課時目標

1．訓(xùn)練閱讀理解能力。

2．訓(xùn)練寫作創(chuàng)新能力。

    課程導(dǎo)入

由于學(xué)習(xí)越來越緊張，我們的空余時間更少了，我們會情不自禁地留戀起過去的時光和事情。

Teacher: Did you use to have so much time? How did you use to spend your free time?

Student A: ____________________________________________________________

Student B: ______ ______________________________________________________

    探究新知

    3a  Read the story about Rose Tang’s problems and then complete the chart.閱讀關(guān)于唐羅斯的故事并完成表格。

    參考答案：

Rose Tang then: had so much time; spent a lot of time playing games with friends; watched TV or chatted with her grandmother; went to concerts with her father.

Rose Tang now: gets up early and stays in school all day; no time for playing games; has to study; no time for concerts; does homework and goes to bed.

    知識點1  Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time any more. 在我開始上中學(xué)之前，我經(jīng)?；ê芏鄷r間和我的朋友們玩游戲，但是我再也沒有時間了。

    【講解】（1）spend...on sth.  在某事上花費（金錢或時間），spend...（in）doing sth.花（金錢或時間）做某事

（2）not...any more= no more  表示“再不……”，相當(dāng)于not...any longer，no longer。如：

I spend half an hour on my homework.  我每天花半個小時做家庭作業(yè)。

She spent two hours（in）mending the computer.  她花了兩個小時修電腦。

I can’t wait any more.我不能再等了。

    【例1】同義句轉(zhuǎn)換。

① It took me twenty minutes to water the flowers.

I ________ twenty minutes ________ the flowers.

② He will no more be afraid of flying.

He________be afraid of flying________ ________.

    拓展

①spend time doing sth.相當(dāng)于It take sb. some time to do sth.②spend money on sth.相當(dāng)于pay money for sth.

    【解答】①It takes sb. some time to do sth.  表示“做某事花費某人多長時間”。因此答案為spent, watering。②no more表示“再不……”，答案為won’t，any more/longer。

    知識點2  These days，I hardly ever have time for concerts.現(xiàn)在我?guī)缀鯖]有時間去參加音樂會。

    【講解】hardly ever表示“很少”。hardly副詞，表示否定意義“幾乎沒有，幾乎不”，相當(dāng)于almost not。hardly修飾動詞時，通常放在助動詞、情態(tài)動詞之后，實義動詞之前，hardly還可以置于any，anything，anyone，anybody等之前。如：

I can hardly understand them.  我簡直無法明白他們所說的話。

Hardly anyone believe that today.  在今天幾乎沒有人相信那件事。

There’s hardly any time left.  幾乎沒有時間了。

She hardly ever goes out, does she?  她很少出門，是嗎？

    【例2】單項選擇

He hardly read this English article, ______?

    【解答】此題考查了含有hardly的反意疑問句，read此處是一般過去式，hardly表示否定，因此答案為D。

    警示

    反意疑問句的陳述部分含有hardly，little，few等詞時，疑問部分用肯定。

    知識點3  I really miss the old days. 我的確想念過去的日子。

    【講解】miss動詞，此處表示“想念，思念”，另外，miss還可以表示“錯過，未遇見，失去（機會）”等意思。如：

    We’ll miss you very much if you move. 如果你搬家，我們會很想念你。

    We missed the bus and walked home. 我們沒有趕上公共汽車，就走回家了。

    He had to see the doctor and so missed the meeting. 他必須去看醫(yī)生，所以沒能參加會議。

    【例3】單項選擇

    This morning he______the first bus, so he came late to work.

    【解答】根據(jù)題意“今天早上他未趕上頭班車，因此上班遲到了”。答案為C。

    文化點擊：

    在西方國家，人們非常樂意議論現(xiàn)在好的事情，尤其是愿意聽到對自己現(xiàn)在的外貌、工作等事情的贊美之辭，所以當(dāng)你和新結(jié)識的人或陌生人說話時，不要說一些讓他們尷尬的事，如：你以前身材很苗條，現(xiàn)在長胖了。如果你這樣說話，別人會氣得直瞪眼的。

    3b Complete this letter.Use the information from the chart in activity 2b.請利用活動2b中的信息完成這封信。

    知識點4  My life has changed a lot in the last few years. 在最近的幾年中，我的生活變化很大。

    【講解】in the last/past few years“在最近（過去）的幾年中”，常用作完成時的時間狀語。如：

    I have made great progress in the past few months.在過去的幾個月中，我取得了巨大的進步。

    We have travelled to many interesting places in China in the last two years.在最近的兩年中，我們參觀了中國的很多名勝古跡。

    【例4】單項選擇

    There______greatchanges inour city inthepast ten years.

