UNIT

4Whydoyoulikethissubject?MyFavouriteSubjectSECTIONA1aMatchtheschoolsubjectsintheboxwiththepictures,Somesubjectsareextra.art biologyChineseIT EnglishgeographyhistorymathsmusicPEA.B.C.D.E.F.IThistorymathsbiologyartgeography_______________________________________________1bListentotwoconversations.TickthesubjectsEllaandPetertalkabout.history Chinesemaths mathsart biologymusic IT geography PEEllaPeter√√√√√√√√1cListenagain.Circlethewordsyouhear.1.Elladoesn’tlikehistory/geographybecauseit’shard/boring.2.Ella’sfavouritesubjectisart/mathsbecauseit’sfun/important.3.Peterdoesn’tlikemaths/ITbecauseit’sboring/difficult.4.Peter’sfavouritesubjectisChinese/PEbecauseit’suseful/exciting.ListeningmaterialConversation1FuXing: Hi,Ella.AreyouOK?Ella: Hi,FuXing.Notreally.TodayisTuesday.FuXing: So?Ella: IhavehistoryonTuesdaymornings.FuXing: Youdon’tlikehistory?Ella: No,it’shardforme.FuXing: So,what’syourfavouritesubject?Ella: Maths.FuXing: Why?Ella: Becauseit’sfun.FuXing: Whatotherclassesdoyouhavetoday?Ella: Ihaveartandgeography.Ilikethosesubjectstoo.Conversation2MsGao: Goodmorning,Peter.Peter: Goodmorning,MsGao.MsGao: Whatclassesdoyouhavetoday?Peter: IhaveChineseandmathsfirst.MsGao: Doyoulikethesesubjects?Peter: IlikeChinesebecauseit’sfun,butIdon’tlikemaths.MsGao: Why?Peter: Becausemathsisboringtome.MsGao: Buteverysubjectisimportant.Whatotherclassesdoyouhavetoday?Peter: ITandPE.MsGao: What’syourfavouriteclass?Peter: PE,becauseit’sexciting.1dTalkaboutyourfavouritesubjectatschool.Saywhyyoulikeit.What’syourfavouritesubject?Myfavouritesubjectis...Whydoyoulike...?Becauseit’s...Pronunciation/e?//a?//??//??//a?//??//e?//??/nameniceboynotenowearhairsurefacewhytoyroadmouthnearweartourdayChinapointsofaaboutheresharepoor1Listenandrepeat.Read,listen,andrepeat.Noticehowthewordslinktogether.2Wakeup!Wakeup!Idon’twanttogetup.It’stimetogetup.Getup!You’regoingtobelate.Whattimeisit?Lateforwhat?Idon’twanttogetup?Lateforschool.Comeon!Getup!ButitisSunday,Mum!Listentotheconversationandfillintheblanks2aBinbin:What’s

your

next

class?Emma:

History.

It’s

my

favourite

subject.Binbin:Why

do

you

like

it?Emma:

It’s

to

learn

about

the

past.Binbin:

What’s

your

favourite

subject,

Meimei?Meimei:

My

favourite

subject

is

English.

It’s_________

and

myEnglish

teacher

is

really

nice.

How

about

you,

Binbin?interestingusefulBinbin:Ilikeallthesubjects,butmyfavouriteismaths.Meimei:Why?Binbin:BecauseI’mgoodwithnumbers.Emma:Oh,it’s___________forme.Canyouhelpmewiththissubject?Binbin:Sure!Meimei:Hey,lookatthetime.Let’sgotoclass!difficultReadtheconversationandcompletethetable.2bNameFavouritesubjectReasonEmmaMeimeiBinbinhistoryEnglishmathsIt’sinterestingtolearnaboutthepast.It’suseful,andherEnglishteacherisreallynice.Heisgoodwithnumbers.Listentotheconversationagainandpayattentiontothewordsthatlinktogether.Thenrole-playtheconversation.2cBinbin:What’s

your

next

class?Emma:

History.

It’s

my

favourite

subject.Binbin:Why

do

you

like

it?Emma:

It’s

interesting

to

learn

about

the

past.Binbin:

What’s

your

favourite

subject,

Meimei?Meimei:

My

favourite

subject

is

English.

It’susefuland

myEnglish

teacher

is

really

nice.

How

about

you,

Binbin?Binbin:Ilike

all

thesubjects,butmyfavouriteismaths.Meimei:Why?Binbin:BecauseI’mgoodwithnumbers.Meimei:

Oh,It’s

difficult

forme.Canyouhelpmewiththissubject?Binbin:

Sure!Meimei:Hey,lookatthetime.Let’sgotoclass!2dWhatdoyouthinkofyourschoolsubjects?Putthemindifferentgroups.Schoolsubjectsfunusefuldifficulteasyimportant…Interviewtwoclassmatesandtakenotes.2e1.What’syourfavouritesubject?2.Whydoyoulikeit?3.Whatothersubjectsdoyoulike?QuestionClassmate1:____________Classmate2:____________JackmathsusefulinterestingEnglishgeographyLucybiologyexcitingfunChinesePE2fGiveareportontheinterview.Useyournotesin2e....’sfavouritesubjectis...He/Shelikesitbecauseit’s...He/Shealsolikes…GrammarFocusReadthesentences.Findoutwhentouseand,but,andbecause.Thencompletethestatementswithand,but,orbecause.3aIhaveartandgeographytoday.Englishisimportant,andmyEnglishteacherisreallynice.Biologyisdifficultbutimportant.Historyismyfavouritesubject,butmysisterdoesn'tlikeit.IlikeChinesebecauseit’sfun.Hedoesn'tlikemathsbecauseit’sboringtohim.Weuse“”togiveareason.Weuse“”togiveanotheridea.Weuse“”togivetwodifferentideas.becauseandbut3bMatchthetwopartstomakesentences.1.Ihaveabicycle,2.IliketolearnaboutIT3.She

likes

to

listen

to

music4.He

is

good

at

English,5.My

favourite

subject

isgeography6.I

don’t

like

drawing,A.

and

he

often

helps

me

with

myEnglish.B.

because

I

like

travelling.C.

but

I

like

my

art

teacher

a

lot.D.

and

draw

pictures.E.but

I

often

walk

to

school.F.becauseit’sfuntolearntousecomputers.3cCompletethepassagewithand,but,orbecause.IloveThursdayafternoons__________wehaveafunclassthen.It’sbiologyclass,_____it’sexciting!MissBakeristheteacher,________sheworkshardtomaketheclassinteresting.I’mnotgoodatscience,_____Iliketheclassverymuch.Welearnaboutdifferentplants_____animals.Sometimesit’sdifficulttorem