内容正文:
Thinking skills & Reading strategies
Unit 7 Being a Smart Shopper
聪明的
购物者
spend,take,cast,pay
Look and answer
1. Who are they?
2. What are they doing?
3. What is the boy like?
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
Activity 1 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
Mom, let me take the bag for you.
let sb. do sth.
让某人做某事
help sb (to) do sth.
帮助某人做某事
/ˈkæri/拿;提
/'hevɪ/重的
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
1. ___________ makes a shopping list.
looks for the best prices.
doesn’t buy 2. _________. ___________
Lingling
smart
Activity 2 Read the text and complete the character trait chart.
the skirt
/what she doesn’t need
价格
best prices
最优惠的价格
购物清单
decide to do sth.决定做某事
Think and talk
1. Do you have pocket money?
2. What do you usually spend your pocket money on?
3.Are you a smart shopper?
/ˈpɒkɪt/口袋
pocket money
零花钱
Read, guess and circle
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.
We can read the title of a text first, and then predict what the text is about.
save money 省钱;
make money 赚钱;挣钱
Read and check
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 笔记本 28 25 3
Food between meals
在...之间 50 40 10
Books 45 40 5
My prediction is ( ) right ( ) wrong.
✔
Read and answer
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. How much did the writer spend on notebooks last month?
2. How much does he plan to save on the food between two meals this month?
3. Compared with last month, how much does he plan to save in total this month?
4. What do you think of the writer?
28 yuan.
10 yuan.
28 yuan.
He is smart.
Read and check
Read the text and check your prediction.
The text may be about how to
( ) spend money wisely.
( ) make a shopping list.
( ) go to a big store.
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.
明智的
1. Why is Xiaoming a smart shopper?
2. What does Xiaoming do before shopping?
3. Why does Xiaoming go to big stores?
To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales.
Read and circle
Read the text again and circle the answers.
He never wastes money. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
浪费
努力做...
尽可能的少
He usually makes a shopping list first and then goes shopping.
以好的价格
商店
大促销
Work in pairs to talk about what you usually do before and during shopping and fill in the chart.
Name What you usually do? Reasons Trait
before shopping during shopping
A: What do you usually do before shopping?
B: I usually...before shopping.
A: What do you often do during shopping?
B: I often...during shopping.
A Why do you do that?
B:Because I...
e.g.I tried to be at first.
一开始,我尽可能地友好。
e.g.You should exercise .
你应该尽可能经常练习。
Language points
He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
(1)句中what he needs意为“他需要的东西”,相当于名词,作buys 的宾语。
(2)as….as possible意为“尽可能….…;尽量….……”主要用来表示强调。
as friendly as possible
as often as possible
Language points
He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
try (v.) 试图,努力;
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。
try doing sth 尝试做某事
例:I try climbing the mountain. 我尝试着爬山。
Language points
单词 词义 用法
bring 带来;取来 把某物/某人从别处带到说话人所在地。
take 带走;拿走 把某物/某人从说话人所在地带到别处去。
carry 搬运;拿 强调动作的移动性,不强调方向,多指搬重物。
fetch 去取(往返) 表示动作的往返。
He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
Language points
He never wastes money .
waste 浪费
waste...on sb./sth. 在某人/某物上浪费...
waste...(in) doing sth. 浪费...做某事
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