课件21张PPT。Unit 8 More practiceLead inDo you like collecting stamps?
The most famous rare and expensive stamp is the 1856 British Guiana, 1 cent, 'Black on Magenta'. It is considered to be worth as much as US$ 3 million today but has not been sold since 1980 when it went for US$ 1 m. The other contender for most expensive stamp is the 1855 Swedish Treskilling Banco Yellow, which sold in 1996 for
US$ 2.3 million.What is the most expensive postage stamp in the world?
邮费;邮资已付邮戳A Read the article and answer the questions below.
Collecting stamps is educational!
Yesterday was show and Tell Day
at Daniel’s school.
Daniel was the first student to
speak. He showed his classmates
an old stamp.
“My father gave me this first stamp ,”said
Daniel. “It has a picture of an old Chinese
stone bridge on it. This made me more
interested in Chinese culture. Soon I started
to look for more stamps with interesting
pictures.”
“Now I have over 100 stamps,” said Daniel.
“I learnt a lot about our country and its great
culture from the stamps! Collecting stamps
is really educational.”
“That was a great talk. Thank you, Daniel.”
said the teacher.1.What did Daniel show his classmates?
2.What made Daniel more interested in Chinese culture?He showed his classmates an old stamp.His first stamp with a picture of an old
Chinese stone bridge.3.What did Daniel learn from the stamps?
4.What does Daniel think of collecting stamps?
He learnt a lot about China and its great
culture from the stamps.He thinks that it is really educational.1.He showed his classmates an old stamp.
show sth to sb=show sb sth意为“把某物展示给某人看”。例如:
如果有法国来的信,请拿给我看看。
If there’s a letter from France, please show it to me.
其他搭配:be on show 在展览中
talk show 脱口秀;访谈节目
show sb around 领着某人参观
Language points2.This made me more interested in Chinese
culture.
make (v.)有以下几种意思:
(1)做;制造
Many cell phones are made in this factory.
(2)和表示动作的名词连用,表示动作或活动
make a study of= study; make use of= use
(3)使(做);使(成为)
The boss makes us work day and night.
The whole class made Tom our monitor.????????? He made it a rule to get up at six every
morning.(规定)3. Soon I started to look for more stamps with interesting pictures.start v.(动词)词型变化: started; started; starting; starts start doing sth/ start to do sth 开始做某事
例如:
她笑了起来。
She started laughing.= She started to laugh.4.I learnt a lot about our country and its great
culture from the stamps!
learn about sth from是指从某个地方或者从某
人身上学到关于……的知识。例如:
我从爸爸那里学到了许多历史知识。
I learnt a lot about history knowledge from
my father.
5. Collecting stamps is really educational and
fun.”
collecting stamps 是一个名词性的短语,可做句子的主语。动词+ing组成动名词词组放句首做主语的情况有很多。例如:
学习英语是很有必要的。
Learning English is very necessary.
(动名词作主语, 谓语动词用单数) 1.Daniel was the ______(one) student to speak. 2.He ______(show) his classmates an old stamp. = He ______(show) an old stamp to his classmates 3.It ______(have) a picture of an old Chinese stone bridge on it.firstshowedshowedExercises: 用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。has4. This _______(make) me more
interested in Chinese culture.
5. Soon I _______(start) to look for more
stamps with interesting pictures.
6. I _______(learn) a lot about our country
and its great culture from the stamps!
7. _______(collect) stamps is really
educational.
madestartedlearntCollectingCulture corner
Postcards
We can learn a lot about a place, its history and
culture from a postcard and the stamp on it.
In 2005, some postcard collectors from different
countries started a project. First, they created a
webside. Then people from all over the world could
join and become members. The members send
each other postcards. As a result, they make new
friends and learn about the cultures and history of
different countries.
Do you have any postcards? In groups, introduce
your favourite one to your classmates.ProjectA survey about free time activities
How do students usually spend their free
time? In this project, you will carry out a
survey to find out. Then you will write a
report on it.
A In groups of four, add two more
questions to the survey form below.SURVEY
1 What do you usually do in your free time?
read
collect stamps
play football
listen to music
go swimming
Other activities:___________________
2 Are you a member of any school clubs?
Yes___ No___
(If “no”, why not ? _) B Interview your classmates to
find out their answers to the questions in the survey form.
C Write a short report about the results of the survey. Follow the example.
We asked 40 students about their free time activities. Here are the results:
Fifteen students usually read in their free time. Ten students play football. Five students collect stamps. Another 10 students listen to Music.
Twenty-five students are members of school clubs. Fifteen students are not.Exercise 1: 根据首字母提示补全单词。1. If this book teaches you a lot, we can say
it is e_______.
2. The cartoon is very i_______. The children enjoy it very much.
3. John likes China very much and he
is going to learn more about Chinese
c_______.
4. People usually put a s________ on an
envelope(信封) with a letter before they send it.ducationalnterestingulturetampExercise 2: 选择最佳答案填空。( )1. My grandfather was born in 1940. He
is _______ 70 years old now.
A. over B. less
C. more D. really
( )2. This movie made me ________.
A. to cry B. cry
C. cried D. crying
( )3. It is _______ first time for me to go
abroad. I'm so excited.
A. a B. the C. 不填 D. thatABB( )4. Jerry started _______ a letter to his
father.
A. to write B. write
C. wrote D. written
( )5. -- What is Kelly doing? She seems
very nervous.
-- She is _______ her purse.
A. looking up B. looking after
C. looking for D. looking overAC