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Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks?
Section B (2a-2e)
人教版八年级(下)
Learning Objectives
1. figure out why Ben Smith wrote the letter to Miss Li;
2. retell what a difference the dog Lucky makes in Ben’s life;
3. understand parts of speech and analyze the sentence elements;
4. share our own experiences about being helped or offering help.
By the end of the class, we will be able to:
Free Talk
In the first few lessons of this unit, we learned some stories and experiences about volunteering to help. We also shared our own volunteering experiences and talked about our favourite volunteer work. However, compared to offering help, we are more likely to be helped in daily life. Now let’s share experiences about being helped.
Have you ever been helped like this way?
What’s your feeling after being helped? Happy? Moved? Thankful...
How do you usually thank someone who helps you?
give a call
write a letter
send a text
give a small gift
Introduction
Ben Smith chose to write a letter to express his thanks. Let’s read his letter and figure out who he wrote to and why he wrote the letter. Before reading, we can have a guess according to the following picture.
Ben Smith
Dear Miss Li,
I’d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers. I'm sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me. You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky. Lucky makes a big difference to my life. Let me tell you my story.
set up 建立;设立; (此处为被动语态 )
make a difference to... 对……有影响;有作用
adj. 有残疾的
make it + adj. + to do sth. 使做...变得...
To
What would it be like to be blind or deaf? Or imagine you can’t walk or use your hands easily. Most people would never think about this, but many people have these difficulties. I can’t use my arms or legs well, so normal things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors, or carrying things are difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine helped me out. She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a s