【正文】 aper seller He’s sitting at the newspaper stand 他正坐在報(bào)紙攤Near the bus stop, 在公交站附近，And he’s smiling. 并且他在微笑。It’s very hot. 天氣是很熱的。But he’s smiling. 但是他在微笑。A bus stops, and the people rush out. 一輛公交車停了，和人們快速出來They’re hurrying to work. 他們在急著去上班。They don’t have much time to smile. 他們沒有許多時(shí)間微笑。They take their papers quickly, 他們快速地拿他們的報(bào)紙，And put down some money. 和放下一些錢。But he’s a patient man, 但是他是一個(gè)耐心的人，And he’s still smiling. 和他仍然在微笑。A crowd of people, 一群人，All very busy, with tired faces, 都很忙，有著疲倦的臉，And just one smile. 和剛剛一個(gè)微笑。Is there just one smile in this city? 在這個(gè)城市里剛剛只有一個(gè)微笑嗎？Or will you make it two? 或者你會(huì)使它成為兩個(gè)嗎？Let’s make a million smiles! 讓我們制作一百萬個(gè)微笑吧！ Unit 8 My lifetime hobby—studying starsBy Patrick Moore When I was eight, I got a book about stars. That was the beginning of lifetime hobby.I used to go outside with my mum on clear nights and look velvet with a million diamonds on it. In different seasons, we saw different groups of stars. Sometimes we saw stars shooting brightly across the sky. How beautiful they were!Studying the stars was great fun for me. Once I learnt a little about them, I soon wanted to find out more and more. Now it is my career. I host a TV programme called The Sky at Night. I use my knowledge to tell people about the stars in a lively way. I am proud of my TV programmeit has lasted for more than 50 years!Actually, you can turn your hobby into your career too. Anybody can achieve their dreams. You just have to enjoy what you do! 我一生的愛好—研究星星當(dāng)我8歲的時(shí)候，我得到一本關(guān)于星星的書，那是我一生愛好的開始。我曾經(jīng)在晴朗的夜晚和媽媽外出，看上面有著一百萬顆鉆石的天鵝絨。在不同的季節(jié)，我們看了不同組別的星星，有時(shí)我們看見星星明亮地射過天空，他們是多漂亮呀！研究星星對我來說太好玩了。曾經(jīng)我學(xué)會(huì)了關(guān)于它們的一點(diǎn)，我不就想要找到越來越多的?，F(xiàn)在它是我的職業(yè)。我主持了一個(gè)叫‘夜晚星空’的電視節(jié)目，我使用我的知識用一種活潑的方法去告訴人們關(guān)于星星。我以我的電視節(jié)目自豪—它已經(jīng)持續(xù)50多年了。事實(shí)上，你也可以把你的愛好轉(zhuǎn)化成你的事業(yè)。任何人都可以實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的夢想，但你必須喜歡你所做的事！ More Practice Unit 1 Mother’s Day 母親節(jié) Mums do a lot of hard work. They cook and clean for us. They also encourage us and give us support. Mother’s Day is the time for us to say “Thank you” to our mums.母親們做著許多辛苦的工作，她們?yōu)槲覀冏鲲埡透阈l(wèi)生，她們還鼓勵(lì)給我們支持。母親節(jié)正是我們向媽媽說聲“謝謝您”的時(shí)機(jī)。In most countries, people celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May every year. On this day, people like to buy flowers and make special Mother’s Day cards for their mums.在大多數(shù)國家，人們在每年五月份的第二個(gè)星期日慶祝母親節(jié)。在這一天，人們喜歡為他們的母親買鮮花、制作特別的母親節(jié)賀卡。Mother’s Day is not only about gifts. We can help our mums do the housework. We can take them to the park or the cinema. Sometimes a simple hug or saying “I love you, Mum” is the perfect gift for our mums.母親節(jié)不僅僅跟禮物有關(guān)。我們可以幫助我們的媽媽做家務(wù)，我們可以帶她們?nèi)ス珗@或去電影院。有的時(shí)候，一個(gè)簡單的擁抱或說句“我愛你，媽媽”就是送給我們母親的最完美的禮物。Mother’s Day is about love. If you love your mum, why not plan a special Mother’s Day for her?母親節(jié)是關(guān)于愛的節(jié)日。如果你愛你的媽媽，為什么不為她計(jì)劃一個(gè)特別的母親節(jié)呢？ Unit 2 The Leaning Tower of Pisa 比薩斜塔 The Tower of Pisa is one of the most beautiful bell towers in Italy. It is not only beautiful, but also strangeit leans to one side. Today it is known as “The Leaning Tower of Pisa”.比薩塔是意大利最美麗的鐘樓之一。它不僅美麗，而且奇怪它向一邊傾斜。今天，它作為“比薩斜塔”而被世人所知。The building of the tower began in 1173. It took nearly 200 years to plete. In 1178, when the building got to third floor, it started to lean. The builders tried to make the tower straight again when they built the upper floors, but failed.該塔的建筑始于1173年，花費(fèi)近200年的時(shí)間完工。在1178年，當(dāng)建到第三層時(shí)，它開始傾斜。當(dāng)建筑工人往上層建筑時(shí)，他們試圖使塔變直，但是失敗了。Over the years, the tower has continued to lean further. Experts have done a lot of studies and tried to “rescue” the tower. In 1990, it was closed to the public for safety reasons. After a lot of effort, it reopened in 2001. Hopefully it will be safe for at least the next 300 years.多年來，比薩塔繼續(xù)進(jìn)一步傾斜。專家們進(jìn)行了大量研究，并試圖“拯救”該塔。在1990年，為安全起見他向公眾關(guān)閉。經(jīng)過一番努力后，它于2001年重新開放。希望至少在未來300年它是安全的。 Unit 3 A friendly dolphin 一只友好的海豚 Last month, I went to swim in the sea. I swam really far, past the rocks and out to sea.上個(gè)月，我去海里游泳。我游得真的很遠(yuǎn)，游過許多巖石并游向大海的遠(yuǎn)處。Then I saw something moving towards me. It was huge and grey, with a large fin. It was a shark! I began to swim back, but the beach was too far away. The shark started to swim around me.然后我看到什么東西向我游來。它長得巨大，身體灰色，有個(gè)大鰭。它是一條鯊魚！我開始往回游，但是海灘離得太遠(yuǎn)，鯊魚開始在我的周圍游來游去。I was really sca