Unit 8
Topic 1
1. ---What's the weather like in spring? = How is the
weather in spring.
2. ---Which season do you like best, spring, summer, fall
or winter? ---Well, it's hard to say.
3. I don't like summer very much because it often rains.
4. ---How is it going? ---Very well.
5. ---What's the temperature, do you know?
---The low temperature is -8℃ and the high
temperature is 2℃.
6. If you go on a trip to Shanghai in August, what will
you wear?
7. The summer holidays are coming.
8. If you plan to travel on your holidays, you'd better
find out the weather in different places in August.
9. It's the best time to go there.
10. In most parts of China, it is very hot.
11. It's rainy today. But it was sunny and warm
yesterday.
Topic 2
1. I wish to travel around the country and take some
pictures.
2. I want to go back to Cuba.
3. I hope to get together with them.
4. I'd like to visit some places of interest in China.
5. Each of us has a good plan for the holidays.
6. Jane plans to go to Yunnan for her holidays.
7. The weather there is always fine all year round.
8. It sounds really interesting!
9. What should I take with me?
10. When you travel in other countries, you should know
the customs there.
11. In Japan, when you enter someone's home, you
should take off your shoes.
12. In Indonesia, you mustn't point to anything with
your foot, and don't touch a child on the head in
Thailand.
13. I went to Sichuan with my family during the May
Day holiday.
14. ---What do you think of the food there?
---It's very hot and nice, and it is very different
from ours.
15. How are you doing?
16. I get here the day before yesterday.
17. How much money do you make per month? (make
money)
18. Please give my love to your parents.
Topic 3
1. Families in the U.S.A. get together for a big dinner.
2. It means the end of the Spring Festival.
3. On this day, people eat sweet dumplings for good luck,
watch lantern shows and guess riddles on lanterns.
4. People have parties and do not go to bed until after
midnight to welcome the new year.
5. Many people believe Christ came back to life on
Easter Day.
6. Children and some young people play tricks on their
friends.
7. People show their love for their mothers by giving
cards and other things.
8. Christmas is the most important festival in many
countries.
9. Before Christmas Day, people are busy preparing for
it.
10. On the morning of Christmas Day, children always ge
up very early and open the presents in the stockings.
11. They usually greet each other and say, "Merry
Christmas!"
12. In China, celebrating the Spring Festival is a big
event.
13. People usually start preparing for the festival on
month before it comes.
14. On the eve of the festival, the whole family gets
together for a big dinner.
15. People stay up and enjoy dumplings at midnight for
good luck.
16. They are very happy to get lucky money from them.
17. On the first day of the lunar new year, children put
on their new clothes and greet their parents.
18. Then we knock on our neighbors doors and
shouted,"trick or treat".
19. People enjoy a one-day holiday on May Day.
20. The whole country celebrates the birthday of China
on this day.
21. In Beijing, the capital of China, many people go to
Tian'anmen Square to watch the national flag go up.
22. Before Chinese New Year, many Chinese families
burn the old picture of Zao Shen, the kitchen god, to
get good luck.
23. When New Year's Day comes, they put up a new
picture of Zao Shen on the kitchen wall.