丹阳市吕城初级中学 陈莉

terrible The room looks __________. terrible

pipeceiling Look and learn shelf

repair He is __________ a computer. repairing

decorate When the Spring Festival comes, we will __________ our houses. decorate

About DIY: Some tools for DIY brush glue rope scissors tape

Divide the article into three parts Part 1 (Para 1): Introduction of Andrew Part 2 (Para 2-4): Andrew’s DIY jobs Part 3 ( Para 5): Advice from Suzy

JobsProblems Fill in the table He put in a brighter light in his bedroom. The whole house had a power cut. He put up a picture on his bedroom wall. He hit a pipe and filled the room with water. He painted the walls in the living room blue. He painted the ceiling, the floor, and even his cat blue. He put up a shelf for Suzy. The books couldn’t stay there.

Suzy’s cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY. Read Suzy’s article about him. Answer the questions. 1. What does the writer’s cousin like? 2. What does the house look like after his DIY? He is crazy about DIY. It looks terrible.

Para.2 He tried to ______ a brighter light and made the house have a _________. When he put up a picture on the wall, he hit a pipe and _______________________. put in power cut filled the house with water

Para.3 He wanted to ___________________. Now, the living room has _________ blue walls ________ a blue ceiling and floor. Para.4 He spent five hours ______________ on the wall for me. But one end of it _____________________________! paint his house blue not only but also putting up a shelf was much higher than the other

Para.5 I __________ him to ___________________. He says he _______________________. advised take a course in DIY knows everything about it

What do you think of Andrew? What should we do when we do DIY jobs?

Read the following sentences. Tick true or false. 1. Suzy’s cousin loves doing DIY. 2. Suzy’s cousin failed to put in a new light in his bedroom. 3. Suzy’s cousin put a picture on a pipe. T T F

4. Suzy’s cousin thought the cat was boring, so he painted it blue. 5. It took Suzy’s cousin only a few minutes to put up the shelf on the wall. 6. Suzy’s cousin wants to get better at DIY. F F F

Fill in the blanks according to the text. My cousin Andrew is ______ about DIY. He loves to ______ things and decorate his house. He tried to put in a light in his bedroom, but he made a _______ and his house had a ______ ____. Last month he thought the living room was _____ so he painted his wall _____. But he also painted the ceiling, the floor and his cat! cut crazy repair mistake power bluebored

He helped me put up a _____ for me, but my books couldn’t stay because one end of the shelf was ______ than the other. I advised him to take a ______ in DIY, but he says he already knows __________ about it! shelf higher course everything

Language points 1. He wanted to put up a picture on his bedroom wall, but he hit a pipe and filled the room with water. fill sth. with sth. 用某物充满某物 e.g.Mother is filling the bottle with milk. 满天星斗

2. But he kept on painting. keep (on) doing sth. 不停做某事 e.g. keep on driving Prices keep on increasing. 物价不断上涨。

3. Now the living room has not only blue walls but also a blue ceiling and floor. not only...but also 不仅 …… ，而 且 …… e.g. He not only sings well but also writes music. He is not only a good writer but also a doctor.

4. Whoops! They couldn’t stay there because one end of the shelf was much higher than the other! “ 副词 much+ 形容词比较级 ” 体现比较 的程度。 e.g. I know much more about DIY than my cousin.

Exercises 根据句子意思，用所学单词和短语完成句 子。 1. Can you help me ___ the bottle ____ juice? 2. I felt tired, because I _____ on reading for 2 hours. 3. I _______ him to do some exercise yesterday. He stays at home all the time. fill with kept advised

4. It rained last Sunday, so I didn’t go to the park. I went to the cinema _______. 5. The price of houses is much ______ than before. 6. Mr. Wang is ____ _____ my teacher ____ ____ my friend. instead higher notonly but also

1. 疯狂的喜欢 DIY 2. 修理某物 3. 装饰他的家 4. 安装一个亮一点的 灯 5. 犯错一次 6. 贴一张画 7. 用水填充屋子 8. 把它涂成蓝色 be crazy about DIY repair sth. decorate his house put in a brighter light make a mistake put up a picture fill the house with water paint it blue Useful expressions

9. 不仅有蓝色的墙， 并且有蓝色的屋 顶 10. 参加一个关于 DIY 的课程 not only have blue walls but also blue ceiling take a course in DIY

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