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Module 4 Home alone
Unit 1
I can look after myself,
although it won't be easy for me.
1. Have you ever been home alone?
2. What did you do?
3. What were your feelings?
1.学习并掌握platform, anybody, miss, passenger, couple, happily, shut, address, lock, ourselves, a couple of, text message等核心词汇,灵活运用让步状语从句。
2. 能够听懂家长嘱咐孩子的对话, 并获取细节信息;能通过相关词汇和图片描述自己或他人单独在家的经历。
3. 能够从正反两面论述问题,并给予归纳性总结。
4. 培养独立生活的意识, 努力做一名有能力、高素质的中学生。
学习目标
Objectives:
1. To get specific information from the conversation
2. To be able to understand the conversation about living alone at home
3. To learn some key words and useful expressions
Warming up
Let’s watch a video, and think about a question:
If you were at home alone, what would you do to ensure your safety?
保证你的生命安全
Work in pairs. Talk about the picture.
1. Where are they going?
2. What's their train number?
Listen and answer the questions.
1. Where are Betty and her parents?
2. Is Betty travelling with her parents?
They are at the station.
No, she isn’t.
教材原句 Shut it when you're in and lock it when you go out.在家的时候要关上门,出去的时候要锁上门。(教材P26)
&4& shut /ʃʌt/v. 关上;合上 (过去式和过去分词均为shut)
▶It is raining outside. Please shut the door and the windows. 外面在下雨,请关好门窗。
拓 shut的常见短语:
shut up闭嘴
shut down关张,停业;倒闭;关闭
&5& lock/lɒk/ v. 锁;锁住
▶It's very dangerous to lock your child alone in the car. 把你的孩子一个人锁在车内是很危险的。
拓 lock还可作名词,意为"锁"。
语境串记
He used a new lock(n.) to lock(v.) the door.他用一把新锁锁门。
If your parents will be away from home for a few days, what do you think they would tell you to do and not to do?
Make a dialogue, using Activity 4 as a model.
Discussion
Post-listening
Now,…
I’m sorry…
So am I.
Have a good trip!
Read and find them in the conversation.
Everyday English
Reasons for home alone
1. Meeting in Lhasa is _________ for Betty's parents.
2. Betty can’t _______ two weeks of school.
Things Betty can do when home alone
1. She can __________herself.
2. She can __________simple meals.
3. Her _______ can wake her up.
Things her parents ask her to do _______________the door. Shut it when she is _____ and lock it when she goes _____.
Eat plenty of fresh ___________________.
clock
fruit and vegetables
Be careful with
important
miss
Listen again and complete the table.
in
out
look after
cook
Try to be independent
care abut Betty
Ⅱ. Watch and imitate.
Task 5
Watch the video and retell the dialogue. You can use the following key expressions.
Betty's parents are going to Lhasa by train to attend an important meeting. They tell her several things to remember when she is alone at home. First, ...
What Betty's parents say
be especially careful with; shut/lock the door
eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables
anybody; wake up
What Betty says
look after; although
cook simple meals
clock; rings; so loudly that ...
Now…
I'm sorry…
So am I.
Have a good trip!
现在……
我很抱歉/遗憾……
我也这样。
祝您旅途愉快!
Read and learn the conversation by heart in 3 minutes.
1
Mum: Now, what's our train number?
Dad: T27 to Lhasa. ________________________.
Mum: The meeting in Lhasa is very important for us, but
__________________________, Betty.
Betty: _________, but I can't miss two weeks of school.
Mum: Will you remember everything I've told you? ____
_______________________________. Shut it when
you're in and lock it when you go out.
Betty: Yes, Mum. I can look after myself, ______________
_________________________________.
区分
“So +主语+ be 动词/助动词/情态动词”意为“的确如此”,表示赞同前者的说法或观点,前后的主语指的是用一个人或物。
—露西喜欢深蓝色。
—的确如此。
— Lucy likes dark blue.
— So she does.
Language points
2. Your train is about to leave.
您的火车要开了。
be about to do sth. “即将/正要做某事”,表示即将发生的动作,在时间上指最近的将来。
我们就要出发了。
We are about to start.
新学年开学在即。
The new school year is about to begin.
特别提醒
be about to do sth. 不与表示将来的具体的时间连用,但可与 when 引导的时间状语从句搭配使用。
Language points
3. There won’t be anybody to wake you up in the morning.
wake up “唤醒/吵醒某人”
当被叫醒的对象是人称代词时,用宾格,且必须放在短语中间;
当被叫醒的对象是名词时,可放在短语中间,或后面。
1) My mother woke me up very early this morning.
今天早晨妈妈很早就叫醒了我。
2) Tom, thanks for waking my cousin up/ waking up my cousin every day.
汤姆,谢谢你每天叫我表弟起床。
早上将没有人叫你起床。
4. My clock ring so loudly that it will certainly wake me up.
我的闹钟声音如此响肯定会把我闹醒的。
ring v. 发出铃声、打电话
n. 戒指
铃声什么时候响?
When does the bell ring?
“so + adj./adv. + that + 从句”的结构,意思是“如此…以至于…”
2. I can look after myself, although it won't be easy
for me.
尽管那对我来说不那么容易,但我能照顾自己。
although表示"虽然,尽管",引导让步状语从句。类似的词和词组还有though, even though等。这些词和词组引导让步状语从句时,不能和but连用。
① Although the sun was shining, it wasn't very warm.
虽然阳光灿烂,但是天气还不是很暖和。
② Although everyone played well, we lost the game.
尽管每个人都做得很好,但是我们还是输掉了比赛。
3. My clock rings so loudly that it will certainly wake
me up.
我的闹钟很响,肯定能把我叫醒。
so...that...意为“如此……以至于……",其中so是副词,后接形容词或副词的原级,that可以引导结果状语从句。
① The bag is so heavy that I can't carry it.
这个袋子太重了,我提不动。
② He spoke so quietly that almost nobody could hear
him.
他说话的声音那么小,以至于没有人能听清楚。
教材原句 Your train is about to leave. 您乘坐的火车要开了。(教材P26)
&14& be about to do sth.即将/正要做某事
讲 表示即将发生的动作,在时间上指最近的将来。
▶The new school year is about to begin. 新学年开学在即。
▶I was about to ask you the same thing at that time.那时候我正要问你相同的事情。
特别提醒
be about to do sth.不可与表示将来的具体时间连用,但可与when引导的时间状语从句连用。
▶I was about to make chocolate pudding when my children got up.我的孩子们起床时,我正准备做巧克力布丁。
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