Unit 2 Section B Period 2 ( 2a — Self Check ）

How do you keep in touch with your friends, have a call, write a letter or send an ? have a callwrite a letter

chat on QQ send micro message

New Words letter n. Miss n. set up disabled adj. make a difference blind adj. deaf adj. imagine v. 信；函 女士；小姐 建起；设立 丧失能力的；有残疾的 影响；有作用 瞎的；失明的 聋的 想象；设想

difficulty n. open v. door n. carry v. train v. excited adj. training n. kindness n. clever adj. understand v. 困难；难题 开；打开 门 拿；提；扛 训练；培训 激动的；兴奋的 训练；培训 仁慈；善良 聪明的；聪颖的 理解；领会

change v. ＆ n. interest n. v. disabled adj. sir n. madam n. 变化；改变 兴趣；关注 使感兴趣；使关注 丧失能力的；有残疾的 先生 夫人；女士

句型展示 : 1. 我要感谢你为 “ 动物帮手 ” 组织捐款，这 是一个为帮助残疾人而建立的组织。 I’d like to thank you for _______ money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization _______ _______ to help disabled people. 答案 : 1. sending ； set up

2. 作为盲人、聋子，不能行走，或者不 能自如使用双手是大多数人难以想像的 事情。 _______ blind, deaf, unable to walk _______ use your hands easily is something that most people cannot _______. 答案 : 2. Being; or; imagine

Section 1 Before You Read How do you usually thank someone who helps you? Discuss this with a partner. 2a

2b Skim the letter and answer the questions. 1. Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why? Ben Smith wrote the letter to Miss Li. He wanted to thank her for sending money to Animal Helpers and to tell her how Animal Helpers helped him.

2. What did Miss Li do? She sent money to Animal Helpers, a group that was set up to help disabled people.

1. In the passage, Lucky is the name of a dog. 2. From the passage, we know that Ben Smith has something wrong with her eyes and ears. T F

3. After only six weeks of training, the dog was brought to Ben Smith’s home. 4. From the passage, we know that Miss Li helped the disabled people by donating money to the organization “Animal Helpers”. F T

Section 2 While You Read Read and answer. What did Ben write this letter for? Ben wrote this letter to thank Miss Li for giving money to Animal Helpers.

根据课文内容, 完成任务。 A. 根据文章内容补全句子。 1. “Animal Helpers” is _____________ that helps disabled people. 2. Ben Smith can’t use ___________ well. 3. Lucky is very clever and understands many ______________. an organization arms or legs English words

B. 根据文章内容回答下列问题。 4. What did Miss Li donate to "Animal Helpers"? ____________________________________ 5. How long was Lucky trained at "Animal Helpers"? ____________________________________ 6. What can Lucky do for Ben Smith? _____________________________________ She donated money to "Animal Helpers". He was trained six months. He can help Ben Smith do something.

2c Look at the list of words below. Circle the part of speech of each word and make your own sentences with these words. 1. group (adj./n.) __________________________ 2. disabled (adj./adv.) ______________________ 3. difference (adv./n.) ______________________ 4. imagine (v./ n.) __________________________ 5. difficulties (n./ adj.) ______________________ 6. normal (adv./ adj.) _______________________ 7. training (adv./n.) ________________________ 8. kindness (n./ v.) _________________________

Read aloud. Then complete the passage. Ben Smith thanks Miss Li for _______ (give) money to Animal Helpers, a group that helps people like Ben. Ben can’t do many _______ (normal) things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors, or ________ (carry) things. Lucky is a well-_______ (train) dog. He can _____ (help) many ________ (disable) people like Ben live more ________ (happy). Lucky is smart and can understand many ________ (England) words. He is helping to change Ben’s life for the better. trained giving normal carrying helpdisabled happily English

Read and fill in the blanks. CharacterInformation Miss LiShe is a kind woman who (1) ________________________ to “Animal Helpers”. donated / gave / sent money Lucky He is a helpful (2)____. Lucky had been trained for (3)__________ before he went to Ben Smith’s house. Ben SmithBen Smith is a (4)_______ person and it’s difficult for him to do normal things. He feels Lucky is a great (5)____ to him. dog six months disabled help

Retelling Key roles: Miss Li give money to Animal Helpers helpful Ben Smith a disabled man live happily with Lucky Lucky a fantastic, well-trained dog clever and understand English

2d Use the information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts. Miss Li Ben Smith Lucky Animal Helpers can get trains sent is unable to move well. money to Animal Helpers. animals like Lucky. things for disabled people.

