初中英语听力module 9 cartoon stories

初中英语听力Module 9 Cartoon storiesGoal: Listen for specific information about cartoon stories and heroes.http:///res/2007-12-28/r291382.html请点击此地址下载播放器播放英语听力A：Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your favourite cartoon characters. Use the words in theFor example:A: Superman is my favourite cartoon character. I like him because he’s a real hero.B: I prefer funny characters. I like Donald Duck best. He’s not very clever, but he’s cute.B: Work in pairs. Describe a cartoon hero to your partner and have your partner guess who it is. For example:A: He’s white with black spots and he has long ears. He looks very serious.B: I don’t know. Can you tell me some more?A: He’s a dog.B: I think I know now. Is it Snoopy?A: Yes.C: Listen and choose the correct answers.1. When was the interview done?a. In 2005.b. After 2005.c. Before 2005.2. What do the club members do?a. They look at each other’s books.b. They find books they haven’t got.c. They buy and sell books.3. What does Mr Zhang like aobut Tintin?a. The stories.b. The pictures.c. Both a and b.4. What are they planning to do in 2009?a. They’re going to visit Belgium.b. They’re going to have a birthday party for Tintin.c. Both a and b.5. Where will they go to meet another group?a. In Nanjing.b. In Beijing.c. In Belgium.D: Listen and complete the sentences.1. Xiaofang prefers watching a film which she thinks is more __________.2. Xiaojun thinks that Monkey King is part of Chinese __________.3. Xiaofang prefers films that are made for older kids or __________.4. She thinks that Monkey King is like a __________ story.5. They will watch a cartoon about a __________ team at 9:30.E: Listen and tick (√) the true sentences.1. Polly’s parents are in the US.2. Polly couldn’t go with her parents because she has to go to school.3. Polly is staying at Jenny’s house.4. Jenny is teaching Polly to read stories.5. Jenny doesn’t like Disney cartoons.6. Jenny thinks cartoons made by computers are very good.7. Andy thinks watching Barbie films is childish.F: Listen and choose the correct answers.1. The Bat Cave is a _________.a. club for people who like cartoon books and magazinesb. shop that sells cartoon books and magazinesc. shop that sells bats2. Peter Parks has been interested in cartoon books since he _________.a. was a childb. opened the shopc. came to the city3. In the beginning Peter sold _________.a. Superman, Batman and Spiderman cartoonsb. new cartoonsc. cartoons for collectors4. Peter finds cartoon books from _________.a. customersb. other cartoon shopsc. cartoon book and magazine fairs (集市)5. Peter thinks _________ is the most important thing about work.a. earning a lot of moneyb. enjoying your workc. being successfulG: Listen and choose the correct answers.1. Mary and Mingming are at a _________.a. comic book shopb. second-hand marketc. bookshop2. Mingming wants to find some _________ cartoon books.a. newb. oldc. foreign3. Mary thinks it will be _________ to find the cartoon books.a. easyb. difficultc. fun4. Mary wants to buy a book for _________.a. Mingmingb. herselfc. Cathy5. Mingming thinks Mary paid _________ for the cartoon book.a. the right amountb. too muchc. too littleH: Listen and tick (√) the true sentences.1. The first manga story was published about 1,000 years ago. （）2. Osamu Tezuka wrote a cartoon book while he was attending art school. （）3. The first mangas were for children. （）4. Some mangas are written for university students. （）5. Most mangas are sold in books. （）6. Some manga serials go on for years. （）C:Tapescript:Interviewer: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m here today to interview Mr Zhang who started a club here in Nanjing in 1985 for fans of Tintin, the famous cartoon detective. Mr Zhang, your club has been going now for over 20 years. What exactly do you do?Mr Zhang: We meet and show each other books from our collections, especially when someone has managed to find a new one that no one else has got.Interviewer: What makes you so interested in Tintin?Mr Zhang: I think that the characters are interesting. I enjoy the way Tintin gets out of trouble and I also like the drawings. I know they were first drawn more than 75 years ago, but I think the style still looks great today.Interviewer: I know that you are planning something very special for 2009.Mr Zhang: Yes. A group of us from Nanjing are planning to visit Belgium for the 80th birthday of Tintin. We’ll have a special birthday party for him in his own country! We’ll travel to Beijing first to meet with a group there who is also planning to go and then we’ll fly to Belgium together.Key:1. b2. a3. c4. c5. bD:Tapescript:Xiaofang: What’s on the TV, Xiaojun?Xiaojun: It’s the Monkey King.Xiaofang: Can’t we watch something else?Xiaojun: Don’t you like it, Xiaofang?Xiaofang: No, I prefer watching something which is more modern, like Shrek. It’s really exciting.Xiaojun: I think Monkey King is exciting, too, and it has characters which are part of our culture.Xiaofang: I suppose so, but I still enjoy watching those modern cartoons. Anyway, I like the type of cartoon which has been made for