义务教育教科书五·四学制八年级下册英语8Unit19NotTooShort1.ReadanEnglishnewspapereverydaysothatyoucanimproveyourreadingskills.2.3.4.1.ThisnewspaperalsosaidthattabletenniswasinventedbysoldiersfromEngland.2.Mostmountainclimbersneedtousetheireyestoclimbmountains.3.Weshouldnevergiveupourdreams!4.Whilehewasgrowingup,healwaysdreamedofflyingthroughtheair.34BeforeReadingPutachecknexttothewordsyoucanusewitheachverb.Addonemoretothelist.Reading-ItSmellsGoodtastelooksoundsmellfeelgoodsoftsmartbittertireddeliciousbiglovelysaltybeautifulsournoisysweethappyterribleAbabylearnsabouttheworldthroughthefivesenses:hiseyes,ears,fingers,nose,andtongue.Heseeshisparents.Theylookbigtohim.Hehearsasong.Itsoundsbeautiful.Hetouchesapillow.Itfeelssoft.Hesmellsfood.Itsmellsgood.Heeatsfood.Ittastesgood.Wait!Foodsmellsgood,andfoodtastesgood,too.Doournosesandtonguesdothesamething?Notreally.Let’slookmorecloselyatnosesandtongues.Aperson’snosecansmellmanydifferentthings.Trythistest.Closeyoureyesandtellyourfriendtoputsomethingrightunderyournose.Nowsmellit.Canyoutellwhatitis?Mostly,yes.Ournosesareverysmart.Mostpeoplecansmellthousandsofdifferentthings.Forexample,whenyousmellarose,youknowitsmellsdifferentfromotherflowers.Whataboutourtongues?Aperson’stongueisnotassmartashisnose.Inthepast,wethoughtwecouldonlytastefourdifferentflavorssuchassweet,sour,salty,andbitter.Somefoodtasteslikesugarorlemons.Otherfoodcantastelikesaltorbittermedicine.Recently,however,scientistsfoundoutaboutafifthtaste.Thefifthtasteishardtodescribe.It’sthetasteinmeat.Afoodlikecheesealsohasthistaste.Whydofoodshavedifferentflavors?Allcandytastessweet,butnotallcandytastesthesame.Weuseournosesandtonguesatthesametime.Thus,grapecandytastesdifferentfromorangecandy.Unit5tastelooksoundsmellfeel20190510-初中英语8年级--上册11-7.indd342019/5/1211:24:2664BeforeReadingLookatthepicturesbelow.Whatdidthepeopleinthepicturesdowhentheywerealive?Talkaboutthemwithyourpartner.Reading-AVolunteerMom,you’vebeenavolunteer,haven’tyou?IthinkIwanttovolunteersom...
