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Section B
Unit 5
Do you want to watch a game show?
八年级英语上(RJ)
教学课件
educational
serious
New words
Lead in
relaxing
wonderful
meaningless
enjoyable
exciting
boring
1a
What do you think of these TV shows and movies? Choose words from the box and write them under the pictures.
educational serious wonderful relaxing
meaningless enjoyable exciting boring
talk show
________
soap opera
_________
sports show
__________
game show
__________
news
________
Presentation
talent show
_________
comedy
_________
action movie
___________
cartoon
__________
scary movie
__________
1b
Listen and circle the description words you hear in the box in 1a.
educational serious wonderful relaxing
meaningless enjoyable exciting boring
1c
Listen again. Write down the words John and Mary use to describe the TV shows or movies.
Action movies Scary movie Game shows Sitcoms Talk shows
John exciting
Mary
exciting
boring
boring
enjoyable
meaningless
meaningless
relaxing
relaxing
wonderful
Work in pairs.
What do you want to watch?
Talk about a TV show with your partner. What do you and your partner think of the show? Make a list.
1d
Tell your partner what John and Mary like to watch and why. Then tell your partner what you like to watch and why.
John wants to watch talk shows because they’re enjoyable. I like to watch action movies because they’re exciting.
Practice
I want to watch sports shows because they’re enjoyable. I like to watch cartoons because they’re exciting.
I want to watch game shows because they’re enjoyable. I like to watch soap operas because they’re relaxing.
1.meaningless adj. 毫无意义的; 意思不明确的
I don’t like soap operas because I think they’re meaningless.
我不喜欢肥皂剧因为我认为它们毫无意义。
What he said seemed to be meaningless.
他说的话似乎毫无意义。
【自主归纳】
meaningless是由“名词meaning+后缀-less”构成的形容词。后缀-less有“无……的”之意。
【归纳拓展】
常见由“名词+后缀-less”构成的形容词还有:
care+-less=careless粗心的
hope+-less=hopeless没有希望的; 绝望的
use+-less=useless无用的
home+-less=homeless无家可归的
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