Unit 1 People around us Listening

How to describe a person? (What aspects should be considered?) Review How to describe a person? (What aspects should be considered?) My sister has long black hair. My father is tall and strong. It's about build. It's about hair.

How to describe Fan Bingbing? clothes and accessories Fan Bingbing is a ____________________ woman. She has _________________________. Although she looks very _______, she is already a successful actress in the world. Because she is an actress, she has to stay _______. From the picture, Fan Bingbing wears _________ and is in ____________. She looks gentle and calm. beautiful and attractive general description big eyes and long black hair eyes and hair young age slim build a hat clothes and accessories a grey coat

general is handsome/ beautiful/attractive / good-looking/ ugly build is tall/ short/ fat/ thin/ strong/ weak/ heavy is of medium height/is (about) … meters age is young/ old/ middle-aged is in one’s twenties/ thirties/ forties is (about) … (years old) hair has long/ short hair has straight/ curly/ wavy hair has black/ brown/ blond(e)/ grey/ white hair is bald/ has a beard others wears glasses/a hat/ a hat... is in blue/ black/ white... (clothes and accessories) It's impolite to describe people as “ugly” or “fat”, use “plain” or “heavy” instead.

Pre-Listening

Look at the picture on P6. Try to describe every person in the photo. ② ⑧ ③ ① ⑤ ⑦ ④ ⑥

While-Listening

short but (1)_______ short, (2) _______ hair strong First listening Sara’s relatives A. Sara is phoning her grandma to ask about their relatives in Australia. Listen to their conversation and take notes. Write one word or figure in each blank. Sara’s uncle short but (1)_______ short, (2) _______ hair wearing (3) _______ (4) _________ years old strong grey glasses 51

Sara's relatives Sara's aunt short, about (5)_____ metres (6)_______ short, straight, (7)_____ hair about (8)_______ years old 1.55 thin black 45

Sara's relatives B. Can you help Sara find her uncle and aunt in the photo below? Draw arrows and label each of them. Sara’s uncle Sara’s aunt

Tape script Sara: Grandma, Dad showed me a photo of some of our relatives in Australia, but I don’t know much about the people in it. Could you tell me about them, please? Grandma: Sure. Who do you want to know about? Sara: Who’s the short but strong man? He's about 50 years old. He has short, grey hair. He's wearing glasses.

Grandma: Oh, he's your Uncle Danny. He's 51 years old Grandma: Oh, he's your Uncle Danny. He's 51 years old. Sara: What about Uncle Danny's wife, Aunt Mary? What does she look like? Grandma: Well, Aunt Mary is short. about 1.55 metres. She's also thin. She has short, straight, black hair. She’s about 45 years old.

Post-Listening

那个男孩的包： 男厕所： 老师们的办公室： 约翰和玛丽的房间： 约翰的房间和玛丽的房间： 别人的包： 许多过路人的帮助： 这首歌的名字： 名词情况和构成方法 例子 单数名词词尾和复数名词不以-s结尾，加's。 复数名词以-s结尾，只加'。 表示几个人共同拥有的名词，只在最后一个名词后加's。 表示每个人各自拥有的名词，在每个名词后加's。 不定代词和else连用时，在 else后加's。 复合名词的所有格在最后一个词的词尾加's。 表示无生命的东西的所有格时，用“名词+of+名词”结构。 那个男孩的包： 男厕所： 老师们的办公室： 约翰和玛丽的房间： 约翰的房间和玛丽的房间： 别人的包： 许多过路人的帮助： 这首歌的名字：

Exercises

I. 根据首字母写出所缺单词，注意其形式。 1. Daisy can not see the blackboard clearly, so she has to wear g_______. 2. I m_______ many new friends after I moved to Guangzhou. 3. The old woman with g_______ hair is my grandma. 4. He is a tall, t_______ man with black hair. 5. I need some s_______ men to move the piano. lasses ade rey hin trong

1. 这些小狗精力充沛，它们整天围绕着母亲玩耍。 The little dogs ____ ____ ____ energy (精力) 1. 这些小狗精力充沛，它们整天围绕着母亲玩耍。 The little dogs ____ ____ ____ energy (精力). They played around the mother dog all day. 2. 垃圾的气味闻起来很恶心。 The _____ from the rubbish _____ terrible. 3. 姚明身高约为2.26米。 Yao Ming is about _____ _____ _____. 4. 我们必须尽力使他改变主意。 We must try our best to _____ _____ _____ his mind. are full of smell smells 2.26 metres tall make him change

general is handsome/ beautiful/attractive / good-looking/ ugly build is tall/ short/ fat/ thin/ strong/ weak/ heavy is of medium height/is (about) … meters age is young/ old/ middle-aged is in one’s twenties/ thirties/ forties is (about) … (years old) hair has long/ short hair has straight/ curly/ wavy hair has black/ brown/ blond(e)/ grey/ white hair is bald/ has a beard others wears glasses/a hat/ a hat... is in blue/ black/ white... (clothes and accessories) It's impolite to describe people as “ugly” or “fat”, use “plain” or “heavy” instead.

Homework