Reading 2: A trip to the zoo主要内容及教案内容

7B Unit 4

Finding your way 重要知识点

1. Are you sure, Hobo?

be sure of sth. 对……确信（有把握）

be sure to do sth. 一定要去做某事

be sure +that从句

I am sure of my answers. 我对我的答案有把握。

They are sure to win the game. 他们一定会赢得比赛。

I am sure that they will win the game. 2．I think we have to go up again．

have(had/has) to意为“不；得不"，强调客观，愿意也要做，不愿意也要做

（否定式

don’t have to）;must强调主观，自己认为必须要去做, 但mustn’t 意为“禁止，不准”,语气强烈。

Dad, must I finish my homework before going shopping？

爸爸，我必须要在购物之前完成作业吗？

肯定回答：Yes, you must./ I’m afraid you have to. 否定回答：No, you don’t have to./ No, you needn’t.

My bike is broken，so I

walk to school．

3．Sunshine Zoo is north of Sunshine Middle School．

表示“A在B的东/南/西/北面”用句型:”A is east/south/west/north of B”其同义句是：

A is to/on the east/south/west/north of B eg. Nanjing is west of Shanghai=Nanjing is to the west of Shanghai. 表示方位的介词in, on与to 的区别

(1)in表示

A在B的范围之内,

Taiwan is

the south of China. (2) to表示两者不接壤，不从属

Hangzhou is

the south of Taizhou. (3)on表示两地接壤

China is on the south of Russia. 4. Remember that they are dangerous. Never go near them.记住他们很危险，不要靠近他们

remember sth. 记得/记住某物

Can you remember your ID card numbers?

remember to do sth. 记得去做某事（未做）

Please remember to turn off the lights when you leave.

remember doing sth. 记得做过某事（已经做了）

I remember turning off the lights, but it’s on now.

remember +that从句

反义词：forget（过去式forgot）用法相同

eg. Please remember

(turn) off the light when you leave the classroom.

I remember

(meet) the man somewhere. 5．Go straight on，and you’ll find the Panda House.

“祈使句+and／or +一般将来时"表示在假设的某种条件下将会产生的结果，and通常后接好的结果，or意为“否则”，通常后接不好的结果。如：

Hurry up, and we’ll catch the early bus．

Hurry up，or we’ll miss the early bus．

Work hard,

you’ll pass the exam.(and/or)

6. Take the second turning/crossing on the right.在第二个拐弯处向右拐。

= Turn right at the second turning/crossing.Turn right into People’s Road. 向右拐入人民路。

7．The treasure is under the ground in front of the third tree on the left．

in front of意为“在某物外部的前面”，in the front of指“在某物内部的前面”。

The teacher is having the lesson in the front of the classroom．There is a bus in front of the classroom．

Lily is sitting

of Daniel. 8．How do I get there?

去那儿的路怎么走呢? 这是问路的一种表达。还有如下同义表达：

(1)Which is the way to．．．?

(2)Where is the．．．? (3)Is there a．．．near here?

(4)Could you tell me the way to…．? (5)Could you tell me how to get to/how I can get to．．．? 9.⑴sound n.声音在一般情况下，泛指各种声音。如：

. sound vi.听起来（系动词）

Your idea

great./那听起来是个好主意。

⑵与noise, voice 的用法区别

noise 主要指大声的、令人不愉快的声音，尤指噪音(可用作可数或不可数名词)。如：

voice 主要指人讲话或唱歌的声音(是可数名词)。如He speaks in a low voice..

10. prepare …… for……为……准备……

语法聚焦

1．冠词

1.

不定冠词的用法：

不定冠词包括a/an，意思相当于one, 很多情况下可以译成“一”、“每”。

a用于以辅音音素开头的单词前，an用于以元音音素开头的单词前。

如：We saw a good film last night.

昨晚我们看了一部好电影。

Please give me an apple.

请给我一个苹果。

1）表示一类人或者一类事物中的一个。

He’s an English teacher.

他是个英语老师。

2）泛指某人或某物，但不具体说明是何人或何物。

A girl is waiting for you at the school gate.

一个女孩在校门口等你。

3) 用在事物的单位，如：时间、速度、价格等前，表示“每一”。

－How much are the oranges? 桔子多少钱？

－Two yuan a kilo.

每公斤两元。

4) 用在某一些固定搭配的短语中。

如：a lot of

许多

a little/ a few 一点

after a while 一会儿

in a hurry 匆忙地

have a look 看一看

have a good time 玩得高兴

have a cold 感冒

2. 定冠词的用法：

定冠词the主要对后面的名词起限定作用，“特指”是它的主要功能。

1) 特指某（些）人或某（些）事物。

The apple on the plate is for you. 盘子里的苹果是你的。

2) 说话双方都知道的人或者事物。

Please go and close the door.

