Chapter 4 Our senses

ReadingListeningLanguageSpeakingWriting

A. What are the five senses of human beings? sight We see with our eyes.

A. What are the five senses of human beings? hearing We hear with our ears.

A. What are the five senses of human beings? taste We taste with our tongue.

A. What are the five senses of human beings? smell We smell with our nose.

A. What are the five senses of human beings? feel We feel with our nerve endings.

A. What do you know about… 2 Which of the items is called the window of the brain? 3 Which item helps us to keep our balance so we do not fall down? 4 Which item contains a drum? 5 Which sense sometimes stops working when you have a cold?

A. What do you know about… 6 Which sense uses your tongue? 7 Which sense is spread over your whole body? 8 Can you always believe what your senses tell you?

Before you read the article on the next page,look at the title, the pictures and the first and last paragraphs. Then try to complete the sentences with one or more words. 1 The name of the blind man is probably_____________. 2 Charlie is probably a ______. 3 The eyes in the title probably belong to_______________. 4 The story is probably about a ________at a hotel. John F Dancer dog the dog/ Charlie fire

1 allow: let somebody do something 2 blanket: a thick, woollen piece of cloth to cover someone in bed 3 book: ask and pay for sth.;reserve a seat 4 drama: exciting thing that happens 5 exclaim: say something or cry out 6 fire alarm: bell that rings to tell people that there is a fire

7 interrupt: stop somebody when he/she is speaking or doing sth. 8 location: place where sth. is 9 reception: front area in a big office, hotel, etc. where people go when they arrive 10 surface: outside part of something 11 go off: make a sudden noise; turn bad; explode 12 wet: make sth. wet

Fill in the blanks with the correct words. 1.On cold nights, I cannot sleep without two__________. 2.It was a real _________to see the reunion( 团聚） of the parents and their lost child. 3.I was trying to read a book but my little brother kept on ______________me. 4.My new house is just next to the underground station.what do you think of its__________? 5.The _________of the mirror is flat and smooth. blankets drama interrupting location surface

Fill in the blanks with the correct words. 6. Her parents do not _________her to go out at night. 7. She ________ two plane tickets to Sydney and she can get the tickets this evening. 8. When she saw a rat on the ground, she _________ and jumped. 9. The girl at the ____________desk gave John his room key. 10. When the fire alarm ___________, everyone ran to the playground. allow booked exclaimed reception went off

Synopsis by paragraph: P1—4 John F Dancer tries to check in at a hotel with his guide dog Charlie. The clerk refuses to allow Charlie in the hotel even when John explains that he is blind and that Charlie is his eyes.

Synopsis by paragraph: P5—6 John talks to the manager, who allows Charlie to stay. P7—9 The manager shows John his room and where the fire exit is.

Synopsis by paragraph: P10—12 John is woken by Charlie’s barking. He smells smoke and knows that the hotel is on fire. He tries to stop the smoke from getting into his room by putting wet towels under the door. He tries the phone, but it is dead.

Synopsis by paragraph: P14—15 The firemen save John. At first, they refuse to rescue the dog,but John convinces them to take Charlie.

1 接待处 2 订房间 3 消防通道 4 睡着 5 就在那时 6 火警 7 响起 8 好象 9 消防车 10 出现 1 the reception desk 2 book a room 3 fire exit 4 go to sleep 5 just then 6 fire alarm 7 go off 8 seem like 9 fire engine 10 show up

C2 Find the words in Column A in the article. Read the words around them and match the with the meanings in Column B. A B 1 drama a front area in a big office or a hotel 2 reception b a bell that warns people about fire 3 allow c made wet 4 bottom d an exciting event 5 fire alarm e outside part of something 6 surface f the lowest part of something 7 wet g let somebody do something

Who said it? Write the name of the speaker for each sentence. 1‘Can I have my key, please?’ 2‘We don’t allow pets in this hotel.’ 3‘Please call the manager.’ 4‘it’s the fifth door along from yours.’ 5‘Safety first, you know.’ 6‘You both are welcomed,sir’ 7‘It’s against the rules.’ 8‘So you saved Charlie’s life!’ John the clerk John the manager John the manager the fireman the reporter

