八年级下学期全部长篇课文Unit 1 3a P6In ten years , I think I'll be a reporter . I'll live in Shanghai, because I went to Shanfhai last year and fell in love with it. I think it's really a beautiful city . As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting people. I think I'll live in an apartment with my best friends, because I don' like living alone. I'll have pets. I can't have an pets now because my mother hates them, and our apartment is too small . So in ten yers I'll have mny different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot!I'll probably go skating and swimming every day. During the week I'll look smart, and probably will wear a suit. On the weekend , I'll be able to dress more casully. I think I'll go to Hong Kong vacation , and one day I might even visit Australia.P8Do you think you will have your own robot In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do most unpleasant jobs.Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientist ae now trying to make robots look like people and do the same things as us. Janpanese companies have already made robts walk and dance. This kond of roots will also be fun to watch.But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be difficult fo a robot to do the same rhings as a person. For example, it's easy for a child to wake up and know where he or she is. Mr White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think thast robots will be able t walk to people in 25 to 50tars.Robots scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people . For example, there are already robots working in factories . These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such as jobs and would get bored. But robots will never bored.In the futhre, there will be more robots everwhere, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possibe now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemedimpossble a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!Unit 2 P14 3aDear Mary,I have a problem, and I need your help. I always thought I was popular at school. But I just found out that my friends were planning a birthday party for my best friend, and they didn't invite me. Everyone else in my class was invited except me , and I don't know why . I can't think what Idid wrong . I'm very upset and don't know what to do. What do you think? Can you help me?Y ours, Loely kidUnit 3 3a P20Dear Jack,I had a very unusual experience on Sunday. At around ten o'clock in the morning , I was walking down the street when a UFO landed right in front of me. Y ou can imagine how strange it was!An alien got out and walked down Center Street . I followd it to see where it was going, and I was very surprised when it went into a souvenir shop. While it was looking at the shop assisant called the police. Before the police arrived, the alien left the shop and then visited the Museum of Fight. While the alien was in the museum , I called the TV station. Isn't that amazing!T edP22 3Linda loves her dog Davy. They went to New Y ork City last Saturday. While Linda was buying a newpaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. The station was crowed and Linda couldn't see Davy anywere. When Linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but Davy did't come. Then she called the police. While she was tallking on the telephone, Davy met aother dog outside the station. While the police were coming, Linda wallked around the station and called Davy's name . She didn't think about looking outside the station. Finally , alittle boy said to her , “Did you look ooutside? I saw a big black dog when I came in”When Linda finally saw Davy , he was jumping and running with another dog. There was a police officer next to them . The police officer said to Linda, “I think my dog found your dog. ”Unit 4 3a P28“Y oung Lived ”this weekIt was an exciting week for the people in the soap op era“Y oung Lives”. First of all , Marcia told Ben she was having a surprise party for Lana , and that Lana thinks she was going to her house to study . Then Lana told Ben she was mad at Marcia, and that she was going to her house on friday . So Ben told Lana that Marcia was going to have a party for her. Lana told Ben that she was mad at Marcia anymore, and that she is going to go to Marcia's house on Friday night. However, Mracia called everyone and told them that she is going to have the party.P30 3aDear grandma,How's it going? I hope that grandpa is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a cold last week. I hope you are in good health.Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my report card today. I aways get nervous when Isee the envelope from school in the mail, but luckily I did OK this time. I had a really hard time with science this smester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my wrost report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn't ture. It's just that I find science really difficult. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad send their love.Love,AlanUnit 5 3aIf I become an athlete, will I be happy?For many young people, becoming a perfessional althlete might seem like a dram job. If you become a professional athlete, you'll be able to make a liviing doing something you love. If you become famous, people all over the world will know you. Many athletes give money to schools and chartties, and do a lot of work to help people. This is a great chance that many people do not have. However, professional athletes can also have many problems. If you arefamous, people will watch you all the time and follow you everywhere. This can make life difficult.If you play sports for a living, your job will sometimes be very dangerous. Many prefessional athletes get injured. And if you become rich, you will have a difficult time knowning who your real friends are. In fact, many famous people complan that