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Do you have any dreams?
What are they?
I want to be a teacher / scientist / doctor / dancer / painter and so on.
These are all excellent dreams
Excellent / 'eks?l?nt / adj. 优秀的;杰出的;好极了;棒极了
Great is better than good and excellent is better than great. (excellent →great →good)
职业
+ er teacher worker singer
+ ist scientist artist
+ or actor tailor
+ man / woman policeman businessman
I love singing.
Her dream is ___________
to be a singer
What is her dream ?
文:When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being an opera singer. (梦想成为…)
What does she use as a microphone ? n. 麦克风;话筒
文:I often sang with my hair brush as my microphone.
How does she learn singing ?
文: I taught myself (自学) by listening to the radio and watching TV programs. /'pr?ugr?m/ n. 节目;程序;方案;计划
tell jokes 讲笑话 ? play jokes on sb. 和某人开玩笑
Mark Twain liked to?play?jokes?on?his friends
confident / 'k?nfid?nt / adj. 自信的
be confident of / have confident in 对什么有信心
What did Cathy say to herself ?
文:Maybe I’m not good enough to be a singer.
主 + be + adj. + enough to do sth. 某人足够…而能做某事
他个儿挺高。 He is __________
tall enough.
他足够强壮去抬起那个箱子。
He is ____________ to lift the box.
strong enough
enough应放在所修饰的形容词后面。
我们有足够的水喝。
We have ______________to drink.
enough water
我们没有足够的时间做这件事
We don’t have_______________ to do this.
enough time
enough 作形容词用,通常放在所修饰的名词之前。
How did the teacher encourage Cathy to take part in the show ?
文:Your voice sounds beautiful. Believe in yourself.
voice /v?is/ n. 嗓音
believe in sb. 相信某人;信任某人
believe sb. 相信某人说的话
I don’t believe him because I don’t believe in him.
How did Cathy feel when she stood on the big stage ? stage /steid? / n. 舞台
文:I felt my heart beating so fast.
heart /ha:t / n. 心;心脏
beat /bi:t / 跳动;敲打
What made Cathy began to relax slowly ?
slowly /'sl?uli / adv. 慢慢地
文:I saw my teacher smiling and my friends waving at me.
wave at sb. 向某人挥手
1. My brother dreams ___ being a famous actor when he grows up.
A at B in C to D of
2. Is the girl good enough ___ a dancer?
A become B becoming
C to become D became
3. At that time, the boy felt his hands ___ because he was so nervous.
A shake B to shake
C shaking D shook
4. Brian learns Chinese by ___ a lot of books.
A read B reads C reading D to read
1.D 2.C 3.C 4.C
If?you?can?dream?it,?you?can?do?it. 有梦者事竟成。(沃特)
Great hopes make great men.
伟大的理想造就伟大的人。
(托马斯·富勒 )
No matter how clever you are or what a wonderful dream you have, you must work hard to achieve it.
Homework
Write something about your dream, what will you like to be; the reason why you like doing that. 60-80 words to describe what you have done.