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Unit 4 Growing up
The flower is growing up.
The tree is growing up.
We are getting taller and taller.
We are growing up.
growing up
But is that growing up all about?
How old are you?
How tall are you?
Do you still remember your height when you first came to this school?
Do you want to grow up?
Why or why not?
Free talk:
How do you learn about the world?
Parents and relatives
Teachers
Travelling
Books
TV
films
Internet
Mr Liu is asking the Class 1, Grade 9 students to do a survey on how they learn about the world. Tick (√) three boxes that you think are the most important ways you learn about the world.
A
How do you learn about the world?
( ) a. Parents and relatives
( ) b. Teachers
( ) c. Friends
( ) d. Travelling
( ) e. Books
( ) f. TV and films
( ) g. The Internet
We can learn about the world through many ways, such as parents and relatives, teachers, friends, travelling, books, TV , films and the Internet. To my classmates, ________, _________ and _______ are the most important ways to learn about the world.
Make a report about your answers as following:
Discussion
Discuss and fill in the blanks below.
Ways to learn about the world Possible Reasons
Parents and relatives
Teachers
Friends
Travelling
Books
TV and films
The Internet
tell their own experiences
give much knowledge
share everything with each other
know something about other places
learn about people in different times and places
get information quickly
get vivid(丰富的) information
Simon and Millie are talking about how they like to learn about the world. Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
B
Name How does he/ she learn about the world Why does he/she like to learn that way
Millie
Simon
It’s quick. As soon as he clicks the mouse, there’s a great deal of information.
Books allow her to learn about people in different times and places, and she can read them whenever she wants to.
through the Internet
from books
1. … and I can read them whenever I want to.
whenever意为“在任何……时候;无论何时”。作连词可引导让步状语从句。类似的词还有whatever (无论什么), wherever (无论哪里), whoever(无论谁)等。
如:
Whatever you say, I’ll believe you.
无论你说什么,我都相信你。
Whoever telephones, tell them I’m out.
不管是谁打电话,都说我出去了。
2. As soon as you click the mouse, there’s a great deal of information.
as soon as意为“一……就”,引导时间状语从句。在含as soon as引导的时间状语从句的复合句中,如果主句是一般将来时,则从句常用一般现在时。如:
I will call you as soon as I get home.
我一到家,就给你打电话。
Make up a dialogue
A: How do you learn about the world?
B: I like to learn about the world from…
A: Why do you like to learn that way?
B: Because...
What about you?
A: I like to learn about the world from…
B: Is that so?
A: Yes. ...
What does Eddie think of growing up?
Listen and answer.
Growing up is hard.
Questions
1. Why is Eddie worried?
2. What does Hobo advise Eddie to do?
3. What does Eddie want Hobo to do?
Because he thinks he is growing too big for his house now.
Hobo advises Eddie to build another house for himself.
Eddie wants Hobo to build a house for him.
since引导时间状语从句时,主句用现在完成时
not… until引导时间状语从句
怎么了?
出什么事了?
=That’s OK.
这没什么嘛。
Act it out
1. Use different tones.
2. Add your own actions to make the dialogue more interesting.
Fill in the blanks.
After dinner,Eddie and Hobo are chatting.
Eddie has been h______since Hobo first met him,but today he looks w______.Hobo wants to know what is on Eddie’s m_____,so he asks Eddie,”W_____up?”Eddie says growing up is h______and now he is growing too b____for his house.Hobo thinks that is not a p______. .He advises Eddie to b____another house.Eddie says it won’t be e_____and he needs help.However,he asks Hobo not to w____him up until Hobo finishes making the house.
appy
orried
ind
hat’s
ard
ig
roblem
uild
asy
ake
Language points
1. What’s on your mind, Eddie?
短语on one’s mind意思是“(有事)挂在心上;烦恼”。
Don’t call him. He’s got a lot on his mind.
别打电话给他了。他烦心事够多了。
Practise
2. Don’t wake me up until you finish building it.
当它用于否定句时,意为“直到……才……”,表示句中的动作直到until所表示的时间才开始发生,主句谓语动词常用非延续性动词。
You mustn’t eat anything until you see the doctor.
直到你看过医生才准你吃东西。
Practise
一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成句子。
1.We must try our best_________(无论什么) we do.
2.You can’t leave your son by h_______ at home.
3.The loss of the money has been a weight on my m____.
whatever
imself
ind
二、根据汉语意思完成句子。
1.不论发生什么事,我都不会改变心意。
__________ happens, I won’t change my mind.
2.每个人登机前都要通过安检。
Everyone must go______ the security check before boarding the plane.
3.学英语最好的方法是尽可能地多说。
The best way to learn English is to speak it as_______ as_______.
Whatever
through
often
possible
4.我一到杭州就给你打电话。
I will call you as_____ as I______ in Hangzhou.
5.他给了我很多帮助。
He has given me__ _____ ____ _____ help.
6.那只袋子里有许多大米。
There_____ a lot of rice in the bag.
7.那个房间里有许多人。
There_____ lots of people in that room.
soon
arrive
a great deal of
is
are
1. Preview the new words and
expressions.
2. Preview the Reading on P50-51.
3. Search for some information about Spud Webb.
Homework
Goodbye
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