W 八（下）Module 8 Unit 1.pptVIP

1. time off time off “休假，放假” , 是名词短语。 例如： You work too hard. You should take some time off. 你太辛苦了，应该休息一段时间。 Her boss gave her time off. 她的老板准了她的假。 2. hardly adv. 几乎不；几乎没 I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre. 我几乎不敢相信我们是在市中心。 hardly 是一个含有否定意义的副词，常用于be动词、情态动词或助动词之后，行为动词之前。它用于反义疑问句时，其附加疑问句要用肯定形式。 hard即可用作形容词，也可用作副词。用作形容词时，意为“坚固的；困难的；硬的”；用作副词时，意为“努力地；辛苦地；猛烈的”。 例如： They lived a hard life twenty years ago. 二十年前，他们过着艰苦的生活。(形容词) It’s raining so hard outside.(副词) 外面雨下得很大。 3. It’s so quiet that I can even hear the birds singing! 这里如此安静，我甚至可以听到鸟儿在唱歌。 so…that…意思是“如此……以至于……”,可以引导结果状语从句，so后面跟形容词或副词的原级，that后接从句。例如： It’s so hot that I can’t sleep. 天如此热，我无法睡觉。 8 Unit 1 I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre. 1. Teaching aims: To get the main ideas of the listening material and the conversation To understand the object clause with that in context To be able to introduce a place of interest in your home town Teaching aims 2. Main contents: Key vocabulary hardly, take up; point out; at the top of; waste Key structures I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre. I don’t think they allow people to swim in the lake. I hope it will be cooler up here. Do you like to travel? Where do you want to go? Do you know some world famous tourist attractions? Look at each picture (symbol building) and say out the name of the city in two seconds. Big Ben London Tiananmen Square Beijing Eiffel Tower Paris Opera House Sydney the Statue of Liberty New York Fuji Mountain Japan 1. Look at the photo and listen. What is the conversation about? The conversation is about going to Beihai Park. Tony has / hasnt heard about Beihai Park. 2. Tony guesses that the park is very popular / not very popular. 3. Lingling suggests that they spend the day there / Darning and Betty come too. 4. Lingling thinks / doesnt think the park will be busy. 2. Listen again and choose the correct answer. Tony: Ive heard that Beihai