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Unit8 From Hobby to career
Reading
Getting ready
What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
Brainstorming
What would you like to do in the future?
将来
A hobby & a job
what you like doing in your free time
what you would like to do in the future
a hobby
a job
We call …
Can we make our hobbies into our jobs?
Think about …
hobby
job
Playing football
Drawing
Singing
Football player
Artist
Singer
For example:
career
If you want to do your job for a whole life …
achieve your dream
hobby & job
Studying stars
?
What do you know about …?
star
planet
satellite
Before you read
What are they looking at?
My lifetime hobby—studying stars
by Patrick Moore
Look at the pictures and the title of the article on page 59. Then answer the questions below.
1 What is Patrick Moore’s hobby?
2 What is probably his job now?
adj.一生的
Patrick Moore
My lifetime hobby—studying stars
by Patrick Moore
When I was eight, I got a book about stars. That was the beginning of my lifetime hobby.
...的开始
I used to go outside with my mum on clear nights and look at the sky. It looked like black velvet with a million diamonds on it. In different seasons, we saw different groups of stars. Sometimes we saw stars shooting brightly across the sky. How beautiful they were!
While-reading
Notes:
1. used to+动原
过去常常做某事
2. go outside
外出
3. look like
看起来像
4. see ...doing sth.
看见...正在做某事
5. How +adj.+主语+谓语!
Studying the stars was great fun for me. Once I learnt a little about them, I soon wanted to find out more and more. Now, it is my career. I host a TV programme called The Sky at Night.
While-reading
Notes:
6. learn about sth.
了解某事
7. want to do sth.
想要去做某事
8. find out
找到
9. more and more
越来越多
host v. 主持
I use my knowledge to tell people about the stars in a lively way. I am proud of my TV programme——it has lasted for more than 50 years!
While-reading
Notes:
10. use sth. to do sth.
使用某物去做某事
11. tell sb. about sth.
告诉某人关于某事
12. be proud of sb./sth.
以..