1. Grammar (1)

2. Language functions and focus Use ‘between… and…’ to express a period of time Use ‘between… and…’ to express a period of time Use ‘from… to…’ to express a period of time Use ‘from… to…’ to express a period of time Use ‘before’, ‘after’ and ‘until’ to talk about when things happen Use ‘before’, ‘after’ and ‘until’ to talk about when things happen

5. Saturday TV Schedule CCTV-9(English) 5.30 p.m. DOCUMENTARY 7.30 p.m. DIALOGUE 6.00 p.m. BIZ CHINA 8.00 p.m. ASIA TODAY 6.30 p.m. AROUND CHINA 8.30 p.m. CULTURE EXPRESS 7.00 p.m. WORLD WIDE WATCH 9.00 p.m. CHINA TODAY

6. Read Sunday TV schedule, then help Millie to finish the passage with from…to… and between…and…

7. We can use: “ between…and…” ;“ between…and…” ; “from…to…”“from…to…” to specify periods of time.

8. 用适当的介词填空： 1. There is no secret ________ you and me. 2. People can make a call ________ countries in English. 3. The cat is ________ the door, so you can’t see it. 4. The children ask for candies ________ house ______ house at Halloween. 5. Don’t read _______ the sun. It’s bad for your eyes. 6. We have no lessons ________ 3:50 p.m. and 4:50 p.m. every day. 7. There is a lot of news _______ today’s newspaper. 8.Can you swim _______ the river? between behind from to in between in

9. after until before at an earlier time than at a later time than up to the time that

11. Sam gets up at 7:30 a.m. ______ he goes to school he has breakfast. Lessons start at 8:00 a.m. He won’t have lunch _____12:00. ____ around 4:50 p.m. he goes home. In the evening he watches TV for half an hour______he has supper. ______ that he does his homework. He won’t go to bed _____ 9:00. Before until before After until Fill in the blanks

12. Use before, after, until to talk about Millie ‘s TV schedule

13. from… to between…and before when if after until 1. I won’t go to bed _____ my mother comes back. 2. He could swim ______he was five years old. 3. You may come to my office ________ 9:00 a.m. ____ 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. 4. We go to school _____ Monday ___ Saturday. 5. Tom will go skating with us __ he has time. 6. The train had already left ______ we got to the station. Exercises: until when from to between and if before

14. Translate the following sentences: 1. 我们一直走到河边为止。 We walked until we got to the river. 2. 吃饭前先洗手。 Wash your hands before you have meals. 3. 在他油漆了窗户之后，开始油漆门。 After he painted the windows, he painted the doors. 4. 他到十岁才会游泳。 He couldn’t swim until he was ten. 5. 他在过马路前向两边看了看。 He looked both ways before he crossed the road.