4. dance to　 伴着……跳舞

The children are dancing to the beautiful songs happily.

Step 3 Practice

This step provides practice with the hobbies one had in the past and the hobbies one have now.

(1b) Practice the conversation in 1b with a student.

T: What hobbies did you use to have two years ago?

S: I used to …

T: What hobbies do you have now?

S: Now, I …

T: Now work in pairs and make similar conversations with the phrases in the chart.

Ss: …

(2)Then ask students’ different hobbies in four seasons.

T: Kangkang and Michael are good friends. They love playing together. Look at the pictures in activity 2. These pictures tell about their past hobbies in the four seasons. Complete the sentences using used to.

Then the teacher can write down “spring, summer, fall, winter” on the Bb as four headings, and let

Ss write down their childhood activities under each heading. Then get some students give an oral

report of their activities in four seasons.　

Step 4 Reading

This step provides reading practice with the target language.

First ask students to read the passage and tell the main idea of each paragraph.

Para 1: People’s hobbies

Para 2: Why people have hobbies

Then let students underline the key words and phrases in para. 2 that explain the benefits of hobbies.

Key words and phrases:

bring happiness, friendship and knowledge; help people relax; keep people healthy; help people get well

Activity 3b provides practice with some key words.

Let students complete the passage with suitable words. Check the answers.

Step 5 Homework

End the class by chanting (4) together.

T: After class, write a short passage about your hobbies or how you spend your spare time in the four seasons.

Section　 D

Target language

a. key words and expressions

　 whether, unfriendly, lovely, ugly, stupid

b. Key sentences

　 Different people have different hobbies.

He doesn’t mind whether they are good or not.

　 What hobbies do you want to have?

Ability goals

Enable students to write a passage about their hobbies.

Review the use of “used to …” and the useful expressions

Teaching aids

Tape recorder, some cards

Teaching procedures and ways

Step 1 Listening and speaking

This step provides listening and oral practice about keeping pets.

First introduce the word “pet”.

T: What is pet? (…) People keep pets in their houses such as cat, dog, fish, bird etc. Do you understand? Do you have any pet in your house? What is it?

Ss: …

T: Do you like pig? How about a pet pig?

Listen to the tape and complete 1a.

Listen again and check the answers.

Then let students answer the questions:

1)　　　　　 What is the speaker’s pet?

2)　　　　　 What does the pig look like?

　　　　　　　　 4)　 What does the pig like to eat?

　　　 　　　　　5)　 How does he take care of the pig?

Explain:　

1) keep pet 养宠物

2) take a bath 洗澡

3) whether … or not　 不管……还是……

4) take … for a walk 带……去散步

He does mind whether they’re good or not.

Whether he succeeds or fails, he is the best.

I don’t know whether he will come or not.

Finally ask,

T: Do you like to keep such a pet pig in your house? Why or why not?

Ss: …

T: What adjectives would you use to describe pigs?

Ss: Dirty, lovely, fat …

T: Look at the words in the box in 1b. Let’s read them.

Make sure students know the meanings of the words. (Ask students to tell which words have the opposite meanings like dirty→clean.)

Then let students discuss the questions in groups, using the words.

Step 2 Writing

Write a short passage about your hobbies according to the question above.

T: Different people have different hobbies. And a person may have different hobbies during different seasons or in different time. We know how to talk about past and present hobbies. What about future hobbies?

Introduce the sentence patterns:

- What hobbies do you want to have?

- I want to …

- Why do you think so?

- Because …

Then let students write a short passage about their hobbies according to the questions.

Step 3 Project (Homework)

T: Do you want to know what your teachers are interested in?

Ss: Yes.

T: Why not make a survey? Look at the chart in activity 4. Ask your teachers about their past and present hobbies and the reasons why they like / liked them. Do it after class and complete the chart.

In the next period, ask some students to report their survey results to the class like this:

My head teacher is …, he used to play guitar. But now he enjoys playing basketball, because it

can keep him healthy. …

Topic 2　 It sounds great!

3. keep pets　 养宠物

2. nobody = not anybody

There is nobody in the room. = There isn’t anybody in the room.

Section　 A

Target language

a.　　　　 key words and phrases

pleased, collect, valuable, hobby, painting, be interested in, used to …, enjoy doing, prefer doing, collect stamps

b.　　　　 key sentences

What are your hobbies?

I used to … but now I …

What things do you love collecting?

I love collecting…

Why do you like collecting them?

Because …

Ability goals

Enable students to talk about what they love doing and why.

Teaching aids

Tape recorder

Teaching procedures and ways

Step 1 Lead-in

The teacher introduces the usage of verbs phrases: love doing, enjoy doing, like doing, prefer doing

Talk to students about the things they like doing.

T: I love shopping. I go to the supermarket for shopping almost every weekend. What about you?　 What do you love doing?

S1: I love reading.

T: What do you like doing?

S2: I like swimming.

T: What do you enjoy doing?

S3: I enjoy running.

