1. 八年级英语冀教版上 Lesson 43 制作人：张国凤

2. Teaching aims 1.Vocabulary: pal, apartment, metre, tongue, noun, verb, American, a pen pal, all morning, the meaning of the sentence 2.Sentence Patterns: I don’t have any brothers or sisters. My best friend is named Li Ming. I have spoken English all morning Here’s Jessica’s address.

3. Step1: discuss Talk about the questions: What is a pen pal? Do you have a pen pal? Have you ever written to your pen pal in English? Do you know how to write a letter in English?

4. Step 2: Listen and answer. Listen to the tape with the following questions: Where is Wang Mei’s pen pal from? Who is her best friend? What are her favourite foods?

5. Step 2: Listen and answer. Listen to the tape with the following questions: Where is Wang Mei’s pen pal from? She is from the USA. Who is her best friend? Li Ming is her best friend. What are her favourite foods? They are chicken and noodles.

6. Step 3: Read and discuss Read the letter and then find out the differences between English and Chinese letters.

7. Step 4: Key words American 可作形容词，也可作名词，意为 “ 美国的， 美国人 ” 。 eg: Many people like American fast food. They are Americans. America 名词 “ 美国 ” eg: America is a developed country. China-Chinese-Chinese Japan-Japanese-Japanese Germany-German-Germans Canada-Canadian-Canadians Australia-Australian-Australians England-Englishman-Englishmen 特别提示

8. Step 5: Key sentences 1.I have spoken English all morning. 此句用了现在完成时，其结构为：助动词 have/has+ 动词的 过去分词。其意义为： A: 表示过去的动作对现在造成的影响 或结果。标志词有 already, yet, ever, never 等。 eg: I have never been abroad. I have seen the film before. B: 表示过去发生的动作持续到现在，动词要为延续性动词。 标志词有： for + 时间段， since+ 具体的过去时间或 since+ 一 般过去时从句， so far, by now, these days. eg: He has worked in the factory since 1998

9. Step 5: Key sentences 2. Here’s Jessica’s address. 此句为倒装句，以 here, there, now, then, out, in, down, away 等副词开头的句子，常用倒装句，以表示强调。常用 句式： A: 副词 + 动词 + 名词 B: 副词 + 代词 + 动词 eg: Here is a seat for you. Now comes my turn Here you are.

10. Step 6: Read and think Read the letter carefully and then answer the following questions Has Wang Mei studied any other languages in school? What is it? Do Wang Mei’s parents only have a daughter? What does Wang Mei hope to do?

11. Step 7: Summary Key words and sentences: pal, apartment, metre, tongue, noun, verb, American, a pen pal, all morning, the meaning of the sentence I don’t have any brothers or sisters. My best friend is named Li Ming. I have spoken English all morning Here’s Jessica’s address.

12. ( )1. There are many trees on ____ side of the street. A.every B. each C. either D.both ( )2. I_____ here for five years. A. have been B. am C. has been D. was ( )3. There are two_____ in our school. A. American B. Americans C. Australia D. America ( )4. The clothes_____ by my sister. A. wash B. is washed C. are washed D. washes ( )5. He lives ______ an apartment______ his parents. A.in ; and B.in ; with C.at ; with D. at ; and ( )6. I hope you will write_____ me soon. A. with B. for C. to D. at B A B C B C