Unit 4 A good readIntegrated skills

To infer general meaning from context and keywords To finish exercises A1 and A2 by listening for key information To help Millie correct her mistakes To understand Daniel and Mrs Li’s conversation

Objectives

A1 The Class 1, Grade 8 students are talking about what they have read recently. Listen to them and match each student with the type and name of the book they have read.

A Recommending a book

StudentKittyMillieDanielSimonSandy

Type of booknovelhistorysciencetravel

Name of the bookThree Men in a BoatNotes from a Small IslandMoment in PekingFlags of Our FathersA Brief History of Time

A2Suzy plans to read the Harry Potter series. She is telling her classmates about the books. Listen to what she says and complete her notes.

J. K. RowlingA British writerDate of birth ___________As a child often wrote _______ and read them to her sisterIn 1990 got the idea for the first Harry Potter story on a ______ trip to LondonIn ______ finished the first Harry Potter bookIn 2007 finished the ____________ book of the series

31 July 1965stories

train1995

seventh/last

Harry Potter series A first all the British publishing houses refused to publish itA year later a small publishing house in _______ accepted it So far a great success has been translated into about _____ languagesSales over ______ million copies in over ______ countries and areas

London

70450200

A3 Millie made some notes of the Harry Potter series. However, she has made some mistakes. Listen to Suzy again. Help Millie underline the mistake in each sentence and write the correct words in the blanks.

1. J. K. Rowling is a Canadian writer.2. Rowling’s birthday is on 30 July.3. When she was a child, Rowling often shared toys with her sister.4. The eighth Harry Potter book is the last one of the series.5. The first Harry Potter book was a great success in the very beginning.6. The Harry Potter series is popular only in Britain.

was not

in over 200 countries and areas all over the world

seventh

stories

31

British

Daniel is talking to Mrs Li, the school librarian. Listen to their conversation and then answer the questions.

B Speak up: I want some history books.

1. How many books can Daniel borrow at a time?

2. How long can he keep the books?

3. How can he renew the books?

He can borrow one Chinese book and one English book.

He can keep the books for two weeks.

He can renew them online.

We must know how many books we can borrow at a time.We must know how long we can keep the books.We must return the books on time.We must take good care of the books.If we want to keep the books longer, we must renew them.

Talk

It’s your turn to make a similar conversation. Use Daniel and Mrs Li’s conversation as a model.

Useful expressions

How many books can I borrow at a time?How long can I keep the books?How can I renew the books?You must return them on time.Just be sure to return them on time! Renew books if you wish to keep them past their original (最初的 ) due date (到期日 ).

To preview Study skills on Page 59

To preview Task on Pages 60 and 61

To preview the new words in Unit 5

1. 出生日期2. 巨大成功3. 出版社4. 到目前为止5. 翻译成6. 每次7. 准时

Translation

• Learning is the eye of the mind. • 学问是心灵的眼睛。• There is no end to learning. • 学无止境。• One is never too old to learn.• 活到老，学到老• A good book is a good friend.• 好书如挚友