1. 冀教版　八年级上册
Lesson 42: The New Club

2. a toy tiger a real tiger A boy named Mike.
His hobby is watching tigers.
He wants to raise a real tiger.
Do you think his father will
support his idea?
a toy tiger
a real tiger

3. Read the lesson and answer the questions.
What’s Jenny’s hobby?
2. What does Brain’s teacher say about gardening?
3. What is Jenny’s good idea?
4. Who joined the gardening club?
Jenny’s hobby is gardening.
Gardening is enjoyable and easy to learn.
They should organize a gardening club.
Jenny, Brain and most of their classmates.

4. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
Brain showed his stamp collection to the class.
Danny showed a _____ tree. It was huge. Jenny’s
hobby is _________.Their teacher said it is enjoyable
and easy ___ _______.Everyone can ____ _____ ___
gardening. Then Jenny said they should __________ a
gardening club. Many classmates __________ the idea.
They can work in it _______ and take good care of it.
Jenny, Brain and most of their classmates _______
the club.
real
gardening
to learn
take part in
organize
supported
daily
joined

5. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.
Yang Hao: Hi Xiaolin ! Your flowers are __________ !
You’re good at gardening. Would it be easy
for me to learn?
Tao Xiaolin: Yes! Anyone can learn.
Yang Hao: Great! I want to ________ my own flowers!
Then I could ________ my own flowers to
school, too.
Tao Xiaolun: Sure! Why not ________ our club? We can
study _________ together, and we can have
a school garden next year. We can ________
it every day and _________ it.
Yang Hao: That’s a great idea!

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.
collecting
I enjoy ________ stamps. Last week I added a new one
to my stamp ___________ . (collect )
2. He can cook _______ Chinese food, and it tastes ____
good. (real )
3. My grandpa sometimes read the China _______ when
he is free, and he works in his small garden _____ . (day)
4. Most of our classmates _______ playing ping-pong.
It’s _________. (enjoy)
collection
real
really
Daily
daily
enjoy
enjoyable

7. Top 3 Tomato Growing Tips
Is it too early to be thinking about your tomato plants?
Of course not! Follow the steps and you will have the greatest
tomatoes this year. 1. Provide lots of light. Tomatoes need
strong light. Place them near a very sunny window. 2. Bury
them. Plant your tomato plants deeper. In this way, tomatoes
are able to develop roots all along their stems. 3.Remove the
bottom leaves. Once your plants reach 7cm tall, remove the
leaves from the bottom. Because they can’t get enough
sunshine and air.
Write true ( T ) or false ( F )
We can put our tomato plants everywhere ( )
We need to plant the tomato plants in the bottom of the pot. ( )
We need to remove the leaves when the plants reach 7cm tall. ( ) F F T

8. Talk about gardening and make a dialogue.
Do you like gardening?
If yes, do you think it is easy or hard?
Do you have any gardening knowledge?
Would you like to join a gardening club?
What would like to plant– trees, flowers
or vegetables?

9. favourite plants, and have fun!
Homework
Write a passage according to your dialouge.
Find some ways to plant your
favourite plants, and have fun!