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4. NEW WORDS educational 教育的 knowledge 知识 come out 出版 grammar 语法 designer 设计者 vocabulary 词汇 traveller 旅行者 reach 到达 asleep 睡着的 screen 屏幕 point 分数 pass 通过 correctly 正确的 mark 作标记 role 角色 purple 紫色的

5. Fast reading by yourselves and do ‘T’ or ‘F’ 1. The main character is called Itchy Feet. 2. The main character loves to travel. 3. The questions test your knowledge of English. 4. The fastest player can finish the game in an hour. 5. Every time you pass a level, you will see a map of China. T T T F F

6. Listen and answer 1.What is “ around the world in Eight Hours” ? 2.How many levels does this game have? 3.Where can we buy it? It is a new educational CD-ROM. This game has eight levels. We can buy it in all computer shops and bookshops.

7. Divide the article into three parts Part 1 ( Para __ to Para __ ) The introduction of the game, designer and main character Part 2 ( Para __ to Para __ ) How to play the game Part 3 ( Para __ ) Where to buy the CD-ROM 12 3 5 6

8. Name of the game Help you learn Designer Main character Age of the main character Read Part 1( Para 1 to Para 2) and fill in the blanks Around the world in eight hours English and geography Nancy Jackson Itchy Feet Thirteen

9. Read part2 (Para 3to Para 5) and answer 1.What did Itchy Feet see on his screen? 2.What will happen if you get enough points? 3. How long will it take you to finish each level? 4. What will you see when you pass a level? He saw a golden cloud. A cloud will come down and carry you off to a place you have never visited before. About an hour. You will see a map of the world. The places you have visited are marked in bright purple.

10. Fill in the blanks: how to play the game 1. We see a ____________ with some words on it. 2. We will see big clouds of different colours with _________ on them. 3. We get a point when we answer a question _____. 4.When we get enough points, a ______ will carry you off to a new place. 5.We will see a lot of useful ___________ about that place on the screen, 6.Every time we pass a level, we’ll see a __________________.The places we have visited are marked in bright ________. golden cloud questions correctly cloud information a map of the world purple

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12. Introduce “ around the world in eight hours ” to your classmates.

13. You can introduce: name of the game,help you learn, designer main character, how to play, where to buy and so on. You can introduce like this: Hi, everybody, today I’d like to introduce ~~~~~