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优翼七年级英语下（JJ）
教学课件
Unit 2 It's Show Time!
Lesson 7: What's Your Project about
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
project, interest, still, anywhere, joke
Key sentences:
1. Did you have a good rest after our trip
2. We had a great trip.
3. We learned so much.
To be able to use simple past tense properly.
Words & Expressions
Let's read！
project
interest
still
anywhere
joke
n. 课题；计划
n. 兴趣
adv. 还，仍旧 / adj. 不动的；静止的
adv. 任何地方；无论何处
n. & v. （开）玩笑
Warming up
Work in groups!
Jenny and Danny are going to do projects about Silk Road. If you were Jenny or Danny, what would you like to talk about Discuss in groups and then make presentations.
Presentation
Jenny and Danny talk about the trip and their projects.
Jenny: Hi, Danny. Did you have a good rest after our trip？
Danny: Yes, I slept for two full days! I feel good now.
Jenny: We had a great trip. We learned so much. And we saw our
friend Li Ming again.
Danny: Yes. Are you ready for your project？
Jenny: Yes, I am. I will talk about Marco Polo. We heard a lot about
him on the Silk Road. What’s your project about？
Danny: My project is about some places of interest in China. I will talk
about the places and things on the trip. I still can’t believe it — they
don’t have donuts on the Silk Road.
Jenny: Danny! You can find donuts anywhere in Canada. The Silk
Road is about history and culture, not donuts.
Danny: Yes, I know. I’m making a joke. Let’s go to the library and
work on our projects.
Jenny: Good idea.
Dig In
What is a joke A joke is something funny you say to make people laugh. Do you know jokes in Chinese Can you translate any jokes into English
Let’s Do It!
1. Listen to the dialogues and write true (T) or false (F).
1. Danny slept for three full days. ( )
2. Jenny’s project is about Marco Polo. ( )
3. Jenny and Danny will go home and work on their projects. ( )
F
T
F
2. Read the lesson and answer the questions.
1. What is Danny’s project about？
2. What is Danny’s joke？
3. What is the Silk Road about
His project is about some places of interest in China.
He still can’t believe it — they don’t have donuts on the Silk Road.
It is about history and culture.
3. Match the words with the correct meanings.
joke
project
history
culture
anywhere
any place
things that happend in the past
something people say to make others laugh
a task for school
the traditions and beliefs of a group of people
4. Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.
Danny and Jenny went on a ________ to China. After they came back, Danny was very tired. He ________ for two full days. Now they are getting ready for their ________. Jenny will talk about Marco Polo for her project. Danny’s project is about some places of interest in China. He will talk about some places and things they saw along the Silk Road. Will Danny talk about donuts No! The Silk Road is about the ________ and ________ of China. It’s not about donuts！
trip
slept
projects
history
culture
5. Do you know any places of interest in your city Write about
a place of interest you know and draw a picture of it.
Task tips: Where is the place of interest What is the name of it？
Why is it special How old is it
The Great Wall
The Great Wall is in Beijing. It is about 6, 300 kilometres long. The wall crosses mountains and rivers.
The Chinese began building it more than 2, 000 years ago. They worked on it for hundreds of years. It can keep enemies (敌人) out of their own land out. It is the longest wall in the world.
1. Jenny and Danny talk about the trip and their projects.
(教材P18）
Language Points
talk about 谈论
【例句】
What are you talking about
你们在谈论什么？
【拓展】
辨析: talk about sth. , talk with sb. 与talk with sb. about sth.
2. Are you ready for your project (教材P18)
be ready for 为......做好准备
【例句】
Are you ready for class
你们准备好上课了吗？
【拓展】
be / get ready to do sth. 准备好做某事【例句】
I’m getting ready to go on a trip.
我正准备好去旅行。
3. We heard a lot about him on the Silk Road. (教材P18)
hear about 听到；听说
hear about后面接名词、代词或动名词。
【例句】
Have you heard about the accident yet
你已经听说那起交通事故了吗？
4. My project is about some places of interest in China. (教材P18)
places of interest的意思是“名胜古迹”, 其单数形式是a place of interest。
【例句】
There are thousands of places of interest in China.
中国有成千上万的名胜古迹。
5. I still can’t believe it — they don’t have donuts on the Silk Road. (教材P18)
still adv. 意思是“仍然, 仍旧, 还”, 表示某个动作还在发生或状态仍在继续。
【例句】
Are you still waiting for him
你仍然在等他吗？
6. You can find donuts anywhere in Canada. (教材P18)
anywhere adv. 任何地方; 无论何处
【例句】
Sit anywhere you like.
