Lesson 39

Memories of Canada

1. Where do Danny and Brian meet?2. Do Danny and Brian stop fight in this lesson?

1. Danny and Brian both think Jenny’s cookies are good.2. Brain didn’t think the money that Danny’s picked up was his.3. Danny can’t agree with Brian’s opinion.

Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:

1. Thirty percent of all the students in our school ____(be) from the village.

2. Half of the apple _________(go) bad.

3. There are 54 students in our class. 25 are girls, the rest ________(be) boys.

4. To send more students to a good school is our ________(centre) task.

5. Canada welcomes _________(culture) differences in the people who live there.

are

are

goes

central

cultural

同义句转换，每空一词：1. The others are young boys. ______ _______ are young boys.2. I can do the work. It is certain. _____ _____ ________ that I can do the work.3. I believe that she is clever. I believe ________ ________.4. That’s a little hard to describe. That’s _____ _______ hard to describe.5. There is a little water in the glass. There is _____ _____ _______ water in the glass.6. There are over seven hundred students in our school. There are ______ _______ seven hundred students in our school.7. “Fast” is another way to say “quick”. “Fast” is another way ______ _________ “quick”.

The rest It is certain

her clever

a bit

a bit of

more than

of saying

句型转换，每空一词：1. Both of the two books aren’t interesting. ( 同义句 )

______ _______ book is interesting.

_______ ______ the books is interesting.

2. She doesn’t need both a size and a feeling. ( 同义句 )

She needs ________ a size _________ a feeling.

3. Neither Jim nor Jack is good at Chinese. ( 肯定句 )

_______ Jim _______ Jack _______ good at Chinese.

4. Both of them are teachers. ( 否定句 )

_______ of them _______ ______ ___________.

5. I don’t believe he can come to school on time.

I don’t believe he can come to school on time, ___ ____?

( 完成反意疑问句 )

Both and

Only one

are

Neither is

either or

a teacher

Either of

can he

汉译英 , 每空一词：1. 我们用中国人的方式了解世界。 We ___________ the world ______ a Chinese _______.

2. 北京是许多文化之乡。 Beijing is _______ ________ many cultures.

3. 在我们的班集体里，我们必须互相尊重，互相宽容，　互相帮助。 We must _______ each other and ________ each other a

nd help each other in our class.

4. 加拿大人欢迎住在那里的人们的文化差异。 Canada welcomes ________ __________ in the people w

ho live there.

5. 你知道这篇文章的中心思想吗？ Do you know the _______ idea of the article?.

understand

home to

respect

in way

tolerate

cultural differences

central

A task:

Do you have friends from different ethnic groups? Have you seen some on TV?What different customs do they have?

Write down your answers to these questions and read them to your group or the rest of the class.

Read carefully and answer the following questions:

1. Who is the e-mail from? Who is it to?

2. What is the subject?

3. What does Li Ming tell Jenny in his e-mail?

Memories of Canada.

Language notes:

2. I was very interested to read your e-mail about Little North America.

be interested to do sth. be interested in sth./doing sth. 我对英语很感兴趣。

我们对打篮球感兴趣。 I am very interested in English.

We are interested to play/in playing basketball.3. It made me remember my own visit to Canada. let 表示“允许 , 让”不含 “迫使”的含义 let sb. do sth. make 有 “迫使”的意义 make sb. do sth. have 表示“要求 , 叫” have sb. do sth.

1. Memories of Canada memory n. “ 回忆往事；记忆力” have a good/bad memory have a memory like an elephant 记忆力特别好

Language notes:

　他迫使我做那件事。　他让我做那件事。　我叫约翰为我找一所房子。

He made me do it.

He let me do it.

I had John find me a house.比较 : let/have/make sb. do sth. ask/tell/wish/want/teach…sb. to do sth. keep …sb. doing sth. see/hear/watch…sb. do/doing sth. help sb. (to) do sth.

4. You welcomed me into your home, and you were wonderful hosts.

welcome n. “ 欢迎” give sb. a warm welcome

welcome adj. “ 受欢迎的” a welcome friend You are welcome.

Language notes:

welcome v. “ 欢迎” welcomed welcomed welcome sb. to some place welcome sb. to do sth. Welcome you back! Welcome you to China! We welcomed him to visit our school.

welcome int. “ 欢迎” Welcome, friends! Welcome home! Welcome to our school! Welcome to Beijing!

host n. “ 主人；节目主持人” China will be the host country of 2008 Olympic Games.

Li Yong is one of the most popular TV hosts in China.

Language notes:5. It was very strange, though, being a guest in a different

country and a different cultures.

= It was very strange being a guest in a different country and a different cultures, though.

6. I ate so many things that I had never eaten before. But the food wasn’t the only thing that was strange.

因为先行词 thing 前有 only 修饰，关系代词只能用 that

He is the only student that was late for class. It’s not the only thing that he lost.

