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Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.

What are they doing?

Which festival is it?

Spring Festival

In which month is it?

January February

The Spring Festival is in January or February.

Teaching aims

1. To master the new words: Nation Day, writer, find out, real, newspaper, date, become2. To master the sentences: I read… He left school at the age of… I know…

/mɑ:tʃ/

/'eIprəl/

/dʒu:n/

/dʒu:'laI/

3 月 n. March

4 月 n. April

6 月 n.

Women’s Day 妇女节 n.

国庆节 n.

June

儿童节 n.

National Day

Words and expressions

Children’s Day

7 月 n. July

/ɔ:'gəst/

/sep'tembə/

/ɔk'təubə/

/nəu'vembə/

/dI'sembə/

/'raItə/

8 月 n.

9 月 n. September10 月 n.

November11 月 n.

find out

12 月 n.

作家 n.

December

August

October

writer发现；查明；弄清

/'rIəl/

/'nju:s,peIpə/

/Iɡ'zækt/

/deIt/

/bI'kʌm/

真实的；真正的 adj.

在…岁时

报纸 n.

exact准确的；确切的 adj.

in the 1980s

日期 n.

at the age of

成为 v.

date

real

newspaper

become

在 19 世纪 60 年代

Guessing game.

New Year’s Day January

New Year’s Day is in January.

St Valentine‘s Day(情人节 ) February

St Valentine's Day is in February.

April Fool’s Day April

April Fool’s Day is in April.

Labour Day May

Labour Day is in May.

Children’s Day June

Children’s Day is in June.

JulyParty’s Day

Party’s Day is in July.

Army Day August

Army Day is in August.

Teachers’ Day

Teachers’ Day is in September.

September

National Day

National Day is in October.

October

( 感恩节 )

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day is in December.

December

Christmas December

Christmas is in December.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Teachers’ Day

Women’s Day

Christmas

National Day

Children’s Day

New Year’s Day

Labour Day

Spring Festival

1 Match the festivals with the months.

Have a talk

Now talk about when the festivals are.

Spring Festival is in January or February.

New Year’s Day….

Children’s Day ….

… …

1. Betty’s grandfather’s life was / wasn’t different

from Betty’s.

2. Betty's grandfather was born in April 1935 /

1955.

3. Betty’s grandfather went to America / England

in October / November 1941.

2 Listen and choose the correct answer.

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Everyday EnglishEveryday English

Look at this!

Enjoy the book.

B: What are you reading?T: Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain. I’m writing about him for my English class.B: I read Tom Sawyer. Very good! Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet. T: Yes! ... OK. Look at this! His real name was Samuel Clemens and he was born in 1835 in Missouri. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.B: What did he do?T: He wrote for a newspaper. Later he got work on a boat.

Then listen and read

B: Did he stay in Missouri?T: No, he went to New York, and other cities.B: When did he begin his stories?T: I don’t know the exact date. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s. He went to Europe as well. But he didn’t come to China.B: Yes, I knew that. Enjoy the book.T: Yes, it’s good.

Now complete the table about Mark Twain

Time facts

In 1835

At the age of 12

In the 1860s

born in Missouri

left school and began work

took the name Mark Twain and became very famous

be becomebegindo get

4 Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.

go knowleavereadtake write

B: What are you reading?T: Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain. I’m writing about him for my English class.B: I read Tom Sawyer. Very good! Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet. T: Yes! ... OK. Look at this! His real name was Samuel Clemens and he was born in 1835 in Missouri. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.B: What did he do?T: He wrote for a newspaper. Later he got work on a boat.

Read and find

B: Did he stay in Missouri?T: No, he went to New York, and other cities.B: When did he begin his stories?T: I don’t know the exact date. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s. He went to Europe as well. But he didn’t come to China.B: Yes, I knew that. Enjoy the book.T: Yes, it’s good.

be becomebegindo get

go knowleavereadtake write

was/were becamebegandid got

went knewleftreadtook wrote

Answers:

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.

age become Europe newspaper real writer

1. He began work at the ________ of twelve.2. His ________ name was Samuel Clemens.3. He wrote for a(n) __________ .4. He ________ very famous.5. He went to ________ ,but he didn't come to China.6. He is a great ________.

agereal

newspaperbecame

Europewriter

1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.

