1b 1. Mr. Brown couldn’t get a ticket to Avatar, so he was unhappy. ( ) 2. Jane likes the film, The Sound of Music, because it is very interesting. ( ) 3. The opera, Cats, is Maria’s favorite. ( ) 4. Kangkang’s parents think that Beijing Opera is boring. ( ) F T T F Listen to 1a and mark T (True) or F (False).

Find out and learn the key points. 你知道布朗先生怎么了吗？ 他似乎有点不高兴。 我希望他下次能看这部电影。 他们也为 Michael 感到遗憾。 He seems to be unhappy. I hope he can see the movie next time. Do you know what’s the matter with Mr. Brown? They also felt sorry for Michael.

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words. Michael: Hi, Kangkang! This is Michael. I’ve got a bad cold. Are you _________ ( interest )in my ticket? Kangkang: What a pity! However, I don’t think the movie is ____________ ( interest ). Why not give the ticket to Mr. Brown? Michael: Great! He must be _________ (excite) to get it. Kangkang: OK, I’ll tell him the __________ (excite) news right now! exciting 2b excited interesting interested

Listen to the passage and complete the sentences. 1. Mr. Brown was ________ to have a ticket and he also felt sorry for Michael. 2. The music in the movie sounded __________. 3. The parents felt ________ to see the movie together. 4. The children were ______ to have supper at Kangkang’s house. But they felt ______ for Michael. 5. The food smelled _____ and tasted ________. excited beautiful happy glad sorry nicedelicious 3

Listen and find out the key structure: linking verbs + adjectives. Kangkang’s parents got everything ready for supper at 5:30 on Saturday afternoon. Then they left for the movie theater. They met Maria’s parents and Mr. Brown at the gate of the movie theater. Mr. Brown felt excited to have a ticket but sorry that Michael was ill. The music in the movie sounded really beautiful. They felt happy to see the movie together. The children were glad to have supper at Kangkang’s house. The food smelt nice and tasted delicious. They had a good time together. But they missed Michael and felt sorry for him.

4a Read the following words, paying attention to the sounds of the underlined letters. Try to find the rules and add more words. askedstoppedwashed lovedlearnedcalled excitedinteresteddisappointed

1. :When the pronunciation of the word ends with a voiceless consonant ( 清辅音 ). 2. :When the pronunciation of the word ends with a voiced consonant ( 浊辅音 ) or vowels( 元音 ). 3. :When the pronunciation of the word ends with /t/ or /d/. 清清浊浊元也浊

Read the sentences in the box and pay attention to the stress, liaison and intonation. Choose the correct ones to complete the conversation. Then practice it with your partner. a. ˈ How are you ˈ doing? b. ˈ What a ˈ pity! c. I don’t like it at all. d. ˈ Guess ˈ what! e. We ˈ felt ex ˈ cited to ˈ hear it. f. ˈ How did the ˈ music ˈ sound? 4b The content words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and interrogative words in a sentence are often stressed. a d f e A: Hi, Kangkang. ___________ B: Very well.___________ Maria and I went to see the opera, Cats, last night. A: Really? You look very happy, so how did you like it? B: We loved it very much because it was so funny. A: ___________ B: It sounded wonderful. ___________

We learn  Linking verbs+ adj ( 连系动词 + 形容词, 系表结构） : seem (a little) unhappy/disappointed  Usage of the adjectives ending with “-ed” and “-ing”. We can  Pronounce “-ed”:  Read the sentences with the correct stress, liaison and intonation.

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words. 1. The book is very __________. I am very _________ in it. I know a lot about many places of _______ from it. (interest) 2. - What ________ news! Wang Yaping taught in the Shenzhou 10 Spacecraft( 飞船 ). We all felt _________ about it. (excite) 3. - Jamie, you _______ a little sad. Why? - I am ________ about my brother. He’s ill in bed. - Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. But don’t ________. The doctor says he will be all right soon. (seem, worry) interestinginterested interest exciting excited seem worried worry