1、Reading ,Unit 2,a British schoolLondon Nancys,an American schoolDenverJohns,Year 8 at Woodland School,the 8th grade at Rocky Mountain High School,French,baseball (twice a week),Reading Week (every year),buddy club (every Monday),1. borrow books from the library,2. bring in books and magazines from h
2、ome,1. older students talk about school life,2. my friend Tony(help me learn),Revision：,Introduce their school lives,Please retell Nancys school life,Name: School: 1. name2. a mixed schoolhave lessons together Favourite subject: 1. what2.why Activity: a Reading Weekborrow more books from .bring in b
3、ooks and magazines from.read more books thandiscuss the books with,Please retell Johns school life,Rocky Mountain High School near Denver,Name: John Age: 14 Grade: 8th School: ,go to the Buddy Club,Older students help new studentslearn more about school life,Tony in the 12th grade listens carefully
4、to my problems offers me help hero,have different classes ends earlier,Do sports Play baseball Love this game Practice hard Won two games,Language points 1.a mixed school,mixed adj. 混合的mixed school 男女生混合学校,They have mixed feelings of sadness and joy. 他们悲喜交加。 There are more girls than boys in this mi
5、xed school. 这个混合学校女生比男生多。,2.borrow more books from the school library,borrow 意为“(向别人)借”， 常用结构是：borrow sth. from sb. 意为“从某人那里借某物”。 lend 意为“(把东西) 借给”， 常用结构是：lend sb. sth. = lend sth. to sb. 意为“把某物借给某人”。,I often borrow books from the library at the weekend. 周末我经常从图书馆借书。,3. near the end of . “在接近 / 快结束时
6、”在这节课快结束时在考试快结束时,near the end of this classnear the end of the exam, at the end of . “在结束时，在末端”在这个月底在路得尽头,at the end of this month at the end of the road, in the end “最后，终于” = = 他们最后成了好朋友。,at last,finally,They became good friends in the end., We discuss the books with our classmates in class. discus
7、s sth. with sb. 和某人讨论。 have a discussion with sb.,4. He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help. offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb. give sb. sth. = give sth. to sb. Tom 经常主动给小区里的老人一些帮助。 Tom usually offers the old people in his neighbourhood some help. Tom usually offers some help t
8、o the old people in his neighbourhood.,5. He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help. adj. + ly =adv. 形容词+ly= 副词,real bad usual careful simple terrible,really badly usually carefully simply terribly,happy busy noisy heavy early fast,happily busily noisily heavily early fast,6.pract
9、ice 1) 及物动词，其后可接名词、代词或V-ing 形式作宾语。 I cant practice basketball with you now because I have lots of homework to do. 我现在不能跟你练篮球，因为我有好多作业要做。 Every morning, she practices reading English for half an hour in the park. 每天早上她都会在公园朗读半小时英语。,2) 不及物动词，意为“练习，操练”。 You will never learn to swim if you dont practice
10、. 如果不练习，你永远都学不会游泳。 3) 名词，意为“实践，练习” You need a lot of practice to play the piano well. 你要把钢琴学好需要多多练习。,根据所给中文完成句子。熟能生巧。_ makes perfect. 2. 我花了大量时间练习说英语。I spend a lot of time _ English. 3. 她正在练习准备钢琴考试。_,Practice,practicing speaking,Shes practicing for her piano exam.,1. Among all my subjects, I like Fr
11、ench best. 最高级标志：among, of, in (1) 他的画是所有作品中最美的。 His painting is the most beautiful among/of all the works. (2) 这本书是图书馆里最有趣的书。 The book is the most interesting one in the library.,2. Learning foreign languages is fun. =Its fun to learn foreign languages. 学好英语很重要。 Learning English well is very import
12、ant. Its important to learn English well. To learn English well is very important. 吃得太多对健康不利。 Its not healthy to eat too much. Eating too much is not healthy. To eat too much is not healthy.,3. I often read more books than my classmates (do). I am taller than Sandy . I can run faster than Daniel. I
13、spent less money than Lucy . Lucy has more books than Tom.,4.Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.,Seem的用法： seem to do sth. /seem +adj. It seems that 从句 (1) 一些奇怪的事情似乎快要发生了。 Something strange seems to happen soon. (2) 我们语文老师似乎不太开心。 Our Chinese teacher seems to be unhappy. Our
14、 Chinese teacher seems unhappy. （3）天似乎要下雨了。 It seems that it is going to rain.,5.Twice a week, I play baseball after school.,twice a week 一周两次, How often do you water the flowers? I water them twice a week.,baseball n. 棒球,My American friend says she enjoys playing baseball.,Summary,1. To get further understanding of the whole text 2. To learn to use some important phrases and sentences properly 3. To be able to describe school lives in the American school and British school,