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Unit 7 Being a Smart Shopper
Lesson3
Thinking skills&Reading Strategies
Learning Objectives
1.通过看图和阅读文本, 学习如何从人物的行为、情感和思想中了解人物的特征以及从文章标题预测文章内容。
2.利用所学的思维技巧和阅读策略,完成课本相关阅读任务。
3.小组讨论如何成为一个聪明的购物者,树立正确的消费观,提升理性消费意识和能力。
Analyzing
character traits
Thinking skills
What is your friend like?
Lead-in 用这个问题导入,让学生回答他们的朋友是什么样的人,追问为什么你会觉得他是一个这样的人。目的是为了让他们说出通过朋友平时的哪种言行举止而判断的。
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Look and answer
1. Who is the child helping?
2. Why does the child want to take the bag?
3.Where might they be going?
He is helping his mom.
They might be going shopping because
the mom has a bag, or they might
be on their way home from a store.
Maybe the bag is heavy and the child wants to help his mom.
Mom, let me take the bag for you.
Look at the picture and read the text. Learn how to analyze character traits.
/ˈænəlaɪz/ v. 对……进行分析
/ˈkærəktə(r)/ /treɪt/
性格特征
Activity 1
替某人拿某物
Mom, let me take the bag for you.
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.
First, underline the character.
how to analyze
character traits
Second, think about what he does or thinks.
Third, analyze character traits.
Activity 1
/ˈkæri/ v. 提; 携带
Character What he does or thinks Character trait
Li Xiang
helps his mother carry the
heavy bags helpful
Every Sunday, Li Xiang goes to the supermarket with his mother. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
Activity 1
Look at the picture and read the text. Learn how to analyze character traits.
We can learn character traits from the character’s actions, feelings and thoughts.
我们可以从人物的行为、情感和思想中了解人物的特征。
Read the text and complete the character trait chart.
Character What she does or thinks Character trait
___________ makes a shopping list
looks for the best prices
doesn't buy__________ _____________
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.
Lingling
smart
Activity 2
a skirt she
likes very much
Xia Sen(夏森)is a great woman in China. She gives most of her money to the students from
poor(贫穷的) families in Danfeng, Shanxi and
Shangyou, Jiangxi. With the help of the money,
those students can go to school. She works very
hard. Now she only hopes that she can help more students.
Character 1. ____________
What she does ★ gives most of her money
to students
★ 2. _________________
Character trait 3. ____________
hard-working
Xia Sen
works very hard
helpful
Pair work.Talk about what you usually do before and during shopping, and explain why.
What do you usually do before shopping?
Think about what I need to buy. How about you?
I would
(列购物清单)
make a shopping list
Activity 3
Pair work.Talk about what you usually do before and during shopping, and explain why.
I usually look at the price and only buy things on sale.
What do you usually do during shopping?
Me, too. And I never buy what I . (不需要)
don't need
Activity 3
/praɪs/ n. 价格;价钱
Are they both smart shoppers? And why?
Yes, they are. Because they make a plan before shopping and look for the best prices during shopping.
How about you?
Discuss
I usually make a list and look for the best prices before shopping. Because it helps me save time and money.
When I do some shopping, I choose what I really need. I don't choose anything too expensive.
Reading strategies
Predicting from the title
My Plan for My Pocket Money
The text is about how to save/make money.
save money 省钱
make money 赚钱
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
...
Activity 1
Read the title and guess what the text is about. Circle the answer.
/ˈpɒkɪt mʌni/ 零花钱
pocket n. 口袋
You can read the title of a text first, and then predict what the text is about.
Tips
Pair work. Read the title and tick(√)what the text may be about. Read the text and check your prediction.
A Smart Shopper
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 shopping list first and then goes shopping.
To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales.
Activity 3
My prediction is right wrong.
Read again and complete the character trait chart.
1. never wastes money only buys what he and tries to spend as as possible.
