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Unit 8

Unit 8

Why don’t you get

her a scarf?

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

1. Today is Jim’s birthday. His mother is

going to make a ______ meal for him.special

Self Self ccheckheck

expensive boring cheap

special interesting

2. My shoes were really ______. They only

cost $5.

3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an

_________ restaurant, but the food was

not good at all.

4. The movie was ______. I fell asleep half

way through it.

cheap

expensive

boring

5. It’s important to choose subjects that

you find __________.interesting

1. In the USA, some people ask their famil

ies and friends to give money to charity

rather than buy them gifts.

rather thanrather than 可作连词词组使用可作连词词组使用 , , 连接两连接两个并列成分个并列成分 , , 意为“是……而不是……、意为“是……而不是……、与其……不如……”。它连接的两个并与其……不如……”。它连接的两个并列成分可以是名词、形容词、动词、介列成分可以是名词、形容词、动词、介词短语等。如：词短语等。如：

He is a writer rather than a teacher.

他是作家而不是教师。 Her hair is red rather than brown.

她的头发是红色的而不是棕色的。I decided to write rather than telephone.

我决定写信而不是打电话。He likes taking exercise in the evening ra

ther than in the morning.

他喜欢在晚上锻炼身体而不是早上。

2. Instead, making a meal is enough ． insteadinstead 是副词，意为“代替、而不是副词，意为“代替、而不是”。它可单独位于句首或句尾，位于是”。它可单独位于句首或句尾，位于句首时后面一般用逗号隔开。如：句首时后面一般用逗号隔开。如：She never studies on weekends. Instead, s

he plays tennis.

她周末从不学习 , 而是打网球。He is tired. Let me go instead.

他累了 , 让我替他去吧。

instead ofinstead of 是介词短语是介词短语 , , 意义与意义与 insteadinstead 一一样样 , , 后面可接名词、代词、动词的后面可接名词、代词、动词的 -ing-ing

形式和介词短语作它的宾语。如：形式和介词短语作它的宾语。如：He’ll go to Italy instead of France.

他要去意大利而不是法国。Give me the red one instead of the green o

ne. 给我那个红的而不是绿的。

You should be out playing instead of wo

rking indoors all day.

你应该到外边活动活动，而不是整天呆在屋子里工作。We’ll have some coffee in the garden ins

tead of in the house.

我们将在花园里而不是在屋子里喝咖啡。

【运用】【运用】根据括号中的要求完成下列句子 ,

每空一词。1. He won’t go to France. He will go to Ital

y. ( 合为一句 )

He ___ go to Italy ______ ___ France.

2. 杰克病了 , 彼得将替他去开会。 ( 根据汉语意思完成英语句子 )

Jack is ill. Peter will go to the meeting __

_____.

will instead of

instead

3. You should be out playing

______ __ _______ (work) indoors all d

ay. ( 根据括号中单词的提示完成句子 )

instead of working

How can sing English songs to help your

English?

1. We can learn some new words.

2. It’s good for our listening.

3. It can improve our speaking.

4. We can become more interested

in English.5. …

Many Chinese people want to

improve their English in

different ways.

What is this passage mainly

about?

Find out the fun ways to learn English

in this passage.

Read paragraph 1,4

carefully

1. Singing English

songs.2. Watching English

movies.3. Reading English

books.4. Making friends with a

native speaker of

English.

To understand the important ideas from

the text, we must “summarize”. Do this

by answering “who, what, where, why”

questions as you read.

理解文章的重点，必须对文章加以提炼、总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。

Where are the

singers from?

How did they pe

rform ( 表现 )?

They are from across

China/ all over China.

Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers.

Read Paragraph 1,2 and 3,

then answer the questions.

Who are the

winners?

The

winner of

the men’s

The

winner of

the

women’s

A 40-year-old man

from Xi’an.

A 19-year-old

woman from

Dalian.

What was Jiangme

i’s opinion of singi

ng English songs?

What’s the influen

ce ( 影响 ) of the c

ontest?

It made her more

interested in learning

English.

It encourages people

in China to speak

English.

The first 3 paragraphs:The first 3 paragraphs: learning English by learning English by

singing songssinging songs

Many people try to improve their English in different ways.

Topic sentence( 主题句 ):

The last paragraph:The last paragraph:other ways of other ways of

learning English:learning English:

summarysummary

For example

A Singing A Singing ContestContest

…encouraged…1. watching…

2. reading…

3. making friends with…

1. Where was the winner of the men’s

competition from?

2. Who was the winner of the women’s

competition?

He is from Xi’an.

She is a 19-year-old girl from

Dalian.

3. Why did Jiang Mei win?

Because she studied English

hard. Singing English songs help

her improve her English.

No, they didn’t.

