【正文】 n actor William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and wrote 38 plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and was born in 1564 in Stratford, many people four hundred years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’t learn to read or school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at married in 1582 and had three went to London and joined a theatre pany in about became a successful actor and began to write Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very 1599 the pany built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in can visit the theatre today, but it isn’t the same was a fire in the old built it again in 1614 and in the Shakespeare died at the age of was rich and can still see his plays in English and in many the ’s famous around the world..Module10 A holiday journey Unit1 what did you do? Lingling: Tony:Betty:Tony:Betty: Where are you going on holiday, Tony? To Los , really? You’ll love it!I went there two years ago and enjoyed it a long did it take to get there? Did you fly? Yes, we did, and that took about nine our friends met us and drove us to their : Who was with you? Betty: My : So what did you do? Betty: Well, first, we went to Disneyland, and guess what? I met Snow White and Mickey Mouse!I was so excited!Tony:Betty: Wow!How long did you stay there? We stayed there for two then we went to : Did you see any movie starts? Betty: No, but we swam in the Pacific Ocean at Santa wasgreat!Lingling: Where are you going on holiday this year, Betty? Betty: This morning we took a , Grandma!Here I m in and I arrived by plane the day before Joan and Uncle Peter met us at the were tired so we relaxed at home and began our tour of the city we went to the Louvre has many worldfamous works of art, such as the Mona the evening we had dinner in a French food was delicious!This morning we took a are shops, and restaurants everywhere, and I love the street and sell such good fruit and also did some bought a present for hope you’ll like it!At about three o’clock, we took the Paris Underground to the Eiffel is really were lots of tourists, so first of all, we had to wait in line for an hour, and then we went to the waited till all the lights were was wonderful!Tomorrow we’re going to visit a famous palace and take a boat tour on the River ’ll write ，BerryModule 11 Body language Unit 1 They touch noses!Lingling: We’re going to have some Russian teachers at school tomorrow, and I’m weling the do I do that? Betty: Lingling, you know, in Russia, people usually kiss three times, left, right, : What!No, I didn’t know Chinese often shake hands and smile when we meet visitors, and sometimes we nod our we never parents and children do : That’s because people do different things in different : So what do people in the US usually do when they meet? Betty: In the US some people shake hands, and some kiss or hug each India people put their hands together and nod their do your know what Maori people in New Zealand do when they meet? Lingling: No, What do they do? Betty: They touch noses!Unit2 Here are some ways to wele language around the worldby Wang Lingling Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways to wele close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand too close to people in the Middle East but don’t stand too close to North American!Give them more personal about touching people? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their American sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you can’t move away!But in Britain many people don’t like other people to touch them at you look at people when you talk? In some places, it isn’t polite to look at people when they talk, but in other countries it isn’t polite to look somewhere Britain and the US, people usually look at each other when they how do you say goodbye? That’s easy, wave to say be careful!In Greece, it’s not at all polite!In fact, it’s very rude!Module 12 Western music Unit 1 It’s so beautiful!(The Blue Danube)Daming: Hmm, this is Western music, isn’t it? Can you hear the violin and the piano? It’s so beautiful!Is this by Strauss or Mozart?Lingling: I’m not sure… Betty: It’s by love his music!Do you know anything about him, Tony? Tony:Betty: Was he German No, he was born in Vienna, the capital of a beautiful city!This is called The Blue Danube is a river in goes through : Do you like listen to pop music, Betty? Betty: Well, I like listen to pop music, Lingling ,don’t you?Lingling: Yes, I also like Beijing to this fantastic : Hmm, the sound is very … different, isn’t it? I’m a fan of rock to this!Daming: Hey!Give us a break!Lingling: Rock music? Listen to those : Tony: It’s so noisy!And much too fast!You don’t like rock music? I don’t believe it!Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical city of music Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube in the centre of ’s the capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical the eighteenth century a lot of musicians came to study and work in the Strauss family, there were two posers called Johann Strauss: the father and the father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for traditional dances, called the dance music made him famous all over son, Johann Strauss the younger, was also very successful and wrote over 150 1867 he wrote The Blue Danube was another very important was born in Austria in he was six, he played not only the piano but also the family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many wrote hundreds of wonderful pieces of he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only Johann Strauss, father and son, he was a great European musician, and many people still think his music is perfect.第四篇：外研版七年級下冊英語教學(xué)計劃2014