外研版英语初三上册7-12课文(英)(2)

But there are some cartoon favourites which are older. The cartoon of the Monkey King has just had its "40th birthday". Called Havoc in Heaven, it tells the story of a monkey who leads a group of monkeys against the rule of the Emperor in heaven. He flies into a peach garden and eats as many peaches as he likes. He makes a mess in each room in heaven. But it is above all the jokes played by the monkey that people remember. "Havoc in heaven" has become a common expression used by a parent or a boss when they return to the house or office and see a mess.

Another favourite who has celebrated an important birthday in China is a reporter with red hair and a small white dog. Tintin has travelled to the jungles, the backstreets of Shanghai and even the surface of the moon. Tintin has been popular for 75 years, ever since Belgian cartoonist Hergé invented the character in 1929. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and about 200 million copies have been sold. In December 1984 the whole series of Tintin began to be published in China. Many Chinese still keep collections of these black-and-white Tintin books. There are several fan clubs in China which have held birthday parties for Tintin in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan.

Finally, Snoopy, Charlie Brown's lovable dog who lives in his own private dream world, also has his "50th birthday" celebrated by China's Snoopy fans in 2000.

"I didn't draw the cartoons only for children. Adults who have experienced life understand them better," said the late Charles Schultz, creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts cartoons.

Module 10 Unit 1

Lingling: How was your basketball training?

Tony: It was OK, but I'm a bit tired. My legs ache a bit.

Lingling: Don't give up if you want to stay fit. You're lucky you're only playing in the school

team! I've got a friend whose brother is training for the Olympics.

Daming: There's a boy in our team whose parents want him to go to a sports school. But he's

not fit or strong enough.

Lingling: He'll need to take a lot of exercise—go running or do weight training.

Daming: So what happened about the camera, Tony?

Tony: Don't talk to me about that! I think my dad guessed that I nearly lost it at the school

dance. I'm not allowed to use it any more.

Daming: But we need some photos of the next basketball match. Are you going to buy a

camera?

Tony:

Betty: Unlikely! It's my father who gives me my pocket money, and he's the person whose camera I nearly lost. Hi, everyone. Guess what! I've just bumped into the head teacher. He said he

wanted to see me.

He wants to talk about New Standard.

He doesn't look like someone whose fitness and health interest him very much! Daming: What's up? Betty: Betty: Daming: Ask him if he wants to write something about staying healthy.

Daming: Good luck, Betty.

Module 10 Unit 2

Feed Me Better

Jamie Oliver is a young cook who wants to improve school dinners. In 2005 he went back to school to see what the children were eating.

Jamie asked the children what their meals were like. "We have hamburgers and chips, or pizza," they told him, "and sometimes here is fruit, but we prefer ice cream." Jamie thought the menu was terrible. The children were eating junk food, and it was problem. Junk food isn't just bad for the body. Children whose midday meals were unhealthy were difficult to teach in he afternoon. Teachers said that children behaved very badly after lunch.

When Jamie took vegetables into class, the children didn't know what they were. Jamie realised that the children didn't know about healthy food. Then he talked to the people who worked in the kitchens. He found out that they didn't know enough about food and health, and they didn't have very much money to spend.

He decided to teach the cooks and the children about healthy food. It was hard work! He cooked healthy meals for them including meat, rice, pasta and vegetables, but a lot of the teenagers refused to eat the new food. Jamie showed them why the junk food wasn't healthy. In the end, when Jamie persuaded them to try his cooking, they liked it!

Jamie talked to the government. He told them they needed to ban junk food from schools, train the cooks, educate the children and pend more money on school dinners. A lot of parents, teachers and children agreed with him. The newspapers wrote articles about him, and a TV programme showed his visits to the school. Jamie is a cook whose ideas are changing school dinners all over Britain.

Module 11 Unit 1

Tony: So what's next for New Standard?

Daming: How about another "Homework Help"?

Tony: What's this week's homework?

Lingling: Population. There are too many people and there is not enough space, and there is

too much traffic, noise and pollution.

Daming: Well, we're in the right place to talk about it. Beijing is a big city.

Lingling: That's right, although Chongqing is the biggest city in China. But an increasing

population is an environmental problem in many countries.

Tony: Along with the crowds, the smoke, and the transport problems. Let's look up some

facts ... Ah, how about this? Every minute 259 babies are born.

And the population of China is about one billion, three hundred million ... Lingling: That makes 136,130,400 babies every year. Tony:

Lingling: ... about 20 percent of the world's population.

(Betty is coming toward them ...)

Tony:

Betty: Hi, Betty. How was your appointment with the head teacher? Hi! It was OK. You know the school prize-giving's coming up next week, with the

usual form prizes, the basketball competition ...

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