Unit 8Unit 8

I’ll help clean up the city parks.

Do you often help others?

Tell us something about the last time you helped others.

I helped to clean the classroom.

I helped my parents with the chores.

I _________________________.

I _________________________.

notice board布告牌

There are many other ways you could help people.

You could help clean up the city parks.

You could cheer up the old people.

What other ways you could help people? Just think and fill in the chart.

other ways you could help people_____________________ _______________________

_____________________ _______________________

_____________________ _______________________

I’d like to cheer up sick kids.

Here are four conversations about helping others. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks in each sentences.

1. I’d like to _____ outside. You could help clean _____ the city parks.

2. I’d like to _____ homeless people. You could give _____ food at the food bank.

3. I’d like to cheer _____ sick kids. You could _____ them in the hospital.

4. I’d like help kids _____ their schoolwork. You could _____ in an after-school study program.

work up

help out

up visit

with volunteer

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Practice the conversation below. Then have similar conversation using the information in activity 1B.

A: I’d like to work outside.

B: You could help clean up the city parks.

√ √ √

A group of students are planning a City Parks Clean-Up Day. They are talking about ways to tell people about the Clean-Up Day. Listen and fill in the blanks.

1. We need to ______ _______ _______ a plan.

2. We can’t _______ _______ making a plan. Clean-Up Day is only two weeks from now.

3. I’ll _______ _______ all our ideas.

4. We could _______ _______ signs.

5. I’ll _______ _______ advertisements after school.

6. We could each _______ _______ ten people and ask them to come.

come up with

put off

write down

put up

hand out

call up

Useful

phrases

cheer up set up clean up come up with put off

Task OneLei Feng Day is two weeks from now. We need to come up with a plan. What would you like to do? Talk with your partner and come up with a plan.

A: We need to come up with a plan.

B: Let’s have lunch first.

A: No’ we can’t put off making a plan. Clean-Up Day is only two weeks from now.

B: ….

Grammar

focus

Phrasal verb Sentence Meaning of phrasal verb

cheer up He looks sad. Let’s cheer him up.

make someone happier

set up We’re going to set up a food bank to help hungry people.

establish , start

come up with We need to come up with some ideas.

think up

HomeworkHomeworkset up cheer up clean up put off come up with set up cheer up clean up put off come up with

write down write down

• I forgot to _____ its address , now I can’t find it.

• He couldn’t _____ an idea.• After meals, Hanmei often helps _____ the

table at home.• We have to _____ the meeting because of

rain.• Young man, _____! Don’t cry for the over

spilt milk.• He _____ a new world record in September,

1935.

Section ASection A

3a-4

A guessing game

What’s this?

A: I ’ d like to do something for the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing. What should I do?

B: You could join the volunteer project. Being a volunteer is great!

… 的家Volunteer

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一个重大贡献

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从学校毕业

从事志愿活动很开心

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Being a volunteer is great!

Useful

phrases

volunteer their time to plan to spend … doing… cheer up not only … but … set up put off

What kinds of volunteer work could these students do? After you read the article , fill in the table.

Name Loves Could

Hui soccer

Xiao Tang writing stories

Joy movies

Wei music

Teach the pupils to play football

Turn the city people’s life into storiesShow free movies to the villagers

Play music to cheer people up

Role play. Take turns being one of the people in the article. Ask for and give advice.

A: I’d like to join the school volunteer project, but I’m not sure what should I do.

B: What do you like doing?

A: I love playing football.

B: Well, you could help coach a football team for little kids.

Task Two

If you work for the school volunteer project, some students want to be volunteers. Give your advice to them.

Section BSection B

1a-4

Listen and match the sentences with similar meanings.

____ 1. I’ve run out of it. A. I repaired it.

____ 2. I take after my mother. B. I don’t have any more of it.

____ 3. I fixed it up. C. I am similar to her.

____ 4. I gave it away. D. I didn’t sell it.

bca

d

4 2 1 3

Jimmy is a volunteer at the school volunteer project. After listening to the tape, can you guess what job Jimmy does? Make up a conversation with your partner.

Read the article and underline all the phrasal verbs.

Explanation for Section B Explanation for Section B

• 1.run out of = use up “ 用完”、“卖光”。句子的主语是人或使用的物。注意不能用于被动语态。

• I am running out of my money.= My money is running out of.

• We are running out of the gas. = Our car is running out of the gas.

• 2. I take after my mother.

take after ≈look like ,be similar to

3. I fixed it up.

fix up = repair(修理）； fasten(安装） 4.give away 赠送 5.call up = ring up;give sb. a ring.;phone

sb.

