Unit 9 When was he born?

talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famous 有天赋的 慈爱的 杰出的，出色的 不寻常的 漂亮的 有创造力的 和蔼的 著名的

Who do you admire? Why? Choose words above to describe him/her. Mozart is a super musician. I really admire him. He is talented and outstanding.

Write one or two words to describe the person. 1a

Arthur is a loving grandfather. He spends all his free time with his grandchildren. 1b

Language Points spend 意为 “ 花费 … 时间 / 金钱 ” Tom spent $ 1500 last year at school ． 汤姆去年在学校花了 1500 美元。 Tom spent 3 years at school. 汤姆在学校度过 3 年的时间。 句型： spend + 时间 / 钱 +with sb. He spent most of his time with his wife. 他大部分时间都和妻子在一起。

spend 其他使用结构： 1. spend + 时间 / 钱 + (in) doing sth. They spent three month touring Europe. 他们花了三个月时间周游欧洲。 He spent all his money (in) buying the house. 他花了所有的钱买这个房子。 2. spend + 时间 / 钱 + on sth. He spent all his money on the house.

注意 ： spend 与 take 的区别 spend 的主语必须是人，而句型 It takes sb. some time / money to do sth. 中 take 的主语应是 物，而不能是人。 We spend two hours on our homework every night. It takes us about two hours to finish our homework every night ．

Tony is an outstanding pianist. He is creative and loves music very much. He spends all his free time on it.

Listen. Two people are talking about people they admire. Circle the words in the list in activity 1a that you hear. 2a talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famous

Listen again. Are these sentences about Midori or Laura? Write M or L on the lines. 1.She is a famous violinist. 2.She was born in She started ice skating when she was four. 4.I saw her play when I was eight. 5.She’s kind and loving grandmother. 6.She was born in She became a skating champion when she was ten. 8. She toured the U.S. when she was fourteen. M M L M L L L M 2b

Who’s Midori? She’s a famous violinist. When was she born? She was born in When did she tour the U.S.? When she was fourteen, she toured the U.S. 2c

( )1. He spends all his free time staying _____ his son. A. on B. in C. with ( ) 2. His uncle is ____ outstanding violinist. A. a B. an C. the D. / ( ) 3. He spends much time ______ football at weekends. A. playing B. play with C. to play D. playing with C B A Exercise

( ) 4. The teacher often asks Jim not to _____ all his free time _____ video games. A. spend; on B. spends; with C. spend; in D. spending; on ( ) 5. He spent all his money ______ this big house. A. with B. on C. for ( ) 6. I spent two hours _____ my homework. A. to do B. doing C. do A B B

()7. Bill Gates is an _____ person. A. famous B. talented C. outstanding D. kind () 8. We spent three hours _______ our homework. A. do B. in doing C. to do () 9. He often ______ all his free time in playing the piano. A. spends B. takes C. costs C B A

根据汉语意思填介词 1. I spent fifteen yuan ____ the dictionary. 我买这本词典花了 15 元钱。 2. Lucy spends a lot of time ____ his brother on holidays. 假期里露西常常与哥哥在一起。 3. We often spend a lot of time ____ doing our homework. 我们经常每天晚上花许多时间做 作业 。 on with in

Homework Do the other exercises in this part.