1、episode 2 This is Maria1WARM-UP2NOW WATCH3FOLLOW-UP4SUM-UPContents PartONE1WARM-UP The words you need Look at the pictures, read the sentences and guess the meaning of the words and expressions in bold.Tom Stevenson is a surgeon. He cleans the house every day, but he doesnt mind.This is his backyard

2、.He doesnt like gardening. He finds it tiring. When he is not at work, he loves playing chess. Its his favorite pastime. The words you need Look and predictLook at the pictures of these people from the episode and match the people to the questions a-d.Who loves playing chess? b. Who enjoys reading b

3、ooks? c. Who likes gardening? d. Who goes skiing? 1. c2. a3. d4. b2PartTWONOW WATCHNOW WATCH Watch the whole episode and check your answers to the questions in the previous exercise. 11. Maria is a _. 2. Her flowers are _ , pink, yellow and _ .3. Every day from 3 to 5 pm Maria is in her _. 4. She th

4、inks gardening is fun but also _. secretary redwhite yard tiring Watch from the beginning of the episode to 01:02 and complete these sentences. 23Watch from 01:02 to 01:31 and answer the following questions. Who is Patrick? _2. Where is he when he is not at the hospital? _3. Is he a good chess playe

5、r? _4. Who always wins at chess? _ Marias husband. At home. No, he isnt . Maria.41.Robbie is not very shy. 2. He is going somewhere. 3. Kathy can speak five languages.4. She has one pastime that she enjoys doing. Watch from 01:31 to the end of the episode and decide if the following statements are T

6、rue or False.FT F F FOLLOW-UP 3PartTHREE The language you needA:_ is my new cell phone! B: Wow, its very nice! _surf the net with it? A: Yes, I can, but_take pictures with it. B: Thats OK; you can always borrow _camera.1.A: Is that _brothers car? B: No,_ brothers car is red. A: What color is your ca

7、r?B: What car? I _ even drive. I ride a bike. A: Riding a bike is great exercise.2.This Can you I cant my your my cant The language you needA: Hello, _speak to John, please? B: John is not here right now. Hes at _ cousins house.A:_leave a message? B: Sure! A: The meeting tomorrow is at 10, not at 11

8、. B: OK.A: _ is Marie; shes my cousin. B: Hello Marie! Nice to meet you! A: She_ speak English. Shes from France. B: Oh I cant speak French but_sister can. She _ translate for us.3.4. can I his Can I This cant mycan Oral practiceTalk in pairs. Look at the description of four different people. Then S

9、tudent A, pick a person but dont tell your partner who you picked. Student B, ask Student A questions as in the example to find out which person he/she picked.A: Can he speak English and French?B: Yes, he can.A: Can he drive?B: No, he cant.A: Is his favorite pastime playing football?B: Yes, it is.A:

10、 Is it Ken?B: Yes, it is.can speak English and Spanish can drive favorite pastime activity = playing chesscan speak English and French cant drive favorite pastime activity = playing footballcan speak English and French cant drive favorite pastime activity = gardeningcan speak English and Spanish can

11、 drive favorite pastime activity = playing football4PartFOURSUM-UP Words and expressions activity n. 活動 pink a. 粉紅的 backyard n. 后院；后庭shy a. 害羞的 camera n. 照相機(jī)；攝影機(jī) Spanish a. 西班牙的 n. 西班牙語 exactly ad. 確切地；精確地 surgeon n. 外科醫(yī)生 Italian a. 意大利的 n. 意大利語 tiring a. 累人的；麻煩的 hospital n. 醫(yī)院 translate v. 翻譯 garde

12、ning n. 園藝 pastime n. 娛樂；消遣 Words and expressions dont mind 不介意 be responsible for 對負(fù)責(zé) go skiing 去滑雪 play chess 下棋 surf the net 上網(wǎng)Notes 1. Maria doesnt mind. 瑪麗亞并不介意。 注意在這個句型里，mind 后只能跟動名詞， 例如：mind doing sth. / mind sth.但不能用 mind to do sth. 例如： Do you mind doing sth.? 做某事你介意嗎？ 2. He is responsible f

13、or many peoples lives. 他 對很多人的生命負(fù)責(zé)。 這個句子里be responsible for是固定短語，意思是“對負(fù) 責(zé)”，例如： Our client wanted to be responsible for testing the application. 我們的客戶想要負(fù)責(zé)測試這個應(yīng)用程序。 Notes 3. His favorite pastime is playing chess. 他最熱 衷的業(yè)余愛好是下棋。 這個句子里的 playing chess是“下棋”的意思，要注意的是chess前無冠詞。表示球類和棋類的名詞前不用 冠詞；但樂器前要用冠詞。 例如：

14、 His favorite pastime is playing the piano. 他最熱衷的業(yè)余愛好是彈鋼琴。Notes 4.He is in a hurry to go skiing. 他急匆匆去滑雪。 句中的go skiing意思是“去滑雪”。 另外，go doing sth.意思是“去做某事”，類似的說法有： go horseriding去騎馬；go fishing去釣魚； go hunting去打獵；go shopping去購物； go skating去滑冰。Notes 5.She loves riding her bike. 她喜歡騎自行車。 句中的love doing意思是“

15、喜歡做某事”，與likes riding her bike意思相同，可以互換。下面是like to do和 like doing用法的區(qū)別： 當(dāng)表示喜歡某事物，而且以前就喜歡，還可能持續(xù)喜歡，就用like doing， 如： He likes cooking in his house. 他喜歡在他家里做飯。 She likes singing. 她喜歡唱歌。 這些都可以表示一個人長期的愛好。當(dāng)表示想要、欲做某事時用like to do，例如： He likes to cook in his house. 他想在家做飯吃。 She likes to stay with us. 她想和我們待在一塊

16、兒。Notes Focal point介紹某人 本單元繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)介紹個人信息等功能性表達(dá)。重要句型是This is。此外，表達(dá)某人某方面的能力，用的主 要句型是Somebody can。例如： She can read a whole book in one day. 她能夠在一天內(nèi)看完一整本書。 Can在表示能力時可用be able to代替。注意，can只有一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去式，而be able to則有更多的時 態(tài)。例如： Ill not be able to come this afternoon. 我下午來不了。 當(dāng)表示經(jīng)過努力才得以做成功某事時，應(yīng)使用be able to，而不是Can。例如： Focal point He was able to go to the party yesterday evening in spite