九年级英语Unit10探索.ppt

Unit10 Ive had this bike for three years.;Talk about your hometown.;Let’s look at these pictures.;Answer the questions before you read. Then read the passage to find out if your answers are the same as in the passage.;1. Why do millions of Chinese leave the countryside every year? 2. How often do you think these people visit their hometowns? 3. What new buildings does the government usually build in towns and villages?;Using Previous Knowledge We can often guess what a text is about by using what we already know. Answering questions before we read can also help us do this.;among prep. 在三者或三者以上之间 e.g. Tom sits among the students. 汤姆坐在学生之间。 between prep. 在两者之间 e.g. Tom sits between Mary and Frank. 汤姆坐在玛丽和弗兰克之间。; ★ a 46-year-old husband and father意为“一位46岁的丈夫和父亲”，相当于a husband and father of 46 years old。 four-year-old是一个复合形容词，特点“一是数词、名词、形容词之间要用连字符连接，二是数词后的名词用单数形式”。例如：;e.g. Tom is a 10-year-old boy.= Tom is a boy of 10 years old. 汤姆是一个10岁的男孩。 Lily is an 8-year-old girl. 莉莉是一个8岁的女孩。;【拓展】 ★另一种类似的复合形容词作定语的结构是：数词+连字符+名词，或数词+名词的所有格。 e.g. a two-month holiday = a two months’ holiday 一个为期两个月的假期。 ten-minute walk/drive/ride=ten minutes’ walk/drive/ride 步行/开车/骑车10分钟的路程;for the last 13 years. With a hard job in a crayon factory, he doesn’t find much time to visit his hometown. “I used to return home at least once a year, but I havent been back for almost three years now. Its a shame, but I just don’t have the time,” he says. Many people like Zhong Wei regard with great interest how their hometowns have changed. ;★ It’s a shame, but l just don’t have the time… 实在是遗憾，但我就是没有时间… ★ It’s a shame. 是一种常见的口语表达，表示一种不如人愿的情形（an unhappy situation), 相当于汉语中“真遗憾；多可惜啊”的意思。;shame不可数名词，意为“羞耻；羞愧；惭愧”与a连用，表示“可耻的人或事；可惜（遗憾）的事”。 e.g. He felt no shame for what he had done. 他不对自己所做过的事感到羞愧。;【拓展】相关短语： to one’s shame 令人感到羞愧的是 feel shame at …因······而感到羞愧 in shame 羞愧的 have no shame无羞耻心;for the last 13 years. With a ha