Language notes:

如此好的一个主意 如此有趣的一本书这些如此美丽的房子这么糟糕的 天气

such a good idea

such adj. “ 这么的，如此的” 作定语 后接名词 such + a(an) + adj. + 可数名词单数形式 such + adj. + 可数名词复数形式 such + adj. + 不可数名词

such an interesting book

such beautiful houses such bad weather

so adv. “ 这么地，如此地” 后接形容词或副词

如此小 这么认真

so + adj.(adv.)

so small

so careful so carefully

Language notes:

名词词前有“ many, much, little, few” 修饰时，用 so 而不能用 such 。其中 little 为 “小的”时 , 用 such; 为“少的”时，用 so

关于 such 和 so 需要注意的三个问题：

so many children so much work so little water so few friends such little girls 如此小的女孩

such a nice girlsuch a big orangesuch an exciting story

such + a(an) + adj. + 单数名词 = so + adj. + a(an) + 单数名词

= so nice a girl= so big an orange

= so exciting a story

so/such … that … 如此……以致于……He is so young that he can’t go to school.She is such a good girl that everyone loves her.

Language notes:7. Compared to China, Canada doesn’t have many people. compare v. “ 比较” compared to/with … “ 和……比起来” 过去分词短语作状语 和许多人比起来她很幸运。

与巴黎相比，伦敦较大。 Compared to/with many people, she was very lucky.

London is larger, compared to/with Paris.

8. Even in the city, it felt like there was so much space.

feel like doing sth. “ 感觉 ( 想做 )……”

feel like that 从句 “感觉……” I feel sick and don’t feel like eating anything. She feels like there is something wrong with her.

Language notes:

seem + (to be) + 名词 / 形容词 / 介词短语 seem to do sth. It seems + adj. + (not) to do sth. It seems (to sb.) that 从句

9. It also seemed strange not to hear my own language.

They seemed (to be) soldiers. He seems (to be) quite happy. I seemed to hear a voice in the distance. My mother seems to be sleeping. It seems that Mr Green is happy. It seems to me that it will snow.

10.Sometimes it made my head hurt to speak English all day.

11. And do you remember the man who served us lunch at the restaurant that day?

Language notes:12. It’s good that Canadians accept other people. I will never forget the welcome I received in Canada. take 所表示的接受包含着有人赠给的意思 receive 客观上收到 accept 主观上接受 Did you take his advice?

He often receives e-mails from his e-pals.

He accepted my birthday invitation.

她受到了他的礼物，但她是不会接受的。 She has received his present, but she will not accept it.

Fill in the blanks with such or so:

1. _______ good 2. _________ carefully

3. _______ slowly 4. ________ tall

5. ________ bad weather 6. ________ little milk

7. ________ a beautiful girl 8. ________ many students

9. ______ an interesting book 10. _____ few trees

11. ________ good ideas 12. ______ much water

13. _______ a mistake 14. _________ games

15. _________ exciting a film = ________ an exciting film

16. _________ little boys

so

so so

such

such so

such so

so

so

such so

such such

so such

such

Fill in the blanks with such or so:

1. It is _________ an interesting film that we can’t miss it.

2. The song is ________ beautiful that we all like it.

3. It was ________ fine weather that we all wanted to go out for a picnic.

4. They have _________ few good books to read.

5. I have never seen ________ nice flowers as these.

6. He walked ________ slowly that he couldn’t catch up with us.

7. _______ little water is not enough for _______ many people.

8. They are ________ little children.

such

so

such

such

so

so

So so

such

Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:

1. Children remember things better than adults. They have better __________(memory).

2. ___________(compare) to you, she is tall.

3. Lily invited Tom to her Christmas party and he ____________(accept).

4. __________(Canada) believe that people must tolerate each other and help each other.

5. This story made me ___________(remember) my childhood.

6. Kate is good at dancing, she is a good _________(dance).

7. Lily felt like _________(read) that book.

8. He _________(welcome) us into his home yesterday.

9. They seemed _________(hear) the knock.

memories

Compared

Canadians

accepted

remember

dancer

reading

welcomed

to hear

句型转换，每空一词：1.We had such an interesting day at school today! ( 同义

句） We had ______ interesting _______ day at school today.2. It made me remember my old teachers. ( 变为被动语态 ) I _____ _______ ______ ____________ my old teachers.3. The Great Wall is very famous and the Chinese are very proud. ( 同义句） The Chinese people _____ ______ _____ the Great Wall.4. English is very interesting. I like it very much. ( 合并句

子 )

I ______ _________ ________ English.5. The woman seems to be a teacher. ( 同义句） ______ ________ ________ the woman is a teacher.6. The box is so heavy that I can’t carry it. ( 同义句） The box isn’t _______ ________ for me to carry.

so a

was made to remember

are proud of

am interested in

It seems that

light enough

A task:

Write in your diary about a trip you took to a place with a different culture. Talk about why you went there and what made the trip unforgettable or special. You can also talk about an imaginary trip.