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Module 7 My past life
Unit 2 I was born in Quincy.
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
bathroom; bedroom; garden; living room; east; coast; ago; store; movie theater; bored; president; comfortable; lake; last.
Key sentences:
1.There was a big living room with a TV, a kitchen,a bathroom and three bedrooms.
2. It was great to play there.
3. One day I’ll go back and I’m looking forward to seeing my friends again.
To learn to describe the past life using there be and simple past tense.
Words & Expressions
Let's read
bathroom
bedroom
east
ago
garden
coast
living room
n. 浴室
n. 卧室
n. 花园
adj. 东面的；东部的
n. 东方
n. 海岸
adv. 以前
起居室；客厅
Words & Expressions
Let's read
store
bored
comfortable
last
president
lake
movie theater
n. 商店
adj. 厌烦的；厌倦的
n. 总统
adj. 舒适的；舒服的
n. 湖
adj. 最近过去的
电影院
Lead in
Look and read
living room
kitchen
bathroom
bedroom
Are there these rooms in your house
living room
kitchen
bathroom
bedroom
study(书房)
dining room
attic(阁楼)
basement(地下室)
Look and read
There are also other parts in the house.
Reading and vocabulary
1. Label the picture with the words from the box.
bathroom bedroom
garden kitchen
living room
garden
living room
bedroom
bathroom
kitchen
Do you know anything about Quincy
in the south of Boston
on the east coast of America
City of Presidents
Birthplace of the American Dream
1.
George Washington
Betty King
My life in Quincy
What can we probably read about in the passage
The place
Friends
Food
Schools
House
Activities
Traffic
…
famous people
Let’s predict
I was born in Quincy, a town on the east coast of America，twelve years ago. There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with many stores, two movie theaters, football clubs and basketball teams too. I wasn’t bored in Quincy. I was very happy there.
Two presidents of the US, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, were born in Quincy. You can visit their old family houses.
My life in Quincy
By Betty King
Our house was big and comfortable. There was a big living room with a TV, a kitchen, a bathroom and three bedrooms. On my bedroom walls there were pictures of my favorite movie stars.
Behind the house, there was a big garden with lots of trees and there was a small lake with fish in it. It was great to play there.
There were lots of children in Quincy. Many of them were my friends. This was our last home in the US and I was there for the last time in 2010. One day I’ll go back, and I’m looking forward to seeing my friends again.
Read quickly and match the headings of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Inside the old house
Outside the old house
Friends in Quincy
Two presidents
The town of Quincy
Task 1 Skimming and matching
Fast reading
Careful reading
Task 2 Scanning for details
Read carefully and fill in the chart.
Location(地理位置)
Historical figures (历史人物)
The living environment
Friends in Quincy
On the _____________ of the USA
Two _________ of the USA:
___________ & _________________
Inside the house: ___________,________ __________, ________________
Outside the house: ____________________________,
___________________
_____________ in Quincy were my friends. I’m looking forward to ___________________.
east coast
presidents
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Many of children
seeing my friends again
a living room
a kitchen
a bathroom
three bedrooms
a big garden with lots of trees
a small lake with fish
Task 3 Read and discuss
Careful reading
What could Betty do in Quincy
There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with many stores, two movie theaters, football clubs and basketball teams too.
There was a big living room with a TV.
There was a big garden with lots of trees and
there was a small lake with fish in it.
Betty could go shopping, watch movies, watch football or basketball matches.
She could play in the garden.
She could go fishing in the lake.
Why did Betty mention(提到) the two presidents in the passage
She was proud of Quincy.
Quincy = The City of ____________
What does Betty want to tell readers in the last paragraph
She misses her friends in her hometown.
She wants to meet her friends in Quincy again.
When did Betty leave Quincy
She left Quincy in 2010.
Presidents
How was Betty’s life in Quincy
“I wasn’t bored. I was very happy there.”
“our house was big and comfortable.”
“It was great to play there.”
“I’m looking forward to seeing my friends again.”
Task 4 Free talk
2. Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
1. Betty was/wasn’t happy when she was in Quincy.
2. Two/Three US presidents were born in Quincy.
3. There were / weren’t pictures on Betty’s bedroom walls.
4. There was / wasn’t a small lake in the garden.
5. Betty was / wasn’t in Quincy last year.
3. Answer the questions.
1. Were there a lot of things to do
2. Was anyone famous born there
3. Who were they
4. What was Betty’s house like
Yes, there were.
Two presidents of the US were born there.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
It was big and comfortable.
