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义务教育教科书(人教)八年级英语下册
Unit 2
Period 4
Section B(2a-selfcheck)
Language goals:
1. Talk about volunteer work
2. Offer help
Important sentences:
I’d like to thank you for giving money to
Animal Helpers.
You helped to make it possible for me to
have Lucky.
A friend of mine helped me out.
I was able to bring him home.
Review: Phrases
My bike is broken. Could you help me to____________?
My uncle is repairing some old bikes these
days. He plans to _______________ to charity.
3. He has ____________ money and now he has
no money for lunch.
4. You are as smart and brave as your father.
5. You ____________ him.
6. I can ________________ an idea to solve this math problem.
fix it up
give them away
run out of
take after
come up with
Review: Sentences
1.
我的妈妈总会让我妹妹兴奋起来。
2.
布朗先生是一个优秀的聋人。
3.
非常感谢你对我帮助。
4.
我奶奶对我的生活影响很大。
5.
我们班已经成立了一个图书馆。
6.
我们每天都花费两小时做运动。
My mother can often cheer my sister up.
Mr. Brown is an excellent deaf man.
Thanks for your help.
My grandma makes a big difference in my life.
Our class has set up a class library.
We spend two hours doing sports every day.
Easily!
Normal things
Can you open or shut the door?
Can you carry things?
Can you answer the phone?
Can you use your hands, arms or legs?
Discussion
Their lives are
difficult
and
challenging
.
the disabled people
(the blind, deaf, lame …)
Thinking
What should we do to help disabled people?
Would you like to be a volunteer?
Listening
I’ll send you a photo of Lucky.
Guess: Who or what is Lucky?
Skim the letter and answer the questions. (P14 2b)
Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?
What did Miss Li do?
1.What is “Animal Helpers”?
It is an
organization
set
up to help
disabled
people.
(which is)
Read in detail. (Paragraph 1)
2. Does Lucky make a big difference in the writer’s life?
Yes, he does.
Read in detail. (Paragraph 2)
1. What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “normal” in the passage?____
A.
正规的
B.
日常的
C.
正常的
B
2. Can you give me some examples of normal things, according to the passage?
Answering the telephone, opening and shutting the door, carrying things
3. Is it easy for the writer to do normal things? Why or why not?
No, because the writer can’t use her arms or legs well.
A specially trained dog (
特训狗
)
1. How long had Lucky been trained?
For six months.
2. What has he been trained to do?
He has been trained to understand different instructions and
English words.
Read in detail. (Paragraph 3)
Lucky is an
amazing
dog.
What does the writer think of
Lucky?
Fantastic.
2. What is the writer going to do to show his thanks?
He is going to send Miss Li a photo of Lucky and show her how the dog helps him.
Read in detail. (Paragraph 4)
Read aloud
.
Then complete the passage.
Ben Smith thanks Miss Li for _______ (give) money to Animal Helpers, a group that helps people like Ben. Ben can’t do many _______ (normal) things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors, or ________ (carry) things. Lucky is a well-_______
(
train) dog. He can _____ (help) many ________ (disable) people like Ben live more ________ (happy). Lucky is smart and can understand many ________ (England) words. He is helping to change Ben’s life for the better.
trained
giving
normal
carrying
help
disabled
happily
English
Retelling
Key roles:
Miss Li
give money to Animal Helpers
helpful
Ben Smith
a disabled man
live happily with Lucky
Lucky
a fantastic, well-trained dog
clever and understand English
Language points:
1.
感谢做某事:
Thank you
for doing
sth.
E.g. 1) Thanks for ____us so well!
A. teach B. teaching C. to teach
2) Thank you for your help!
= _______ for _______ me!
B
Thanks helping
2.
一个
(
为了帮助残障人士而建立的
)
机构
an organization
(
set up to help
disabled people
)
____
过去分词做定语
E.g. 1)
一个叫做汤姆的男孩
2)
一本
(
比尔
.
盖茨写的
)
书
.
3)
一份
(
在火车上出售的
)
报纸
a book
written
by Bill Gates
a newspaper
sold
on the train
a boy
called
Tom
3.
使
…
成为可能
:
make
it
possible (to do sth)
E.g. You have helped make ____
possible for me to have Lucky.
A. it B. that C. this
A
4. pleasure (
n.
)
愉快
,
高兴
;
乐趣
E.g. My life is filled with ________ (
乐趣
).
pleasure
with pleasure
It’s a/my pleasure.
5. 1) -- Thank you for helping me.
-- __________.
2) -- Could you help me carry it?
-- _______.
A. It’s a pleasure B. With pleasure
A
B
help sb out
6.
帮助
(
某人
)
解决
困难
:
= help sb solve the problem
她想帮我解决困难.
She would like _________________.
to help me out
to help me solve the problem
7.
六个月的训练
:
six months of training
= six-month training
= six months’ training
8.
能做某事:
can do sth
= be able to do sth
= It’s possible for sb to do sth.
E.g. They will be able to finish the work tomorrow.
= ___ is ________ for them to finish
the work tomorrow.
It
possible
Suppose you are Miss Li. After reading Ben’s letter, what will you say to him? Write a short reply to Ben.
In your letter:
1. Offer help to him more.
2. Say why you are able to help.
3. Say what you could do to help.
Writing
Dear Ben,
I was so happy to receive your letter. Thank you very much for writing to tell me about Lucky. I would really love to come and visit you one day and see how Lucky helps you. I’d also like to help you some more because I have some extra time at the moment. Perhaps I could help you train Lucky do more tasks.
Here is my phone number: 468-3852. Please call me so we can arrange a time for me to visit.
Best wishes,
Miss Li
Exercises:
1. They put up ____________________ (
广告
) all over the school.
2. In the past many people died of _______ (
饥饿
).
3. Jimmy was _________ (
修理
) the bike.
4. His brother _______ (
主修
) in chemistry at Huanan University.
5. Everyone should be friendly to the _______ (
聋人
).
advertisements/ads
hunger
repairing
majors
deaf
6. He took a trip to Beijing for _________ (
高兴
).
7. The young man did something that most people can’t _________ (
想像
).
8. The student left the classroom after ________ (
闩上
) the door.
9. Her father bought her a _______ (
专门地
) nice dress.
10. The glass is _______ (
装满
) with water.
pleasure
imagine
shutting
specially
filled
n
noun
名词
v
verb
动词
adj
adjective
形容词
adv
adverb
副词
pron
pronoun
代词
prep
preposition
介词
conj
conjunction
连词
Further Study
Look at the list of words below. Circle the part of speech of each word and make your own sentences with these words.
group (adj./n.) __________________________
disabled ( adj./adv.) ______________________
difference (adv./n.) ______________________
imagine (v./n.) __________________________
difficulties (n./adj.) ______________________
normal (adv./ adj.) _______________________
training (adv./n.) ________________________
kindness (n./v.) __________________________
Use the information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts.
2d
SUBJECT
Miss Li
Ben Smith
Lucky
Animal Helpers
VERB
can get
trains
sent
is
OBJECT
unable to move well.
money to Animal Helpers.
animals like Lucky.
things for disabled people.
Homework
Write a letter to Ben to tell him that you want to volunteer your time to help him out after school or on weekends.
结束语
Something attempted,
something done.
没有尝试
,
就没有成功
.