(共23张PPT)
Unit 10
I’ve had this bike for three years.
Read the article written by a father for a newspaper. What is his family going to sell at the yard sale
Son: a train and railway set
the toy monkey
Daughter: certain toys
Father: football shirts
3a
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.
F
F
T
F
T
Read the article again and answer the questions.
3b
1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale
2. What do they want to do with the money
from the sale
Because the father’s children get bigger and their house seems to get smaller.
They want to give the money to a children’s home.
3. Why does the son want to keep his
train and railway set
4. How can the old toys be useful again
Because he has owned it since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven.
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.
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。
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”。
3. My daughter was more understanding,
although she also felt sad to part with
certain toys.
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。
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— ______
children
to be honest
a lot of
although
fast
bigger
a while
3c
选词填空:用方框中所给单词的正确形式完成对话
part with to be honest a lot of although bigger go to bed a while fast children
A: Ken, what are you doing
B: I am putting away some toys with my ______.
A: What are you doing it for
B: My kids are growing up _____ . As they have
gotten _____, they haven't played with the toys
for ________ now. So we are cleaning out
_______ things, and we decided to give them to
the Sunshine Home for Children.
A: Well, that sounds good. Do sandy and Bob
agree with the idea
children
fast
bigger
a while
a lot of
B: _________, Sandy feels quite sad to ______
her teddy bear. Because when she was a
little girl, she couldn't _________ without it.
Bob was more understanding ________ It is
hard for him to say goodbye to his basketball.
A: Maybe I can take Sandy and Bob out for a
big dinner as a reward for being so
generous
B: Great idea !
To be honest
part with
go to bed
although