人教版八年级下英语 unit8第四课时

1 Fill in the blanks with the words given. expensive boring cheap special interesting
1. Today is Jim’s birthday. His mother is going to make
a special meal for him.
Nowadays, the pets are very popular to many people. Someone thinks keeping pets in an apartment is good . However, someone disagrees. What’s your opinion?
1.In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. rather than 是一个并列连词词组，意为“而不是”，在这 里连接两个动词不定式短语to give money to charity 和 buy them gifts.注意第二个不定式省略了to。如： I want to play soccer rather than watch TV at home. 我 想踢足球，不想在家里看电视。 【拓展】 rather than还可意为“与其说……不如说……”， 除了可以连接动词不定式之外，还可以连接两个并列的名 词、代词 、形容词、动词-ing 等。如： He is a good friend rather than a good teacher. 与其说他是一个良师，不如说他是我们的益友 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌而不是跳舞。

（ ）4. --When did you get the gift? --__ my __ birthday. A. On, sixth B. In, sixth C. On, six D. At, six （ ）5.This room is ____ small ____ hold these people. A. so, to B. too, that C. too, to D. so, that
2. My shoes were really
cheap
. They only cost $5.
3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an expensiverestaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was boring . I fell asleep half way through it. 5. It’s important to choose subjects that you find v.选择 interesting .
Discussion
What kind of animal do you think is popular nowadays?
1.Fast Reading 1. Why do you think pot-bellied pigs are popular? Pot-bellied pigs make good friends. 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping such a pet?
It’s white and black. It likes eating fish. It always keeps clean. If it feels hungry, it always calls “Miao”. When it is small, it can catch the mouse well. When it catches the mice, it’s very brave.
入睡 adj. 睡着的
翻译下列词组 1. 为…做一顿饭________________ 2.一点也不_________________ 3.睡着了__________________ 4.做…..很重要_____________ 5.不同种类 __________________ 6.足够干什么______________ 7.为….付款__________________ 8.in different ways ______________ 9.be given away to someone else______________ 10.a leaf from a tree___________ 11.rather than_____________
3.Careful Reading. True or false 1. The most popular pets these days are dogs. 2. The name of David Smith’s pet is Jerry. 3. Life with a pig is always perfect. 4. The pig eat little food when she was small. 5. David made the pig a special house because she is too big to sleep in the house now.
Unit 8
Why don’t you get her a scarf?
SectionB 3a-4
Words preview
pot-bellied pig advantage disadvantage perfect rabbit company
adj. 大腹便便的; 大肚子的 n. 猪 adj. 有利条件; 优点 n. 不利条件; 缺点 adj. 完美的; 理想的 n. 兔; 野兔 n. 伙伴
3b Look at these notes about hamsters and write an article about them.
hamsters are popular, quiet, clean
easy to take care of
n.兔；野兔 adj. 清洁的干净的
cheaper than rabbits or cats small
• This pet is unusual. It’s a kind of bird. It usually lives in a cage. It’s easy to take care of. It looks very beautiful with a long mouth and colorful feather. It likes to talk following a man. And it is sometimes noisy because it likes to talk too much!
Language points
1. 2.
3.
4. 5. 6.
named=called life with a pig have time to do sth noise / noisy/ noisily company 公司、伙伴 Spend / cost / pay / take
1. He bought the book for 10 Yuan. ( 同义句 ) 1) He_______ 10 Yuan ______ the book. 2) He_______ 10 Yuan ______ the book. 3) He_______ 10 Yuan in _______ the book. 4) It _______ him 10 Yuan _____ _____ the book. 5) The book ______ him 10 Yuan .

2.People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough. instead为副词，在这里起连接上下句的作用。通过instead 引出下句，提出相反的情况，意为“反而，相反”。如： She never studies. Instead, she plays all day. 她从来不 学习，相反，却整天玩。 【拓展】instead与instead of instead 是副词，意为“代替 ，而不是”，含有“取而代之” 的意思，一般要放在句末；置于句首时，后面常用逗号隔 开。而instead of是介词短语，后接名词、代词或相当于名 词的短语，意为“代替……，而不是……”。如： I’ll clean the classroom instead of you. 我将替你打扫教室。 She wants swimming instead of playing basketball. =She didn’t play basketball. She went swimming instead. 她去游泳了，而不是打篮球
sometimes noisy at night
sleep l day
Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean. People think they are easy to take care of and they are cheaper than rabbits or cats. They are very small so people don’t need to have a special room. Though sometimes they are noisy at night, most of the time they just sleep all day. They are very lovely.
The advantages are that they can watch TV on the sofa when they are small. The disadvantages are that they get too big to sleep in the house and they need a lot of love.
【当堂检测】Ⅰ单项选择 （ ）1.-- What should I get my grandma for her birthday? --Why ___ you ____ a scarf? A. not , buy B. don't, buy C. don't , to buy D. did, buy （ ）2.Tomorrow is Sunday. How about ______ to visit your grandmother? A. go B. going C. to go D. goes （ ）3. People don't need to spend ____ money buying gifts. A. too many B. much too C. too much D many too
2.找出下列短语，翻译并背诵。 1.keep such a pet _________ 2. the trendiest kind of pet these days_____ 3.a pot-bellied pig named Connie_________ 4.watch TV on the sofa____________ 5.life with a pig_______________ 6.be perfect ___________ 7.too big to sleep in the house___________ 8.eat a lot_____________ 9.make her a special pig house___________ 10.need a lot of love __________ 11.have enough time to spend time with her____