请过去把门关上。

3) 指上文刚提到的人或物。

I found a picture in the box. The picture was very beautiful.

我在箱子里发现了一幅画。那幅画非常美丽。

4) 用在世界上独一无二的事物前面。

The sun is bigger than the moon.

太阳比月亮大。

5) 用在序数词和形容词的最高级前面。

You are the best student in our school.

你是我们学校最好的。

Don’t put off what you should do to the last second.不要把该做的事拖到最后时刻。

6) 与单数名词连用，表示某类人或事物。

The tiger is a fierce animal.

老虎是一种凶猛的动物。

7) 用在演奏的乐器名称和文艺活动场所前。

The little girl likes playing the violin.那个小女孩喜欢拉小提琴。

8) 用在某一些固定搭配的习惯用语中。

in the morning

在上午

by the way 顺便说一下

at the same time 同时

in the middle of 在……中间

make the bed 铺床

all the time

一直

3. 不用冠词（零冠词）的情况：

1）

物质名词表示泛指时不用冠词。

Wood can be used to make paper. 木材可以用来造纸。

2）抽象名词表示一种概念时不用冠词。

Music is a language which can bring people pleasure.

音乐是一种能给人们带来快乐的语言。

3）表示国名、地名、人名、城市、街道和字首为Mount的山及大多数湖泊的专有名词前不用冠词。如：China，Mary，Mount Tai。

4）四季、月份、节假日、日期和星期等名词前不用冠词。

They will have a football match on Friday.星期五他们将有一场足球赛。

注意：当谈论具体的季节、日期和中国传统节日时常用定冠词。

I don’t like the spring of Beijing. It’s too sandy.我不喜欢北京的春天，沙尘太多了。

5) 一日三餐、球类运动前不用冠词。

My brother is playing basketball with his friends now.我弟弟正在和朋友们打篮球。

6）表示学科、语言的名词前不用冠词。

Physics is more popular than any other subject in our school.我们学校物理比其他学科更受欢迎。

7）名词复数表示一类人或事物不用冠词。

Pandas are very lovely animals.

熊猫是很可爱的动物。

8) 某些习惯用语中不用冠词。

如：at school

在校学习

in hospital

住院

go to bed

上床睡觉

face to face

面对面

on foot

步行

by bus

乘公共汽车

2.方位介词用法讲解

1. on 介词on表示“

”的意思，它通常表示一个物体在另一个物体之表面上面。两者之间有接触。

拓展：above 和

over的区别

on指的有接触面的上面，但是over和above都是没有接触面的上面。

over“在……正上方”，与

相对。

above只表示“在……上方或位置高出……”，不一定是正上方，与

相对。

2. in 介词in表示“

”，它通常表示一个物体在另外一个物体的内部、中间或者在某个范围之内。

3. under 介词under表示“在某物的下面”，它通常表示一个物体在另外一个物体的垂直正下面，

两者之间没有接触。

拓展：under和below 的区别

under表示“

”，通常表示位置处于正下方，与介词over“

”相对应。

below表示“

”，“

”，与介词

相对应，常指在某物体之下，但不一定在该物的正下方。

4. behind 介词behind表示“

”，它通常表示一个物体在另外一个物体的后面。

5. next to next to是由形容词next和介词to构成的介词短语表示“

”的意思。

6. between 介词between表示某个物体、某人位于

之间，通常表示一个人、物处于另外两个人、物之间。

拓展：between和among的区别

between指

之间, among指

的人或物之间。

7. outside

outside指“

”

8．near

near指“

”，与

相对

9．in front of, in the front of

in front of表示“

” , in the front of表示“

”，指里面。

10. around

around表示“

”。

11. at

“at”意为“

”，可以用在地点前也可以用在时间前。

巩固知识导学语言点，完成小题。

I.单项选择-冠词

1. I found ____ dead dog in the river yesterday. But at first I thought it was my pet.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. one 2. If you work hard, you’ll get ______“A” in the exam.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. / 3. They often take______ walk after dinner.

A. a

B. ∕

C. the

D. an 4. Lily’s mother is ______ teacher in a school.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. / 5. _______Browns were having dinner when the telephone rang.

A. A

B. An

C. The

D./ 6. Jenny goes to school on foot. It takes her about half ______ hour to get there.

A. an

B. a

C. the

D. / 7. My best friend Neil is ______ honest boy. You can believe him.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D./ 8.－What are you going to do tomorrow?－I will play _____ football with my friends.

