1、Have you read Treasure Island yet?,义务教育教科书（人教）八年级英语下册,Unit 8,Period4,Section B(2a-selfcheck),fan n. 迷；狂热爱好者,laughter n. 笑；笑声,football fans,New words,beauty n. 美；美丽,record n. 唱片；记录v. 录制；录（音）,The machine is recording now. (v.) 那个机器正在录音。,1. forever adv. 永远；不断地 e.g. The little boy is forever asking ques
2、tions.这小男孩老是没完没了的问问题。 2. abroad adv. 在国外，到国外go study abroad e.g. Are you going abroad for your holiday?你打算去国外度假吗？,Words study,3. actually adv. 真实地，事实上 in fact e.g. Actually, thats not quite right. 实际上，那不完全对。 4. southern adj. 南方的 e.g. She lives in southern Italy. 她住在意大利南部。 5. modern adj. 现代的，当代的 e.g.
3、 What do you think of modern art? 你对现代艺术怎么看？,6. success n. 成功 a great success; successful; successfully e.g. He had finally achieved success. 他终于获得了成功。 7. belong v. 属于，归属 belong to (介词）+人 e.g. The British and Dutch belong to the same race.英国人和荷兰人是同一种族。,8. million num.一百万 two million; millions of e.g
4、. The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million. 人口已从120万增加到了180万。,Do you have a favorite singer or band? 2. Do you have a favorite song? 3. What facts do you know about your favorite singer, band or song?,Discuss the questions with a partner.,Discussion,2a,1. Read the passage and mak
5、enotes or underline the main idea of the text. 2. After reading, write a short summary in your own words.,阅读指导,Country Music Fact Sheet Where it is from: _ What kind of music it is: _,the southern states of America,country music,Reading,Read the passage and complete the fact sheet.,2b,A famous count
6、ry music place in Nashville: _ A famous country music singer: _ The number of records he has sold: _,Tennessee,Garth Brooks,120 million,Read the passage again and underline the main ideas. Then use the underlined text to write short answers to the questions below.,First paragraph Who is Sarah? Where
7、 is she from? What does she like?,2c,She is a fan of country music.,She is from the US.,She likes country music.,Second paragraph What is country music? It is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of American. What is country music about? Many songs are about modern life in the US, su
8、ch as the importance of money, success, free, friends, family, the beauty of nature and so on.,Third paragraph What is Sarahs dream? To go Nashville one day. Who is Garth Brooks? Garth is one of the most successful musicians in American history.,When Sarah was a teenager, she used to fight over almo
9、st everything with her family.used to 过去常常，后跟动词原形。 e.g. She used to sing this song, but now she doesnt. 她过去经常唱这首歌，但是现在不唱了。,Language points,2. Ever since then, she has been a fan of American country music.ever since then 从那时以来，与现在 完成时连用，要求动词必须是延续性动词。 e.g. Ever since then, I have lived here. 从那时以来我就住在
10、这儿。,3. It reminds us that the best thing in life is free.reminds sb. that+从句 使某人想起某事 e.g. This book reminds me that I should study hard.这本书提醒我应该努力学习。,4. Sarah hasnt been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day.It is her dream to + do sth. 做某事是某人的梦想 e.g. It is my dream to go to Amer
11、ica.去美国是我的梦想。,5. I hope to see him sing live one day! 1) see sb. do sth. 表示“看见某人做某事”。类似的感官动词还有：watch, feel, hear, listen to, smell 等用于主动语态时，后面可以接名词（或代词）+ 不带to 的不定式（或v-ing形式）。,see sb. do sth. 意为“看到某人做了某 事”，强调看到动作的全过程。而see sb. doing sth.意为“看到某人正在做某事”， 强调看到的动作正在进行。例如： Mary saw him clean the classroom.
12、玛丽看见他打扫教室了。 Mary saw him cleaning the classroom. 玛丽看见他正在打扫教室。,2) live adv. 意为“在现场直播；在现场表演”e.g. LangLang is playing live in our city tonight.朗朗今晚在我们城市举办现场演奏。,Writing,Use the notes you made in 2c to write a short summary of the passage. Write no more than 100 words.,2d,Sarah is an American girl. She l
13、ikes country music. She is a fan of country music. Country music is a traditional music from the southern states of America. Many songs are about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and success.,示例,Sarahs dream is to go to Nashville because Garth Brooks is there. She likes to list
14、en to his songs. Garth is one of the most successful musicians in American history.,used to fight over return home on the radio make sb. do sth. think about come to realize ever since,过去常常 争吵 回家 在收音机上 使某人做某事 考虑 逐渐认识到 自从以来,重点短语,the home of such as belong to be kind to sb. trust one another remind sb.
15、 that have been to do research on hope to do sth.,的家 例如 属于 对某人友好 互相信任 使某人想起 去过 研究 希望做某事,have been to 与 have gone to e.g. (1) I have been to Beijing. (2) Where is he? He has gone to Beijing. _曾经去过某地，现在不在那里，已经回来了。 _去了某地，还没回来或在路上，可能还在那里。,have been to,have gone to,1.Where is John?He _ the science lab.A.
16、 has gone to B. has been to C. went to 2.Where is my sister, mum?She _ to the library. She will be back soon.A. has been B. is going C. has gone D. will go,A,C,活学活用,3.May I speak to Lin Tao?Sorry, he is not in. He _ to Changsha.A. has been B. has gone C. went,B,结束语,If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. 想要懂得今天， 就必须研究昨天。,