随便坐吧。
【拓展】
辨析: somewhere, anywhere, nowhere与everywhere
somewhere 到某处; 在某处 用于肯定句中
anywhere 任何地方; 无论何处 用于否定句或疑问句中
nowhere 哪里都不 本身具有否定含义
everywhere 到处; 处处 用于肯定句中
【例句】
I want to go somewhere warm. 我想去温暖的地方。
Did you find anywhere relaxing 你找到令人放松的地方了吗？
I went nowhere during the winter holiday.
寒假期间我哪儿都没去。
He follows me everywhere. 他到处跟着我。
7. Let’s go to the library and work on our projects. (教材P18)
work on 继续工作; 不断工作; 致力于; 从事于
【例句】
Tom worked on in the office until ten o’clock last night.
Tom昨天晚上在办公室一直工作到10点钟。
8. A joke is something funny you say to make people laugh.
(教材P18)
joke n. & v.（开）玩笑
tell a joke / jokes 讲笑话
play a joke on sb. 和某人开玩笑
make a joke 开玩笑; 讲笑话
make a joke with sb. 和某人开玩笑
make 使; 让
make作使役动词, 意为“使; 让”。make sb. do sth.意为“使 / 让某人做某事”, 其中的动词不定式符号to省略了。
【例句】
What he said made me laugh for a few minutes.
他说的话让我笑了几分钟。
一般过去时（Simple Past Tense）的基本用法
1. 表示过去某一时间内发生的动作或情况
句子中带有如yesterday、two days ago、last year、in the old days、once upon a time、the other day、just now等一般过去时的时间状语，要用过去时。例如：
I went to school on foot yesterday. 我昨天走路去上学。
Did you have a party the other day 你们前几天举办派对了吗？
He left just now. 他刚刚离开。
有些句子虽然没有表示过去的时间状语，但是实际上是指过去发生的动作或存在的状态，也要用一般过去时。例如：
I thought you were ill. 我以为你生病了。
When I was a kid, I often played football.
当我还是一个孩子的时候，我经常踢足球。
2. 表示过去一段时间内经常或反复发生的动作
一般过去时还表示过去的习惯或反复发生的动作，过去持续了一段时间的行为或过去曾经存在的状态，常与always, never等连用。例如：
She always carried an umbrella. 她以前总是带着一把伞。
I never drank milk. 我从不喝牛奶。
3. 表示过去连续发生的动作
当表示过去连续发生的动作时，往往没有表示过去的时间状语，要通过上下文来判定是否用一般过去时。例如：
Joe was late. He dressed himself quickly, rushed out of the house and ran to the school.
Joe起晚了。他迅速穿上衣服，冲出家门，向学校跑去。
一般过去时的句型结构
be动词的一般过去时
肯定句：主语 + be动词的过去式（was / were）+ 其他, 如：
I was busy yesterday. 我昨天很忙。
否定句：主语 + be动词的过去式（was / were）+ not + 其他, 如：
Gary was not in Canada last year. Gary去年不在加拿大。
一般疑问句：be动词的过去式（Was / Were） + 主语 + 其他？如：
—Was she a teacher 她以前是老师吗？
—Yes, she was. 是的, 她是。/ No, she wasn’t. 不, 她不是。
特殊疑问句：疑问词 + 一般疑问句？如：
Where were you yesterday morning 昨天上午你在哪儿？
行为（实义）动词的一般过去时
肯定句：主语 + 动词的过去式 + 其他, 如：
He played tennis last week. 他上个星期打了网球。
否定句：主语 + did not + 动词原形 + 其他, 如：
Andrew didn’t have classes this morning.
Andrew今天上午没有课。
一般疑问句：Did + 主语 + 动词原形 + 其他？如：
—Did you telephone your uncle yesterday
你昨天给你的叔叔打电话了吗？
—Yes, I did. 是的, 我打了。/ No, I didn’t. 不, 我没打。
特殊疑问句：疑问词 + 一般疑问句？如：
How many subjects did you study last term
上学期你们学了几门课？
Exercises
根据句意及首字母提示填写恰当单词。
1. Danny and Jenny talked about their p_______.
2. They visited many places of i_______.
roject
nterest
3. He s____ can’t understand that question.
4. You can go a________ you like this month.
5. They are playing a j____ on Xiao Ming.
till
nywhere
oke
连词成句
1. tells, Danny, jokes, always, us
___________________________________________.
2. working, on, is, history, project, his, Jim
___________________________________________.
3. I, places, interest, of, visit, someday, some, will
___________________________________________.
Danny always tells us jokes
Jim is working on his history project
I will visit some places of interest someday
1. Preview the passage Lesson 8.
2. Do the exercises in students’ book.
Homework
Thank you!
