八年级英语Whydon’tyougetherasca.ppt

Unit 8 Why dont you get her a scarf? Section A,1a What do you think of these gifts? Write each gift under one or more of the words in the chart. Add other gifts to each column.,scarf tennis balls dictionary CD camera bicycle,围巾,网球,词典,CD(唱片),照相机,自行车,1b Listen and number the comments in the order you hear them.,Thats too expensive. Thats too boring, too. Theyre too cheap. Thats too boring.,n. 评论；意见,1,2,3,4,1c PAIRWORK Practice the conversation in the picture. Then make your own conversations.,A: What should I get my mom for her birthday? B: How about a scarf? A: No, thats too boring.,2a Listen. In each conversation about gifts, who is the person shopping for? Put a check ( ) in the correct column.,2b Listen again and write the suggestions and comments in the chart.,n. 建议；提议,Suggestions calendar flowers phone album CD soccer ball scarf,Comments too personal good idea not special enough sounds good not creative enough shell like that,n. 集子,adj. 私人的；个人的,adj. 特别的；特殊的,a CD,not special enough,flowers,good idea,a scarf,too personal,a calendar,sounds good,a soccer ball,not creative enough,a photo album,shell like that,2c PAIRWORK Think of a friend or a family member who is having a birthday soon. Then discuss with your partner what to get this person.,A: Its my sisters birthday soon. What should I get her? B: How about a sweater? A: No, thats not interesting enough.,Grammar Focus,What should I get my sister? Why dont you get her a camera? Thats too expensive. How about some tennis balls? Theyre too cheap. What about a watch? Thats too personal. Why dont you buy a scarf? Thats not interesting enough.,Why dont you / Why not +动词原形 为什么不? 做怎么样？Why dont you / not go to the cinema? 看电影怎么样？ Why dont you / not go swimming? 去游泳怎么样？,How / What about? 如何？ 怎么样？ 常用于征求意见。How / What about a cup of tea? 来一杯茶怎么样？ How / What about watching TV? 看电视怎么样？,3a PAIRWORK Student A looks at this page. Student B turns to page 87. Exchange information and fill in the chart.,A: Whats the best gift Joe has ever received? B: A bike. A: When did Joe get it? B: On his sixth birthday. A: Who gave it to him? B: his parents. A: What a lucky guy!,v. 收到；接受,v. givegave,n. 家伙；人,bike,parents,guitar,grandparents,Christmas,12th birthday,3b PAIRWORK Ask your partner about the best gift he or she has ever received. Then ask who gave the gift and when your partner got it.,A: Whats the best gift you have ever received? B: A watch. A: Who gave it to you? B: My mother. A: And when did you get it? B: On my tenth birthday.,Section B,1a Which of these animals would be good pets? Which would be bad pets? Write them in the diagram and compare your choices with your classmates.,turtle goldfish cat dog parrot mouse snake spider hamster,海龟,金鱼,猫,狗,鹦鹉,老鼠 复数mice,蛇,蜘蛛,仓鼠,good pet not sure bad pet,dog,4 GROUPWORK Tell the class what you are going to do for someones birthday. The class tries to guess the person.,A: Im going to make a special meal. B: Is it someone in your family? A: Yes, it is. C: Is it your mother? A: No, it isnt!,1b GROUPWORK Make a list of the pets you have. Whats the most popular pet? Whats the most unusual pet? Tell the class.,A: Cats are the most popular pets. B: Parrots are the most unusual pets.,2a Listen and number the pets in the order you hear them. Write the numbers on the lines in the chart.,1,2,3,4,5,2b Listen again and draw lines to match the pets with the comments.,2c PAIRWORK What do you think is the best pet for these people? Fill in the chart. Then talk about your own choices.,A: I think a dog is a good pet for a 6-year-old child. B: Really? I dont agree. Dogs are too difficult to take care of. A: How about a goldfish? B: ,too+adj.+to do sth. 太而不能做某事,take care of 照顾；照看,3a Read the article and answer these questions. Why do you think pot-bellied pigs are popular? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping such a pet?,Pot-bellied pigs make good friends.,The advantages are that they can watch TV on the sofa when they are small. The disadvantages are that they get too big to sleep in the house and they need a lot of love.,大肚子的,猪,n.优点,n. 缺点,The trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig. David Smith of North London has a pot-bellied pig named Connie. “Pot-bellied pigs make the best pets,” said David. “She watches TV on the sofa with me every night. Shes my best friend.” However, life with a pig isnt always perfect. “When I got my pig, she was small,” said David, “but she eats a lot. Now shes too big to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pig house. Also, pigs need a lot of love. Sometimes I don have enough time to spend with her.”,trendytrendiertrendiest adj. 流行的,perfect adj. 