Unit 2

Enjoy a song and discuss.

Today is my day.

What presents do you want on your birthday?

presents

a piano

a box of candy

a book

a CD

a bike

a doll

Look at the pictures. Choose your birthday present.

a box of chocolates a CD

a cinema ticket a concert ticket

a football a magazine a scarf a

silk dress a T-shirt

a box of chocolates a CD

a T-shirta silk dress

a footballa magazine

a scarf

a concert ticket

a cinema ticket

Discuss in pairs.

What would you like for your birthday party?

(I’d like) A cinema ticket.

who

Listen and write.

who

Daming’s grandparents

Daming’s mother

Betty’s cousin

Lingling’s aunt and uncle

Tony’s sister

Name LikesDaming’s grandparents

Daming’s mother

Betty’s cousin

Tony’s sister

Lingling’s aunt and uncl

e

Read and fill in the form.

staying healthy

going shopping

watching films

going to concerts watching football matches

Name PresentsDaming’s grandparentsDaming’s mother

Betty’s cousin

Tony’s sister

Lingling’s aunt and uncle

Can you have a try?

T-shirts

chocolate, clothes, silk scarf, dresses, shoesbook, magazine and cinema ticket

concert ticket and CDs

football

1. Does Daming’s mother like chocolate?

2. How many silk scarves does she have got?

3. How often do Daming’s grandparents

get some exercise?

Yes, she does.

Read again and answer the questions.

Eleven.

Every day.

4. Does Tony’s sister like music?

5. When Lingling’s aunt and uncle usually watch football on TV?

6. Which team do they always like watching?

Yes, she does.

At weekends.

AC Milan.

What presents can we choose for them?

I’d like to

give…to

DM’s grandparents

because

… always

… usuallyDM’s mother

Betty’s cousin … often

… sometimesTony’s sister

… neverLL’s aunt and uncle

I’d like to give T-shirts to DM’s grandparents because they often do sports.

1. Daming’s grandparents like to stay healthy …

stay healthy 保持健康 He takes some exercises every day to stay healthy. 他每天运动以保持健康。 Here are 6 tips to help you stay healthy on the road. 以下是帮助你在旅行的时候保持健康的6 招小贴士。

stay 在这句话的意思是“继续处于某种状态” , 是作系动词。 The temperature has stayed hot this week.

本周气温一直都很高。 She always stays cool and calm in a crisis.

她在危难时总是很冷静、镇定如常。 In New York, some stores stay open all night long.

在纽约，有些商店通宵营业。

2. … they get some exercise in a park near their home.

exercise 作名词意为“ ( 保持健康或培养某种技能的 ) 一套动作”时 , 为可数名词；意为“锻炼”时 , 为不可数名词。如： Doing morning exercise is good for us students. 做早操对我们学生有好处。 You have to eat less food and take more exercise. 你得少吃多锻炼。

另外 , exercise 还可以作动词 , 意为“锻炼”。 exercise 作名词时还可意为 “练习 ,

习题” , 是可数名词。如 :

Our PE teacher exercises every morning.

我们的体育老师每天早上都锻炼。 Do the exercises on Page 30.

做第 30 页的练习。

3. She has got … and a lot of shoes.

… she reads lots of books…

a lot of 相当于 lots of, 意为 “大量；许多” , 既可以修饰可数名词复数 , 也可以修饰不可数名词 , 相当于 many 或 much 。如 :

She spent lots of / a lot of time learning

English.

她花费了很多时间学习英语。 There’s a lot of work to do.

有许多工作要做。

[ 拓展 ]     a lot 意为 “许多；很；非常” , 常在句中作状语 , 用来修饰动词、形容词等。如 :

He is a great musician. I like his music a lot.

他是一位伟大的音乐家 , 我非常喜欢他的音乐。 I’m feeling a lot better today.

我今天感觉好多了。

4. She spends a lot of money.

spend 意为“花费 ( 时间、金钱等 ) ；度过” , 其后跟动词 , 只能用动词 -ing 形式 , 即spend ... (in) doing sth. ； spend 后跟名词时 , 要使用介词 on, 即 spend ... on sth. 。如： His father spends much money buying him lots of birthday presents.

他父亲花了很多钱为他买许多生日礼物。 My mother spends ￥ 400 on her bike.

妈妈花 400 元钱买她的自行车。

她花两个小时做家庭作业。

She spends two hours (in) doing her homework.

他们花五十元买这些书。

= She spends two hours on her homework.

They spend fifty yuan on these books.

= They spend fifty yuan (in) buying these books.

我想要在家过周末。I want to spend the weekend at home.

5. They usually watch football on television at weekends.

at weekends 在周末 = on weekends ( 美 )

He likes to go climbing at weekends.

他喜欢在周末做登山运动。 I often fish / go fishing at weekends.

我常在周末去钓鱼。

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.

choose concert expensive match money silk spend weekend

Daming’s mother ___________ a lot of ___

_____ on clothes. She buys _________ scarves,

dresses and _________ shoes. Tony’s sister li

kes music and she often goes to

spends

money silkexpensive

_________. Lingling’s aunt and uncle like

watching football on television at ________

_, but never go to football __________. Wh

ich birthday presents do you ________ for

them?

concert

weekends

match

choose

Read these sentences and underline apostrophes (’).

1. Daming’s grandparents sometimes wear

T-shirts.

2. Betty’s cousin likes to go the cinema.

3. Tony’s sister often buys CDs of her favo

rite songs.

4. Lingling’s aunt and uncle don’t go to fo

otball matches. They watch TV.

5. Daming’s mother doesn’t buy chocolate.

Make a survey.Ask your friends what they like and like doing. Then, choose birthday presents for your friends. And then finish the following chart.

like… like doing… present

Friend A

Friend B

Report to the classmates.

Writing

Write a passage about choosing birthday

presents for your family and friends.

My mother likes … She always goes to … I usually buy her …

A. 单词拼写 1. The clothes are very nice. I don’t know

which one to __________( 选择 ).

2. I have two__________( 票 ). One is for my

mother and the other is for my sister.

3. Please give me a __________( 音乐会 ) tick

et.

4. This is a _______( 丝绸 ) shirt.

choose

tickets

concert

silk

B. 按要求完成句子。1.His favorite food is rice. ( 改成同义词 ) He likes rice best.

2. She plays the piano and likes to sing.( 改为否定句 ) she doesn’t play the piano or like to sing.

3. He often goes to the cinema. ( 一般疑问句 )

Does he often go to the cinema?

4. Betty’s aunt and uncle live in the USA.( 就划线部分提问 ) Where do Betty’s aunt and uncle live?

5. We often read English novels.( 改为 Let’s 引导的祈使句 ) Let’s read English novels.

C. 翻译下列句子 1. 他喜欢阅读 , 但不喜欢去看电影。 ________________________________

________________________________

2. 她从未去看足球赛。 ________________________________

He likes reading, but he doesn’t like to

go to the cinema.

She never goes to watch the football match.

3. 他不喜欢打篮球 , 也不喜欢踢足球。 __________________________________ __________________________________

4. 我妹妹经常去听音乐会 , 并且常买些她喜欢的歌手的唱片。 __________________________________ __________________________________

My sister often goes to concerts and she often buys CDs of her favorite singers.

He doesn’t like playing basketball or playing football.

1. Read the passage again and review the new words and expressions.

2. Write something about your idea of choosing birthday presents (30-50 字 ).

choose, lots of, go to the cinema, on television, never do sth., like doing sth.