Unit 8
I've had this bike for three years.
Section B 1
1a - 2d
Talk about your hometown.
Where is your hometown?
Do you like your hometown?
What are some of the special places in your hometown?
Warmimg up
1a Check (
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) the places or things you can find in your town or city.
____ a museum ____ a primary school
____ a bridge ____ a zoo
____ a park ____ a hill
____ a library ____ a river
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Group work
Listen and answer the questions
.
1. Does Martin like Jenny’s hometown?
2. Does Jenny still live in her hometown?
3. What is behind the science museum?
What do people do there on weekends?
1b
Yes, he does.
No, she doesn’t.
A big park. People go there to let their
kids run around and climb the hills.
Listening
Listen again and fill in the chart about the places in Jenny’s hometown.
1c
Place
New or old?
How long has it been there?
town library
science museum
restaurant down the street
old
for hundreds
of years
new
since last
August
old
for as long as
Jenny can
remember
Talk about your town/city with a partner.
A: My city is lovely.
B: What are some of the special places there?
A: Well, there’s a concert hall there. It’s been around for at least 20 years.
1d
Group work
How often do you visit your hometown?
What are the changes in your hometown?
Warmimg up
Answer the questions before you read. Then read the passage to find out if your answers are the same as in the passage.
2a Careful reading
1. Why do millions of Chinese leave the countryside every year?
2. How often do you think these people visit their hometowns?
3. What new buildings does the government usually build in towns and villages?
To search for work in cities
I think they visit their home towns once or twice a year.
Large hospitals and new schools.
Find expressions in the passage that have the same meanings as these words and phrases.
1. look for _________ 5. go back _______
2. consider ________ 6. changes _________
3. across from _______ 7. area _______
4. in one’s opinion ___________
2b
search for
regard
opposite
according to
return
developments
place
Complete the summary with words from the passage. You may need to change the forms of the words.
Many Chinese people these days leave their _________ to work in _______. They usually _______ to their hometown one or two times a ______. Zhong Wei hasn’t been back in close to three years. He has been working in a ________ factory in Wenzhou for the past 13 years.
2c
hometown
cities
return
year
crayon
Exercise
People like him are _________ in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the ___________. Zhong Wei thinks these changes are _____ because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some things ___________ change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood _________.
interested
government
good
will never
memories
Think of changes that happening in your town or city today. Which changes are generally good? Which changes could be seen as bad?
2d
Group work
search
作不及物动词时，意为“搜索；搜查”
。短语
search for
意为“
搜寻，找寻
”。
e.g. He is
searching for
his sunglasses.
他正在找他的太阳镜。
1. Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave the
countryside to
search for
work in the cities.
Languge points
【
拓展
】
作及物动词，意为“在
······
搜查”或“搜查”。
e.g. They
searched
the forest
for
the lost
child.
他们在森林里寻找那个走失的小孩。
among
prep
.
在三者或三者以上之间
e.g. Tom sits
among
the students.
汤姆坐在学生之间。
between
prep
.
在两者之间
e.g. Tom sits
between
Mary and Frank.
汤姆坐在玛丽和弗兰克之间。
among
与
between
2.
Among
these is Zhang Wei,
a 46-year-old
husband and father
a
46-year-old
husband and father
意为“一位
46
岁的丈夫和父亲”，相当于
a husband and father of 46 years old
。
four-year-old
是一个复合形容词，特点“
一是数词、名词、形容词之间要用连字符连接，二是数词后的名词用单数形式
”。
复合形容词
e.g. Tom is a
10-year-old
boy.= Tom is
a boy of 10 years old
.
汤姆是一个
10
岁的男孩。
Lily is an
8-year-old
girl.
莉莉是一个
8
岁的女孩。
【
拓展
】
另一种类似的复合形容词作定语的结构是：
数词
+
连字符
+
名词，或数词
+
名词的所有格。
e.g. a
two-month
holiday =
a two months’
holiday
一个为期两个月的假期。
ten-minute
walk/drive/ride=
ten
minutes’
walk/drive/ride
步行
/
开车
/
骑车
10
分钟的路程
shame
不可数名词，意为“羞耻；羞愧；惭愧”与
a
连用，表示“可耻的人或事；可惜（遗憾）的事”。
e.g. He felt no
shame
for what he had
done.
