Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a

scarf ?

八年级英语（下）

Period 5

My pet is a cat. It’s white and black. I have kept it since it was two months old. It likes eating fish. When it was small, it could catch the mouse well. It always keeps clean. If it feels hungry, it always calls “Miao”. When it catches the mice, it’s very brave. I like it very much.

Nowadays, the pet are very popular to many people. Someone thinks keeping pets in an apartment is good . However, someone disagrees. What’s your opinion?

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

expensive boring cheap

special interesting

1. Today is Jim’s birthday. His

mother is going to make a ______

meal for him.

special

Self Check

2. My shoes were really ______. They

only cost $5.

3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an

_________ restaurant, but the food

was not good at all.

4. The movie was ______. I fell asleep

half way through it.

cheap

expensive

boring

5. It’s important to choose subjects

that you find __________.interesting

1. The old people think they don’t get enough

gifts.

2. Small things can’t be gifts.

3. The mother won’t be happy when her little child give a leaf to her.

4. In Japan, when people get the gifts, they will open them at once.

5. In Canada, many people will give big gifts to

the others.

6. In the USA, People would like to ask the friends

to give money to them as gifts.

7. In Sweden, the best gift is doing something for

someone.

2 Read the passages and then write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.

Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy.

present n. 礼物make sb. / sth. + 形容词 使某人 / 某事… What he says makes me rather angry. 他所说的话让我非常生气。 The flowers made the house beautiful. 鲜花让房子美丽。

Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.

open v. 开；打开 give away 赠送 give—gave—given

bench n. 长凳；长椅 rather than 胜于 Sweden 瑞典instead adv. 代替；而不是 If you don’t want to go, I will go instead.

Helping do some housework is the best gift for my mother. The best gift for my father is my good mark. My sister likes the dolls best, and my friend likes the interesting books best.

Write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.