新目标 八年级 ( 下 ) Unit 4

Self check 1. Can you _____ some music CDs to the party? 2. My friend __________ English so she often helps me with my projects. 3. He didn’t know what was _________ outside. bring happening do well in happen bring do well in borrow pass on

4. I’m so cold. Can I _______ your jacket? 5. I’m seeing Sue this afternoon. Do you want me to _______ any messages? borrow pass on

1. Who is your best friend? 2. What happened last week in school? 3. Why did Xiao Li want to copy your homework? 4. Why did you refuse Xiao Li? 5. Did Xiao Li get over? Answer the questions and then write the story as a conversation.

A: Who’s your best friend? B: My best friend is Xiao Li. A: How did it start? B: It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework. A: Why did she want to do that? B: She said she had forgotten to do hers.

A: What did you do then? B: I told her that it was a bad idea. A: Did she think so? B: No. She got really mad at me. A: What happened at last? B: I said I was sure she would get over it. And she did. Yesterday she told me she was sorry.

I said it would start a bad habit and that she should do her own work. start a habit (of doing sth.) 表示 “ 开始养成 ( 做某事的 ) 习惯 ” ； has a habit (of doing sth.) 表示 “ 有 ( 做某事的 ) 习惯 ” 。例如： He has a habit of reading carefully. 他有认真阅读的习惯。 Language point on P31

B: It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework. A: Why did she want to do that? B: She said she had forgotten to do hers. A: What did you do then? Sample

B: I told her that it was a bad idea. A: Did she think so? B: No. She got really mad at me. A: What happened at last? B: I said I was sure she would get over it. And she did. Yesterday she told me she was sorry.

We shouldn’t fight with people. We should help each other.

Think of people who need help. disabled people old people poor children What can we do for them?

people who need help old people deaf people poor children We can clean their house. We can help them cross the street. We can help them to study body talk. We can send teachers to help them. blind people

颁奖辞：如果眼泪是一种财富，徐本禹就是一个富 有的人，在过去的一年里，他让我们泪流满面。从 繁华的城市，他走进大山深处，用一个刚刚毕业大 学生稚嫩的肩膀，扛住了倾颓的教室，扛住了贫穷 和孤独，扛起了本来不属于他的责任。也许一个人 力量还不能让孩子眼睛铺满阳光，爱，被期待着。 徐本禹点亮了火把，刺痛了我们的眼睛。 Do you know him?

Who is she? What does she do? Guess!

1. sound like 听起来象 …… 2. send…to… 把 …… 送到 …… 3. rural area 边远山区 4. make sb. do sth. 使某人做某事 5. both…and… 两者都 …… 6. need to do sth. 需要做某事 Phrases

7. love doing sth. 喜爱做某事 8. be able to do sth. 可能做某事 9. open up 开阔眼界 10. a good start 好的开始 11. a good influence 好的影响 12. work as 作为

Scan the passage, and choose the main idea of it. （了解文章大意，先不要注重细节。） Fast-reading Reading strategy 1 ：

A. The life in Yang Lei’s school was very hard. B. Yang Lei enjoyed helping the students in poor mountain village. C. Yang Lei’s students liked her very much.

a)world b) brothers c) changed d) agreed e) mountains f) different Put these words into the correct space as you read. Detailed-reading Reading strategy 2 ：

You can understand the meaning of a word you don’t know from the context. ( 根据上下文联系, 理解单词意思。 ) para 1 : c) para 2: e) d) f) para 3 : b) para 4 : a)

Reading strategy 3 ： 在认真研读题目的基础上, 请你带着问题 去有选择地细读有关章节、段落。精读 中需要调动各种感官的积极性, 要做到 “ 心到、眼到、口到、手到 ”, 力求在精读 中解决疑难问题。 Detailed-reading

Match the main idea with paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 A.Give some examples for “may not sound like fun to you.” B. The writer is going to tell what he is going to say. C. Introduce the time she enjoyed. D. Tell her experience in the mountains. E. Tell something about the students at school.

Yang Lei hometown workplace job her mother’s word Read and fill in the blanks. Beijing teacher Pingliang, Gansu Province Her mother said young people today need to experience different things.

her students’ word her own word Her students said that they were like big brothers or sisters to them, and they feel lucky. She said she can open up her students’ eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life.

