1、Unit 8 Celebrating Me!Lesson 44Georgia Plays BasketballGreeceLead inHe is Michael Jordan,a famous basketball player.Think about it!1.Do you enjoy playing basketball?Why or why not?2.Do you have basketball teams in your school?3.What makes you unique in your class?PresentationThink about the picture:
2、1.What can you see in the picture?5.Whats her ambition?Can you make a guess?4.Whats her main talent?Make a guess.3.Where does she come from?Make a guess.2.Who is the girl?Georgia.Read quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph:Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraphs 4-6Paragraph 7 Introduce
3、 herself.What makes her unique.Introduce her family.Her main talent.Her dream.1.What makes Georgia unique?2.Whats her main talent?3.Whats her sister?4.How is Georgias basketball team?5.Whats her ambition?Nobody else in her school comes from Greece.Playing basketball is her main talent.She is a baske
4、tball player.Her team is great.She wants to play basketball in the Olympics.Read carefully and answer the questions.1.I was born there.be born“出生于出生于”，be只能是只能是was或或were。e.g.Where were you born?你出生于什么地方？你出生于什么地方？2.Ive been in Canada(for)seven and a half years.seven and a half years，七年半。表示几个半的方法是：，七年半
5、。表示几个半的方法是：e.g.一个半小时：一个半小时：one and a half hours =one hour and a halfLanguage Points整数整数+and+a half+名词名词=整数整数+名词名词+and a half3.But she sometimes returns to Greece to play for the Greek National Basketball Team.return相当于相当于come/go back,“回；返回回；返回”。表示返。表示返回某地要用回某地要用return to+地方。地方。e.g.He has returned to
6、 Paris from London.return还可表示还可表示“归还；放回；送回归还；放回；送回”，相当于，相当于give back。用法为：。用法为：return sb.sth.=return sth.to sb.e.g.She returned me the book.=She returned the book to me.6.We felt proud of ourselves.我们为自己感到自豪。我们为自己感到自豪。feel/be proud of sb./sth.“为为(因因)而感到自豪，骄傲而感到自豪，骄傲”e.g.She feels/is proud of her son.
7、4.The game was almost over比赛几乎结束了比赛几乎结束了 almost adv.“几乎；差不多几乎；差不多”e.g.Dinner is almost ready.She has almost finished her homework.be over,“结束；完结结束；完结”。5.and the score was fifty-one to fifty-one.比分是比分是51:51.score n.“(比赛的比赛的)分数分数”The final score was 4 to 3.score v.“(比赛中比赛中)得分得分”She scored 120 in the I
8、Q test.Read and complete the passage.Georgia is 13.She is in Grade _.She comes from _and has been there _ seven and a half years.Her sister is a very good _ player.EightGreeceforbasketballShe returned to Greece to _ for the Greek basketball team.And basketball is Georgias main _,too.One time,she _ a
9、 game for her school.She was very proud of _.Her _ is to play in the Olympics.playtalentwonherselfdreanPractice1)昨天他回到了北海。昨天他回到了北海。2)请把我的橡皮檫还给我。请把我的橡皮檫还给我。3)我们在这住了一年半了。我们在这住了一年半了。We have lived here for one and _ _ years.汉译英：汉译英：a halfYesterday he _ _ Beihai.returned toPlease _ _the eraser.=Please _
10、the eraser _ _.return mereturn to me.单项选择单项选择1.Li Ming is a player _ our school football team.A.on B.at C.as D.from 2.Nobody _ comes from America in our class.They are all Chinese except me.A.other B.others C.more D.else3.Jenny is _ girl in our school.A.young B.younger C.youngest D.the youngest4.Im _ in our class.Only Li Hui is taller than me.A.tall B.the tallest C.the second tallest D.the second tallerHomework 写作：学习本课后，你对写作：学习本课后，你对Georgia的情况已经有了一的情况已经有了一个了解。请根据课文内容用自己的话介绍一下她，不少个了解。请根据课文内容用自己的话介绍一下她，不少于于70词。词。A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
