Chapter 1 A letter from a pen-friend（通用2篇）
—chapter 3 dealing with trouble一. 教学内容： revision: from chapter one to chapter three 二. 重难点词汇：1. be keen on 喜爱＝like doing sth. e.g.: he is keen on playing football. ＝he like playing football. 2. be similar to 与……相似，其反义词：be different from 与……不同e.g.: tom is similar to other students. 3. be responsible for 对……负责 e.g.: the man is responsible for sales. 4. fail an exam 考试不及格 ，与fail有关的词组有：fail to do sth. ＝fail in doing sth. 做某事失败5. continue doing sth. 继续做某事＝go on doing sth. 6. shout at 对着……喊 （不友善的） shout to 对……大喊 （没有不友好的）7. stare at 盯着看：look at sth. with interest8. steal sth. from sb. 从某人那里偷到什么，容易与它混淆的 ：rob sb. of sth. 从某人那里抢来什么东西。rob （v. ）抢劫--- robber （n. ）抢劫犯---robbery （n. ）抢劫案9. be afraid of sth. 害怕……与此相关的词组：be afraid of doing sth. 害怕做某事be afraid to do sth. 担心做某事 这两个词组有时可以相等，但是有时不能替换。e.g.: i am afraid of going out at night. 不能说成 i am afraid to go out at night. 10. hope to do sth. 希望做某事hope＋that 从句 e.g.: i hope you will write to me soon. 注意：绝对不能用 hope sb. to do sth. 希望某人做某事可以说成：expect sb. to do sth. 三. 重点句子：1. i am about five feet tall. 我大概有五英尺高。英尺要用feet，英寸是inches. 其中对 five feet提问，应该用 how tall are you ? 类似这样的句子还有：the river is 100 meters long. 对 100 meters 提问是 ：how long is the river? 但要注意表示距离的 如：my house is only 300 meters away from here. 对300 meters 提问 就是：how far is your house from here? 而不是 how away is your house from here?2. my favourite hobby is playing computer games. 我最大的爱好是玩电脑游戏。favourite 最喜欢的＝like… bestis doing 是解释前面的词的性质或是内容。my father’s favourite hobby is smoking. 3. i like my school because the teachers are very friendly. 我喜欢我的学校因为老师们都很友善。friendly 友善的。是形容词而不是副词。be friendly to sb. 对某人友善 e.g.: my teacher is very friendly to us. because 引导的是原因状语从句，要用why 来提问：why do you like your school?4. my ambition is to be an engineer. 我的志向是当一名工程师。 ambition: strong wish 雄心，志向 to be 动词不定式做表语his ambition is to be a teacher. what’s your ambition?5. i enclose a photo of myself and some school friends. 我附上一张我和我学校里的朋友的相片。enclose 附上，enclose…with a letter 在信中附上……what did he enclose with his letter?i enclose a check for 10 dollars with the letter. a photo of…：……的相片，表相片的内容 take a photo of sb 为某人照相（相片上是那个人）take a photo for sb. 为某人照的相片（相片上的内容不是那个人）6. she has already written several successful computer games. 她已经写了几个很成功的电脑游戏了。本句是现在完成时，现在完成时的构成：主语＋has/have＋动词的过去分词already 已经：it is already past five o’clock. several 几个，后面要加可数名词：eg: he has several friends in the town. successful （adj. ）成功的 eg: he is a successful man. success （n. ）成功 successfully （adv. ）成功地 succeed （v. ）: 成功，到达，完成 succeed in sth. /doing sth. eg: he succeeded in the examination. 7. we sell over half a million games every year. 我们每年销售超过50多万的游戏。over 超过＝more than e.g. over 700 students passed the exam. million 百万 half a million 50万8. wendy wang, 15, must be one of the top students in shanghai. 王温迪，15 岁，一定是上海尖子生之一。must 表示推测，意为一定，一般用于肯定句，表示否定的推测用 can’t 。e.g. you must be tired after a long walk. he may be in the classroom, i think. no, he can’t be in the classroom. i saw him go home a minute ago. 9. i am not old enough to drive. 