A. a

B. the

C. an

D. / 9. Could you please help me to play ______ guitar？

A. a

B. the

C. an

D. / 10. My little brother likes to eat ______ red apples. Please give him ______ apple.

A. a; a

B. a; an

C. an; /

D. /；an 11. We should plant more trees in ___spring and we often plant trees on __ Sundays.

A. a; /

B. /; the

C. /; /

D. the; a 12. As ______ honest boy, you should tell ______ truth to your father.

A. an; the

B. an; a

C. an; /

D. a; the 13. Peer is _______ honest boy and _______ good friend of mine.

A. a; the.

B. the; an

C. a; an

D. an; a 14．________old man in ________ brown coat over there is Mr. Jackson

A．An, a

B．An，the

C．The，a

D．The，the 15. Look at ______ eraser on the floor. Whose is it?

A. a

B. an

C. the

D./ 16. —Maria, here is my new house.—Wow, you have

beautiful house!

A. a

B. the

C. / D.an 17. —What

cold weather

—Yes. But it’s

unusual experience for us, we normally live in a hot place.

A. /; a

B. a; an

C. / ; an

D. a; the 18. —What are you going to be in the future?—I want to be _______ actor.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. / 19. This is ______ interesting movie and it’s also______ most interesting one I’ve ever seen.

A. an; a

B. an; the

C. a; the D.a; an 20. Hurry up! If we miss ________ last bus, we’ll have to get home by ________taxi.

A. a; ／

B. the; a

C. the; / D. a; a II.单项选择-介词

1. —What time do you usually go to bed?—I usually go to bed _______ 11:00.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. for 2. The weather is hot _______ summer in Beijing.

A. of

B. in

C. at

D. on 3. Li Ping was late _______ school yesterday.

A. for

B. to

C. with

D. of 4. Liu Ying runs fastest in our school. We are proud _______ her.

A. at

B. for

C. of

D. to 5. Which sport do you like better, football _______ basketball?

A. and

B. nor

C. or

D. but 6. We also have lessons ______ Saturday morning.

A. in

B. at

C. during

D. on 7. All the students have finished the homework ______ Zhang Hua, so he’s doing it now.

A. and

B. besides

C. or

D. except 8. Grandpa Li can talk with people _______ different languages.

A. by

B. from

C. in

D. with 9. They will have the final exam _______ three months.

A. after

B. in

C. for

D. at 10. I was born _______ a cool autumn morning.

A. in

B. at

C. to

D. on 11. While I was standing _____ the window, I saw several boys running ___ the street.

A. at, along

B. on, at

C. in, on

D. to,

in 12. Qian Xuesen is known as China’s “father of space technology” and “king of rockets”.He died ______ October 31 at the age of 98.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. of 13. The famous actor often plays _____ his dog in the park.

A. about

B. in

C. at

D. with 14. — How can I go to the supermarket, Paul?—______ bike. It’s not far from here.

A. On

B. By

C. In

D. With 15. We couldn’t finish our work so early _________ your help.

A. without

B. with

C. for

D. by 16. Sun is very happy. There is a big smile _______ his face.

A. to

B. in

C. at

D. on 17. The exhibition shows ______ 200 paintings of young, exciting artists from France.

A. at

B. with

C. about

D. in 18. —Would you like a cup of tea? —Yes, please. I prefer tea _________ nothing in it.

A. to

B. for

C. of

D. With

家长签字:____________ 完成情况：认真（

）

一般（

）

不认真（7B Unit 4基础检测

一、根据句意及所给首字母或汉语提示，完成下列句子

1．When the waitresses are on duty，they should wear u

．

2．There is a stone b

over the small river．

3．We can get out of the underground at E

Six 4．Bring me sortie grapes when you walk p

the fruit shop．

5．The park is in the_________(西北)of Sunshine Town．

6．This Sunday we are going to have a_________(野餐)in the park．

7．I have little money in my wallet．I want to get some from the________(银行)．

8．Don’t move_________(向前)．Just stand there．

9．Three robbers are walking_________(向)the twin brothers．

10．Would you like to live in a_________(旅馆)tonight? 二、用所给单词的适当形式填空

1．They jumped out of the van and ran away________(quick)．

2．I was very__________(surprise)to see Mr Green in Paris last Monday．

3．It was dark in the sky．_________(sudden)，it slated to rain heavily．

4．Walk________(cross)the bridge，then turn left，and you will see my house．

5．Look! Some__________(rob)are coming out of the bank．Let’s call 110 at once．

6．What’s the__________(mean)of his words?

7．—__________we__________(go)there by bus? —No．Let’s go there on foot．

8．They are_________ (have)a farewell party for me next Friday．

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9．We would like you__________(bring)your own food here．

10．It’easy_________(walk)from my home to my school．

三、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空

happy

cross

sudden

quick

surprise

1．I’m_________ to see that there is a snake in the bushes．

2．Some boys are playing_________ in the park now．

3．Run to your classroom__________，or you’ll be late．

4．You can’t swim__________ the river．It’s dangerous．

5．_________，he heard someone calling‘Help! Help!’

