广州版初一英语下U4 Reading B.pptVIP

5. What can we use a microwave to do? 6. Why should we not turn an empty microwave on? 7. What should we do when a microwave is on? 8. What kind of container should we use in a microwave? Language Points 1. Using a rice cooker is simple and cheap. 使用电饭锅既简单又实惠。 （P52） using a rice cooker 是v.-ing + 宾语构成动名词短语结构，在句中作主语，表示“做某事“或“从事某项工作”等，注意它的谓语动词用单数。例如： Doing morning exercises is good for our health. 做早操对我们身体有益处。 根据中文提示完成句子。 1. 大声朗读英语是提高英语口语的好方法。 _______ English aloud ___ a good way to improve our oral English. 2. 制造模型飞机是他的工作。 _______ model planes ___ his job. 2. It frees office workers and housewives from washing clothes. 洗衣机使上班族和家庭主妇从洗衣服的家务中解放出来。（P52） 　free ... from ...意为“使……从……中解脱出来”，from是介词，后可跟名词和动词-ing形式。例如： Computers free us from complicated calculations. 计算机使我们从复杂的计算中解脱出来。 根据中文意思完成句子 1. 她把鸟从笼子里放了出去。 She ____ the bird ____ the cage. 2. 机器使工人们从繁重的劳动中解脱出来。 Machines ____ workers ____ heavy work. * Electricity Reading B REVISION 1 Answer the following questions. What did Daisy want to buy at first? Who wanted a packet of electricity? Why did Benny ask Daisy to buy a packet of electricity? Can we buy electricity in packets? What is electricity? How does electricity help us in our daily life? Can we see electricity? Can we change electricity into other forms of energy? Where do we produce electricity? How does electricity come to our flats? When Daisy came back, what did Benny do? Did Daisy buy what Benny wanted? What did Daisy buy for him? What makes electricity in the batteries? Who was looking foolish then? How did Benny probably feel then? 2 Do you remember … We can change electricity into different forms of energy. light energy sound energy heat energy movement energy READING Before you read 1 What are these? electrical appliances 2 Match the kinds of energy in the box with the things in the pictures. movement energy sound energy light energy heat energy b b c b d c a a b d ? ? ?