Unit 4 After-School Activities 
Lesson 20 Join Our Club 
七年级下册 
Learning Aims 
1. Master the new words, phrases and sentences. 
2. Learn to talk about Weekend Activities. 
3. Learn the usage of “be going to …”. 
Clubs 
cooking club 
chemistry club 
Clubs 
robot club 
math club 
Clubs 
physics club 
music club 
Clubs 
art club 
astronomy club 
What’s your hobby? Did you join any clubs? What clubs do you have at your school? And what do you think of these clubs? Let’s listen, read and talk. 
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Think about these questions before reading the text. 
1. Where do you meet if you want to join the Acting Group? 
2. When do you meet if you want to join the Swim Team? 
 Chess Club 
 Do you want to improve your thinking skills? Do you want to make new friends? Join our chess club! Chess challenges you and makes you think hard. You will learn and have fun at the same time. 
 Club meetings are going to start next week. Join us after school 
on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Room 288. 
 Acting Group 
 Acting is fun and useful. You can meet lots of new people and improve your social skills. We do lots of role play games in our classes. 
 Everyone can enjoy acting. Join our club and be a star! We meet at the school theatre every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 
 Hope to see you there! 
 Swim Team 
 Swimming isn't just fun - it's also good exercise! You can stay in shape and have a good time. 
 We have lessons for all different levels. We meet after school and on weekends. 
 Join us today or stop by the pool to learn more. 
1. Where do you meet if you want to join the Acting Group? 
2. When do you meet if you want to join the Swim Team? 
Think about these questions before reading the text. 
At the school theatre. 
We meet after school and on weekends. 
Do you want to make new friends? 
你想交新朋友吗? 
make friends为固定搭配,意为“交朋友”,friend要用复数形式friends; 
表示“和某某交朋友时” make friends 后要加介词with;同义短语为be friends with。 
would like 
make noise 
制造噪音 
make a face做鬼脸 
make money赚钱 
make progress取得进步 
Join our chess club! 
加入我们的象棋俱乐部。 
 
join v. 参加 
e.g. 
I want to join the English club. 
表示加入某个组织或团体,并成为其中一个成员 
join 
+组织 
表示加入某人的行列,和某人一起 
sb. 
表示“参加某项活动”,相当于take part in,两者可以互换 
join in+活动 
Chess challenges you and makes you think hard. 
象棋挑战你,并且让你思考。 
make sb. do sth.意为“让某人做某事”,后跟省略to 的动词不定式作宾语补足语; 
其否定形式make sb. not do sth. 意为“让某人不要做某事”。 
其他可以省to不定式作宾语补足语的动词: 
sb. do sth. 
let 
have 
hear 
see 
watch 
feel 
make为使役动词,常见用法还有: 
1.make sb. /sth. +adj. 意为“让某人/某物……” 
e.g. 
The teacher makes us very happy when we are having classes. 
2.make+ sb. + n. 意为“使某人成为……,让某人当……” 
e.g. 
We’d like to make Li Ming our monitor. 
1. Listen to the statements and match the people with the clubs they want to join. 
Li Lin 
Zhang Lei 
Wang Tao 
Acting Group 
Swim Team 
Chess Club 
2 Read the lesson and fill in the table. 
Club Name 
What is good about this club? 
Club Meeting Days 
Chess Club 
Acting Group 
Swim Team 
improve thinking skills, 
make friends 
Tuesdays and Thursdays 
meet lots of new people, improve your social skills 
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 
stay in shape and have a good time 
after school and on weekends 
3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box. 
join pool swim skill level 
1.A: It’s so hot today. Let’s go ___________! 
 B: Yeah. That’s a great idea! 
2. A: I am going out for dinner with some friends. Would you like to _______ us? 
 B: Yes, I’d love to. 
3. She can sing, dance, cook and draw. She has many __________. 
4. His English is very good. He is at a high ______. 
5. There is a __________ near my house. I like to go swimming there. 
swimming 
skills 
join 
level 
pool 
4 Work in groups. Discuss the questions below and present your answers to the class. 
What clubs do you have at your school? 
What clubs do you want to have at your school? Why? 
Look and say. 
A: What club do you want to join? 
B: I want to join the music club. 
A: Why? 
B: Because I like singing. 
Look and say. 
A: What club do you want to join? 
B: I want to join the cooking club. 
A: Why? 
B: Because I like cooking. 
Look and say. 
A: What club do you want to join? 
B: I want to join the math club. 
A: Why? 
B: Because it can improve my thinking skills. 
What about you? 
What club do you want to join and why? 
Words: 
 join, improve, skill, meeting, act, useful, role, team, shape, level, pool 
Sentences: 
Do you want to make new friends? 
Join our chess club! 
Chess challenges you and makes you think hard. 
根据汉语提示完成句子 
1. I am a basketball player in our school ________ (队). 
2. They are swimming in the swimming ________ (池). 
3. The pool was in the ________ (形状) of a heart. 
4. Don't just sit watching television—make yourself ________ (有用的)! 
5. The ________ (标准) of food is the hot topic. 
team 
pool 
shape 
useful 
level 
用方框中所给词(词组)的适当形式填空 
 
1. She keeps running in the morning to . 
2. We will play basketball. Why not us? 
3. The twins get to school every day. 
4. Is here? Let’s begin the class. 
at the same time, stay in shape, everyone, join 
stay in shape 
join 
at the same time 
everyone 
根据汉语意思完成句子 
1. 但是我想和他交朋友。 
But I want to ________ ________ ________ him. 
2. 他们处于不同的层次。 
They are in ________ ________. 
3. 希望再次见到你! 
Hope ________ ________ you again! 
4. 互联网在人们的工作和生活中起着重要的作用。 
The Internet ________ an important ________ in people's work and life. 
5. 让所有人同时聚在一起是不可能的。 
It's impossible to get everybody together ________ ________ ________ ________. 
make friends with 
different levels 
to see 
plays role 
at the same time 
1. Review and recite the important points of Lesson 20. 
2. Make conversations with your partner about clubs.