Emma feeds me and takes me for walks 带我散步every day. I know I will live here happily for the rest of my life余生.
How sayings 谚语about dogs have changed改变
In the old days在过去, people kept dogs, but they used them for hunting ['h?nt??]打猎 or to help with farm work. Dogs often had a very difficult困难的 life. So we have sayings such as “to lead 带领；导致a dog’s life” or “as sick生病 as a dog”（病得很严重）.
Feelings感受；情感 towards对于 dogs began to change when life became more prosperous ['pr?sp(?)r?s] 繁荣的for people. People came to see dogs as 看作friends or companions [k?m'p?nj?n]陪伴. Today we call a dog “man’s best friend” and tell people “Love me love my dog”.
Do you know any sayings about dogs? What are they?
Unit 7 课文（翻译）
外星人来了！
Aliens ['el??n]外星人 Arrive!
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蒂娜半夜醒来。她向窗外看了看，看见天空中有一道黄光。它突然冲向地面。她听见一声嘈杂声并看见一束红光。
Tina woke up 醒来at midnight ['m?dna?t]午夜. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived [da?v]潜水；俯冲 towards朝向 the ground地面. She heard a noise and saw a red light.
第二天早上，蒂娜跟她的弟弟汤姆提及这件事。“昨天晚上当我听见一声巨响时，我确定有某物降落在山附近的森林里了。”她说，“放学后咱们去探索一下。”
The next morning, Tina mentioned ['men?(?)n]提及 it to her brother Tom.
“I’m sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” she said.
“Let’s explore [?k'spl??]探索 after school.”
下午六点钟，蒂娜和汤姆到达了森林。他们听见用一种奇怪的语言说话的声音，所以他们藏在一些灌木丛后保持安静。然后他们看见了一个外星人！它很高，圆脑袋，银白色的身体。它正站在一个长长的宇宙飞船旁边。宇宙飞船因为碰撞而毁坏了。
At 6 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes [b??] 灌木and kept quiet保持安静. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver ['s?lv?]银色的 body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship宇宙飞船 was ill damaged ['d?m?d?]损毁 because of a crash [kr??]坠毁.
孩子们很害怕。突然，另一个外星人从灌木丛里出现来到他们面前。它发现了他们并发出了可怕的噪音。孩子们惊恐地跑了。
The children were frightened ['fra?tnd]害怕的. Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. It discovered [d?'sk?v?]发现 them and made a terrible 可怕的；糟糕的noise! The children ran away in fear [f??]害怕地.
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第二天早上，蒂娜和汤姆告诉了他们的母亲关于奇怪的生物的事情。“它们很丑陋，它们长着一些毛发，但是没有羽毛。”蒂娜说。
The next morning, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures['kri?t??]生物. “They were very ugly ['?gl?]丑陋的. They had some hair, but they didn’t have any feathers ['fee?]羽毛,” said Tina.
“在宇宙飞船上写着些东西，”汤姆说，“它看起来像这个。我想知道它意味着什么。”他在一张纸上画了一些线条。
但是爸爸说：“由于没有其他的人看见这些外星人，所以我拒绝相信你们。现在就去上学！”
“There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this. I wonder ['w?nd?]想知道；怀疑 what it means.” He drew some lines on a piece of paper.
But Dad said, “Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse [r?'fju?z] 拒绝to believe相信 you. Now go to school!”
孩子们张开“翅膀”一起飞到学校。爸爸看了看纸上面的奇怪的记号。当他看到了“地球”这个词时，他说：“它看起来很奇怪。”
The children spread [spred] 展开their wings翅膀 and flew to school together. Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks [mɑ?k]符号 on it. “It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”.
“UFO” Seen in West Jersey
At around大约 7 p.m. last night, the Johnson family heard a loud noise and saw a bright light in the sky. Something then fell into the bushes灌木. There were more noises, and then all became quiet. In fear害怕地, the family called the police. The police discovered发现 some feathers羽毛 in the bushes. Since the feathers were spread out展开, the police believed that a bird was killed. Next to 靠近the feathers, 35
there was a broken 断的power line电线. The police wondered how the bird was killed. The Johnson family, however, refused to believe it was a bird. “It was a UFO, I tell you!” said Mr. Johnson.
Tina and Tom are telling a police officer 官员what they have seen.
Police: Why did you go to the forest?
Tina: We went there because I heard a loud noise last night. Police: What happened?
Tina: We woke up醒来 at midnight and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived 潜水；俯冲towards 朝向the ground. Then I heard a noise and saw a red light. Police: I see. So when did you reach the forest? Tom: We reached the forest at 6 p.m. Police: What happened there?
Tom: We saw an alien. It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. Police: What else did you see?
Tina: We saw a long spaceship. It was damaged ['d?m?d?] 损毁because of a crash [kr??]坠毁.
Police: Interesting! What happened next?
Tom: Another alien discovered us, so we ran away in fear. Police: Thanks, Tina and Tom. We’ll explore[?k'spl??]探索 the forest to try and find out 找出；查明more about these aliens.
不明飞行物 UFO
很多人说他们看到过不明飞行物。这里有个著名的故事，就是于 1947 年发生在美国所谓的“罗斯威尔事件”。
Many people say they have seen UFOs. Here is one famous story. It is called the Roswell Incident['?ns?d(?)nt]事件 and it happened in the US in 1947.
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