人教新目标(Go for it)版2022-2023学年八年...

Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your English classes? Who do you want to teach you? Do you have any 1  for the new term? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind 2  school starts. 

Well, I want to give you some good 3  on these problems. 

First, 4  calm. Don't worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart(心) into 5 , and you can find something you are interested in. Do it actively. 

Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don't 6  a lot of time on it. Do more reading when you are 7 . Think about the problems you have and solve(解决) them. Don't stay up(熬夜), or you can't study well next day. 

Third, do something instead of copying(复制；抄袭) or repeating(重复；重写) something. 8  you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers that you don't like the way of copying 9  again and again. Be sure you can 10  the exam. I think your teachers will11  you. And they can give you some 12  work to do. 

Finally, take part in some organized activities. You can play basketball with your friends. Or you can have a bake sale. Do things by 13 . You can make friends with other people. You will learn how to 14  others. Activities are good for you. 

School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do 15  well. 

When you feelor stressed out, everything seems to go wrong at once. You can't remember what the teacher says in class. You may with your parents or friends. You may have sleeping , too. For example, you can't get to sleep. or you stilltired when you get up. If you are under too much , maybe it's time to change your life a bit by doing something . It's important for you to learn to . You can play some quiet music. a book is also a good way to relax. You shoulddoing the things that you are not enjoying. Then take part in a new activity or try a new interest. You should also set some goals (确立一些目标）. For example， enough exercise , keep up with schoolwork and make some new friends .

I was born on July 17th, 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia. My story started before that, in May of that year. My mother had a car accident and some people took her to the hospital at once. There the doctors told my mom that I was hurt and there was bleeding in my brain(大脑). 

They said I would have strokes(中风). As my mother was still young, the doctors suggested that she should give me up. But my mother didn't want to do so. When I was finally born, the doctors found out that one side of my brain was weak and that there was water in the brain. I also suffered visual(视力的) problems. 

After I was born, my parents looked after me day and night. Finally, I got much better. Now I can even see without wearing glasses. 

School days passed normally for me and I never really had trouble with anything. I now have many great friends whom I love very much. This fall I will be attending Young Harris College to study English. I love writing. I have written one book already and now I am writing another. I did all that because of my parents' love and support. 

No life, I think, would be complete without the love and support of the family. 

Here is a book that is easy to read, but it is on a big subject. The book is named Animal Farm (1945). It is by the English writer George Orwell. It is a story about farm animals. They are tired of the farmer, Mr. Jones. He treats them badly, so they decide to kick him off the farm and run the farm themselves. 

One day an old pig called Old Major gathers the animals around him. He tells them that all animals should stand together. He says they should take over (接管) the farm. 

After they get rid of Mr. Jones, two pigs become the leaders of the Animal Farm. One pig called Snowball is a great speaker. He has big ideas for the Animal Farm. The other leader is a pig called Napoleon. He is a crafty animal. He brings together supporters(支持者）by offering them advantages. 

Napoleon makes a war against Snowball and kicks him away from the farm. He turns Snowball into a big enemy. He tells all the animals that Snowball hates the Animal Farm. He says that Snowball is, working with Farmer Jones and other farmers to destroy the Animal Farm. 

But in fact it is Napoleon who is working with the enemies of the animals. He joins the old human enemies of the animals. But he tells the animals that he is working for them. So the animals work hard. It is as bad to live under Napoleon as it was under Farmer Jones!

—By Paul Brennan

Some people say that if you travel in the city of Kunming, you can't miss the Kingdom of Little People. The park has been open for nearly 5 years and many people have visited this park.

In the park, there are many tiny things, including little beautiful cottages (小屋) and small furniture. The big attraction of the park is the performances by little people. Twice a day, they perform for visitors. They sing, dance and give a magic show. People working in the park are all short. They should be between eighteen and forty years old. The most important is that they should be under 130 cm in height. 

The creator （创造者） of the park is a rich businessman. He wants to do something good for short people in China. Many short people come from all over the country to find jobs in the park. This theme park has brought together people of unusual height. They seem to enjoy being part of the community and impressing (给…...深刻印象)tourists with their courage and skills. 

But why do these short people have to perform for others? Has anyone thought of how they feel? And what's the difference between the Kingdom of Little People and a zoo? I don't know. Only one thing is sure—short people need us to respect.

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. 

Enough laws(法律) have been made to fight against pollution.  The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well. 

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition(展览). There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

 After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep. 

A: Tomorrow is Saturday. What do you plan to do?

B: I've planned to climb Mount Tai with my parents. But Mother hurt herself yesterday.

A: I'm sorry to hear that.

B: Sounds like a good idea. I have some old clothes and I haven't worn them for a long time.

A: Let's go to my grandparents' house. The yard is very big.

B: 

A: I have lost of storybooks. I haven't read them for a long time. I also have some old toys. I will no longer play with them.

B: Yeah, I see. You have already grown up. 

A: What about nine in the morning?

B: OK. Let's make it. See you tomorrow morning.

A: See you then. 

参考词汇：culture n. 文化    novel n. 小说  Journey to the West 西游记

I have an American friend called Mike.