M2U2languagepoints.doc

3rd period
Language focus of An adventure in Africa

Teaching Aims:
1. Revise the reading passage by retelling it.
2.
2. Get the students to grasp the usage of some important words and expressions.
Teaching Aids:
1. The multimedia
2. The blackboard
Teaching Procedures;
Step 1 Revision
Ask the students to retell the story according to the route and destinations in Africa.
Step 2. Language focus
1. I told you Colin and I would spend a few weeks travelling …
Tom spent ten cents _________ popcorn.
He spent three hours ________ his homework
2. We leave London on 15th July, and we will be flying to Morocco, in…
Leave, go, begin, arrive, return, come… can be used in the present tense to indicate the future event.
They arrive in Beijing tomorrow.
The train leaves in ten minutes’ time.
When does the show begin?
3. The whole trip will take six days.
⑴Writing books must __________________(需要大量时间)
⑵————————————————— go to school every morning.(他每早上学需要20分钟)
⑶The flight ___________________ .(花了我们两个小时)
4. So, we’ll go white-water rafting.
Translate some phrases and sentences.
去购物————
去爬山——————
去吃苹果———
去游泳——————
周末他们去找房子。
5. You have to wear special clothing, a …just in case your raft gets turned …
①This piece of _______ is long enough for you to make a shirt.
②Her ________ are fine and expensive.
③The shop sells children’s and women’s _________.
Translate the sentences.
我整天呆在家里以防Harry打电话。
你最好带把伞以防下雨。
in case; in case of; in no case; in any case
①In any case, I won’t help the people
like him.
② I shall stay in the hotel all day in case there is news of the missing child.
③The sign reads “In case of a fire, break the glass and push the red button.”
④ In no case can you cheat in the exams.
6. We will live with …whatever they do…
⑴无论你说什么我都不会相信的。
⑵无论你做出什么决定，我都会支持你。
⑶父母不应该孩子要什么就给什么。
7. Since we’ll be walking every day…carry my supplies of food…
supply / provide sth. to/for sth
supply/ provide sb. with sth.
supply/ meet/ satisfy one’s need for sth.
c.f.: offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb.
It is hard to supply the demand for more and better house.
The media supplies us a lot of information every day.
The water company cut off the supply of water for no good reasons.
Step3 Exercise
1.--Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith?
--Sorry, wrong number. There isn't ____Mr. Smith here.
A. / B. a C. the D. one
2. I lost my wallet last week, but ____ I didn't have any money or credit cards in it at that time.
A. luckily B. hopefully
C. gladly D. normally
3. Stick to what you think is right, ______ you will gain a surprising happy ending.
A. and B. but C. before D. so
4._____________ he has limited technical knowledge, the old worker has a lot of experience.
A. Since B. Unless
C. As D. Although
5. This is a very interesting book. I'll buy it, ____________.
A. how much may it cost
B. no matter how it may cost
C. however much it may cost
D. how may it cost
6. Lily succeeded, for she had made the greatest ____ and got over plenty of difficulties.
A. force B. strength C. effort D. energy
7. I don't believe him. His story doesn't _______ what I have heard.
A. agree on B. make up
C. agree with D. make out
8. Customers are asked to make sure that they ________ the right change before leaving the shop.
A. will give B. have been given
C. have given D. will be given
9. By hiking, people can _________ nature and experience a kind of life.
A. close to B. close the
C. get close to D. get close to the
10. As we _____ the ninety-mile Death Valley, some of our oxen were poisoned by the water they _____ from the ponds found on the way.
A. crossed; were drinking
B. were crossing; had drunk
C. were crossing; were drinking
D. had drunk; drank
Step4 Discussion
Do you like adventures?
Why or why not?
Do you think it is worth risking your life for adventures?
Step5 Homework
1. Make sentences using the above words and phrases.
2. Preview Grammar part.