完美的；理想的,3b Look at these notes about hamsters and write an article about them.,hamsters are popular, quiet, clean easy to take care of cheaper than rabbits or cats small sometimes noisy at night sleep all day,Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean.,People think they are easy to take care of and they are cheaper than rabbits or cats. They are very small so people dont need to have a special room. Though sometimes they are noisy at night, most of the time they just sleep all day. They are very lovely.,n.兔；野兔,adj. 清洁的干净的,3c What kind of animal do you like? Write a magazine article about the animal, but dont say what the animal is.,This pet is unusual. Its easy to take care of and it talks.,Its a kind of bird. It usually lives in a cage. Do you know what it is?,4 GROUPWORK Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets in an apartment, and fill in the table.,interesting,beautiful,dirty,terrible,n.伙伴,Self Check,1 Fill in the blanks with the words given.,expensive boring cheap special interesting,1. Today is Jims birthday. His mother is going to make a meal for him. 2. My shoes were really . They only cost $5. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was . I fell asleep half way through it. 5. Its important to choose subjects that you find .,special,cheap,expensive,boring,interesting,adj. 睡着的,入睡,v.选择,2 Read the passages and then write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.,Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they dont get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy.,present n. 礼物,make sb. / sth. + 形容词 使某人/某事 What he says makes me rather angry. 他所说的话让我非常生气。 The flowers made the house beautiful. 鲜花让房子美丽。,Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and dont want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People dont need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.,open v. 开；打开,give away 赠送 givegavegiven,bench n. 长凳；长椅,rather than 胜于,Sweden 瑞典,instead adv. 代替；而不是 If you dont want to go, I will go instead.,Helping do some homework is the best gift for my mother. The best gift for my father is my good mark. My sister likes the dolls best, and my friend likes the interesting books best.,Write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.,How can singing English songs help your English? Make a list.,1. We can learn some new words.,2. We can become more interested in English.,3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking.,Why dont you learn to sing English songs?,China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, and so many Chinese people try to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly, and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers.,The Olympics=the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会,enter v. 参加；进入,nearly adv. 几乎,singsang,clearly adv. 明朗地；明显地,stage n. 舞台,native adj. 本地的；本国的,from across China=from all over China 来自全中国,by+名词/动词-ing 通过；以,as+形容词或副词原形+as 像一样,The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the mens competition was a 40-year-old man from Xian, and the winner of the womens competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didnt think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the womens competition, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.,winner n. 胜利者,modest adj. 谦虚的；谦让的,earlier adj. 早的；初期的,interested adj. 感兴趣的,This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. “Chinese people should try to speak English more. We should try to make progress before the Olympics,” said a spokesperson from the Olympic Committee. He agrees that it is a good idea to have fun with English.,encourage v. 鼓励 encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事,progress n. 进步；前进 make progress 取得进步,spokesperson n. 发言人；代言人,the Olympic Committee 奥委会,Its + 名词 + to do sth. 做某事是怎样 have fun with sth. 在中获得乐趣,Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why dont you find out about it? It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. What about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a native speaker of English. If you look hard enough, youll find a good way to learn English better.,hear of 听说,suggest v. 提议；建议,take an interested in 对感兴趣,besides prep. 而且；除之外,make friends with 与交友,find out 找出；发现,Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned in the reading?,3c Close your books. Write a summary of the reading using no more than 100 words.,Because China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics,many Chinese people are trying to improve their English in different ways. Singing English songs is one way. Singers from across China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers. A winner said singing English songs made her more interested in learning English. So this kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. And it is a good idea to have fun with English. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English, like watching English movies and reading English books.,