1. Unit 5 Topic 2 Section B 安溪县金火中学 张振国

2. 1.Learn to express feelings using simple words. 2.Be able to make some suggestions in right situations. 3.Learn to take part in the activities of role-play with the help of the teacher. 4.Learn to know and use the comparative forms of adjectives, especially of the equal comparisons. 5 Be able to express one’s own opinions and ideas when discussing the contents of letters. Teaching aims and demands:

3. Review Review the expressions of the feelings “happiness”, “worries”, “satisfactions” and “surprise”.

4. Listen to 1a and answer the questions : ① Does Beth live in a new place? ② Whom does Beth want to be her friend? ③ Who reassures Beth? ④ How does Beth feel now?

5. She has no friends here. She may feel lonely.

6. Key words Is everything all right? — especially — talk to —like...to—how—Don’t worry—stay with—makes—I am sure...—There, there!—feel better

7. Summary 1 but I don’t know how to get other students to talk with me. 但我不知道怎样使 别的同学和我交谈. Get sb to do sth. 使 ( 让, 叫 ) 某人做某事, 做 宾补的不定式在类似的结构中, 有的带 to, 有 的不带 to, 要注意区分. Get/ask/tell sb to do sth. Let/make /have sb do sth.

8. 2 everyone gets these feelings at your age. 每个人在你这个年龄都会有这样的感受. at one’s age 在某人的年龄, 如 你父亲在你这个年龄就开始工作了. At one’s age of …, 在 …. 岁时, 如 At the age of seven, he could swim. 7 岁时他 会游泳了. 3 There, there! 好啦, 好啦 ! 语气词, 表示安慰.

9. Work alone Read 1a again and mark True ( T ) or False( F). ( ) 1 Beth is sad because she didn’t pass the exam. ( ) 2 Miss Wang is helping Beth to study. ( ) 3 Beth doesn’t have any friends here. ( ) 4 Helen doesn’t like Beth. ( ) 5 Helen is as lonely as Beth.

10. Work alone Summarize the main idea of this dialog. You may begin like this: Beth is sad because she didn’t pass the English exam….

11. Read and understand Read 2a and finish 2b. Suppose you were Cella. Write back to Beth and give her some advice. You may use the following sentence patterns: “ You’d better..” “ Why not…” “ Why don’t you ….?” “ Please…” etc.

12. ①. Is Beth a stranger here ？ ②. Are the roads here as clean as those in her hometown? ③. What’s the trouble with her? Ask and answer

13. Summary 1 I’m not used to everything here. 但是我 还不习惯这儿的一切. Get /be used to sth. 习惯于某事 Get/be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事 He can’t get used to the weather here. I am not used to getting up early.

14. 2 Then the food is not as delicious as our Sichuan food, either. 其次, 食物没有我们四川菜那么美味可口. (1) 表示两者在某一方面程度相同时, 用句型 “ as+ 形容词 / 副词原级 +as+ 比较对象 ” I am as tall as my father. He runs as fast as Tom. (2) 表示某人或某物在某一方面不如另一人或另一 物时用 not as/so + 形容词 / 副词原级 +as+ 比较对 象 Jim doesn’t study so /as hard as Helen. (3) either, 副词, 也, 一般位于否定句句末. 如 French is not easy and German is not, either. 法 语不容易学, 德语也不容易学

15. ①. stranger, advice, get used to, accept, ②. How time flies! ③. I’m not used to everything here ④. The roads are not as clean as those in our hometown. ⑤. The food is not as delicious as our Sichuan food, either. ⑥ I want to live as happily as before ⑦. I need your advice. Key words and language points

16. Group work Read 1a and discuss. Give some advice to Beth. You’d better… Why not… Please …..

17. Pair work Make sentences using “as …as “ or “not as/so …as”. namelovelybravefunnyHelpful Helen ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Maria ★★★★★★★★★ Helen is as lovely as Maria. Maria is not as/so brave as Helen.

18. HelenCeliaSue lovely√ √√ √ √ patient√√ funny√√ active√√ √ √√ Practice

19. helpful√ √ humorous√√ quiet√ √ √√√ shy√ √ √√√ smart√ √ brave√ √√

20. ComparativeEqual comparison Helen is more lovely than Celia. But Helen is not as active as Celia. Make sentences as you can.

22. Summary 1 because 的用法 2 as..as 和 … 一样, 表示同等的比较 Not as /so …as 和 … 不一样 3 提建议的方法 : “ You’d better..” “ Why not…” “ Why don’t you ….?” “ Please…” etc.

23. Project 1.Suppose your friend is unhappy and sad. Discuss the problem and find the best way to solve it. Write down your suggestions. 2.Act out the dialogs in 1a of Section A.

24. Homework 根据汉语提示完成写出单词 1 Everyone feels sad and sometimes, ____ ( 尤其 ) when living in a new place. 2 Give them your ____ ( 建议 ). 3 Many people in their teens have such ____ ( 经历 ). 4 It takes mea long time to ____ ( 变得 ) happy. 5 It is ____ ( 重要 ) to talk to someone. 1 especially 2 advice 3 experience 4 become 5 important

25. 单项选择 1 Everyone gets these feelings ____ your age. A at B in C on 2 Lucy is very nice. I never feel ___ to stay with her. A happy B bored C worried 3 She seems ____ me. A likes B to like C like A B B