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Module9LifehistoryUnit1Heleftschoolandbeganworkattheageoftwelve.January一月July七月February二月August八月March三月September九月April四月October十月May五月November十一月June六月December十二月SpringSeasonsMONTHSFESTIVALSNewYear’sDayinJanuarySpringFestivalinJanuaryorFebruaryMatchthefestivalswiththemonths.Women’sDayinMarchLabourDayinMayinJuneChildren’sDayinSeptemberTeacher’sDayinOctoberNationalDayChristmasinDecemberArborDayinMarchChineseYouthDayinMayDoyouknowmoreaboutfestivals?Tomb-sweepingDayMid-autumnDayinMarchinAugustDragonBoatFestivalLanternFestivalinMayinJanuaryThanksgivingDayHalloweeninNovemberinNovemberEasterinMarch/AprilNewYear’sDaySpringFestivalWomen’sDayMayDayChildren’sDayTeacher’sDayNationalDayChristmasJanuaryFebruaryMarchMayJuneSeptemberOctoberDecemberThefestivalsandthemonthsFollowtheexamples.SpringFestivalisinJanuaryorFebruary.1.Teacher’sDay,September.2.Children’sDay,June.3.Christmas,December.4.NewYear’sDay,January.Teacher’sDayisinSeptember.Children’sDayisinJune.ChristmasisinDecember.NewYear’sDayisinJanuary.Listenandchoosethecorrectanswer.1.Betty’sgrandfather'slifewas/wasn’tdifferentfromBetty’s.2.Betty’sgrandfatherwasborninApril1935/1955.3.Betty’sgrandfatherwenttoAmerica/EnglishinOctober/November1941.TomSawyerDidyouseeTheAdventuresofTomSawyer?汤姆幼年双亲去世，由波莉姨妈收养。聪明顽皮的汤姆受不了波莉姨妈和学校老师的管束，常常逃学闯祸。一天深夜，他与好朋友哈克贝利·费恩到墓地试试胆量，可是无意中目睹了一起凶杀案的发生。后来，汤姆、哈克带着乔·哈波一起逃到一座荒岛上做起了“海盗”，弄得家里以为他们失踪了，结果他们却出现在了自己的“葬礼”上。在法庭上，经过激烈的思想斗争，汤姆终于勇敢地站出来，指证了凶手。不久之后，在一次野餐活动中，他与他喜欢的女孩贝琪在一个岩洞里迷了路，整整三天三夜饥寒交迫，面临着死亡的威胁，更可怕的是，他们还在山洞里看到了凶杀案的凶手——印江·乔艾。最终，汤姆靠牵着绑在石头上的风筝线探路，找到了出口，走出了山洞。村里人发现他们，他们讲述了在洞中的经历，之后，村里人用铁板堵住了山洞口。汤姆和贝琪告诉村里人在山洞里见到了杀人犯印江·乔艾，当村里人在洞中找到印江·乔艾时，他已经饿死了。最后，汤姆和哈克重返山洞，找到了一笔宝藏，成了这个村的小英雄。1.TomSawyercomesfromabook.Whatisthenameofthebook?TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.2.Whatisthenameoftheauthor?MarkTwain.MarkTwain(1835-1910),wasanAmericanwriter,journalistandhumoristListentotheirtalkandcheckthesentences.1.TomSawyeriswrittenbythefamousEnglishwriter,MarkTwain.2.MarkTwainleftschoolandbeganworkinhischildhood.3.MarkTwainwroteforanewspaperandgotworkonaboat.4.MarkTwainbecameveryfamousinthe1960sandbeganhisstories.5.MarkTwainwenttoEuropeandChina.√×√√×ReadandcompletethetableaboutMarkTwain.TimeFactsIn1835AttheageoftwelveInthe1860sborninMissourileftschoolandbeganworktookthenameMarkTwainandbecameveryfamousReadagainandanswerthefollowingquestionsaboutMarkTwain.1.---DidMarkTwainstayinMissouri?_______________________________---No,hedidn’t.2.---WasMarkTwainhisrealname?_______________________________3.