5. How many rooms were there
6. What was Betty’s bedroom like
7. Was there a garden
8. Were there lots of children
Five.
On her bedroom walls there were pictures of her favourite movie stars.
Yes, there was.
Yes, there were.
ago bored coast comfortable east president store
4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
Quincy is a small town on the (1) _____, in the (2) _____ of the US. John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, both (3) __________ of the US, were born in Quincy. Betty was also born there twelve years (4) _____. She lived in a (5) ___________ house with several rooms. There were lots to do there, with many (6) ______, so Betty wasn’t (7) ______.
coast
east
presidents
ago
comfortable
stores
bored
Writing
5. Look at sentences.
There were lots of things to do in Quincy. There were many stores…
There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with many stores…
1. There was a big living room. There was a TV. → _________________________________
There was a big living room with a TV.
Now join the sentences with with.
2. There was a big garden. There were lots of trees.
→ __________________________________
3. There was a small lake. There were fish in it.
→ __________________________________
There was a big garden with lots of trees.
There was a small lake with fish in it.
Look at the passage in Activity 2 again and check.
6. Answer the questions.
1. When and where were you born
2. Were you happy there
3. What was your house like
4. What was your bedroom like
5. Were there lots of things to do
6. Were your friends there too
7. Describe your past life with answers from Activity 6.
1. An introduction of the place
I was born in …
It was…
I could …because there was…(with)…
I was…
2.The living environment
(house/apartment)
It was…
There was/were…
…
3.Something special in the place
There was/were…
People …
…
4.The people you always remember
…
5.Activities
6.Your feelings
Peer-editing
Read your passage and tick
Your hometown
Your house
Your friends
Your feelings
The use of “was /were”, “with”
Grammar
Handwriting
Language points
1. on the east coast of … 在……东海岸
e.g. I lived on the east coast of China.
2. There be … 有……
be 动词用单数is还是复数are, 根据就近原则来决定。
e.g. There is a man and two boys over there.
There are two boys and a man over there.
3.There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with…
1)不定式to do 在本句中作定语，
置后修饰名词things, 意思是“要做的事情”。
例如：I have much homework to do.
I have many students (teach)
There are some clothes __________ (wash)
to teach
to wash
2) 句中的with结构，是介词短语做后置定语，来
修饰Quincy。可译为“有”。如：
Our teacher is a woman with brown eyes.
我们的老师是一位有着褐色眼睛的女老师。
试翻译：我有一座带有游泳池的房子。
I have a house_____ a swimming pool.
with
4. There was a big living room with a TV.
with是介词，意思是“带有”，如：
I forgot to take money with me. 我忘了带钱。
另外，with还有其他用法，请看：
① 与……一道，跟……一起，如：
Would you like to go swimming with us
② 用……，以……，如：
We listen with ears. 我们用耳朵听。
③ 在……下，如：
With his help, I do it better and better.
在他的帮助下，我做得越来越好。
5. It was great to play there.
本句的句式结构为“ It + be + adj. +to do sth.”
意为“做某事是…的”。
该句式中it作形式主语，真正的主语是动词不定式 to play there。
It is very easy__________(learn ) English.
It was hard _____________(remember ) all the words.
to learn
to remember
Exercises
一、根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. There ________(be) many trees there 10 years ago.
2. Becky ________(visit) the old house tomorrow.
3. My grandpa is watching TV in the ________(live) room now.
4. It is great ________(swim) in the river in summer.
5. I have a lot of housework ________(do) at the weekend.
were
will visit
living
to do
to swim
二、根据句意完成句子
1. 我的家乡在这个城市的东部海岸。
My hometown is ___ ____ ____ _____ of the city.
2. 这个城市有两家电影院。
This is a city with two ______ _______.
3. 苏珊有一些她最喜爱的电影明星的照片。
Susan has some ________ of her favourite ________ ________.
4. 有朝一日我将去悉尼。
I will go to Sydney ______ _____.
5. 比尔在家乡的最后一次是在2008年。
________ ________ ________ Bill was in his hometown ________ in 2008.
on the east coast
movie theatres
was
pictures
movie stars
one day
The last time
三、按要求完成句子
1. There are five rooms in the house. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ rooms are there in the house
2. I was in Beijing in 2011. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ you in Beijing
3. There was a river. There were some fish in it. (合并成一句)
There was a river ________ some fish in it.
4. Jenny was born in Canada. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ Jenny born
How many
When were
Where was
with
Homework
Preview the passage Unit 3.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
Thank you!
