Pre-reading |
●What does your mother / father do? ●How do they like their jobs? |
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Unit 4
What would you like to be?Passage 1
Mary’s everyday lifeMary is my neighbour. She lives in Flat 5B, Block 9 of City Estate. She works as a nur in
a hospital. Her flat is very big. It has three bedrooms, two sitting rooms and two bathrooms. She drives her car to go to the hospital every day. Her job is to look after the sick children in hospital. She likes her job and she works hard. The children like her, too. But sometimes she is late for work, becau the road is often crowded with cars and bus and she can’t drive quickly. She usually finishes her work at 5 p.m. After work, she always goes shopping with her mum, and sometimes she plays cards with her friends.
Word box | estate n. 住宅区 work as 做……工作 | be crowded with 挤满 play cards 打纸牌 |
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A Vocabulary
in hospital estate sick works as are late for is crowded with
█ Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions in the word box.1The __________ boy has to stay ____________ for a week.
2Susan ____________ a waitress in a coffee bar.
3— You _____________ school again, Tony.
—Sorry, Miss Green.
4Lucy’s home is in a new ______________.
5The underground train ______________ people every day.
B Comprehension
█ TickGPS信号放大器 True or Fal.
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1Mary teaches children in a hospital. | | ⏹ | ⏹ |
2She goes to work by bus every day. | | ⏹ | ⏹ |
3She’s often late for work becau the road is busy. 芦笋炒鸡蛋 | | ⏹ | ⏹ |
4She always goes shopping with her mum after | | ⏹ | ⏹ |
5Sometimes she plays cards with his friends in hospital. | | ⏹ | ⏹ |
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A Survey
Try to find out as much as possible about your fatyher’s/mother’s job.
Suggested questions:
●What does he/she do？
●What time does he/she go to work?
●How does he/she go to work?
●What does he/she do after work?
●Why does / doesn’t your father / mother like his / her job?
| 交换性爱 Pre-reading |
●Do you know about Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut in space? ●What would you like to be in the future? ●Do you want to go to space? Why or why not? |
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Mae Jemison was born in America on October 17, 1956. She was the youngest of three children in the family. Mae Jemison always tried her best. She studied hard and became a doctor. Then she joined the Peace Corps and worked in Africa becau she enjoyed helping others.
Then she wanted to be an astronaut. Becau she had some training as a doctor and a scientist, she was chon from a group of about 2,000 people. Mae Jemison flew into orbit on the spaceship on September 12, 1992. She was the first African American woman astronaut.
Word box | be born (in) 出生于 try one’s best 尽力 Peace Corps 维和部队 African American woman 美籍非裔妇女 | astronaut n. 宇航员 training n. 训练 orbit n. 月亮啊月亮轨道 |
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A Vocabulary
tried his best astronaut was born training orbit
█ Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions in the word box.1 Yang liwei is China’s first ____________to go round the earth in space.
2 My sister ____________ in Shanghai on March 17.
3 He ______________ to study English well.
4 The man-made satellite（人造卫星） has entered ____________.
5 Mike has become a good football player by hard ___________.
B Comprehension
█ Fill in the blanks according to the passage
1 Who was Mae Jemison?
She was an _______________________________.
2 Why did she join the Peace Corps?
Becau ____________________________________.
3 What did she want to be then?
She wanted to _______________________________.
4 From how many people was she chon to be an astronaut?
From ______________________________________.
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5 What did she do on Sep. 12th, 1992?
She __________________ on the spaceship that day.
An interview
Suppo you are a reporter. Now you are interviewing Dr Mae Jemison.
Suggested questions:
●When and where were you born?
●How many brothers or sisters did you have?
●When did you go to school?
●How did you like…?
●How did you feel when未来的职业规划…?
●Why did you want to be a woman astronaut?
Passage 3
A teacher’s storyPre-reading |
●What is the teacher’s job? ●Would you like to be a teacher? Why or why not? ●Who is your favourite teacher? |
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When Mary Smith was a student, she always wanted to become a teacher becau she liked children. When she was twenty-one years old, she began teaching in a primary school. She was a good teacher, and she got on well with the children in her class. They enjoyed her teaching.
