Module 7 Time off

Unit 1 She asked if I was

practising too much.

Tian’anmen Square

The Great Wall

Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area

Discuss where you like to go when you have time off.

Beihai Park

The Forbidden City

Beihai Park

Have you ever been to Beihai Park? When did you go there?

We can

We can see

go boating climb the Baita go for a walk go sightseeing

beautiful flowers

ferry

clear water

different kinds of boats

1. It’s a …park.

2. The air is very… today.

3. You can … to Baita.

4. The view should be …

today.

(lovely)

(clear)

(climb up)

(great)

Look at the photo and listen. What does the conversation say about the photo?

Listen again and check the true sentences.

It’s very windy in Beihai Park.( )

It’s a clean park.( )

You can climb up to Baita. ( )

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Answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.

1. Is Sally speaking to Mrs. Styles?

2. What does the other person suggest doing in Beihai Park?

Yes, she is.

Climbing up to Baita.

air arm clear climb hand hardly help hurt

3. Why is Sally calling?

4. What does the other person ask Sally and tell her to do?

Because she wants to tell Mrs. Styles that her hand and arm hurt, and can’t play in the final practice.

She asks if she’s practising too much, and tells her to get some rest.

Listen and check your answers.

A: Hello? B: Is that Mrs. Styles? This is Sally Maxwell speaking. A: Hello, Sally. Are you having a good day? B: Yes, we’re ______ ____ ___ ______ in Beihai Park later. A: That’s a _______ park. And the air is very ________ today. Make sure you ________ ______ to Baita.

Read the conversation and fill in the blanks.

going for a walk

lovely clear climb

up

Sometimes you can ________ see more than a few hundred metres. But today you should have a great _________. How can I help you? B: My hand and arm ________, and I don’t want to play in the ________ practice. I only want to play at the Starsearch concert with the _______ of the orchestra. A: Oh, I’m sorry! Are you practising too much?

hardly

view hurt

final

rest

B: No, I’m not.

A: Can I help you, Sally?

B: No, please don’t ________.

A: Well, look ________ yourself. Get some rest and get _______ soon.

A: Ok, thanks. Bye!

B: Bye!

worry

after

better

Look, listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

1. What does our government want to do ?

2. Who is visiting Beihai Park with Sally?

Lingling.

Our government wants to protect the environment of parks all over China.

Look, listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

Choose the best answer.

1. Lingling and Sally are in Beihai Park to __.a) relax b) protect the environmentc) listen to the birds2. When Sally spoke to the teacher, she____.a) told her what the matter wasb) told her the truth about her hand and armc) was not being honest about her hand and

arm

a

c

3. Sally’s teacher told Sally ____.

a) to relax

b) not to worry

c) to do some more practice

4. For May Day, Lingling and Sally ____to Wulingyuan.

a) have already been

b) are making plans to go

c) won’t go

Now listen again and check.

a

b

Read again and answer the questions.1.Where are Lingling and Betty? What is Lingling

doing?

2.How does Sally feel about the park?

3.Who wants to protect the environment of parks all over China?

They’re in Beihai Park. Lingling is taking Sally around the park.

It’s so quiet. She can hardly hear the traffic in the street and no one is shouting. She can even hear the birds singing.

The government does.

4. Did Sally want to play in the final practice? What did she say to her teacher?

5. What will Kylie play?

6. What did Sally’s teacher say?

No, she didn’t. She said her hand and arm hurt.

She will play the solo.

She said she was sorry. She asked Sally what the matter was.

1. time off

time off 意思是“（ 正式规定的）休假或放假”。如： If you are feeling tired, you should take

some time off.

How much of his time off does he spend

with his girlfriend?

welcome (sb.) to ... 欢迎某人进入… ... 。如：

Welcome to our school.

Welcome home.

welcome 也可以作名词 , 欢迎。 如： give visitors a warm welcome

receive a cold welcome

别人说 thank you 或 thanks 时，可以用You are welcome. 来回答 。

2.Welcome to Beihai Park.

3. I can hardly hear the traffic in the street and

no one is shouting.

hardly adv.“几乎不 , 仅仅”，含有否定的意味 , 放于 be 动词或助动词之后、行为动词之前。如： It was so dark that I could hardly see anything. The old people can hardly speak English. I haven’t seen her for years but she has hardly changed at all.

4. Let’s walk around the lake, cross the

bridge and climb up to Baita. cross 可作及物动词 , 意为“通过；穿过”。 cross 还可作不及物动词 , 意为“穿过；渡过” , 常见的搭配 :cross over sth. 意为“穿越某物”。 cross 还可作可数名词 , 意为“叉字形记号”。across 同 cross 词形相近 , 但却有很大区别 :

across 是介词 , 意为“越过” , 常用在动词后、名词前。如：

Which bus could cross the ocean?

He crossed to the window and closed it.

I cross over the street and get to the bus station.

If the answer is wrong, put a cross in front of it.

Go across the bridge and then you will see the house.

从括号中选出合适的词完成句子。

1. I saw him ________(cross / across) the

road and go into a store.

2. Daming always helps old men walk

__________(cross / across) the street.

cross

across

[Practice]

5. I said I only wanted to play at Starsearch

concert with the rest of the orchestra.

rest “ 其余的，其它的”，既可指代可数名词也可指代不可数名词。单独使用 the

rest 作主语时，谓语动词由其指代的具体内容来确定单复数形式。如： How will we spend the rest of the money?

The beginning was boring, but the rest

was interesting.

The rest are arriving later.

6. Why don’t we go to one of our national

parks to relax- Wulingyuan Scenic and

Historic Interest Area?

Why don’t … do …? = Why not do…? “ 为什么不…？” 。如： Why don’t you come earlier?

Why not come earlier?

Complete the passage according to the conversation. Then, practice the conversation with your partners.

Lingling and Sally went to Beihai Park to

relax. It was so ________ that they could

hardly hear the traffic in the streets and no one

was shouting. They could even hear the birds

__________. They walked around the lake,

crossed the bridge and climbed up to Baita.

quiet

singing

The air was very _________, so they could see

the __________ park there. Lingling asked Sally

what she was going to do about the concert. She

said she had phoned her teacher and told her the

___________. And she said she didn’t want to

play in the final practice. She only wanted to

play at the Starsearch concert _______ the rest

of the orchestra.

clear

whole

truth

with

After hearing this, her teacher asked her

____________ the matter was. Sally told her

that her arm and hand hurt. The teacher

told Sally to look after _____________ and

have a good rest. Lingling said it was a good

idea and advised to go to Wulingyuan Scenic

and Historic Interest Area for their May

Day holiday.

herself

what

Reporter ( 记者 ): Where are you going on

May Day?/Are you going to…?

Tom: I am going to Beihai Park.

xxx: _______________________

xxx: _______________________

xxx: Are you going to _______ ?

xxx: Yes / No.

My holiday

Work in pairs.

Reporter:

Tom said that he was going to Beihai Park.

______said that____________________

______ said that ____________________

I asked if ____________________

He said Yes / He said No.

Now listen and check.

Say the sentences aloud. Make sure you link the sounds.

The government wants to protect

the environment of parks all over China.

Let’s walk around the lake, cross the

bridge and climb up to Baita.

1. Finish the report.

2. Recite the dialogue.

3. Do Activity 7 in this unit.