(共21张PPT)
Unit 10
I've had this bike for three years.
Topic: Living environment
Period 2
Language goal:
Talk about possessions /p 'ze nz/ and things around you (谈论自己拥有的物品和周围的事物)
Revision
1. 你学英语多长时间了？5年了。
2. 自从我到中国以来已经6年了。
3. 自从2009年以来我们一直在这里学习。
4. 那位老人去世4年了。
5. 我借了这本书5天。
How long have you studied English For five years.
It has been six years since I came to China.
We've studied here since 2009.
The old man has been dead for four years.
I have kept the book since five days ago.
Lead-in
Everyone has many old things, and they bring back a lot of sweet memories. It is hard to say goodbye to them. But actually, we don't use these things anymore.
In western counties, people usually have a yard sale to deal with old things. It's a good way to make old things be useful again.
Today we are going to read an article written by a father for a newspaper. Let's find out what it is about.
Prediction
Look at the pictures and the two sentences above the passage, and guess.
1. From the pictures, we can guess that the two kids like their ______ very much.
2. From the two sentences above the passage, we know the family is going to have a ___________.
toys
yard sale
Fast reading
Read quickly and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
The reasons to have a yard sale
Son’s and daughter’s things to sell and their feelings.
The father’s things to sell and his feeling
Why does his family want to have a yard sale
R1
R2
R3
Did they still use the old things
Reason 1: As his children get bigger the house seems to get smaller.=there is ____space in their house, so they want _____space.
Reason 2:They want to give money to a children’s home.
= they’d like to _________________money to a children’s home.
=they want to ______ children in children’s home.
less
give away/donate help
Reason 3:They sell the things that they no longer use.
=They don’t use them _________./These things are ______for them.
anymore
useless
Read Para 1&2 carefully and answer.
Careful reading
more
How many things did they each decide to sell
Read Para.2&3 carefully and answer.
How many things are mentioned in the passage What are they
Careful reading
Read Para.2&3 and fill in the chart.
what when why how(feeings)
son
daughter
father
a train and railway set
since his fourth
birthday
felt quite sad and want to keep them
a toy monkey
when he was a child
played with almost every week
played with almost every week
certain toys
felt sad but more understanding
football
shirts
didn’t want
to give up
Careful reading
To_________, he hasn’t _______for a ______now. He is ___________,too.
They don’t want to part with these things,
but they still decide to sell them at last.Why
He is already in _________school. (13-15 years old )
He hasn’t played them ___________
junior high
for a long time
useless
help people
She is ____.
16
be honest
played
while
getting older
What do you think of
the family
kind
warm-hearted
a good habit
Dear Mary,
How is it going with you
We are going to do something great next Saturday. We are going to have a yard sale. Last Friday, Dad told us that our house has run out of space, so we ____________________ (decide, sell, thing) we no longer use. At first,Tommy was sad, because he ____________________________________________________(own, train and railway set, fourth birthday). And he also liked the toy monkey he ____________________ (have, birth).
Retell the passage: Suppose you were the daughter, write a letter to tell your friend about the yard sale.
decided to sell things
has owned the train and railway set since his fourth birthday
has had since his birth
I would like to sell a doll I _______________________(own, ten years). It is still in good condition and beautiful. I also want to give away the small bike I _____________________ (not ride, two years). Daddy will give up his football shirts because he ________________________(not play, a while). We __________________(clear out) 25 things. We will give the money we raise to the children’s home.
What are you doing next Saturday You’re welcome to come to our yard sale.
Yours,
Cherry
have owned for ten years
haven't ridden for two years
hasn't played for a while
have cleared out
Fill in the banks according to the passage.
My boy and my girl are growing up fast. As they grow bigger, our house seems to get 1.________. So we want to have 2.____ yard sale to sell some of our things. We will give away the 3._______ to a children's home.
We have already cleared 4.______ a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have decided to each 5._____ five things that we no longer use. Both my son and my daughter felt sad to part 6.______ their things. My son wanted to keep the train and railway set because he owned it 7._____ his fourth birthday. And he didn't 8._______ to lose his toy monkey, either. He slept with 9.______ every night when he was a child.
I didn't want to give 10.______ my football shirts although I haven't played for a while now.
smaller
a
money
out
sell
with
since
want
it
up
If there is a charity bazaar(慈善义卖) in our school, each of you need to bring something you no longer use,what will you sell And what will you do with the money you raise
Discussion
Post-reading
Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced with the ones below and write them next to the words.
lose — _____________ kids— __________
truthful — __________ many —________
some time — ____________ even though —________
quickly— ________ older — __________
part with
honest
a long time
fast
grow up
although
a lot of
children
Underline the phrases.
1.长大
2.初级中学
3.似乎要做某事
4.清除
5.决定做某事
6.不再
7.起初
8.玩某物
9.放弃，与…分别
10.至于
11.放弃
12.说实在的
grow up
junior high school
seem to do sth.
clear out
decide to do sth.
no longer
at first
play with sth.
part with
as for
give up
to be honest
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. 我要替你把那个小衣橱清理出来。
I'll clear out that closet for you.
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, 强调时间上不再延续,常与延续性动词连用。
e.g. 他不再住这儿了。
He no longer lives here.
He doesn't live here any longer.
no more, 相当于not ...anymore, 强调次数少不再增加。
e.g. 你不能再喝了。
You can drink no more./ You can't drink anymore.
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. 他决定卖掉他的某些书籍。
He decided to sell his certain books.
[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
e.g. 他对成功很有把握。
He felt quite certain of success.
4. part with
1）separate from分开；分别
e.g. 旅行结束时他与我们分手了.
He parted with us at the end of the trip．
2）spend；sell（esp．at a very low price）花掉；卖掉
e.g. 为了筹款，凯茜只好卖掉自己的一些珠宝。
In order to raise money, Cathy had to part with some of her jewels．
3）give up；dispense with放弃；省掉
e.g. 他们对让出旧房子感到很惋惜。
They were sorry to part with the old house．
5. 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. 对我们来说，我们是幸运的。
And as for us, we are fortunate.
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. 说实话，她不是一个诚实的女孩。
To be honest, she is not an honest girl.
honest为形容词， 意为“诚实的；老实的”。反义词为dishonest“不诚实的”。
e.g. 诚实的人不会说谎。
An honest man does not tell lies.
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. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
他在度假期间仍与我们保持联系。
They chattered away happily for a while.
He kept in touch with us while he was on vacation.
【拓展】while 还可意为“而；然而”，表示两种情况的对比。
e.g. 我喜欢喝咖啡，而我姐姐喜欢喝茶。
I like coffee while my sister likes tea.
