2. Why don't you get her a scarf?
Unit 8
Why don't you get her a scarf?
SECTION A

3. scarf

4. tennis balls

5. dictionary

6. CD

7. camera

8. bicycle

9. calendar

10. soccer ball

11. photo album

12. flowers

13. 1a What do you think of these gifts
1a What do you think of these gifts? Write each gift under one or more of the words in the chart. Add other gifts to each column.
scarf tennis balls dictionary CD camera bicycle
Cheap
Expensive
Boring
Interesting

15. What should I get my mom for her birthday?
How about a scarf?
No, that’s too boring.

16. What should I get my mom for her birthday?
How about flowers?
No, that’s too not special enough.

17. What should I get my mom for her birthday?
How about a camera?
No, that’s too expensive.

18. What should I get my mom for her birthday?
How about photo album?
No, that’s not special enough.

19. What should I get my mom for her birthday?
How about dictionary?
Ok, she’ll like that.

20. 1b Listen and number the comments in the order you hear them.
_________That’s too expensive.
_________That’s too boring, too.
______They’re too c
heap.
______That’s too boring. 3 4 1 2

21. 1c PAIRWORK Practice the conversation in the picture above
1c PAIRWORK Practice the conversation in the picture above. Then make your own conversations.
A: What should I get my mom for her birthday?
B: How about a scarf?
A: No, that’s too boring.

22. 2a Listen. In each conversation about gifts, who is the person shopping for? Put a check(√) in the correct column.
Conversation 1
Conversation 2
Conversation 3
Teacher
Sister
Friend √ √ √

23. 2b Listen again and write the suggestions and comments in the chart below.

24. a CD not special enough a scarf a soccer ball not creative enough
Conversation 1
Conversation 2
Conversation 3
Suggestion 1
a CD
Comment 1
not special enough
Suggestion 2
Comment 2
a scarf
a soccer ball
not creative enough
too personal
flowers
a calendar
a photo album
good idea
she’ll like that
sounds good

25. Grammar Focus 表达征求意见的用法： What / How about＋名词 / 动名词？
Why don’t you …? 是否定性特殊疑问句。
Why not＋动词原形？

26. 3a PAIRWORK What’s the best gift he/she has ever received?
When did he/she receive it?
Who gave it to him/her?
Joe
6th birthday
Maria
pet dog
brother
Tom
when he left school
Vera
wallet
sister
What’s the best gift Joe has ever received?
A bike.
When did Joe get it?
On his sixth birthday.
Who gave it to him?
His parents.
What a lucky guy! A: B:

27. 现在完成时：have / has＋动词过去分词
Answers
What’s the best gift he/she has ever received?
When did he/she receive it?
Who gave it to him/her?
Joe
bike
parents
Maria
Christmas
Tom
guitar
grandparents
Vera
12th birthday
What’s the best gift Joe has ever received?
A bike.
When did Joe get it?
On his sixth birthday.
Who gave it to him?
His parents.
What a lucky guy! A: B:
现在完成时：have / has＋动词过去分词

28. 4 GROUPWORK I’m going to make a special meal.
Tell the class what you are going to do for someone’s birthday. The class tries to guess the person.
I’m going to make a special meal.
Is it someone in your family?
Yes, it is.
Is it your mother?
No, it isn’t. A: B: C:

29. HOMEWORK
Finish off the exercises in 2c and 3b in Section A.

30. Good Bye!