Unit 8 Our Clothes Topic1 What a nice coat! Section D 赤峰市翁牛特旗梧桐花中学 赵亚平

the first type of clothes It was made of animal skins.

uniform n. 制服 The students are wearing school uniforms. The students are in school uniforms.

The girl in kimono is a Japanese. kimono n. 和服 The girl in kimono is a Japanese.

Discuss What’s the functions(功能) of clothes?

Read 1a and find the functions(功能) of clothes 1.Clothes protect us from the sun, wind, rain and cold 2.Clothes tell about our jobs, our culture, our hobbies and even our moods.

Read 1a again and mark the following statements True (T) or False (F). 1b Read 1a again and mark the following statements True (T) or False (F). ( ) 1. The first types of clothes were made of cotton. ( ) 2. People started wearing clothes only to protect themselves from cold. ( ) 3. People now believe that our clothes can tell others about our moods. ( ) 4. According to the passage, quiet people like yellow or pink clothes. ( ) 5. “You are what you wear” means “You are wearing a kind of clothes”. F F T F F

Read 1a and complete the table below clothes functions(功能) examples The first types of clothes Modern clothes tell about our jobs / Japanese tell about our hobbies protect … from … uniform/ guess…from tell about our culture Kimono sportswear/ active… tell about our moods yellow, pink dress/ lively, easy-going

use sth to do sth Protect …from … Protect sth/sb. Protect…from doing sth guess sth from sth The first types of clothes were made of animal skins. People started to wear clothes so that they could protect themselves from the sun, wind, rain and cold. Today, we use different materials to make different kinds of clothes. But in modern society clothes do more than just keep us warm. They can also tell about our jobs, our culture, our hobbies and even our moods. For example, when we see a man in a uniform, we can guess his job from the uniform. When we see a woman in a kimono, we may think that she is Japanese. If a man always wears sportswear, we may think he is active and likes doing exercise. If a person always wears yellow or pink clothes, maybe he or she is lively and easy-going. As the saying goes, “You are what you wear”. Exercise: 活动、锻炼、运动（不可数）。 Swimming is good exercise. Exercises：一套动作；习题，练习（可数）。 do morning exercises/ do eye exercises

Look and say were made of/ wear clothes so that/ protect…from When/ see/ in a uniform/ guess…from…

think/active/ like doing exercise When/ see/ in a kimono/ think that/ Japanese If / wear sportswear/ think/active/ like doing exercise

If / wear yellow or pink / Maybe /lively/ easy-going

What do you think of this sentence “you are what you wear.”?

Exercises in class 综合短文填空。 Different people have different clothes. In modern _______（社会），clothes do _________keep us warm. In many countries, a lot of people wear special clothes on special days. For example, at Christmas, some people wear Santa Claus ____（帽子）.In winter, Canadian people usually wear coats, ______ （手套），boots and so on. _________ （澳大利亚人）like natural materials. But in the informal days, what people wear __________ （取决于）on their likes and dislikes. society more than hats gloves Australians depends on

Exercises in class 情景交际。 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子， 使对话的意义连贯、完整。 A: Excuse me, may I have a look at that sweater? B: This one? A: Yes, _______________ B: It’s made of cotton. A: _______________ B: Yes, of course. You may have a try. ______________________ A: Size M. B: What about this one? A: This one fits me quite well. And I want a scarf, too. B: What kind of scarf do you want? A: I’d like one a little light in color. B: This one is made of silk.___________________ A: It looks very nice. I’ll take it. B: ______________________ A: That’s all. Thank you. B: My pleasure. Please pay for them over there. what’s it made of? May I have a try? What size would you like? What do you think of it? Do you want anything else?

The end. Thank you!

1.People started to wear clothes so that they could protect themselves from the sun, wind, rain and cold. 人们开始穿衣是为了免受日晒、风吹、雨淋和寒冷的侵袭。 （1）protect 意为“保护，防护”，其后可直接跟名词或代 词。如： 我们应该学会保护自己。 we should learn to protect ourselves. （2）protect ... from ... 保护······不受······的危害 如： 我会保护你不受那个坏人的伤害。 I will protect you from that bad man. 我们应该保护我们的祖国不受外国的侵犯。 we should protect our country from other countries. （3）protect ... from doing sth保护······不受······的危害 我会保护你不受伤害。 I will protect you from getting hurt. 我妈妈保护我不受爸爸的打。 my mother protects me from beating by my father.

more than 不仅仅，多于. 这本书对我来说不仅仅是一本书。 This book means more than a book to me. 这支笔比仅仅值五美元。 This pen is more than five dollars.