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七年级英语下（JJ）
教学课件
Unit 7 Sports and Good Health
Lesson 41: Were People Healthy
Then
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
nation, hunt, spend, natural
Key sentences:
1. They spent a lot of time outdoors.
2. And they ate good, natural food like fish and vegetables.
3. After a hard day of work, people rested and played together.
To be able to talk about health.
Words & Expressions
Let's read！
nation
hunt
spend
natural
n. 国家；民族
v. 打猎；搜索
v. 用（钱）；花（钱）
adj. 自然的；天然的
Warming up
First Nations refers to the indigenous（当地的；本土的） people of a country, especially in Canada or Australia.
Presentation
It’s Sunday morning. Dena Morin and her grandfather, Mr. Morin, are fishing at the lake.
Dena: Grandpa, did people go fishing a long time ago
Mr. Morin: Well Dena, we are First Nations people. Our people
came to Canada a long time ago. At that time, there were no
supermarkets. Our people always went fishing and hunting for food.
Dena: Were people healthy then
Mr. Morin: They were very healthy. They spent a lot of time
outdoors. They worked hard. And they ate good, natural food
like fish and vegetables.
Dena: Was life hard at that time
Mr. Morin: It was hard. But people were healthy and happy.
After a hard day of work, people rested and played together. In
the evenings, they often made a big fire. Some people played
the drums and others danced around the fire. They called this
dance the pow-wow.
Dena: We still have pow wow dances today. I can’t wait for the
pow wow next year!
First Nations people have pow wow dances every year.
Culture Tip
A pow-wow is a gathering of First Nations people. It is a special event. People meet to dance, sing, talk and have fun. Sometimes, they even have dancing competitions. How long does a pow-wow usually last Well, an important pow-wow can last for one week！
Let’s Do It!
1. How was life for the First Nations people a long time ago
Listen and answer the questions.
1. What did they eat
2. Were they healthy
They ate good, natural food like fish and vegetables.
Yes, they were.
3. Did they go fishing
4. What did they do after work
Yes, they did.
People rested and played together. In the evenings, they often made a big fire. Some people played the drums and others danced around the fire.
2. Read the lesson and complete the passage with the correct
words.
First Nations people came to ________ a long time ago. They went fishing and ________ for food every day. They spent a lot of time outdoors and they ate good, ________ food. After a hard day of work, they often made a big ________ and had pow wow dances. Some people played the drums and ________ danced around the fire.
Canada
hunting
natural
fire
others
3. Rewrite the sentences using the proper form of “there be”.
1. They didn’t have supermarkets at that time.
→There were no supermarkets at that time.
2. Many different vegetables are in the salad.
→_____________________________________________.
3. A letter is at his front door.
→__________________________________________.
There are many different vegetables in the salad
There is a letter at his front door
4. Many clouds are in the sky.
→_________________________________________________.
5. Two interesting reports are in today’s newspaper.
→__________________________________________________.
6. Many people are on the beach.
→_______________________________________________.
There are many clouds in the sky
There are two interesting reports in today’s newspaper
There are many people on the beach
4. Work in pairs. Life was different a long time ago. Talk about the
differences between life then and life now.
Example：
A: Today we buy food at the supermarket. But there were no
supermarkets a long time ago. Where did people get food
B: People went fishing and hunting for food. They always ate
good, natural food. Now people eat a lot of fast food.
1. Dena Morin and her grandfather, Mr. Morin, are fishing at
the lake. (教材P106)
Language Points
fish v. 钓鱼
fish作名词时, 意为“鱼; 鱼肉”, 当“鱼”讲时是可数名词, 指鱼的条数时单复数同形; 指鱼的种类时复数是fishes; 指“鱼肉”时是不可数名词。
【例句】
I often fish at weekends. 周末我经常去钓鱼。
I bought two fish yesterday. 昨天我买了两条鱼。
I like fish very much. 我非常喜欢鱼肉。
2. At that time, there were no supermarkets. (教材P106)
at that time意思是“在那时”, 常用于一般过去时或过去进行时。
【例句】
Lily came to my home yesterday. At that time, I was playing the piano.
昨天Lily到我家来了。在那时, 我正在弹钢琴。
【拓展】
at this time 在这时
at the same time 同时
have a good time 玩得开心
all the time 一直
in time 及时
on time 按时
3. They spent a lot of time outdoors. (教材P106)
spend v. (spent / spent) 用(钱); 花(钱), 宾语可以是时间或金钱, 主语通常是人。
“spend ＋ 时间/金钱 ＋ on sth. ”意为“在某事/物上花费时间/ 金钱”; “spend ＋ 时间/金钱 ＋ (in) doing sth.” 意为“花时间/金钱做某事”, in可以省略。
【例句】
She spends a lot of money on clothes.
她在衣服上花销很大。
Jessie spent two hours writing the article.
= Jessie spent two hours on the article.
Jessie花了两个小时写那篇文章。
辨析：spend, take, cost和pay
spend 花费(时间、金钱) 主语是人, 常用结构为spend … on sth.和spend … (in) doing sth. He spent a pleasant hour talking with his friends.
他跟他的朋友们愉快地交谈了一个小时。
take 花费时间 常用句型为: It takes / took sb. some time to do sth. It takes me half an hour to get to school.
到学校花费了我半个小时(的时间)。
cost 花费（金钱） 主语是物, 常用结构为sth. cost(s) sb. some money. The book cost me five yuan.
(主语是物) 这本书花了我五元钱。
pay 付费 主语是人, 常用结构为sb. pay(s) some money for sth. I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month.
(主语是人) 我每个月要为这间房子向他们付20英镑的房租。
4. And they ate good, natural food like fish and vegetables.
(教材P106)
natural adj. 意为“自然的, 天然的”。该词常作前置定语修饰名词。
【例句】
The natural view of this area is very beautiful.
这个地区的自然景色非常美丽。
5. Was life hard at that time (教材P106)
hard可作形容词和副词, 作形容词时有“困难的、努力的、硬的、严厉的”的含义, 作副词时有“刻苦地、猛烈地、困难地”等含义。
hardly是副词, 意为“几乎不、几乎没有”, hard与hardly用作副词时词义有很大差别。
【例句】
He works hard. 他努力工作。
He hardly works. 他几乎不工作。
6. They called this dance the pow-wow. (教材P106)
call sb. / sth. + n. 称呼某人/物......
有类似call这种用法的动词还有name (命名)。
【例句】
I call the boy Dazhuang. 我叫这个男孩大壮。
They named the child Dick. 他们给孩子取名Dick。
Exercises
用所给单词的恰当形式填空
1. There is a dance________ (call) the pow wow.
2. I want to buy some snacks in the supermarket. Could you
please go __________ (shop) with me
3. This is a ________ (nature) stone, and it is very beautiful.
called
shopping
natural
4. China is a brave ________ (nation).
5. I ________ (spend) two hours shopping yesterday.
nation
spent
连词成句
1. you, Canada, when, to, did, come
_________________________________________________
2. sing, both, the, Tony, drum, can, and, play
_________________________________________________.
3. of, after, they, went, day, work, shopping, a
_________________________________________________.
When did you come to Canada
Tony can both sing and play the drum
They went shopping after a day of work
4. hard, them, a, life, city, was, for, in, strange
_________________________________________________.
5. to, Sunday, go, my, likes, father, mornings, fishing, on
_________________________________________________.
Life was hard for them in a strange city
My father likes to go fishing on Sunday mornings
1. Preview Lesson 42.
2. Do the exercises in students’ book.
Homework
Thank you!