2. makes a shopping list shopping.
3. goes to big stores to buy things at .
Xiaoming
good prices
needs
little
before
smart
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 shopping list first and then goes shopping.
To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales.
How does Xiaoming become a smart shopper?
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.
He never wastes money.
He makes a shopping list before shopping.
He often goes to big stores to buy things at good prices.
Activity 3
Talk about how to be a smart shopper.
spend money wisely
make a shopping list before shopping
go to big stores for great sales
only buy what you need
try to spend as little as possible
Set a budget(预算).
Buy things at good prices
1. 替某人拿某物
2. 决定(不)去做某事
3. 以优惠的价格
4. 明智的购物者
5. 省钱
6. 挣钱
7. 零花钱
8. 尽可能......
9. 尽力做某事
take/get sth. for sb.
decide (not)to do sth.
at a good price/at good prices
smart/wise shopper
save money
make money
pocket money
as...as possible
try to do sth.
Key phrases
(1) help sb. (to) do sth.=help sb. with sth. 帮助某人做某事
e.g. He often helps me with my English.
= He often helps me (to) learn my English.
她正在给她的儿子做风筝.
1. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
他总是帮他妈妈提沉重的书包。
Language points
2. So she decides not to buy it. 所以她决定不买。
Language points
decide +疑问词+to do sth 意为“决定……做某事”
decide on...+ 名词/代词/动词-ing形式 意为“决定(做)……”,接
make a decision 意为“做决定”
decide not to do sth. 意为“决定不去干某事”
decide to do sth. 意为“决定去干某事”
1. My two cousins decide _________ a business together.
A. to start B. starting C. start D. started
2. She can't decide ______ dress to buy.
A. what B. which C. who D. how
3. 他决定明天去看望他的祖父母。
He ________ ______ visit his grandparents tomorrow.
decides to
3. He never wastes money. 他从不浪费钱。
Language points
① waste + 时间/金钱/资源 “浪费....”
② waste +时间+doing sth. “浪费时间做某事”
玩太多电脑游戏是浪费时间。
Playing too many computer games is ______ ______ ______ time.
a waste of
不要浪费食物,很多人还在挨饿。
Don't ______ ______. Many people are still hungry.
waste food
③ n. 浪费;废弃物; It's a waste of money.(这是浪费钱。)
4. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
他只买自己需要的东西,尽量少花钱。
Language points
① try doing sth. “(用某一办法)试着去做某事”
② try to do sth. “努力或尽力去做某事”
③ try/do one's best “尽某人最大努力”
④ try/do one's best to do sth. “尽某人最大努力做某事”
5. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
他只买自己需要的东西,尽量少花钱。
Language points
possible形容词“可能的” 反义词:impossible不可能的
as...as possible
=as...as sb. can/could尽可能地……
possibly副词 “可能地” 反义词:impossibly不可能地
1. Let me you the heavy box.(帮……拿……)
2. Xiaoli likes the dress very much so she buy it.(决定)
3. To save money, we should the best prices. (寻找)
4. The bookstore is the mall the supermarket. (在······之间)
5. Wang Hua spends money as little every month.(尽可能)
help carry
decides to
look for
between and
as possible
Practice
Summary
Analizing character traits from the character’s actions, feelings and thoughts.
predicting what the text is about from the title.
Excuese me, how do you plan your pocket money?
On weekend, I plan to buy some food between meals.
This week, I plan to buy three notebooks.
/bɪˈtwiːn/ prep. 在...之间
可删
Where do you usually to shopping?
Yes, I never waste money.
I usually go to big stores for great sales to spend as little as possible.
Wow, you spend money wisely!
/stɔː(r)/ n. (大型)百货商店 v. 保存
/ˈwaɪzli/ adv. 明智地
wise adj. 明智的
/ˈpɒsəb(ə)l/ adj. 可能的
/weɪst/ v.浪费 n.垃圾
可删
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