《英语》（八年级上册）
Unit 3 A day out
Grammar
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use “as … as” and “not as/so … as” properly;
2. use reflexive pronouns correctly;
3. know how to use some new words and expressions.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: itself, pull, rock, luckily, climber, keep the secret to oneself, look at each other, hurt yourself, enjoyed ourselves, pull himself up the rocks
2. New structures: The bus is as comfortable as those in the USA.
The Eiffel Tower is not as tall as the real one in France.
The model Sydney Opera House looks as wonderful as that in Australia.
Linda enjoyed herself in the park.
Linda’s parents will go and see the photos for themselves.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
How to use “(not) as/so … as”.
How to use reflexive pronouns correctly.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Using as … as
Step 1 Lead-in
Show the picture of West Lake and Slender West Lake.
T: I know you all love travelling. Now I’ll show you two beautiful lakes. Do you know them? And where are they? (The West Lake of Hangzhou and the Slender West Lake of Yangzhou.) Do you think the Slender West Lake is as beautiful as the West Lake? (Yes.) Why is this lake called the Slender West Lake? Is the Slender West Lake as big as the West Lake? (Because the Slender West Lake is smaller and slimmer than the West Lake.) It is as beautiful as the West Lake, though it’s not as big as the West Lake, right?
【设计意图】通过本单元旅游话题呈现两张景点的图片，在讨论过程中导入本课学习目标。让学生从之前所学习的比较级入手，通过对比，使其从语法上的知道了解，到语言上的感知体会。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show the pictures of the model Golden Gate Bridge and the real Golden Gate Bridge and complete the sentences
2. Show the pictures of two girls and two boys and two girls, and complete sentences
T: Today, we’ll learn how to use “as ... as” to compare two things. Now please look at a picture of my friends. What’s his/her height? (Carl is 1.70 meters tall. Betty is 1.65 meters tall. Amy
is 1.65 meters tall too. Tom is 1.60 meters tall.) Please complete the sentences.
3. Explain the usage of “as … as” and “not so … as”
【设计意图】在语境中讲解同级比较句型的用法。
Step 3 Practice
1. Show four pictures of different cars of different colors and prices and encourage students to
compare each other and try to complete the sentences
2. Show the profiles of five students and do more exercises by comparing their height, weight and English scores
3. Show two pictures of students in class and complete the sentences
4. Finish the exercises on P35 of the textbook
5. Make more explanations about the structure and do more exercises
【设计意图】讲解后及时练习，巩固讲解效果。
B Reflective pronouns
Step 1 Lead-in
Show students some cartoon characters and introduce some phrases with reflective pronouns.
T: You’ve done a good job in Part A. Now let’s look at some lovely cartoons to have a rest. Who are they? (They are ...)They are chatting together. Let’s join them. Listen to what they are saying. It’s very interesting.
【设计意图】通过图片呈现反身代词的用法，增强趣味性。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show students the table of reflexive pronouns
T: We have known a little about the reflexive pronouns, and today we’ll learn all the reflexive pronouns and the differences between Singular and plural forms.
2. Show the usage of reflexive pronouns and some common phrases with reflective pronouns
【设计意图】全面讲解反身代词的用法。
Step 3 Practice
1. Make up some easy sentences
I have to look after myself this afternoon.
We should try to do homework by ourselves.
She taught herself English at the age of 6.
