《We thought somebody was moving about》Time off PPT课件2

Warming up

Where is Beihai Park?

Can you hear the bird singing?

What can you do there?

What’s the best time to go?

Where can you sleep there?

Can we have a picnic there?

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New words

kilometre  n. 千米；公里

shape   n. 外形，形状

human  n. 人

wake  n. 唤醒，醒来

somebody  pron. 某人；有人 

path   n. 小路；路径 

pull  v. (用手)拉，牵，扯

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Look at the photo and write down words that can best describe it.

rocks, beautiful, tall, green, empty, quiet, famous, unusual, strange ...

Works in pairs. What do you know about Zhangjiajie? Can you answer the questions?

1. Where is it?

2. How large is it?

3. Where can you stay?

4. What animals can you see?

5. What is the most famous thing to see?

Number the sentences in the correct order.

a) Betty pulled a leaf off a plant.

b) The noise woke everybody up.

c) They climbed Mount Tianzi.

d) A monkey made some noise.

e) They camped by a small lake.

f) Linging’s uncle said that people should protect everything in Zhangjiajie.

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Learning to learn

Read and find out how Betty starts and finishes her email to her mum and dad. Next time when you write your email, you can start and finish the email in the   same way.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

human   kilometre   path   shape   wish

1. Are there rocks in _______ or animal _______ in your home town?

2. How many ___________ is Zhangjiajie from your home town?

3. Is it safer to walk along a ______ or climb over rocks?

4. Where do you ______ you were right now?

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Activity 5.

1. Are there rocks in human or animal shapes in your home town?

2. How many kilometres is Zhangjiajie from your home town?

3. Is it safer to walk along a path or climb over rocks?

4. Where do you wish you were right now?

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Language points

1. It’s very large, about 480 square kilometres.

square kilometre, 表示“平方公里”。例如：

Our school is about one square kilometre, it’s very large.

2. It’s famous for the strange shape of its tall rocks.

be famous for 是一个固定短语，意为“因……而闻名；以……著名”。主语既可以是表示人的词语也可以是表示地点的词语。主语是表示人的词语时，表示以某种技能或特征而闻名；主语是表示地点的词语时，表示以某种特产或某处名胜古迹而著名。

The town is famous for its hot springs. 

He is famous for his sweet voice.

shape 表示“形状”。例如：

What’s the shape of the building?

That cloud has a strange shape. 

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Grammar

that引导的宾语从句

当谓语动词表示肯定的概念，如“希望、相信、知道、说”时，其后面的句子一般用that引导。that 没有任何词汇含义，只有语法功能，目的是使读者清楚后面的句子是宾语从句。多数情况下 that 可以省略。

I hope (that) it will snow this winter. 

Betty thinks (that) trees can improve the air.

常接 that 宾语从句的谓语动词有：believe, expect, explain, feel, hear, hope, imagine, prefer, promise, report, say, see, tell, think, under, stand, warn, wish等。

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Find out the object clauses in the passage.

1. We thought somebody was moving about.

2. Lingling’s uncle said it was an animal.

3. We came out without making any noise, and found it was just a hungry monkey looking for food.

4. ..., but Lingling’s uncle said that it was wrong to pull leaves off plants and that we should protect everything here.

Exercises

1. It’s ten ____ from my home. The children must take bus to school.

A. metre    B. metres    

C. kilometre    D. kilometres

2. -- What’s the _____ of the rock?

-- It’s a square.

A. path   B. leaf    C. top   D. shape

3. The child is sleeping, don’t wake him _______.

A. up     B. down     C. off     D. in

4. _____ called you just now. I heard the ring.

A. Somebody    B. anybody           

C. Nobody    D. some body

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Homework

根据下面的问题简要介绍一下洞庭湖的情况。

1. Where is it?

2. How large is it?

3. What is the most famous thing to see?

《We thought somebody was moving about》Time off PPT课件 Words and ex