1. Unit2 Great people
Vocabulary

2. Learn some English idioms.
Learning aims
Learn some English idioms.
Find out more English idioms.

3. Step one Revision Finishing the table Time Major events In 1930
He was born in Ohio.
He received his pilot’s licence.
He joined the navy.
He was selected to be an astronaut.
He went into space in Gemini 8.
He walked on the moon.

4. Step two Presentation
What did the Mission Control think when the spacecraft began spinning out of control on its way back to earth.
It was better to be safe than sorry.

5. What does “it is better to be safe than sorry mean?
Step two Presentation
What does “it is better to be safe than sorry mean?
宁可事先谨慎有余，不要事后追悔莫及

6. Telling a story Step two Presentation
It was very cloudy when I left school yesterday afternoon. Soon after I left, it began to rain. It was raining cats and dogs. Suddenly, I remembered I hadn’t closed all the windows, so I called Simon and Daniel to go back to school because many hands make light work.
After we closed the windows, I asked Simon and Daniel to come to my home for supper. We wanted to make pizza for ourselves, but we really didn’t know how to make it, and finally made a mess! It seems that too many cooks spoil the broth.

7. 1 Was the rain heavy or not?
Step two Presentation
Questions:
1 Was the rain heavy or not?
2 What’s the meaning of “many hands make light work”?
3 They had tasty pizza at last, didn’t they?
It was very heavy
It means that having many helpers makes a task easier and faster to complete.
No, they didn’t

8. The meaning of the English idioms
Step two Presentation
The meaning of the English idioms
An idiom is a phrase or sentence whose meaning is not clear from the meanings of its individual words. It must be understood as a whole because it often does not mean what it appears to mean.

9. 1 the early bird catches the worm
Step two Presentation
A guessing game
1 the early bird catches the worm
2 many hands make light work
3 raining cats and dogs
4 when the cat’s away, the mice will play
捷足先登
人多力量大
倾盆大雨
山中无老虎，猴子称大王

10. 人多手杂反误事 人人皆有得意时 邻家芳草绿，隔岸风景好 Step two Presentation
5 too many cooks spoil the broth
6 every dog has its day
7 don’t put all your eggs in one basket
8 the grass is always greener on the other side
人多手杂反误事
人人皆有得意时
切勿孤注一掷
邻家芳草绿，隔岸风景好

11. Write the letters in the brackets
Step three exercises
Write the letters in the brackets
a the early bird catches the worm
b many hands make light work
c raining cats and dogs
d when the cat’s away, the mice will play
e too many cooks spoil the broth
f every dog has its day
g don’t put all your eggs in one basket
h the grass is always greener on the other side

12. Step three exercises
( ) a If too many people are involved in a task, it will not be done well.
( ) b Everybody can have good luck or be successful some time in their life.
( ) c The person who is the earliest will get what he or she wants.
( )d It is raining very heavily.
( ) e When the person in power is absent, people will do as they like.
( ) f Having many helpers makes a task easier and faster to complete.
( ) g What we do not have always seems better than what we have.
( ) h Do not put all you have in one thing because you may lose everything 5 6 1 3 4 2 8 7

13. 1 It was raining cats and dogs last night, so we couldn’t go out.
Step four Practice
Making some sentences with the English idioms
For example:
1 It was raining cats and dogs last night, so we couldn’t go out.
2 My father is a very careful investor, he never puts all his eggs in one basket.
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14. kill two birds with one stone
Step five 延伸拓展
as busy as a bee
see the elephant
talk horse
a sleeping dog
Love me，love my dog．
Teach fish to swim
kill two birds with one stone
忙忙碌碌
大开眼界 吹牛
不可惹（惹不起）的人
爱屋及乌
班门弄斧
一石双鸟，一箭双雕

15. He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet． paint the lily
wake a sleeping dog
as poor as Job
fish in troubled water
a drop in the ocean
know sth like the back of one's hand
不入虎穴焉得虎子
画蛇添足
招惹是非
家贫如洗
混水摸鱼
沧海一粟
对某事了如指掌

16. Thank you!