《英语》（八年级下册）
Unit 5 Good manners
Grammar
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive” to describe a person’s personality and abilities;
2. use “to be + too + adjective + to –infinitive” to express a negative result.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: discussion, express, make everyone laugh, on her own, join the discussion, express himself clearly, all the main points, be busy with
2. New structures: You are old enough to learn about manners.
British people are too polite to shout loudly in public.
The UK is too far away for Jenny to go there on her own.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Learn to use “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive” to describe a person’s personality and abilities.
Learn to use “to be + too + adjective + to–infinitive” to express a negative result.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Using enough to
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
T: How do British people behave in public?
S: They’re polite enough to obey traffic rules.
They’re patient enough to wait till others move.
In the underground they’re kind enough to give up their seats for pregnant women, elderly people or women with children.
【设计意图：通过谈论英国人的礼貌行为，导入第一个语法点enough to的用法。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Design a two-day holiday in the UK
(1) Before leaving
“You are old enough to learn about good manners at home and abroad.”
(2) Day 1: visit Helen
What’s Helen like?
What did Helen do?
【设计意图：通过设计到英国的旅行，分别介绍两个语法点，第一天到朋友Helen家，自然引导出enough的用法。】
2. Introduce the structure
T: Can you find the similarity? They all have the structure “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive”. We can use the structure to describe a person’s personality and abilities.
【设计意图：寻找四个句子的相似点，列出语法结构。】
3. Words used to describe a person’s personality and abilities
4. Explain the use of enough
Step 3 Practice
1. Complete the conversation
T: Complete Jenny and Helen’s conversation, using “adjective + enough + to-infinitive”.
2. Look and say
T: Look at the pictures and describe them using “adjective + enough + to-infinitive”.
3. Make sentences
T: Suzy wants to tell her parents what she thinks about her friends. Help her make sentences using “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive”.
4. Complete the sentences
T: Complete the sentences by using the adjectives on the left and the phrases on the right.
【设计意图：在阶段练习中侧重了一些基础的语言点的检查，并且在第二组练习中加强了知识的综合运用能力，这样让学生阶梯式攀登，不知不觉掌握所学的语法。】
B Using too ... to
Step 1 Presentation
1. Day 2: visit London
T: On the second day, Helen showed me around London. On the street, I met many British people.
British people are polite. They don’t push in before others.
British people are gentle. They don’t shout or laugh loudly in public.
British people are patient. They don’t touch you or push past you if you’re in their way.
2. Rewrite the sentences with too ... to
T: We have another way to say the three sentences.
British people are too polite to push in before others.
British people are too gentle to shout or laugh loudly in public.
British people are too patient to touch you or push past you if you’re in their way.
T: Sometimes we need to add “for someone” before the to-infinitive.
The Big Ben is too far away. I can’t go there on my own.
= The Big Ben is too far away for me to go there on my own.
3. Work out the rule
We often use “to be + too + adjective + to infinitive” to express a negative result.
【设计意图：通过设计虚拟的英国的旅行，展示含有too ... to的句型，让学生感悟并推断出规律。】
Step 2 Practice
1. Complete the passage
T: Helen is introducing the places of interest in the UK. Please help her complete the introduction.
【设计意图：通过设计英国景点的介绍，适当练习too ... to句型，让学生在练习所学语法的同时，也了解英国的景点及其文化。】
2. Rewrite the sentences
T: The radio show is over. Millie wants to write about that in her diary. Help her rewrite the sentences with “to be + too + adjective +to –infinitive”.
3. Talk about the pictures
T: Talk about the pictures with “to be + too + adjective + to–infinitive”.
【设计意图：设计多项练习使不同层次的学生都有回答问题的机会，提高课堂参与度。】
Step 3 Extended learning
1. Jenny’s diary
T: Jenny has been back to China. Please complete her diary.
T: Pay attention to these two sentences. Can you think of another way to express them?