四、选择填空

(

)1．_________TV．It’s time for supper．

A．Stop to watch

B．Stop watch

C．Stop watching

D．To stop watch (

)2．We are really tired．Let’s________ a rest．

A．stop to have

B．stop have

C．stop having

D．to stop have (

)3．—What________ you________ do tomorrow? —I’m not sure．

A．are；go to

B．are；going to

C．will；go to

D．will；going to (

)4．—I don’t know the way to the hospital. —__________me．I will show you the way．

A．Follow

B．Follow with

C．Follow after

D．Follow behind (

)5．The park is not far．We_________ go there by underground．

A．not have to

B．not has to

C．don’t have to

D．don’t has to

(

)6．I have two pens．One is red，_________is black．

A．other

B．the other

C．another

D．others (

)7．—Excuse me，can you tell me________ to the zoo?

—Of course．

A．how get

B．how to get

C．how getting

D．how I getting (

)8．Look! A train is going__________ a tunnel．

A．across

B．cross

C．through

D．over (

)9．—Can you jump________ that hike? —No，I can’t．It’s too high．

A．on

B．in

C．tinder

D．over (

)10．—I don’t know________ the park．Can you help me?—I’m afraid I can’t．I’m new here．

A．the way of

B．the way to

C．the way at

D．the way on

五、根据所给提示完成下列句子

1．看!孩子们正穿过森林．

Look!____________________________________ the forest．

2．你能告诉我去阳光中学的路吗?

________________________to Sunshine Secondary School?

3．过了这座桥，然后向右拐．

_____________________，then__________________．

4．我们明天什么时间见面?

____________________________________tomorrow? 5．我们想要每个人带上自己的食物和饮料．

We would like__________________________________________．

（7）

Chinatown in Toronto is the third biggest in the world. The two

1

ones are in San Francisco and New York. If you visit the Chinatown in Toronto, you can believe that you will easily spend a whole afternoon just walking around the Chinatown and tasting the atmosphere(氛围).

What I find the most appealing(吸引人的) are all the different kinds of

2

. You can't see so many beautiful lights in other places. I also love the food that is on display

3

. Any shop will offer you a million things that you probably have never

4

before. There is a large number of

5

looking (and smelling) food. How can you refuse the duck or chicken hanging at the restaurant

6

? It is fun for English speakers to get around. The clerks at many shops cannot speak English and even the police station has

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writings on the windows.

You can find all types of

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at Chinatown and there are many shops and restaurants along the roads. Chinatown is always

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and noisy during the weekends. You'll see

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with their products displayed on the sidewalk. There are many restaurants in the neighbourhood as well. Most are Cantonese, serving a lot of food such as pork, seafood, noodles and rice. There are also hot pot restaurants. (

)1. A. bigger

B. smaller

C. longer

D. shorter (

)2. A. people

B. lights

C. clothes

D. buildings (

)3. A. everywhere B. somewhere

C. nowhere

D. anywhere (

)4. A. seen

B. touched

C. looked

D. bought (

)5. A. tiring

B. funny

C. scary

D. boring (

)6. A. door

B. table

C. kitchen

D. windows (

)7. A. English

B. Chinese

C. French

D. Japanese (

)8. A. things

B. food

C. clothes

D. shoes (

)9. A. crowded

B. quiet

C. long

D. peaceful (

)10. A. buses

B. bikes

C. strangers

D. cars

（七）

When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The

following steps can guide you during the research.

Step l

Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:

Discover more about robots.

Step 2

Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below: 1. The first robot appeared in the USA.

2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.

3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.

Step 3

How can you deal with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper.

1. What might robots be like in the future?

2. What other things can robots do for people?

3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?

Step 4

Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you will probably discover some new questions.

For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.

Next time when you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions. (

)1. What does the writer advise us to do when we're curious about something?

A. To read more books about it.

B. To look it up in the dictionary.

C. To turn to the teacher for help.

D. To raise questions and find the answers. (

)2. The underlined part "Armed with your list of questions" means "_______".

A. write down your list of questions

B. discuss your questions with others

C. take your list of questions with you

D. put your list of questions under your arm

(

)3. What might be the correct order of the steps when you do research?

①

List what you want to learn.

②

Find new problems.

③

List what you've already known.

④

Choose a research subject.

A.④③①②

B.④①③②

C.②③④①

D.③②①④

(

)4. The passage is mainly about_______.

A. how to do research on robots

B. the steps of how to do some research

C. having interesting answers on robots D. finding subjects before doing research