Module9--life-history-Unit-1

Unit1Heleftschoolandbeganworkattheageoftwelve.What’sthesongabout?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.DidyouseeTheAdventuresofTomSawyer?TomSawyerTomSawyerThenovel’smaincharacterTomisamischievousboywithgreatimaginationwhospendsmostofthetimegettinghimintrouble.Tomhasakindheartandrespectsotherpeople’sfeelings.Hebecomesmoreandmorematureasthestoryprogresses.1.TomSawyercomesfromabook.Whatisthenameofthebook?TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.2.Whatisthenameoftheauthor?MarkTwain.MarkTwain(1835-1910)wasanAmericanwriter,journalistandhumorist,whowonaworldwideaudienceforhisstoriesoftheyouthfuladventuresofTomSawyerandHuckleberryFinn.MarkTwain1.WhendidMarkTwinbeginwork?2.DidhegotoNewYork?3.Whendidhebecomefamous?Attheageoftwelve.Yes,hedid.Hebecamefamousinthe1860s.Listentotheirtalkandcheckthesentences.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.by,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.WecanfindoutabouthimontheInternet.findout发现，查明，弄清楚1)findsth.out(经研究或询问)了解到，找出信息，后面常和由特殊疑问词(what/when/how/who等)引导的从句连用。如：Canyoufindoutwhattimetheplaneleaves?你知道飞机几点起飞吗？Theengineerhurriedtofindoutwhentheaccidenthappened.工程师赶忙去找事故是什么时间发生的。findout也常常和由that引导的从句连用，意思同上。如:Thestudentsfoundoutthattheirteacherwasill.学生们发现老师病了。ThewifefoundoutthatherhusbandlikedIndiabetter.妻子发现她丈夫更喜欢印度。2)findsb.out发现某人不诚实，违法，说谎等。如:Afteryearsofcheatingthecompany,shewasfinallyfoundout.多年来她一直欺骗公司，最后终于被发现。Hehadbeenlyingtothetaxmanbutitwasyearsbeforehewasfoundout.他一直欺骗税务部门，但是多年后才被查出来。[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。3.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