1. Unit 5 Section A Period 1 (1a-2d)

2. What do you like doing in your spare time?

3. Do you like watching TV? What TV shows would you like to watch?

4. talk showsoap opera

5. sitcom sports show

6. game showtalent show

7. news

8. 1a Match the TV shows with the pictures [a-g]. 1. talk show ____ 4. sitcom ____ 7. news ____ 2. soap opera ____ 5. game show ____ 3. sports show ____ 6. talent show ____ d a c b df e g What do you think of talk shows? I don’t mind them. e b c a g f

9. 1b Listen and number the shows [1-4] in the order you hear them. ______ talent show ______ talk show ______ soccer game ______ news 31 42

10. Listen again and answer these questions. 1.What does Mark plan to do later? Watch TV. 2. What does Jack think of talk shows? Sometimes they can be a bit boring. 3. Does Jack like the news? Yes. He likes.

11. 4. What does Jack think of talent shows? Quite funny. 5. Does Mark want to watch the soccer game at 5:00? How about Jack? Yes, he wants. Jack wants to watch that game, too.

12. 1c Practice the conversation. Then make your own conversations. love like don’t mind don’t like can’t stand A: What do you want to watch? B: What do you think of talk show? A: They’re OK. I don’t mind them. B: Then let’s watch a talk show.

13. What do you want to watch? What do you think of talent show? I don’t like/don’t mind/can’t stand… I think it’s/they’re…

14. 2a Listen to Lin Hui and Sally’s conversation. Number the TV shows [1–5] in the order you hear them. _______ sitcoms ________ news _______ game shows _______ talk shows _______ soap operas 12 3 4 5

15. 2b Listen again. Complete the sentences. 1. Sally likes to watch ___________________. 2. Lin Hui thinks she can learn _____________ from sitcoms. 3. Sally thinks ___________ are more educational than sitcoms. 4. Sally loves ___________. She plans to watch Days of Our Past _________. the news or talk shows some great jokes game shows soap operas tonight

16. 1. What does Lin Hui think of sitcoms? Really funny. 2. Does Sally like sitcoms? Why? She doesn’t like sitcoms. Because she thought we can’t learn anything from them. 3. What kind of TV shows does Sally like? She likes shows that are more educational. Listen again and answer questions.

17. 4. What does Sally think of game shows? They are better than sitcoms. 5. What does Sally think of soap operas? She loves watching them. 6. What does Sally plan to watch tonight? She plans to watch Days of Our Past tonight. Listen again and answer questions.

18. 2c Ask and answer questions about the TV shows in 2a. Use information that is true for you.

19. Do you plan to watch the news tonight? Why? Yes. I like watching the news. I watch it every night. Because I hope to find out what’s going on around the world.

20. Work in pairs.

21. 1. What are Grace and Sarah talking about? TV shows. 2. What kind of TV shows do Sarah’s classmates like? Game shows and sports shows. 3. What does Grace think of game shows and sports shows? She can’t stand them. Read the conversation and answer questions. 2d

22. 4. What does Grace think of soap operas? What does Sarah think of them? Grace loves soap operas. However, Sarah don’t mind them. 5. What are Sarah’s favorite TV shows? Why Does she like them? What does Grace think of them? Sarah’s favorite TV shows are the news and talk shows, because you can expect to learn a lot from them. Grace thinks they are boring.

23. Listen and role-play the conversation.

24. 1. plan to do sth. 计划做某事 Where do you plan to spend your holiday? 你打算去哪里度假？ I plan to go to the movie tonight. 我计划今晚要去看电影。 plan n. 计划

25. 2. hope to do sth. 希望做某事 I hope to hear from you soon. 我希望不久能收到你的来信。

26. hope, wish, expect 辨析： hope: 指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。 wish: Do you wish to say anything? 你想要说什么吗？语气较弱，多指难于实 现或不可能实现的愿望。 expect: I expect to have read this book by next Tuesday. 我预计下星期二以前把这本书 读完。通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有 预料之意，或预计某事或某行动的发生。

27. 用 hope, wish, expect 的适当形式填空 1. I didn’t ______ that he should fail in the examination. 2. “Can we be late for class?” “I ______not.” 3. She ______ me success. expect hope wished

28. I ______ you every success in the future. A. hope B. wish C. expect D. want 答案： B

29. 3. find out 查明；弄清 辨析 find / find out find 指偶然或意外地发现，着重指找到的 结果。如： He found a dead cat at the door. 他在门口发现一只死猫。 而 find out 却是强调经过一番过程，经了解 和查询而搞清楚，弄明白某一情况。 如： I will try to find out who broke the window. 我会尽力查出是谁打破了窗户。

30. You will ________ what kind person he is some day. A. find B. find out 答案： B 解析： find 是找到，发现的意思 ，而 find out 有弄清真相，找出, 发现, 查明 ( 真相等 ), 认识到，弄清楚的意思。

31. Jim, could you help me _____ when the plane will take off on the Internet? A. get on B. find out C. look for D. look after 解析： A 是 “ 相处 ” 的意思， C 是 “ 寻找 ” ，强调 动作， D 是 “ 照顾 ” ， find out 表示经过一番 努力 “ 发现 ” ，经常与火车、飞机出发时间搭 配。