Contents
Unit 1 Family and relatives
Reading 1 A new pen friend
Reading 2 My favourite aunt
Unit 2 New friends
Reading 1 A new friend in class
Reading 2 Friends of Farnham Forest
Unit 3 Visiting new places
Reading 1 Wonderful theme parks
Reading 2 Sydney ToursDay-trip to Taronga Zoo
Unit 4 What would you like to be?
Reading 1 Super Juice Needs You!
Reading 2 Whats your job?
Unit 5 In the school hall
Reading 1 Arts Evening
Reading 2 Melville High School Parent-Teacher evening
Unit 6 Going to school
Reading 1 Travelling to school in London
Reading 2 More schools closed
Unit 7 Rules
Reading 1 Deep River Campground Rules
Reading 2 Making class rules
Unit 8 The food we eat
Reading 1 New farmers market
Reading 2 The food we eat today
Unit 9 Picnics
Reading 1 Picnic games
Reading 2 A perfect picnic basket
Unit 10 Healthy eating
Reading 1 Lets talk about sugar
Reading 2 Dear Diary
Unit 11 Fast food
Reading 1 Script 10 of Cooking with Kevin
Reading 2 Aldos Pizzas
Word list
Answer key
本丛书的鲜明特点:
l 与《英语(牛津上海版)》六~九年级教材完全同步配套
丛书由外籍语言专家根据牛津教材各册话题量身定制,共8册。每一册各单元都包含两至三个语篇,均呼应对应教材各单元话题,方便学生在学习教材语篇内容的基础上接触多角度、多维度的主题阅读素材。
每个阅读语篇的读前、读中和读后练习设计充分考虑了六?九年级英语教材听、说、读、写等方面的学习要求以及初中阶段学生的语言水平和认知特点,同时提炼语言文化,渗透学习策略。书后附有参考词汇表,并标出了属于《上海市初中英语学科教学基本要求(试验本)》中的核心词汇。全书的练习与词汇表部分均由英语教学专家和骨干英语教师共同审校或改编。
l 课堂阅读教学补充材料和课外学生拓展读物双适用
在课堂上,教师可以从这套丛书提供的语篇和相应阅读活动中挑选精读或泛读材料,作为牛津教材阅读教学的补充和延伸。教师也可布置学生于课外去阅读和完成丛书中相应的练习(如Vocabulary, Comprehension 和Language box 板块),以帮助学生更好地掌握和巩固教材语篇中所学的知识与技能。
l 重视和落实对初中阶段学生批判性思维的培养和训练
丛书的一大亮点是由Thinking about the text 和Thinking about the topic 两大板块构成的阅读语篇读后练习部分。它们形式新颖且富有挑战性,意在鼓励学生超越对篇章文本和话题的大意理解,在学习词汇、语法等语言知识的基础上,利用语篇以外的其他知识对语篇的内容和形式进行个性化反思,促进学生批判性思维的发展,从而形成自己的观点,并对事物作
出正确的价值判断。