Dragon’s Head Hotel Fire rules 1 Make sure you know the ________ of the fire _______ nearest your room. 2 If there is a fire outside your room: 2.1 ________ the door of your room. If it is _______, do not open it. Put _______ ________ along the ________ of the door to keep the smoke out. location exit Feel hot wet towelsbottom

Fire rules 2.2 _________ the reception desk and give your room number. 2.3 _______on the floor where the air is freshest and ________. 2.4 When you ________the fire engine outside, _______your window, _________and _______. 2.5 Do exactly what the ________tells you. Do not argue. Phone Lie wait hear openwave shout fireman

E2 Write the numbers of the rules that John could not obey. Rules 2.2 and 2.5 John could not obey Rule 2.2 because his telephone was dead. He could not obey Rule 2.5 because he wanted the fireman to save his dog.

E3 Complete the conversation with the expressions on the right. Was the phone in your room working during the fire? No. It was____________. Did your wait for the fire engine seem long? It certainly did. The ____________________________. I suppose you were happy to hear the fire engine arrive! I certainly was. The sound was ________________. dead minutes seemed like hours. music to my ears

John is staying in a different hotel. The manager is telling him about the hotel. Listen to their conversation and write the letters on the plan to show where these places are: A= John ’ s bedroom B= the dining room C= the fire exit nearest to John ’ s room D= the manager ’ s office

front door A B C D

Hello, Mr Dancer. Welcome to our hotel. Thanks very much. Now, we are giving you a room on the ground floor, so that it’s more convenient for you. Is that all right? Yes, that’s fine, thank you.

Good. Well, I’ll just describe the hotel, and then I’ll take you to your room. Now, we’re standing at the front door, and we’re looking into the hotel. There’s a corridor in front of us. Now, my office, the manger’s office, is just on the right here.

How far away is it? The door’s about two metres away, on our right. OK. And the dining room is on our left. It’s the first door on your left when you come into the hotel. So the dining room is just in front of us, on the left? Yes. Now, if we go forward, after about five metres you must turn left or right. To get to your bedroom,you must turn left.Then your room is the second room you come to on your right.

So I go forward from here, turn left, and take the second door on my right? Yes, that’s correct. And where is the fire exit? It’s near your room. You come out of your room, turn right, and it’s straight in front of you. It’s at the end of the corridor. Right. Thanks very much. Now, shall I take you to your room?Here, hold my arm. It’s a lovely day today,isn’t it?

人称代词 表示 “ 你、我、他（她 / 它）、你 们、我们、他（她 / 它）们 ” 的代词 称为人称代词。人称代词有人称、 数和格的区分。

1 人称代词列表如下： 单数 复数 主格 宾格主格宾格 第一人称 Imeweus 第二人称 you 第三人称 he she it him her it theythem

2. 人称代词的用法 作主语： 1 You have to write a letter to your teacher today. 2 They go to the museum once a year. 作宾语： 1 Who went there with you? 2 I saw them on my way to school.

3.notes: You, he and I are in the same class. a. 人称代词并列使用时，第二人称放在第一位， 第三人称放在第二位，第一人称放在其他人 称的后面。 The child smiled when it saw its mother. b. it 有时可以用来代替 小孩 (child) 和婴儿 (baby) 。

物主代词 表示所属关系的代词叫做物主代 词，也叫代词所有格。物主代词 分形容词性物主代词和名词性物 主代词两种。

1 物主代词列表如下： 数人称形容词性 物主代词 名词性 物主代词 单数第一人称 mymine 第二人称 youryours 第三人称 his herhers its 复数第一人称 ourours 第二人称 youryours 第三人称 theirtheirs

2. 物主代词的用法 My shirt is on the bed, and yours is on the chair. This book is not mine. It’s his. 形容词性物主代词后接名词，用做定语。 名词性物主代词后不可再接名词，单独使用， 可用做主语、表语和宾语。