2. Fill in the blanks with reflective pronouns
3. Finish the exercise on P36 of the textbook
【设计意图】通过各种练习来全面练习反身代词的用法。
Step 4 Consolidation
1. Show the students some other usages about reflexive pronouns
2. Complete the sentences with reflective pronouns
3. Multiple choice questions from senior high school entrance examinations
4. Get some students to make speeches in class. They should use some phrases reflective pronouns
【设计意图】让学生链接中考，检测本节课学习效果。最后小组合作完成一篇口头作文，再次巩固本节课所学的两部分语法知识。
V. Homework
1. Write down the speech.
2. Preview “Integrated skills”.
课件35张PPT。Unit 3 A day out Grammarthe West Lake, Hangzhouthe Slender West Lake, Yangzhou5.66 square kilometres1.68 square kilometresas beautiful asnot as big asThe model Golden Gate Bridge is the real one.=The real Golden Gate Bridge is the model one.=The model Golden Gate Bridge is the real one.not as big as bigger thansmaller than Complete the sentences:(not) as + adjective + asCarl is 1.70 metres tall.Tom is 1.60 metres tall.Betty is 1.65 metres tall.Amy is 1.65 metres tall too.What's his/her height?Carl is _______ than Betty.
Tom is ___________ of the three.
Amy is ___________ Betty.
Amy is ___________ Carl.tallerthe shortestas tall asnot as tall as as ... as 意为“和……一样”，表示同级的比 较。其基本结构为：as + adj./adv. + as。 否定形式为：not as + adj./adv. + as 意思为“和……不一样”或“不如”，可以和比较级+than相转换。This story is as interesting as that one. Amy is not as tall as Peter. = Amy is shorter than Peter.as … as 的用法(not) as + adjective + asPractise￥ 200,000￥ 1,000,000￥ 3,500,000￥ 200,000The black car is ____________ than the white car.
The white car is _____________ than the red one.
The blue car is ________________ of all the cars.
The red car is _________________ the black one.
The white car is __________________ the blue one.cheapermore expensivethe most expensiveas expensive asnot as expensive asMillie is ________ Kitty, but ____________ Peter.Amy is __________ Kitty, but ____________ Sandy. Sandy’s English test is __________ Kitty’s.as tall asas heavy asas good asSandy’s English test is ____________ Millie’s.not as good asnot as tall asnot as heavy asPeterLilySamSallyPeter studies ______________ (careful) than Lily.
Lily studies _______________ (careful) Peter.
Lily is ______________ (careful) Peter.
Sam is listening _____________ (careful) Sally.more carefullyas carefully asnot as carefully asnot as careful asThe bus is ________________ (comfortable) those in the USA.Mr Wu is _________ (kind) a friend.as comfortable asas kind asThe journey is _________________ (not interesting) the visit.The Eiffel Tower is ___________ (not tall) the real one in France.not as interesting
asnot as tall asThe model Sydney Opera House looks ___
___________ (wonderful) that in Australia.The song and dance shows are _________ (good) the models in the park. as
wonderful as as good as在同级比较的否定句中，我们也可以使用not so…as结构。This chair is not as heavy as that one.= This chair is not so heavy as that one.注意：当我们对事物进行比较时，要注意被比较的双方必须是同类事物。Her ruler is as long as me.
Her ruler is as long as mine.
The model Golden Gate Bridge looked _____________ (一样棒) the one back home.
Her bike is _________________ (和我的一样新).
Well, this hill is ____________________________ (不如真山那么高).
This film is ________________________ (不有趣) as that one.
Listening is just ________________ (一样重要) speaking in language learning.as great asas new as minenot as/so high as the real onenot as/so interesting asas important as Welcome to my home, and please help __________ (you) to some milk and grass, my dear friends.yourselves help oneself to sthA beautiful girl asked me to carry a heavy box for her. Why couldn’t she do it by _______ (she)? Do I look so strong?herself do sth by oneselfJust now a man called Mr Wolf wanted to teach _______ (he) to ride a bike, but he fell off. It’s so funny!
himselfteach oneself to do sthlearn to do sth by oneselfI am too full, because I had 5 kilos of grass just now. Well, please keep the secret to _________ (we). Don’t tell others. keep the secret to oneselfourselves There is less and less water and grass. All the other sheep should look after __________ (they) well, just like us.themselves look after oneselfReflexive pronouns反身代词是由第一人称、第二人称形容词性物主代词或第三人称人称代词宾格形式，词尾加-self或
-selves组成。反身代词可译为“本人”、“本身”，为加强语气，也常译为“亲自”、“自己”。
We make sentences with reflexive pronouns like this.When she woke up a day later, she found _________ in hospital.
