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Unit 8 Collecting things
Getting ready & Reading
Collecting things
Getting ready
What are we going to talk about in this unit
Talking about collection
What do you like collecting
shells
phone cards
model planes
model cars
stamps
collect v.
n.
collection
a person
collector
Here are some words about “collection”.
These people are talking about the things they plete their sentences with the words from the box.
coins model planes phone cards stamps
This is my collection of ______________.
model planes
I’m a collector of ___________.
phone cards
Do you like my ________
stamps
I love collecting _______.
coins
coins model planes phone cards stamps
Brainstorming
What do you like to collect
I love _____.
I’m a collector of _____.
This is my collection of _____.
Before you read
Look at the picture and the title of the story on page 101. Then make a list of the things that the grandparents have collected.
newspapers, toys (cars, trains, ships, bears), shells, butterflies, glasses, bottles, etc.
Here are the characters.
Grandma
Sam and Helen’s grandmother
Grandpa
Sam and Helen’s grandfather
Sam
grandson
Helen granddaughter
Skimming
Skim through the story and pay attention to the conversations in the story.
Unusual collections
Sam and Helen’s grandparents collect almost everything. There are eight doorbells on their front door!
“This silver doorbell is my favourite,” said Helen. She pushed it and soon Grandpa opened the door.
“Come in, my dear grandson and granddaughter!” he said.
“Who started collecting doorbells, Grandpa ” asked Sam.
“Your grandma,” he answered. “She loves doorbells.”
“What do you like collecting, Grandpa ” asked Helen.
“I like collecting newspapers.”
They went inside and saw newspapers everywhere.
“Hello children!” called Grandma. “Let’s have some tea.”
The children followed her into the living room and saw lots of toys there. There was hardly any space for the children to sit down.
“Whose toys are these ” asked Helen.
“They’re ours,” said Grandma. “We both like collecting toys.”
“But remember,” said Grandpa, “we have a lot of free time! You have your school work to do, so you shouldn’t spend too much time collecting things!”
Unusual collections
C1 Find words from the story on page 101 that have similar meanings to the words in italics below.
Vocabulary
1 My friend will come to visit me in a short time from now. (line 4)
2 There are tall buildings all over this area. (line 10)
3 I walked behind my grandma to the kitchen. (line 12)
4 I can almost not keep my eyes open. (line 13)
5 What do you do when you are not busy (line 16)
soon
everywhere
followed
hardly
free
C2 Sam and his friend Jack are talking about collecting plete their conversation with the words from the box.
everywhere follow free hardly inside
free
everywhere
hardly
inside
Follow
everywhere follow free hardly inside
Listen and role-play
Sam and Helen’s grandparents collect almost everything. There are eight doorbells on their front door!
“This silver doorbell is my favourite,” said Helen. She pushed it and soon Grandpa opened the door.
Unusual collections
“Come in, my dear grandson and granddaughter!” he said.
“Who started collecting doorbells, Grandpa ” asked Sam.
“Your grandma,” he answered. “She loves doorbells.”
“What do you like collecting, Grandpa ” asked Helen.
“I like collecting newspapers.”
Sam Helen
Grandpa Grandma
They went inside and saw newspapers everywhere.
“Hello children!” called Grandma. “Let’s have some tea."
The children followed her into the living room and saw lots of toys there. There was hardly any space for the children to sit down.
“Whose toys are these ” asked Helen.
“They’re ours,” said Grandma. “We both like collecting toys.”
“But remember,” said Grandpa, “we have a lot of free time! You have your school work to do, so you shouldn’t spend too much time collecting things!”
D1 Who/What do the words in italics refer to Read the story on page 101 and circle the correct answers.
Comprehension
D2 Helen is talking to her friend Sue. Help Helen answer the questions in complete sentences.
We went to our grandparents’ home today.
They collect things in their free time.
They collect doorbells, newspapers, toys and many other things.
The sentences below are from the story. Can you put them back
So their house is full of things, from very cheap things to very expensive ones.
“Do you like our collection of doorbells I think they’re interesting.”
“We have too many newspapers. I don’t know where to put them now,” said Grandpa.
“Come to see the toys,” said Grandma.
We had a lot of toys when we were at your age.
To the story
Sam and Helen’s grandparents collect almost everything. There are eight doorbells on their front door!
“This silver doorbell is my favourite,” said Helen. She pushed it and soon Grandpa opened the door.
“Come in, my dear grandson and granddaughter!” he said.
“Who started collecting doorbells, Grandpa ” asked Sam.
“Your grandma,” he answered. “She loves doorbells.”
“What do you like collecting, Grandpa ” asked Helen.
“I like collecting newspapers.”
a)
b)
They went inside and saw newspapers everywhere.
“Hello children!” called Grandma. “Let’s have some tea.”
The children followed her into the living room and saw lots of toys there. There was hardly any space for the children to sit down.
“Whose toys are these ” asked Helen.
“They’re ours,” said Grandma. “We both like collecting toys.”
“But remember,” said Grandpa, “we have a lot of free time! You have your school work to do, so you shouldn’t spend too much time collecting things!”
c)
d)
e)
1. Sam and Helen’s grandparents collect almost everything.
萨姆和海伦的祖父母几乎收集所有的事物。
collect vt. 收集，采集；使集合
a. Why do you like collecting stamps
你为何喜欢集邮？
b. I collect shells from the beach.
我从沙滩收集贝壳。
Language points
2. The children followed her into the living room and saw lots of toys there.
孩子们跟着她进入客厅，看到那儿有很多玩具。
follow vt. 跟随
My dog follows me to school.
我的狗跟着我去上学。
follow sb. into… 跟随某人进入……
The new students followed their teacher into the classroom.
新学生跟着他们的老师走进了教室。
3. There was hardly any space for the children to sit down.
这里几乎没有空间能让孩子们坐下。
hardly adv. 几乎不，简直不
I hardly know you.
我几乎不了解你。
hardly any 几乎没有
There was hardly any money in my purse.
我的钱包里几乎没有钱。
4. …so you shouldn’t spend too much time collecting things.
spend vt. 度过；花费
People usually spend time with their
relatives during the Spring Festival.
春节人们通常和他们的家人一起度过。
spend… (in) doing sth./on sth 花时间做……
I spend half an hour doing moring exercise everyday.
我每天花半小时做晨练。
从方框中选择适当的短语并用其正确形式填空。
1. The evening party will __________ on New Year’s Eve.
2. Reading in the dark ____________ our eyes.
3. The poor boy ________ his teacher ________ the office just now.
take place
is bad for
living room, work of art, be bad for, be interested in, go inside, a collector of, follow…into, in one’s free time,take place, a waste of
followed
into
4. The girl ________________ learning about Chinese history.
5. The lat has a big ________________ and two bedrooms.
He thinks buying such things is _____________ money.
7. You can find some ________________ in the museum.
8. I ________________ and saw him sleeping in the sofa.
9. Her brother is ________________ shells and stones.
10. Anna likes listening to music ______________.
is interested in
living room
a waste of
works of art
went inside
a collector of
in her free time
Homework
模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。
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