Recommending

a book

1. Simon 忘记了什么时候见他的朋友们。Simon forgot when to meet his friends.

2. Millie 给我展示接下来做什么。Millie showed me what to do next.

3. 你可以问你的父母让你带多少钱。You can ask your parents how much

money to take with you.

Translation.

4. Suzy 不确定请求谁来帮忙。Suzy was not sure who to ask for help.

5. 你今天必须完成家庭作业。You must finish your homework toda

y.

6. 他们目前没有必要买电脑。They do not have to buy a computer

at the moment.

publishing housen. 出版社

publish vt. 出版e.g. Her book was published last year.

她的书去年出版了。

copy n. 一本（份，册）；副本

e.g. a copy of magazine 一份杂志

series n. 一系列；系列节目

success n. 成功

sales n. [ 复 ] 销售量

refuse vt. & vi. 拒绝，回绝e.g. vi. He asked her to marry him but she refused. 他向她求婚，但她拒绝了。 vt. I think he won’t refuse me. 我想他不会拒绝我的。

so far 到目前为止e.g. I have had no reply from her so far. 我至今没有得到她的答复。

translate vi. & vt. 翻译e.g. I need to translate it into English.

我必须把它译成英语。

Canadian adj. 加拿大（人）的e.g. Dr. Bethune was a Canadian who w

orked in China.

白求恩大夫是一位曾在中国工作的加拿大人。

at a time 每次，依次e.g. Take the pills two at a time.

每次服两粒。

online adv. 在线地，联网地e.g. It is faster if you apply online.

如果您是在线申请，那是非常快的。

— Do you like reading?

— … .

— What type of book do you like?

— … .

— What’s the name of the book?

— … .

A1 The Class 1, Grade 8 students

are talking about what they

have read recently. Listen to

them and match each student

with the type and name of the

book they have read.

Name of the bookThree Men in a Boat

Notes from a Small

Island

Moment in Peking

Flags of Our Fathers

A Brief History of

Time

Type of booknovel

history

science

travel

StudentKitty

Millie

Daniel

Simon

Sandy

Let’s watch the movie!

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter

A2 Suzy plans to read the Harry

Potter series. She is telling her

classmates about the books.

Listen to what she says and

complete her notes.

J.K. RowingA British writerDate of birth (1)_______________As a child often wrote (2)________ and read them to her sisterIn 1990 got the idea for the first Harry Potter story on a (3)_______ trip to LondonIn (4)______ finished the first Harry Potter bookIn 2007 finished the (5)_____________ book of the series.

31 July 1965stories

train

1995

seventh/last

Harry Potter series

At first all the British publishing houses refused to publish itA year later a small publishing house in (6) ________ accepted itSo far a great success has been translated into about (7)_____ languagesSales over (8)______ million copies in over (9)______ countries and areas

London

70450200

A3 Millie made some notes of the

Harry Potter series. However,

she has made some mistakes.

Listen to Suzy again. Help Millie

underline the mistake in each

sentence and write the correct

words in the blanks.

1. J.K. Rowling is a Canadian writer.2. Rowling’s birthday is on 30 July. 3. When she was a child, Rowling

often shared toys with her sister.4. The eighth Harry Potter book is

the last one of the series.5. The first Harry Potter book was a

great success in the very beginning.6. The Harry Potter series is popular

only in Britain.

______________

_______

_______

_______

_______

in over 200 countries and areas all over the world

British31

stories

seventh

was not

You are an interviewer. You

want to interview J.K. Rowling.

Work in pairs, try to ask at least

five questions about her.

一、根据所给汉语提示完成句子。1. He gave me a present, but I _______ ( 拒绝 ).

2. The film was a big _______ ( 成功 ).

3. The novel was __________ ( 翻译 ) into Engl

ish.

4. I want a _____ ( 一本 ) of magazine.

5. J.K. Rowling is not a _________ ( 加拿大的 )

writer.

refused

success

translated

Canadian

copy

二、汉译英。1. 她拒绝和我一起去看电影。

2. 一家小的出版社上个星期开业了。

3. 到目前为止，哈利波特已经被翻译成许多种语言。

She refused to go to see the film with me.

A small publishing house was open last week.

So far, Harry Potter has been translated into many languages.

4. J.K. Rowling 是一个英国著名作家。

5. 第七部《哈利波特》是这个系列的最后一本。

6. 第一本《哈利波特》在一开始取得了巨大的成功。

J.K. Rowling is a famous British writer.

The seventh Harry Potter book is the last one of the series.

The first Harry Potter book was a big success in the beginning.

Homework

1. Remember the new words

in this lesson.

2. Preview the next lesson.