Unit 1 How can we become good learners?How I learned to Learn EnglishLast year,I did not like my English class.Every class was like a bad dream.The teacher (speak) q uickly ___ I could not understand her .I was ask questions my pronunciation.I just hid my textbook and never said anything.Then one day I watched an English movie ____________ (call) Toy Story.I fell in lovewith this exciting and funny movie!So I began to watch other English movies ,too.______ I could not understand everything the characters said, their ___________________ and helped me to ________ .I alsorealized I could get the meaning by ____________________________ just the _____________ .My pronunciation improved as well by ______ the interesting conversations in Englishmovies.I ________________ that _____________________________________________ is_____________ .I also learned useful sentences like “It's a piece of cake ” or “It ________ you right. ” I did not understand these sentences _______________________________________ .But because I wanted to understand the story, I _________ the words in a dictionary.Now I really enjoy my English class.I want to learn new words and more grammar I can E nglish movies.Jack: Annie, I'm ______________ . I have to finish _________ a book and _____ a report next Monday.Annie: That doesn't _________________ .Jack: But ________________________ .Annie: Just read quickly ______________________________ at first. Don't read___________ , read _______________ .Jack: But I don't understand many of the words. I have to __ a dictionary.Annie: Try ________ a word's meaning by _____________________ . You probablyunderstand _____ than you think.Jack: That _____ difficult!Annie: Well, _________________ . _______________ .You can become better by___________ something you enjoy every day. ___________ you read, __________ you'll be.How Can You Become a Successful Learner?Everyone __________________ the _______________ .But whether or not you can dothis well __________________ your learning habits. Research shows that successfullearners _____________________ .Creating _____________ what they learn.Studies show that if you are interested in something, your brain is ___________and it is also easier for you to _______________ it for a long time. Good learnersoften ______ what they need to learn ________ something they are interested in.For example, if they need to learn English and they like music or sports, they canlisten to English songs or watch sports programs in English. This way they willnot ___________ .__________ and ________ from mistakes.Good learners think about what they are good at and what they need to practicemore. Remember, “use it or lose it ”! Even if you learn something well, you willforget it __________ you use it. __________________ 熟（能生巧）. Good learners are also ____________ making mistakes. Alexander Graham Bell did not _________________ the telephone overnight. He succeeded by _____ many times and learning from hismistakes.______ t heir study skillsIt is not enough to just study hard. You have to know _____ . Good learners findout the best ways ____________________ .For example, they may take notes by___________________ or by drawing mind maps. Good learners also ______ ways to what they have learned. They may do this by reading their notes everyday or by explaining the information to another student.Good learners often ask questions during or after class. They even ask each other and try to find out the answers. Knowledge _____________________ questioning. Learning isa ______________ j ourney because every day ___________ something new. Everythingthat you learn becomes a part of you and changes you, so learn _____ and learnwell.Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious.Clara: _____________ ?'Im going to Chiang Mai ____ two weeks.Ben: Wow,sounds like fun!But I ______ that April is ________ month of the year there.Clara: Yes,that?s true.But there?s a water festival there _____ April 13th ___ 15th.Ben: I ___ if it?s ________ the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.Clara:Yes,I think so.This is the time of the Thai New Year.People go on the streets________ water at each other.Ben:Cool!But why do they do that?Clara:Because the new year is a time for ________________ and ________ bad things.Then you'll _________ in the new year.Full Moon, Full FeelingsChinese people _________________ Mid-Autumn Festival and __________ moon cakes ___ centuries. Moon-cakes are __________ a full moon __ mid-autumn night. They ___people 's wishes to the families they love and miss.There are many traditional folk stories ___ this festival. ___ , most people thinkthat the story of Chang 'e is _________ . Chang 'e was Hou Yi 's beautiful wife. AfterHou Yi ______ the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him.took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to it with Chang 'e. a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to the medicine when Hou Yi was not home.Chang 'e ___ to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and ____ to themoon. Hou Yi was __ sad ___ he called out her name to the moon every night. Onenight, he ____ that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wifethere. He quickly _____ her favorite fruits and _____ in the garden. ____ he wishedthat Chang 'e could come back!After this, people _ the tradition of ______________ and _____ mooncakes with their families.The Spirit Of ChristmasMany would _ ___ that when we think of Christmas, weprobably think of gifts,Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But_ ___ all these things___ the true meaningof Christmas: _________ sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.A Christmas Carol is a _________ novel ____ by Charles Dickens. It is about an oldman ____ Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks abouthimself, and doesn 't _______ others nicely. He just cares about _____________ he can make more money. And he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley _______________________________________ be just like Scrooge, so he was ________ after he died. He ___________ Scrooge ____ his ways if he doesn 't want to ____ like him. He also tells Scrooge _____ three spirits to visit him.That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. ______________ , the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and ____ Scrooge ___ his happier days as a child.Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see ___others are ____ Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. He sees that he isdead but nobody cares. Scrooge is so scared that he ______ i n his bed and finds out it is already the next morning on Christmas Day!He _____ to change his life and ________ to be a better person. He happily ______________ Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people ______ . He now treatseveryone ___ kindness and warmth, _____ love and joy everywhere he goes.Andthat is the true ____ of Christmas!Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?He Wei: This is Fun Times Park —the __________ amusement park in my city!Alice: I 'm excited to try the rides!He Wei: Where should we start? There 's Space World, Water World, Animal World ... Alice: Oh, _____ we decide , could you _______ tell me where the restrooms are ?He Wei: Pardon? Restroom? You already want to rest? But we haven 't even started yet!Alice: Oh no, I don 't _______ that I mean ... you know, a washroom or bathroom.He Wei: Hmm ... so you _____ ... the toilets?Alice: Yes! Sorry, maybe people in China don 't __________ word “restroom ”when they speak English .He Wei: Right, in China,we _________ say “toilets ”or “washrooms ”. ________ ,they 're just over there.Alice: OK. I 'll be quick!He Wei: _________ . you _____________________________________ !Fun Times Park —Always a Fun Time!。