丹阳市吕城初级中学 陈莉

terrible

The room looks __________.terrible

pipe ceiling

Look and learn

shelf

repair

He is __________ a computer. repairing

decorate

When the Spring Festival comes,we will __________ our houses. decorate

About DIY: Some tools for DIY

brush glue

rope

scissors

tape

Divide the article into three parts

Part 1 (Para 1): Introduction of Andrew

Part 2 (Para 2-4): Andrew’s DIY jobs

Part 3 ( Para 5): Advice from Suzy

Jobs Problems

Fill in the table

He put in a brighter light in his bedroom.

The whole house had a power cut.

He put up a picture on his bedroom wall.

He hit a pipe and filled the room with water.

He painted the walls in the living room blue.

He painted the ceiling, the floor, and even his cat blue.

He put up a shelf for Suzy. The books couldn’t stay there.

Suzy’s cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY. Read Suzy’s article about him. Answer the questions.

1. What does the writer’s cousin like?

2. What does the house look like after his DIY?

He is crazy about DIY.

It looks terrible.

Para.2 He tried to ______ a brighter

light and made the house have a

_________.

When he put up a picture on the

wall, he hit a pipe and

_______________________.

put in

power cut

filled the house with water

Para.3 He wanted to ___________________.

Now, the living room has _________

blue walls ________ a blue ceiling

and floor.

Para.4 He spent five hours ______________

on the wall for me. But one end of it

_____________________________!

paint his house blue

not only

but also

putting up a shelf

was much higher than the other

Para.5 I __________ him to

___________________.

He says he

_______________________.

advised

take a course in DIY

knows everything about it

What do you think of Andrew?

What should we do when we do DIY jobs?

Read the following sentences.

Tick true or false.

1. Suzy’s cousin loves doing DIY.

2. Suzy’s cousin failed to put in a new

light in his bedroom.

3. Suzy’s cousin put a picture on a pipe.

T

T

F

4. Suzy’s cousin thought the cat was

boring, so he painted it blue.

5. It took Suzy’s cousin only a few

minutes to put up the shelf on the wall.

6. Suzy’s cousin wants to get better at

DIY.

F

F

F

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

My cousin Andrew is ______ about DIY. He loves to ______ things and decorate his house. He tried to put in a light in his bedroom, but he made a _______ and his house had a ______ ____. Last month he thought the living room was _____ so he painted his wall _____. But he also painted the ceiling, the floor and his cat!

cut

crazyrepair

mistake

power

bluebored

He helped me put up a _____ for me, but

my books couldn’t stay because one end of

the shelf was ______ than the other.

I advised him to take a ______ in DIY,

but he says he already knows __________

about it!

shelf

higher

course

everything

Language points

1. He wanted to put up a picture on his

bedroom wall, but he hit a pipe and

filled the room with water.

fill sth. with sth. 用某物充满某物e.g.Mother is filling the bottle with milk.

满天星斗

2. But he kept on painting.

keep (on) doing sth. 不停做某事e.g. keep on driving

Prices keep on increasing.

物价不断上涨。

3. Now the living room has not only blue

walls but also a blue ceiling and floor.

not only...but also 不仅…… ，而 且……e.g. He not only sings well but also writes

music.

He is not only a good writer but also

a doctor.

4. Whoops! They couldn’t stay there b

ecause one end of the shelf was much h

igher than the other!

“ 副词 much+ 形容词比较级”体现比较的程度。e.g. I know much more about DIY

than my cousin.

Exercises根据句子意思，用所学单词和短语完成句子。1. Can you help me ___ the bottle ____ juice?

2. I felt tired, because I _____ on reading

for 2 hours.

3. I _______ him to do some exercise

yesterday. He stays at home all the time.

fill with

kept

advised

4. It rained last Sunday, so I didn’t go to the

park. I went to the cinema _______.

5. The price of houses is much ______ than

before.

6. Mr. Wang is ____ _____ my teacher ____

____ my friend.

instead

higher

not only butalso

1. 疯狂的喜欢 DIY2. 修理某物3. 装饰他的家4. 安装一个亮一点的

灯5. 犯错一次6. 贴一张画7. 用水填充屋子8. 把它涂成蓝色

be crazy about DIY repair sth. decorate his houseput in a brighter light make a mistakeput up a picturefill the house with waterpaint it blue

Useful expressions

9. 不仅有蓝色的墙，并且有蓝色的屋顶

10. 参加一个关于DIY 的课程

not only have blue

walls but also blue

ceiling

take a course

in DIY

1. Recite the passage.

2. Finish the exercise in your book.

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