1、Unit 8 Celebrating Me!Lesson 47I Made It!Think about it! Are you good at spelling? What words do you think are hard to spell? What English skills would you like to improve?Teaching aims1.Words loser fail misspelled accept award agree present accept2.Phrasesby oneselfMost-improved Student Awardbecaus

2、e offail to do sth.notice sb. do/doing sth.because of2. Read the lesson and complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.agree present notice fail accept Peter came from Mexico. He _ his English exam because he spelled too many words wrong. His friend Krista_ that. “If I can s

3、pell, you can spell, too,” said Krista.Peter didnt _ because English wasnt his first language.failednoticedagree Krista helped Peter make a study plan. Peter _ the challenge, and he worked very hard. On the last day of school, Miss Martin _ the Most-Improved Student Award to Peter. His spelling was

4、perfect in the last exam. Peter felt so happy. He thanked Krista.Practice makes perfect! It always works.acceptedpresented3 Complete the dialogues with the correct forms of the words above.1. A: Did you _ that? Jim does not seem happy today. B: Yes. But maybe he is just tired. He played soccer this

5、morning.2. A: I think we should visit our grandpa next weekend. B: I _. We havent visited him for a whole month.3. A: I know you really want this job. But if you _, what will you do? B: I will feel sad, but I will not give up. Ill continue working toward my dreamnoticeagreefail4. Work in groups of t

6、hree. Rewrite the lesson as a dialogue and act it out.Language Points1.But his friend, Krista,was not going to let Peter give up.但是他的朋友,克里斯塔,不想讓彼得放棄。give up 意為“放棄”可單獨使用,其可后接名詞、代詞或動名詞。當代詞作賓語時要放在give 和up 之間。如：You ought to give up smoking as soon as possible. 你應盡可能快地戒煙。One should never give up his drea

7、m. 一個人永遠都不應當放棄自己的夢想?！就卣埂縢ive 的相關(guān)短語give away 贈送,分發(fā);泄露 give back 歸還 give in 屈服 give off 發(fā)出 give out 分發(fā)2. Peter accepted the challenge.accept 接受He has accepted our invitation.他已經(jīng)接受了我們的邀請。I cant accept your advice in this matter.在這個問題上我不能接受你的勸告。3.He worked very hard, both by himself and with Krista.他學習很

8、努力,靠他自己和克里斯塔。both.and.意為“兩者都;既又,用于連接兩個表示并列關(guān)系的名詞或代詞。作為并列連詞詞組,它通常應連接兩個相同性質(zhì)的句子成分,但有時后一成分可能省略與前一成分相同的詞。另外,若連接兩個成分作主語,謂語須用復數(shù)形式。如 :He both speaks and writes Spanish.他既會說也會寫西班牙語。Both she and Sophia were pleased with the girl.她和索菲婭都喜歡這個姑娘。Both students are from France.兩名學生都來自法國?！就卣埂縝oth 的反義詞為neither,“意為“兩者都

9、不”,表示全部否定。neither 可與單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞連用,neiher褖nor褖表示“既不也不冶,該結(jié)構(gòu)作主語時,謂語動詞一般為第三人稱單數(shù)形式。如：Neither answer is right. 兩個答案都不正確。Neither he nor his sister knew.他和他妹妹都不知道。4. Its all because of your help.because of 意為“因為,由于冶,是介詞短語,后接名詞、代詞或動名詞。由其構(gòu)成的介詞短語在句中作原因狀語。We cant go out because of the rain. 因為下雨我們不出去了。Tony stopped p

10、laying soccer because of his sore back. 因為背疼托尼停止踢足球了?！就卣埂縝ecause 是連詞, 后面跟從句表原因,常用以回答以why 開頭的特殊疑問句。在復合句中because 引導原因狀語從句,且because 不與so 連用。如：David was late for school because he got up late. 大衛(wèi)因為起床晚了,所以上學遲到了。He didnt come because he was ill. 他因生病而沒來。Translate and write them down. 我上班遲到是因為交通堵塞。 I was late for work because of the bad traffic.2. 由于我的粗心不小心把自己弄傷了。 I hurt myself because of my carelessness. 3.當?shù)厝藦臎]真正接納過我們。 The local