4. Doha Asian Games will be ________________.(被现场直播)
Knowledge points
3. I want to __________ to her. (发短信给……)
2. A number of workers _______ (be) working in the factory.
1. The number of workers in this factory ______ over 3000. (be)
2. a bit的用法 ★a bit意为“稍微”“少许”“相当”用来修饰动词，也可以修饰形容词和副词及其比较级。如： I’m afraid I’ll be a bit late tonight. 恐怕今晚我要晚一点到。 ★no a bit意为“一点也不”，相当于not at all。如： He wasn’t a bit hungry. (=He wasn’t hungry at all.) 他一点都不饿。 ★not a little意为“非常”，与not a bit意为相反。如： He’s not a little pleased with my work. 他对我的工作相当满意。 ★a bit of = a little修饰不可数名词，表示“少量的”“少许”“一点”。如： ②Please lend me a bit of money. 请借我一点儿钱。 3. a number of的用法 ★a number of意为“若干”“许多”，后接可数名词的复数形式，作主语时，谓语用复数。如： A number of students in our school like listening to music. 我校许多学生喜欢听音乐。 ★the number of表示“……的数量”，后接可数名词的复数形式，但其整个短语作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。如： The number of the students in our school is 2300. 我们学校的学生数是2,300。 4. This year’s Beijing Music Awards will be covered live.本年度的北京音乐大奖赛将现场直播。 ★award用作名词，意为“奖”“奖品”“奖赏”。如： ①His painting was given the highest award at the show. 他的画在展览会上获得最高奖。 ②He won the award of $5000. 他获得了5000美元奖学金。 5. The presentation will be held in Beijing this coming Saturday.颁奖仪式本周六将在北京举行。 ★presentation用作名词，意为“赠送”“授予”“颁授”。如： The presentation of prize will begin at two o’clock in the afternoon.颁奖仪式将在下午二点开始。 ★present用作形容词，放在名词前，意为“现在的”“现存的”。如： Don’t bother him. He’s busy at the present moment (=at present).别烦他，他现在正忙着。 ★present和gift的区别 ★present和gift都可作“礼物”解，一般来说可以通用，但gift带有一定感情色彩，有时有“捐赠”的意思。 6. All the big pop stars will attend. 所有流行乐坛的巨星将出席这次盛会。 ★attend作动词，意为“出席”“参加”某个集会、盛会或仪式，也可以表示“上”某个学校。如： ①Who attended the meeting? 谁出席了会议？ ②He attended at a meeting yesterday. 他昨日参加了会议。 Homework
Revise the passage on Page 60.
◇ 第 33 课时
Reading(Part A，Page 61)
Revision
1. CCTV中一些热点栏目：Cartoons; CCTV News; Evening News; World’s Report; Weather Report; Sports News; Tell it like it is! Soap Operas; Talk Show; Lucky 52; Health Living; Man and Nature; Chinese Cooking; Weekend Chat.
6.live用作形容词或词，意为“现场播出的”“实况转播的”“实地”。如： ①The show is going out live. 这场演出正在实况转播。 ②The football match is covered live on TV. 电视上正在现场直播那场足球赛。
Part A
1 Ask students whether they plan their TV viewing or if they just switch the TV on when they feel like watching. Ask them where they find information about which programmes are on and what the programmes are about.
2 Explain the context of the reading passage. Millie is looking on the Internet to learn more about some TV programmes.
3 Read the Sports World programme description aloud and ask students to follow along in their books. Ask students to raise their hands if they would like to watch the programme.
4 Ask students if they have ever watched an awards programme. Ask which awards programmes they have seen or known about.
5 Tell students to read the Beijing Music Awards description. Ask them how many fans have voted online for their favourite songs, singers and music videos.
6 Ask students to read the two programme titles on page 61 (Murder in a Country House and Tiger Watch). Then ask them to look at the list of programme types in Part B on page 59 and say which category the programmes belong to (films and nature).
7 Ask students to read the two programme descriptions on page 61.
5. vote for 投票赞成
Most of the people voted for the bill. 大多数的人对那项议案投了赞成票。
I shall vote for Hall because I think he’s the better man. 我将投票选霍尔，因为我认为他是较出色的人。
1. weekly: A weekly round-up of what is happening in sports, with lots of up-to-date information. 体育方面所发生的事件一周综述，为你提供大量的最新的体坛信息。 ★round-up n. (尤指新闻)概要、摘要
★weekly用作形容词，意为“每周一次的”“每周的”。如： ①They are doing the weekly cleaning. 他们在进行每周一次的大扫除。 ②Have you read the weekly newspaper? 你看过周报了吗？ ★weekly它还可以用作名词，表示“周刊”，monthly表示“月刊”。如： ①I have subscribed to a weekly. 我已经订了一份周刊。 ②This is a monthly magazine. 这是一个月刊。 ③Our club has a monthly meeting. 我们俱乐部每月开一次会。 2. up-to-date的用法 ★up-to-date是复合形容词，意为“现代的”“新式的”“最新的”。如： This book is up-to-date. 这本书是最新的。 ★out of date意为“过期的”“过时的”。如： ①Her clothes are about ten years out of date. 她的衣服已经过时十年了。 ②This information is out of date. 这资料已经过时了。 3. cover的用法
★cover用作动词，意为“包含”“包括”“涉及”。如： The lectures covered a lot of subjects. 这些讲座涉及的内容极为广泛。 ★cover用作动词，也可以“盖”“遮盖”。如： Flood water covers our fields. 洪水淹没了我们的田地。 ★cover用作动词，意为“报道”“(记者)采访”。如： ①He is covering the sports meeting. 他正在报道运动会的情况。 ②He was sent to cover the traffic accident. 他被派去采访了那起交通事故。 ★be covered with意为“覆盖”“遮盖”，表示一种状态。如： The ground is covered with snow. 地上覆盖着雪。 ★cover也可作名词，表示“盖子”“罩”“封面”。如： ①The cover of a pot is called a lid. 盖壶的盖子叫作壶盖。 ②My book needs a new cover. 我的书需要一个新封面。 4.★announce用作动词，意为“宣布”“发表”。如： ①The news was announced by Radio Beijing. 这消息由北京(英语)广播电台发表了。 ②Jonathan announced that he had found a new job. 乔纳森宣布他已经找到新工作。
3. To match students' preferences and schedules to TV programmes
Revise the dialogue on Page 58
The new words