内容正文:
Being a Smart Shopper
Thinking skills & Reading strategies
Unit 7
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Learning aims
能从文章标题预测文章内容
能根据所给信息分析人物性格特征
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Lead in
How can you analyze your character traits?
Activity 1
Analyzing character traits
Look at the picture and say what you can see.
Li Xiang is helping his mom carry the heavy bags.
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Look at the picture and read the text. Learn how to analyze character traits.
Every Sunday, Li Xiang goes to the
supermarket with his mother. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
Character What he does or thinks Character trait
Li Xiang helps his mother carry the heavy bags helpful
why?
Every Sunday, Li Xiang goes to the
supermarket with his mother. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
We know Li Xiang is helpful from his actions
Language points
1 He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
他总是帮妈妈搬沉重的包。
help sb. do sth.
帮助某人做某事
She always helps me clean the house.
她总是帮我打扫房子。
carry 搬、携带
carry sth. with sb.
随身携带某物
You can carry an umbrella with you.
你可以随身带把伞。
let sb. do sth. 让某人做某事
Let me have a look at your new clothes.
让我看看你的新衣服。
Read the text and complete the character trait chart.
Lingling is a smart shopper. She always makes a shopping list and looks for the best prices. She likes a skirt very much, but she doesn’t really need it. So she decides not to buy it.
Character What she does or thinks Character trait
_______. ·makes a shopping list
· looks for the best prices
·doesn’t buy _______________
Organized 有规划的
the skirt
Lingling
Thrifty 勤俭节约的
Disciplined 自律的
We can learn character traits from the character’s actions, feelings and thoughts.
Language points
So she decides not to buy it.
所以她决定不买它。
decide (not) to do sth.
决定(不)做某事
I decide to go home later.
我决定晚点回家。
Talk about what you usually do before and during shopping, and explain why.
Pair Work
Why
Before shopping
During shopping
Activity 2
Predicting from the title
Read the title and guess what the text is about. Circle the answer.
My Plan for My Pocket Money
The text is about how to save/make money.
Language points
be about... 关于...
how to do sth 怎么样做某事;
save money 省钱;make money 赚钱;挣钱
例:I know how to learn English well.
我知道如何学好英语。
Read the whole text and check your prediction.
I like saving money. A new month begins.
How can I use my pocket money? Here is my plan.
Things to Buy Last Month(yuan) This Month(yuan) Saving(yuan)
Drinks 40 30 10
Notebooks 28 25 3
Food between meals 50 40 10
Books 45 40 5
…
My prediction is □ right □ wrong.
Pair work
Read the title and tick (√) what the text may be about.
A smart shopper
The text may be about how to
□spend money wisely.
□make a shopping list.
□go to a big store.
The text may be about how to
□spend money wisely. □make a shopping list.
□go to a big store. Xiaoming is a smart shopper. He never wastes money. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible. He usually makes a shopping list first and then goes shopping. To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales.
A smart shopper
Read the text and check your prediction, and then talk about how to be a smart shopper.
Language points
He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
他只买他需要的东西,尽量少花钱。
as ...as possible 尽可能...(...处是形容词或者副词)
例:I run as quickly as possible.
我跑得尽可能快。
He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
他只买他需要的东西,尽量少花钱。
try (v.) 试图,努力; → 三单tries →动词 ing:trying →动词过去式:tried
重点词组:try to do sth. 努力做某事
例:I try to learn English. 我努力学习英语。
② try doing sth 尝试做某事
例:I try climbing the mountain. 我尝试着爬山。
Summary
◆Thinking skills
◆Reading strategies
We can learn character traits from the character’s actions, feelings and thoughts.
We can predict what the text is about from the title.
Homework
1 Analyze character traits from some reading passages
2 Try to predict the content of the passage from the title
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