Topic 1 Why all the smiling faces?

Section C

福建省石狮市石光华侨联合中学 王莎白

Read the poster and answer the questions:

1. What’s the name of the movie?

2. When and where will the movie be shown?

3. How much does a ticket cost?

The Sound of Music.

3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. from March 8th to 15th.

20 yuan.

cost “ 花费 , 值 ( 多少钱 )”, 物做主语 , 后跟宾语 e.g. The dictionary cost me 99 yuan.spend 意为“花费，花 ( 时间、金钱等 )” 时，其主语是人，常用结构为： spend…on sth. 或 spend… (in) doing sth.e.g. I spent 99 yuan on the dictionary. He spent two hours (in) doing his homework.pay 意为“付款，付酬”时，其主语是人，常用结构为： pay…for… 或 pay for…e.g. He paid ten dollars for the book. I’ll pay for the tickets.take 意为“花费”时 , 多指花费时间 . 其常用句型为“It takes sb. some time to do sth.”e.g. It took us half an hour to get there.

cost, spend, pay, take

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Do you know something about The Sound of

Music?

The Sound of Music is one of the most popular American movies. It happened in Austria.

It is about a young woman. Her name was Maria.

Read the passage quickly and underline the words that describe feelings.

sad, tired, lonely, angry, lively, funny, mad, happy

The father was lonely and often became angry because of the noisy children. = The father was lonely and often became angry because the children were noisy. because of 由于，因为；后接名词 或相当于名词的短语。 because 由于，因为；后接原因状语 从句。

Maria taught the children to sing lively songs and perform short, funny plays to cheer them up. cheer up 使……振奋起来 , 使……高兴起来Our teachers cheer us up in class every day. 老师每天在课堂上都能把大家的气氛调动起来。

Read 1a again and discuss the questions.1. What did Maria go to the Von Trapp family for?

2. Why were the family sad and tired?

3. How did Maria cheer up the children?

4. What do you think of Maria?

She went to the Von Trapp family to care for seven children.

Because Mrs. Von Trapp died.

She taught the children to sing lively songs and perform short, funny plays .

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Try to retell the passage according to the following words:popular, movie, story about a young woman, Austria, the Von Trapp family, care for, died, sad and tired, father, angry, lively, perform, play, cheer up, mad, pleased

Talk about the films:

sad afraid lonely worried serious happy mad cute

Titanic tells a love story about Jack and Rose. They were happy to be with each other on the ship called Titanic. On the night of April 15th, 1912, the Titanic had a ________ accident on the way to America. Jack and Rose fell into the sea with many other people. They were very frightened because they were ______ of losing each other. In the end, Rose was saved, but Jack died. Rose was very ____. She felt so _______!

serious

afraid

sadlonely back

frightened adj. 惊吓的；受惊的；害怕的

Doraemon is very frightened.

sad afraid lonely worried serious happy mad cute

This is a moving story about a mother and her son. The son was very _____. His mother loved him very much. At first, they lived together happily. But one day the mother suddenly lost her son. The mother was so _______ that she looked for him everywhere, but she couldn’t find him. She was very sad and went _____.

cute

worried

mad

Work in groups of three and discuss your favorite film. You can use the following questions:

1. What’s your favorite film?2. What’s the film about?3. Are the actors and actresses happy or sad? Why?4. What happened at last?5. How do you feel about the film?

1.Learn some new words and phrases:cry, lonely, lively, cheer up, mad, at first,

America, fall into, in the end, everywhere

2. Master sentences expressing feelings.

Write a short passage to

introduce your favorite film or

opera, within 80 words.