Unit 8 I’ve had this bike for three years-Section A（3a-3c）教案

Unit 8 I’ve had this bike for three years
Section A （3a-3c）
学习目标：
★知识目标：
掌握本课单词和短语
clear clear out bedroom no longer own railway certain honest truthful to be honest part part with while
★能力目标：
能从阅读中获得个人物品的相关信息。
★情感目标：
正确处理并充分利用自己的废旧物品。
★教学过程：
Step 1 New words
1. bedroom n. 卧室
2. railway n. 铁路；铁道
3. junior adj. 地位 (或职位、级别) 低下的
junior high school 初级中学
e.g. We could give the job to somebody junior.
我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。
4. own v. 拥有；有
e.g. Most households now own at least one car. 大多数家庭现在至少有一辆汽车。
5. truthful adj. 诚实的；老实的
e.g. He was not always truthful.
他并非总是说真话。
Step 2 Fast reading
3a Read the article written by a father for a newspaper. What is his family going to sell at the yard sale
Keys Son : a train and railway set; the toy monkey
Daughter: certain toys
Father: football shirts
Step 3 Careful reading
Read the passage and choose true (T) or false (F)
1. My daughter is 15 and my boy has already started junior high school.
2. Our house really get smaller.
3. My son was quite sad at first.
4. My daughter felt happy to part with certain toys.
5. I want to give up my football shirts.
Keys: FFTFT
3b Read the article again and answer the questions.
1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale
Because the father’s children get bigger and their house seems to get smaller.
2. What do they want to do with the money from the sale
They want to give the money to a children’s home.
3. Why does the son want to keep his train and railway set
Because he has owned it since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven.
4. How can the old toys be useful again
They can be sold to the people who need them.
5. Have you ever thought about having a yard sale to sell your things
What would you do with the money you raise
Yes, I have. I would give it to the charity
Step 4 Language points
1. We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms.
clear v. 清理；清除
clear out 清理；丢掉
e.g. I’ll clear out that closet for you. 我要替你把那个小衣橱清理出来。
2. We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use.
no longer 意为“不再；不复”，有时可用 not …any longer 或 not … anymore 替换。如：
He no longer lives here. (= He doesn’t live here anymore/any longer.)
他不再住这儿了。
3. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with certain toys.
1) certain adj. 意为“某种；某事；某人”。
e.g. He decided to sell his certain books.
他决定卖掉他的某些书籍。
[拓展] certain形容词，意为“确实的，无疑的”。
常用结构：be certain to do sth. 肯定要做某事
be certain of/about sth. 对某事确定、有把握
be certain of doing sth. 有把握做某事
be certain +从句 一定……
e.g. He felt quite certain of success.
他对成功很有把握。
2) part with 放弃、交出，
part v. 离开， 分开
e.g. Don’t part with your dream.
不要放弃你的梦想。
4. As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be honest, I have not played for a while now.
1) as for 至于，关于
e.g. And as for us, we are fortunate.
可对我们来说，我们是幸运的。
2) to be honest意为“说实在的，说实话”，经常单独使用，作插入语，用逗号与句子隔开。类似的表达还有to tell the truth “老实说，说实话”。
e.g. To be honest, she is not an honest girl. 说实话，她不是一个诚实的女孩。
honest 为形容词， 意为“诚实的；老实的”。反义词为dishonest “不诚实的”。
e.g. An honest man does not tell lies.
诚实的人不会说谎。
3) while n. 一段时间，一会儿
while 还可用作连词，引导时间状语从句，意为“当……的时候”，while引导的时间状语从句中的动词必须是延续性动词。
e.g. They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
He kept in touch with us while he was on vacation.
他在度假期间仍与我们保持联系。
Step 5 phrase practice
Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced with the ones below and write them next to the words.
lose– part with kids--_______ truthful--_______ many -- _____
some time--______ even though--_____ quickly--______ older--_____
keys: children to be honest a lot of a while although fast bigger
Step 6 当堂达标
1. My best friend Tom is ____ an honest boy. You can believe him.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. – Is Mr. Smith still in Shanghai
-- Yes, he ____ there for two months.
A. has been B. has gone C. has been to D. has gone to
Step 7 homework
Recite the article. You can use the sentences according to the keys of 3b.