1、1Unit 8 Celebrating Me-Writing本单元的话题为“为我喝彩” ，要求作自我介绍，展示自己的优点。在写作时，首先介绍一下自己的情况，包括优、缺点；然后通过具体事件来描述自己的长处和短处；最后，陈述自己今后怎样发展自己。写作时，采用第一人称，介绍自己时常用一般现在时，描写事件时可用一般过去时，写今后的打算时常用一般将来时。(一)单元话题短语积累1. laugh at 嘲笑 2return to+地点名词返回某地3. lose to sb输给某人 4be proud of 为感到自豪骄 傲5make sense 有道理，有意义 6c ome from 来自7seven an
2、d a half years 七年半 8make mistakes/a mistake 犯错误9strong points 优点，强项 10. weak points 缺点，弱项11. play against 对抗；和比赛 12. be ki nd to 对友好13. give up 放弃 14. share. with.和分享15. make friends 交朋友 16believe in oneself 相信自己17. take part in 参加 18. say to oneself 自言自语；心里想19. be hard on 对严厉苛刻 20feel like 感觉像21bot
3、hand和都 22because of 因为23. each other 互相 24be confident of 对有信心25play with sb和某人玩 26. learn f rom 从中学27. be nervous about 因感到紧张 28. go to college 上大学29. by oneself 单独；独自(二)单元话题句型积累like doing/to do sth.喜欢做某事；prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 喜欢胜过; be good at 擅长于; be talented at 在有特长; do well in在做得
4、好; have a good idea 有个好主意; advise sb. to do sth.建议某人做某事;2hope to do sth.希望做某事；be sure 确定； call on 号召。阅读下面的短文，完成相关的任务。Yang Hui was born in Longyan, Fujian Province. She (1)_(grow) up in a small village. She lost all her fingers and feet when she was three. She was (2)_(bad) burnt by fire when she wen
5、t out with her grandparents. She couldnt walk and she seldom went out.The young girl had to learn to do everything. At first she wasnt able to use chopsticks. Her parents had to teach her for a long time. Thanks to her strong will to do everything by herself, she overcame those difficulties. Now she
6、 can look (3) a_ herself. She also loves studying and she has finished the junior high school courses.About seven years ago, Yang Hui saw someone make cross stitch(十字绣)and she (4)_(决定) to learn to make it herself. As you can imagine, its very difficult to make it without fingers. Yang Hui failed so
7、many times. But she never gave up. And through many hours of practice, now she can use her arms to make good cross stitch works and she is faster than other people. “One has to put great efforts into what she is doing， ” Yang Hui said.As for her future, Yang Hui said, “I hope to (5)s_ up and walk on
8、e day. I want to make more money by selling cross stitch works.”任务一：根据所给提示填空。1_ 2._ 3._ 4_ 5._任务二：回答下面的问题。6. What happened when Yang Hui was three?_7. When did she learn to make crossstitch herself?_8. What does Yang Hui hope to do in the future?_ 假如你是王林。你所在学校的“爱心俱乐部(Helping Hands Club)”将招收新会员。你想加入该俱乐部，请根据下面表格中的内容及图片，用英语写一封自荐信。姓名 王林 性别 男本人特点 身体健康，学习刻苦，乐于助人“爱心”表现（见图片）3加入目的 1 2要求：1语句通顺，意思连贯；2要点须包括表格和四幅图片中的信息；3表格中“加入目的”一栏内容由考生自拟；4词数：90 左右。信的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Chairman（主席） ，I am a student from Class 1. Grade 8. Id like to be a member of the Helping Hands Club._Yours,Wang Lin