T: What do you prefer doing?　

S4: I prefer …　

Learn the new words “hobby, collect, paining, valuable, rock music” etc.

Step 2 New function introduction

Present “pleased to do, must be, used to do, be interested in”. Write examples on the blackboard

(1)　　　　 Pleased to see you / Glad to see you / Happy to see you / Nice to see you.

(2)　　　　 He isn’t in the bedroom.　 He must be in the study.

(3)　　　　 I used to listen to rock music, but now I don’t like it.

He used to play computer games on Sunday, but now he often does homework.

(4)　　　　 He didn’t used to drink milk.

He usedn’t to drink milk.

(5)　　　　 Did he use to live in Bejing?

Used he to live in Beijing?

(6)　　　　 be used to (doing) sth.

My father is used to working hard/hard work.

(7)　 I’m not really interested in maths.

The teacher gives a simple introduction of exclamation.

What + a / an + adj. + n

How + adj. / adv.

Use the pictures in 1b to make exclamation sentences with “What / How.”

Example:　 What an interesting story book (it is)!

　　　 How interesting the story book is!

Step 3 Listening

Listen to the tape of 1a and repeat after the tape. Then answer questions:

What’s Maria’s hobby?

What’s Michael’s hobby?

Why does Maria love collecting stamps?

What does Maria lean from the stamps?

Pair wok in 1c.

Help students choose the things they love collecting from 1b.

Make dialog like this:

S1: Do you love collecting coins?

S2: No, I don’t.

S1: What things do you love collecting?

S2: I love collecting story books.

S1: Why do you like collecting them?

S2: Because it gives me great joy.

Step 4 Practice

T: Now let’s practice “be interested in.”　 (Write “be interested in” on the Bb”.)

Write the following on the Bb.

Is he /she interested in …?

Yes, he / she is.

No, he / she isn’t.

What’s he / she interested in?

He / She is interested in …?

Help students ask similar questions with the pictures of 1b.

　　　 Are you interesting in “photos of famous stars / model planes / collecting coins?”

No, I’m not.

What are you interested in?

I interested in …

Step 5 Match work

Deal with activity 2b.

First go through the verb phrases with students.

T: Now listen to the tape carefully. Then match the phrases with the pictures.

Check the answers.

The let students work in pairs to make conversations about what these people like doing.

Note:

walk a pet dog=take a pet dog for a walk

water flowers: water is used as verb here

Step 6 Homework

After class, make a list of the hobbies you have learned in this period and check which you like to keep and which you don’t.

Section　 B

Target language

a .　 key words and phrases

coins, share, pop, outdoor activity, go out to do, why not do …, all the time, need a change 　

b .　 key sentences

What do you often do in your spare time?

I often rent VCDs and watch them at home.

Why not go out do some outdoor activities?

Maybe I need a change.

Ability goals

Enable students to make a survey about their classmates’ hobbies.

Enable students to talk about their past and present hobbies.

Read and understand other’s interests and hobbies.

Teaching aids

Tape recorder, projector

Teaching procedures and ways

Step 1 Revision

Review the expressions to talk about hobbies

T: Jenny enjoys cooking. Cooking is her hobby. Well, what’s Peter’s hobby?

Ss: Traveling.

T: Yes, Peter love traveling. So what’s Sally’s hobby?

Ss: Reading novels.

T: What’s Michael’s hobby?

Ss: Reading comics.

Note:　

“comic”

comic strip / book 连环漫画册

comic opera 喜歌剧

a comic writer 喜剧作家

“spare”

spare time 业余时间　 have no time to spare 抽不出时间

Example: What do you often do in your spare time?

　　　　 He said he could spare me half an hour.

Step 2 New function introduction

Listen to the tape and read 1a following the tape. Then answer the questions:

　　　　 　What does Wen Wei often do in his spare time?

　　　　 What’s Hellen’s hobby?

Summarize different ways to ask about hobbies:

What do you often do in your spare time?

What’s your hobby?

What are you interested in?

What things do you love colleting?

Then explain the following language points: 　

　 1)　 go out for / go out to do …　

　　　　　　　 I like going out for a walk with mother.

　　　　　　　 Let’s go out to play basketball.

　　 2)　 Why not do …? = Why don’t you do …?

　　　　　　　 Why not see a movie. = Why don’t you see a movie?

　　　　　 3)　 interests = bobbies　 业余爱好

　　　　　　　 He is a man of wide interests.

　 4)　 places of interest 名胜

　　　 There are many places of interest in Beijing.

5)　 with interest 带着兴趣

　　 We should learn English with interest.

　 6)　 feel / take / have / show interest in … 对……感兴趣

lose interest in …　 对……失去兴趣

Step 3 Reading

This step provides reading practice with the target language.

First get students read the passage and tell what the passage mainly talks about.

Main idea of the passage: Philip’s present and past interests

Then let them complete the chart in activity 2b.

Check the answers. Then ask students,

T: Do you share his interests? (It means if you have the same interests as him.)