4. Did the winners think they were better

than the other singers?

5. What does Beijing Speaks English suggest?

6. How many fun ways to learn English

are there in the text? What are they?

It suggests ways for Beijongers to take an interest in learning English.

4

Sing English songs, watch English

movies, reading English books,

make friends with a native speaker

of English.

Form(形式 ) of the English contest

A contest by (1) ___________________________.

The number of the singers in the contest

(2) ____________.

Where did the singers in the contest come from?

They came from (3) _____________.

singing popular English songs

Twenty-four

all over China

请根据短文内容 , 完成下面的表格 , 每空词数不限。

The winner of the

women’s

competition

(4) _________

Purpose (目的 ) of

the contest

This kind of contest

encourages people in

China (5)

______________.to speak English

Jiang Mei

请根据短文内容 , 判断下列句子正 (T) 误(F) 。( )1. Many Chinese people want to

improve their English in different

ways.

( )2. All the singers could sing English

songs very clearly and looked

comfortable on stage, but none of

them were able to sing as well as

native speakers.

T

F

( )3. Both winners of the contest thought

that they sang better than the other

singers.

( )4. Jiang Mei thought that singing

English songs made her more

interested in learning English.

F

T

( )5. Besides singing English songs, we

can also improve our English by

watching English movies, reading

English books or making friends

with native speakers of English.

T

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。( )1. Which is TRUE about the contest?

A. 24 singers from across the world

entered the contest.

B. Most of the singers were a bit nervo

us on stage.

C. Some of the singers sang as well as n

ative speakers.

( )2. The winners ______. A. both came from Xi’anB. both didn’t think they were better than the other singers C. were the same age ( )3. Which way of improving English is not mentioned in the passage? A. Listening to the English tapes.B. Singing English songs.C. Watching English movies.

Have you ever tried improving your

English using any of the ways mentioned

in the reading? What other ways can you

think of to improve your English?

1.Read English newspapers.

2.Practice oral English with foreigners.

3.Listen to English radio.

4.Watch English movies.

5.Make English pen pals.

6.Take part in English club.

1. 他们停下来听了听，但什么也没听到。 They _______ __ _____, but heard _____

__.

根据所给汉语意思完成句子根据所给汉语意思完成句子

stopped to listen

nothing

ExercisesExercises

2. — 詹妮 , 你能从卫生间出来吗 ?

— Jenny, would you mind ______

___ ___ the bathroom?

— 对不起，爸爸，我马上出来。 — Sorry, dad, I won’ t be ____.long

getting

out of

3. 这件事我一个人干得了 , 我敢肯 定没问题。 I can do it all ___ ______. I’m

sure. It’s ___ ________.problem

by myself

no

4. — 你爱听轻音乐吗 ?

— Do you like to _____ to light music?

— 爱。 — Yes, I do.

— 我明天给你弄两张轻音乐 CD 。 — I ____ ___ you ____ light

music CDs tomorrow.

listen

twogetwill

5. 你还不够努力 , 如果你努力了 , 你会做得更好。

You aren’t ____________ _______. If yo

u work harder, you ____ do ______.betterwill

enoughhard-working

1. buy, you, don’t, why, a, sweater

___________________________

2. something, should, her, get, you,

interesting

___________________________

__________

连词成句连词成句

Why don’t you buy a sweater?

You should get her something

interesting.

3. great, dogs, pets, make

____________________________

4. she, want, every, day, doesn’t, up,

hair, dog, to, clean

__________________________

_________________

Dogs make great pets.

She doesn’t want to clean up

dog hair every day.

KellyKelly今天生日今天生日 , , 你准备为她准备一次你准备为她准备一次 ss

urprised party, urprised party, 并邀请你的朋友参加并邀请你的朋友参加 , , 并并且还准备了一顿且还准备了一顿 special mealspecial meal 。请用英语。请用英语介绍你的准备情况及邀请的客人。介绍你的准备情况及邀请的客人。

Homework

需要用到的单词及短语： invite, ready,

present, laugh, have a good time

Today is Kelly’s birthday. She is my

best friend. I’m going to have a

surprised party for her in my house. I

invited Leona, Sally, Marcia, and many

other friends. All of them are

teenagers.

Sample Sample

Leona promised to bring some drinks.

Sally will bring some snacks. David sai

d he would bring some flowers and pict

ures. I bought a big cake and a present

for her. I am going to get ready for a sp

ecial meal.

I bought hamburgers, French fries, a

nd I made some salad. Kelly likes ham

burgers and fruit salad. Marcia likes c

akes and I like French fries. I think all

of us will laugh and sing and dance. Ke

lly must be excited.

Thank you Thank you

for listening! for listening!

Thank you Thank you

for listening! for listening!