1、1Unit 2 School lifePeriod 3 Reading ()Learning Aims1. To learn about the different school lives2. To describe your ideas about your school lifeLearning activities Activity one Free talk1.What school are you in ? 2.What can you learn in our school?3.How often do you play softball?Activity two Languag
2、e pointsStep 1 Learn some useful words1. mixed: It is a mixed school句意：_。词性：_ 词义：_ A _ school has both boys and girls in it.2. together: Boys and girls have lessons together. 句意：_。词性：_ 词义：_不要同时讲话。Dont speak _. 那位演说者一连讲了几个小时。The speaker talked for hours _. together with 和；连同The teacher, together with
3、 his students, _ (visit) a middle school in Nantong now.3. tasty: Now, I know how to cook healthy and tasty meal.句意：_。词性：_ 词义：_拓展: taste 可做名词，也可做动词。健康美味的饮食对身体有益。Healthy and _ meals are good for our health.这些香蕉味道不行。我们最好别吃。These bananas _bad. Wed better not eat them.4. hero: Julie is my hero.句意：_。词性：_
4、 词义：_复数形式：heroes以 o结尾的名词复数形式加 es的还有： Step 2 Learn some useful phrases.1. I didnt know how to do things for myself before I came to this school.在我来这所学校之前,我不知道如何为自己做一些事情。注意区别： how to do sth./ what to do练一练：单项选择。（ ）The problem is too difficult. He doesnt know _ by himself.A. how to solve B. how to solv
5、e itC. what to solve D. what to solve it2. Near the end of each class we can talk to our classmates about our books.句意：_。注意区别：near the end of / at the end of / in the end2练一练：用上面三个短语各写一个句子。_3.Reading Week is always too short because we want to read all out classmates books as well.句中 as well 相当于 ，意思
6、是： 注意区别：as well, too, also, eitheras well 用于肯定句后，as well句子之间无逗号隔开,而 too 用于肯定句或一般疑问句句末，有逗号隔开。also 用于肯定句或一般疑问句句中，有时也置于肯定句句首。either用于否定句句末，有逗号。练一练：（1）句型转换。She likes playing tennis. I like playing tennis as well. （保持句意基本不变）She likes playing tennis. I like playing tennis ,_. (2)用 as well, too, also 或 eit
7、her 填空。He runs fast and his brother _ runs fast. I cant work out the problem, and he cant, _. Step 3 Understand some important sentences.1. I spend a lot of time practising. 我花了好多时间练习。常用搭配：Sb spend some time (in) doing sth./on sth. 某人花时间做某事。拓展：表示“花费”的几个搭配。It takes sb some time to do sth.Sb spend som
8、e money on sth.Sb pay some money for sth/to do sth.Sth cost sb some money.Sb buy sth for some money.练一练：单项选择 。（ ）1. Dont spend much time _ and doing nothing.A. chatting B. to chat C. chating D. of chatting( ) 2. It takes me an hour _ English every day.A. read B. to read C. reading D. on reading( ) 3
9、.I paid two yuan _ a pen. A. on B. in C. at D. for ( ) 4. He paid ten dollars _ a present.A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. for buying( ) 5. The book _ me ten yuan.A. takes B. pays C. spends D. costs2. We always have a great time talking to each other. 我们互相聊得总是很开心。熟记：have a great/ good / wonderful/ nice
10、 time doing sth.练一练：Look! The boys are having a good time _ (play) football.Step 4 Write an article about your school life with the phrases youve learnt.3_Exercises (检测反馈)一、根据句意、首字母或中 文提示完成下列单词。1. All my classmates a Zhao Xiaoting very much.2. He is crazy about football. He plays football e on rainy
11、 days.3. We often read her (文章) in China Daily.4. Do you know that Alices (亲密的)friend is a kind old man?5. I dont like the (味道) of coffee.二、选用方框内所给词的适当形式填空。play twelve excite sun we mean I little drive read really easy 1.Miss Gao will teach physics next term.2.Look! One of the is his son.3.December
12、is the month of a year.4. The sea looks beautiful on a day.5.There are some flowers in the vase. They are beautiful.6.If you are polite and helpful, you can make a lot of good friends .7.The China Pavalion made us very .8.I could look after at a very young age.9.He practises a car every afternoon.10
13、.His free time is than before. He has more work to do now.11.During Reading Week, everyone has a great time all kinds of books, newspapers or magazines.12.Whats the of the word hero ?三、单项选择。( )1. My cousin is in _ in Shanghai No. 2 Middle School.A. 3th Grade B.3 Grade C.Grade 3 D.Grade 3rd( )2. He a
