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M7U1Mr.Jackson:Hello,Betty.What’sup?Betty:IwanttojoinanInternetgrouptodiscussgreatbooksbygreatwriters.Mr.Jackson:So,whoareyourgreatwriters?Betty:Well,maybeConfuciusandShakespeare.Mr.Jackson:Really?Iacceptthatthey’regreatbecausetheirworksarestillreadbaymanypeopletoday.ButIthinkI’ddescribeConfuciusmoreasateacherandthinkerthanawriter.Hewasaverywiseman.Whatdoyouhavetodoforthediscussion?Betty:Well,eachofusreadsafavouritebookandwritesareviewforthediscussion.Mr.Jackson:Isee.We’restillinfluencedbyConfuciusideas,andShakespeare’splaysalsomakealotofsensetoustoday.Peoplehavealwaysread,andwillalwaysreadgreatbooks.Bytheway,whatdoyouthinkofMarkTwain,theGreatAmericanwriterinthenineteenthcentury?Betty:Hewasn’timportant,butIsupposeheisn’taswell-knowasConfuciusorShakespeare.Mr.Jackson:No,buthisbooksarestillpopular,andoneofhisbookismyfavourite,TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.Betty:Great!Whydon’tyoujoininthediscussionandtellusaboutit?M7U2AbookreviewofTheAdventuresofTomSawyer.ByBettyKing.OneofmyfavouritegreatbooksisTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,byMarkTwain.ThestoryissetinthetownofStPetersburg,Missouri,theUS,inthenineteenthcentury.Ittellssomeexcitingstoriesaboutaboywhohasmanyadventures.Tom,theheroofthebook,liveswithhisauntPolly.Heisalivelyandcleverboy.Hedoesnotlikepeopletellinghimwhattodo,sohealwaysgetsintotrouble.Heandhisbestfriend,HuckFinn,runawaytoanislandinthemiddleoftheMississippiRiver.TomhasmoretroublebecauseabadmannamedInjunJoeislookingforhim.Later,Tomescapesfromacavewithanotherfriend,Becky.HealsofindsInjunJoe’streasureboxandtakesitaway.MyfavouritepartofthebookiswhenTomandHunkstarttheiradventuresontheislandintheMississippiRiver.Atfirst,theyarehappy.Butwhentheyhearthateveryonethinkstheyaredied,theyfeelverysorry,sotheycomebackhome.Theyhideandwatchforatimewhentheyseetheirfamilyandneighbourscomingtotheirfuneralinthechurch.ThenTomandHucksuddenlyappear.Everyoneissurprisedtoseethematfirst,butverypleasedtofindthattheyarealive.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisagreatbook.It’smorethananadventurestory.MarkTwainwroteitin1876.itdescribespeople’slivesinthesouthernstatesofAmericaatthattime.Ittellshowyoungpeoplegrow,howpeopleloveeachotherandhowbadpeoplepayfortheiractions.It’swrittenineverydayEnglish,andthedialoguessoundespeciallyreal.Today,itisstillreadandlovedbypeopleallovertheworld,anditisthoughttobeoneofthegreatestAmericanstories.M8U1Lingling:Hi,Tony.Youlooktired.Tony:Yes.I'mtrainingforthebigmatchnextweek.Betty:Whoareyouplayingagainst?Daming:HAS.Lingling:WhatdoesHASstandfor?Tony:HaidianAllStars.Betty:Oh,yes.It’llbeadifficultmatch.Didn’ttheybeatyoulasttime?Tony:Yes,theydid.But...Lingling:Whatwasthescore?Betty:Ifmymemoryiscorrect,HAS98pointstoBIG52.Tony:ButDamingwasn’tchosenforthetealasttime.Thatwasabaddecision.Wecan’tplaywellwithouthim.Lingling:That’snoexcuse!Tony:ButDamingisbacknow.Thereisnodifferencebetweenthetwoteamsthisseason.Betty:Whenisthematch?Tony:It’snextSaturdayatafternoon,butifyouwantgoodseats,youshouldcomeby11:30.Areyoucoming?Betty:I’mnotsure.Doyouthinkthey’llwin,Lingling?Lingling:Noway!HowmanymatcheshaveyouplayedagainstHASthisyear?Tony:Well,aboutthree.Betty:AndhowmanyhasHASwon?Tony:Er...mostofthem.Betty:Wrong!Allofthem!Facethetruth,Tony.You'vegotnochance!Tony:Idon’tagree.That’snotfair!(Tonyleavesangrily.)Lingling:Remembertothrowtheball,notkickit,Tony!Betty:He’ssomadatusthathe’lltryhardertowin,justtoshowwe’rewrong!Lingling:Nicework,Betty!Idohopetheywinthistime.We’llbetheretocheerforthem.M8U2LiuXiang-Trainedtowin.ForLiuXiang,lifeasasportsherobeganin2004.First,hewasinvitedtocompetitionsaroundtheworld.Then,hewaschosenfortheChineseteamattheAthensOlympicGamesandwonagoldmedal.LiuXiangwasnotasuccessfulsportsmanatfirst.HewasborninShanghaion13thJuly,1983andstartedtrainingwhenhewasveryyoung.InGrade4,hewenttotheSportsSchoolofPutuoDistrictofShanghai.Liuwasencouragedatfirsttotrainforthehighjump.In1998,LiuXiang’sabilityinhurdlingwasnoticedbySunHaiping,wholaterbecamehiscoach.In2001,aspecialprogrammewassetuptohelpyoungsportsmenandsportswomen.LiuXiangwasamongthem.Hisraceswererecorded,andhewascomparedwiththeworld'sbestsportsstars.SunHaipingusedtheinformationtochangehistrainingmethodsforLiuXiang.InMay2001,Hewonhisfirstinternational110mhurdlesraceinJapan.In2004,HewonthefirstOlympicgoldmedalforChinainthe110mhurdlesrace,andatthesametimebroketheOlympicGamesrecord.ItwasalsothefirsttimeanOlympicgoldmedalsforhurdlingwashangroundtheneckofasportspersonfromanAsiancountry.LiuXiangtrainedveryhard.Infact,hetrainedsohardthathehurthisfoot.From2008on,hesufferedalotfromhisfootproblem,buthedidnotgiveup.Thoughhemissedsomecompetitions,hestillreturnedtofirstplaceintheworld110mhurdlesracein2012.Itisapitythathisfootproblemstoppedhimfromcompletingthe2012LondonOlympicGames.Butheisstillasymbolofcourageandsuccess,andwecontinuetotakegreatprideinhim.M9U1Tony:Dad,canIborrowyourcamera?Dad:Why?Tony:I'dliketotakesomephotosontheschoolvisittothemuseumnextweek.They’llbeputupontheschoolwebsite.AndtheycanbeseenontheInternetbyotherclasses,evenpeoplelivinginothercountries.Dad:Soundsgreat!WhenIwasatscho