Unit 4 Hobbies

What is a hobby? A hobby is something you like to do when you are not working and it makes you happy.

What are their hobbies? Collecting stamps Making model planes Fishing

1.Do you like looking at the stars at night? 2.Do you count the stars when you look at them? 3.Do you use a telescope to look at stars ? 4.Do you know the names of stars?

1.Patrick did not have any money to buy things for looking at stars when he was young. ( ) 2.You can see billions of stars in the sky. ( ) 3.You can see different star groups at different seasons. ( ) 4.The shapes of star groups always change. ( ) 5.All stars are the same size. ( ) 6.Stars can move from one group to another. ( ) 7.It is not easy for you to see Venus and Jupiter.( ) 8.Mars looks red in the sky. ( ) T F T F F F F T Listen to the tape and decide if the following statements are T or F.

1. When did Patrick Moor begin to learn about the stars? When he was about eight. 2. Who taught him their names? He taught himself. 3. What did he use to learn their name? He used a map of the stars. 4. How many stars can you see if you only use your eyes? About 3, Do the shapes of the star groups change? No, they don’t. 6. How is a star different from a planet? A star stays in its group, but a planet moves from group to group. 7. Why do you see different star groups at different seasons? Do you know? Because the earth turns round. Read Patrick Moore’s hobby and answer the questions

Find out these useful phrases and underline them 数以亿计 billions of 用自己的眼睛 with your own eyes 并非全部都 not all.. 在不同的季节 at different seasons 不是 … 而是 … not…but…

Useful expressions: 1.used to do sth 过去常常做某事－ be used to doing 习 惯做某事used to do sth did not use to sth 过去常常不做 e.g. I didn’t use to play football. I used to swim in the river when I was young. Did you use to swim in the river when I was young? 2. not …but … 不是 …... ，而是 …… e.g. The thief was not a man, but a cat. 3. Billions of; millions of ; thoudsands of ;hundreds of;

4. See ……do (see……doing) 5.It is easy to learn the name of each group. = To learn the name of each group is easy. = Learning the name of each group is easy. It is interesting to play basketball. = ? 6. not all… 并非全部都 … （部分否定） e.g. Not all the students like to see the film. 7. It looks red. taste / feel / look / smell / sound+adj. become / turn / get+adj.

7.It move from one group to another. From one… to another 8.Then you will want to find out even more about them. even + the comparative ( 比较级） 程度副词有： a bit ， a little ， rather ， much ， far ， by far ， many ， a lot ， lots ， a great deal ， any ， still ， even

Grammar Not all stars are the same. (Some are the same, some are not. 部分否 定）

所有星星都是一样的. Not all the stars are the same. =All the stars are not the same. 肯定句 : 部分否定 : 全否定句 : All the stars are the same. None of the stars is the same. All 的部分否定和全否定 Not all stars are the same. (Some are the same, some are not. 部分否定）

两个学生都对 Both the students are not right. 肯定句 : 部分否定 : 全否定句 : Both the students are right. Neither of the students is right. neither of + 名词复数 + 动词单数 both of + 名词复数 + 动词复数 Both 的部分否定和全否定

所有的 ( 每一个 ) 学生都对. Not every student is right. 肯定句 : 部分否定 : 全否定句 : Every student is right. None of the students is right. Every 的部分否定和全否定

根据下列英文说明用 “used to” 的适当形式写句子。used to Example: Ben often got up early in the past, but now he doesn’t. Ben used to get up early. 1.Jack often visited his uncle in the past, but now he doesn’t do that any longer. Jack _______ _______ ________ his uncle in the past. 2. My father often went to work by bike, but now he goes to work by underground. My father __________ _________ _________ to work by bike. 3. Mr Sun didn’t go to bed early, but now he goes to bed at 9:00 at night. Mr Sun ____ ______ _________ ________ to bed early. 4. Candy didn’t play the guitar in the past, but now she plays often. Candy ______ _____ ___ ______ the guitar in the past. used to visit used to go didn’t use to go didn’t use to play

Translation 1. 这两个女孩不都对． Both of the girls are not right. ２ Not all the students have been to Hong Kong. 不是所有的学生都去过香港． 3. 不是每个人都能回答这个问题． Not everyone can answer the question.

4. 小的时候, 我不曾放过风筝. I didn’t use to fly kites when I was young. 5. 我习惯每天早起了. I am used to getting up early everyday. 6. 用望远镜 (telescope) 可以看到数十亿颗星 星. We can see billions of stars with a telescope. 7. 让我们小组学习. Let’s study in groups. 8. 学习已经成为我毕生的事业了. Study has already become my life’s work

9. 我不喜欢踢足球, 但是喜欢弹钢琴. I don’t like football but piano. I don’t like playing football, but I like playing the piano. 10. 不是所有的小偷都是坏的。 Not all the thieves are bad. All the thieves are not bad.

Translation 11. 我外婆一辈子住在乡下. 12. 教书是我终身的工作. 13. 他不喜欢鸡肉而喜欢鱼肉. 14. 你爸爸过去常常抽烟吗 ? 15. 我现在习惯于六点钟起床. 16. 不是所有的学生都喜欢英语. My grandma lives in the countryside all her life. Teaching is my life’s work. He doesn’t like chicken but fish. Did your father use to smoke? I am used to getting up at six. Not all the students like English.

Homework 1. Book B------Reading 。 2. English Weekly------Reading A 。