世界经典英语课文选读 8级 上

教材课文是学习语言、获取知识，了解世界，完成教学任务，实现教学目标，培养人才不可或缺的重要素材、资源和载体。本系列图书荟萃百年来全世界范围内，英语国家和非英语国家所使用的英语教材中的经典课文，辅以必要的导读、注释、习题等阅读帮助，为广大英语学习者提供高品质的语言、知识和文化等素材和资源。在阅读、赏析的同时，提高语言素养，丰富知识，进而提升核心素养，为学习者成为具有全球胜任力的人才，打下英语、知识和跨文化的扎实功底。

《世界经典英语课文选读》全套共14级，每级分上、下两册，本书为第8级上册。本书精选百年世界原版教材中思想、内容、语言俱佳的经典课文篇目；对标英语能力等级量表和课程标准编排，内容循序渐进，难度逐级递增；穿插导读、注释、词汇、读后任务、阅读策略、参考答案等辅助模块；提供高质量的学习资源，发展语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力。

Unit 1 Health and Diet
Text 1 Diary of a Virus
Text 2 What Is British Food?
Text 3 Food: Facts and Myths
Text 4 Rethink Your Way to Great Health
Text 5 The History of Pizza
Text 6 Olive Oil: From the Tree to Your Table
Unit 2 People and Jobs
Text 1 At the Scene of a Crime
Text 2 Now Hiring!
Text 3 Srnokejumpers
Text 4 Q&A on Andrew Cooney
Text 5 The Real Spider-Man
Text 6 A Doctor Without Borders
Unit 3 Life and Stories
Text 1 The Cavity
Text 2 What's Your Problem?
Text 3 Grandma's Beauty
Text 4 Barbara's Blog
Text 5 The Boy on the Bus
Text 6 Diary of a Troubled Tween
Unit 4 Nature and Wildlife
Text 1 The Life of a Sunflower
Text 2 The Incredible Dolphin
Text 3 Plants
Text 4 Can Animals Be Nice
Text 5 Rain Forest Treasures
Text 6 FAQs: Global Warming and Climate Change
Unit 5 History and Society
Text 1 Telling theTime
Text 2 Moments in Space History
Text 3 Maps
Text 4 A Cashless World
Text 5 Do You Need It or Do You Want It
Text 6 Fashion Statements
Unit 6 Science and Development
Text 1 The Meaning of Dreams
Text 2 Inventions
Text 3 Biometrics--A Developing Technology
Text 4 Why Haven't Scientists Invented It Yet
Text 5 Life Beyond Earth
Text 6 Is Anything Possible
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