Daniel put the photos on his home page. Go and see for ___________, my dear friends.
Can Nick carry this box by _________?
Mary is old enough to take care of _________.
That’s all right. Goodbye, Kate. Enjoy _________!
We always enjoy __________, Mum.
herselfyourselveshimselfherselfyourselfourselvesHave a try！Guide: You can go and enjoy _________
now.Linda: Oh no! Simon is trying to pull ______ up the rocks.yourselveshimselfSimon: Please don’t tell anybody about this, Linda.
Linda: OK, I won’t. You’re lucky you didn’t hurt _______!Luckily, some climbers helped Simon.yourselfGuide: Did you all have a good time?
All: Yes, we did. We really enjoy ________!Simon and Linda looked at each other. They kept the secret to __________.ourselvesthemselves反身代词也可用来加强语气，做主语或宾语的同位语，译为“亲自、本人、本身”等。如果做主语的同位语，则可放于句末。Did you see Mr Wang himself ?
你见过王先生本人吗？We ourselves cooked the dinner. 我们自己煮了晚饭。= We cooked the dinner ourselves.
1. The students of Class Two enjoyed _________
very much in the World Park.
2. Mary, don’t always think of ________.
3. At the weekend, I ______ often cook meals.
4. When she was in the middle school, she began
to teach ______ English.
5. He fell off the bike and hurt ______ yesterday
when he went home.themselvesyourselfmyselfhimselfherselfPractice6. In autumn, the leaves on the trees dropped
off __________.
7. Can she do it ______ or does she need help?
8. Please help _________ to some apples and
make _________ at home, children.
9. They wanted to keep their secrets to
__________, but they were wrong. We all
know about it.
10. The little cat can’t catch the mice by _____.themselvesherselfyourselvesyourselvesthemselvesitself Nanjing isn’t so large ________ Shanghai, However, it’s the _____ city in East China. 【无锡】 A. like; largest B. as; largest C. like; large D. as; large
Li Hua’s shoes are as _______ as Zhang Hui’s. 【湖南常德】 A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheaper【中考链接】3. He speaks French well, but of course not
_______ a person born in France.
【镇江】 A. as clear as B. clearer than C. as clearly as D. the more clearly
4. I play basketball every day because I want to
play as ______ as Yao Ming.
【湖南株洲】 A. well B. better C. best 【中考链接】5. —Will you take part in the English speech
competition tomorrow? —Sure, I see it as a chance to prove
________.
【河南】 A. myself B. me C. yourself D. you
6. Take care of ________. You don’t want to
catch a cold.
【湖南张家界】 A. you B. yours C. yourself【中考链接】7. —Can you cook by ______? —Yes, I can cook well.
【湖南湘潭】 A. you B. yours C. yourself
8. I believe I can fly is a nice song by R. Kelly.
This song tells us that believing in ________
is very important.
【黑龙江哈尔滨】 A. themselves B. ourselves C. itself【中考链接】9. I guess Peter and his sister Sally enjoyed
_______ at the dancing party.
【湖北孝感】 A. myself B. himself C. herself D. themselves
10. Peter enjoyed ______ at his birthday party
last night.
【江苏宿迁】 A. he B. him C. himself D. his【中考链接】 我是一名八年级的学生，我和我们班的许多同学一样大，但是我没有他们强壮。我学习很努力，经常自学一些有用的东西。我能照顾我自己。每个星期天我邀请我的同学来我家，我告诉他们说，就像在自己家一样，请随便吃些东西吧。我们唱歌，跳舞，每次我们都玩得很开心。 Make a speechas old asnot as strong aslearn ... by oneself/ teach oneself ...look after oneselfhelp oneself to ...enjoy oneselfmake oneself just at homeGroup workHomework
1. Write down the speech.
2. Preview Integrated skills.
