Unit 2 school life
Reading 2
一、选择填空：
(???? )1. Why ____ come and play basketball with us? ???? A. not you??? B. don’t??? C. not to???? ?D. not
(???? )2. ---_______ does Mary usually go to the buddy club?
--- Once a week. A. How often???? B. How long??? C. How far??? ?D. How much
(???? )3. All my classmates are nice_____ me. ?A. to????? B. for???? C. with???? D. of
(???? )4. _____ are really great. ?????? A. My all friends???? B. All my friends ?????? C. My friends all???? D. All the my friends
(???? )5. People in the UK say “lift” while people in the USA say“_____ ”.
A. hall????? B. elevator?? C. movie??D. soccer
(??? )6. I’m interested in animals, so I _______ lots of time playing with my dog.
A. pay?B. take?? C. spend?D. cost
(??? )7. –Bob speaks Chinese quite well.
?????? -Yes, so he does. He practices _______Chinese every day.
A. speak?? B. speaks?? C. spoke?D. speaking
(??? )8. Please buy me a pen on your way ______ home.
A. /?B. to?? C. at?? D. in
二、用所给动词的适当形式填空: 1. We had a great time_________ (chat) under the tree. 2. How long do you spend _________(read) English every day? 3. The man is learning how__________ (drive) a car. 4. Please tell him__________ (not come) here before six. 5. The teacher told us that light __________(travel) faster than sound.
三、阅读理解
Two friends were eating at the table, there was a cup of chilli oil(辣椒油). It looks nice. The two men hadn’t seen it before. One of them thought it was sweet and drank some of it. Tears(眼泪) ran down from his eyes. But he hoped that his friend felt the same as him. He said nothing. When the other man saw that his friend was crying, he asked, “Why are you crying, my dear friend?” “I was thinking of my father. Two years ago, when he drove out on a wet day, another car hit his car and he died. How poor he was!”
Soon after that the other man took some of the chilli oil. When tears started down from his eyes, his friend asked the same question, “Why are you crying, then?”
“To think that you were not in the same car as your father was.”
（??? ）1. How did the chilli oil taste?
???????? A. It was sweet.?????????????? B. It was nice.
???????? C. It was delicious.??????????? D. It was terrible.
（??? ）2. What happened to the first person after he drank some of the chilli oil?
???????? A. He thought of his father.
???????? B. He felt sorry for his father.
???????? C. His eyes were full of tears.
???????? D. He cried for his poor father.
（??? ）3. Why didn’t the first man tell the fact?
He wanted his friend to cry for his father.
???????? B. He wanted his friend to drink some chilli oil.
???????? C. He thought his friend would like the chilli oil.
???????? D. He thought the chilli oil was good for his friend.
（??? ）4. Which of the following is TRUE?
??????? A. The first was very friendly.
??????? B. The first man wasn’t very kind.
??????? C. The second man was very happy.
D. The first man hoped that his friend died two years ago.
集体备课专用纸
年级： 初二学科： 英语 主备人： 备课时间： 2013 年9月 6 日
课题
8A Unit 2 Reading 2
总第 3 课时
三维
教学
目标
1. 掌握重要语言点，词组，句型。用学到的语言点，词组，句型来谈论英美国家中学生和中国中学生的学校生活的差异。
2. 理解作者的个人感受和观点。
重点、
难点
掌握课文中的重要语言点，词组，句型。
教 学 过 程
（教学环节、教师活动、学生活动）
集体讨
论记录
个人修改记录
Step 1 Revision:
1.Ask some questions about the two passages to revise the text.
2. Listen to the tape, then complete th form below.
Who?
John
Nancy
Where?
Woodland School, London
Rocky Mountain High School, Denver
What activity/club?
Home Economics; Reading week
Softball The Buddy Club
How often?
Every year
Twice a week Every Monday
Why?
Because he likes learning to cook and sew;
Because he can read anything he likes
Because she loves the game
Because she enjoys it a lot.
Step 2 Teach some new words and phrases:
1. health healthy healthily unhealthy
healthy—healthier—healthiest
2. taste—tasty
3. as well/too also
4. hero (n) heroes
5. spends + 时间/金钱 + on sth/(in) doing sth
It takes + sb + 时间 + to do
教 学 过 程
（教学环节、教师活动、学生活动）
集体讨
论记录
个人修改记录
Sth costs sb + 金钱/精力
pay for; pay off
6. practice=practise: v. practice/practise doing
7. tell sb to do sth
ask sb to do sth
tell / ask sb not to do sth
8. 特殊疑问词+ to do
I want to know what to do, when to do it and how to do it.
I don’t know which one to buy.
9. It’s great because it’s faster than taking the bus.
a. than 是介词，后加名词、代词、动名词
b. than是连词， taking the bus 后省略了is。
Playing football is more interesting than having lessons (is).
10. She helps me learn all about my new school.
learn all about 意为“对……有全面的了解”
all是不定代词，还可以替换成nothing, little,
a little, something, much, everything, less,
more, most 等。
11. have a good/ great/ wonderful/ nice time doing something
have fun doing something
enjoy oneself
Step 3 Do exercise
Ask the students to read the text together, then finish of the exercises. Eight minutes later ,check the answers.
Step4 Discussion:
What do you think of the life in a Chinese school/British school/an American school? Which school life do you think is better? Why?
板书设计 Unit2 School life ---Reading Ⅱ
as well, also, too, either, as well as
a. as well 副词短语,多用于口语,只用于句末. He is a teacher and a writer as well.
b. also 较正式,不用于句末,用语肯定句中. He also plays football.
c. too 多用语口语,通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a worker, too.
d. either 用于否定句中,通常在句末.
Yesterday I didn’t watch TV and I didn’t see the film, either.
e.as well as 用于肯定句中,意为 “既……又……; 不仅……而且……”,起连接作用.
教学反思
课件13张PPT。Reading Ⅱ八年级英语 上 Unit 2
School lifean American schoola British schoolHow much do you know about the life in a British and American school?Answer the questionsWhat are the names of the two students?2. What is Nancy’s favourite subject?3. What does John do after school?John and Nancy.French.Do sports.Compare two school livesBritish school lifeAmerican school lifeWhat kind of school is Nancy in?
What do students do during the Reading Week?When does John do sports?
2.What does he do in the Buddy Club?British school lifeCheck the exercises on Page 21-22Language points1. Learning foreign languages is fun.Doing sth. is +adj.=It is +adj+to do sth. It’s fun to learn foreign languages.2. Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.Seem的用法：
seem to do sth
seem +adj.
It seems that 从句Language points3. He often…and offers me help.offer sb sth.=offer sth. to sb..4. Our school ends earlier than usual.end v. “结束”=finish=be overwin 的用法： win the first
win the match/ game
win the prize5. Our school won two games last month.Introduce your school life .Which?
What? Why?
What? How often? How?
……
Who?
……Group workTalk about your dream school lifetimetable/homework
subjects/lessons
classmates/teachers
after-school activities/clubs
sports centre/libraries
…American school life
British school life
Chinese school life
Dream school lifeDear …
How are you ? In our dream school, we want… because… .
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Write a letter to your e-friend.Homework…
Can you tell me about your school life? I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours faithfully
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Write an article about your own school life
Homework
