Module 4 Home alone
Unit 2 I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.
教学目标
作文放风筝
【知识目标】
1. 掌握重点单词actually, manage, unhappy, order, business, sofa, snack, midnight, empty, burn, cup, task
2. 掌握重点短语turn off, be worried about, on business, have fun, hand in, unable to do, all day, tidy up, wake up, hurry to do sth.
【能力目标】
1. To get information about exerci activities.
2. 马拉松多少公里To master the adverbial clau of concession.
【情感态度目标】
南京攻略
To know more about other person’s problems and master some basic skills in the life.
教学重难点
【教学重点】
1. To learn some expressions in the passage.
2. To learn the adverbial clau of concession.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. The u of adverbial clau of concession.
教学过程
Step 1 Warming up
Look at the pictures and talk about daily things you do alone and the things your parents do for you.
Step 2 Prentation
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures o f new words or expressions and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Reading
李白简介及人生经历1. Read the passage and choo the best summary.
a) Zheng Chenyu found his life more difficult without his parents.
b) Zheng Chenyu depended on his parents to prepare his meals.
c) Zheng Chenyu had so much homework that he did not have time to look after himlf.
d) Zheng Chenyu should learn to cook.
Key: a
2. Complete the ntences. See how Zheng Chenyu’s feelings changed.
1) Zheng Chenyu felt _______________ with his parents becau they did everything for him and managed every minute of his life.
2) After Zheng Chenyu’s parents went away on business, he felt ____ ______ becau he could _____________.
3) Zheng Chenyu felt ___________ after the first night.
4) Zheng Chenyu felt _________ when he found he could not look after himlf well.
5) Zheng Chenyu realid being home alone ____________________.
Keys: unhappy, happy, have some fun at last, tired and sleepy, lonely, was not always perfect
Step 4 Language points
1. As a boy, like all other boys, I wanted to be a man.
作为男孩, 就像其他所有男孩一样, 我想做个男子汉.
man在此处意为“男子汉〞.
e.g. Don’t cry anymore. Be a man!
2. Actually, they managed every minute of my life.实际上, 他们安排了我生活中的每一分钟.
manage意为 “安排, 管理〞.
e.g. Parents should not manage everything for their children.
3. Turn off the TV! 关掉电视.
turn off 意为“关掉; 关闭(设备)〞, 主要指关灯、电视、电脑、自来水、煤气等.
turn off 可与名词和代词连用: 与名词连用时, 名词可放在turn off 之后, 也可放在turn 和of
f 之间; 与代词连用时, 代词只能放在turn和off 之间. 如：
Jenny turned the computer off / turned off the computer.
The TV is too noisy. Can you turn it off?
【链接】与turn off 相关的短语有turn on(翻开), turn up(把……调高), turn down(把……调低). 如：
Can you help me turn on the TV?
Plea turn down your radio.
4. I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.
order 可以作名词表示“命令；指示〞, 此时是可数名词. 如：
They received orders to start at once.
快乐的同义词 We should obey the orders of the teacher.
order 还常用作动词, 表示“命令; 订购; 点(酒菜等)〞. 如：
The police ordered them to wait right there.
I have ordered two copies of that book.
He ordered a cup of coffee
5. Although my parents were very worried about leaving me, they had to go away on business for a few days.
be worried about 相当于worry about, 意为“为……发愁; 为……担忧〞.
农家菜园 e.g. June is worried about her English test.
on business 意为 “出差〞.
e.g. Jack will go to Shanghai on business.
6. The next morning I woke up late.
wake up 意为“叫醒……〞.
当wake up的宾语是名词时, 宾语可放在wake和up的中间或up的后面; 当wake up的宾语是代词时, 宾语只能放在wake和up的中间.
e.g. Don’t wake up the baby.
= Don’t wake the baby up.
Let’s wake him up now.
7. The teacher asked me for my homework, but I could not hand it in.
hand in 意为“提交; 上交〞.
tended
e.g. Plea hand in your paper before Friday.
8. I was unable to play basketball with my classmates!
be unable to do sth. 不能做某事
be able to do sth. 能够做某事
e.g. He was unable to finish homework on time.
带下的成语 他不能按时完成家庭作业.
9. I felt tired and sleepy at school all day long.
all day long 意为 “整天〞.
强调由早到晚的过程.
e.g. She sang the song all day long.
Practice: Complete the passages with the correct form of the words in the box.
Zheng Chenyu was bored with his parents’ (1)_______.He was happy when his parents went away on business, though he soon found that he could not do(2)_______ things. He forgot his homework. He went to school with a(n) (3)_______ stomach. He (4)______ his
food and broke his father’s (5)______.Zheng Chenyu had to learn to do(6)______ like cooking and tidying up. He realid being home alone was not always perfect.
