1. I ’ ll send you a photo of Lucky. Reading

2. Animal helpers

3. Easily! Normal things Can you open and shut the door? Can you carry things? Can you answer the phone? Can you use your hands, arms and legs?

5. Being blind, deaf, unable to walk or use your hands easily is something that most people cannot imagine. Normal things are difficult for them. They face challenges.

6. What can we do to help disabled people out? Cheer them up Set up organizations to help them Write letters to support them… Donate money to them=give money to… The men need help must be appreciated =thankful

7. How to help disabled people? A specially trained dog A dog --helper

8. This specially trained dog can help disabled people who is blind, deaf, unable to walk or use hands. help disabled people open and shut doors fetch the shoes take off the clothes wash clothes play CDs… specially trained dog

9. “ Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. The organization need donation. Miss Li sent money to the organization. How to thank him ?

10. Liz smith How to thank miss li? A thank- you letter

11. How is a letter different from an article? List three differences. 1. 2. 3. Letters need addresses. Letters need greetings( 问候 ) at the beginning and the end. Letters use informal ( 非正式 ) language. 1b

12. Using parts of speech Using parts of speech If you don’t understand a word or a phrase in English, ask yourself what part of speech it is. It might be a noun, a verb or a preposition, for example. Knowing what it is can help you understand better. And it allows you to use the new English word or phrase correctly in the future.

13. I ’ ll send you a photo of Lucky. 1. Scanning the letter, answer the questions: (1).Who wrote this letter? (2).Who is Lucky? Liz Smith. A specially trained dog that helps Liz Smith.

14. 2. Read the letter again, answer the questions: ⑴ Why did he write to Miss Li? (2). What is Animal Helpers? (3). Is Liz Smith a normal person? What ’ s his trouble? (4). How does Lucky help Liz? He ’ d like to thank her for Miss Li ’ s help No. He is a disabled person He can ’ t use his arms or legs well. He has been trained to understand different instructions. An organization set up to help disabled people

15. 1.What is “Animal Helpers” ? It is an organization (which is) set up to help disabled people. Paragraph 1 : 2.What has lucky brought the writer? It has brought the writer pleasure.

16. Paragraph 2: 1.What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “normal” in the passage ?____ A. 正规的 B. 日常的 C. 正常的 Ｂ 2. Can you give me some examples of normal things according to the passage? answering the telephone,opening and shutting the doors, carrying thing 3. Does normal things has been easy for the writer? Why? No, because the writer can’t use her arms or legs well

17. A specially trained dog( 特训狗 ) 1.How long had he been trained ? For six months. 2.What has he been trained to do? He has been trained to understand different instructions and English words Paragraph 3,4 指示

18. Lucky is an amazing dog Paragraph 5: The writer showed her thanks to Miss Li. Q: What did the writer say to thank her? I thank you again for supporting “Animal Helpers ”. Your donation is greatly appreciated.

19. Language points: 1. 感谢做某事： Thank you for doing sth. Eg): 1) Thanks for ____us so well ! A. teach B. teaching C.to teach 2) Thank you for your help ! =_______for _______me ! B Thanks helping

20. 2. 一个 ( 为了帮助残障人士而建立的 ) 机构 an organization (set up to help disabled people) ___ 过去分词做定语 Eg: 1) 一个叫做汤姆的男孩 2) 一本 ( 比尔. 盖茨写的 ) 书. 3) 一份 ( 在火车上出售的 ) 报纸 a book written by Bill Gates. a newspaper sold on the train a boy called Tom

21. 3. 使 … 成为可能 : make it possible (to do sth.) Eg: You have helped make _______ possible for me to have “Lucky”. A. it B. that C. this A

22. 4. 用 … 装满 : 主动 : (Sb.) fill sth. with sth. 被动 : Sth. be filled with sth. =Sth. be full of sth. Eg:1) 请用粉笔 (chalk) 装满这个盒子. Please ______________________. 2) 公共汽车上挤满了人. The bus ______________________people. fill the box with chalk is filled with/ is full of

23. 5. pleasure (n.) 愉快, 高兴 ; 乐趣 Eg: My life is filled with _________( 乐趣 ). pleasure With pleasure It’s a / my pleasure

