九年级英语BodylanguageLanguage.pptVIP

Language article(冠词): a, an, the Some nouns about places, travel and meals do not have articles(a, an, the) in front of them when we use these nouns in special expressions. 零冠词 Language 零冠词 Places: It’s Saturday morning. They are at work. Travel: I want to go by train from Shenzhen to Guangzhou. Meals: She wanted to have lunch with me. Language 零冠词 Here are some other words used in this way. Places: college, university, hospital, home, bed Travel: by bus/car/train/underground/ ferry/plane, on foot Meals: breakfast, lunch, supper, dinner When the nouns are not used in special expressions, they need articles. Read and compare these sentences. He will leave school next year. There is a school near our new flat. She ususlly travels by car. She bought a car and someone dropped a bed on it. He sometimes has breakfast in bed. A breakfast here costs ￥12. Work in pairs. Mr Young is talking to a customer, Pam. Complete their conversation with the words in the box, with or without articles as necessary. 1. plane 2. hospital 3. a university 4. a hotel 5. breakfast 6. the swimming pool We ask questions with What kind/sort of when we want more information about something. Mr Young: Body language is important,too. Simon: What kind/sort of language is that? Mr Young went to a shop to buy some ice cream. He had this conversation with Wendy, the shop assistant. Read it and work in pairs to make similar conversations using the words on the right and kind or sort. Mr Young Wendy ice cream chocolate, vanilla  chocolate plain, milk soya milk sweet, plain rice white, brown bulbs 100-watt, 60-watt MR YOUNG I’d like some ice cream, please. WENDY What sort of ice cream would you like? MR YOUNG What kind have you got? WENDY Chocolate or vanilla(香草). MR YOUNG Chocol