(共34张PPT)
Unit 1 Spring Is Coming!
Lesson 4 The Spring City
1. To master the new words and phrases
budding, nearly, millimetre, plenty, anytime, think of…, long for…, feel like…, because of…, hundreds of…
2. To learn about the spring city.
3. To be able to talk about spring in your hometown.
Learning objectives
Warm up
Which city is called the spring city
What do you know about it
New words and expressions.
budding
nearly
millimetre
plenty
anytime
adj. 正发芽的
adv. 几乎；差不多；将近
n. 毫米；千分之一米
n. 丰富；大量
adv. 在任何时候；随便什么时候
New words and expressions.
nearly adv. 几乎；差不多；将近
Nearly is used to indicate that something is not quite the case, or not completely the case.
plenty n. 丰富；大量
a large amount; as much or as many as you need
Fill in the blanks.
1.It took him __________(将近) two hours to do the housework.
2.I need __________(大量) of time to finish my project.
3.The kind woman is ready to help others __________(在任何时候).
4.Look at these __________(正发芽的) trees. They are beautiful.
nearly
plenty
anytime
budding
Think about it.
· Would you like to live in a place where there are no winters
· What do you enjoy most about spring
Read the lesson and answer the questions.
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1. What’s the average temperature in winter/summer in Kunming
2. How much rain does the city get every year
The average winter temperature is 15℃.
The average summer temperature is 24℃.
The city gets about 1 000 millimetres of rain every year.
Read the lesson and answer the questions.
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3. How many hours of sunshine does the city get every year
4. Why are there many flowers all year round in Kunming
The city gets about 2 250 hours of sunshine every year.
Because the weather in Kunming is spring-like nearly all year around.
Language Points
When we think of spring, we think of fine, warm weather and clear, fresh air.
想到……
【探究】
think of 记起，想起，相当于come up with。
think of 也可以表示“认为”常用于句型“What do you think of... ”，意为“你觉得/ 认为……怎么样？”用于询问某人对某事物的看法、观点。
eg: I can’t think of anything in my life that’s going right.
What do you think of the show so far
When I look at this photo, I always _____ my happy childhood(童年).( )
A. think through B. think over
C. think out D. think of
D
Everyone longs for spring.
每个人都渴望春天。
【探究】
long for… 渴望；向往；盼望。long在此是不及物动词，意为“渴望，盼望”。
long to do sth. 渴望做某事
eg: The girl longs for nothing but a red skirt.
I long to see you.
这个小男孩总是渴望得到一个新玩具。
The little boy always __________ a new toy.
longs for
But in my hometown, it feels like spring nearly all year round.
感觉就像……
几乎
【探究】
feel like… 感觉就像……
feel like doing sth. 想要做某事，相当于“want to do sth. ”或“would like to do sth. ”。
eg: I always feel like a pirate.
Do you feel like eating out tonight
我和我姐姐尝试了滑翔, 我感觉我像一只鸟。
My sister and I tried paragliding. I ______ _______ a bird.
felt like
【探究】
nearly意为“几乎；差不多；将近”，强调“尚有不足”，可修饰名词、动词、形容词、副词、介词等；nearly 可用在all, every之类的词前面；没有比较级和最高级形式。
eg: He’s nearly as tall as you are.
The seasons of a year in China and the U.S. are nearly the same.
【辨析】
nearly和almost
词条 含义 用法
nearly 几乎; 差不多 不能和never, no, none, nothing等词连用，not nearly意为“远非”。
almost 不能单独和not连用，可以和any, nobody, nothing, never等词连用。almost比nearly表示的“接近”程度更强。
According to a recent survey, _____ three fifths of working mothers in China don't want to have a second child.( )
mostly B. especially
C. partly D. nearly
D
There’s plenty of sunshine too, with about 2250 hours of sunshine every year.
许多
【探究】
plenty of 意为“许多；大量”，后接_复数可数名词或不可数名词。其同义短语为a lot of/lots of。
eg: There are plenty of books in the library.
There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
Victor has _____ friends because he is easy to get along with.( )
A. plenty of B. few C. a little D. a lot
A
Because of the spring-like weather, you can find hundreds of beautiful flowers and trees anytime of the year.
因为……
成百上千的……
【探究】
because of 意为“因为，由于”，其后接名词、代词或动名词。
eg: The road is closed because of the snow.
I couldn’t sleep because of the noise.
hundreds of 数百的；成百上千的
表示“几百……”时，用“基数词 + hundred + 复数可数名词”结构；当表示概数“数百”时，用“hundreds +复数可数名词”结构。类似用法的词还thousand, million, billion等。
eg: Hundreds of people were rendered homeless by the earthquake.
The custom dates back hundreds of years.
We gave away _____ books to the school library last year.( )
A. six thousands B. six thousand
C. six thousands of D. six thousand of
B
Listen to people talking about their hometowns and match the names with the sentences.
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Susan
Mike
Zhang Jing
Tom
Dong Chao
Spring begins in April and ends in June. The temperature is between 4℃ and 15℃.
It is warm and wet. Spring begins in November.
The average spring temperature is 5℃. It is very cold.
The weather is neither too hot nor too cold. The average spring temperature is 20℃.
They celebrate the Festival of Colours to greet the coming of spring.
Work in pairs. Talk about the spring in your hometown.
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Task tips: You can talk about the weather, the temperature and your favourite activities.
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases in the box.
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1. She didn’t go to school ___________ her illness.
2. He always ___________ his friend when he is in trouble.
3. They ___________ sunshine during the long rainy days.
4. It’s so hot today. It ___________ summer.
long for think of feel like because of
because of
thinks of
long for
feels like
Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions.
1. I couldn’t think ________ his name at that moment.
2. I don’t feel ________ eating anything now. I have a cold.
3. He didn’t go fishing because ________ the heavy rain.
4. Don’t worry. There is still plenty ________ time.
5. The people in the world long ________ peace.
of
like
of
of
for
Complete the sentences.
1. 人人都渴望春天。
Everyone ________ ________ spring.
2. 这儿的天气既不太热也不太冷。
The weather here is ________ too hot ________ too cold.
3. 这里每年都有充足的阳光。
There’s ________ ________ sunshine every year.
4. 你在一年中的任何时候都可以找到数百种漂亮的花和树木。
You can find ________ ________ beautiful flowers and trees ________ of the year.
neither nor
longs for
plenty of
hundreds of
anytime
Summary
budding, nearly, millimetre, plenty, anytime, think of…, long for…, feel like…, because of…, hundreds of…
GOOD JOB
