(共17张PPT)
A: Do/Does you/she have a(n) _______
B: Yes, I/she do/does.
A: How long have/has you/she had it
B: I’ve/She’s had it for/since…
for 3 years
since two years ago
for 4 months
since 2014
Read the article written by a father quickly.Answer two questions: Who are mentioned in the family 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. Writer’s daughter is 15 and my boy has
already started junior high school.
2. The writer’s house really gets smaller.
3. The writer’s son was quite sad at first.
4. Writer’s daughter felt happy to part with
certain toys.
5. The writer has to give up his football shirts
F
F
T
F
T
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.
Read the article again and answer the questions.
3b
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/ the poor....
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
2. We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use.
我们决定每人出售五件不再使用的商品
no longer意为“不再;不复”,通常位于实义动词之前,助动词、情态动词或系动词之后。 它与not …any longer或not … any more同义。
e.g. He no longer lives here. = He
doesn’t live here any longer / any
more.
She is no longer a child. = She isn’t
a child any longer / any more.
【运用】
I. 完成句子, 每空一词。
2013年3月, 由于H7N9禽流感, 白水鸭在
南京不再受欢迎。
White ducks are ____ _______ lovely
in Nanjing because of H7N9 bird flu in
March, 2013. (2013 新疆乌鲁木齐)
II. 改为同义句。
Joe no longer likes dancing.
Joe doesn't like dancing any longer / any
more.
no longer
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 + that 从句
一定……
e.g. He felt quite certain of success.
他对成功很有把握。
2) part v. 离开, 分开
part with 放弃、交出,
e.g. Don’t part with your dream.
不要放弃你的梦想。
part n. 部分, 参与
常用短语:part of ... “……的一部分”
take part in “参与, 参加”
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.
对我们来说,我们是幸运的。
2) to be honest意为“说实在的, 说实话”, 等同于honestly。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”。
3) while n. 一段时间,一会儿
for a while 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