24. Eg:1)--Thank you for helping me. ---__________. 2)-- Could you help me carry it ? --_______. A. It’s a pleasure B. With pleasure A B

25. 6 carry, take, fetch, bring carry =hold sth. and move with it “ 携带, 拿, 运载 ”( 不表 明运动方向 ) take =carry to another place or go with it “ 带走带领 ” （带着离去） bring=come carrying sth. or with sb. “ 拿来，带来 ” fetch=go and get from another place and bring back “ 去取（拿）来 ” （往返）

26. 6. carry take bring fetch 搬运，携带 带去, 拿走 ( take away,take..there\with) 带来, 拿来 (bring here) (=go and bring) 去拿来 Eg:1) Can you _______the heavy box? 2) Don’t forget to _______your book here. 3) My Parents often ______me to the zoo. 4) Lucky ! _______my book. 5) The train ________apples. 6) It’s going to rain. If you go out, don’t forget to _____an umbrella with you. carry bring take Fetch carries take

27. help sb. out 7. 帮助 ( 某人 ) 解决 困难 : =help sb. solve the problem 她想帮我解决困难． She would like _________________. to help me out to help me solve the problem 8. 六个月的训练 : six months of training =six-month training =six months’ training

28. 9. 能做某事： can do sth. =be able to do sth. =It’s possible for sb. to do sth. Eg:They are able to finish the work tomorrow. =___is __________for them to finish the work tomorrow. (2006 年中考 ) It possible

29. = right now/away 10. at once 立刻, 马上 : 11. appreciate 1) (v.) 感激 2) 欣赏, 赏识 1) 我们十分感激你的帮助． We greatly __________________. appreciate your help 2) 大多数人能够欣赏艺术作品． Most of people can __________ works of art. appreciate 欣赏做某事 : appreciate doing sth.

30. n noun 名词 v verb 动词 adj adjective 形容词 adv adverb 副词 pron pronoun 代词 prep preposition 介词 conj conjunction 连词

31. 3a Find one example of each part of speech ( 词性 ) in the reading. PART OF SPEECH EXAMPLE FROM TEXT PART OF SPEECH EXAMPLE FROM TEXT 1.A NOUN (n.) 5. AN ADVERB 6. A PREPOSITION 7. A CONJUNCTION 8.AN EXCLAMATION （名词） 2.A PRONOUN （ Prep. 介词 ) 3. A VERB (V.) （动词） 4. AN ADJECTIVE (adj. 形容词 ) (adv. 副词 ) （ conj. 连词 ) （ Pron. 代词 ) （ 感叹句 ) money I,you thank, send blind, deaf easily for,with but, and Lucky!

32. 3b Find three examples of phrasal verbs from the reading. Use them to make sentences of your own. 1. fill…with … 用 … 装满 It filled my life with pleasure. 2. help out 帮助解决困难 When I have trouble, my friend often helps me out. 3. cheer up 使 … 高兴起来 I tried my best to cheer them up.

33. Use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts. SUBJECT VERB OBJECT/PREDICATE Miss Li can fetch unable to move well. Liz Smith trains money to “Animal Helpers”. Lucky donated animals like Lucky. “Animal Helpers” is things for disabled people. 3c

34. Write a short reply to Liz Smith. In your letter: 1. Offer to help her more. 2. Say why you are able to help. 3. Say what you could do to help.

35. Dear Liz, I was so happy to receive your letter. Thank you very much for writing to tell me about Lucky. I would really love to come and visit you one day and see how Lucky helps you. I’d also like to help you some more because I have some extra time at the moment. Perhaps I could help you at home, or do some work for ‘Animal Helpers’. I’d enjoy watching them train the animals too. I’ll call them one day soon. Here is my phone number:468-3852. Please call me so we can arrange a time for me to visit. Best wishes, Miss Li

