8B Unit 6 Sunshine for all Grammar

donate v. 捐赠

blood n. 血 Blood n.

organization n. 组织;机构 charity n. 慈善；慈善机构

volunteers

20th, April,2014 Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half- Marathon (扬州鉴真国际半程马拉松赛)

What do you think of this activity? great useful important fantastic necessary wonderful meaningful What do you think of these athletes? brave strong confident hard-working great healthy

It is meaningful to work as volunteers.

It is happy to win the Marathon.

It is brave to join the competition.

It is important to support their families and friends.

It is necessary to receive training before doing the tasks.

It is meaningful to work as volunteers. It is happy to win the Marathon. It is brave to join the competition. It is important to support your families and friends. It is necessary to receive training before doing the tasks.

To do sth. is + adj. Let's work out the rule! It is meaningful to work as volunteers. happy to win the Marathon. It is adjective to-infinitive We use It is + adjective + to-infinitive to express what we think about something. To do sth. is + adj.

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right seats the elderly to It is… to give donate give help keep plant take care of 1 right seats the elderly to It is… to give

good blind people cross the road. It is to help donate give help keep plant take care of 2 good blind people cross the road. It is to help

helpful money to charities. to donate It is donate give help keep plant take care of 3 helpful money to charities. to donate It is

proper a lost pet. It is to take care of donate give help keep plant take care of 4 proper a lost pet. It is to take care of

important more trees. to plant It is donate give help keep plant take care of 5 important more trees. to plant It is

necessary parks clean. to keep It is donate give help keep plant take care of 6 necessary parks clean. to keep It is

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To help others is meaningful for Amy. It is meaningful for Amy to help others. It is proper to take care of a lost pets. It’s necessary to keep parks clean. It is important to plant more trees. for Amy for Amy for Amy

To do sth. is + adj. + for sb. Let's work out the rule! It is adjective to-infinitive proper Amy to take care of a lost pet. necessary to clean the parks. important to plant more trees. for someone for We can add for someone to specify who we are talking about. necessary, important,difficult, meaningful proper, happy, easy, fantastic,wonderful… who To do sth. is + adj. + for sb.

easy for people fantastic for me important for us impossible for organizations necessary for volunteers wonderful for you Amy: Why do you want to be a volunteer? Simon: Because any help would mean a lot. Many organizations provide help for people with intellectual disabilities, but it's (1) ___________________ to do their work one-to-one without the help of volunteers. Amy: It’s (2) __________________ to be a volunteer. Do you need experience? impossible for them wonderful for you

Simon: No. It’s not (3) ____________________ easy for people fantastic for me important for us impossible for organizations necessary for volunteers wonderful for you Simon: No. It’s not (3) ____________________ to have any experience, but it’s very (4) ______________ to be kind and friendly. Amy: What are your tasks? Simon: I’m in the sports group. I chat with them, help them practise and make sure they’re safe. necessary for volunteers important for us

I think it’s (5) ______________ to work with these special people. easy for people fantastic for me important for us impossible for organizations necessary for volunteers wonderful for you I think it’s (5) ______________ to work with these special people. Amy: Do you have any trouble talking to people with intellectual disabilities? Simon: Yes, a little. We need to be more patient. However, it’s very (6) _______________ to make friends with them. fantastic for me easy for people

If you are a reporter of Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half-Marathon, what will you write for it? take care of work win organize help support… necessary difficult meaningful wonderful… Using “It is+ adj.+for…+to do sth. ”! Make sentences as many as you can!

Try to make some sentences: It is difficult for these athletes to win the competition. It is necessary for volunteers to work closely with these athletes. It is meaningful for volunteers to take care of these athletes. It is wonderful for people to organize the activity like this. It is important for people to support their families and friends.

What do athletes have? qualities It is difficult for athletes to win the competition. It is brave/strong/confident… of athletes to win the competition.

What do volunteers have? qualities It is necessary for volunteers to work closely with these special athletes. It is helpful/kind/nice… of volunteers to work closely with these special athletes.

What do people have? qualities It is important for people to support their families and friends. It is kind/active/friendly of people to support their families and friends.

sb.+be + adj.+to do sth. Let's work out the rule! It is kind of people to support their families and friends. It is confident of athletes to win the competition. It is helpful of volunteers to work closely with these special athletes. brave, careless, clever, foolish, generous, good, helpful, honest, kind, nice, polite, silly, stupid… We can use It is + adjective + of... + to- infinitive to express what we think of someone’s actions. sb.+be + adj.+to do sth.

Good or bad?

Rearrange the words below to form a sentence: It is careless of the boy to leave the tap running. careless/the tap/the boy/to/it is/running/leave/of

pick flowers It is of the girl to in the parks. bad

It is of the man to everywhere. wrong drop litter

It is of the young man to to people in need. kind donate blood

It is of the man to in public places. not right smoke

VS Difference: It is + adj.+ for sb + to do sth. It is + adj. + of sb + to do sth. It is necessary for volunteers to work closely with these special athletes. It is helpful of volunteers to work closely with these special athletes. VS We can use for someone to specify who we are talking about. We can use of someone to specify what we think of someone’s actions.

It is + adj. + for sb. + to do sth. It is + adj. + of sb + to do sth. = To do sth. is + adj. + for sb. = sb.+ be + adj. +to do sth.

It is fantastic for us to work as volunteers. To work as volunteers is fantastic for us. It is friendly of us to work as volunteers. We are friendly to work as volunteers.

Exercises and Activities 用介词of/for 填空。 1. It is impossible ____________him to finish it in 2 hours. 2. It is wrong ___________ you to break the glass. 3. It is clever __________ her not to take the gift. 4. It was careful ___________him to make no mistakes at all. 5. It’s thoughtful ___________ them to prepare everything for me. 6. It’s dangerous ___________children to play with fire. for of of of of for

Let’s discuss! Help the old or not?

Tips Ⅰ: Form a group of 4 Decide your role: A- students; B-parents; C- the old; D- reporter

Tips Ⅱ: Each role should write down at least 2 sentences to express your opinions on this event. 2. Use the sentence structures we have learnt today.

Tips Ⅲ: Share your opinions with us. 2.Reporters collect the information from your group members and then report to us. Reporters: “What do you think of this event?” A,B,C:”I think…”

Report to us! You can report like this: Hello, everyone! Help the old or not? I interviewed three kinds of people. Students think”…”, Parents think”…”, The old think”…”, And I think”…”.

Homework 1.Suppose you are a volunteer of the Home for the elderly(敬老院), try to make five sentences using these three sentence structures to ask your friends to help the elderly. 2.Finish off the exercises on the exercise books.

Thank you for listening!