Unit 10 Section A Period 2 (3a-4c)

How do they feel about their toys?

How do you feel about those toys you played with when you were young? Where are they now?

3a Read the article written by a father for a newspaper. What is his family going to sell at the yard sale? They are going to sell old toys and football shirts at the yard sale.

Read the article again and answer the questions. 3b 1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale? 2. What do they want to do with the money from the sale? Because they have too many things in the house. Give it to a children’s home.

3. Why does the son want to keep his train and railway set? 4. How can the old toys be useful again? He wants to keep his train and railway set because he has had it since his fourth birthday and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. Old toys can bring joy to children who don’t have the money to buy toys.

5. Have you ever thought about having a yard sale to sell your things? What would you do with the money you raise?

3c Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced with the ones below and write them next to the words.

lose- _________ kids- ____________ truthful- _____ many-_______ some time- ________ even though-_________ quickly- ____________ older- ______________ part withchildren honesta lot of a while although fast growing up

4a Rewrite the sentences using for or since. 1. Jim is in Japan. He arrived there three days ago. 2. They are very hungry. Their last meal was ten hours ago. 3. I have a camera. I bought it in Jim has been in Japan for three days. They have not eaten for ten hours. I have had a camera since 2009.

4. I know Ann. I first met her three years ago. 5. Linda is ill. She became ill on Monday. I have known Anna for three years. Linda has been ill since Monday.

用 since 和 for 填空 1._______ two years 2._______ two years ago 3. _______ last month 4.______ _______ yesterday 6. _______ 4 o’clock 7. ______ 4 hours 8._______ an hour ago 9. _______ we were children 10. _____ a month 11.______ she left here for since for since

4b Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. I ____________ (never be) to the water park before. I want to _______(go) next month before the weather gets too cold. 2. They _____________ (never own) any pets, but they ______________ (always want) to have a dog. have never been go have never owned always want

3. We ________ (have) a piano since last November. We ________ (buy) it from the Li family when they moved to the US last year. 4. Cathy and Amy ________________ (not be) back to their hometown for two years. They _______ (miss) their hometown a lot and hope to visit the place next year. have had haven’t been bought miss

5. This museum ________ (be) here for over 20 years. It _______ (be) one of the oldest buildings in this small town. has been is

4c Fill in the questions and ask two students. Then complete the chart. 1.Do you have a(n) ____? How long have you had it? 2.Do you own a(n) __? How long have you owned it? ThingsHow long Tony favorite book basketball for two years since he was 10 years old

Do the other exercises in this part.

part with 为一个短语动词，表示 “ 不情 愿地与 …… 分手，将之送给或卖给他 人 ” 。例如： Paul was unwilling to part with his valuable stamp collection. 保罗不愿意卖掉他那些珍藏的邮票。

She took the computer game from Jack, who parted with it unwillingly. 她从杰克的手中接过电脑游戏，杰克不 情愿地将它放手。 I took the book, thanked her, and told her I would never part with it. 我接过书，谢过她，并告诉她我不会把 这本书再送给别人。

part 在这里是动词，意思是 “ 分离；离 开 ” He gave me the letter and we parted. 他给了我那封信，我们就告别了。 She tried to part the two fighting dogs. 她设法把两条打架的狗分开。