36. be unable to, disabled people, have difficulties doing, get a dog, set up, feel lucky, write a letter, fetch, shut, carry, donate, thanks…for… Liz Smith is unable to use her arms or legs. She has difficulties answering the phone, opening and shutting doors or carrying things. One day, her friend asked her to get a dog- helper from the “ Animal Helpers”, which is set up to help disabled people. After training, she brought the dog home. It is named Lucky because she feels lucky to have him. Lucky can fetch the book for Liz and even understand difficult words like “upstairs’. He really helps a lot. So she wrote this letter to thank Miss Li for donating the money to “Animal Helpers”. ___ ___ ______ ________ ______ ____ ______ ___ _____ ______ ______ _____________ ____ ____ ____ __ ______ ____ __________ ______ ______ _______

37. Exercises: 1.They put up ____________________( 广告 ) all over the school. 2. In the past many people died of _______ ( 饥饿 ). 3. Jimmy was _________( 修理 ) the bike. 4. His brother ______ ( 主修 ) in chemistry at Huanan University. 5. Everyone should be friendly to the _______ ( 聋人 ) ． advertisements/ads hunger repairing majors deaf

38. 6. He took a trip to Beijing for_________ ( 高兴 ). 7. The young man did something that most people can’t _________ ( 想像 ). 8. The student left the classroom after ______ ( 闩上 ) the door. 9. Her father bought her a nice dress _________ ( 专门地 ). 10. The glass is _______( 装满 ) with water. pleasure imagine shutting specially filled

39. Phrasal Verbs ( 动词词组 ) in Unit 8 1. 打扫干净 2. 使某人高兴起来 3. 分发，发放 4. 分发，派发 5. 赠送、捐赠 6. 想出（主意，办法等） 7. 推迟、拖延 8. 推迟做某事 9. 张贴 10. 建立，创立，开办 clean up cheer up sb give out hand out give away come up with= think up put off sth put off doing sth put up set up =start / establish

40. 11. 用完，花光，耗尽 12. 修理，修补 13. （在外貌，性格等方面）与（父母）相像 14. 帮助某人（做）某事 15. 写下，记下 16. 计划做某事 17. 与 … 相似 18. 花费 … （时间、钱） 做某事 19. 打电话给某人 run out of fix up =mend / repair take after sb. help sb with sth write down = take down / put down plan to do be similar to sb / sth spend … on sth / doing sth call up sb

41. 21. 尽力做某事，尝试做某事 22. 叫 / 告诉某人做某事 20. 叫 / 告诉某人不做某事 23. 结果，结局为 24. 请求，索取 25. （俚）闲荡 try to do/ try doing hang out work out ask for ask / tell sb to do sth ask / tell sb not to do sth

42. 3. Do some exercise ( )1.. — Where would you like to work? —. A. School work B. BikeC. A food bank D. Repair bikes （） 2. Could you help the city parks? They ’ re dirty. A. clean up B. set upC. cheer up D. use up （） 3.I ’ m very busy. I ’ d like to kids their school work. A. help, toB. helping, withC. help, with D. helping, to （） 4. — We need to a plan. — Let ’ s have lunch first. A. come upB. come up withC. catch up D. catch up with （） 5. — What do you like doing? — I love. A. playing the footballB. playing football C. play footballD. play the football c A C c B B

43. （） 6. — What is she doing? — She is Jim. A. calling upB. callC. callingsD. call up （） 7.The volunteer work each of them several hours a week. A. will send B. will takeC. will pay D. will cost （） 8.She to be a vet when she school. A. want, leftB. will want, leaves C. wants, leaves D. will want, will leave （） 9.Jim spends every Sunday morning _____ in an animal hospital. A. workingB. looking C. reading D. walking （） 10. A little girl sang a lot of songs to them up. A. clean B. cheers C. cheer D. cleans A B C C A C

44. （） 11. a volunteer is great. A.Being B. Be B.C. ToD. To being （） 12. The three students set up a food bank. A. plans to B. will plan toC. will planD. plan （） 13. Don ’ t the meeting. Because it ’ s important. A. put off B. put away C. put on D. put up （） 14. — What is Jim doing? — He is the bike. A. repair B. repairing C. repairedD. repairs （） 15. Jim is very sad. Because he has money. A. ran out B. ran out of C. run out ofD. run out A B A B C