Lesson 8
A New Star

Guidance

Do you know the girl in the picture?What makes her famous?And what’s her life like?你認(rèn)識(shí)圖片中的這個(gè)女孩嗎？是什么讓她成名？她現(xiàn)在的生活又是什么樣呢？

Look at the girl in the picture.Do you know her?She is an English pop singer.Her name is Connie Talbot.She was born on November20,2000^①in England.She is good at singing^②and she can sing“Over the Rainbow”well on TV at six.She is very popular now.

She has ahappy family and she has abrother and asister.Connie loves her grandmother very much.They often watch TV together and she often sings for her grandmother.

Connie likes French fries very much and often eats them at home.She is very hot now.But her mother only wants her to be healthy.^③

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Word bank

Notes

①She was born on November20,2000.她出生于2000年11月20日。

be born:出生于……

②She is good at singing.她擅長唱歌。

be good at:擅長；在……方面做得好

③But her mother only wants her to be healthy.但是她媽媽只想讓她健康。

want sb.to do sth.:想讓某人做某事

Practice

Ⅰ.Read for comprehension

1.What’s the girl’s family name?

A.Connie.

B.Talbot.

C.Rainbow.

D.Smith.

2.What is Connie good at?

A.Singing.

B.Dancing.

C.Watching TV.

D.Eating French Fries.

3.From the passage we know that____.

A.Connie likes watching TV B.

Connie’s grandmother likes watching TV

C.Connie’s mother is astar

D.Connie’s mother likes her daughter

4.The underlined word“French fries”means____.

A.土豆

B.薯?xiàng)l

C.油炸

5.The underlined word“hot”means____.

A.熱得

B.辣的

C.受歡迎的

Ⅱ.Read for writing

Do you have your favourite star?Write something about her/him.

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