14、lways looks . Now hes looking at his new drawing.A. happy; happily B. happy; happy C.happily; happily D.happily; happy( )3. -Whats your best friend like?- .A. He is fine. Thank you. B. He is a doctor.C. He likes watching TV. D. He is helpful and generous.4( )4. Chinese students have _ weeks _ in the
15、 summertime than American students.A. more; on B. fewer; on C. more; off D. less; off( )5. Lucys sports shoes are _ yours. A. the same as B. the different from C. the same D. different ( )6. There are many tall buildings on _ of the busy street. A. both side B. all sides C. each side D. every side (
16、 ) 7 . Why _ come and play basketball with us ?A. not you B. dont C. not to D. not ( )8. He always looks . Now hes looking at his new drawing.A. happy; happily B. happy; happy C.happily; happily D.happily; happy( )9 -_ does Nancy play softball？-Twice a week.A. How many times B.How often C. How long
17、D. How soon( )10.Dont spend much time _ without doing anything.A. chatting B. to chat C. chating D. of chatting 四、句型转换。1. David spent half an hour doing his homework yesterday.(改为否定句)David half an hour doing his homework yesterday.2. He has to look after his brother today. (改为一般疑问句)_ he to look afte
18、r his brother today？3. My father is a teacher. My mother is a teacher,too.(保持句意基本不变)My father is a teacher. My mother is a teacher .4.Can you tell me how I can get to the bookshop? (保持句意基本不变)Can you tell me get to the bookshop? Exercises (巩固提升)一、短文填词。Some old men are talking about young people in th
19、eir town. They all a_1_ that old people are cleverer than young people. Then one of t_2_ says young people are stronger than old people. All of them agree that this is true e_3_ Cathys grandpa. He thinks that he is as strong as b_4_ .“Thats not p_5_,”His friends say.“Well,” says Cathys grandpa. “On
20、the corner of my house theres a big stone. W_6_ I was young, I couldnt move it. Now Im old and when I try to move it, I s_7_ cant. Thats w_8_ Im as strong as before.”1._ 2._ 3._ 4._5._ 6._ 7._ 8._二、阅读与回答问题。5In a classroom in my countries, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language. He
21、or she teaches something behind -the culture ( 文化) of the country. In a country such as the United States, people with different history, culture and language join together and they pay much attention to personal ideas . Teachers try to make each student special . Students do not have to remember a
22、lot of information, instead, they work and find answers by themselves. There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age students learn to have their own ideas. Their education encourages personal thought ( 思想) . The importance is placed on how to arrive at an answer and not only to get th
23、e correct answer.In most Asian(亚洲) countries, people have the same language , history and culture, Perhaps for this reason, the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas. Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on homework . In the classroom,
24、the ways of teaching are often very traditional( 传统的). The teacher says , and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students repeat ( 重复) .rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind.In many ways these differences come from different educat
25、ional ideas. In Western countries teachers are taught to help students to learn, They make it easier for the students to learn by themselves. In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge （知识）to students.1. Do students in the United States have to remember
26、 a lot of information ?_2. There is often discussion in the classroom in America, isnt there ?_3.What does the education in the United States encourage ?_4. Which does the education in some Asian countries pay more attention to , group goals or personal ideas ?_5. Put the sentence “In some Asian countries , however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students.” into Chinese._三、书面表达.根据提示写一篇 80词左右的短文,题目为“My Ideal School”1.学校大而且漂亮，校园里有许多树和花。美丽得像个花园。2.早上 8点上课，我们没有许多家庭作业。3.有许多时间进行课外活动6
