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Unit 1 Encyclopaedia 牛津深圳版八年级上册 SpeakingWriting Listen to the conversation below. Daisy: Happy birthday, Benny. This is for you. Benny: An encyclopaedia? Thank you, Daisy! Daisy: You’re welcome. I’m sure you’ll learn many things from it. Benny: Yes, I’m sure I will. It’s always useful to have an encyclopaedia around the house. Daisy: True. It’ll be a great help with your studies. Talk time Sentence stress Rules: We usually stress the important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numbers) in a sentence. We do not usually stress unimportant words, e.g. a, the, he, of, is, and, have and can. Choose one of the articles on page 13 to read and practise sentence stress. What are you interested in? Look it up in an encyclopaedia. In pairs, talk about it. Follow the example. S1: Do you know anything about Leonardo da Vinci? S2: Yes. He was a great painter. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa. S1: When and where was he born? S2: He was born in Italy in 1452. S1: Did he do any other things? S2: Yes. He was also an inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. … Speak up Walt Disney (1901-1966) is famous for creating cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Snow White. In 1954 he founded Disneyland, a famous amusement park. Walt Disney was born in the USA. After he left school, he sold newspapers and delivered letters. At the same time, he studied art at night. Finally, he got a job that he enjoyed — drawing cartoons for films. Disney’s most popular cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, was based on a real mouse. It sometimes sat on his desk. Disney drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon. Soon Mickey became a star and Disney became rich and famous. (See Cartoons) Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about Walt Disney . Look it up! Who else do you want to know about? Look up the information in the encyclopaedia and discuss it with your classmates. 从方框中选择正确的选项补全对话。 Daisy: I heard that you got the first place in the final exam, Benny. (1