【设计意图：通过完成日记，练习本节课的语法，同时也延伸出语法间的转换关系。】
2. enough to/too ... to
He is not old enough to do the work.
= He is too young to do the work.
The problem is too difficult for me to work out.
= The problem isn’t easy enough for me to work out.
3. Complete the sentences
4. Complete the article
【设计意图：为不同层次的学生设计不同难度系数的练习，且练习颇具新意。可加宽学生的知识面，并促进他们思维能力的发展。】
5. Summary
V. Homework
1. Review the two sentence structures.
2. Try to use “enough to” and “too … to” to talk about your best friend’s personality and abilities.
课件32张PPT。Unit 5 Good manners Grammar the UK—a polite country
How do British people behave
in public?They’re polite enough to obey traffic rules.They’re patient enough to wait till others move.In the underground they’re kind enough to give up their seats for pregnant women, elderly people or women with children.After hearing my decision to visit the UK, my mother says to me:
You are old enough to learn about good manners at home and abroad.I visited my friend Helen.friendlygreet me with a kisseasy-goingstart the conversation with the weatherpolitesay “please” and “thank you” all the timeoutgoingshow me around her house
Helen was friendly enough to greet me with a kiss.Helen was easy-going enough to start the conversation with the weather.Helen was polite enough to say “please” and “thank you” all the time.Helen was outgoing enough to show me around her house.Helen is friendly enough to greet me with a kiss.Helen is easy-going enough to start the conversation with the weather.Helen is polite enough to say “please” and “thank you” all the time.Helen is outgoing enough to show me around the UK.Can you find the similarity?to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitiveWe can use the verb to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive to describe a person’s personality and abilities.the adjectives that can be used to describe a person’s personality and abilities, e.g.: He is old enough to go to school.Andy is strong enough to be a player.Examples:Complete Jenny and Helen’s conversation using “adjective + enough + to-infinitive”.Helen: Welcome to my home. I hope you’ll have a great holiday here.
Jenny: Thank you!
Helen: What a sunny day! It’s ____________ (足够好) travel around.
Jenny: Yes. I’m _____________ (非常幸运) travel around your
country on such fine weather.
Helen: I'll show you around London tomorrow. Tea or coffee?
Jenny: Coffee, please. Would you make coffee yourself when you are
at home?
Helen: Not very often. It's _____________________ (非常麻烦)
make coffee.
Jenny: I heard that in the Western countries, almost everyone likes coffee.
Helen: Yes. For us, coffee is more a living style rather than a simple drink.
fine enough tolucky enough totroublesome enough toAlice was small enough to go through the door.Lin Tao was brave enough to save his neighbour from a fire. look and sayMillie is patient enough to listen carefully when others speak.Sandy is careful enough to notice small changes around her.Activity 1Kitty is generous enough to share her things with others.Simon is polite enough to queue in public.Amy is funny enough to make everyone laugh after class. Complete the sentences by using the adjectives on the left and the phrases on the right.interesting
fast
generous
hard-workingto be the first of his class
to make me laugh
to share his things with others
to get good marks1. Is Mike generous?
Yes. He is ________ enough __________
________________.generous to share
his things with othersActivity 22. Is that story interesting?
Yes. It is __________ enough __________
_____.
3. Is he good at swimming?
Yes. He is ___ enough ______________
__________.
4. Is Alice very hard-working?
Yes. She is ____________ enough ______
__________________.interesting to make me
laugh fast to be the first of his classhard-working to
get good marksinteresting
fast
hard-workingto be the first of his class
to make me laugh
to get good marksHelen showed me around London.politegentlepatientpush in before othersshout or laugh loudly in publictouch you or push past you if you’re in their waypolitegentlepatientpush in before othersshout or laugh loudly in publictouch you or push past you if you’re in their wayBritish people are too polite to push in before others.British people are too gentle to shout or laugh loudly in public.British people are too patient to touch you or push past you if you’re in their way.Sometimes we need to add for someone
before the to-infinitive. I can’t go
there on my own.