---DidMarkTwainleaveschoolatsixteen?_______________________________---No,itwasn’t.---No,hedidn’t.4.---DidBettyreadTomSawyer?_______________________________5.---DidMarkTwainbecomeanewspaperwriter?_______________________________6.---DidMarkTwaincometoChina?_______________________________---Yes,shedid.---Yes,hedid.---No,hedidn’t.1.TomSawyer,bythefamousAmericanwriter,MarkTwain.Languagepointsby,在这里表示“由…(创作)，出自”。如：HamletwasbyShakespeare《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的。It’sapaintingbyVanGogh.这是一幅凡·高的画。2.Heleftschoolandbeganworkattheageoftwelve.“attheageoftwelve”意为：在12岁的时候=“whenhewastwelve”表达在12岁的时候我们还可以用:at12/atage12.如：MarkTwaindiedattheageof75.马克·吐温是75岁死的Inchina,schoolingstarsatage6.在中国，6岁开始上学。Hestartedpianoat7.他7岁开始学钢琴。3.ButhetookthenameMarkTwainandbecameveryfamousinthe1860s.“takeaname”相当于“choosetohaveanewname”开始使用新名字。如：areyougoingtotakeyourhusband’snamewhenyougetmarried?你结婚后会改用你丈夫的姓吗？inthe1860s不是具体时间，而是指“19世纪60年代”“in+the+整数年+s”为固定用法，表示“…世纪…年代”。如:inthe1990s20世纪90年代[辨析]find，findout，lookforfind，findout和lookfor都含有“寻找、找到”的意思，但其含义和用法却不同。find意为“找到、发现”，通常指找到或发现具体的东西，也可指偶然发现某物或某种情况，强调的是找的结果。Willyoufindmeapen?你替我找支钢笔好吗？Hedidn’tfindhisbike.他没找到他的自行车。lookfor意为“寻找”，是有目的地找，强调“寻找”这一动作。Idon’tfindmypen，I’mlookingforiteverywhere.我没有找到我的钢笔，我正到处找。Heislookingforhisshoes.他在找他的鞋子。findout意为“找出、发现、查明”，多指通过调查、寻问、打听、研究之后“搞清楚、弄明白”，通常含有“经过困难曲折”的含义，指找出较难找到的、无形的、抽象的东西。Pleasefindoutwhenthetrainleaves.请查一下火车什么时候离站。Readthispassage，andfindouttheanswertothisquestion.读这篇短文，找出这个问题的答案。1.Jimcouldn’t_______hishat.2.Ican’t_______mybook.3.Sheis__________herson.4.I’m_________mywatch.5.Hecan’t________hispen.6.Whatareyou________?7.I’m__________mymathsbook.Ican’t______it.8.Ican________thetruthofthefact.findfindlookingforlookingforfindlookingforlookingforfindfindout用find，findout，lookfor完成句子。2.Heleftschoolandbeganworkattheageoftwelve.work意为“工作，劳动”。指一般的工作，是普通名词,且不可数。Heislookingforworknowandhewantstofindajobsuitableforhim.他现在正找工作并且想找一份适合自己的工作。job是可数名词，意为“工作，职业”。Heisoutofjob.他失业了。Ihavemanyjobsforyoutodo.我有很多工作让你做。job：作“工作”解，特指“雇用性质的工作”是可数名词。work：“工作，劳动”。指一般的工作，是普通名词。[链接]attheageof意为“在……岁时”,后面接基数词,常用于一般过去时。如：Hisgrandfatherdiedattheageofseventy.他爷爷七十岁时去世了。WestartedtolearnEnglishattheageofnine.我们在九岁时开始学英语。[拓展]whensb.was/were...year(s)old意为在某人……岁时,与attheageof同义。如:HewenttoAmericaattheageofsix.=HewenttoAmericawhenhewassixyearsold.他六岁时去了美国。[Practice]按要求完成句子。1.TheycametoChinawhentheywere10yearsold.(改为同义句)TheycametoChina______________10.2.she,age,of,the,play,could,piano,the,at,five(连词成句)_____________________________________.attheageofShecouldplaythepianoattheageoffive3.…andb