新目标 八年级 ( 下 ) Unit 8

Why don’t you get her a scarf?

Fill in the blanks with the words given. 1. Today is Jim’s birthday. His mother is going to make a ______ meal for him. special Self check expensive boring cheap special interesting

2. My shoes were really ______. They only cost $5. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an _________ restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was ______. I fell asleep half way through it. cheap expensive boring 5. It’s important to choose subjects that you find __________. interesting

1. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. rather than 可作连词词组使用, 连接两 个并列成分, 意为 “ 是 …… 而不是 …… 、 与其 …… 不如 ……” 。它连接的两个并 列成分可以是名词、形容词、动词、介 词短语等。如：

He is a writer rather than a teacher. 他是作家而不是教师。 Her hair is red rather than brown. 她的头发是红色的而不是棕色的。 I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不是打电话。 He likes taking exercise in the evening rather than in the morning. 他喜欢在晚上锻炼身体而不是早上。

2. Instead, making a meal is enough ． instead 是副词，意为 “ 代替、而不是 ” 。 它可单独位于句首或句尾，位于句首时 后面一般用逗号隔开。如： She never studies on weekends. Instead, she plays tennis. 她周末从不学习, 而是打网球。 He is tired. Let me go instead. 他累了, 让我替他去吧。

instead of 是介词短语, 意义与 instead 一样, 后面可接名词、代词、动词的 -ing 形式和 介词短语作它的宾语。如： He’ll go to Italy instead of France. 他要去意大利而不是法国。 Give me the red one instead of the green one. 给我那个红的而不是绿的。

You should be out playing instead of working indoors all day. 你应该到外边活动活动，而不是整天呆 在屋子里工作。 We’ll have some coffee in the garden instead of in the house. 我们将在花园里而不是在屋子里喝咖啡。

【运用】 【运用】根据括号中的要求完成下列句子, 每空一词。 1. He won’t go to France. He will go to Italy. ( 合为一句 ) He ___ go to Italy ______ ___ France. 2. 杰克病了, 彼得将替他去开会。 ( 根据汉 语意思完成英语句子 ) Jack is ill. Peter will go to the meeting _______. will instead of instead

3. You should be out playing ______ __ _______ (work) indoors all day. ( 根据括号中单词的提示完成句子 ) instead of working

How can sing English songs to help your English? 1. We can learn some new words. 2. It’s good for our listening. 3. It can improve our speaking. 4. We can become more interested in English. 5. …

Many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. What is this passage mainly about?

Find out the fun ways to learn English in this passage. Read paragraph 1,4 carefully 1. Singing English songs. 2. Watching English movies. 3. Reading English books. 4. Making friends with a native speaker of English.

To understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why” questions as you read. 理解文章的重点，必须对文章加以提炼、 总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪 里和为什么这些问题。

Where are the singers from? How did they perform ( 表现 )? They are from across China/ all over China. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers. Read Paragraph 1,2 and 3, then answer the questions.

Who are the winners? The winner of the men’s The winner of the women’s A 40-year-old man from Xi’an. A 19-year-old woman from Dalian.

What was Jiangmei’s opinion of singing English songs? What’s the influence ( 影响 ) of the contest? It made her more interested in learning English. It encourages people in China to speak English.

The first 3 paragraphs: learning English by singing songs Many people try to improve their English in different ways. Topic sentence( 主题句 ): The last paragraph: other ways of learning English: summary For example A Singing Contest …encouraged… 1. watching… 2. reading… 3. making friends with…

1. Where was the winner of the men’s competition from? 2. Who was the winner of the women’s competition? He is from Xi’an. She is a 19-year-old girl from Dalian.

3. Why did Jiang Mei win? Because she studied English hard. Singing English songs help her improve her English. No, they didn’t. 4. Did the winners think they were better than the other singers?

5. What does Beijing Speaks English suggest? 6. How many fun ways to learn English are there in the text? What are they? It suggests ways for Beijongers to take an interest in learning English. 4 Sing English songs, watch English movies, reading English books, make friends with a native speaker of English.

