Module 7
My past life
Unit 2
I was born in Quincy.
Guess
a room where you sleep at home
bedroom
a room where people can cook meals
kitchen
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a room where you sit or relax at home
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living room
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a room where people can take a bath
bathroom
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a place where you can buy things
store
a piece of land in front of or behind a house with flowers or grass
garden
Guess
Guess
a place where people can see movies
movie theatre
garden
tree
pond
bathroom
bedroom
living room
kitchen
Betty's house
My life in Quincy
By Betty King
a town on the
east coast of America
1.在美国的东海岸
2. 十二年前
3. 故居
4.很无聊
5.一个有许多树木的花园
6.期待做某事
7.美国总统
8.最后一次
Key points
9.回去
10.一个带有电视机的起居室
11.篮球队
12.我最喜欢的电影明星的图片
13.某一天
14.(对某人来说)做某事怎么样
15.有许多事情可以做
1.在美国的东海岸
2. 十二年前
3. 故居
4.很无聊
5.一个有许多树木的花园
6.期待做某事
7.美国总统
8.最后一次
on the east coast of America
twelve years ago
old family house
be bored
a garden with lots of trees
look forward to doing sth.
the president of the US
the last time
Key points
9.回去
10.一个带有电视机的起居室
11.篮球队
12.我最喜欢的电影明星的图片
13.某一天
14.(对某人来说)做某事怎么样
15.有许多事情可以做
go back
a living room with a TV
basketball team
pictures of my favourite movie stars
one day
It is/was+adj.+(for sb) +to do sth
There were lots of things to do.
Two presidents
John Quincy Adams
Born in 1735
Born in 1767
Two presidents
John Adams
1. Betty was/wasn’t happy when she was in Quincy.
2. Two/Three US presidents were born in Quincy.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
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.
Read paragraph 1 & 2, and answer the following questions.
1. Were there a lot of things to do?
Yes, there were.
What could she do?
2. Who were John Adam and John Quincy Adam?
They were two presidents of the US.
1. What was Betty’s house like?
2. How many rooms were there?
3. What was Betty’s bedroom like?
4. Was there a garden?
Six.
On her bedroom walls there were pictures of her favourite movie stars.
Yes, there was.
Read paragraph 3 & 4, and answer the following questions.
It was big and comfortable.
Read paragraph 5, and answer the following questions.
Were there lots of children?
2. When were the last time Betty was in
Quincy?
3. What is Betty looking forward to?
The last time she was there was in 2010.
She is looking forward to seeing her friends again.
Yes, there were.
Activity 4.Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
ago bored coast comfortable
east president store
Quincy is a small town on the _________, in the _______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 __________.
coast
east
presidents
ago
comfortable
stores
bored
There was a big living room with a TV, a
kitchen, a bathroom and three bedrooms.
有一个很大的起居室,里面有一台电视
机;此外还有一间厨房、一个卫生间和三
间卧室。
此句中的 with a TV 是介词短语,在句中
作定语,修饰 a big living room。
又如:
1. China is a country with a population of
1.3 billion.
中国是一个拥有13亿人口的国家。
2. I have a house with a swimming pool.
我有一座带游泳池的房子。
3. Our teachers is a woman with brown eyes.
我们老师是一位女老师,她有着一双褐色
的眼睛。
Writing
Activity 5 .Now join these
sentences with “with”.
Eg. 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.
2 There was a big garden. There were lots of trees.
3 There was a small lake . There were fish in it.
There was a big living room with a TV.
There was a big garden with lots of trees.
There was a small lake with fish in it.
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?
I was born in London in 1995. I was very happy there . My house was small but comfortable . My bedroom had blue walls with lots of posters. There were lots of things to do in London. It has many shops, parks and museums
Describe your past life with the
answers from Activity 6.
I was born in ...
小组讨论
练习一下
根据汉语和提示,完成句子。
1. This is our _________ (浴室) and that is a _________ (卧室) .
2. This is a _______ (花园) and that is a ___________ (客厅) .
3. This is a _____ (湖) and that is a river.
4. This is a new _____ (商店) and that is an old ___________________ (电影院) .
bathroom
bedroom
garden
living room
lake
store
movie theater/ theatre
5. I lived at the ____ _____ (东部海岸) ten
years _____ (以前).
6. Did their _________ (总统) live there
_____ (最近过去的) year?
7. Was your bed __________ (舒服的) ,
Lingling?
8. The man was _____ (厌倦的) the
computer games.
east coast
ago
president
last
comfortable
bored