1. Unit 4 Task A DIY story

2. Some questions about Reading: 1.What happened to the cat when Suzy’s cousin finished painting his living room blue? 2.Could Suzy put the books on the shelf made by her cousin? 3.Why did Suzy’s cousin feel unhappy when Suzy advised him to take a course in DIY? 4.Is Suzy also weak at DIY?

3. Suzy’s mother’s birthday is coming. What is she going to give her mother as a gift?

4. Listen to Part A and answer: 1.Why didn’t Suzy make the card at home? 2.Did Sandy help? 3.How long did Suzy and Sandy spend making it? 4.What did Suzy keep making when working on it? Why? 5.What color did she use for the roses? 6.Did they make a mess in the house?

5. Read carefully and try to find out what each paragraph is about: A DIY story Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 _____Suzy made a birthday card ____ she made the card _____ _________ in the end Suzy’s _______ Why How What hope happened

6. Put the following into English ： 决定做某事 给某人做一张生日 贺卡 保密 一个秘密会议 计划做某事 印有玫瑰花的贺卡 帮某人画画 decide to do sth. (make a decision to do sth. ) make a birthday card for sb./ make sb. a birthday card keep it secret (adj.) a secret meeting plan to do sth. the card with some roses on it help sb. with the drawing

7. Put the following into English ： 很高兴做某事 出错 在那段时间 犯错 写下那个句子 不断地拼错这些 单词 把... 涂成红色 剪出一张彩色气 球的图片 have fun doing sth. go wrong during that time make (some) mistakes write the sentence keep spelling the words wrong color …red cut out a picture of colorful balloons

8. Put the following into English ： 把它粘在封面上 完成这张卡片 到处都是颜料。 我为妈妈做的第 一张贺卡 最后 用旧衣物做东西 一件家具 stick it on the cover (stick-stuck) complete the card There is paint everywhere. the first card I made for Mum in the end/finally make things from old clothes a piece of furniture

9. Part B Write your own diary entry about one of the DIY jobs you do. Look at the ideas in Part B. You can choose to write about one of them or to use your own ideas.

10. Sample writing

11. Saturday, 8 May Father’s Day is coming, so I decided to put up a bookshelf for my father because he loves reading and has many books. I ordered the building materials online. My best friend Daniel came to help me and brought some tools. We read the instructions first and quickly started to work. Daniel is good at DIY and he is really helpful. It took us only an hour to finish the work. I had a little trouble using the hammer. Daniel taught me how to use it and we had fun working together.

12. We also tried to paint the bookshelf blue--- my father’s favorite color. When we finished, it looked really cool. I feel happy with my work and I believe my father will be proud of it as well.