1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Unit 10 Ive had this bike for three years. （ No.46 50） Period 4 Step 1 Warming up Talk about your hometown. Where is your hometown? Do you like your hometown? What are some of the special places in your hometown? Step 2 Group work 1a Check () the places or things you can find in you
2、r town or city. _ a museum _a primary school _ a bridge _ a zoo _ a park _a hill _ a library _ a river Step 3 Listening 1b Listen and answer the questions 1. Does Martin like Jennys hometown? Yes, he does. 2. Does Jenny still live in her hometown? No, she doesnt. 3. What is behind the science museum
3、? What do people do there on weekends? A big park. People go there to let their kids run around and climb the hills 1c Listen again and fill in the chart about the places in Jennys hometown. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Place New or old How long has it been there? Town library Old for hundreds of years Science
4、museum New since last August Restaurant down the street old for as long as Jenny can remember Step 4 group work 1d Talk about your town/city with a partner according to the conversation. A: My city is lovely. B: What are some of the special places there? A: Well, theres a concert hall there. Its bee
5、n around for at least 20 years. Step 5 Warming up How often do you visit your hometown? What are the changes in your hometown? Step 62acareful reading Answer the questions before you read. Then read the passage to find out your answers are the same as in the passage. 1. Why do millions of Chinese le
6、ave the countryside every year? To search for work in cities 2. How often do you think these people visit their hometowns? I think they visit their home towns once or twice a year =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 3. What new buildings does the government usually build in towns and villages? Large hospitals and new
7、schools 2b Find expressions in the passage that have the same meanings as these words and phrases. 1. look for search for 5. go back return 2. consider regard 6. changes developments 3. across from opposite 7. area place 4. in ones opinion according to Step 7 Exercise 2c Complete the summary with wo
8、rds 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 inWenzhoufor the past 13 years
9、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 things _ change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood_.
10、 Keys: hometown cities return year crayon interested government good will never memories Step 8 Group work 2d Think of changes that happening in your town or city today. Which changes are generally good? Which changes could be seen as bad? Step 9 Language points 1. Nowadays, millions of Chinese leav
11、e the countryside to search for work in the cities. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Search用作不及物动词时，意为 “ 搜索；搜查 ” 。短语 search for 意为 “ 搜寻，找寻 ” 。 e.g. He is searching for his sunglasses. 他正在找他的太阳镜。 【拓展】作及物动词，意为 “ 在 搜查 ” 或 “ 搜查 ” 。 e.g. They searched the forest for the lost child. 他们在森林里寻找那个走失的小孩。 2. Among these is Zha
12、ng Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father among 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 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 46years old. four-year-old 是一个复合形容词，特点 “ 一是数词、名词、形
13、容词之间要用连字符连接，二是数词后的名词用单数形式。 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
14、/ride 步行 /开车 /骑车 10 分钟的路程 3?Its a shame, but I just dont have the time,? 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 ” 。 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = e.g. He felt no shame for what he had done. 他对自己所做过的事不感到羞愧。 Its a shame (that) you cant stay for dinner. 你不能留下来吃晚饭，真遗憾。 【拓展】相关短语： to ones shame 令人感到羞
15、愧的是 feel shame at ?因 而感到羞愧 in shame 羞愧的 have no shame无羞耻心 4. Many people like Zhong Wei regard with great interest how their hometowns have changed. regard 及物动词，意为 “ 将 认为；把 视为 ” 。常用短语regard?as? 意为 “ 将 视为 ；把 当做 ” ， as 为介词，其后接名词或代词。 e.g. I regard you as my best friend. 我把你当做我最好的朋友。 We regard him as ou
16、r brother. 我们 把他当成兄弟看待。 5. Children have learned to read and count at my old primary school since the mid-20th century. century可数名词，意为 “ 世纪；百年 ” ，其复数形式为 centuries。 e.g. The mid-20th century 意为 “20 世纪中期 ” eighteenth-century writer 18世纪的作家。 A hundred years is a century. 一百年是一个世纪。 6. According to Zhong
17、 Wei, however, some things will never change. according to 意为 “ 依照，按照 ” ， to 为介词，后接名词、代词或从句 e.g. He divided them into three groups according to age. 他把他们按年龄分成三组。 7. Most of the children in my time liked to play together under that big tree, especially during the summer holidays. especially 副词，意为 “ 尤
18、其；特别；格外 ” ，在句中作状语，用于列举某个特例或某事物的特殊性。形容词为 especial“ 特别的，特殊的 ” 。 e.g. Flowers are always welcomed, especially in winter. 鲜花总是受到欢迎，尤其是冬天。 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 8. consider 动词，意为 “ 考虑 ” ， =think about，后跟名词，代词，动名词，宾语从句或 “ 疑问词 +不定式 ” 。 e.g. Please consider my suggestion. 请考虑我的建议。 I am considering changing my jo
19、b.我正在考虑换份工作。 He has never considered how to solve the problem 他从未考虑过如何解决那个问题。 【拓展】在与动词连用时，只能用动名词形式的动词或短语有： consider “ 考虑 ” enjoy “ 喜爱 ” practice“ 练习 ” keep （ on） “ 继续（一直） ” mind “ 介意 ” finish“ 完成 ” have fun “ 高兴 ” feel like “ 想要 ” look forward to “ 盼望 ” cant help “ 禁不住 ” give up “ 放弃 ” 歌诀：喜欢错过别介意，完成
20、愉快勤练习，禁不住考虑想放弃 9. in my opinion in ones opinion=in the opinion of sb. 意为 “ 依 看 ” 。 e.g. In my opinion, its best to make some cards for our teachers. 依我看，最好给我们的老师做些卡片。 10. hold hold及物动词，意为 “ 拥有；抓住 ” ，过去式和过去分词均为 held e.g. He holds a major share in the company. 他持有该公司的大部分股份。 He is holding a book in her hand. 她手里正拿着一本书。 【拓展】 hold用作及物动词，还可意为 “ 举行；主持 ” ，相当于 have e.g. They will hold a meeting to discuss this problem tomorrow. Step 10 Exercises =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 单项选择 1. I dont believe that this _boy can paint such a nice picture. A. five years old B. five-years-old C. five-year-old 2. According _ Mr.
