2. The topics in the five units
Learning steps:
Step 1:情景导入
Pair work: Practice the conversations with the following structures
1.— Can you tell me where the post office is?
—Turn left\right. Go past the drugstore.
—Could you please tell me where I can get a dictionary?
—Could you please tell me if there are any good museums in Newtown?
2.— What are you supposed to do when you meet for the first time?
— I’m supposed to shake hands.
3.— How do you feel about pollution?
— It makes me kind of angry. How about you?
— It makes me want to join a clean-up campaign.
4.— Have you ever done sth yet?
— Yes, I have \No, I haven’t.
5.—There are used to be a lot of manatees.
— We are trying to save the manatees.
Step2:自主学习: 复习掌握下列短语和句型并安要求造句
1. 1. take a vacation意为“度假，休假”
2. dress up in + clothes=dress oneself up in“用什么打扮起来”
3. take dance lessons上舞蹈课= have dance lessons类似的有
take acting lessons上活动课；take singing/music lessons上音乐课
4. a good place to eat “吃饭的好地方”
a good place to do sth “干什么的好地方”
5. 握手shake hands
6.特地（不怕麻烦）做某事 go out of one’s way to do sth.
7.第 for the first time
8.使某人感到宾至如归 make sb. feel at home
9.餐桌礼仪 table manners
10. 习惯于…… be\get used to
11.自学 learn … by oneself
12.顺便访问 drop by
13.瞄准 ； 针对；致力于；旨在 aim at
14.例如； 比如 for instance
15．毕竟 after all 16.有时；偶尔at times
17.应该做某事be supposed to do sth.
18 .本应该做某事should have done sth.
19.首先 to start with
20.到目前为止；迄今为止 so far
21.幸亏；由于；因为 thanks to
22. 盼望；期待 look forward to
23. 关心；关怀；照顾 care for
Step3:合作互动：
Group work: Make as many sentences as you can with the following grammar in groups. how to get to sw?
1. Can you tell me where there is a good place to do sth?
Could you please tell me where I can get sth?
If there are any food museums in sw?
2. sb be supposed to do sth.
3.Sth\sb. make sth\sb do sth.
+adj.
Yes, sb.has\have.
4. Have\Has sb. done sth?
No, sb. haven’t\ hasn’t.
2. sb.be dong sth.
3. sb.do sth
4. used to do sth
5. sth be done.
6. sb. have done sth
Step4:梳理归纳：
1. Go past the park and turn left onto Oak Street.
（1）past此处作介词“过” go past=
We have dinner at about a quarter six.
（2）作名词“过去，昔日” 在过去
（3）作形容词“过去的 在过去的几年
（4）作副词“经过” The children ran .
2. The staff dress up as clowns. 服务员都一身小丑打扮
（1） dress up意为“打扮，装扮”as意为“成为”dress up=dress oneself up
eg：圣诞节就要到了，他想打扮成圣诞老人。
Christmas is coming He wants to Father Christmas.
（2）dress up in + clothes=dress oneself up in“用什么打扮起来”
孩子们喜欢用父母的衣服打扮起来。
Children often enjoy their parents’ clothes. or
Children often enjoy their parents’ clothes
(3)dress n. (a)可数名词：“女服，连衣裙” She is wearing a beautiful dress.
(b)不可数名词“服装，衣服”
working dress 工作服 evening dress 夜礼服
vt. （a）dress + 表示人的名词或代词为“给… 衣服，给…打扮”“供衣服给…” dress oneself“穿衣，打扮”
eg: 他太小了，不能穿衣服。He is too young t .
你能替我给孩子穿上衣服吗？
Could you please for me？
（b）be dressed in=get dressed in +衣服或颜色
她今天穿着白色的衣服。She is dressed in white today.
3. a kind of， kinds of， kind of 的区别
（1）a kind of “一种”， 常作定语，表示种类，其后的名词可单数也可复数。
（2）kinds of “各种各样的”常作定语，也可写为： ，“不同种类的”为：
作主语时谓语动词看kind， kind为单数用单数形式，kinds为复数用复数形式。
Eg：（1）我们图书馆里有各种各样的书。
There all kinds of books in our library.
（2）他喜欢不同种类的水果。
He likes to eat fruits.
（3）这种小车生产于日本。
This kind of cars Japan.
（3）kind of “一点，稍微”相当于a little 常作定语，修饰形容词。
3. be made from 由……制成eg: Wine is made from grapes.
Be made from “由……制成”它指原材料经过化学变化，从成品已经看不出原材料。Eg: Paper is made from wood.
有关be made的词组有
Be made of用……制成（能分辨出原材料）
Be made in 在……地方制造
be made into 被制成…… （强调制成品）
be made by 被……制造
be made up of 由……组成（强调组成部分）
Step 5典题赏析
1. the bad weather, the swimming match had been put.
A. Because B. Thanks to C. With the help of
剖析：本题考查连词和短语的用法，根据句意为“由于坏天气，游泳比赛被推辞”，C不符合题意，而because后加从句，不加短语，故选“多亏，由于”。
2. In the past few years there great changes in my hometown.
A. have been in B. were C.had been D. are
剖析：本题考查现在完成事态的用法。In the past few years“在过去几年里”用于现在完成时态。故选A。
Step6中考链接
( )1. —What are you going to do this Sunday? —I yet.
A. haven’t decided B. won’t decide
C. am not decided D. didn’t decide
( )2. The boss told me that the work was not suitable my brother. .
A. in B. at C. for D. with
( )3. —So far, how long you China? — For one year.
A. have; come B. have; been to C. have; been in D. have; gone to
( )4. —How much does it cost to build the school library？
—for ________ yuan.
A. million of B. millions of C. millions D. million
( )5. We are looking forward to you this summer.
A. visiting B. visit C. looking D. look
