Unit 5 Lesson 15
My Favourite Teacher
Who are your favourite teachers?
What are they like?
Why are they your favoutite teachers?
Brainstorm
Read the four sentences and predict what the interview is about.
It may be about his teacher and him.
Bre-reading
He often forgot to do his homework and didn’t do well in tests.
1. How did Chen Cheng do in his junior high school at first?
She asked Chen Cheng to go to her office.
2. What did Mrs Tang do like other teachers?
Reading
Read the interview again and answer the questions.
She respected him.
3. How did Mrs Tang change Chen Cheng?
It was special for Chen Cheng because he remembers the story. It wasn’t special for Mrs Tang because she doesn’t remember it.
4. Was this memory special for Chen Cheng? Was it for Mrs Tang? Why?
Reading
Listen to the interview. You can read after it.
Listening
Make a dialogue according to the passage or act out the dialogue in Lesson 15.
Work in pairs
Who is Chen Cheng’s favourite teacher?
2. How did Chen Cheng do in his junior high
school at first?
3. How did Mrs. Tang change Chen Cheng?
Ask and answer
was forgot
did thought
brought began
told came
is / am
forget
do
think
bring
begin
tell
come
Write the base form of the past tense verbs.
Writing
Read the sentences from the interview.
1. … the famous young writer, was back after 17 years.
2. I often forgot to do my homework and didn’t do well in tests …
3. “I’m in trouble again,” I thought.
4. She brought me a chair …
5. Then I began to open my heart and hear her words.
6. I told her the story.
7. A new Chinese teacher came to his class.
Write the underlined words in the correct columns.
/?/ /d?/
television , usually
John’s, jacket, dangerous, jump
Prounciation
Language points
1. pay v. 付出;付费 (过去式是paid)
He paid me five yuan.
他付了我五元钱。
We pay 35 yuan for each ticket.
我们每张票付35元。
Shall I pay for you?
我替你付款好吗?
Notes
spend, cost 和 pay的用法区别?
1)?spend的主语必须是人,?常用于以下结构:?spend?time?/money?on?sth.?在…上花费时间(金钱)
I?spent?two?hours?on?this?maths?problem.?
这道数学题花了我两个小时。??
spend?time?/?money?(in)?doing?sth.?花费时间(金钱)做某事
They?spent?two?years?(in)?building?this?bridge.?
造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
Notes
2)?cost的主语是物或某种活动,?还可以表示“值”。?常见用法如下:??
sth.?costs?(sb.)?+金钱
某物花了(某人)多少钱
A?new?computer?costs?a?lot?of?money.
?买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。??
(doing)?sth.?costs?(sb.)?+时间
某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间Remembering?these?new?words?cost?him?a?lot?of?time.?
他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。?
Notes
3) pay的基本用法是:
pay?(sb.)?money?for?sth.?付钱(给某
人)买……
pay?for?sth.?付……的钱
pay some money to do sth. 花钱做某
事
pay off 偿还;还清(债务等)
pay a visit (to some place) 访问某地
pay attention to sth. /doing sth. 注意某事(做某事)
Notes
Do workbook page 95, Exs.1, 2 and 4.
Homework