八年级下册

Unit 10 I've had this bike for three years.

Period Two

A letter fromA letter from A fatherA father

juniorjunior high schoolclearclear outbedroomno longerownrailway

certainas forhonestto be honestwhiletruthfulpartpart with

New words

Read the article written by a father for a newspaper. What is his family going to sell at the yard sale?

Son: a train and railway set

the toy monkey

Daughter: certain toys

Father: football shirts

3a

Read the passage and choose true (T) or false

(F).

1. My daughter is 15 and my boy has

already started junior high school.

2. Our house really get smaller.

F

F

3. My son was quite sad at first.

4. My daughter felt happy to part with certain toys.

5. I want to give up my football shirts.

F

T

T

Read the article again and answer the questions.3b

1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale?

2. What do they want to do with the money

from the sale?

Because the father’s children get bigger and their house seems

to get smaller.

They want to give the money to a children’s home.

3. Why does the son want to keep his

train and railway set?

4. How can the old toys be useful again?

Because he has owned it since his fourth birthday, and he played

with it almost every week until he was about seven.

They can be sold to the people who need them.

5. Have you ever thought about having a

yard sale to sell your things?

What would you do with the money

you raise?

Yes, I have.

I would give it to the charity.

juniore.g. They are very close friends since junior high school.年轻的，（年纪）小的 be junior to = be younger than She is junior to me.

Language Points

A be ... years junior to B.

A be junior to B by ...years.

Lily is three years junior to me.

Lily is junior to me by three years.A be ... years B's junior.

A be B's junior by ...years.

Lily is three years my junior.

Lily is my junior by three years.

clear out

Clear out things in this cupboard, please.

请把这个碗橱里的东西都清除掉 .

I'll clear out that closet for you.

我要替你把那个小衣橱清理出来 .

own v. 拥有；有e.g. Most households now own at least one car.

大多数家庭现在至少有一辆汽车。truthful adj. 诚实的；老实的e.g. He was not always truthful.

他并非总是说真话。

2. We have decided to each sell five

things that we no longer use.

no longer 意为“不再；不复”，有时可 用 not …any longer 或 not … anymore

替换。如： He no longer lives here. (= He doesn’t

live here anymore/any longer.)

他不再住这儿了。

常用结构： be certain to do sth.

肯定要做某事 be certain of/about sth.

对某事确定、有把握 be certain of doing sth.

有把握做某事 be certain + 从句 一定……

1) certain adj. 意为“某种；某事；某人”。e.g. He decided to sell his certain books.

他决定卖掉他的某些书籍。[ 拓展 ] certain 形容词，意为“确实的，无 疑的”。

3. My daughter was more understanding,

although she also felt sad to part with

certain toys.

e.g. He felt quite certain of success.

他对成功很有把握。2) part with 放弃、交出， part v. 离开， 分开e.g. Don’t part with your dream.

不要放弃你的梦想。

4. As for me, I did not want to give up

my football shirts, but, to be honest, I

have not played for a while now.

1) as for 至于，关于e.g. And as for us, we are fortunate.

可对我们来说，我们是幸运的。2) to be honest 意为“说实在的，说实话”，经常单独使用，作插入

语，用逗号与句子隔开。类似的表达还有 to tell the truth “ 老实说，说实话”。

e.g. To be honest, she is not an honest girl.

说实话，她不是一个诚实的女孩。 honest 为形容词， 意为“诚实的；老 实的”。反义词为 dishonest“ 不诚实的”。e.g. An honest man does not tell lies.

诚实的人不会说谎。

3) while n. 一段时间，一会儿while 还可用作连词，引导时间状语从句，意为“当……的时候”， while 引导的时间状语从句中的动词必须是延续性动词。e.g. They chattered away happily for a

while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。 He kept in touch with us while he was on vacation.

他在度假期间仍与我们保持联系。

Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced with the ones below and write them next to the words.

lose— part with kids— _______

truthful— __________ many— ________

some time— ______ even though— _______

quickly— ______ older— ______

children

to be honest a lot ofalthough

fast biggera while

3c

1. My best friend Tom is ____ honest

boy. You can believe him.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

2. —Is Mr. Smith still in Shanghai?

—Yes, he ____ there for two months.

A. has been B. has gone

C. has been to D. has gone to

Exercises

1. Review the new words and language points.

2. Recite the text.

Homework

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