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Unit 8 More practice Lead inDo you like collecting stamps? The most famous rare and expensive stamp is the 1856 British Guiana, 1 cent, Black on Magenta. It is considered to be worth as much as US$ 3 million today but has not been sold since 1980 when it went for US$ 1 m. The other contender for most expensive stamp is the 1855 Swedish Treskilling Banco Yellow, which sold in 1996 for US$ 2.3 million.What is the most expensive postage stamp in the world? 邮费；邮资已付邮戳 A Read the article and answer the questions below.Collecting stamps is educational! Yesterday was show and Tell Day at Daniels school. Daniel was the first student to speak. He showed his classmates an old stamp. “My father gave me this first stamp ,”said Daniel. “It has a picture of an old Chinese stone bridge on it. This made me more interested in Chinese culture. Soon I started to look for more stamps with interestingpictures.”“Now I have over 100 stamps,” said Daniel. “I learnt a lot about our country and its great culture from the stamps! Collecting stamps is really educational.” “That was a great talk. Thank you, Daniel.” said the teacher. 1.What did Daniel show his classmates?2.What made Daniel more interested in Chinese culture?He showed his classmates an old stamp.His first stamp with a picture of an oldChinese stone bridge. 3.What did Daniel learn from the stamps?4.What does Daniel think of collecting stamps?He learnt a lot about China and its greatculture from the stamps.He thinks that it is really educational. 1.He showed his classmates an old stamp. show sth to sb=show sb sth意为“把某物展示给某人看”。例如： 如果有法国来的信，请拿给我看看。 If theres a letter from France, please show it to me. 其他搭配：be on show 在展览中 talk show 脱口秀；访谈节目 show sb around 领着某人参观Language points 2.This made me more interested in Chinese culture. make (v.)有以下几种意思： (1)做；制造 Many cell phones are made in this factory. (2)和表示动作的名词连用，表示动作或活动 make a study of= study; make use of= use (3)使（做）；使（成为） The boss makes us work day and night. The whole class made Tom our monitor. He made it a rule to get up at six every morning.(规定) 3. Soon I started to look for more stamps with interesting pictures.start v.（动词）词型变化: started; started; starting; starts start doing sth/ start to do sth 开始做某事 例如： 她笑了起来。 She started laughing.= She started to laugh. 4.I learnt a lot about our country and its great culture from the stamps!learn about sth from是指从某个地方或者从某人身上学到关于的知识。例如：我从爸爸那里学到了许多历史知识。I learnt a lot about history knowledge from my father. 5. Collecting stamps is really educational and fun.”collecting stamps 是一个名词性的短语，可做句子的主语。动词+ing组成动名词词组放句首做主语的情况有很多。例如： 学习英语是很有必要的。 Learning English is very necessary. (动名词作主语, 谓语动词用单数) 1.Daniel was the _(one) student to speak. 2.He _(show) his classmates an old stamp. = He _(show) an old stamp to his classmates 3.It _(have) a picture of an old Chinese stone bridge on it.firstshowedshowedExercises: 用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。has 4. This _(make) me more interested in Chinese culture.5. Soon I _(start) to look for more stamps with interesting pictures.6. I _(learn) a lot about our country and its great culture from the stamps!7. _(collect) stamps is really educational.madestartedlearntCollecting Culture cornerPostcardsWe can learn a lot about a place, its history and culture from a postcard and the stamp on it.In 2005, some postcard collectors from different countries started a project. First, they created a webside. Then people from all over the world could join and become members. The members send each other postcards. As a result, they make new friends and learn about the cultures and history of different countries.Do you have any postcards? In groups, introduce your favourite one to your classmates. ProjectA survey about free time activitiesHow do students usually spend their free time? In this project, you will carry out a survey to find out. Then you will write a report on it.A In groups of four, add two more questions to the survey form below. SURVEY1 What do you usually do in your free time? read collect stamps play football listen to music go swimming Other activities:_2 Are you a member of any school clubs? Yes_ No_ (If “no”, why not ? _) B Interview your classmates to find out their answers to the questions in the survey form. C Write a short report about the results of the survey. Follow the example. We asked 40 students about their free time activities. Here are the results: Fifteen students usually read in their free time. Ten students play football. Five students collect stamps. Another 10 students listen to Music. Twenty-five students are members of school clubs. Fifteen students are not. Exercise 1: 根据首字母提示补全单词。1. If this book teaches you a lot, we can say it is e_.2. The cartoon is very i_. The children enjoy it very much.3. John likes China very much and he is going to learn more about Chinese c_.4. People usually put a s_ on an envelope(信封) with a letter before they send it.ducational nterestingulture tamp Exercise 2: 选择最佳答案填空。( )1. My grandfather was born in 1940. He is _ 70 years old now. A. over B. less C. more D. really( )2. This movie made me _. A. to cry B. cry C. cried D. crying( )3. It is _ first time for me to go abroad. Im so excited. A. a B. the C. 不填 D. thatA BB ( )4. Jerry started _ a letter to his father. A. to write B. write C. wrote D. written( )5. - What is Kelly doing? She seems very nervous. - She is _ her purse. A. looking up B. looking after C. looking for D. looking overAC
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