Unit 2 Integrated skills

Sing a song

the colour of snow the colour of blood the colour of the middle part of an egg the colour of the sea the colour of grass the colour of an orange

What do these colors represent? blue white orange yellow green red calm purity joy wisdom new life power

Relationship between colors and moods power and protection sadness and calm energy and nature warmth and joy power and strength calm and purity wisdom and success black blue green orange red white yellow

Mrs. Rainbow’s colour therapy Answers: 1. 21 / F, 810 South – east Road 2. ￥100 3. get your money back 4. college 5. yellow 6. blue 7. green 8. red 9. angry

Listen Listen to the conversation carefully and then circle the correct answers. Key: 1.b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. b

Listen and answer 1. Does Andy like red? 2. What color does Andy prefer? No, he doesn’t. Orange.

3. Which trousers does Andy prefer? He prefers jeans. 4. What does Millie think of Andy’s choice? He thinks that Andy looks smart in orange. Jeans are comfortable and they’ll match his shirt.

When talking about clothes, we often mention people’s preferences. What expressions can we use to talk about preferences?

1. Which do / would you prefer, A or B? 2. I would rather wear … 3. Which do you like better? 4. I like A better than B. 5. I prefer A to B.

Group work Suppose you’re invited to Millie’s birthday party this Sunday. What color clothes would you rather wear? Why? 2. Suppose you are asked to choose a color to paint your bedroom. What color do you prefer? Why?

Suppose you’re invited to a friend’s birthday party this Sunday. But you don’t know what to wear. Talk about it with your partner using the conversation between Millie and Andy as a model.

Useful expressions 1. What’s your favourite colour? 2. …doesn’t suit you. 3. The … one looks better than the … one. 4. Try this / these on. 5. It’s too dark / bright / dull. 6. Would you rather wear …? 7. I like … more than … 8. Do you prefer …? 9. I always / never wear …

Language points would rather意思是“宁愿,宁可……也不”,后接动词原形。常省略为’d rather, 其否定形式是would rather not do sth. 注意: would rather没有人称和数的变化。 She would rather stay at home tomorrow. 她宁愿明天待在家里。 I’d rather not tell you about it. 我宁愿不告诉你此事。

would rather. than. 意为“宁愿 would rather ... than ... 意为“宁愿 ... 而不愿…”，表示主观愿望, 即在两者之中选择其一。than 后边接动词原形。但如果该句型前后连接的两个动词相同, 则than 之后的那个动词可省去。   

I would rather play football than watch TV. 我宁愿踢足球而不愿看电视。 I would rather have the red one than (have) the green one. 我宁愿要红的, 而不要绿的。

What do Daniel’s family like to do? Daniel’s father go swimming play football would rather do … than do …

Daniel’s grandparents Daniel’s mother cook noodles make a cake A: What does / do … like to do? B: I think she / they would rather …. A: Yes, you’re right. Congratulations! / Sorry, you’re wrong. She / They would rather … than ... Daniel’s grandparents shop in a street market shop in a supermarket

Review At the clothes shop blue dress red dress I prefer the blue dress to the red dress.

At the clothes shop white dress colourful dress I prefer the white clothes to the colourful clothes.

stay at home go shopping I prefer staying at home to going shopping.

go out sleep I prefer sleeping to going out.

Let’s compare the rules! prefer … to … would rather … than … prefer + n. to + n. prefer + -ing to + -ing would rather + v. than + v. We can omit the second verb. prefer to do … would rather do … prefer to do rather than do I would rather = I’d rather

Practice 1. Complete these sentences. I ______ _______ walk ________ jog. I prefer _______ ________ _______. I like _______ ______ ______ _______. would rather than walking to jogging walking better than jogging

以前她宁愿唱歌也不愿跳舞． She’d rather _______ ______ _______ before. She _____ _______ ________ dancing before. sing than dance preferred singing to

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms. 1. I would rather ______ (wear) green than red. 2. She _________(prefer) ________ (enjoy) music at home to _______ (go) shopping yesterday. 3. She is going to school by underground instead of ________ (take) a bus. wear preferred enjoying going taking