Language points

by, “在这里表示 由… (创作 ) ”，出自 。

如： Hamlet was by Shakespeare

《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的。 It’s a painting by Van Gogh.

这是一幅凡 ·高的画。

2. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.

“at the age of twelve”意为：在 12岁的时候 =“when he was twelve ”

表达在 12岁的时候我们还可以用 : at 12/at age 12.

如： Mark Twain died at the age of 75.

马克 · 吐温是 75岁死的 In china, schooling stars at age 6.

在中国， 6岁开始上学。 He started piano at 7.

他 7岁开始学钢琴。

3. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.

“take a name” “相当于 choose to have a new name”

开始使用新名字。 如： are you going to take your husband’s name when

you get married?

你结婚后会改用你丈夫的姓吗？in the 1860s “不是具体时间，而是指 19世纪 60年

” “代 in + the + 整数年 + s ” “为固定用法，表示 …世纪…年代”。如 : in the 1990s 20世纪 90年代

6 Listen and repeat

/ɑ: / March Mark market/eI / day May stay/i:/ read teacher/u:/ food school too/u/ book good

7 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain.

—Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri?—No, he didn't.

1. Was Mark Twain his real name?2. Did Betty read Tom Sender?3. Did Mark Twain leave school at sixteen?4. Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer?5. Did Mark Twain come to China?

1. Was Mark Twain his real name?

2. Did Betty read Tom Sender?

3. Did Mark Twain leave school at sixteen?

4. Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer?

5. Did Mark Twain come to China?

Answers:

No, it wasn’t.

Yes, she did.

No, he didn’t.

Yes, he did.

No, he didn’t.

一般过去时表示过去某个时间里发生的动作或状态；过去习惯性、经常性的动作、行为；过去主语所具备的能力和性格。基本结构：主语 + 动词过去式 + 其他；否定形式：① was/were + not; ②在行为动词前加 didn’t，同时还原行为动词；一般疑问句 : Did+主语+do+ 其他。

一般过去时：

时间状语 :ago （ two hours ago), yesterday, last, week, the day before yesterday, last(year, night, month…) ,

具体时间 , just now, one day, long ago,

1. 直接加 ed ： work-- worked

2. 以 e 结尾的单词，直接加 d ： live — lived

3. 以辅音字母 +y 结尾的，变 y 为 i 加 ed ： study — studied

4. 以元音字母 +y 结尾的，直接加 ed ： enjoy — enjoyed

5. 以重读闭音节结尾的，双写最后的辅音字母 +ed ： stop — stopped

动词规则变化：

be (am\ is)—was  are—were   come—came

go –went    

不规则动词过去式：

 fly—flew

do (does)--did

draw—drew    make—made   sing—sang

have (has)—had

eat—ate 

drink—drank put—put read—read let—let 

can—could     see—saw    meet—met get—got take—took

shall—should    will—would

know—knew         

 begin—began

build—built

buy—bought

think—thought    teach—taught

sweep—swept

ride—rode

feel—felt 

give—gave run—ran  sit—sat

 swim—swam  say--said

 tell—told

 write--wrote

1. He was b____ in 1975.2. My father r____ a bike to school when he was ten. 3. T____________ is September 10.4. There are four s ______ in a year.5. --What did you do in s_______? --I often went swimming .6. The Spring Festival is in J______ or F________.

根据句意及首字母提示补全单词 ,完成句子。

ornode

eachers’ Dayeasons

ummer

anuaryebruary

-- Do you know when he ________ back tomorrow?

-- Sorry, I don’t. When he _______ back, I’ll tell you.

（安徽省中考真题） A. comes; comes B. comes; will come

C. will come; comes D. will come; will come

选择

C

Master the new words and

expressions in the passage.