Section B (1a-1d)
Unit 5
Do you want to watch a game
show?
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
meaningless,action,cartoon,action movie,
scary movie
Key sentences:
John wants to watch talk shows because they're
enjoyable. I like to watch action movies because
they're exciting.
To give opinions and talk about likes and
dislikes on certain programmes.
educational serious
New words
Lead in
relaxingwonderful
meaningless enjoyable
exciting boring
Let’s enjoy a movie.
What kind of movie it is?
Do you like watching it? Why?
1a What do you think of these TV shows
and movies? Choose words from the
box and write them under the pictures.
educational serious wonderful relaxing
meaningless enjoyable exciting boring
talk show
________
soap opera
_________
sports show
__________
game show
__________
news
________
Presentation
talent show
_________
comedy
_________
action movie
___________
cartoon
__________
scary movie
__________
1b Listen and circle the description words
you hear in the box in 1a.
educational serious wonderful relaxing
meaningless enjoyable exciting boring
1c Listen again. Write down the words
John and Mary use to describe the TV
shows or movies.
Action
movies
Scary
movie
Game
shows
Sitcoms Talk
shows
John exciting
Mary
exciting boring boring enjoyable
meaninglessmeaningless
relaxing relaxing wonderful
Work in pairs.
What do you want to watch?
Talk about a TV show with your partner.
What do you and your partner think of
the show? Make a list.
1d Tell your partner what John and Mary
like to watch and why. Then tell your
partner what you like to watch and
why.
John wants to watch talk shows
because they’re enjoyable. I like to
watch action movies because
they’re exciting.
Practice
I want to watch sports
shows because they’re
enjoyable. I like to
watch cartoons because
they’re exciting.
I want to watch game
shows because they’re
enjoyable. I like to watch
soap operas because
they’re relaxing.
1.meaningless adj. 毫无意义的; 意思不明确的
I don’t like soap operas because I think they’re
meaningless.
我不喜欢肥皂剧因为我认为它们毫无意义。
What he said seemed to be meaningless.
他说的话似乎毫无意义。
【自主归纳】
meaningless是由“名词meaning+后缀less”
构成的形容词。后缀less有“无……的”之意。
【归纳拓展】
常见由“名词+后缀less”构成的形容词还有:
care+less=careless粗心的
hope+less=hopeless没有希望的; 绝望的
use+less=useless无用的
home+less=homeless无家可归的
2.enjoyable形容词,意为“令人愉快的;使人快
乐的;有乐趣的”,为派生词,由“enjoy(享
受;喜爱)+后缀able”构成。
eg:We had an enjoyable time on the beach. 我
们在海滩上度过了一段快乐的时光。
用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.—Why don't you like soap operas?
—Because they are __________ (meaning).
2.I think the game show is very
___________(relax).
3.John likes to watch talk shows because they're
________(enjoy).
4.When we heard the __________ (excite) news
,we all jumped.
5.Did you have a ___________ (wonder) time at
Ann's party?
meaningless
relaxing
enjoyable
exciting
wonderful
Summary
2.Talk about different kinds of TV
shows.
1.Key vocabulary:meaningless,cartoon
,
action movie,scary movie
3.Opinions about different kinds of TV
shows.
• Find out the names of some other kinds of movies. What
kind of movies do you love? Why? What kind of movies
do you never watch? What’s the reason? Interview three
of your classmates and write a report.
• Preview 2b. Search for some information about
“Disney”.