Unit 8

I’ll help clean the city

parks.Reading

Section 1 Before You Read

1a

How many different kinds of letters can you

think of? Discuss this with a partner.

How is a letter different from an article?

List three differences.

1. A letter needs an address.

2. A letter needs greetings at the beginning

and end.

3. A letter usually uses informal language.

Section 2 While You Read

Read and answer.

What did Liz write this letter for?

Liz wrote this letter to thank Miss Li for

sending money to “Animal Helpers”.

根据课文内容 ,完成任务。A. 根据文章内容补全句子。1. “Animal Helpers” is ____________

that helps disabled people.

2. Liz Smith can’t use __________ well.

3. Lucky is very clever and understands

many ______________.

an organization

arms or legs

English words

B. 根据文章内容回答下列问题。4. What did Miss Li donate to "Animal Helpers"?

     _________________________________________

5. How long was Lucky trained at "Animal

Helpers"?

     ________________________________________

6. What can Lucky do for Liz Smith?

_________________________________________

She donated money to "Animal Helpers".

Lucky was trained six months at "Animal Helpers".

Lucky can help Liz Smith do something.

Read and fill in the blanks.

Character Information

Miss Li She is a kind woman who (1) ________________________ to “Animal Helpers”.donated / gave / sent money

Lucky He is a helpful (2)____ and he helps Liz Smith with her daily life. Lucky had been trained for (3)__________ before he went to Liz Smith’s house.

Liz Smith Liz Smith is a (4)_______ person and it’s difficult for her to do normal things. She feels Lucky is a great (5)____ to her.

dog

six months

disabled

help

fill v. 装满 ,填满

常与介词 with连用 ,构成 fill ... with ...结构 ,意为“用……装满……”。

Laughter filled the room. 房间里充满了笑声。

Please fill the cup with water. 请把这个杯子装满水。       

Language points

fill in 填充 , 填写     

If you want to join the club, please fill in the form first.

如果你想参加这个俱乐部 , 请先填写这个表格。

拓展 :

be filled with ... 被装满 /填满…… (强调动作 )

be full of ... 装满了……的 (强调状态 )

有时二者可以互换。

I was filled with fear at that time. 当时我的内心充满了恐惧。

The box is full of books. 箱子里装满了书。

pleasure n.

1) 不可数名词 , 意为“愉快 ,快乐”。 I often read books for pleasure. 我经常读书以自娱。with pleasure意为“愉快地，高兴地，十分愿意” He listened with pleasure to the beautiful music.

他陶醉在美妙的音乐中。 I will remember this meeting with pleasure.

        我会愉快地记着这次的会晤。

2) pleasure还可以用作可数名词 , 意为“快乐的事”。

It’s a pleasure to work with you. 和你工作是一件快乐的事。

It’s a / my pleasure意为“不客气 ,乐意效劳” ,是对别人感谢的礼貌回复。

—Thank you for doing that.     感谢你那么做。    — It’s a / my pleasure.     不客气。 

imagine v. 想像 ,预料 ,设想

后面可以接名词作宾语。

I can’t imagine life without friendship now.

   我现在无法想像没有友谊的生活。 

拓展 :

imagine还可以用于以下结构中 :

★imagine (sb.) doing sth.意为“想像 (某人 )做某事”。

I can’t imagine (myself) dancing in front of so many people. 我无法想像 (自己 )在那么多人面前跳舞。

★imagine sb. / sth. (+ to be) + 形容词、名词或介词短语等 ,意为“想像某人 / 某物……”。

That boy always imagines himself (to be) a pilot. 那个男孩总是想像自己是一名飞行员。

★imagine + 从句 ,意为“想像 /猜测 /料想……”。

I imagine (that) you are very tired. 我猜想你很累了。 

根据句意 , 从方框中选择适当的单词并用其正确形式填空。            

1. He came here ________ to say sorry to her.

2. I am __________ to cycle to school because my bicycle is broken.

3. After the accident, they got ________ from many people.

4. We should help people who are _________.

able, donate, special, appreciate,

pleasure, disable, support, imagine

specially

unable

donations

disabled

5. You should tell as many facts as

     possible __________ your ideas.

6. I will _________ it very much if you

can help me with it.

7. It’s hard to ________ that a girl with

only one arm can play so well.

8. —Excuse me, could you help me carry

the heavy box?

    —With ________.

to support

appreciate

imagine

pleasure

用 bring, take, fetch 或 carry的适当形式填空。1. You can’t ______ the book out of the

library.

2. He _________ the bag on his shoulder and

went home.

3. ________ your paper here next time.

4. Please wait a minute. He’s just gone  out to

______ some water.

take

carried

Bring

fetch

用 fill, fill ... with 或 full 的适当形式填空。

1. The heavy smoke ________ the room      just now.

2. ______ in your name and address here.

3. Look out! The cup is ________ of hot      water.

4. The doctor often _________ the bottle      ______ medicine.

filled

Fill

full

fills with

Section 3 After You Read

noun 名词pronoun 代词verb 动词adjective 形容词adverb 副词preposition 介词conjunction 连词exclamation 叹词

3a Find one example of each part of speech in the reading.

Nouns: money, animal, helpers, people,

Lucky, organization …

Pronouns: I ,you, it, my, who, that …

Verbs: like, thank, send, set (up), fill …

Adjectives: disabled, blind, deaf, normal …

Adverbs: easily, well, last year, at once …

Prepositions: for, with, of …

Conjunctions: but, and, because, or …

Exclamations: You see, Lucky!

3b Find three examples of phrasal verbs from the reading. Use them to make sentences of your own.

set up 建立，成立An organization was set up to help disabled people.

cheer up 为……加油 I’ll cheer up our football team in the next match.

run out of 用光，耗尽 I am afraid we’ve run out of petrol.

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

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT/

PREDICATE

Miss Li

Liz Smith

Lucky

“Animal Helpers”

can fetch

donated

is

unable to move well.

money to “Animal Helpers”.

animals like Lucky.

things for disabled people

trains

Section 4 Go For It!

Write a short reply to Liz Smith. In your letter, you should:

1. offer to help her more.

2. say why you are able to help.

3. say what you could do to help.