他不对自己所做过的事感到羞愧。
3. …It’s a
shame
, but I just don’t have the time,…
It’s a
shame
(that) you can’t stay for dinner.
你不能留下来吃晚饭，真遗憾。
【
拓展
】
相关短语：
to one’s shame
令人感到羞愧的是
feel shame at …
因
······
而感到羞愧
in shame
羞愧的
have no shame
无羞耻心
regard
及物动词，意为
“将
······
认为；把
······
视为
”。常用短语
regard…as…
意为
“将
······
视为
······
；把
······
当做
······”
，
as
为介词，
其后接名词或代词。
4. Many people like Zhong Wei
regard
with great interest how their hometowns have changed.
e.g. I
regard
you
as
my best friend.
我把你当做我最好的朋友。
We
regard
him
as
our brother.
我们把他当成兄弟看待。
century
可数名词，意为“世纪；百年”，其复数形式为
centuries
。
e.g. the mid-20th
century
20
世纪中期
eighteenth-century
writer
18
世纪的作家
A hundred years is a
century.
一百年是一个世纪。
5. Children have learned to read and count at my old primary school since the mid-20th
century
.
according to
意为“
依照，按照
”，
to
为介词，后接名词、代词或从句。
e.g. He divided them into three groups
according to
age.
他把他们按年龄分成三组。
6.
According to
Zhong Wei, however,
some things will never change.
especially
副词
，意为“
尤其；特别；格外”，在句中作状语
，用于列举某个特例或某事物的特殊性。
形容词
especial“
特别的，特殊的
”。
e.g. Flowers are always welcomed,
especially
in winter.
鲜花总是受到欢迎，尤其是冬天。
7. Most of the children in my time liked to play together under that big tree ,
especially
during the summer holidays.
8.
consider
动词
，意为“
考虑
”，
=think about
，
后跟名词，代词，动名词，宾语从句或“疑问词
+
不定式
”。
e.g. Please
consider
my suggestion.
请考虑我的建议。
I am
considering
changing my job.
我正在考虑换份工作。
He has never
considered
how to
solve the problem.
他从未考虑过如何解决那个问题。
【
拓展
】
在与
动词连用时，只能用动名词形
式的动词或短语有
：
consider “
考虑”
enjoy “
喜爱”
practice“
练习”
keep
（
on
）“继续（一直）”
mind “
介意”
finish“
完成”
have fun “
高兴”
feel like “
想要”
look forward to “
盼望”
can’t help “
禁不住”
give up “
放弃”
歌诀：
喜欢错过别介意，完成愉快勤练习，禁不住考虑想放弃
9. in my opinion
in one’s opinion=in the opinion of sb.
意
为“依
······
看
”。
e.g.
In my opinion
, it’s best to make
some cards for our teachers.
依我看，最好给我们的老师做些卡
片。
10.
hold
及物动词，意为“拥有；抓住”，过去式和过去分词均为
held
。
e.g. He
holds
a major share in the
company.
他持有该公司的大部分股份。
He is
holding
a book in her hand.
她手里正拿着一本书。
【
拓展
】
hold
用作及物动词，还可意为“举行；主持”，相当于
have
e.g. They will
hold
a meeting to discuss
this problem tomorrow.
他们明天会举行一场会议讨论这个问
题。
单项选择
1. I don’t believe that this ___ boy can paint such a nice picture.
A. five years old B. five-years-old
C. five-year-old
2. According ____ Mr. Wang, we’ll go on a trip this weekend.
A. in B. to C. at D. for
达标练习
C
B
3. Look! She’s standing ___ the ten children.
A. among B. between C. of D. from
4. — Jackie Chan has donated ______
dollars to charity.
— He is an example to us all.
A. thousand B. thousands
C. thousand of D. thousands of
A
D
5. --Can you give me some information
about vacation trips?
-- Why not ___ going to Hainan Island?
A. consider B. mind C. keep D. think
6. --Did you go to Kenli during the Peach
Blossom Festival (
桃花节
)?
--Yes. The flowers were beautiful. Bees
were flying ____ them.
A. in B. among C. between D. through
A
B
7. Nowadays millions of Chinese leave the countryside to _____ for the work in cities.
A. looked B. search C. find D. see
8. Mr. Jack _____ China for several years.
A. has been to B. has come to
C. has been in D. came to
B
C
Write something about changes that are happening in your hometown. You can use some sentences in 2d.
Homework
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