Unit
8
Celebrating
Me!
Lesson44
Teaching
Content
1.Mastery
words
and
expressions:
nobody,
return,
continue,
and
continue
doing.
2.Oral
words
and
expressions:
Georgia,
Greece,
Greek,
junior,
Teaching
Aims
1.Learn
the
foreign
culture.
2.Cultivate
the
students'
interests
of
learning
English.
Important
Points
Introduce
one's
hobbies,
talents
and
virtues.
Difficult
Points
Show
encourage
to
sb.
Teaching
Preparation
Flashcards.
Teaching
Aids
1.Multimedia,
flashcards.
2.Type
of
lesson:
new
lesson.
Teaching
Procedure
Ⅰ.Talk
about
the
subject
in
this
unit:
celebrating
me.
In
this
unit
we
will
find
one's
talents.
Why
are
we
different
from
others?
Georgia
will
give
a
report
to
the
class
to
show
his
talents
to
the
others.
Ⅱ.Come
to
“THINK
ABOUT
IT”.
Let
the
students
answer
the
questions:
Do
you
have
basketball
teams
in
your
school?
What
makes
you
unique
in
your
school?
Talk
with
the
partners
for
a
while.
Then
let
some
students
come
to
the
front
and
share
their
ideas
with
the
others.
Ⅲ.Listen
to
the
material.
Ask
the
students
to
do
the
exercise
1
in
the
student
book.
Ⅳ.Have
a
further
discussion
about.
Ask
the
students:
Where
does
she
come
from?
How
long
has
she
been
in
Canada?
Where
do
her
grandparents
live?
What
does
her
sister
do?
What
is
her
dream?
Ⅴ.Ask
the
students
to
read
the
text
again.
Then
the
students
retell
something
about
Georgia.
Let
them
try.
Ⅵ.Come
to
the
language
points:
1.I
was
born
there.我在那里出生.
born是动词bear的过去分词.be
born出生;诞生.be动词通常用was或were.当表示出生日期或出生在某地时,后面可以接介词in或on.
He
was
born
on
May
2,1980.他出生于1980年五月2日.
They
were
all
born
in
Japan.他们都出生在日本.
拓展:
与be
born相关的短语:
(1)be
born+adj.
n.,
意为“身为…人”.
She
was
born
lucky.她生来就很幸运.
(2)be
born
to
do意为“生来注定…”.
She
was
born
to
succeed
in
life.她生来注定会成功.
(3)be
born
of意为“因…产生”.
This
invention
was
born
of
need.这项发明是因需要而产生的.
2.I've
been
in
Canada
seven
and
a
half
years.我在加拿大待了七年半的时间了.
seven
and
a
half
years
表示“七年半”,也可以表达为“seven
years
and
a
half”.
英语中,如果要表达“…半”时,有两种方法:“基数词+and+
a
half+名词复数”和“基数词+名词+and
+a
half”.试比较:
两个半小时
two
and
a
ha1hours.
two
hours
and
a
half.
4.5千克
four
and
a
half
kilos.
four
kilos
and
a
half.
拓展:
Half
adj.“一半的,半个的”,可直接修饰名词,这个名词既可以是复数,也可以是单数.
例如:
Half
the
apples
are
bad.这些苹果中有一半是坏的.
Half
the
apple
is
bad.这个苹果一半是坏的.
Half
n.
“一半,半”,是可数名词,其复数形式是halves.
注意:“half
+名词”或“half
of+名词”做主语时,谓语动词的单、复数形式由所接名词的单、复数形式来决定,名词是中心词.
例如:
Half
(of)
the
oranges
are
bad.一半的桔子坏了.
Half
(of)
the
car
was
damaged.那辆车有一半被损坏了.
3.But
she
sometimes
returns
to
Greece
to
play
for
Greek
Basketball
Team.
但是她有时候回到希腊,为希腊篮球队打球.
句中return作不及物动词,意为“回,返回”,接地点名词时要加to,相当于go
back,
get
back.
Mr.
White
will
return
to
London
next
week.
怀特先生下周要回到伦敦.
He
returned
to
school
at
9:00
last
night.
他昨晚九点回学校的.
另外,return还可以用作及物动词,意思是“归还”,相当于give…back.
If
you
haven't
brought
your
ruler,
you
can
use
mine.
But
please
give
it
back
soon.如果你没带尺子,你可以用我的.但请尽快归还.
4.When
I
was
in
Grade
Six,
I
played
for
the
junior
high
basketball
team.
当我在六年级的时候,我在初中篮球队里打球.
a
junior作形容词时,意为“初级的;较年幼的”,其反义词为senior,表示“高级的;较年长的”.
a
junior
high
school初级中学;初中a
senior
high
school高级中学;高中.
5.Once,
we
played
against
a
team
from
another
city.
曾经,我们和来自另一个城市的球队打比赛.
play
against意为“与……进行比赛”.
against是介词,“与…竞争;与…对阵”.
例如:
We
often
play
against
the
teams
from
other
schools.
我们经常与来自其他学校的球队比赛.
If
you
compete
against
someone
in
a
game,
you
try
to
beat
them.
如果在比赛中你和某人竞争,你要尽力打败他们.
拓展:
“反对”“违背”,其反义词为for.如果表示“强烈反对”,一般与副词strongly搭配.
