冀教版八年级英语上册--Lesson 44 Georgia Plays Basketball

1 Listen to the passage and tick the correct answers.
Name
Where’s he/she from?
What’s his/her father’s job?
What’s his/her mother’s job?
What’s his/her dream job?
Listen and write true (T) or false (F).
( F )1. Georgia 源自as been in Canada for seven years. ( T )2. Georgia’s sister is a basketball player in Canada. ( F )3. Once, Georgia’s team played against a team from another city. The final score was fifty-one to fifty-one. ( T )4. Georgia’s dream is to play basketball in the Olympics.
如果你继续那样说的话，我们会生气的。
We will be angry if you continue __ta_l_k_in_g__ like that.
4 Work in groups. What makes you unique? Think about the other members and share your ideas. Example: I think Da Zhi is special. He can play the guitar very well. Lin Tao always helps others. She is really kind. She is unique.
nobody
play for...
return
continue doing...
Greek
junior
continue
2. To be able to talk about what makes you or others unique.
Warm up ◆ Do you like playing basketball? Why or why not?
√⬜A police officer. √⬜A shop assistant. √⬜A doctor.
Hone √⬜China. ⬜A tailor.
√⬜A bank clerk. √⬜A baksetball player.
Lei ⬜Singapore √⬜A bank clerk. ⬜A writer.
我很愿意再次为英格兰效力。
I would love to __p_l_a_y_f_o_r__ England again.
3. My parents want me to study medicine, but I want to continue taking P. E.
我父母想让我学医，但我想继续学习体育。 【辨析】
Summary
Georgia Greece nobody return Greek junior continue
there again this summer.( B )
A. have gone
B. have been
C. went
D. had gone
【探究】
seven and a half years 七年半，相当于seven years and a half。
在英语中，“……半”的表达有两种方式：
基数词 + and + a half + 复数名词 基数词 + 复数名词 + and + a half 后一种结构中，当基数词为one时，名词用单数形式。 Eg: I had to wait my daughter for one hour and a half.
Unscramble the sentences.
1. you, unique, what, makes _W__h_a_t _m_a_k_e_s_y_o_u__u_n_iq_u_e_____________________? 2. felt, we, of, ourselves, proud _W__e_f_e_lt_p_r_o_u_d_o_f__o_u_rs_e_lv_e_s___________________. 3. brother, his, is, player, a, basketball _H_i_s_b_r_o_th_e_r__is_a__b_a_sk_e_t_b_a_ll_p_l_a_y_e_r _____________. 4. played, Class Four, we, against, yesterda _W__e_p_l_a_y_ed__a_g_a_in_s_t_C_l_a_s_s_F_o_u_r_y_e_s_te_r_d_a_y________.
3. I telephoned, but __n_o_b_o_d_y___(没有人) answered it.
Think about it.
◆ Do you have basketball teams in your school? ◆ What makes you unique in your class?
continue doing sth. 继续做同一件事（还没完成） continue to do sth. 继续做另一件事（之前的事已经完成） Eg: She looked up for a minute and then continued drawing.
After finishing my homework, I continued to help my mother with the housework.
junior continue
乔治亚（人名） 希腊（地名） pron. 没有人 v. & n. 返回；回应 adj. 希腊（人）的 n. 希腊人 adj. & n. 初级（的）；儿童（的） v. 继续；延续
Fill in the blanks.
1. You will be successful if you __c_o_n_ti_n_u_e__(继续) doing so. 2. After seeing the movie, he __r_e_tu_r_n_e_d__(返回) to his school yesterday.
Three and a half hours have just vanished.
我等你两个半小时了。
I’ve waited for you for _t_w_o__an_d__a_h_a_l_f_ hours.
2. When I was in Grade 6, I played for the junior high basketball team.
Unit 8 Celebrating Me!
Lesson 44 Georgia Plays Basketball
Learning objectives
1. To master the new words and phrases:
Georgia
have been in...
Greece
seven and a half years
当我在六年级的时候，我为初中篮球队效力。 【辨析】
play for... 为……效力 play against... 与……对抗/比赛 Eg: Tom wants to play for the Australian football team.
We’ll play against Class Three.
How long have you been in Japan?
【辨析】
have been in... 表示“待在某地”，常和时间段连用。 have been to... 表示“去过某地（现在已经回来了）”。 have gone to... 表示“去了某地”，可能到了目的地，也可能在
途中，总之不在说话处。
New words and expressions.
nobody pron. 没有人
no one
return v. 返回
to come or go back from one place to another
New words and expressions.
Georgia Greece nobedy return Greek
Eg: She has been in Greece for three years. I have been to Hainan three times.
-Where is Jim?
-He has gone to Beijing.
I _____ to the West Lake four times, but I will go
Language Points
1. I’ve been in Canada for seven and a half years.
我已经在加拿大待了七年半了。 【探究】
have been in + 地点 待在某地(一段时间) Eg: He has been in China for five and a half years.
Tom
√⬜The U. S. √⬜A teacher. ⬜Canada. ⬜A doctor.
⬜A teacher. √⬜A doctor.
√⬜A teacher. ⬜A doctor.
Natalie
√⬜Russia. ⬜India.
⬜A businessman. ⬜A writer.
⬜A writer.
2 Read the lesson and complete the passage. The first letter is given. Georgia is a student in Grade 8. She is unique in her school because she was b_o_rn_____ in Greece. No_b_o_d_y___ else in her class is from Greece. Georgia has a big family. Her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are living in Greece. Her sister is a basketball player in Canada. But she sometimes re_t_u_r_n_s__ to Greece to play for the Greek National Basketball Team. Georgia is good at basketball, too. Her parents want her to study me_d_i_c_in_e__, but she wants to co_n_t_i_n_u_e_ taking P. E. Her dream is to be a basketball player.
⬜A teacher.
3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words. 1. Last year he _r_e_tu_r_n_e_d_ (return) to China to play for the Chinses team. 2. Once, she ___w_o_n___ (win) a game for her city. She was very proud of herself. 3. Her dream is __to__p_la_y__ (play) ping-pong in the Olympics. 4. Jack wants to _c_o_n_ti_n_u_e_ (continue) studying Chinese when her returns to Canada.