Module1Unit2课文原文及翻译牛津深圳版八年级英语上册

沪教版八年级英语上册课文原文及翻译Module 1 Unit 2

Module 1 Amazing things

Unit 2 Numbers

Reading

The king and the rice

A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king's favourite

game was chess.

One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king

challenged him to a king promised the old man, “You

can have any prize if you win the game.”

The old man said, “If I win the game, I'd like one grain of rice for

the first square of the chessboard,two for the second, four for

the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the

squares.”

“Is that all?” asked the king. “Wouldn't you like gold or silver

instead?”

“No, just rice,” replied the old man.

The king and the old man played the game for a long y,

the old man won. So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of

put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and

so king quickly realized the problem -- even with all the

rice in the country, he would still not have enough rice to put on

all the squares!

国王和米

很久以前，印度有一个国王。国王最喜欢的游戏是国际象棋。

一天，一个聪明的老人来到王宫，国王向他挑战了一场比赛。国王向老人承诺：“如果你赢了这场比赛，你可以获得任何奖金。”

老人说：“如果我赢了这场比赛，我想要棋盘上的第一格一粒米，第二格两粒米，第三格四粒米，余下的每个格都要加倍的数量。”

“就这些吗？”国王问“你不喜欢金或银吗？“

“是的，只要米，”老人回答说。

国王和老人用了很长的时间玩了一局。最后，老人赢了。于是国王命令他的人去取来一袋米。他在（棋盘上的）第一格放了一粒米，在第二格上放了两粒……国王很快意识到一个问题——即使动用全国所有的大米，他也无法填满（整副棋盘上）所有的方格！

Listening

Listen to a quiz about numbers and circle the correct answers.

Good morning, kids. It’s quiz time. You’ll hear eight short

conversations. Please circle the correct answer to each question.

1 W:The king was sixty-three years old two years ago.

M:How old is the king now?

2 W:What time is it now?

M:It’s twelve thirty.

3 W:What’s today’s date?

M:It’s the eleventh of October.

4 W:What’s your phone number?

M:My phone number is five six two, two double eight one.

5 W:How tall are you?

M:I’m one hundred and sixty-five point five centimetres tall.

6 W:How much is this computer?

M:It’s four thousand seven hundred yuan.

7 W:How much of the air is oxygen?

M:About twenty-one per cent of the air is oxygen.

8 W:How many students take part in after-school activities?

M:There are thirty-three students in the class. Two thirds of them

take part in after-school activities.

Speaking

In most sentences, we use the weak forms of these words.

He went to the hospital and visited a friend.

Sometimes we use the strong forms for emphasis.

S1: You can't dance.

S2: Yes, I can.

Listen to the conversation below. Pay attention to the

pronunciation of the words in blue. Then practise it in pairs.

May: What's your favourite subject, Ben?

Ben: Maths. Our Maths teacher uses a lot of games to help us

learn.

- He makes the class really interesting. Also, I like to work with

numbers.

May: OK. Do you know the number of students in your class?

Ben: Yes, I do. There are 35 students in my class—18 boys and 17

girls.

- I can remember all their birthdays!

May: You're amazing!

B. Speak up

Mandy did not copy her homework correctly, so she called Joyce.

In pairs, check the Maths problems in Mandy's exercise book.

Follow the example.

Joyce: Hello, this is Joyce speaking.

Mandy: Hello, Joyce. It's Mandy.

Joyce: Hi, Mandy. What can I do for you?

Mandy: I don't think I copied down the Maths problems correctly.

Can I check them with you?

Joyce: OK.

Mandy: Number 1. Is it seventy-two plus twenty-seven?

Joyce: No. it should seventy-two plus two hundred and

seventy-two.

大多数的句子，我们用这些词的轻音形式。

他去医院看望了一个朋友。

有时我们用重音加以强调。

S1：你不会跳舞。

S2：不，我会。

听下面的谈话。注意蓝色的单词的发音。然后两人一组进行练习。

May：你最喜欢哪科，Ben？

Ben：数学。我们的数学老师用很多游戏来帮助我们学习。

- 他使把课堂变的很有趣。另外，我喜欢运用数字。

May：好。那你知道你们班学生的数量吗？

Ben：嗯，我知道。我们班有 35 名学生，18 名男生，17 名女生。

- 我能记住他们所有人的生日！

May：你太了不起了！

B. 大声说

Mandy 没有准确地抄下她的作业，所以她打电话给 Joyce。两人一组，像下面示例一样检查 Mandy 的练习本上的数学题。

Joyce：喂，你好，这里是 Joyce。

Mandy：你好，Joyce。我是 Mandy。

Joyce：嗨，Mandy。有什么事吗？

Mandy：我觉得我的数学作业题可能抄得不正确。我可以和你一起对一下吗？

Joyce：好的。

Mandy：第一道题，是 72+27 吗？

Joyce：不是，应该是 72+272。

More practice

Counting before numbers

Before the invention of written numbers, people used many

different ways to count things.

At first, people used their fingers, and even their r,

they could only count small numbers in this way.

After that, they began to make small marks on sticks and

helped them count bigger used them

to count things like the days of the month, the amount of food

and the number of animals they had.

Then people began to use tokens made from clay or small

helped them count even bigger often

put the tokens on pieces of string so that they could carry them

around developed into tools like the abacus.

Finally, people began to develop systems of written marks to

show different numbers,and this led to the Hindu-Arabic system

(0-9).We are still using this system today.

数字（发明）前的计数

在数字发明之前，人们采用不同的方式来对东西计数。

一开始，人们用他们的手指，连同自己的脚趾。然而，他们也只能指望这样来计算小的数字。

后来，他们开始用棍棒和骨头制作一些小物件。这有助于依靠它们计算更大的数字。他们依此来计算如每个月天数、他们拥有的食物和动物数量（那样的数字）。

再后来人们开始使用由粘土或小石块做成小物件。这可以用来计算更大的数字。他们通常会它们穿成串儿，以方便他们携带。这就发展成了如算盘的工具。

最后，人们开始扩展文字系统，用来显示不同的数字，于是产生了印度 - 阿拉伯数字（0-9）。直到今天，我们仍然在使用这套（数字）系统。

Culture corner

Numbers around the world

People around the world write numbers in different

following shows how people from different cultures write one to

five.

Chinese: 一、二、三、四、五

Romans: Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ, Ⅴ

English: one, two, three, four, five

However, most people around the world use Arabic numbers (1,

2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) today.

世界各地的数

世界各地的人们书写数字的方式不同。下图显示了不同文化背景的人如何写从一到五。

中国：一，二，三，四，五

罗马：Ⅰ，Ⅱ，Ⅲ，Ⅳ，Ⅴ

英语：one, two, three, four, five

但是，今日世界上绝大多数人都在使用阿拉伯数字（1，2，3，4，5，等等）。