人教版八下unit8SelfcheckandReading.ppt

Unit 8,Self check and Reading,Fill in the blanks with the words given.,1. Today is Jims birthday. His mother is going to make a _ meal for him.,special,Self check,expensive boring cheap special interesting,2. My shoes were really _. They only cost 5 dollars. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an _ restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was _. I fell asleep half way through it.,cheap,expensive,boring,5. Its important to choose subjects that you find _.,interesting,Different country has different hatit of giving presents.,Read the passage and fill in the table.,Do you like presents? What kind of presents do you like?,Gifts are not opened. The same gift may be given away to someone else.,People will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person.,Some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts.,Doing something for someone is the best gift.,1. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. rather than可作连词词组使用, 连接两个并列成分, 意为“是而不是、与其不如”。它连接的两个并列成分可以是名词、形容词、动词、介词短语等。如：,Language points,He is a writer rather than a teacher. 他是作家而不是教师。 Her hair is red rather than brown. 她的头发是红色的而不是棕色的。 I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不是打电话。 He likes taking exercise in the evening rather than in the morning. 他喜欢在晚上锻炼身体而不是早上。,2. spend on 在上花(时间或金钱) 如: He spends a lot of money on books. 他花许多钱买书。 spend (in) doing sth. 花 (时间或金钱等) 做某事 如: The government will spend money looking after the patients. 政府要花钱去照料那些病人。,英语中表“花费”的词语： (1) spend的主语必须是“人”，宾语可以是钱、精力、时间等。 如： He spends much money on books. 他平时将很多钱用在买书上。 He spent a lot of money (in) buying a new car 他花很多钱买了一辆新车。,(2) cost的主语必须是 “物” 或 “事”，表示“费用”、“耗费”，后接life，money，health，time等，侧重于“花费”的代价。 The work cost them much labor. 这项工作花费了他们很多的劳动。 It costs you 12 pounds to go to London by ship. 乘船到伦敦要用12英镑。,(3) take表示“花费”时, 其主语一般是“一件事”, 有时主语也可以是人, 它说明事情完成“花费了”。 It takes sb. some time/money/energy to do sth. It took me ten minutes to go to the post office. 到邮局用用了我十分钟时间。 It takes a lot of money to buy a house as big as that 买一座像那样大的房子要花很多钱。,(4) pay的基本意思是“支付”, 作为及物动词, 宾语可以是“人”、“钱”, 如: He paid the taxi and hurried to the station. 他付了出租车的钱, 急忙向车站赶。 They had to pay two hundred francs 他得付一百法郎。 Well pay you in a few days 几天后我会给你钱。,(5) pay for 的宾语为“物”、“事”，for表示支付的原因。如： Youll have to pay me ten dollars a week for your meals. 你得每周付给我十美元饭钱。,下面两句中 pay for的意义不同 Of course we have to pay for what we buy 当然我们买东西得付钱。 Dont worry about money; Ill pay for you 别担心钱, 我会替你付的。,3. Instead, making a meal is enough instead是副词，意为“代替、而不是”。它可单独位于句首或句尾，位于句首时后面一般用逗号隔开。如： She never studies on weekends. Instead, she plays tennis. 她周末从不学习, 而是打网球。 He is tired. Let me go instead. 他累了, 让我替他去吧。,instead of是介词短语, 意义与instead一样, 后面可接名词、代词、动词的-ing形式和介词短语作它的宾语。如： Hell go to Italy instead of France. 他要去意大利而不是法国。 Give me the red one instead of the green one. 给我那个红的而不是绿的。,You should be out playing instead of working indoors all day. 你应该到外边活动活动，而不是整天呆在屋子里工作。 Well have some coffee in the garden instead of in the house. 我们将在花园里而不是在屋子里喝咖啡。,【运用】根据括号中的要求完成下列句子, 每空一词。 1. He wont go to France. He will go to Italy. (合为一句) He _ go to Italy _ _ France. 2. 杰克病了, 彼得将替他去开会。(根据汉语意思完成英语句子) Jack is ill. Peter will go to the meeting _.,will,instead of,instead,3. You should be out playing _ _ _ (work) indoors all day. (根据括号中单词的提示完成句子),instead of working,1. Do you love listening to music? 2. Whats your favorite song? 3. Do you know the names of some English songs?,Yesterday Once More,My heart will go on,Reading,1. We can learn some new words.,2. Its good for our listening.,3. It can improve our speaking.,4. We can become more interested in English.,5. ,Do you think English songs can help you learn English? How can they do that?,Many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways.,What is this passage mainly about?,Why dont you learn to sing English songs?,Find out the fun ways to learn English in this passage.,Read paragraph 1,4 carefully,1. Singing English songs.,2. Watching English movies.,3. Reading English books.,4. Making friends with a native speaker of English.,To understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why” questions as you read.,理解文章的重点，必须对文章加以提炼、总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。,Reading strategy:,They are from across China/ all over China.,Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers.,Read Paragraph 1,2 and 3, then answer the questions.,A 40-year-old man from Xian.,A 19-year-old girl from Dalian.,It made her more interested in learning English.,It encourages people in China to speak English.,The first 3 paragraphs:,learning English by singing songs,Many people try to improve their English in different ways.,Topic sentence(主题句):,The last paragraph:,other ways of learning English:,summary,For example,A Singing Contest,encouraged,1. watching,2. reading,3. making friends with,Tell whether the following sentences True or False. ( ) 1. Many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways.,Post-reading,T,( ) 2. All the singers could sing English songs very clearly and looked comfortable on stage, but none of them were able to sing as well as native speakers.,F,( ) 3. Both winners of the contest thought that they sang better than the other singers. ( ) 4. Jiang Mei thought that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.,F,T,( ) 5. Besides singing English songs, we can also improve our English by watching English movies, reading English books or making friends with native speakers of English.,T,Important words and phrases,1. all over China 全中国 2. by+动词-ing 通过；以 3. on stage在舞台上 4. as well as as+形容词或副词原形+as 像一样 5. modest谦虚的；谦让的 6. encourages people in China to speak English encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事,7. make progress 取得进步 8. have fun with 在中获得乐趣 9. heard of 听说 10. find out 找出；发现 11. take an interest in 对感兴趣 12. make friends with与交朋友,Have you ever tried improving your English using any of the ways mentioned in the reading? What other ways can you think of to improve your English?,3b,Read English newspapers. Practice oral English with foreigners. Listen to English radio. Watch English movies. Make English pen pals. Take part in English club.,1. buy, you, dont, why, a, sweater _ 2. something, should, her, get, you, interesting _ _,连词成句,Why dont you buy a sweater?,You should get her something,interesting.,Exercises,3. great, dogs, pets, make _ 4. she, want, every, day, doesnt, up, hair, dog, to, clean _ _,Dogs make great pets.,She doesnt want to clean up,dog hair every day.,Kelly今天生日, 你准备为她准备一次sur