1、Unit10 Ive had this bike for three years.,新目标英语2011版八下,Section B 2a-2d,My hometown,Talk about your hometown.,Where is your hometown?Do you like your hometown?What are some of the special places in your hometown? How often do you visit your hometown? What are the changes in your hometown?,Warming up,
2、Hometown Feelings,2a Careful reading,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?,To search for work in cities,I think they visit their home t
3、owns once or twice a year.,Large hospitals and new schools.,1. Zhong Wei has lived in Guangzhou for more than ten years.2. He didnt return to his hometown last year. 3. Many new schools and large hospitals have appeared in his hometown. 4.Zhong Wei had a happy childhood in his hometown. 5.Zhong Wei
4、is happy with the developments in his hometown.,Find expressions in the passage that have the same meanings as these words and phrases.,1. look for _ 5. go back _2. consider _ 6. changes _3. across from _ 7. area _4. in ones opinion _,2b,search for,regard,opposite,according to,return,developments,pl
5、ace,Complete the summary with words from the passage. You may need to change the forms of the words.,Many Chinese people these days leave their _ to work in _. They usually _ to their hometown one or two times a _. Zhong Wei hasnt been back in close to three years. He has been working in a _ factory
6、 in Wenzhou for the past 13 years.,2c,hometown,cities,return,year,crayon,Exercise,People like him are _ in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the _. Zhong Wei thinks these changes are _ because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some t
7、hings _ change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood _.,interested,government,good,will never,memories,Think of changes that happening in your town or city today. Which changes are generally good? Which changes could be seen as bad?,2d,Group work,What points can we talk a
8、bout our hometown?,food,weather,scenery,memories,hills,traffic,street,buildings,people,Hometown is a real great place for us. No matter where we have moved and how far away we are. we cant get away from homesickness (乡愁). We get homesick (想家的) because there are things that we love.,Write something about changes that are happening in your hometown. You can use some sentences in 2d.,Homework,