1、lesson1Whats so funny?Read the first and last lines of the stories,look at the pictures andmatch the stories and the picturewith the headlines.A/3/Check your spellingB/1/Family harmony C/2/memory lossRead the three stories and then answer the following questions:1.Why does the woman write a cheque f
2、or$50?2.Why does the girl decide to change her response when her father asks her the second question?3.What does the man mean when he says“Do you know who I am?”Answers:1.Because she doesnt know how to spell 40.2.Because she thought she could have been to Thailand with her mother.3.The man means tha
3、t he is a very important person.Which of the stories do you like most?Why?Voice your opinion4 Read the sentence below from anecdote C.One unfortunate counter agent was dealing with all the passengers when an angry man,who had been queuing for some time,pushed his way to the front.Grammar PAST PERFEC
4、T CONTINUOUSDoes the underlined verb from describe:a)an event that happened before other events in the past?b)a longer activity that was happening before the main event?More examples:1.I was in the town centre then,where I had been doing some shopping.2.I had been thinking about this for some time w
5、hen one day I saw the boys mother in the street.a.long activities in the past that happened before other past events:She was rescued by a man who had been working in a nearby garage.What is Past Perfect Continuous?b.the repeated actions that happened before a particular point in the past We had only
6、 been driving for about fifteen minutes when Jill asked me to stop the car.c.An action that was still in progress and had not been completed at a particular time in the past.I had been waiting for the train for over an hour when they announced that it had been cancelled.Finish Ex.5 2.She was very ti
7、red because she had been working for hours without a break.3.Their clothes were muddy because they had been playing football.4.She was fired because she hadnt been coming to work on time.5.She was very angry because she had been waiting her boyfriend for half an hour.6.His ear ached because she had
8、been talking on the phone for hours.7.He was messy because he had been repairing his car all afternoon.8.She was very scared because she had been watching a thriller on TV.Ex.6 Example John complained that his troublesome neighbours had been having parties every day for twp weeks.2.had been waiting
9、for 6 hours.3.had been repairing his car all afternoon.4.had been trying to complete his film 5.had been raining for weeks 7 Write two explanations for each situation(1-5)-one in the Past Perfect and one in the Past Perfect Continuous.Example She had been eating too many sweets.She had dropped her k
10、eep-fit classes.1 Sharon put on five pounds.2 Steve was feeling down.3 Jacks shirt was torn.4 Ann failed her final exam.5 Emily and Tessa were very excited.Ex 7 His girlfriend had left him/he had been talking to a friend about his problem.He had caught his shirt in the bush/he had been walking throu
11、gh the bushes.She had caught a cold the day before/she hadnt been studying enough.They had won a free trip to Greece/they had been chatting about their luck.Exercise 8 Answers 1 had been snowing 2 had seen 3 had been fighting 4 had had/had been having5 had lost,had put on Exercise 9 Answers 2 was pl
12、aying 3 had played 4 had won 5 put 6 was drinking 7 was getting/got 8 dropped out 9 potted 10 was watching 11 rushed 12 put 13 struck 14 could not 15 had made 16 arrived 17 freed 18 has been trying 19 played 20 was worryingLanguage in use 10 Use the cues below to write down about Mr and Mrs Smiths d
13、isastrous day trip last year.What do you think happened in the end?Complete the story.enjoy adventures,never be abroad,decide to go on a“no passport”day trip to France go through the Channel Tunnel.arrive in Boulogne go shopping/sighting there decide to visit some friends in Lille go to the station,not learn French before,not understand the information get on the wrong train,have a nap find the train cross the border with Germany German police
