(共27张PPT)
Integrated skills
Unit 4
A good read
Guess the types of the books:
Pre-listening: be prepared
history
travel
novel
science
novel
Pre-listening: be prepared
A Recommending a book
Al The Cass 1, Grade 8 students are talking about what they have read recently. Listen to them and match each student with the type and name of the book they have read.
Kitty
Millie
Daniel
Simon
Sandy
novel
history
science
travel
Three Men in a Boat
Notes from a Small Island
Moment in Peking
the long March
A Brief History of Time
Student
Type of
book
Name of the book
Have you seen the Harry Potter series before
What do you know about this boy
a series of books/films
Who is the writer
Listening tips
read the material quickly before listening
try to predict the content
write in short forms while listening
While-listening: be skillful
A2 Suzy plans to read the Harry Potter series. She is telling her classmates about the books. Listen to what she says and complete her notes.
A British writer
Date of birth (1) _____________
As a child often wrote (2)______ and read
them to her sister
In 1990 got the idea for the first Harry
Potter story on a (3)______ trip to London
In (4) ____ finished the first Harry Potter
book
In 2007 finished the (5) ____________
book of the series
J. K. Rowling
31 July 1965
stories
train
1995
seventh/last
at first all the British publishing houses
refused to publish it
a year later a small publishing house in
(6) ________ accepted it
so far a great success
has been translated into about
(7) ____ languages
Sales over (8) ______ million copies in
over (9) _____ countries and areas
Harry Potter series
London
70
450
200
A3 Millie made some notes of the Harry Potter series. However, she has made some mistakes. Listen to Suzy again. Help Millie underline the mistake in each sentence and write the correct words in the blanks.
1. J. K. Rowling is a Canadian writer. _______
2. Rowling's birthday is on 30 July. _____
British
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Post-listening: be practical
3. When she was a child, Rowling often
shared toys with her sister. ______
4. The eighth Harry Potter book is the last
one of the series. _______
5. The first Harry Potter book was a great
success in the very beginning. ________
6. The Harry Potter series is popular only in
Britain. ________________________
________________________
stories
seventh
was not
in over 200 countries and areas all over the world
B Speak up: I want some history books
Daniel: Excuse me, I want some history books,
but I don't know where to find them.
Mrs Li: Don't worry. You can search for
information on the computer here.
Daniel: Thank you. How many books can I
borrow at a time
Daniel is talking to Mrs Li, the school librarian. Work in pairs and take turus to轮流做 borrow books from a library. Use the conversation below as a model.
Mrs Li: You can borrow one Chinese book and
one English book.
Daniel: I see. How long can I keep the books
Mrs Li: For two weeks. You must return them
on time.
Daniel: Could you tell me how to renew them
Mrs Li: You don't have to come to our desk
every time. Just renew them online.
It's easy.
Daniel: OK. Thanks for your help.
Mrs Li: You're welcome.
How many books can Daniel borrow at a time
2. How long can he keep the books
3. How can he renew the books
Answer the questions according to the conversation between Daniel and Mrs Li.
He can borrow one Chinese book and one English book.
He can keep the books for two weeks.
He can renew them online
Language points
You don't have to come to our desk every
time. Just renew them online.
你不必每次都来我们服务台办理,在线续借即可。
句中的online 用作副词,改词也可用作形容词。如:
take an online travel 进行一次在线旅行
like online shopping 喜欢网购
Language points
write-wrote-written
writing
writer--writer's--writers'
refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
a refuse room 垃圾房
refuse sth.
refuse his invitation 拒绝他的邀请
Language points
get the idea for the story on a train trip to London
在坐火车去伦敦的途中得到这个故事的点子
Canada--a Canadian('s)一个加拿大人(的)
in the beginning=at the beginning一开始
但只有:at the beginning of...在...开始的时候
some Canadians'一些加拿大人的
in the end=at last=finally 最后、终于
at the end of...在...的结束\末尾时
Language points
every time每次:You don't have to come to our desk every time.
我每次见到刘逸礼都很高兴。
Every time I see Liu Yili, I am very happy.
on time准时按时:我们必须准时到新机场。
We must arrive at the new airport on time.
at a time一次:我一次可以吃多少只饺子?
How many jiaozi can I have at a time
have a good time玩得高兴愉快:赵刘洋在常州玩手机游戏很高兴!
Zhao Liuyang had a good time palying mobile phone games in Changzhou!
Language points
Britain英国
British 英国的
a British writer一个英国作家
America美国、美洲
American 美国的
an American writer一个美国作家
Talk
It’s your turn to make a similar conversation. Use Daniel and Mrs Li’s conversation as a model.
We must know how many books we can borrow at a time.
We must know how long we can keep the books.
We must return the books on time.
We must take good care of the books.
If we want to keep the books longer, we must renew them.
Sample conversation:
A: Excuse me, I want to borrow some
basketballs. but I don’t know where to find
them.
B: Don’t worry. You can look at the shelf over
there.
A: Thank you. How many basketballs can I
borrow at a time
B: You can borrow five for each class.
A: I see. How long can I keep them
B: You can keep them for 45 minutes. You must
return them after class.
A: Can I keep them longer
B: No, and you can only borrow them once a
day.
A: OK, thanks for your help.
B: You’re welcome.
Useful expressions
How many books can I borrow at a time
How long can I keep the books
How can I renew the books
You must return them on time.
Just be sure to return them on time!
Renew books if you wish to keep
them past their original (最初的)
due date (到期日).
Books are the food for the
hungry of great mind.
书籍是饥饿的伟大思想的粮食。
Homework
Master the words and expressions you have learnt in this unit and review the grammar.