While-reading 1. True or false exercises. 1.Yang Lei is a volunteer teacher from Gansu Province. 2.The life in the mountains was hard for Yang Lei. 3.Yang’s parents agreed with their daughter. F T T

4. Most of students live at home because they have no money. 5. Yang said that she could open up the students’ eyes to the outside world and be a good influence in the children’s lives. F T

3a What is life like for you and Yang lei’s students? Complete the chart. Discuss the similarities and differences with your partner. Yang Lei’s students You hometown food mountain village in Gansu Province a city in Zhejiang porridge three times a day different kinds of delicious food

Yang Lei’s students You teachers time to get up time to finish studying almost no good teachers some good teachers 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 11 p.m.9 p.m.

根据短文内容, 用适当的词语完成下面这 段话。 Teaching in a poor (1) ______________ changed Yang Lei’s life. For Yang Lei, life in the mountains was a (2) _____________. The pupils love having the (3) ________________ there. mountain village new experience volunteer teachers

Some students can’t go to senior high school or college. Yang Lei says she can’t (4) ________________ that, but she can give them a (5) _________ in life. Yang Lei enjoyed her teaching life in the mountains. She returned there after (6)__________________. Now she works as a math teacher there. do anything about good start finishing her studies

1. What did Yang Lei’s mother say about her daughter’ s volunteer? 2. What did the children say about their volunteer teachers? She said that young people today needed to experience different things. They said that their volunteer teachers were like big brothers or sisters to them and they felt lucky.

3. How did Yang Lei say she could help? 4. What did Yang Lei say about her time as a volunteer? She said that she could open up her students’ eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life. She enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much and she said that she would return to the area after finishing her studies.

5. How many volunteers are sent to teach in China’s rural areas every year? _____ 6. Why can’t some students go to senior high school or college? _________________________________ ________________________________ Because their families are poor and there often isn’t money for education

7. What does Yang Lei do now? ______________ A math teacher.

GroupsThe work they do Greenpeace Doctors Without Borders UNICEF WWF What are these groups used for? Cares for “Mother Earth” Helps sick people in poor countries Helps children in poor countries Cares for wild animals in danger

It is happy for you to help others.

1. math teacher, could, said, I, my, better, do My math teacher said I could do better. 2. my party, would, Lily, she, on, night, said, come, Friday, to Lily said she would come to my party on Friday night. 1. math teacher, could, said, I, my, better, do My math teacher said I could do better. 2. my party, would, Lily, she, on, night, said, come, Friday, to Lily said she would come to my party on Friday night. Exercise 连词成句

3. Thailand, next summer holiday, she, Denis, visit, told, would, me Denis told me she would visit Thailand next summer holiday. 4. hard-working, I, the, was, English, said, teacher The English teacher said I was hard- working.

5. homework, I, she, own, think, should, do, her I think she should do her own homework. 6. hard, history, I, a, had, time, with, really I had a really hard time with history.

将下列直接引语的句子改写为间接引语 : 1. Lana said, “I’m going to have a surprise party for Maria.” Lana said that she was going to have a surprise party for Maria.

2. The teacher said, “My students are hard-working.” The teacher said that his/ her students were hardworking. 3. Tom told Jane, “I will lend my bicycle to you.” Tom told Jane that he would lend his bicycle to her/Jane.

4. My friend said, “I’m sorry that I’d gotten mad.” My friend said that she was sorry that she’d gotten mad. 5. She asked me, “Why do you want to do that?” She asked me why I wanted to do that.

Baker 先生刚从加拿大来中国观光, 你 见到他后, 请就你和他之间的见面的情 景用英语编写一段对话, 内容可涉及询 问旅途、感想及你的观点和见解等。词 数在 80 到 100 之间。 Homework

A: Good afternoon, Mr. Baker. Nice to meet you! B: Nice to meet you, too. A: What did you like about our country? B: People and famous places. I went to the Mount Tai, the Yangtze River. And I went to the Great Wall. All the places are beautiful, and the people were friendly to us foreigners. I also went to Tibet.

A: Did you have a wonderful time these days? B: Yes, I did. China is really great. I fell in love with her when I got here.

A: Oh, really? Did you go to Tulufan? The fruit there is very delicious. B: Next time I must go there. I think I will enjoy myself. A: Yes. Thank you for talking so much. See you later. B: See you!

Thank you for listening!