Unit 8 Stamps have stories to tell

Dear class,

Today, I'm going to talk about my hobby. Some people play sports and others build models, but my hobby is collecting stamps. I love stamps because they are very beautiful. They can also teach me about the history and culture of different countries.

I developed this hobby thanks to my grandpa. He is a stamp collector, and he owns thousands of stamps. Some of them are valuable, so he always handles them with great care. He even wears white gloves to protect his stamps! Every Sunday my grandpa adds new ones to his collection, and I sometimes help him take old stamps from envelopes and postcards. He likes to tell me interesting stories about the different stamps. It is almost like a history lesson.

Let me show you an absolutely wonderful stamp of the Palace Museum. It is my favourite because it was my first one. My grandpa bought it for me. ''They built these buildings hundreds of years ago. It may seem impossible, but they built them without using a single nail!” he explained. My grandpa also shared many other interesting bits of history about the old palace. Thanks to this stamp, I became interested in traditional Chinese buildings, and I started to collect similar stamps. Now I have over a hundred of them, and 1 am learning more and more about Chinese history and culture.

Thank you for listening! Any questions?

郵票有故事可講

親愛的班級,

今天,，我要談?wù)勎业膼酆谩Ｓ行┤俗鲞\(yùn)動,，有些人做模型,，但我的愛好是集郵。我喜歡郵票,，因?yàn)樗鼈兒芷?。他們也可以教我關(guān)于不同國家的歷史和文化。

多虧了我爺爺,，我才有了這個愛好,。他是一個集郵者，他擁有成千上萬的郵票,。有些東西很貴重,，所以他總是小心翼翼地拿著。他甚至戴著白手套來保護(hù)他的郵票!每個星期天,，我爺爺都會給他的收藏增添新的郵票,，我有時會幫他從信封和明信片上取下舊郵票。他喜歡給我講關(guān)于不同郵票的有趣故事,。這幾乎就像一堂歷史課,。

讓我給你看一張絕對精美的故宮郵票。這是我最喜歡的,，因?yàn)檫@是我的第一個,。我爺爺給我買的?！八麄冊趲装倌昵敖ㄔ炝诉@些建筑,。這似乎是不可能的，但他們沒有使用一顆釘子就建造了它們!他解釋道,。我爺爺還分享了許多關(guān)于這座古老宮殿的其他有趣的歷史故事,。由于這張郵票，我對中國傳統(tǒng)建筑產(chǎn)生了興趣,，并開始收集類似的郵票?，F(xiàn)在我有一百多個，我正在學(xué)習(xí)越來越多的中國歷史和文化,。

謝謝你的聆聽!有什么問題嗎?

課文填空

Unit 8

Stamps have stories to tell

Dear class,

Today, I'm going to talk about my hobby. Some people play sports and others build models, but my hobby is 1._________(收藏) stamps. I love stamps because they are very beautiful. They can also teach me about the history and culture of different countries.

I 2.__________(培養(yǎng)) this hobby thanks to my grandpa. He is a stamp collector, and he 3.__________(擁有) thousands of stamps. Some of them are 4.__________(有價值的), so he always 5.__________(拿著) them with great care. He even wears white 6.__________(手套) to protect his stamps! Every Sunday my grandpa 7.__________(添加) new ones to his collection, and I sometimes help him take old stamps from 8.__________(信封) and postcards. He likes to tell me interesting stories about the different stamps. It is 9.__________(將近,；幾乎) like a history lesson.

Let me show you an 10.__________(絕對地) wonderful stamp of the Palace Museum. It is my favourite because it was my first one. My grandpa bought it for me. They built these buildings hundreds of years ago.It may seem 11.__________(不可能的), but they built them without using a 12.__________(一顆釘子)!" he 13.__________(講解，解釋), My grandpa also shared many other interesting 14.__________( 有點(diǎn),，稍微,；一點(diǎn)) of history about the old palace. Thanks to this stamp, I 15.__________(變?yōu)?，成?/span>) interested in traditional Chinese buildings, and I started to collect 16.__________(相似的) stamps. Now I have over a hundred of them, and I am learning more and more about Chinese history and culture.Thank you for listening! Any questions?

Interesting 1.__________(收藏品)

The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

The Eden Project has an amazing collection of plants. These plants are from different 2.__________(部分) of the world. There is a collection of food plants, and the Eden Project also has a collection of other useful plants, like bamboo. If you visit, you can also see their collection of 3.__________(異國的；外來的) plants.

The plant in the picture on the 4.__________(左邊的,，左側(cè)的) is from the 5.__________(（熱帶）雨林() of Indonesia.The plant can 6.__________(長,，生長) up to 3 7.__________(米) tall and about 1 metre 8.__________(橫過；在……對面,；寬). When it flowers, it 9.__________(產(chǎn)生) a strong smell to 10.__________(吸引) insects. It's a very special plant!

The plant in the picture on the right is from Borneo and Sumatra. It has special cups. When insects fall in the cups,the plant eats the 11.__________(蟲,，昆蟲). It is a meat-eating plant.

The British Museum, London, UK

The British Museum has a collection of things from different parts of the world: China.Greece, Egypt, Mexico, Italy, etc.

The Rosetta Stone is a must-see 12.__________(物品)in the museum. lt's a big, flat stone with ancient writing on it. It says the 13.__________(同樣的) things written in two languages—Egyptian and Greek, This stone helps us understand Egyptian hieroglyphics and learn about ancient 14.__________(文化), lt's like a 15.__________(寶藏) that 16.__________(開啟；解鎖) a 17.__________(秘訣) code !

You can see animals at the British Museum too. For example, there are 18.__________(木乃伊) of real cats. They are part of the mummy collection in the ancient Egypt room, Some of them are from the lst century BCE.