Lesson 4 The wish

New words
• • • • • • wish n./v. 希望 middle n. 中间 in the middle of 在……中间 stone n. 核；石头 friendship n. 有情；友谊 limerick n. 五行打油诗
Listening Task：Fill in the Task： blanks
• • • • • • • What is a cherry stone? Cherry’s seed What is a chicken without bones？ An egg What is a a story without an end? Our friendship What is a a language with no speaking? • My smile
discussion
• Do you wish you had a cherry without a stone? • Do you wish you had a chicken without bones？ • Do you wish you knew a story without an end? • Do you wish you knew a language with no speaking? • How do you get them?
Language notes
I wish I had a cherry without a stone. 我渴望有 一枚没有核的樱桃。
without prep. 没有，在（无人/无事物） 没有，在（无人/ 的情况下 How can you open the door without a key? 没有钥匙你们怎么开门？ Fish can’t live without water. 离开了水鱼 can’ 就不能活。
Lesson 4: The wish
Warming up
• Do you love cherries? What’s in the middle of a cherry?
cherrystone
Do you like chicken?
Is there chicken without bones?
• But today scientists have grown some grapes without any seeds. 但是现在科学家培育 出了一些无核葡萄品种。 • grow vt. 种植，plant vt. 栽种 • plant seeds播种plant your trees种小树 • 【辨析】：grow与plant • plant着重指“种植”这一行为；grow着重指以后的 “栽培，管理”的过程；keep表示“饲养、赡养”， 后可接人或动物，不可与plant或grow互换使用。 • He grows many kinds of flowers in his garden. 他在花园里种了许多花。 • He planted a tree last year, but it is dead now. 去年他种了一棵树，但现在死了。 • My grandma keeps many hens. 我奶奶养了许re be a cherry without a stone? 怎么 会有没有核的樱桃？
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stone n.石头；果核 This is a wall of stone. 这是一道石头墙。 The bridge is made of stones. 这座桥是用石 头做的。 There are stones in the grapes. 这些葡萄有 核。 stoneless adj. 无核的（多指水果） He bought some stoneless oranges. 他买了 一些无核蜜橘。
A cherry as a flower, it has no stone. 像花那样的 樱桃就没有核。
as 介词“像”。例： 介词“ She talks as a man. 他说 话象个大人。
The “stone” is the cherry’s seed. 这个 “核”就是樱桃的种子。 seed n. 种子，也可作动词，意为“播 种”，其同义词为sow。 This is a bag of sunflower seeds. 这是一 袋葵花籽。 We plant seeds in the field. 我们在田地 里播种。 They are seeding a field with wheat. 他 们在地里播种小麦。
I wish I had a cherry without a stone _______ I wish I had a chicken without ________. bones I wish I knew a story without an _______. end
Reading Task: Answer the questions