1. 九年级人教新目标 Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks. Reading

2. Have you ever written a letter? Who do you write to? What do you usually write? 1. Before reading

3. How many kinds of letter do you know? Recommendation letter

4. Thanks letter

5. Ordinary contacting letter

6. Position-asking letter

7. Do you know the difference between a letter and an article? 1. A letter is for some person to read, while article is for a lot of people to read. 2. The beginning of a letter is different from that of an article. 3. A letter is for communication, while an article is for sharing.

8. 1. The writer can’t use her arms or legs well. 2. Lucky was brought to the writer by her friend. 3. They have been trained at “Animal Helpers” for seven months. 4. A dog-helper is for those who are disabled. 5. Lucky can understand different instructions. T T F T F Listen and decide whether the sentences are true or false.

9. Read the letter and number the things that have happened in order. a. The writer got a dog. b. One of the writer’s friends said that she would like to help her out. c. Miss Li donated money to “Animal Helpers”.1 2 3 2. While reading

10. e. Lucky helps the writer do a lot of things. f. The writer and Lucky were trained. d. The writer will send a photo of Lucky to Miss Li. 6 5 4

11. thank sb for doing sth. fill sth/sb with sth help sb out because of be well used to do sth for the reason of/ that… to make sth/sb full of sth to get sb out of some trouble to feel thankful to sb because sb has done sth. be put into good use

12. 3. After reading 3a. Find examples of each part of speech in the reading. Nouns: money, animal, helpers, organization, people, Lucky… Pronouns: I, you, it, my, who, that… Verbs: like, thank, send, set (up), fill, tell… Adjectives: disabled, blind, deaf, normal… Adverbs: easily, well, last year, at once, up stairs… Prepositions: for, with, of… Conjunctions: but, and, because, or… Exclamations: You see, Lucky!

13. 3b. Find three phrasal verbs that we have learned from the reading and use them to make sentences of your own. set upcheer up run out of Any others?

14. Mother usually _____________ when I feel sad. Have we ___________ food? I thought we have got enough. He ________ the company by himself and it has become one of the largest in the world. cheers me up run out of set up

15. 3c. Use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts. Subject Miss Li Liz Smith Lucky “Animal Helpers” Verb can fetch trains donated is Object/predicate unable to move well. money to “Animal Helpers”. animals like lucky. things for disabled people.

16. Explanation 1. I’d like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. (1) “Animal Helpers” 动物助手, 一个帮助残疾人 而建立的组织。 (2) thank sb. for… 为 …… 而感谢某人 e.g. Thank you for your flowers to me. (3) set up 引导的是一个省去关系代词 that 的 定语从句。 e.g. Thomas has a lab set up himself.

17. 2. …who has filled my life with pleasure. (1) 此句为 who 引导的非限制性定语从句，当 它修饰人或拟人化的动物时用 who 或 whom, 修饰物时用 which ，非限制性定语从句不可 用 that 指人或物。例如： Jordan, who is a famous basketball player, will come to visit our city next week.

18. (2) 非限制性定语从句也可用 where 或 when 引 导，分别修饰地点或时间。例如： They’ll go to the USA, where they can learn a lot about American culture. We’ll put off our spring outgoing until next month, when we won’t be so busy.

19. 3.Being blind, deaf, unable to walk, or use your hands easily is something that most people cannot imagine. (1) 此句中 “being…” 是动名词做主语。谓语 动词用单数。 (2) “….that most people cannot imagine” 是定语 从句, 修饰 something 。

20. 4. Then one day last year, a friend of mine said that she would like to help me out. help out 意为 “ 使某人脱离困境 ” 可分开使用。 e.g. Nobody helped me out when I lost my job.

21. 5. You see, I’m only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kind donation! (1) 此句中的 be able to 意为 “ 能够做 …… 的事 ”, 可用 can 替换，主语为物时一般都使用 can, can 没有将来时和完成时, 也不能用于其他 助动词后面，所以常用 be able to do 来替换。 (2) because of 是介词短语, 表原因, 后面接名 词或代词宾语。 because 是连词, 后常接从句。

22. 1. 这块田地被有效地利用来建设机场。 2. 我们的钱都用光了吗 ? 那我向我朋友借点。 The land is well used to build an airport. Have we run out of money? Then I’ll borrow some from my friends. Translate these sentences into English by using the phrasal verbs we have learned.

23. 3. 非常感谢你为我们准备了如此丰富的晚餐。 4. 你可以帮我往杯子里倒满水吗 ? 5. 由于疾病的关系，我们很难哄他开心。 Thank you so much for preparing so delicious supper for us. Can you fill the glass with water for me? Because of illness, he is difficult to be cheered up by us.

24. What can they do? The dog helps the blind to walk across the road.

25. The dog helps the blind to walk safely on the road.

26. The dog helps the blind to go down the stone steps. What else can the dogs do for disabled people?

27. Exercise 1. It’s very kind ____ you. Thank you for your help. (2010 年江苏省盐城市 ) A. of B. for C. to D. on 2. ---Thank you for your coffee and tasty snacks. I'm afraid I have to go now. ---OK. _______. (2009 江苏南京 ) A. Go slowly B. All right C. Sounds great D. see you A D

28. Homework Write a short reply to Liz Smith. In your letter: 1. Offer to help her more. 2. Say why you are able to help. 3. Say what you could do to help.

29. A poem It is the deepest appeal that is based on love. It is the most vital cause that is out of voluntary will. It is the noblest behavior that is devoted to helping others. The language of dedication is the most communicative language of mankind.

30. 基于爱心的呼唤是最深沉的呼唤 处于自愿的事业是最有生命力的事业 服务他人的行为是最高尚的行为 奉献者的语言是最易沟通的人类共同语言