Unit 5

Topic 2 I feel better now Section B

1.Learn to express feelings using simple words.

2.Be able to make some suggestions in right situations.

3.Learn to take part in the activities of role-play with the

help of the teacher.

4.Learn to know and use the comparative forms of

adjectives, especially of the equal comparisons.

5 Be able to express one’s own opinions and ideas when

discussing the contents of letters.

Teaching aims and demands:

Review

Review the expressions of the feelings

“happiness”, “worries”,

“satisfactions” and “surprise”.

Listen to 1a and answer the

questions : ① Does Beth live in a new place?

②Whom does Beth want to be her

friend?

③Who reassures Beth?

④ How does Beth feel now?

She has no friends here. She may feel

lonely.

Key words

Is everything all right? — especially

— talk to —like...to—how—Don’t

worry—stay with—makes—I am

sure...—There, there!—feel better

Summary• 1 but I don’t know how to get other student

s to talk with me. 但我不知道怎样使别的同学和我交谈 .

• Get sb to do sth. 使 ( 让 , 叫 ) 某人做某事 ,做宾补的不定式在类似的结构中 , 有的带 to,有的不带 to, 要注意区分 .

• Get/ask/tell sb to do sth.

• Let/make /have sb do sth.

• 2 everyone gets these feelings at your age. • 每个人在你这个年龄都会有这样的感受 .• at one’s age 在某人的年龄 ,• 如 你父亲在你这个年龄就开始工作了 .• At one’s age of …, 在… . 岁时 ,• 如 At the age of seven, he could swim. 7 岁时他

会游泳了 . • 3 There, there! 好啦 , 好啦 ! 语气词 , 表示安慰 .

Work alone • Read 1a again and mark True ( T ) or

False( F) .

( ) 1 Beth is sad because she didn’t pass the exam.

( ) 2 Miss Wang is helping Beth to study. ( ) 3 Beth doesn’t have any friends here.

( ) 4 Helen doesn’t like Beth.

( ) 5 Helen is as lonely as Beth.

Work alone

• Summarize the main idea of this dialog. You may begin like this:

• Beth is sad because she didn’t pass the English exam….

Read and understand

• Read 2a and finish 2b. Suppose you were Cella. Write back to Beth and give her some advice. You may use the following sentence patterns: “ You’d better..” “ Why not…” “ Why don’t you ….?” “ Please…” etc.

①. Is Beth a stranger here？②. Are the roads here as clean as those

in her hometown?

③. What’s the trouble with her?

Ask and answer

Summary

• 1 I’m not used to everything here. 但是我还不习惯这儿的一切 .

• Get /be used to sth. 习惯于某事• Get/be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事• He can’t get used to the weather here.

• I am not used to getting up early.

• 2 Then the food is not as delicious as our Sichuan food, either.

• 其次 , 食物没有我们四川菜那么美味可口 .• (1) 表示两者在某一方面程度相同时 , 用句型 “

as+ 形容词 / 副词原级 +as+ 比较对象”• I am as tall as my father. • He runs as fast as Tom. • (2) 表示某人或某物在某一方面不如另一人或另

一物时用 not as/so + 形容词 / 副词原级 +as+ 比较对象

• Jim doesn’t study so /as hard as Helen. • (3) either, 副词 , 也 , 一般位于否定句句末 . 如 • French is not easy and German is not, either. 法

语不容易学 , 德语也不容易学

①. stranger, advice, get used to, accept,

②. How time flies!

③. I’m not used to everything here

④. The roads are not as clean as those in our home

town.

⑤. The food is not as delicious as our Sichuan food,

either.

⑥ I want to live as happily as before

⑦. I need your advice.

Key words and language points

Group work

Read 1a and

discuss . Give some

advice to Beth.

You’d better…

Why not…

Please …..

Pair work

• Make sentences using “as …as “ or “not as/so …as” .

name lovely brave funny Helpful

Helen ★★★ ★★★★ ★★ ★★★★

Maria ★★★ ★★ ★★★★ ★★★★

Helen is as lovely as Maria.

Maria is not as/so brave as Helen.

Helen Celia Sue

lovely √ √ √ √ √ √

patient √ √ √ √ √

funny √ √ √ √ √

active √ √ √ √ √ √

Practice

helpful √ √ √ √ √

humorous √ √ √ √ √

quiet √ √ √ √ √ √

shy √ √ √ √ √ √

smart √ √ √ √ √

brave √ √ √ √

Comparative Equal comparison

Helen is more lovely

than Celia.

But Helen is not as

active as Celia.

Make sentences as you can.

Summary

• 1 because 的用法• 2 as ..as 和 …一样 , 表示同等的比较• Not as /so …as 和 …不一样• 3 提建议的方法 :

• “ You’d better..” “ Why not…” “ Why don’t you ….?” “ Please…” etc.

Project1.Suppose your friend is unhappy and

sad. Discuss the problem and find

the best way to solve it. Write down

your suggestions.

2.Act out the dialogs in 1a of Section A

.

Homework • 根据汉语提示完成写出单词• 1 Everyone feels sad and sometimes , ___

_ ( 尤其 ) when living in a new place. • 2 Give them your ____ ( 建议 ) .• 3 Many people in their teens have such __

__ ( 经历 ) .• 4 It takes mea long time to ____ ( 变得 ) h

appy. • 5 It is ____ ( 重要 ) to talk to someone.

1 especially 2 advice 3 experience 4 become 5 important

单项选择• 1 Everyone gets these feelings ____ your

age.

• A at B in C on

• 2 Lucy is very nice . I never feel ___ to stay with her.

• A happy B bored C worried

• 3 She seems ____ me.

• A likes B to like C like

A

B

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