A1 Give the correct names. 1She is writing a letter. Who is? _________. 2 He’s listening to Alice. Who is? __________. 3 She’s making a phone call. Who is? __________. Amy Jack Betty

A1 Give the correct names. 4 They are looking at the pictures. Who are? ________and ________. 5 It’s going up. What is? The__________. NormanNancy lift

A2 Give short answers to Edwin’s questions. 1 Is Amy writing a letter? 2 Is David making a phone call? 3 Is Lucky standing by Jack? 4 Is Wendy making a phone call? 5 Is the flower shop open? 6 Are Jack and Alice sitting on the sofa? 7 Is Ron coming down in the lift? 8 Is Nancy looking at the picture? Yes, she is. No, he isn’t. No, it isn’t. No, she isn’t. No, it isn’t. Yes, they are. No, he isn’t. Yes, she is.

B Answer Edwin’s questions. 1 What’s the postman giving Mrs. Chen? _______________a letter. 2 What’s Mr. Lai selling Eric? _____________a newspaper. 3 What’s the policewoman telling Dennis? ______________the time. 4 Where’s Mrs. Li taking Polly and Mickey? ________________across the street. He’s selling him She’s telling him She’s taking them He’s giving her

B Answer Edwin’s questions. 5 What’s the policewoman telling Denis? _______________the way. 6 Where’s the painter putting the buckets? __________________on the lorry. 7 What are the painters doing with the ladder? __________________against the wall. He’s showing her She’s putting them They are putting it

c Edwin used pronouns in the following story, but he did not use enough. Read the story and change the italicized words into pronouns. Nothing A teacher in Canada once asked her students to write a composition. ____ (1) The composition’s title will be “What I did during my holidays”,’ ____ (2) the teacher said. One student stood up. ____ (3) The student’s name was Tom. ____ (4) Tom asked, ‘How long must the composition be? Its He His He

Nothing ______ (5)‘The composition can be any length,’said the teacher. She added that ______ (6) the composition had to describe exactly what the students did during ______ (7) the students’ holidays. She told ______ (8) the students that she would collect the compositions from ______ (9) the students the next day. It it their them

Nothing The next day, the students gave_______ (10) the teacher _______ (11) the students’ compositions. _______ (12) The teacher looked at _______ (13) the compositions and then looked at Tom. _______ (14) The teacher asked _______ (15) Tom to stand up. ‘What’s this, Tom?’ _______ (16) the teacher said. ‘You’ve written nothing on your paper.’‘That’s right, Miss,’ said Tom.’That’s exactly what I did during my holidays.’ her their She them She him she

Examples of warnings : Be careful! Take care! Watch out! Look out! Mind…! Don’t touch it!

A1 Practise the conversation. Let’s have a look in the South Seas Shopping Centre. All right, but mind the steps as you go in. Thanks. Let’s go along this way. OK, but watch out. The floor’s wet. You might slip. Here’s an antique shop. Let’s go in. Right, but take care. Don’t break anything. Oh, I like this vase. I’ll just pick it up and…oops! Look out!You almost dropped it. Gosh, the label says it’s 900 years old. But it only cost 64 yuan. I’m going to buy it. Be careful. Are you sure it’s real?

B1 Prepare in pairs. Discuss one disability like this: S1 If you were blind, you couldn’t see the flowers. S2 No. And you couldn’t see the birds. S1 You couldn’t look in the shop windows. S2 You couldn’t watch the ships in the harbour.

A Mark the position of the furniture in Jack’s room

B Describe the room. Now Jack, on the right of the door, you’ll find a bed with a small table beside it. Opposite the bed, there’s a refrigerator. In the right hand corner of the room, there’s an armchair with a table beside it on the table, there’s a phone. On the left of the door, there’s a cupboard. Next to the cupboard, you’ll find the bathroom. In the left hand corner of the room, you’ll find a TV set, and there’s a window above it.that’s all, Jack. Any questions?

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