星孩总动员之虚拟帝国

　　星孩总动员，一座远离尘嚣的孤岛，一所神秘的“星孩夏令营”，八位获得了超级特长的普通孩子，一连串荒诞离奇、幽默搞笑的“科学事件”……暑假前夕，为了逃避上补习班的“厄运”，穆佳乐和他的死党李晓心一起报名参加了“星孩夏令营”。据说，该夏令营由一位有着神秘高科技背景的俞教授创办，参加者将获得非同凡响的科学体验。果然，在特长放大机的作用下，二人各自拥有了超级特长，并结识了甄干净、莫悲伤、泰寂寞等六位伙伴。八位“星孩”被送到一座远离尘嚣的孤岛上，开始了一段匪夷所思的生活。他们经历了重返冰河时代的惊险与危机；感受了地震来临的诡异和恐惧；体验了电脑世界的虚幻与迷离……一次次智慧与勇气的考验之后，星孩们圆满地结束了夏令营，并相约明年再见！

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Module 1
Vocabulary：
What does globalisation mean for us?
Word building
Pronunciation： Three varieties of English
Grammar： continuous verb forms：
General
Special uses of continuous forms
Verbs which change meaning in continuous and simple forms
Patterns to notice：
Introducing points in an argument
Listen and read：
Is English Conquering the World?
Check your pronunciation
Word spot： world, earth, ground, floor
Do you remember?
Module 2
Vocabulary：
How would you feel?
What makes you laugh?
Grammar： perfect verb forms：
General
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Present / Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
Patterns to notice： Cleft sentences
Pronunciation：
How sentence stress changes meaning
Listen and read：
Limericks
Check your pronunciation
Word spot： Idioms with laugh, cry and tears
Check your writing： Linking words and phrases （1）
Do you remember?
Module 3
Vocabulary：
The right way to behave
Word building
Grammar： modals：
Mixed modals
Semi-modals
Pronunciation： Rhyming sounds
Patterns to notice：
Abstract nouns followed by relative clauses
Listen and read：
Nosey Questions
Check your pronunciation
Check your writing： Punctuation
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Module 4
Vocabulary： Body and spirit
Grammar： adjectives and adverbs：
Word order： attributive / predicative adjectives
Compound adjectives
Prefixes
Suffixes
Adverbs of degree
Pronunciation： Stress in longer words
Patterns to notice：
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Listen and read：
The Quest for Immortality
Check your pronunciation
Wordspot： Idioms to do with the body
Check your writing： Confusing spellings
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Module 5
Vocabulary：
Education
Word building
Patterns to notice：
Particles which add meaning to verbs
Pronunciation：
Different pronunciations of-ch, -gh, -th and -ss
Grammar： passive forms：
Passive forms with be
Using passive forms with reporting verbs
Passive forms without be
Passive forms with get and have
Listen and read：
From a Distance
Check your pronunciation
Wordspot： way
Check your writing： Linking words and phrases（2）
Do you remember?
Module 6
Vocabulary：
Double your money
Definitions
Pronunciation： Diphthongs
Grammar： Time and tense：
General
Unusual uses of present verb forms
Verb forms used to talk about unreal situations
Tense and time： the sequence of tenses
Patterns to notice：
Inversion with negative adverbials
Listen and read：
Super-rich Stop Spoiling Their Kids
Check your pronunciation
Check your writing： Punctuation, symbols and
Abbreviations used with statistics
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Module 7
Vocabulary：
Living together
Word building
Patterns to notice： Describing typical habits
Grammar： infinitives and -ing forms：
General
Infinitives and gerunds after adjectives
Noun + -ing or infinitive forms
Verbs with infinitives and -ing forms
Other uses of gerunds
Participle clauses
Pronunciation： Linking words
Patterns to notice：
a lack of ..., a tendency to ..., etc.
Listen and read：
Daggers Drawn
Check your pronunciation
Check your writing： Linking words and phrases（3）
Wordspot： just
Do you remember?
Module 7
Vocabulary：
Whats your style?
Words with several meanings
Patterns to notice：
Adding emphasis with auxiliaries
Grammar： adverbs：
Position of adverbs
Adverbs of manner with and without -ly
Focusing adverbs
Adverbs of probability
Listen and read：
Extract from a biography of Nicole Kidman
Check your pronunciation
Wordspot： look, sound, feel
Pronunciation： Slient letters
Check your writing： Unusual punctuation
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Module 8
Vocabulary：
How technology will change our lifestyle
Verb collocations
Grammar： future forms：
General
Future phrases
Future in the past
Patterns to notice： Describing trends
Listen and read：
25 Signs You Live in the 21 st Century
Check your pronunciation
Wordspot： well
Pronunciation： Intonations in interjections
Check your writing： Introductory phrases
Do you remember?
Module 10
Vocabulary： When is it OK to lie?
Patterns to notice： Patterns with as ... as + verb
Grammar： noun phrases：
Articles
Demonstratives and possessive adjectives
Quantifiers
Ellipsis and substitution
Pronouns
Pronunciation：
Weak and strong pronunciation of pronouns
Listen and read：
Believe it or not
Check your pronunciation
Check your writing： Spelling
Do you remember?
Pronunciation table
Answer key
Acknowledgements