(共47张PPT)
Unit10
Hometown Feelings
Hometown is a place where we were born and grow up.
Do you remember Sarah
...while she was studying abroad in England, she heard a song full of feeling about returning home on the radio...
She came to realize how much
she actually missed all of them...
miss
away from home
Using Previous Knowledge
(以前的)
These days , there are still millions of Chinese leave their hometown to other places after the
Spring Festival.
search for work
go to college
travel
Do they miss their hometowns
Miss what
food
scenery(风景)
street
people
building
HOMTOWN
weather
We get homesick (想家的) because there are things that we love.
Hometown feeling
Pre-Reading
Whose hometown feeling
What is his hometown
feeling?
Fast-Reading
Para1
Para2&3
Para4
Many Chinese like Zhong Wei leave their hometowns .
Their hometowns have changed.
Some things never change in their hometowns.
Read quickly and
match the main ideas.
Careful-Reading
Who was mentioned (被提及)
Why do millions of Chinese leave countryside every year
From the para1, we can learn some information about Zhong Wei.
Who is
Zhong Wei
How long
has he lived in
WenZhou
Why doesn't
he have time
to visit his hometown
How often does he go home
Q1: Who is Zhong Wei
Q2:How long has he lived in Wenzhou
Q3:Why doesn't he have time to visit his hometown
Q4:How often does he go home
“Shame” means ____.
A.ZhongWei feels happy.
B.ZhongWei feels sorry.
Does he miss his hometown
Hometown Feeling
homesick
feel sorry
a shame
What do you think of ZhongWei
typical
They leave their hometowns for many years to
search for work .
They haven't been back their hometowns for
a long time.
They miss their hometowns.
Do they care about their hometowns
Yes. Many people like ZhongWei care about the change of their hometown.
对...持...态度
出现
new hospitals
new roads
new schools
new teachers from cities
Children have learned to read and count at my old primary school since the mid- 20 th century.
But now the buildings are really old. I hear they're going to build a new shcool there.
The memories of ZhongWei
What can you learn from the two pictures
past
now
Change
Is the change good or not
good
development
better
Does ZhongWei like these changes
ZhongWei knows that his hometown ____________
always stay the same.
cannot
However, some things will never change.
Work on Para 4
Q1: What has become a symbol of ZhongWei's hometown
Q2: What did he like to do in his childhood
A big old tree.
He liked to play under that big tree with his friends.
happy childhood
soft and sweet memories
fun time
People 's hometown feeling is these soft and sweet meomories in their heart.
What's your tree
in your heart
Compare with your childhood, can you feel the changes of your hometown
Mind Map
leave hometown for years
ZhongWei
used to
now
change
new hospitals
new roads
new school
never change
a big old tree
fun time with friends
shame,
sorry
happy ,
good
soft and
sweet memories
Hometown feeling
Work on 2b
1. look for _________
2. consider _________
3. across from __________
4. in one’s opinion _____________
5. go back _____________
6. changes _____________
7. area __________
Find expressions in the passage that have
the same meanings as these words and
phrases.
search
regard
opposite
according to sb.
return
developments
place
search
regard
opposite
according to sb.
return
developments
place
Work on 2c
Many Chinese people these days leave their _________ to work in _______. They usually _______ to their hometown one or two times a ______. Zhong Wei hasn’t been back in close to three years. He has been working in a ________ factory in Wenzhou for the past 13 years. People like him are _________ in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the ___________.
hometowns
cities
return
year
crayon
interested
government
Work on 2c
Zhong Wei thinks these changes are _____ because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some things ___________ change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood _________.
good
(will) never
memories
Language Points
46-year-old
used to
millions of
search for
Among
成百万上千万
搜寻;寻找
在...(3者以上)之一
46岁的
过去常常
regard with
appear
持...的态度
出现
the mid-20th century
count
stay the same
opposite
a symbol of
v.数数;计算
20世纪中期
一成不变
according to
especially
根据
介词,对面的
一个象征
adv: 尤其地
1. Some people still live in their hometown.However, others may only see it once or twice a year,
some....,others... 一些...,其他一些...
some
others
(其他的一些)
some
the others
(其他的全部)
2. Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities.
Nowadays (adv.) 现今;现在;目前
同义:at present , recently, these days
search“搜索;搜查”
search (for sb/sth)“搜寻,找寻
3.Among these is Zhang Wei, a 46-year-old
hushand and father.
among prep. 在三者或三者以上之间
E.g 在所有的照片中,这张是最漂亮的。
Among all the pictures, it’s the most beautiful.
4.Among these is Zhang Wei, a 46-year-old
husband and father.
46-year-old 复合形容词
结构:数词、名词、形容词之间要用“ - ”连接
同义:数词 与名词所有格连用。
Tom is a 10-year-old boy.
= Tom is a boy of 10 years old.
汤姆是一个10岁的男孩。
5. …It’s a shame, but I just don’t have the time,…
shame不可数名词,意为“羞耻;羞愧;惭愧”
与a连用,表示“可耻的人或事;可惜(遗憾)的事”。
to one’s shame 令人感到羞愧的是
feel shame at …因······而感到羞愧
in shame 羞愧的
have no shame无羞耻心
6. Many people like Zhong Wei regard with great interest how their hometowns have changed.
regard v. 意为“将······认为;把······视为”。
regard…as…
意为“将······视为······;把······当做······”,as为介词,其后接名词或代词。
e.g. I regard you as my best friend.
我把你当做我最好的朋友。
7. consider动词,意为“考虑”,=think about,
后跟名词,代词,动名词,宾语从句或“疑问词+不定式”。
e.g. I am considering changing my job.
我正在考虑换份工作。
He has never considered how to
solve the problem.
他从未考虑过如何解决那个问题。
【拓展】在与动词连用时,只能用动名词形式的动词或短语有
consider “考虑” enjoy “喜爱”
practice“练习”
keep (on)“继续(一直)”
mind “介意” finish“完成”
have fun “高兴” feel like “想要”
look forward to “盼望”
can’t help “禁不住” give up “放弃”
1. I don’t believe that this ___ boy can paint such a nice picture.
A. five years old B. five-years-old
C. five-year-old
2. According ____ Mr. Wang, we’ll go on a trip this weekend.
A. in B. to C. at D. for
3. Look! She’s standing ___ the ten children.
A. among B. between C. of D. from
4. — Jackie Chan has donated ______
dollars to charity.
— He is an example to us all.
A. thousand B. thousands
C. thousand of D. thousands of
5. --Can you give me some information
about vacation trips
-- Why not ___ going to Hainan Island
A. consider B. mind C. keep D. think
6. --Did you go to Kenli during the Peach
Blossom Festival (桃花节)
--Yes. The flowers were beautiful. Bees
were flying ____ them.
A. in B. among C. between D. through
7. Nowadays millions of Chinese leave the countryside to _____ for the work in cities.
A. looked B. search C. find D. see
8. Henry speaks Chinese very well. He ____ in China since 2002.
A. stays B. stayed
C. is staying D. has stayed