Unit 2 Ideas and science Lesson 5

New words

What would you do when the bridge is too low for your truck to go under it?

Yingtian had a problem this morning. Yingtian had a problem this morning. He is telling Zhenhui about it. Listen and answer the questions. Ying tian Zhenhui

First listening: 1. How were Yingtian and his mother going to the competition? ____________. Where were Yingtian and2. Where were Yingtian and his mother going?his mother going? By truck They were going to a swimming competition.

Second listening:

4.Where did they stop? 5.Why did they stop? 6.What did they do about their problem? They stopped under a bridge. The truck couldn’t move. They let some air out of the truck’s tyres.

One day Yingtian and his Mum were a _______ late for his swimming competition that morning. When they drove u______ a low bridge, their truck was too high t___ go under the bridge. Can you guess what they did? First they thought a_________ putting lots of rocks on the truck to m_____ it heavier. But there were only a few small rocks b_______ the road. Then they let some air o___ of the tyres to make the truck a f_____ centimetres lower. At last, the truck went under the bridge. H_____ clever they were! ake

Learning aims: New phrases 1). be almost late for… 2). under a low bridge 3). put lots of rocks on the truck 4). sound like hard work 5). beside the road 6). let the air out of the tyres

Important sentences : 1.Mum and I were almost late for my swimming competition this morning. 2.Our truck is too high to go under the bridge. (Our truck is not low enough to go under the bridge.) 3.That sounds like hard work. 4.We let some air out of the truck’s tyres, instead. 5.It was low enough to go under the bridge.

注 ： on time 的意思是 ‘ 准时 ’ ，＝ at the right time ，强调时间刚刚好， 不早也不迟。 而 in time 的意思是 ‘ 及时 ’ ，＝ early enough ，强调时间稍微提前。 1. on time/in time

2. instead 注： instead 是个常用的副词，意为 ‘ 代替，顶替，不 … 而 …’, 通常放在句 末或句首。 如 instead 后要加宾语就要加上介词 of ，构成 instead of… 。例如：

2. 我将去北京参加这个会议, 而不是他 examples: It’s too wet to run, so we’ll go swimming, instead 天太湿热了不能跑步， 所以我们将去游泳。 I will go to Beijing to attend the meeting instead of him.

注：介词后的动词一定要用其－ ing 形式，作介词的宾语。如对话里的 Well, first we thought about putting lots of rocks on the truck to make it heavier. Grammar: Using the –ing verb after prepositions. Using the –ing verb after prepositions.

如： give up, get ready for, hear about, take part in, ask for, be interested in, be famous for, be good for,…… 我们还学了很多其它一些以介词结 尾的动词短语， 后面要接－ ing 形式作宾语的，

Page14,Part2 Yingtian thought about putting rocks on the truck. What are these people doing? Make sentences using the pictures and the prompts. Yingtian

She is thinking about riding her horse. Picture a):

He is talking about winning a/the bike race. Picture b):

She is calling about buying a new house. Picture c):

She is thanking her son for washing the windows. Picture d):

He is stopping her brother from drawing in her book. Picture e):

He is going to bed without taking off his clothes. Picture f):

B: Of course, I know where Canton is. I live there! Canton is another name for Guangzhou. Grammar revision: A: Do you know where Canton is? Canton is?

2. 你能告诉我假期什么时候开始吗？ Can you tell me ______________________? when the holidays start when the holidays start Practice: 补全句子 1. 你记得我们今晚得完成什么家庭作业吗？ Do you remember_____________ ___________________________? what homework we have to do tonight

3. 你知道为什么小明今天不在这里吗？ Do you know 4. 你能猜出我昨晚打电话给谁了吗？ Can you guess why Xiaoming isn’t here today? why Xiaoming isn’t here today? who I rang last night? who I rang last night?

5. 你记得怎么拼写 “ 圣诞节 ” 吗？ Do you remember 6. 你知道在广州哪个公园是最大的吗？ Do you know how to spell ‘Christmas’? how to spell ‘Christmas’? which park in Guangzhou is the biggest? is the biggest?

Exercises: He__ ___ ____ the ___competition yesterday. 他在昨天的游泳比赛中迟 到拉. The ship is___ ____ ____ ____ under the bridge. 船太高以至不能在船底通 过. We___ ___ ____ our holiday in shanghai 我们在考虑去上海度假的事情. This morning I ___to school____ ____. 我没吃早餐去上学. The teacher ____ the boy____ ____ on the wall. 老师阻止那个男孩在墙上 乱画. I ____him ____ ____my bike. 我感谢他帮我修自行车 We are____ ____ the competition. 我们在谈论比赛的事情 We try our best to___ the truck____. 我们尽力使卡车低些. We let some air____ ____ the bottle. 我们让瓶子的一些空气跑出来 The bridge is____ ____ ____ let the___ go. 桥的高度足够使卡车通过.

Homework : 1. 1.Read and recite P Finish the exercise of Book 5C 3. 3.Translate the sentences into Chinese.