Form( 形式 ) of the English contest A contest by (1) ______________ _____________. The number of the singers in the contest (2) ____________. Where did the singers in the contest come from? They came from (3) _____________. singing popular English songs Twenty-four all over China 请根据短文内容, 完成下面的表格, 每空词数不限。

The winner of the women ’ s competition (4) _________ Purpose ( 目的 ) of the contest This kind of contest encourages people in China (5) ______________. to speak English Jiang Mei

请根据短文内容, 判断下列句子正 (T) 误 (F) 。 ( )1. Many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. ( )2. All the singers could sing English songs very clearly and looked comfortable on stage, but none of them were able to sing as well as native speakers. T F

( )3. Both winners of the contest thought that they sang better than the other singers. ( )4. Jiang Mei thought that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English. F T

( )5. Besides singing English songs, we can also improve our English by watching English movies, reading English books or making friends with native speakers of English. T

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 ( )1. Which is TRUE about the contest? A. 24 singers from across the world entered the contest. B. Most of the singers were a bit nervous on stage. C. Some of the singers sang as well as native speakers.

( )2. The winners ______. A. both came from Xi’an B. both didn’t think they were better than the other singers C. were the same age ( )3. Which way of improving English is not mentioned in the passage? A. Listening to the English tapes. B. Singing English songs. C. Watching English movies.

Have you ever tried improving your English using any of the ways mentioned in the reading? What other ways can you think of to improve your English? 1.Read English newspapers. 2.Practice oral English with foreigners. 3.Listen to English radio. 4.Watch English movies. 5.Make English pen pals. 6.Take part in English club.

1. 他们停下来听了听，但什么也没听 到。 They _______ __ _____, but heard _______. 根据所给汉语意思完成句子 stopped to listen nothing Exercises

2. — 詹妮, 你能从卫生间出来吗 ? — Jenny, would you mind ______ ___ ___ the bathroom? — 对不起，爸爸，我马上出来。 — Sorry, dad, I won’ t be ____. long getting out of 3. 这件事我一个人干得了, 我敢肯 定没问题。 I can do it all ___ ______. I’m sure. It’s ___ ________. problem by myself no

4. — 你爱听轻音乐吗 ? — Do you like to _____ to light music? — 爱。 — Yes, I do. — 我明天给你弄两张轻音乐 CD 。 — I ____ ___ you ____ light music CDs tomorrow. listen two get will

5. 你还不够努力, 如果你努力了, 你会做得 更好。 You aren’t ____________ _______. If you work harder, you ____ do ______. betterwill enough hard-working

1. buy, you, don’t, why, a, sweater ___________________________ 2. something, should, her, get, you, interesting ___________________________ __________ 连词成句 Why don’t you buy a sweater? You should get her something interesting.

3. great, dogs, pets, make ____________________________ 4. she, want, every, day, doesn’t, up, hair, dog, to, clean __________________________ _________________ Dogs make great pets. She doesn’t want to clean up dog hair every day.

Kelly 今天生日, 你准备为她准备一次 surprised party, 并邀请你的朋友参加, 并 且还准备了一顿 special meal 。请用英语 介绍你的准备情况及邀请的客人。 Kelly 今天生日, 你准备为她准备一次 surprised party, 并邀请你的朋友参加, 并 且还准备了一顿 special meal 。请用英语 介绍你的准备情况及邀请的客人。 Homework 需要用到的单词及短语： invite, ready, present, laugh, have a good time

Today is Kelly’s birthday. She is my best friend. I’m going to have a surprised party for her in my house. I invited Leona, Sally, Marcia, and many other friends. All of them are teenagers. Sample

Leona promised to bring some drinks. Sally will bring some snacks. David said he would bring some flowers and pictures. I bought a big cake and a present for her. I am going to get ready for a special meal.

I bought hamburgers, French fries, and I made some salad. Kelly likes hamburgers and fruit salad. Marcia likes cakes and I like French fries. I think all of us will laugh and sing and dance. Kelly must be excited.

Thank you for listening!