2e Discuss the questions with a partner. 1. In what other ways do you think dogs are able to help people? find drugs( 毒品 ) / missing persons hunt protect people from danger keep people from being lonely fun

2. What other animals can we train to help people? fish hawk camel

3a Look at these kinds of volunteer work. Can you add more? What would you like to do? Discuss it with a partner. Working in an old people’s home Helping kids in an after-school program Being a guide at a museum

3a Look at these kinds of volunteer work. Can you add more? What would you like to do? Discuss it with a partner. Bring food to hungry people. Helping care for pets Protecting wild life Making neighborhood safer Making our hometown greener and cleaner

The volunteer works:  teach at a night school  help at a hospital  write letters for people who can’t read and write  get information online for the farmers who can’t use Internet  repair bikes, radios, computers and other things for citizens…

3b Write a letter or to the place you want to volunteer at. Dear Sir or Madam, ___________________________________ Yours truly, ___________________________________

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you about volunteering at the library. I’m interested in computers and teaching, and I want to volunteer as a computer teacher for people who want to learn computer skills. I love working with computers and I’m good at teaching others how to use the computer at my school. I taught my parents how to send the last year. So I think I’d be good at this job.

I want to help out as a volunteer at your library, because I know that many people go there to learn how to use your computers. I’m free to help on weekends and sometimes in the evenings. Yours truly, Jiang Hua

Dear Sir or Madam, I am Gina from chicheng Middle School.I am writing to you about volunteering at your study program. I am good at English,I love to speak English with my family and classmates. and I’m interested in teaching, So I’m good at teaching others how to learn English. So I think I’d be good at this job. and I want to volunteer as a teacher for people who need my help

I want to help out as a volunteer at the your study program. because I want to help children with their schoolwork in our school. I’m free to help on Saturday afternoon, At about one to five o’clock. Yours truly, Jiang Hua

Language points imagine v. 想像, 预料, 设想 后面可以接名词作宾语。 I can’t imagine life without friendship now. 我现在无法想像没有友谊的生活。 imagination n. 想象力 ; 想像

拓展 : imagine 还可以用于以下结构中 : ★ imagine (sb.) doing sth. 意为 “ 想像 ( 某人 ) 做某事 ” 。 I can’t imagine (myself) dancing in front of so many people. 我无法想像 ( 自己 ) 在那么多人面前跳舞。

★ imagine sb. / sth. (+ to be) + 形容词、名词或介 词短语等, 意为 “ 想像某人 / 某物 ……” 。 That boy always imagines himself (to be) a pilot. 那个男孩总是想像自己是一名飞行员。 ★ imagine + 从句, 意为 “ 想像 / 猜测 / 料想 ……” 。 I imagine (that) you are very tired. 我猜想你很累了。

— Look ! She’s skiing so fast! — Hard to _____ her legs were once broken. (2008 年江苏苏州中考 ) A. know B. realize C. imagine D. find C

You say I am a coward, but can you imagine ______ in an island alone? A. to live B. living C. lived D. I live 答案： B imagine 为及物动词，后可接 名词、动名词或 that 从句。

carry 无方向性，含 “ 负重 ” 之意，一 般指随身携带，如手提、肩扛等。

--- Would you like to _______ me my book, Jim? I want to read it. --- Yes, I’d love to. A. carry B. take C. fetch 【点拨】选 C 。句意： --- 吉姆，你去把书给 我拿来好吗？我想读书。 --- 好的，当然愿意。 carry“ 搬运 ” ； take“ 拿走 ” ； fetch “( 去 ) 拿来 ” 。 故选 C 。

bring / take / carry / fetch / get 这五个词都表示 “ 取，拿，运送 ” 之意，但 动作的方向和具体含义不同。 （ 1 ） bring 指把人或物从别处带到说话 人所在的地方。 （ 2 ） take 指把人或物从说话人所在的地 方带到别处去。 （ 3 ） carry 无方向性，含 “ 负重 ” 之意，一 般指随身携带，如手提、肩扛等。

（ 4 ） fetch 指从说话者所在的地方到别处去 把人或物带回来。 （ 5 ） get 与 fetch 同义，但比 fetch 口语化。

用 bring, take, fetch 或 carry 的适当形式填空。 1. You can’t ______ the book out of the library. 2. He _________ the bag on his shoulder and went home. 3. ________ your paper here next time. 4. Please wait a minute. He’s just gone out to ______ some water. take carried Bring fetch

Section 3 After You Read Find three examples of phrasal verbs from the reading. Use them to make sentences of your own. set up 建立，成立 An organization was set up to help disabled people cheer up 为 …… 加油 I’ll cheer up our football team in the next match.

