上海牛津初中英语八年级下--CHAPTER 7 READING

CHAPTER SEVEN  READING

[00:07.78]A new newspaper

[00:11.86]Soon after the term started,some Grade Eight students at May field School

[00:20.32]wanted to publish a newspaper. They held a meeting.

[00:26.80]Later,Arthur wrote this report about their meeting for the principal 1.

[00:34.95]We held a meeting after school Pansy,

[00:41.51]Tony,Joyce,Millie and I were at the meeting.

[00:48.17]First,we decided 2 to elect the chief editor.

[00:54.83]Tony suggested that we should choose Joyce,because she has experience.

[01:03.79]She was editor of her class newspaper last year.Then we all voted for her.

[01:13.82]We elected Joyce to be the chief editor.

[01:19.39]Then Joyce took charge of the meeting.

[01:24.43]She said that we ought to elect a secretary next.

[01:30.31]She asked for suggestions.Millie suggested me,because I had experience too.

[01:40.94]I was secretary of the Drama Club last year.

[01:47.21]Then the others voted for me,and I was elected to be the secretary.

[01:55.15]I started taking notes.

[01:59.20]Joyce said that the other three would be editors of the paper.

[02:06.25]They would be responsible for different sections of the paper.

[02:13.51]Pansy asked which sections they would have.

[02:19.47]Joyce told them to talk it over among themselves,

[02:27.23]and said we would decide at the next meeting.

[02:33.47]Then we made a list of some other things we should discuss.

[02:41.41]For example,how often should we publish the paper?

[02:48.67]Should it be free to readers,or should they pay for it?

[02:56.04] What should we call it? We considered the last question briefly 3.

[03:05.47]Pansy said we ought to call it the Mayfield Sun.

[03:13.04]Millie suggested the Mayfield Mirror or the Mayfield Star.

[03:22.79]We all had different ideas,

[03:27.65]and so Joyce said that we should think about this a bit longer.

[03:33.60]We would make a decision about the name at the next meeting.

[03:41.34]We agreed to conclude the meeting then.

[03:46.90]We arranged to have the next meeting in one week's time.

[03:54.34]LISTENING  Robert Wo has written this article for his school newspaper,

[04:05.89]but he has made some mistakes in it,

[04:10.75]Listen to him reading the article,and correct the mistakes.

[04:19.29]The first one is done for you.

[04:23.76]My Most Exciting Day was in September last year,

[04:29.40]at the annual Youth League Party in the park.

[04:34.44]The chief secretary started the party at 11 p.m.

[04:40.71]There were many League members from all over the city—about 2,000 in all.

[04:48.86]It was very exciting. First,we all said the our League Promise.

[04:55.71]Then we marched around the streets.

[04:59.55]After that we all formed into big circles dancing.

[05:05.11]A helicopter flew over us and took a photograph from the air.

[05:10.99]I have a copy of that photograph in my classroom now.

[05:16.24]After that,we had some activities.There were nineteen games stalls 4 altogether.

[05:23.71]I played at a game.In the game,

[05:28.57]people tried to throw table-tennis balls into glass jars.

[05:34.81]It was good fun.I also had time to run around and look at the other games.

[05:42.75]There were some good shows,too.There was a talent show and a zoo,

[05:49.13]and a competition for people wearing the national costumes of different cities.

[05:56.18]At the end,we gathered in clubs and sang some songs.

[06:02.06]It was wonderful to see so many friends together,and I really enjoyed that day.

[06:09.32]SEAKING  A  Talk time  Expressing congratulations,compliments 5 and sympathy.

[06:24.97] When you pay compliments to people, you praise them.

[06:31.81]When you feel sorry for them,you show them sympathy.

[06:37.87]Expressing compliments  Congratulations! Well done!

[06:47.25]You deserved 7 to win! That's wonderful news!

[06:53.81]I'm delighted for you! Expressing sympathy. Oh,I am sorry!

[07:05.14]What a shame!What a pity! That's terrible! How awful!

[07:16.09]Hi,Paul. Long time no see.

[07:25.23]What's new? They've just elected me house captain.

[07:31.40]Congratulations!You deserve 6 it.

[07:36.44]Thanks.What's new with you,Judy?

[07:41.61]Someone stole my new bike last week.

[07:46.89]That's terrible!You must be angry.You can say that again.