older kids or teenagers.Xiaojun: So are you calling me childish?Xiaofang: No, I didn’t mean that. I just think that this cartoon is a bit like a fairy story.Xiaojun: But I think it’s interesting and I still want to watch the rest of this film.Xiaofang: OK. But there’s a really good cartoon on next at 9:30.Xiaojun: What’s that?Xiaofang: It’s about a basketball team at a middle school and the adventures they have.Xiaojun: OK, then. We’ll watch that next as long as you leave me in peace to watch the end of this.Xiaofang: OK.Key:1. modern2. culture3. teenagers4. fairy5. basketballE:Tapescript:Andy: Hi, Jenny. How are you? I haven’t seen you for a few days.Jenny: Hi, Andy. I’ve been looking after a little girl for her parents. Her parents are friends of my parents and they’ve had to go back to the UK. They couldn’t take Polly because of school, so she’s staying with us.Andy: How old is she?Jenny: She’s just seven.Andy: So what have you been doing?Jenny: Actually it’s been fun. I’ve been telling her stories and watching some of her DVDs with her.Andy: What kind of DVDs?Jenny: There are some great cartoon films. The characters are really cute and lovable.Andy: Like?Jenny: Well, there are the Disney ones, but she’s also got some new ones made with computers, which are really pretty good!Andy: Such as?Jenny: Well, don’t laugh, but the Barbie films are quite good.Andy: Oh, no. You’re growing younger not older!Key:2. √3. √ 6. √7. √F:Tapescript:Interviewer: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Peter Parks, the owner of the Bat Cave, which is the most successful cartoon book shop here in the city. Peter, tell us about your success.Peter Parks: Thanks very much for inviting me here to talk about the shop and the things we sell. First I should say that the reason I opened the shop was not really to make money. It was to be around the cartoon books and magazines which have been a central part of my life since I was a young boy. It has been great to become so successful, but it wasn’t something which I expected. I started out selling a number of mainly new cartoon books and magazines, but bit by bit I started to find older copies that collectors were looking for. To start with it was just Superman, Batman and Spiderman, but later I found that customers were looking for other cartoon books and magazines, too, so I started to look for them when I went to cartoon book and magazine fairs. Soon the business was doing really well. I think the best thing about the work is not the money, though. It’s still that I can spend my working day doing something that I really enjoy.Key:1. b2. a3. b4. c5. bG:Tapescript:Mary: Here we are, Mingming. Look, there are lots of second-hand books.Mingming: Right, Mary.Mary: So what is it exactly that we’re looking for?Mingming: They are called lianhuanhua-typical Chinese cartoon books. I’m interested in old ones.Mary: There are so many books here. I don’t think we’ll be able to find anything.Mingming: Oh, it’s great fun once you start looking, Mary. There are all sorts of interesting things.Mary: Anyway, it’s an experience. Oh, look. Here’s an old Disney cartoon book about a princess.Mingming: That’s not really what I’m looking for.Mary: Not you maybe, but I know someone who’d like it. It’s Cathy’s favourite story. I’d like to buy it for her.Mingming: Well, see how much you can get it for. Don’t pay more than half the amount they tell you at first.Mary: Right.Mingming: I’ll be over there at the next place.Mary: See you in a bit then.(20 minutes later)Mingming: How did it go?Mary: I got it.Mingming: How much?Mary: Five yuan.Mingming: Not bad.Mary: How about you?Mingming: I’ve been lucky, too. I found two books which I’ve been looking for since I started collecting.Mary: Brilliant! So we’ve both been successful.Key:1. b2. b3. b4. c5. aH:Tapescript:Interviewer: Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Yazi who’s here to talk to us about the history of manga. Manga is the name used for Japanese cartons. In Chinese these are known as manhua.Yazi: Thank you. First of all, let me say that cartoons have been used in one way or another in Japan for nearly 1,000 years, but modern manga started about 60 years ago. A medical student, Osamu Tezuka, wrote a cartoon book version which sold nearly half a million copies. This type of cartoon became very popular with children. First it was just children who read the books. When they grew up, they still wanted to read them, but they didn’t want children’s stories. By the 1960s these children were at university and soon manga were being written for them. In the 1980s, manga television programmes were being made and now there are all kinds of manga: TV, films, story books, magazines and even school and university text books. Actually, though, most manga are first made as a serial-only 20 or 30 pages appear at a time, some every week and others every month. Some series last for years. The popularity of manga has spread here to China and you can buy cartoon books and magazines and watch Chinese manga-style TV programmes everywhere. I expect that many of you enjoy them, too.Key:3. √4. √ 6. √。