外研版七年级英语下册M1-M6课文(精).doc

B: Hi Mum, can you hear me?BM: Yes, I can. Where are you?B: I’m standing on the Great Wall of China and talking to you.BM: Really?B: We’re on a school trip and we’re having a good time.BM:That’s great, Betty. What are the others doing?B: Well, Tony is eating an ice cream. Wang Hui is taking lots of pictures and Lingling is buying some presents and postcards. And Daming is eating lunch and lying in the sun.BM: Can you send me a postcard, too?B: Yes. Lingling and I are writing postcards. We’re enjoying the school trip a lot. Anyway, we’re going home now. Bye!BM: Bye-bye, Betty!2At this moment, in different places of the world people are doing different things.In L ondon, it’s five o’clock and people are leaving work and are going hom e. They’re waiting for buses and running for trains. Some people are driving their cars. Some are having afternoon tea at home or walking to pubs and having a drink.In Moscow it’s eight o’clock and people aren’t having afternoon tea. They are having dinne r at home or in restaurants. Some are going to the opera or watching a ballet. Some are watching televisions or playing games at home.In Beijing it’s one o’clock. People aren’t having dinner. They are sleeping.In Los Angeles it’s nine o’clock. People aren’t getting up, washing or getting dressed. They’re working. Children are starting their lessons.In New York it’s midday. People aren’t working. They are having lunch. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking coffee or Coke. They’re seeing frie nds, calling home or shopping.3T: Hi, Lingling. What’s happening? Are you getting ready for Spring Festival?L: Yes, we are.T: What are the boys doing?L: The boys are learning a dragon dance.T: Are you learning a dragon dance, too?L: No, I’m not. I’m making lanterns.T: What’s your mother doing?L: She’s cleaning the house.T: And what is your aunt doing? Is she helping?L: Yes, she is. She’s sweeping the floor.T: And what is your grandmother doing?L: She’s cooking the meal.T: Is your father helping you?L: No, he’s at work. He’s working.We have lots of traditions. First, we clean our houses and sweep away bad luck, and then we paint doors and windows red. It means good luck. We usually decorate the doors and windows with paper cuts. We also buy clothes and everyone has a haircut.Our parents and grandparents give us New Year presents. They are usually new clothes. On New Year’s Day, we put on our new clothes and visit our family and friends. There is a dragon and lion dancing.The family have dinner and we eat jiaozi----a kind of dumplings, or a sweet rice pudding. We watch TV and at midnight there are usually fireworks. We don’t clean the house for a few days. We don’t want to sweep away good luck. And we have lots of food for good luck.The New Year Festival finishes at Lantern Festival after two weeks. We usually eat a kind of rice dumpling called yuanxiao. They are round and so they bring us good luck all the year round.5B: What are you going to do at the weekend, Daming? What are your plans?D: On Saturday morning, I’m going to check my email and then I’m going to do my homework. In the afternoon, I’m going to have a piano lesson.B: I’m going to buy some clothes on Saturday afternoon.D: On Saturday evening, I’m going to go to a part y at a friend’s home.We’re going to listen to some music. Would you like to come?B: Yes,that’s a great idea.D: What are you going to do on Sunday?B: I’m going to stay in bed in the morning. Then I’m going to revise for my test .What about you ?D: I’m going to get up early in the morning and th en I’m going to p lay table tennis with some friends. In the afternoon, I’m going to meet Lingling and Tony in the park, and we’re going to have a picnic. And you’re going to come,too!B: Am I? great!6I’m looking forward to seeing my daughter and her daughter, my granddaughter. I’m going to visit them in China because it’s my grand daughter’s birthday. I’m going to take the plane to Beijing because they live there. We are going to do some sightseeing because we like Chinese culture. We are going to visit the Forbidden City and then we’re going to walk up to the Great Wall.I’m looking forward to going to Disneyland with my parents. I’m going to visit Disneyland because I like Mickey Mouse. I’m going t o learn English because I want to make some American friends. Then I’m going to lie on the beach because I enjoy the sun and the sea. Then we’re going to stay in a hotel in San Fransisco because my parents have some friends there.We are looking forward to Dragon Boat Festival. We are going to watch it in Hong Kong because my parents live there. Then my wife and I are going to lie on the beach because my children like swimming. And we are all going to enjoy my mother’s rice dumpling s, zongzi,because she’s avery good cook!7B: Will there be schools in the future?D: No, there won’t. I think everyone will study at home 。