世界经典英语课文选读 8级 下

内容介绍：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。

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Unit 1 Literature and Art
Text 1 Gelert, the Faithful Dog
Text 2 After Twenty Years
Text 3 Jimmy Valentine
Text 4 Murder in a Country House
Text 5 The Amazing Peter Twinklehands
Text 6 Born in the USA
Unit 2 Places and Environment
Text 1 Six Easy Ideas to Help Save the Planet
Text 2 On Thin Ice
Text 3 Stop Drowning in Paper Waste
Text 4 Different Places, Different Lifestyles
Text 5 Game Over
Text 6 Welcome to Vancouver-- Canada's Coolest City!
Unit 3 Science and Technology
Text 1 Zach the Martian
Text 2 Space Blog
Text 3 Will We Still Drive?
Text 4 Good Things Come in Small Packages
Text 5 Why Aren't People More Interested in Science?
Text 6 Reaching for the Sky: The Dream of Human Flight
Unit 4 Sports and Health
Text 1 All on Her Own
Text 2 Tips for Healthy Living
Text 3 Why Do People Play Sports?
Text 4 Unusual Ways of Keeping Fit
Text 5 Phiona Mutesi: Chess Queen of Uganda
Text 6 Usain Bolt: 9.58
Unit 5 Volunteering and Charity
Text 1 Pay It Forward
Text 2 The Power of Humor
Text 3 M6decins Sans Frontieres: Doctors Without Borders
Text 4 The People's Princess
Text 5 The Half-Marathon Committee
Text 6 Mother Teresa
Unit 6 People and Communication
Text 1 I Have a Dream
Text 2 Who Do You Admire Most?
Text 3 From Emoticon to Emoji
Text 4 The Diary of a Young Girl
Text 5 Subway Hero
Text 6 Think Before You Act Online
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