they are not happy. They say they were happier before they became rich and famous.Unit 6 p46 3aI'm talking to you from the Hilltop School Skating Marathon. Here, student are skating to raise money for charity. For every hour they skate, each student raises ten yuan for charity. The skating marathon has been going for five hours now, and several skaters are still skating. Alison was the first one to start and has been skating for the whole five hours. Next is Sam, and he has bee n sating for four hours too, and Li Chen just strated an hour ago.P48 3aDear Jack,Thanks for sending me the snow globe of the monster I love it. In fact I think it's probably my favoite. I've been collecting snow globes for seven years, and now I have 226 of them. My mom says I have to stop, because we've run out of room to store them. They're all around our apartment. Ieven store them in boxes under my bed. The first one I ever got was a birthday cake snow globe on my seventh birthday. I particulary love globes with animals. I have a big one with bears in it and another one with penguins. If you know anyone else who collects them please tell me. I'd like to start a globe collector's club. By the way, what's your hobby?Love,Ellen Unit 7 p56 3aI can't stand it!I don't like waiting in line when a shop assistant has a long telephone conversation. When that happens. I usually say, “Would you mind helping me? ”And I don't like it when shop assistants follow me around. Then I say , “Could you please not follow me around? I'll ask you if I need some help. "Usually the shop assistants say they are sorry, but sometimes they get mad. If that happens, I won't go back to that store again.I get annoyed when someone tallks to me while I'm reading. This happens to me all the time in the school library. When it happens, I usually talk to person because want to be police. But because I'm police, people don't know I'm annoyed. So they do the same thing again. Perhaps in the future I should try not be so police.Unit 8 p64 3aThe trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig. David Smith of North London has a pot-belied pig named Conni e. “Pot-belied pigs make the best pets, ”said David, “She watches TV on the sofa with me every night. She's my best friend. ”However, life with a pig isn't always perfect. “When I got my pig, she was small, ”said David, “but she eats a lot. Now she's too big to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pig house. Also, pig need a lot of love. Sometimes I don't have enough time to spend with her. ”Unit 9 p70Have you ever been to Disneyland?Most of us have probably heard of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and many other famous Disney characters. Perhaps we have even seen them in movies. But have you ever been to Disneyland? In fact, there are now serveal different Disneyland amusement parks around the world.Disneyland is an amusementv park, but we can also call it a theme park. It has all the normal attractions that you can find at an amusement, but also has a theme. The theme of course is Disney movies and Disney characters. For example, you can find a roller coaster in most amusement parks, but in Disneyland, the theme of the roller coaster is Disney characters. This means that Disney characters all over the roller coaster. Y ou can also watch Disney movies eat in Disney restaurants, and buy Disney gifts. And you can see Disney characters walking around Disneyland all the time.Have you ever heard of a Disney Cruise? These are huge boats that also have Disney theme. Y ou can take a ride on the boat for several days, and you can sleep and eat on board. There are also many attractions on board, juset likeany other Disneyland. Y ou can shop, go to Disney parties, and eat dinner with Mickey Mouse!The boats take different routes, but they all end up in the same place. That is Disney's own island.It just so much fun in Disey and!P72 3aCome to the Hilltop Language School and change your lifeWhen I was a young girl, all I ever wanted to do was teavel, and I decide that the best way to do this was to become a flight attrndant. I've been a flight attendant for two years now. It's a reaslly interesting job because I travel all over the world. I discovered that the most important requirement was to speak English well, so I studied English at the Hilltop Language School for five years before Ibecome a flight attendant. It was because I could speak English that I got the job. Thank you, Hilltop Language School!Mei Shan I want to be a tour guide. In fact, it's all I have ever wanted to be. I want to travel, especially to English-speaking countries such as the United States and Australia. Hoewver, I know that I have to improve my English, so I've started taking lessons at the Hilltop Language School. The Hilltop Language School has really helped me learn English I've been a student here for a year now, and I really love it. Mabye when I leave school I'll think about becoming an Eglish teacher rather than a guide!David FengUnit 10 3a p80Note 1Dear Kim,Sometimes it isn't easy being the new kid at school, but I had a winderful time on Saturdaynight. Thank you so much for inviting me. I didn't know some of the girls, but they were all really friendly to me. And the video you showed was really funny. I fell like part of the group now.MariaNote 2Dear T ony,Thanks for showing me the school last week. I was having a hard timefinding it until you came along. And I enjoyed meeting Carlos. He's really good at math , isn't he? He said he'd help with my math project. Friend like you make it a lot easier to get along in a new place.BillNote 3Dear Allen,Thanks for the tickets for next week's game. I'm sorry you and your father can't go but I;m really happy to have the tickets. I'm going to ask my cousin, T ommy, to go with me. I'll think of you as we watch the Black Socks win the game. (I hope!)。