6.hand out(散发）； hand in(上缴）； hand around/round(传递） hand on (依次传递）

• 7 .work out ( 产生结果、结果是）• The idea works out well.

• 那个注意的实施结果很好。• 另外还有“解答出、计算出”的意思。• Can you work out the answer to this

question?

• See if you can work out this bill.

2. He put up signs.

3. He called up friends.

4. He handed out advertisements.

5. He told teachers.

Brainstorm a plan for helping out in your community. Make notes on where you will help and what you will do. Then tell the class about your plan.where ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ what ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 3 help(sb) out帮助摆脱困境

社区、集体

Make sentences using the phrasal verbs below.

come up with put off write down put up hand out call up cheer up clean up set up

Self checkSelf check

give out

came up with

gave away

hang out

takes after

作状语： a bit = a littlenot a bit( 一点也不）

not a little( 非常）作定语： a bit of 和

a little of 都修饰不可数名词

Write an article using the notes below. Tell what happens to Sally.

Sally Brown / a young woman / wants to be a professional singer / as a volunteer / sings at a local hospital / cheers up sick people / also sings at schools / ran out of money for singing lessons / came up with ideas for making money / put up signs asking for singing jobs / also called up parents offering singing lessons for children / now will be able to continue her lesson / become a professional singer

Sample answersSample answers

• Sally Brown is a young woman who wants to be a professional singer. As a volunteer, she sings at a local hospital to cheer up sick people and also sings at schools. But after she ran out of money for singing lessons, she came up with ideas for making money. She put up signs asking for singing jobs and also called parents

offering singing lessons for children. Now she will be able to continue her lessons and become a professional singer.

How do you connect with your friends, have a call, write a letter or send an e-mail?

How many different kinds of letters can you think of?

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

3. ________________________________________

notes

informal letters to a friend

business letters

invitations

以口语体写的信

1b1b

Letters needs addresses

Letters need greetings at beginning and end.

Letters use informal language.

Learning strategy:

using parts of speech

If you don’t understand a word or a phrase in English, ask yourself what part of speech it is. It might be a none, a verb or a preposition. Knowing what it is can help you understand better. And it allows you to use the new English word or phrase correctly in the future.

I I ’’ll send you a photo of Lucky.ll send you a photo of Lucky.

Dear Miss Li, I’d like to thank you for sending money

to （把…送给） “ Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. You see, you have helped make it possible for me to have “Lucky”, who has filled my life with pleasure （让快乐填满我的生活） . Let me tell you my story.

Being blind, deaf, unable to （不能够）

walk or use your hands easily is something that most people can’t imagine. But there are many people who face these challenges（面对挑战） , and I am one of them. Because I can’t use my arms or legs well, normal things like answering the telephone（接电话） , opening and shutting doors or carrying things （搬东西） have always been difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine （我的一个朋友） said that she would like to help me out（帮助解决困难） .

She said she would talk to “ Animal

Helpers” to see if it would be possible for me to get a specially trained dog （得到一只专门训练过的狗） . She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I told her that I love animals and that I’d love to have a dog.

After six months of training with a dog at “ Animal Helpers”, I was able to bring him home （带他回家） . My dog’s name is “Lucky”– a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him.

You see, I’m only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kind donation!

How does Lucky help me, you might ask? Well, he has been trained to understand different instructions. For example, I say, “Lucky! Fetch my book （拿来） ,” and he does it at once. He is very clever and understands many English words, even some difficult ones like “upstairs”.

Lucky is an amazing （神奇的） dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you like, and I could show you （ how he helps me too ） one day. And so I thank you again for supporting “Animal Helpers”. It is very appreciated and the money is well used to （被用来做…） help disabled people like me.

Best wishes,

Liz Smith

After readingAfter reading

Find three examples of phrasal verbs from the reading. Using them to make sentences of your own.

1 . _______

Sentence: __________

__________

2 . ______

Sentence: __________

__________

3 . _______

Sentence:

__________

__________

SubjectMiss Li

Liz Smith

Lucky

“Animal Helpers”

Verbcan fetch

trains

donated

is

Object/predicateunable to move well.

money to “Animal Helpers”

animals like lucky.

things for disable people.

Use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts.

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.

Dear Liz,

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Example answer Example answer Dear Liz, I was so happy to receive your letter. Thank you

very much for writing to tell me about Lucky. I would really love to come and visit you one day. I’d also like to help you some more because I have some extra time at the moment. Perhaps I could help you at home, or do some work for “Animal Helpers”. I’d enjoy watching them train the animals too. I’ll call them one day soon.

Here is my phone number:468-3852. please call me so we can arrange a time for me to visit.

• Best wishes,• Ming Li