    【解答】此題中有時間狀語in the past ten years，因此謂語動詞用現(xiàn)在完成時。There be句式的現(xiàn)在完成時為There have/has been，主語great changes是復(fù)數(shù)，因此答案是D。

    3c Use the information in this unit to write about how your life has changed since primary school. 用本單元中的信息寫一寫自上小學(xué)以來你的生活發(fā)生的變化。

    4a Whatdid your parents use to do when they were children? How is itd fferent from what you do? Talk to your parents and fillin the chart.你的父母小時候常做什么？與你有何不同？請跟你父母談一談并填寫下面的表格。

    4b  GROUPWORK

    Now talk about you and your parents with your classmates. 現(xiàn)在和同學(xué)一起談一談你和你的父母親。

    課堂實踐

    【任務(wù)設(shè)計】你現(xiàn)在上初中三年級了，學(xué)習(xí)、生活和以前肯定有所不同，請就以下方面談一談。

    A: You’re in Grade Three now. Is your life quite different?

    B: Yes. ①______but now I have to get up at six to read English.

    A: How about your sleeping time?

    B: ②______but I have to stay up until 11 pm.

    A: Did you use to spend time chatting online?

    B: ③______,but my study takes all my time at present.

    A: What’s your favorite sport?

    B: I like basketball. ④______but I have no time to playbasketball.

    A: How are you feeling now?

    B:⑤______.I really miss my old days.

    【實踐提示】對話主要是將以前的學(xué)習(xí)、生活與現(xiàn)在進行對比。參考范例

    ①I used to get up at half past six

    ②I used to go to bed at 9 pm

    ③Yes, I did

    ④I used to play basketball after school

    ⑤I am feeling tired

    課時作業(yè) 

    Ⅰ．用下列詞語造句。

    1．spend lots of time

    _____________________________________________________________________

    2．hardly ever

    _____________________________________________________________________

    3．not...any more

    _____________________________________________________________________

    4．be terrified of

    _____________________________________________________________________

    5．worry about

    _____________________________________________________________________

    Ⅱ．閱讀短文，選擇最佳答案。

    Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’ t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.

    It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends.Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spent a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.

    However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

    Who chooses your friends?

    Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

    Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?

    Your answers are welcome.

（    ）1．Many teenagers think that ______ can understand them better.

（    ） 2．______is very important to teenagers.

（    ） 3．When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually ______.

（    ）4．The sentence “Your answers are welcome”means“______”.

A．You are welcome to discuss the question with us

B．We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome

C．Your answers are always right

D．You can give us all the right answers

（    ）5．Which of the following is the writer’s attitude （態(tài)度）?

A．Parents should choose friends for their children.

B．Children should choose everything they like.

C．Parents should understand their children better.

D．Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.

    Ⅲ．書面表達

    根據(jù)下面表中的重點，以“Changes in Our Hometown”為題，寫一篇短文

Changes in Our Hometown

    Over the past ten years，greatchanges have taken placein our hometown.In the past.______

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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    答案點撥

    Ⅰ．范例：1．I spent lots of time reading books.

    2．He hardly ever has time for TV shows.

    3．She’s not a nurse any more.

    4．My mother is terrified of the dark.

    5．Don’t worry about the exam. You are sure to pass it.

    Ⅱ．1～5 ADCAC

    Ⅲ．書面表達

Changes in Our Hometown

    Over the past ten years, great changes have taken place in our hometown. In the past, there used to be old small houses in our hometown. The river in front of the village was very dirty, it smelt terrible. The children had to go to school on foot or by bike. But now there are many new tall buildings instead of the small houses. It looks clean everywhere in our hometown. The river is clean enough for children to swim in. Most children go to school by bus, and some parents take their children to school in cars. Our hometown is getting better than it used to be.