Big Ben is too far away for me to go there on my own. We often use “to be + too + __________ (adjective, adverb) + to infinitive” to express a negative result. adjectiveHelen is introducing the places of interest in London:Big Ben is one of London‘s best-known landmarks, and looks most special at night when the clock’s faces are shiny. Big Ben is ____________________. The four faces of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Big Ben is ______________________, and also the clock tower has served to symbolize the continued functioning of the British government, especially in wartime. A trip to London is incomplete without a look at the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the front of the Buckingham Palace. The tourists are ___________________________ of the most interesting and colorful ceremony in London.
too famous for us to misstoo excellent to stop working too excited to stop taking photostoo famous for us to misstoo excellent to stop workingtoo excited to stop taking photos Suzy was too shy to join the discussion.Simon was too excited to express himself clearly.Peter was too slow to write down all the main points.Amy was too careless to take her hat with her when she left.Kitty was too busy with her dancing lessons to listen to the radio.Activity 1The tea is too hot for me to drink now.teahotTalk about the picturesActivity 2Expensive! Buy?The car is too expensive for him to buy. Dear diary,
I went to the UK last week. I still felt excited. I’m ___________ (young) visit the UK alone. My friend Helen showed me around and we really had a great time. We visited Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. Big Ben is _______________ (famous) attract so many tourists around the world. Buckingham Palace has been the home of the queen since 1837. I find British people are really polite. They’re _____________ (polite) say “please” and “thank you” all the time. It's a pity that I was not ____________ (free) visit the British Museum. I hope I can visit it next time I go to the UK.famous enough totoo young topolite enough tofree enough toJenny’s diaryJenny’s diaryDear diary,
I went to the UK last week. I still felt excited. I’m too young to go to the UK alone. My friend Helen showed me around and we really had a great time. We visited Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. Big Ben is famous enough to attract so many tourists around the world. Buckingham Palace has been the home of kings and queens for a long time. I find British people are really polite. They’re polite enough to say “please” and “thank you” all the time.
I’m not free enough to visit the British Museum. I hope I can go there soon.I’m not old enough to go to the UK alone.I’m too busy to visit the British Museum.enough to与 too … to的转换
Attention!Examples:● He is not old enough to do the work. ＝He is too young to do the work.● The problem is too difficult for me to work out. ＝The problem isn’t easy enough for me to work out.Complete the sentencesThe boy is short.
He can’t reach the buttons of the lift.
= The boy is ____ short ___ _____ the
buttons of the lift.
= The boy isn’t ___ _______ _____ _____
the buttons of the lift.too to reachPracticeComplete the article and know some manners about travelling in France.Eating:While eating in a restaurant, Frenchmen are ______________ (polite) treat the waiters with respect. They’re also ______________ (generous) show their compliments on dishes if
the food is tasty. They'll ask to be excused at the end of the meal. Tradition: Visiting a French home:When people go visit someone else's home, they will expect a house tour and few things like that. Anyway, Frenchmen take you directly to the guest area and spend the time there. If Frenchmen are invited for dinner, they are _____________(friendly) go empty handed. They’ll buy wine, chocolates or flowers.generous enough totoo friendly topolite enough toLooking at people is uncommon in some countries but French people
are ___________ (curious) look at others. They love to watch
and that is why they keep their fashion updated. While in France,
you shouldn't be _________(shy) look at their watches, shoes or
whatever they wear. French people like to be looked at! curious enough to
too shy to1. … (not) old enough to do …
young
polite
carelessly
busy …
2. … too old to do …
young
polite
carelessly
busy …Summaryto describe a person’s personality and abilitiesto express a negative resultReview the two sentence structures.
Try to use “enough to” and “too … to”
to talk about your best friend’s
personality and abilities. HomeworkThank you!
