Unit 8 Housing

Text A Lucy’s Flat Lucy is from Spain. She is in London now. This is her flat. It is on the third floor of a building in Rose Street. The bright bedroom faces south with big windows. Next to the bedroom is her living room. Between the bedroom and the living room is the small kitchen. There is a bathroom as well. The flat is near her office. It’s about 10 minutes’ walk. She often goes to work on foot. But when it is bad, she takes a bus. It is a nice and comfortable flat. 返回

Exercises for Text A—I. 回答问题 1. Where is Lucy from? 2. Where does she live? 3. Which room faces south? 4. Is her bedroom bright? Why? Lucy is from Spain. She is in London now. The bedroom faces south. Yes, it is. Because it faces south with big windows. Text A课文

Exercises for Text A—I. 回答问题 5. What is between the bedroom and the living room? 6. Where is her office? 7. How does she go to work? 8. Is it a nice apartment? Between them is the small kitchen. Her office is near her flat. She often goes to work on foot. But when the weather is bad, she takes a bus. Yes, it is nice and comfortable. Text A课文

Exercises for Text A—II. 翻译短语 1. 一套公寓房 2. 在起居室隔壁 3. 步行十分钟的路程 4. （方向）朝南 5. 在四楼（英式英语） 6. 明亮的卧室 7. 步行 8. 乘公交车 1. a flat / an apartment 2. next to the living room 3. 10 minutes’ walk 4. face south 5. on the 5th floor 6. a bright bedroom 7. on foot 8. take a bus

Dialogue A Nice Sweater Bill: Oh, you have a nice sweater! Jane: Yes. I like its colors. Bill: I like the colors, too. We can see red, green, yellow, purple, blue, and grey. Jane: Let me count the colors — one, two, three… There are six colors. Bill: It looks great. I want a sweater like this.

Text B Bill’s Home Hello, my name is Bill White. There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my sister and I. We live in a house with two stories. The three bedrooms are on the second floor. I have a small bedroom. In my bedroom there is a big bed, a desk and two chairs. They are all yellow. There is a clock and two pictures on the wall. There aren’t any toys in it. It is really a nice bedroom. On the first floor is the sitting room, dining room and kitchen. Behind our house is a small garden. There are many red flowers in the garden. But there aren’t any trees in it. 返回

Exercises for Text B —I. 回答问题 1. How many people are there in Bill’ s family? 2. Who are they? 3. Is there a garden behind his house? Is it big or small? 4. Are there many flowers in the garden? 5. What color are the flowers? There are four people in his family. They are his father, his mother, his sister and he. Yes, there is. It is a small garden. Yes, there are many red flowers in it. They are red. Text B课文

Exercises for Text B —I. 回答问题 6. Are there many trees? 7. How many bedrooms are there in his house? 8. Is Bill’s bedroom a very nice one? 9. What colors are the chairs and desk in his bedroom? 10. Is there a toy in Bill’s bedroom? No, there aren’t any trees. There are three bedrooms in his house. Yes, it is. They’re yellow. No, there isn’t. Text B课文

Exercises for Text B—II. 按要求改变下列句子 1. What color is your sweater ? （改为复数形式） 2. There are some flowers in my garden. （改为否定形式） 3. Behind our house, there is a small garden. （就划线部 分提问） 4. There aren’t any people in the room. （改为肯定形式） 5. Those are tall men. （改为单数形式） What color(s) are your sweaters? There aren’t any flowers in my garden. Where is the small garden? There are some people in the room. That is a tall man.

疑问句（general question） 语法要点 疑问句（general question） 用来提出疑问的句子叫疑问句。疑问句有四类：一般疑问句、特殊疑问句、选择疑问句和反意疑问句。 用来询问一件事或一个是否属实并要求用yes 或no 来回答的问句叫一般疑问句（general questions）。一般疑问句通常将be 动词、情态动词或助动词放在主语前，形成倒装语序。肯定式回答用yes，否定式回答用no。如：

语法要点 一般疑问句 肯定式回答 否定式回答 Do you speak English ? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. 一般疑问句 肯定式回答 否定式回答 Do you speak English ? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. Is he a journalist? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t. Can you spell the word? Yes, I can. No, I can’t. Is there a book in your bag? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.

语法要点 祈使句（command） 祈使句表示命令或请求等（参见第6单元语法）。例如： Smile! （笑一笑。） Open your mouth. （张开嘴巴。） 祈使句的句末通常用句号，为了加强语气也可用感叹句。 在表示客气地请求时，常加上please（请）。例如： Be quiet, please! （请安静！） Please open the door. （请开门。）

语法要点 Please do not stay at home. （请别呆在家里。） 祈使句的否定式是在前面加do not 或don’t （不要，别）构成的。例如： Please do not stay at home. （请别呆在家里。） Don’t look at your photo. （不要看你的照片。） 由let与第一人称或第三人称的代词或名词连用构成的祈使句表示建议做某事。例如： Let’s （Let us ）go there. （咱们去那里吧。） Let me see. （让我想一想。） Let Jack do it at once. （让杰克马上做这件事。）

Exercises——I.将下列句子变成一般疑问句 1. They are friends. 2. Sally is a good girl. 3. He can speak English. 4. I’m a Chinese student. 5. We are in the same class. Are they friends? Is Sally a good girl? Can he speak English? Are you a Chinese student? Are you in the same class?

Exercises——I.将下列句子变成一般疑问句 6. She can spell the teacher’s name. 7. Four and three makes seven. 8. Everyone is here. 9. There are four children in the room. 10. I’m from Japan. Can she spell the teacher’s name? Does four and three make seven? Is everyone here? Are there four children in the room? Are you from Japan?

Exercises——II. 将下列祈使句译成英语 1. 咱们走吧。 2. 别站在那里。 3. 请把书打开。 4. 请坐。 5. 让他们和你一起工作。 Let’s go. Don’t stand there. Please open your books. Sit down, please. Let them work with you.