopular,andoneofhisbooksismyfanourite,TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.Betty:Great!Whydon’tyoujoininthediscussionandtellusaboutit?Unit2Itisstillreadandloved.AbookreviewofTheAdventuresofTomSawyerByBettyKingOneofmyfanouritegreatbooksisTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,byMarkTwain.ThestoryissetinthetownofStPetersburg,Missouri,theUS,inthenineteenthcentury.Ittellssomeexcitingstoriesaboutaboywhohasmanyadventures.Tom,theheroofthebook,liveswithhisauntPolly.Heisalivelyandcleverboy.Hedoesnotlikepeopletellinghimwhattodo,sohealwaysgetsintotrouble.Heandhisbestfriend,HuckFinn,runawaytoanislandinthemiddleoftheMississippiRiver.TomhasmoretroublebecauseabadmannamedInjunJoeislookingforhim.Later,Tomexcapesformacavewithanotherfriend,Becky.HealsofindsInjunJoe’streasureboxandtakesitaway.MyfavouritepartofthebookiswhenTomandHuckstarttheiradventuresontheislandintheMississippiRiver.Atfirst,theyarehappy.Butwhentheyhearthateveryonethinkstheycomebackhome.Theyhideandwatchforatimewhentheyseetheirfamilyandneighbourscomingtotheirfuneralinthechurch.Then,TomandHucksuddenlyappear.Everyoneissurprisedtoseethematfirst,butverypleasedtofindthattheyarealive.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisagreatbook.Itismorethananadventurestory.MarkTwainwroteitin1876.Itdescribespeople’slivesinthesouthernstatesofAmericaatthattime.Ittellshowyoungpeoplegrow,howpeopleloveeachotherandhowbadpeoplepayfortheiractions.ItiswrittenineverydayEnglish,andthedialoguessoundespeciallyreal.Today,itisstillreadandlovedbypeopleallovertheworld,anditisthoughttobeoneofthegreatestAmericanstories.Unit8SportsUnit1Damingwasn’tchosenfortheteamlasttime.Lingling:Hi,Tony,youlooktired.Tony:Yes,I’mtrainingforthebigmatchnextweek.Betty:Whoareyouplayingagainst?Tony:HAS.Lingling:WhatdoesHASstandfor?Tony:HaidianAllStars.Betty:Oh,yes.It’llbeadifficultmatch.Didn’ttheybeatyoulasttime?Tony:Yes,theydid.But…Lingling:Whatwasthescore?Betty:Ifmymemoryiscorrect,HAS98pointstoBIG52.Tony:ButDamingwasn’tchosenfortheteamlasttime.Thatwasabaddecision.Wecan’tplaywellwithouthim.Lingling:That’snoexcuse!Tony:butDamingisbacknow.There’snodifferencebetweenthetwoteamsthisseason.Betty:Whenisthematch?Tony:It’snextSaturdayatnoon,butifyouwantgoodseats,youshouldcomeby11:30.Areyoucoming?Betty:I’mnotsure.Doyouthinkthey’llwin,Lingling?Lingling:Noway!HowmanymatcheshaveyouplayedagainstHASwon?Tony:Er…mostofthem.Betty:Wrong!Allofthem!Facethetruth,Tony.You’vegotnochance!Tony:Idon’tagree.That’snotfair!(Tomleavesangrily)Lingling:Remembertothrowtheball,notkickit,Tony!Betty:He’ssomadatusthathe’lltryhardertowin,justtoshowwe’rewrong!Lingling:Nicework,Betty!Idohopetheywinthistime.We’llbetheretocheerforthem.Unit2Hewasinvitedtocompetitionsaroundtheworld.LiuXiang---trainedtowin!ForLiuXiang,lifeasasportsherobeganin2004.First,hewasinvitedtocompetitionsaroundtheworld.Then,hewaschosenfortheChineseteamattheAthensOlympicGamesandwonagoldmedal.LiuXiangwasnotasuccessfulsportsmanatfirst.HewasborninShanghaion13thJuly1983,andstartedtrainingwhenhewasveryyoung.InGrade4,hewenttotheSportsSchoolofPutuoDistrictofShanghai.Liuwasencouragedatfirsttotrainforthehighjump.In1998,LiuXiang’sabilityinhurdlingwasnoticedbySunHaiping,wholaterbecamehiscoach.In2001,aspecialprogrammewassetuptohelpyoungsportsmenandsportswomen.LiuXiangwasamongthem.Hisraceswererecorded,andhewascomparedwiththeworld’sbestsportsstars.SunHaipingusedtheinformationtochangehistrainingmethodsforLiuXiang.InMay2001,LiuXiangwonhisfirstinternational110mhurdlesrace,andatthesametimebroketheOlympicGamesrecord.ItwasalsothefirsttimeanOlympicgoldmedalforhurdlingwashungroundtheneckofasportspersonfromanAsiancountry.LiuXiangtrainedveryhard.Infact,hetrainedsohardthathehurthisfoot.From2008on,hesufferedalotfromhisfootproblem,buthedidnotgiveup.Throughhemissedsomecompetitions,hestillreturnedtofirstplaceintheworld110mhurdlesracein2012.Itispitythathisfootproblemstoppedhimfromcompletingthe2012LondonOlympicGames.Butheisstillasymbolofcourageandsuccess,andwecontinuetotakegreatprideinhim.Unit9GreatInventionsUnit1Willcomputersbeusedmorethanbooksinthefuture?Tony:Dad,canIborrowyourcamera?Dad:Why?Tony:I’dliketotakesomephotosontheschoolvisittothemuseumnextweek.They’llbeputupontheschoolwebsite.AndtheycanbeseenontheInternetbyothe