Unit 3 School Life
Lesson 15 Making a Difference
Do you think you have a happy life? Why?
But do you know some children cannot go
to school because they are poor (穷的)?
Presentation
village
drop out of school
a good education
Words and
expressions
difference
village
education
yourself
drop
possible
never
future
n. 差异;差别
n. 村庄,乡村
n. 教育
pron. 你自己
v. 放弃;停止
adj. 可能的
adv. 从来没有;决不
n. 未来
Phrases
1. give up 放弃
2. a good education 良好的教育
3. make a difference 有影响;变得不同
4. make a good life 创造美好的生活
5. drop out of school 辍学
6. in the future 在未来
Language
points
1. difference n. 差别;差异
I want to make a difference in the future.
我想将来有所作为。
Can you tell the differences between the
twins? 你能说出那对双胞胎的差异吗?
English names are different from Chinese
names. 英语名字和汉语名字不同。
Xi’an—the Walled City
【探究总结】difference的用法
(1)用作名词,意为“差异;差别”,其
形容词形式是different,be different
_____意为“和……不同”。
(2)make a difference意为“有作用;有影
响”。
from
【学以致用】
①I don’t know the _________ (different)
between the two words.
②Mei Lanfang made _______ difference
in Beijing Opera.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
difference(s)
A
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2. give up 放弃
Last year, I wanted to give up my studies.
去年我想放弃学业。
Don’t give up hope. I believe you can do it.
不要放弃希望。我相信你能行。
Give up smoking. It’s bad for your health.
放弃吸烟吧。它对你的健康没好处。
Xi’an—the Walled City
【探究总结】give up的用法
(1)give up意为“放弃”,后跟名词或动词-ing
形式。
(2)give up为动副结构,如果接代词需用宾格
形式且置于动副结构之间。
【学以致用】
①不管有多困难,他从不放弃他的工作。
No matter how difficult it is, he never _____
_____ his work.
②The problem is difficult,but don’t ______.
A. give up it B. give it out
C. give it up D. give out it
gives
up
C
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3. drop v. 放弃;停止
She does not want anyone to drop out of
school. 她不想让任何人辍学。
He dropped English when he was ten.
他10岁后就没再学英语。
The work is too hard, so I have to drop.
这项工作太难了,因此我不得不放弃了。
Xi’an—the Walled City
【探究总结】drop的用法
(1) drop作“放弃;停止”讲时,既可用作不及
物动词,也可用作及物动词。与give up意义相
近。
(2)常用短语drop out of sth. 意为“退出,脱离,
不再参加”。
【学以致用】
昨天刘强退出了乒乓球比赛。
Liu Qiang ______ ______ ______ the
ping-pong game yesterday.
dropped out of
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4. You can make a good life for yourself.
你能为自己创造美好的生活。
life作“生活”解释,可作可数名词或不可
数名词; 作“生命”解释,只能作可数名词。
He lives a happy life. 他过着幸福的生活。
The doctor saved the two boys’ lives.
医生救了这两个男孩的命。
Exercise
sⅠ. 选词或短语并用其适当形式填空。
1. I don’t like milk, so I ______ drink it.
2. Robots(机器人)can do many kinds of
work for people ____________.
make a difference, drop out
of,
give up, in the future, nevernever
in the future
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3. Mo Yan _________________ in Chinese
literature history (中国文学史).
4. He _______________ school because his
family was very poor.
5. Don’t _________ your English study. It’s
important to you.
made a difference
give up
dropped out of
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Ⅱ. 单项选择
1. I want to buy a house _______ a garden.
A. in B. on C. with D. at
2. You can practice it _______ this way.
A. in B. on C. with D. at
3. I often walk to school but _______ I go to
school by bike.
A. usually B. often
C. always D. sometimes
D
A
C
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4. — _______ do you clean your room?
—Three times a week.
A. How long B. How often
C. How far D. How much
5. With a good education, you can make a
good life for _______.
A. you B. yourself C. your D. yours
B
B
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Ⅲ.翻译下列句子,每空一词
1. 将来你想做什么?
What do you want to do ___ ____ _____?
2. 你要为自己创造好的生活。
You should make a good _____ for _______.
3. 这个小女孩上学从不迟到。
The little girl is _____ _____ _____ school.
in the future
life yourself
never late for
Homework
Do you know someone who
makes a difference in your life?
What did he/she do?
Tell others about him/her.