1、Lesson 44 Georgia Plays Basketball,THINK ABOUT IT,Do you have basketball teams in your school?What makes you unique in your class?,Hello everyone! My name is Georgia. I am in Grade 8.What makes me unique? Lets see. My family comes from Greece. I was born there. Nobody else in my school comes from Gr
2、eece! That makes me unique.,Ive been in Canada for seven and a half years. My grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins still live in Greece. My sister is a basketball player in Canada. But she sometimes returns to Greece to play for the Greek National Basketball Team.,Playing basketball is my main ta
3、lent, too. When I was in Grade 6, I played for the junior high basketball team. I was the youngest player. We did very well last year. We lost only two games. Once, we played against a team from another city. The game was almost over, and the score was fifty-one to fifty one.,A player on my team pas
4、sed me the ball. I was too far from the basket. Could I put the ball into the basket? I tried and the ball went in! The final score was fifty-four to fifty-one. We won! We felt proud of ourselves.,My dream is to play basketball in the Olympics. Id like to go to university, too. My parents want me to
5、 study medicine, but I want to continue taking P.E. What sport would I study? Basketball, of course!,Read the lesson and complete the passage. The first letter is given.Georgia is a student in Grade 8. She is unique in her school because she was b_in Greece. N_else in her class in from Greece. Georg
6、ia has a big family. Her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are living in Greece.,orn,obody,Her sister is a basketball player in Canada. But she sometimes r _to Greece to play for the Greek National Basketball Team. Georgia is good at basketball, too. Her parents want her to study m _, but she
7、wants to c _taking P.E. Her dream is to be a basketball player.,eturns,edicine,ontinue,1. Nobody else in my school comes from Greece!我们学校没有其他人来自希腊了。,nobody else = no other people. 没有其他人,Nobody else knows the secret. 没有别人知道这个秘密了。,else 表示“另外，其他”，常放在不定代词， 疑问代词或疑问副词之后,Did you see anybody else? 你见到其他人了吗？
8、 Ask somebody else to help you. 请别人帮帮你吧。 Do you have anything else to do ? 你还有别的事要做吗？ Who else wants to sing the English song? 还有谁想唱这首英文歌吗？,不定代词 + else,不定代词 + else,不定代词 + else,疑问代词 + else,2. Ive been in Canada for seven and a half years.我在加拿大待了七年半了。,类似说法： one and a half years 一年半 a year and a half 一
9、年半 two and a half hours 两个半小时 two hours and a half 两个半小时,return,作不及物动词,作及物动词,回；返回,归还；放回；送回,He has returned to Paris from London. 他已经从伦敦回到巴黎。 She returned home to get her umbrella. 她回家取雨伞。 She returned the bird to its cage. 她把鸟放回笼子里。,3.,不及物动词,不及物动词,及物动词,Please return me my five dollars/return my five
10、 dollars to me. 请把我的5美元还给我。,注意： 1. return （归还）= give backreturn （返回，回来）= come/get back 2. return 后边不能加back,及物动词,及物动词,4. Once, we played against a team from another city.有一次，我们和来自另一个城市的队伍比赛。,此处是副词，曾经；一度,play against和比赛,She was once my teacher. 她曾经是我的老师。 At the end of the season the two top teams play
11、 against each other. 赛季末，有两个最强队之间进行比赛。 Which team did they play against this time? 这次他们的对手是谁？,Your school team will play against us this afternoon. 你们校队今天下午和我们比赛。,play for,为比赛，为效力,My brother plays for the national football team. 我弟弟为国家足球队效力。, almost作副词，相当于nearly, 表示“几乎， 差不多”,5.,Its almost time to go
12、 . 差不多是该走的时候了。 Dinner is almost ready. 饭差不多好啦！, be over意思是 “结束；完结”。,Their relationship is over. 他们的关系已经结束了。 By the time we arrived, the meeting was over. 我们到达时，会议已结束了。, score 作名词，表示“（比赛中）得分，分数”,The final score was 4 to 3. 最后的比分是4比3。,score 还可以作动词，表示“得分”。,She scored 120 in the IQ test. 她在智商测试中得了120分。,
13、go to university/college 上大学,6.,不表示具体的大学，前面不用冠词。,I work hard in school and I hope to go to college someday. 我在学校很努力，我希望有一天去上大学。,go to school 上学 go to prison 坐牢 go to hospital 去医院看病 leave school 放学；辍学；毕业 be in hospital 住院,不表示具体的大学，前面不用冠词。但当这些名词表示具体的事物时，前面要加冠词。,I went to the hospital to see a friend t
14、his morning. 今天上午我去医院看了一个朋友。,7.,continue 动词,+ to do sth.,强调继续做另一件事情 （已经完成一件工作）,+ doing sth.,强调继续做同一件事（还没完成）,继续，持续,After a rest, he continues his reading. 稍事休息后，他继续看书。 After he finished reading a novel, he continued to play games with his friends. 他读完小说后跟朋友们继续玩游戏。,刚才就在看书，现在继续看书，只干了一件事情,刚才在读小说，然后去玩游戏干
15、了两件事情,Listen to the passage and tick the correct answers.,The U.S.,Canada.,A teacher.,A doctor.,Russia.,India.,A businessman.,A police officer.,China.,Singapore.,A tailor.,A bank clerk.,A teacher,A doctor,A teacher,A doctor,A writer.,A shop assistant.,A writer.,A doctor.,A bank clerk.,A writer.,A ba
16、sketball player.,A teacher.,Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.,Last year he _(return) to China to play for the Chinese team. 2. Once, she _(win) a game for her city. She was very proud of herself.,returned,won,3. Her dream is _(play) ping- pong in the Olympics. 4. Jack wan
17、ts to _(continue) studying Chinese when he returns to Canada.,to play/playing,continue,Work in groups. What makes you unique? Think about the other members and share your ideas.,Example: I think Da Zhi is special. He can play the guitar very well. Lin Tao always helps others. She is really kind. She is unique.,Bye-bye,
