Unit 8 It must belong to Carla.Section A 3a-3c 课件 (共25张PPT)

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Section A
It must belong to Carla.
Unit 8
Look at this woman. What is she doing？
She’s looking out of the window.
What’s happening outside
Lead-in
3a Read the article and decide which might be the best title.
A．A Small and Quiet Town
B．Strange Happenings in My Town
C．Animals in Our Neighborhood
n[C]. 事件；发生的事情(常指不寻常的)
We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window.
某件不同寻常的事情
vt. 采访
n[C]. 响声
My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”
n[C]. 警察
Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. ”At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be ” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. ”I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. "Maybe it was a bear or a wolf .”
隔壁的邻居
太大以致于不能
在这个区域
n[C]. 熊
n[C]. 狼
wolves
Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
adj. 不安的
There be sb. / sth. doing… 某人/某物正在做…
不知道
= only 只
n. 噪音制造者
troublemaker n. 麻烦制造者
have fun doing sth. 做某事玩的开心
create fear 制造恐惧
在这个小区
nervous or worried ________
area where people live _______________
young people ________
animal like a very large dog ________
person in the next house ________
person who makes noise ____________
3b Read the article again and find words to match the meanings.
uneasy
neighborhood
teenagers
wolf
neighbor
noise -maker
3c Read the article carefully and write what people think about the strange noises.
Who gave opinions？ What are the opinions？
Victor’s wife She thinks that it could be an animal.
Victor and his friends
The policemen
Helen
One woman in the area
The writer himself
He thinks the noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
They think it must be some teenagers having fun.
They think it might be the wind.
She thought it might be a dog at first.
She thinks it may be a bear or a wolf.
9. unusual adj. 不同寻常的；罕见的
unusual happenings / plants 不同寻常的事情/珍稀的植物
usual adj. 通常的； 惯常的 usual thing 平常事 (强调常做的事或举动)
as usual 像往常一样 than usual 比起往常
common adj. 普通的, 一般的； 常见的； 共同的 common man 普通人 (强调不稀奇的人或物)
The sort of weather is common here.
这种天气在这里很常见。
have sth. in common with… 与…有共同之处
general adj. 普遍的；整体的 n. 将军 a general introduction / idea 大体介绍 / 意思
in general 通常; 总的来说
= generally speaking
normal adj. 正常的 n. 通常情况 the normal temperature 正常体温
return to normal 恢复常态
Language points
1) My letter, sent to the wrong number, reached him a month later _______.
A. as expected B. than normal
C. than usual D. as usual
2) Trees of this kind are so _____ that they can be seen everywhere.
A. common B. usual C. special D. normal
C
A
3) He didn’t tell the details on the subject. He just spoke ________.
in particular B. in common
C. in detail D. in general
D
4) After the earthquake, it took them quite some time to bring the city back to ________.
common B. general C. usual D. normal
D
特别，尤其
详细地
相同，共同
通常; 总的来说
5) People who killed so many people aren’t mentally(心理上地) _________.
A. usual B. general C. normal D. common
C
10. noise n[U]. 噪音 n[C]. 响声
Don’t make so much noise. Your father is working.
不要弄出这么大的噪音，你爸爸正在工作。
She kept on working in the room till a noise disturbed her.
她一直在房间里工作，直到有声响打扰了她。
Language points
noise 强调不悦耳的喧闹声时，可以用a lot of，much等修饰。 The noise wakes me up. 噪音吵醒了我。
voice 人的说话声、笑声、歌声等。 The girl has a beautiful voice.那女孩嗓音很美。
sound 含义较广，泛指听得到的一切声音。 Light travels much faster than sound.光的传播速度比声音快得多。
Language points
noisy adj. 吵闹的；喧闹的
There are many noisy students in the noisy classroom.
乱哄哄的教室里有许多吵闹的学生。
11. policeman n[C]. 男警察
The policeman is searching the thief.
那个警察正在收小偷的身。
The police ____(be) investigating the cause of the accident.
警方正在调查该事故的原因。
注意：police是集体名词，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。
policemen
are
Language points
12. There be sb. / sth. doing sth. 有某人/某物正在做某事
There is a man fishing by the lake.
有一个人正在湖边钓鱼。
There’re boys _______________ in the playground.
有男孩正在操场上踢足球。
There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood. 肯定有某个东西在拜访我们小区的人家。
playing football
Language points
There be 句型后，还可接过去分词或不定式。
There was a car stolen last night.
昨晚有辆车被偷了。
There is a lot of work to do / to be done．
有许多工作要做。
13. have fun (in) doing sth. 做某事开心
= have a good time (in) doing sth.
I had no fun _______ (have) supper with the rude man.
和那个粗鲁的男人吃晚餐一点也不开心。
翻译：昨天我和他们玩纸牌非常开心。
I had much / great fun playing cards with them yesterday.
翻译：这个游戏真有趣呀！(感叹句)
What fun the game is!
having
Language points
14. fear n[C]. 担心； 害怕；
vt. 担心(= worry about) ；害怕(=be afraid of)
There is no reason for her mother’s fear.
她妈妈的担心是没有道理的。
fear (that) + 句子 担心/害怕…
fear to do sth. 害怕做某事 = be afraid to do sth.
我担心他会上学迟到。
I fear that he will come late to school.
这个女孩怕在别人面前讲话。
The girl feared to speak in public.
一、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. Three ________ (policeman) arrived at once when the car accident happened.
2. The two old men often have fun ________(play) chess here.
3. Listen! There must be someone ________(knock) at the door.
4. When we got there, several ________ (wolf)were eating a dead sheep.
5. He is really ________(usual). He is quite different from others.
policemen
playing
knocking
wolves
unusual
knock at the door 敲门
knock into the tree 撞到树
Exercises
二、单项选择
1. — Did you hear any strange ___when the quake happened
— No, I was in my garden with my flowers and was enjoying the beautiful ________ of my birds at that time.
A. voice; noise B. noise; sound
C. whisper; sound D. sound; voice
2. I heard Tom ________when I walked past his room yesterday.
A. sing B. singing C. to sing D. sang
D
B
whisper n[C]. 低语；耳语 vt. 小声说
3. Look! The police ______the food onto the bank of the river.
A. am carrying B. is carrying
C. are carrying D. are carried
4.—Why are you so tired these days
—Well, I have ________homework to do.
A. too much B. too many
C. much too D. many too
C
A
Thank you!