课程内容

Unit 4《Finding your way》Study skills and Task
Study skills
英语的语调
英语中声调的升高和降低，构成了语调，语调是句子的语音特征。
语调可以使话语的含义明确而完整。英语语调的作用主要表现在两个方面，一是说明句子中单词或意群之间的语法关系，二是表明说话人的态度和感情。
语调的类型
英语的语调有降调、升调、升降调和降升调等。这里主要讲降调和升调。
降调是英语中最常见的音调变化，表示确定和完整，主要用于陈述句、特殊疑问句、祈使句和感叹句等句子中。降调的特点是从句子的第一个重读音节开始到句子的结束，声调采取逐步降低的趋势，形成音调的阶梯下降情况。例如：
  John swim well.
  Where do you live?
  Listhen to the teacher.
  How happy I am!
升调是英语中又一个常用的音调，表示不确定和不完整。表示一句话还没有说完或者征求别人的意见。升调一般用于一句话的开头、一般疑问句的结尾和选择疑问句的前半部分。例如：
  After this month, I will work.
  Is she busy?
  Are you a student or a teacher?
前升后降：用于并列的人或物，前面用升调最后一个用降调。如：
1. There are five people in my family, they are my father, my mother and I.
2. Can you sing or dance?
Falling tone and rising tone
When we speak, we drop our tone at the end of a statement.
  There is a path between the hill.
  Pandas are cute.
When we ask a yes/no, our tone rises at the end of the question.
  Are there an lions?
  Is the zoo far away from our school?
When we ask a wh-question, our tone usually falls at the end of the question.
  What can you see across the bridge?
  How do I get there?
We make our tone rise at the end of a sentence to show surprise.
  A: The zoo is about three kilometres away from our school.
  B: Three kilometres?
Listen and pay attention to tones.
Millie: Hi, Sandy. Tomorrow is Saturday. Would you like to go and see a film?
Sandy: Yes, I'd like to. Which cinema do you want to go to?
Millie: The one at Sunshine Shopping Mall.
Sandy: Sunshine Shopping Mall?
Millie: Sure. We can go shopping there too.
Sand: Good idea. When shall we meet?
Millie: Is 2 p.m. OK?
Sandy: All right. See you then.
Read these sentences
1. What are you doing? I am dancing.
2. Is he at school now? Sorry, I don't know.
3. Can you swim? Yes, I can.
4. Can you play the guitar or the drums?
5. I can sing and dance.
6. There are seven days in a week. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Task
Warming up
Suzy's birthday is coming.
What can she do to celebrate her birthday?
Discuss
How to organize a birthday party
Where will she have the party?
When will the party start?
What will they do in the party?
Who will Suzy invite to the party?
How can she invite others?
An invitation letter
Dear friends,
I am going to have a birthday party at home this weekend. I would like to invite you to the party. It will start at 2 p.m. on Sunday, 21 April. My parents will prepare plenty of food and drinks for us. We will also play some games.
I am looking forward to seeing you at the party.
Yours,
Suzy
Listen and answer
Suzy's invitation letter
Where will she have the party?
When will the party start?
Who will Suzy invite to the party?
What can they do in the party?
Language points
My parents will prepare plenty of food and drinks for us.
我的父母将为我们准备足够的食物和饮料。
prepare...for...  为…做准备
He will prepare everything for us.
plenty of  “许多，足够”，既可以修饰可数名词，也可以修饰不可数名词。
We do not have plenty of time to waste!
我们没有很多时间去浪费。
Suzy wants to show her friends how to get home in her letter. Help her complate the directions according to the map.
How to get there?
This is the way to my home. Take the underground. Get out at Exit A. Turn left and walk straight on to the traffic lights. Then cross Autumn Street and turn right. Walk across Orange Street. You will see a bank in front of you. My home is next to the bank.
How to write an invitation letter
Para. 1
  I am going to have ...
Para. 2
  Time of the party
  Place of the party
  What to do / eat at the party
  Something else about the party
Para. 3
  I hope ...
Signatture
Useful expressions
I am going to have a Christmas/birthday ... party.
I am happy to invite you to ...
It will start at noon/one o'clock/2:30 p.m. on ....
We will have a big dinner at/in ....
We will meet near/in front of/at/in ....
I am looking forward to seeing you at ....
Example
Dear friends,
I am going to have a Christmas party at home this Sunday. I am happy to invite you to the party. It will start at 5 p.m. on Sunday, 21 April. We will have a big dinner in my house. We will also play some games.
I am looking forward to seeing you at the party.
Yours,
Sally
Exercises
翻译
1、这个周末我要在家办个生日聚会。
2、我想要邀请你来我家。
3、我们将吃一顿大餐。
4、我期待能见到你。
5、这是到我家的路。
6、一直走到红路灯，右转。
7、过了桥，左转。
8、你将看到一个银行在你的前面。
选择
1. It will start ____ 3pm, ____ Saturday.
   A. at,in   B. at,on   C.from,to
2. I have ____ books to read every day.
   A. much   B. lot of   C. plenty of
3. She has ____ money to buy a big house.
   A. few   B. lot of   C. plenty of
4. I am looking forward to ____ Shanghai.
   A. visit   B. visiting   C. visitting
5. You will see a park ____ the hotel.
   A. in the front of
   B. in the centre of
   C. in front of
6. I am happy ____ you again.
   A. seeing   B. to see   C. to seeing
7. The party will start ____ noon.
   A. in   B. on   C. at
8. Her birthday is ____ March 23rd.
   A. in   B. on   C. at
9. This is ____ the hospital.
   A. the way of
   B. the way to
   C. the way for
Homework
Write an invitation letter to your friends and give them directions to your home. Use Suzy's letter and directions as a model.