1. Reading Read a story about people who collect unusual things. Listening Listen to an interview about people’s collections. Grammar Learn how to use personal pronouns,possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns. Speaking Interview your classmates about their collections. Writing Write a short article about your collection. Unit8 Collecting things

2. Sam and Helen’s grandparents collect almost everything.There are eight doorbells on their front door! “This silver doorbell is my favourite,” said Helen. She pushed it and soon Grandpa opened the door. “Come in,my dear grandson and granddaughter!” he said. “Who started collecting doorbells,Grandpa?”asked Sam. “Your grandma,”he answered. “She loves doorbells.” “What do you like collecting,Grandpa?” asked Helen. “I like collecting newspapers.” They went inside and saw newspapers everywhere. “Hello children!” called Grandma, “Let’s have some tea.” The children followed her into the living room and saw lots of toys there. There was hardly any space for the children to sit down. “Whose toys are these?” asked Helen. “They are ours,” said Grandma.”We both like collecting toys.” “But remember,” said Grandpa, “We have a lot of free time! You have your school work to do, so you shouldn’t spend too much time collecting things!” Unusual collections

3. 1.collect v. 收集 collection n. 收藏品 collector n. 收藏家 Eg. This is my collection of model planes. 2. start doing sth. 开始做某事 = start to do sth. 3.everywhere 到处，处处 =here and there 4.let sb do sth. 让某人做某事 let sb not do sth. 让某人别做某事 Eg. Let me not eat any more. 5. There was hardly any space for the children to sit down. hardly any = almost no 几乎没有 space =room 空间 知识要点

4. 6.follow 跟随 =go after 7. 花费的四种句型： cost take; pay spend 前两个 cost take 是物做主语的 : sth. Cost(s) sb. some money it takes sb. some time to do sth. Eg.The book costs me $100. It takes me one hour to do my homework. 后两个是人做主语的： (in) doing sth. Sb. spend some time/money ｛ on sth. ( 名词，代词 ) Sb. pay 钱 for 物 I spend 5 dollars (in) buying the T-shirt. I spend one hour on homework I pay 5 dollars for the T-shirt. 8. a waste of time 浪费时间 Eg. Playing computer games is a waste of time.

5. More practice Collecting stamps is educational Yesterday was Show and Tell Day at Daniel’s school. Daniel was the first student to speak. He showed his classmates an old stamp. “My father gave me this first stamp,” said Daniel. “It has a picture of an old Chinese stone bridge on it. This made me more interested in Chinese culture. Soon I started to look for more stamps with interesting pictures.” “Now I have over 100 stamps,” said Daniel. “I learnt a lot about our country and its great culture from the stamps! Collecting stamps is really educational.” “That was a great talk. Thank you, Daniel,” said the teacher.

6. 1 educate v. 教育 education n. 教育 educational adj. 有教育意义的 2 show sb sth.=show sth to sb. 展示某人某物 eg. I show you a book. =I show a book to you. 3 make sb.sth +adj. 使某人。。。（怎么样） make sb./sth +v 原形 让某人做某事 eg. The film made me happy. I make you study every day. 4 look for 寻找 5 over=more than 超过，多于