初中英语人教版八年级下册Unit 9 Have you ever been to

Guess:Whatcountryisthis?theLionCityNightSafariWhatdoyouknowaboutSingapore?Madeup:mainisland63smallislandsArea:697.1squarekilometres.Population:3,437,300(Chinese76.2％,Malays13.8％,Indians8.3％,Others1.7％)IntroduceSingaporebriefly（简略的）Readthearticle.HowmanyreasonscanyoufindforvisitingSingapore?Paragraph1:Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Paragraph4:Answewrs:1.wonderfulandsafeplacetotakeaholidy(1)2.canspeakPutonghua(1)3.goodplacetopracticeEnglish(1)4.beabletofindalotoffoodfromChina(2)5.anexcellentplacetotrynewfood(2)6.hasaNightSafari(3)7.temperatureisalmostthesameallyearround(4)8.nottoofarfromChina(4)1.MostpeopleinSingaporeonlyspeakEnglish.2.ItisnoteasytogetmanydifferentkindsofgoodfoodinSingapore.Thestatementsbelowarefalse.Useinformationfromthearticletocorrectthem.2cspeakEnglishaswellasPutonghuanot去掉3.It’sbettertoseelionsandtigersduringthedaytimebecausetheywillprobablybeawake.4.It’sbesttovisitSingaporeintheautumn.atnightYoucanvisitSingaporeatanytimeoftheyear.FillintheconversationaboutSingaporeusingtheinformationformthearticle.A:IamgoingtoSingaporenextweek._____youever____therebefore?B:Yes,I’ve____toSingaporemanytimes.It’smyfavoritecountrytovisitin_________Asia.A:Whatlanguagesdopeople_____there?B:MostlyChineseand_______.HavebeenbeenSoutheastspeakEnglish2dA:Whataboutthefood?Isitgood?B:It’sexcellent!_____youevertriedIndianfood?IndianfoodisreallygoodinSingapore.A:Isee.Haveyou____heardoftheNightSafari?Someonetoldmetogothere.B:Yes!I____beentotheNightSafari.Itwasreallyexcitingto___theanimalsinthedark.HaveeverhavewatchA:Andisitalways_____inSingapore?B:All____round!It’salwayssummerthere!sunnyyear1.ForthousandsoftouristsfromChina…thousandnum.一千前面可以有one,two等具体数词修饰，这时thousand后不加“-s”。这所学校有两千学生。Therearetwothousandstudentsintheschool.thousand的复数形式thousands意为“数千；成千上万的，常和介词of连用，其前不可以受表示具体数字的词修饰。这所学校有数千的学生。Therearethousandsofstudentsintheschool.2.…morethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChinese…quartern.四分之一；一刻钟aquarter=onefourthe.g.threequarters四分之三aquarter=fifteenminutese.g.aquarterpastseven=7:15I’vegottogoinaquarterofanhour.一刻钟以后我就得走了。“数词+quarter(s)of+名词”作主语时，若名词为复数形式，谓语动词用复数形式；若名词为单数形式或不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。e.g.Aquarterofstudentsgotoschoolbybike.Threequartersofthetheaterisfull.Threequartersoffoodishealthy.3.Itmightseemstrangetogoto…a)“好像，似乎”,其后加形容词。e.g.He_____________today.他今天好像不高兴。She________________.她似乎很伤心。seemsunhappyseemsverysadb)seemtodo.e.g.Heseems(tobe)happy.他好像很高兴。Mymother________________that.我妈妈好像知道那件事。seemedtoknowc)Itseems/seemedthat+从句e.g.Itseemsthatheishappy.=Heseems(tobe)happy.他好像很快乐。Translatethefollowingphrases.1.在东南亚_______________2.2.四分之三人口________________________3.3.做某事有困难______________________4.4.在白天________________5.5.睡醒________6.6.处于一个更自然的环境中7.______________________8.7.一年到头，终年_____________insoutheastAsiathreequartersofthepopulationhaveproblemsdoingsth.duringthedaytimewakeupinamorenaturalenvironmentallyearround用thousand的适当形式填空。1.Fifty__________peoplevisittheExpoParktoday.2.Wecansee___________ofstarsatnightiftherearenocloudsinthesky.3.Therearefive________studentsinourschool.4.__________ofpeoplecometothesquare.thousandthousandsthousandThousands选择正确的选项完成下列句子。()1.Aquarterofteachers______womenteachers.A.areB.is()2.Threequartersofriceinthisstore______fromShandong.A.areB.isABAfterreading,writedownthreeormorethingsyouhavelearned.Wealwaysrememberthingsbetterifwetaketimetoreflect(回顾）.SummaryMakenotesaboutSingapore.Writedownanythingthatyouremember.Donotlookatthearticle.