Ss: …

Key expressions:

used to be … / used to do …

all the time 一直/始终

not at all 一点也不

miss … 错过……

know a little / much about … 对……了解一些/很多

Get students to make sentences with these expressions.

Step 4 Practice

Work in groups, practice activity 3.

Summarize how to express likes and dislikes:

　　　 (don’t) like / enjoy …

　　　　 hate …

　　　 prefer doing …

Show the form to the class and let them practice it in pairs.

e.g.

　　 I used to … but now I hate it. Now I enjoy …

　　 I used to … but now I don’t like /enjoy it. I prefer …

Step 5 Summary

Review the use of “used to”

Review how to express interest and hobbies with “enjoy, like, love, prefer, be interested in”

Section　 C

Target language

a. key words and expressions

　 vacation, nobody, keep, knowledge, daily

b. key sentences

　 What hobbies did you use to have?

　 What hobbies do you have now?

　 Did you use to …?

　 Where did you use to …?

　 Hobbies help people relax … hobbies can keep them healthy … hobbies can help them …

Ability goals

Enable students to ask and answer general and special questions with “use to”.

Enable students to understand the benefits of hobbies through reading.

Teaching aids

Tape recorder, projector

Teaching procedures and ways

Step 1 Revision

First help students review the structures they have learned in last period. Make casual conversations, using the pattern of “used to do”.

T: I used to read books. Did you use to read books?

S: Yes, I did.

T: What books did you use to read?

S: I used to read cartoon books.

T: When did you used to read them?

Ss: I used to red them on Sundays.

Step 2 Function presentation 　

Play the tape of 1a. Emphasize on the sentences patterns:

Did you use to …?

Where did you …?

Key expressions:

★　　 teach oneself / teach sb. sth./ teach sb. to do sth.

★　　 summer vacation / winter vacation (vacation= holiday)

★　　 in front of

★　　 How clever! (exclamation, more example in Topic 2)

Conduct a dialog with a student as following:

T: What did you used to do during the summer vacation?

S: I used to learn physics.

T: Where did you used to learn physics?

S: I used to learn it at home.

T: Did your teacher teach you?

S: No, I taught myself.

Let students practice the conversation in 1a.

Words:　

1. during　 prep , 在……期间

1) I often went to see her during my stay there.

2) 比较 in & during　 表示“(在时间段)内”时，in可与during互换

These animals never go out the hole during / in winter.

3) during　 不与具体数字长度连用，而用for

　　 I lived in Los Angeles for five years.

2. Homework:

(1)写出本课题中有关表示同意及不同意的习惯用语。

(2)学生回家后，找出一张庆祝节日的图片，用过去进行时谈论怎样庆祝节日。

板书设计：

1. (方案一：表演警察提审嫌疑犯，使用一般过去时与过去进行时。)

T: Last night, somebody came into a supermarket and took a lot of things away. The policeman thought one of the workers did this. Now the policeman is questioning the worker. I need two volunteers to act it out. Who want to have a try?

(两个学生上台表演，其他同学记录两人之间的对话。)

(方案二：谈论学生自己的爱好。)

(为了完成本环节任务，教师可以课前通知一些有收藏爱好的学生，把他们平时收集的一些物品拿到学校来。)

T: Please show your hobbies to your group members. Others talk about your group members’ hobbies. Then choose one student to report.

Ss: …

(方案三：把全班学生分成若干个小组，每小组选一人作为小记者，然后在小组内进行采访，了解学生对音乐方面的爱好情况。)

T: Everyone has his/her own hobby. Some people like rock music, some people enjoy Beijing Opera, some people like folk music. Can you tell me what kind of music you like and why you like it? Now I’ll divide you into several groups, then choose one student in each group to be a journalist from CCTV or a reporter from the Youth Sports Paper to do interviews about hobbies.

(教师给出游戏规则或范例。)

Example:

S₁(记者): Hi, good morning. I’m a journalist from CCTV. I want to know something about

young people’s favorite music. Would you like to answer some questions?

S₂: Certainly. I would love to.

S₁: Do you love music? What kind of music do you like best? Why do you like it? Can you give me some reasons?

S₂: …

(小记者可以用已有的知识问多方面的相关问题，教师也可以帮助学生展开思路。)

6. (让学生听录音，判断正在发生什么事。)

T: It was seven o’clock yesterday evening.

(要求学生用过去进行时回答。)

(播放片断1：某人正在唱卡拉OK。)

T: What was she/he doing?

Ss: He/She was singing.

(播放片断2：一段对话内有就餐用语。)

T: What were they doing?

Ss: They were having supper/having dinner.

(播放片断3：一段对话，内有购物用语。)

T: What was the man/woman doing?

Ss: He/She was doing some shopping.

(播放片断4：一阵密集的枪声。)

T: What were they doing?

Ss: They were fighting.

Step 5　 Project 第五步 　综合探究活动(时间:5分钟)