1 Fill in each blank with a possible verb to make a phrasal verb. 1. _____ up 2. _____ off 3. _____ away 4. _____ out of 5. _____ after 6. _____ up with fix put giverun takecome

2 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs or infinitives. Last week, Jimmy, the Bike Boy ________ of money _______ old bikes. He was unhappy, so everyone was trying _______ him up. He _______ some signs asking for old bikes and _______ all his friends on the phone ________ them about the problem. ran out to buy to cheer put up called up to tell

He even _________ notices at the supermarket. Then he told the teacher at school about his problem and they _______ a call-in center for parents. The ideas that he _______ with worked out fine. He now has 16 bikes _______ up and _________ to children who don’t have bikes. set up came up to fix handed out give away

1. ［ 2010· 东阳中考］ Attention, please. The flight has to be _______ because of the heavy rain. A. put on B. put off C. put away D. put up 【解析】选 B 。此题考查短语动词。句意为： 大家请注意。因为大雨航班不得不被推迟。 put on“ 穿上 ” ； put off“ 推迟；拖延 ” ； put away“ 把 …… 收起，放好 ” ； put up“ 张贴，搭 建 ” ，故选 B 。

2. ［ 2010· 陕西中考］ Hi, Jack. Would you please _______ the picture on the wall? A. pick up B. look up C. get up D. put up 【解析】选 D 。此题考查短语动词。句意为： 嗨，杰克，请你把这幅画贴到墙上好吗？ pick up“ 捡起 ” ； look up“ 向上看；查找 ” ； get up“ 起床 ” ； put up“ 张贴；搭建 ” 。

3. ［ 2010· 杭州中考］ Eton College in England was _______ in 1440 by King Henry Ⅵ to give free education to poor students. A. cleaned up B. set up C. fixed up D. cheered up 【解析】选 B 。此题考查短语动词。句意：英国伊 顿学院是亨利六世国王于 1440 年创立，为贫困学生 提供免费教育的。 clean up“( 把 ……) 打扫干净； ( 把 ……) 收拾整齐 ” ； set up“ 建立；创立；开办 ” ； fix up“ 修理；修补 ” ； cheer up“ 使振奋；使高兴起 来 ” 。

4. ［ 2010· 兰州中考］ You shouldn’t _______ your hope. Everything will be better. A. give up B. fix up C. cheer up D. put up 【解析】选 A 。此题考查短语动词。句意： 你不应该放弃希望。一切都会好起来的。 give up“ 放弃 ” ； fix up“ 修理；修补 ” ； cheer up“ 使振奋；使高兴起来 ” ； put up“ 张贴； 搭建 ” 。

【 2011 泰州】七、书面表达（ 20 分） 十月四日是世界动物日，你校组织以 “I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals” 为题的英语演讲比赛。假如李明参加比赛， 请你以 “ 李明 ” 的名义写一篇英语演讲稿推荐 自己，内容如下：

品质 善良，善待动物； 勤劳，做额外事； 爱好 …… （至少两点） 事迹 组织慈善义演，为 Save China’s Tigers 筹款； …… （至少一点） 感悟 动物是人类的朋友； 保护动物就是保护我们自己； 打算 …… （至少两点）

要求： 1. 词数 100 个左右。演讲稿的开头和结 尾已给出，不计入总词数。 2. 所写短文必须包括以上内容，自由发 挥的内容必须围绕主题。 3. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地 名等相关信息。 （参考词汇：额外的 extra ）

I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals Hello, everyone. I’m Li Ming. I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals. I’m glad to make a speech here. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ If I can be a volunteer, _______________________ ____________________________________________ Thank you for listening!

I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals Hello, everyone. I’m Li Ming. I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals. I’m glad to make a speech here. I am kind to others. I am good with animals. I like playing football and the guitar. I have ever organized raising money for Save China’s Tigers. And I keep some homeless little animals. One possible answer

Animals are our friends. We should love each other. I am always thinking protecting animals is protecting ourselves. If I can be a volunteer, I will work harder and do more meaningful things to protect animals. I will announce more people love animals like me. I must try my best to make the world more united.

Do the other exercises in this part.