例如:
They
are
strongly
against
the
idea.他们强烈反对这个意见.
表示位置,意为“靠着”、“倚在”、“顶着”等.
例如:
The
teacher's
desk
is
against
the
wall.老师的办公桌靠墙放着.
6.The
score
was
fifty-one
to
foifty0one.比分是51:51.
score在此处作名词,意为“(比赛)得分;(考试)分数”.
拓展:
score还可以用作动词,意为“(比赛中)得分”.
Yao
Ming
scored
twenty
goals
before
half
time.姚明在上半场进了20个球.
Mr.
Liu
will
score
in
the
test.刘先生要在这次测验中计分.
相关短语:
in
scores大量地,大批地
scores
of许多,大量。
I
have
been
there
scores
of
times.我已去过那儿很多次了.
7.A
player
on
my
team
passed
me
the
ball.我队里的一个队员把球传给了我.
在本句中,pass后面接的是双宾语,即pass
sb.
sth.,
意为“把某物传给某人”,也可以把双宾语的位置交换,但这时需要在指人的宾语前加介词to即pass
sth.
to
sb.如果东西是代词时,只能说pass
it/them
to
sb.与pass用法相同的动词还有give,
show,
send等.
Show
us
your
photos.——Show
your
photos
to
us.把你的相片给我们看看.
Danny
sent
me
a
letter.
——Danny
sent
a
letter
to
me.丹尼寄给了我一封信.
Can
you
pass
me
the
book?
——Can
you
pass
the
book
to
me?
你能把那本书递给我吗?
I
want
to
read
that
story
book.
Please
pass
it
to
me.
我想读那本故事书.请递给我.
相关短语:
pass
by经过pass
through穿过,贯穿,通过.
A
car
passed
by
just
a
moment
ago.一辆小汽车刚开过去.
The
train
passed
through
a
tunnel.火车穿过了隧道.
8.I'd
like
to
go
to
university
and
study
PE.我想上大学学习体育.
University
n
“综合性大学”,复数为universities,单数前用不定冠词a.
He
is
studying
at
a
university
now.现在他在一所大学读书.
辨析:
college与university.
(1)college指专科大学或学院,常泛指大学.
(2)university表示由一个或多个college组合而成.
9.The
game
was
almost
over.比赛几乎要结束了.
almost是副词,意为“几乎;差不多”,同义词为nearly.
Supper
is
almost
ready.晚饭就要做好了.
Almost
no
one
believed
him.几乎没有一个人相信他.
辨析:almost与
nearly.
(1)这两个词意思相近,肯定句中可以换用.一般来说almost的差距比nearly小.因此,在差一刻开午饭时,可以说:It's
nearly
lunch
time.快开午饭了.
在差5分的时候,可以说:It's
almost
lunch
time.马上要开午饭了.
(2)almost能和never,
no,
none,
nothing,
nobody,
nowhere,
too等连用,而nearly则不能.
That
was
almost
too
little.那几乎太少了.
(3)nearly可与not连用,not
nearly是“远不如''的意思;但almost不和not单独连用.
(4)almost和nearly都可用在行为动词的否定式前.
He
almost(或nearly)didn't
hear
what
I
said,他几乎没听清我说什么.
(5)be
over的意思是“结束,完结”.
Class
is
over.下课了.
10.My
dream
is
to
play
basketball
in
the
Olympics.我的梦想是在奥运会上打篮球.
to
play
basketball
是动词不定式作表语,动词不定式由to+动词原形构成.这里的to是不定式标志,没有词义.
不定式作表语表示具体动作或将来动作.例如:
My
idea
is
to
start
work
at
once.我的想法是马上开始工作.
拓展:
动词不定式做主语时,句子的谓语动词常用单数,其位置有以下两种:
(1)把不定式置于句首.如:
To
get
there
by
bike
will
take
us
half
an
hour.骑自行车到那将花费我们半小时.
(2)用it作形式主语,把真正的主语不定式置于句后,常用于下列句式中.
It
takes
sb.+
some
time
+to
do
sth.做某事花费某人…(时间).例如:
It
will
take
us
half
an
hour
to
get
there
by
bike.
It+be+形容词+for
sb.+to
do
sth.对于某个人来说,做某事是….例如:
It
is
very
difficult
for
us
to
finish
the
work.对于我们来说,完成工作是很困难的.
11.I
want
to
continue
taking
PE.我想继续参加体育运动.
continue是动词,意为“继续,连续”,与go
on可互换.go
on普通用词,多用于口语中,而continue较正式.
例如:
Go
on,
please.请说下去.
Continue
doing
sth.继续做某事或中断后再继续这件事.
例如:After
finishing
my
homework,
I
continue
helping
my
mother
with
housework.
(做一件事中断后再继续做这件事,原来在帮妈妈做家务,然后写作业)写完作业继续帮妈妈做家.
Continue
to
do
sth.是做完一件再做别的事情.
例如:After
finishing
my
homework,
I
continue
to
help
my
mother
with
housework.
写完作业后帮妈妈做家务.
Ⅶ.Come
to
“LET'S
DO
IT”.
Divide
the
class
into
several
groups.
What
makes
you
unique?
Think
about
the
other
members
and
share
your
ideas.
Ⅷ.Homework。
1.Finish
off
the
activity
book.
2.Go
on
the
next
reading
in
the
student
book.
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