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2019-2020年八年级英语Module 4 Unit 2FunctionTalking about dates, periods of time, numbersStructurePresent perfect: for, sinceListening/SpeakingSaying years Talking about personal education experiencesReading/WritingFinding specific information about Hope SchoolsWriting about education; using conjunctions and, or, butAround the worldOxfam TaskWriting a leaflet to raise money for Hope SchoolUnit 2 Project Hope has built many schools.Warming up Hi, everyone! Where are we? Right. We are at school. We are being students here. But many families are poor. Many boys and girls are out of school. They are not students. So we have to help them. To help them we have to understand them first. So lets go to page 28 to learn Unit 2! Reading and vocabulary1 Read and choose the main idea of the passage.Read the passage and read the three sentences. Choose one of the three sentences to be the main idea of the passage.1Helping poor children go to school 2 Talking about Chinese schools3 Describing life for poor families in China2 Match the words with the numbers.Some English words for numbers are here. Now read them and match the words with the numbers.billion1,000,000,000 hundred100million1000,000 thousand1,0003 Look at the table.You saytwo point twoseven point six fiveone hundred and two point twoYou write2.27.65102.2Now write these numbers.You saytwo point fiveten point eight fourtwo hundred and six point three sevenYou write2.510.84206.37Now find these numbers in the passage and say what they mean.two point five million2,500,000two point two billion2.200,000,00040,000,000forty million (40 million)Now lets e to the passage Hope for the futureWe first listen to its recording. Pay attention to the pronunciation, stress and intonation of the native speakers.Now lets go on to read the passage on page 28. While reading try to cut(断句)/ the sentences into parts, blacken(涂黑)the predicates, shade(加影)the connectives and underline(划线)the expressions. Now write all the expressions in your Expression Book.hope for the future, an eight-year-old boy, from a village, in Hunan Province, want sb. to do, drop out of school, be important for sb. to do, work on ones farm, stop going to school, a few years ago, have to look after, get an education, go to school, with the help of, Project Hope, raise money, pay for, in rural areas, in China and abroad, train teachers, send students to high schools, at a new school, lots of., hear of, need help, because of, thousands of, do for, Write as they do. (仿写)Hope for the futureWang Huaqing is a thirteen-year-old girl from a small village in Gansu Province. Her parents are ill. She has no money. She drops out of school. Its important for her to make money. He Niugen is fourteen and from Nangou in Ninxia ProvinceHe stopped going to school last month. He has to do the farm work.Many students like Wang Huaqing and He Niugen cant finish their studies because of various reasons. Now Project Hope helps them go to school again. In the last fifteen years, this project has helped 2.5 million poor students throughout the countries. People at home and broad have given 2.2 billion yuan. Because of this money, many new schools and libraries have e into being. 4 Look at the photos and say what you can see.On page 29 here are some photos. What are there in the photos? What can you see? Now look at the photos and say what you can see.5 Match the words and phrases with their meaningsAbroad means outside your country. (5)To drop out of school means to leave before youve finished studying. (3)Education means going to school and learning. (4)To help means to do something for someone. (2)To pay for means to give money to buy something. (1)To raise money means to ask for money. (6)To train (v.) means to teach someone to do something. (7)6 Answer the questions.1 Did Liu Sanzi finish studying?No, he didnt.2 Why did Li Yinming stop going to school?Because his parents have been ill and he has to look after them. 3 When did he stop going to school? He stopped going to school a few years ago. 4 What has Project Hope raised money for? Project Hope has raised money and paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students in rural areas.5 Did Shens school have lots of books last year?No, last year he went to a school with no electricity and only a few books.6 Who has given money to Project Hope?Most people in China have heard of Project Hope and have given money.Writing7 Look at these sentences. Project Hope has built schools and trained teachers. Project Hope hasnt built factories or trained doctors. Project Hope has built schools but hasnt built hospitals. Now write more sentences. Use and, or, but.Mr. Liu has learned English and studied puter.China hasnt sent men to the moon or trained moon space men.My father has been to Japan but hasnt been to Russia.He has translated poems and written books.She hasnt found her dog or bought a new dog.Lao Li has pleted his work but hasnt written his report.8 Think about your educationAnswer the questions.There are six questions here. Now think about your own education and answer them. 1 Have you learnt a lot of English?Yes, I have.2 When did you start English classes?I started my English classes in 2000.3 Have you read any books in English?Yes, I have. 4 What was the last book you read in English?It was Magic puter.5 Have you learnt to play some sports?Yes, I have.6 How old were you when you played your first game?I was ten when I played my first game.1 Have you written a lot of letters?Yes, I have.2 When did you start writing letters?I started writing letters in 2001.3 Have you written any letters in English?Yes, I have. 4 What was the last letter you wrote in English?It was the letter to Mr.Bush.5 Have you learnt to translate some books?Yes, I have.6 How old were you when you translated your first book?I was fourteen when I translated my first book.
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