My past life
Unit 2
I was born in Quincy.
Work in pairs, ask and answer.
Questions I My friend
Where was/were…born? A village named Fafu A city called Guilin
When was/were…born? 2001 2000
Who was…first teacher? Mr Zhao Mr Zhao
What was/were…like? Lazy good
bathroom
bedroom
garden
living room
east
coast
ago
store
n.浴室
n.卧室
n.花园
客厅
n.东方
n.海岸
adv.以前
n.商店
movie theater
bored
president
/??????????/
comfortable
/?????????/
lake
last
电影院
adj.厌烦的
n.总统
adj.舒适的
n.湖
adj.过去的
Label the picture.
bathroom
bedroom
garden
Kitchen
living room
garden
living room
bedroom
bathroom
kitchen
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的人口是百万富翁。1922年,该镇一批具有投资
眼光的烟草农夫买进可口可乐股票。如今,昆西
居民持有的75%万股可口可乐股票,90年的时间
里整整涨了2821倍。并且一直坚持不卖,几乎靠
着每年的分红而成了百万富翁。
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When and where were they born?
My life in Quincy By Betty King
2.Read the passage and choose the
correct answer.
I was born in Quincy, a town on the east coast of America, twelve years ago. There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with many stores, two movie theaters, football clubs and basketball teams too. I wasn’t bored in Quincy. I was very happy there.
1.Betty was/wasn’t happy when she was in
Quincy.
Two presidents of the US, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, were born in Quincy. You can visit their old family houses.
Our house was big and comfortable. There
was a big living room with a TV, a kitchen,
a bathroom and three bedrooms. On my
bedroom walls there were pictures of my
favourite movie stars.
2.Two /Three US presidents were born
in Quincy.
3.There were/weren’t pictures on Betty’s
bedroom walls.
4 .There was/wasn’t a small lake in the
garden.
5. Betty was/wasn’t in Quincy last year.
Behind the house, there was a big garden with lots of trees and there was a small lake with fish in it. It was great to play there.
There were lots of children in Quincy. Many of them were my friends. This was our last home in the US and I was there for the last time in 2010. One day I’ll go back, and I’m looking forward to seeing my friends again.
It was great to play there.
在那里玩真是太开心了。
“It’s+形容词+动词不定式” 结构
It’s easy to say but it’s hard to do.
It’s comfortable to watch TV in a sofa.
It’s funny to watch Micky mouse.
There was a big living room with a TV.
I often go shopping with my friends.
We look up words with dictionaries.
with 的一词多义
词语辨析
bored---boring tired---tiring
interested---interesting excited--exciting
1.I’m__________in the__________story.
2.The match is so_________, I feel very
__________.
3.The old man was too _________to
walk any more.
bored/tired/interested/excited意为“感到…的”用人做主语boring/tiring/interesting/exciting
意为“令人…的”,用事或物做主语。
interested
interesting
exciting
excited
tired
1. Were there a lot of things to do?
2. Was anyone famous born there?
3. Who were they?
4. What was Betty's house like?
3. Answer the question.
Yes, there were.
Two presidents of the US were
born there.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams .
It was big and comfortable.
5. How many rooms were there?
6. What was Betty’s bedroom like?
7. Was there a garden?
8. Were there lots of children?
Five .
On the bedroom walls there were
pictures of her favourite movie stars.
Yes, there was.
Yes, there were.
3. Answer the question.
?
Quincy is a small town on the (1)_________
in the(2)_______of the US. John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams,both __________
of the US, were born in Quincy. Betty was also born there twelve years______. She lived in a ___________ house with several rooms. There was lots to do there, with many
_________, so Betty wasn’t _________.
4 Complete the passage.
ago bored coast comfortable
east president store
coast
east
presidents
ago
comfortable
stores
bored
Now join these sentences with “with”.
5 Look at the sentences.
There were lots of things to do in Quincy.
There were many stores …
There were lots of things to do in Quincy
with many stores …
1 There was a big living room.
There was a TV.
There was a big living room with a TV.
Writing
2 There was a big garden.
There were lots of trees.
3 There was a pond .
There were fish in it.
There was a big garden with lots of trees.
There was a pond with fish in it.
Look at the passage in Activity 2
again and check.
Now join these sentences with “with”.
6. Answer the questions.
1. When and where were you born?
2. Were you happy there?
3. What was your house like?
4. What was your bedroom like?
5. Were there lots of things to do?
7. Describe your past life with the
answers from Activity 6.
Key phrases
我过去的生活
出生于…
在…东海岸
无聊的
带电视的客厅
干某事太好了
他们中的许多
盼望做某事
1. The programme is________. I feel
________.
A. boring, bored B. bored, boring
2. Miss Zhou, together with her students
_________going to have a picnic.
A. is B. are C. will be
3. ________not easy to climb the hill.
A. Its B. It C. It’s
4.There are lots of children there, one of
________is my little sister.
A. theirs B. them C. they
Homework
1. Read Passage 2 in Unit 2 skilly.
2. Write a short passage to show
your hometown.
3. Additional exercises.
Thank you!