牛津译林版八年级下册Unit 1 Past and Present教案

Speak up & Study skills

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn to talk about an old friend.

2. Learn to use facts and opinions in writing.

Step 1 Warming up

Talk about your friends:

1. Who is your best friend?

2. What is he/she like?

3. Where does he/ she live?

4. What does he/she like?

Step 2 Speak up

1. Listen and answer:

1) When did Millie meet Becky?

2) How long has she leave China?

3) Was Becky alone in the USA?

4) How does Millie communicate with Becky?

2. Work in pairs and tell your partner about the changes in your life. Use the conversation below as a model.

Step 3 Language points

 1. She’s just returned from the USA.

    这里的she’s 是she has的缩略形式。

    return vi.  返回

    e.g. return home (adv.) 回家

       return to school (n.) 回到学校

2. When did you last see each other?

    你们上次见面是什么时候?

    last adv. 最近, 上一次; 最后。可位于动词前, 也可位于动词后。

    e.g. I last saw him in Shanghai two years ago.

       我上一次是两年前在上海见到他的。

       = I saw him last in Shanghai two years ago.

3. So how do you keep in touch with each other?  那你们是如何保持联系的呢？

   keep in touch with sb. 和某人保持联系, 也可用stay in touch with sb.表示。

   e.g. Please keep/stay in touch with me while you are in Beijing.

      你在北京的时候, 请和我保持联系。

4. We mainly communicate by email.  我们主要通过电子邮件交流。

    communicate vi./vt. 交流, 交际

    e.g. She has never communicated with us.

        她从未和我们联系过。

Step 4 Study skills

1. Explanation:

Facts and opinions(事实和观点）：

We often use facts and opinions when we write. Facts are true statements. They include names, dates, events and numbers. Opinions tell what we believe, feel or think.

我们在写作时经常会用到陈述事实和表达观点的句子。事实是指客观存在的事物或是事情，通常包括姓名、日期、事件和数字等。观点则是表达我们对于某件事物或事情的感觉、想法等。

Give some examples.

★ Sentences that show opinions often use verbs like feel, believe and think or have adjectives like good, bad and terrible.

e.g. I think it’s important to learn more than one foreign language.

2. Practice

1) Please find some sentences that tell the truth, and some sentences that show the opinions in this unit.

2) Complete Ex. A.

3. Explanation:

★ When we write, we can use facts to support our opinions. We can also give facts first, and then state our opinions.

当我们写作时，我们用事实支持我们的观点。我们可以先给出事实，然后再陈述自己的观点。

4. Practice:

Complete Ex. A.

5. 学习短语：be/ get used to  sth. / doing sth.  

   习惯于（适应于）某事/做某事

e.g. He is not used to living in the city.  他不习惯生活在城市。

I got used to the life there.  我很快适应了那里的生活。

used to do sth. 过去（常常）做某事

e.g.  He used to live in the country. 他过去常住在农村。

Step 5 Exercises

Translation

1. 你何时和你父母出国？

   When do you ____________________________?

2. 从那时起，他们彼此没再见过面。

   They ____________________________________.

3. 有些学生仅通过电话和父母保持联系。

Some students only ______________________________________________.

4. 老年人过去在这里晨练。

Old people ______________ morning exercise here.

5. 你习惯喝咖啡吗？

   _______________________________coffee?

Homework

1. Remember the new words and expressions.

2. Preview the next lesson.