外研版英语八年级上册 Module 2 早读手册

Module 2  My home town and my countryUnit 1Li Hua: Look, David. Here is Tian\'anmen Square. What do you think of it? David: It’s pretty good. How big is the square? Li Hua: It is 880 metres long from south to north, and 500 metres wide from east to west. It has an area of 440, 000 square metres. As many as one million people can gather(聚集) here at one time. David: How big it is!Li Hua: Yeah. It is bigger than many other squares in China. David: OK. I want to know more about Beijing. What’s the population of Beijing? Li Hua: It’s over twenty-one million. And millions of people come to work or live here every year. So the city is getting bigger and bigger. David: Are there any hills in Beijing? Li Hua: Yes. Jingshan is a famous hill. It is in Jingshan Park. Let’s visit it this afternoon. David: Good idea!1. hill   n. 小山；小丘2. population   n. （某一地区的）人口，全体居民3. wide   adj. 宽的;宽阔的4. million  num. 百万5. pretty  adv.  ［主口］相当地;非常;很【新义:adj. 漂亮的；精致的】6. than  prep. 比7. get   v. 变成；成为1. wide  adj.  宽的;宽阔的 比较级 wider adj. 更宽的；更宽阔的2. get   v.  成为；变成 过去式 got  现在分词 getting1. pretty good相当好；很好2. on the coast 在海边；在沿岸3. in fact 事实上4. in the 1980s 20世纪80年代5. the population of… ……的人口6. one day 某一天1. ——你周末过得怎么样？   ——相当好！—How was your weekend?   —Pretty good！2. 这么说它是一个比香港还新的城市？So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?3. 我相信有一天它会变得和香港一样繁华。Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure.4. 深圳有多少人口？What’s the population of Shenzhen?5. 它的街道也更宽阔、更干净。Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.6. 我想有一天去那里看看。I’d like to go there one day.