3a Complete the first two paragraphs about resolutions with the words in the box. take listen make is help learn are Resolutions______ promises to yourself. They may______ to make you a better person and to make your life easier. I’m going to ______ four resolutions. The first resolution has to do with my own personal improvement. Next year, or maybe sooner, I am going to ______ up a new hobby. I think singing ______ a great activity so I am going to ______ to sing. I think this will make my family happy because they love to ______ to music and sing together. are help make take is listen learn

3b Write your resolutions under the following headings. 1.Ideas for improving my physical health 2. Ideas for improving my relationships with my family and friends help mom cook meals;play games with friends 3. Ideas for doing better at school make a weekly plan for schoolwork;work hard at math and English get more exercise,eat more vegetables

3c Write about your resolutions: In each paragraph, write what you are going to do and why. The second resolution is about improving my physical health. I’m going to get more exercise and eat more vegetables. The third resolution is about improving my relationships with my family and friends. I’m going to help mom cook meal and do the dishes. I’m going to play games with my friends. The last resolution is about how to do better at school. make a weekly plan for schoolwork; work hard at math and English

4 Imagine you work for your city. Think of a plan to make it cleaner and greener. 1.We’re going to make the subway better. Then people don’t have to drive to work. 2.___________________ 3.___________________ 4.___________________ 5.___________________

We’re going to plant more trees and flowers around the city. We’re going to go to school or work by electric-bike

We’re going to help clean the streets and parks on the weekends. We’re going to use more cleaner energy. cleaner energy

Self check 1 Match the jobs with the school subjects. 1.computer programmer medicine 2.engineer computer science 3.doctor math 4. basketball player science 5.scientist P.E.

A: What do you ________to be when you grow up? B: I want ________ a scientist. A:Wow! That sounds cool. But it’s difficult. ________ are you ________ to do that? B: After I finish high school, I’m ________ to go to university. A: ________ are you ________ to study? B: In Hefei. I’m ________ to study there for four years. A: I think I want ________ a teacher. I’m ________ to teach in Wuhan. 2 Fill in the blanks in the conversation. want to be How going Where going to begoing

3 Write about your plans. Tomorrow, I’m going to_____________________ Next week, ______________________________ Next month, ______________________________ Next year, ________________________________ have an English lesson. I am going to travel to Dalian. I am going to visit my friend. I am going to move to another city.

写作指导  本文为写自己新年决心。因 此在写句子时应用一般将来 时态，用 be going to 结构。  根据 3b 中的要点提示，模仿 3a 中的写作方式，将自己的 新年决心依次写在每个相关 的决心里。  最后，再通读一遍自己的短 文，看是否通顺和正确。

New Year’s Resolutions New year is coming, I’m going to do a lot of things next year. First, I want to improve my Chinese, so I’m going to practice it very often and have many conversations with my Chinese friends. Then, I want to take part in the sports meeting and get good grades, so I’m going to do sports every day such as swimming, running and so on. At the same time, I’m going to eat more healthy food instead of junk food.

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