广州牛津版八年级下英语U2 More practice

Do you like comics? Which comic character do you like best?

superman

spiderman

batman

Learn the new words and phrases before you listen! date back tothe comic industry collectors’ items be worth… in existence in good condition tear - tore - torn

追溯到漫画企业 收藏家的收藏物品 价值……钱 存在, 现有 情况良好 撕破 捅破

根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 这个故事可追溯到20年前。 This story dates back to 20 years ago. ____ ____ ____

2. 那个司机开车太快了，撞倒了很多人。The driver drove so fast that he ________ knocked many people ________. down

3. 这种邮票很稀有， 这是仅存的一张了。a copy of This kind of stamp is rare. It is the only in existence copy _______ _______.

A1. Listen to Jenny talking about the comics industry and fill in the blanks with the missing information.

1 The comics industry is worth more than (1) ___________ yuan. 5.3 billion 2 The first comic with “Batman” in it, from (2) ___________, is worth over 1939 1.2 billion (3) ___________ yuan. 30/ thirty 3 There are only (4) ___________ copies of the comic still in existence and only 3/ three (5) ___________ copies in really good condition. 4 The comic character, Superman, first appeared in a comic in (6) ___________. 1938

A2

Work in pairs. Talk about your favourite comic books. Include the following questions in your conversation.

What is the name of your favourite comic book? Who are the main characters in the book? What is the story about? Why do you like it best?

B Complete the conversation in the comic strip below with the adjectives in the box. You can use the adjectives more than once. polite angry terrible hungry

expensive

happy

horrible

Complete the conversation.

happy

Complete the conversation.terrible/ horrible

polite

Complete the conversation.terrible/ horrible

terrible/ horrible

expensive

Complete the conversation.

angry hungry

More Practice C: Talk about each picture

Talk about each picture

Talk about each picture

Talk about each picture

C Read paragraphs 1-7 below, and look the pictures a-g. The pictures are in the correct order but the paragraphs are not. Match the pictures with the paragraphs to tell the story about the wise, blind man.

a

4

b

1

c 5

d 7

e 3

f

2

g 6

Language pointsThe comics industry is worth more than 5.3 billion yuan. 漫画企业的价值超过五十三亿元。(P28)

worth是形容词,意为“价值，值 ”,常用句 型“sth be worth +价钱”表示“某物值 ”。 例如：This big house is worth more than one million yuan. 这间大房子值一百多万元。 How much is the car worth? 这辆车多少钱？