Unit 2 School life

Welcome to the unit

It’s a map of the world. 1. What countries do you know? 2. What languages do they speak?

Which are English-speaking countries? Can you tell me? UK, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand

Do you know which countries the flags stand for? the UK the USA China

Attention People speak English in both the UK and the USA. However, sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing. So there are British English and American English

Different words for the same thing: biscuits cookies

lorry truck

eraser rubber

football soccer

shop store

holiday vacation

film movie

New words British adj. 英国的 biscuit n. 饼干 lorry n. 卡车 rubber n. 橡皮 American adj. 美国的 cookie n. 饼干 truck n. 卡车 eraser n. 橡皮 soccer n. 英式足球 vacation n. 假期 fall n. 秋天 store n. 商店 yard n. 院子 movie n. 电影

Different words for the same thing Match the words on the left with the words on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

Brithish English 1. biscuit 2. autumn 3. lorry 4. film 5. football 6. holiday 7. garden 8. rubber 9. shop American English a. eraser b. soccer c. vacation d. cookie e. fall f. store g. truck h. yard i. movie _____ d e g i b c h a f

Write the correct words under the pictures below. film movie football soccer garden yard

lorry truck rubber eraser

Underline the British words and write the American words. Daniel: Hi, Simon. Where are you going? Simon: I am going to buy a toy lorry for my cousin in the shop near our school. Daniel: I’ll go with you. I’d like to buy some biscuits. truck store cookies

Simon: Do you have any plans for the weekend? Daniel: I want to see a film. Shall we go together? Simon: I’d love to, but the school football team will practise this Saturday. We have an important match this autumn. movie soccer fall

Do you think dogs need to go to school?

Comic strip Listen and answer. What does Eddie think school is like? He thinks school is like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements.

Listen and read

Act the conversation in pairs.

Language points 1. British / American English 英式/美式英语 2. see a film = watch a film 看电影

3. buy sth. for sb.= buy sb. sth 买某物给某人 e.g. Buy a toy lorry for my cousin =buy my cousin a toy lorry

4. go with you 和你一起去 5. have to work harder 不得不更勤奋工作 6. be like 像…… 7. ideal school 理想的学校

Exercises 一、用所给动词的适当形式填空。 1. Why don’t you ______ (play) basketball with us? 2. Eddie thinks school is like ________ (watch) TV. 3. He’d like ______ (be) a doctor in the future. play watching to be

二、根据首字母填单词。 1. When f___ comes, the leaves trun yellow. 2. “R_____” means “eraser”. 3. What are the B______ and American words for these things? all ubber ritish

三、翻译。 1. 你理想中的学校是什么样的？ 2. 学校生活就像看电视，但是广告较少。 What is your ideal school like? School life is like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements.

3. 我妈给我买了一台电脑作生日礼物。 My mother bought a computer for me as my birthday gift. My mother bought me a computer as my birthday gift.

1. Remember the new words and language points in this lesson. 2. Preview the new words in Reading.

Thank you! 5/22/2018