我还没到开车的年龄。＝i am too young to drive.＝i am so young that i can’t drive. enough （adj. ）足够的，充足的，修饰名词时放在名词前e.g. there is enough food for everyone. enough （adv. ）足够地，充足地，放在形容词和副词后e.g. he didn’t run fast enough to catch the bus. 10. the other students often ask me to assist them. 其他的学生们经常让我帮助他们。ask sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事the teacher asks us to study hard. assist 帮助，支援，协助tom has come to assist you. assist＋名词/代词＋in / withi assisted him in building the house. can i assist you with these parcels?11. today my father and i were waiting for a ferry. 今天我和我的父亲在等渡船。wait for 等候某人或某事物he often reads newspaper while waiting for the bus. we are waiting for the guests to arrive. 注意：你在等待什么？要用：what are you waiting for?12. what’s going on? 发生了什么事？＝what’s up＝what’s happening?go on 发生nobody knows what is going on?go on to do 继续做let’s go on to learn chapter 3. 四. 重点语法：（一）不定冠词a/an的区别a以辅音音素开头的单词前加，an 用在以元音音素开头的单词前，判断一个单词是元音开头还是辅音开头，要根据其读音而不是根据字母。eg: an honest boy, a useful bookthere is an “ f ” in the word “ five ”. （二）第三人称单数形式：在动词原形后加-s : runs，likes以ch，sh，s，o，x，结尾的动词，在词尾加-es : teaches，washes，goes，passes以辅音字母加y结尾的动词，先将y变i加-es : studies，tries以元音字母加y结尾的动词，在词尾加-s : stays，plays 五. 动词过去式的变化：在动词原形后加-ed : watched以辅音字母加y结尾的动词，先将y变i再加ed : studied以e 结尾的动词，直接加-d : liked以重读闭音节结尾且结尾只有一个辅音字母的，双写此辅音字母后加-ed : stopped还有一些不规则变化：run-run，buy- bought，fall-fell 【典型例题】1. ___________ the street, there is a huge department. （a）a. at the end of b. in the end of c. at the end d. in the end at the end of 后加名词，构成地点状语，表示在……的尽头，in the end 是时间状语，表示“最后”2. we __________ that we can’t finish the work. （c）a. are afraid of b. were afraid of c. are afraid d. were afraid be afraid of 害怕……，be afraid that 恐怕……，本题由后面的can’t 可知是一般现在时态，意为：我们恐怕不能完成这项工作。
chapter 1 a letter from a pen-friend
一、章节分析（reading section ）
（一）综述
本单元的阅读部分是一个生活在英国的学生写给香港笔友的一封英文信。学生对国外同龄孩子的生活比较感兴趣，再加上他们对英文信形式不陌生。所以，教师应充分利用学生的兴趣，通过比较不同的学校生活进行教授。
本课的任务有两个：
1学生通过对课文的学习。掌握一些核心词汇，例如：pen-friend ,magazine，inch ,form等。
2通过学习课文，了解英文信的结构，为writing部分做准备。
（二）阅读目标
1知识目标
学习课文中重点词、词组、句型和语法。
2能力目标
通过阅读进一步掌握英文信的结构、格式。
3情感目标
帮助学生学会与他人交流。
（三）教学方法
采用任务型教学法组织教学，通过听说训练、讨论等具体活动，达到教学效果。
（四）重点和难点
1词汇学习
核心词汇
magazine pen-friend foot inch hobby own form
keen keen on physics ambition shut probably
拓展词汇
rugby hockey top-right signature postal code postal code
chess enclose trainer idle inaudible actually geography
2句型学习
i would like to be your pen-friend.
my ambition is to be an engineer.
教学设计（teaching designs）
教学内容 教学实施建议 教学资源参考
pre-reading 八、九年级和六、七年级课本结构体系完全不同,建议老师在这个阶段完成以下三个任务:
①介绍八、九年级课本结构特点，课文所涉及的语法及有关阅读技巧
②先通过brainstorm让学生说出自己最喜欢的运动，然后通过p2练习a检测，并利用学生喜爱的足球明星beckham照片过渡到鼓励学生谈论对英国的了解，同时教师向学生介绍一些有关英国的学校教育背景知识，最后教师与学生分享阅读一封笔友的来信（即课文）——与学生一起讨论英文信的组成部分，为进入课文学习作好铺垫。
［具体处理这部分内容的建议见 二十一世纪英文报网站及英文报
《牛津英语教学参考》
while-reading 这是本课的重点部分.
①听课文录音全文， complete ex.e1( p6 )
②讲解课文：
a. 介绍英文信格式、地址写法及newcastle upon tyne：
b.讨论文章四段大意，见教参t3,注意自我介绍的描述
c.猜词8训练--根据上下文推测词意
d. 重点词汇及句式讲解
e.consolidation and conclusion 指导学生完成课文后的p5 ex c2、ex d。
post-reading 同时推荐学生阅读补充材料：
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