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Module 4 Home alone
Unit 2 I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.
1. To learn some key words and useful expressions;
2. To get some details from the passage;
3. To describe the day when your parents are away .
学习目标
Look and think.
When you are at home, what will parents order you to do?
When your parents ask you to do these things at home, how do you feel?
Warm up
Imagine:
Your parents go away on business, and you have to stay home alone. How does it feel to be alone at home?
PERFECT
HARD
?
Read the title and the four summaries. What do you think the story is about? Why does the title have scare quotes (“ ”)around perfect holiday?
Look and predict
Zheng Chenyu found his life more difficult without his parents.
Zheng Chenyu depended on his parents to prepare meals for him.
c) Zheng Chenyu had so much homework that he did not have time to look after himself.
d) Zheng Chenyu should learn to cook.
Pre-reading
Zheng Chenyu found his life more difficult without his parents.
Zheng Chenyu depended on his parents to prepare meals for him.
c) Zheng Chenyu had so much homework that he did not have time to look after himself.
d) Zheng Chenyu should learn to cook.
Read the passage and choose the best summary.
Scare quotes (“ ”) used to indicate doubt about the meaning of words in a particular context (so Zheng Chenyu’s “perfect holiday” was not perfect at all).
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Reading
Para4.
What did he think of his home alone holiday?
How did he feel?
Why?
laughed
all laughed
Write a passage about what you can do and what you cannot do when your parents are away.
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Join the sentence with
although, but or so ... that.
e.g. I can wake up on time, although I can't make breakfast.
Writing
When you write your passage, you can start with a question. Think of your first answer to it, and think of an example. Then think of the opposite answer, and think of an example as well. Try to present both answers and then write a conclusion.
Learn to learn
Writing
What do you learn from the passage?
1. Zheng Chenyu felt ______________ with his parents because they did everything for him and managed every minute of his life.
2. After his parents went away on business, he felt _________ because he could _______________.
3. He felt _______________ after the first night.
4 Zheng Chenyu felt _________ when he found he could not look after himself well.
5 Zheng Chenyu realized being home alone ________________________.
a bit unhappy
excited
have some fun
tired and sleepy
lonely
was not always perfect
Complete the sentences. See how Zheng Chenyu’s feelings changed.
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I can wash the dishes, although I don’t like it. I also dislike throwing out the rubbish, but it is better than washing up because it doesn’t take long to do. I can also wash my clothes. but I can't iron them. Being home alone is sometimes lonely, but I’m usually proud of myself because I can look after myself and my parents do not need to worry about me very much.
Sample
1. Actually, they managed every minute of my life.
事实上,他们安排了我生活中的每一分钟。
manage v. 管理;支配 ;做成;(尤指)设法完成
manage to do sth 设法做成;努力完成
e.g. Don’t tell me how to manage my time.
不要告诉我怎么管我自己的事。
We need people who are good at managing.
我们需要擅长管理的人。
Language points
当我父母回家后,他们很高兴看到我会做饭,会整理了。 我告诉他们我独自一人在家的故事,我们都笑了。
收拾
What were Zheng Chenyu's feelings?
Before home alone
While home alone
After home alone
a bit unhappy and bored
happy
tired and sleepy
lonely
happy again
(Para. 1)
(Para. 2-4)
(Para. 5)
Summary
Translate the phrases and try to remember them.
有一点不满意
关闭
对……厌烦
实现
担心
出差
玩得开心
一……就
be a bit unhappy with
turn off
(be) bored with
come true
be worried about
on business
have fun
as soon as
醒来
匆匆忙忙去……
向某人寻求/索要某物
交上; 递交; 呈送
不能/能够做……
一整天
wake up
hurry to
ask sb. for sth.
hand in
be unable / able to
all day long
新课讲解
Language point
4. …, but I could not hand it in. ……, 但是我交不了
hand in指把物品“上交”,反义短语是hand out,把物品“分发”出去 。
We can help the teacher hand out the exam papers.
我们可以帮老师分发试卷。
I want you both to hand in your exercise-book today.
我要你们俩今天把练习本交上来。
新课讲解
Language point
5. When I got home, I tried to cook some rice, but I burnt it.当我到家时,我尽量做些饭,但我把饭烧糊了。
burn(burned, burned; burnt, burnt)这里意为“(使)(食物)烧焦;(使)烧糊”。
burn 动词 还表示“(使)燃烧,烧毁,烧伤”
burn 名词 “烧伤”
burning 形容词 “燃烧的,烫手的”
burnt 形容词 “烧坏的”
4. Practise the piano 练钢琴
practise 练习,实践 名词是practice.
常用句型:practise doing sth. 练习做某事
e.g. I am going to practise playing the piano for two
hours this evening.
我打算今晚要练两个小时的钢琴。
Language points
5. I became so bored with their orders that I wished they
would leave me alone.
我对他们的命令感到厌烦,我希望他们让我一个人呆着。
leave sb. alone 把……单独留下 , 别打扰
e.g. The young mother leaves her baby alone at home.
这个年轻的妈妈把她的孩子一个人留在家。
Language points
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