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Reading 2
Unit 1 Dream homes
Fill in the blanks and retell something about the three students’ homes.
Neil lives in a small town 15 _______ from London. His favourite room is the __________. Neil and his family always sit there and __________ a cup
of tea. They have a beautiful __________. He
always has ______ with his ______ there.
Revision
miles
kitchen
enjoy
garden
fun
dog
Anna lives with her family in a _____ in the _______ of Moscow. Her house is not big, so she has to _____ a bedroom _____ her sister. They often listen to music ____ ____. After dinner, they like to watch TV and ______ in the ________ _____.
Stephen lives in a large house with ______ rooms in Los Angeles. He has his ______ bedroom and __________, and his favourite place is the __________. He enjoys _______ there and looking _____ at the beach and the sea. It’s cool.
flat
centre
share with
in bed
chat
living room
eight
own
bathroom
balcony
sitting
out
Language points
1. I live in a town 15 miles from London.
live in a town 15 miles from London 住在距离伦敦15英里的镇上
基数词+mile(s)+(away)+from+地点:离某地多少英里,away可以写可以不写。如果没有具体距离,则可以写为 far (away) from,far与具体距离二选一。
对“数词+表距离的名词短语”提问,特殊疑问词用how far
e.g. ---How far is it to your house from here?
---My house is 5 miles from here.
Practice:
1. The boy with his family lives in a town ________ here.
A. 30 miles away from B. 30 miles far from
C. 30 miles far away from D. 30-mile away from
2. ---_________ is it from Wuxi to Wuhan, dad?
---It is about 720 kilometres.
A. How long B. How far
C. How often D. How soon
2. My family and I often sit there and enjoy a cup of tea.
family n. 家庭,强调整体,谓语动词用单数形式
家人,强调家庭成员,谓语动词用复数形式
house n. 房屋,住宅;一般指家人居住的建筑物
home n. 家;家人和住房的统称,具有感情色彩
Practice:
1. My family _____ (be) a big family. There are over ten people in my family.
2. At Spring Festival, my family always _______ (get)