Unit 11

Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry.

Section A 1 1a-2d

Warming up Kinds of movies tragedy comic documentary action movie

How do you feel about the movie? Sad movies make me ________. cry

Comics make me _______. laugh

Documentaries make me ________. sleepy

Action movies make me _________. excited

1a Look at the two restaurants below. Which would you like to go to? Why? 1a

Listen and fill in the blanks Listen and fill in the blanks. Then match the restaurants with the statements. 1b Rockin’ Restaurant The ______ pictures make Amy _____________. The _______ music makes Amy ____________. Blue Ocean The __________ music makes Amy _________, but it makes Tina ______________. awful uncomfortable loud nervous soft relax sleepy

Role-play a conversation between Amy and Tina. 1c I’d rather go to Blue Ocean because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating. I want to have the hamburgers at Rockin’ Restaurant.

Those awful pictures on the walls make me uncomfortable, and the loud music makes me nervous. Let’s go to the Rockin’ Restaurant. I love their hamburgers.

So where do you want to go, Amy? Let’s go to Blue Ocean. The soft music makes me relax.

Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in the order you hear them. 3 2 4 1

Listen again. Complete the statements. Waiting for Amy drove Tina _______. 2. Amy didn’t want to ______ at Rockin’ Restaurant. 3. Loud music makes John want to 2b crazy stay dance

4. The movie was so sad that it made Tina and Amy _______. 5. Sad movies don’t make John cry. They just make him want to _______. cry leave

Look at 2a and 2b. Role-play a conversation between Tina and John Look at 2a and 2b. Role-play a conversation between Tina and John. Use the example to begin your conversation. 2c Well… yes and no. She was really late. Did you have fun with Amy last night? Waiting for her drove me crazy. John Tina

First we went Rockin’ restaurant. But the loud music made Amy nervous. Where did you go for dinner? That’s funny. Loud music always make me want to dance. Me too. So then we went to Blue Ocean. John Tina

Did you go to the concert at the high school? No, we went to the movies. And the movie was so sad that it made us cry. John Tina

Sad movies don’t make me cry. They just make me want to leave. You sound just like my brother. Tina John

2d Role-play the conversation. Hey, Bert. I think I’ve made Alice mad and I’m not sure what to do about it. What happened?

You know Julie is Alice’s best friend, right? Well, the more I got to know Julie, the more I’ve realized that we have a lot in common. So we’ve been spending more time together lately. Uh-huh. adv. 最近

But what’s wrong with that? Umm…it makes Alice unhappy because she thinks Julie is now better friends with me than with her.

I see. Mmm…why don’t you ask Alice to join you each time you do something with Julie? Then she won’t feel left out. n. 友谊 Oh, good idea! That can make our friendship stronger.

Language points 1. I’d rather go to the Blue Ocean Restaurant because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating.　 would rather do sth.，意为“宁可，宁愿 还是……好些”。 e.g. I’d rather play tennis than swim. 比起游泳我宁愿去打台球。

2. Yes, she was, and waiting for her drove me crazy. drive v. 迫使 drive sb.+adj.，使某人怎 样drive sb. crazy/mad 使某人发疯/发狂 e.g. That thing almost drive me crazy. 那件事几乎要使我发狂了。 You’ll drive mum mad one of these days. 你这样总有一天会把妈妈急疯了的。

3. What happened? happen ，发生，不及物动词。 常见的用法有： (1) “sth.+happen+地点/时间”， “某地/某时发生了某事” e.g. What’s happening outside? 外面发生什么事了?

(2) “sth.+happen to+sb.” 意为“某人出了 某事(常指不好的事发生在某人身 上)”。 e.g. A car accident happened to him yesterday. 昨天他发生了交通事故。 (3) “sb.+happen+to do sth.” 意为“某人 碰巧做某事” e.g. I happened to meet her in the street. 我碰巧在街上遇见她。

4. The more I got to know Julie, the more I’ve realized that we have a lot in common. the+比较级+从句 ，the +比较级+从句 “越……, 越……” e.g. The harder you work, the greater progress you will make. 你越用功，进步就越大。

5. Why don’t you ask Alice to join you each time you do something with Julie? Why don’t +sb.+do sth.? =Why not + do sth.? 为何不……？ 用来提出建议或劝告。 e.g. Why don’t you go with us? Why not go with us? 你为什么不和我们一起去呢？

6. Then she won’t feel left out. to be/feel left out 表示“被遗忘；被 忽略；被冷落”之类的意思。 e.g. No one speaks to him, he always feels left out. 没人跟他讲话，他总是觉得被 人冷落。

Homework 一、Recite the conversation in 2d. 二、翻译下列句子。 1. 等她使我很生气。 2. 我宁愿待在家里也不愿去公园。 3. 为什么不去看电影呢？ 4. 汶川在2008年发生了一场大地震。 5. 我们在一起越多，我们就越开心。