外研版八年级英语上册Module4.doc

Module4Unit 1 How long have you studied EnglishBetty: When does Sally arrive in Beijing?Lingling: Next month.Betty: And how long have you known her? Lingling: For two years.Betty: But have you ever met her?Lingling: No, I haven’t. But I get on well with her. We like the same things.Betty: Does she speak Chinese?Lingling: Yes, a liitle. She’s studied it for a year. She says it’s very difficult.Betty: Yes, it is! It’s easier to learn a foreign language when you visit the country.Lingling: How long have you lived here?Betty: Since 2004.Lingling: And how long have you studied Chinese?Betty: For a year. What does Sally want to do here?Lingling: Well, her school orchestra has some concerts, but she has heard about the Hope Schools and she wants to visit a school in Gansu or Qingdao.Betty: What’s a Hope School?Lingling: It’s a school for poor children. In fact, since 1989 Project Hope has built schools all over China.Betty: Really? That sounds interesting. Tell me more.Unit 2 Project Hope has built many schoolsHope for the futureLiu Sanzi is an eight-year old boy from a village in Hunan Province. His parents want him to drop out of school. It’s important for him to work on their farm because there are seven people in Liu’s family and they are very poor.Li Yingming is 14 and from Zhangxian in Gansu Province. He stopped going to school a few years ago. His parents have been ill and he has to look after them.Many children like Li Yingming and Liu Sanzi can’t get an education because their families are poor. Now they can go to school with the help of Project Hope. In the last 15 years, this project has raised money and paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students in the countryside. People in China and abroad have given 2.2 billion yuan. With this money, Project Hope has built many schools and libraries. It has also trained teachers and it has sent students to high schools. Last year Shen, a boy from Shanxi Province, went to a school with no electricity and only a few books. But this year he’s at a new school with big classroom and lots of books. Project Hope paid for it.Most people in China have heard of Project Hope and have given money. But 40 million children from poor families still need help. Because of Project Hope, thousands of children have better lives. Perhaps we should all ask: What can we do for Project Hope? How can we help?。