牛津版 九年级 (9A) Unit 3

1. 牛津版 九年级 (9A) Unit 3

2. Unit 3 Reading

3. Language functions and focus • To learn to use “wh-”words + “to”-infinitives, e.g. • 2. Learn different types of sentences. • 3. Distinguish different types of sentences. • 4. Use object complement to make sentences.

4. 5. Learn the five basic sentence structures. 6. Understand the different meanings of the verb “get” .

5. Pre-reading • As a teenager, do you often meet • with some personal problems? • 2. What are they?

6. A Street Interview Analysis in Taipei Question 1: Which will bother you the most? please number from 1 to 8 according to their importance to you.

7. Distribution of the Ones Bothering Children Most

8. Another Street Interview Analysis in Mainland, China Question 2: Which will bother you the most? Please number from 1 to 8 according to their importance to you.

9. 青少年儿童八大烦恼是:学习成绩不理想,没信心学好(占 36.9%);总也做不完的作业(占 34.8%);家长只知道关心学习成绩,不能理解我们(占 32%);家长总不让我玩,没时间玩(占 31%);只喜欢电脑游戏,其他活动没意思(占 26%);没有朋友,

10. 感到孤独(占 21.8%);爸爸、妈妈总爱争吵,家庭气氛不愉快(占 18.4%);嫌老师偏心、不公平、武断、严厉、唠叨,因此不喜欢老师(占 16.8%)。

11. Observations: (1) Most of their displeasure comes from homework, the family and school. (2) The other pressure comes from limited time. Most often because of  pre-arranged classes. Distribution of the Ones Bothering Children Most

12. Question: What will make you feel satisfied and happy?

13. Observations: The major responses were friend and family, then school activities. Distribution of the Factors Making Children Feel Satisfied

14. Question: What will remove your worry or make you happy?

15. Observations: Most children think listening to music can help them relax, and the next comes playing computer games and going out. Distribution of the Factors Making Children Happy

16. Question:Where does your happiness come from?

17. Observations: The first is friends, and then family. Distribution of The Places Their Happiness Coming from

18. Please use one sentence to describe you feeling about happiness. Contents Numbers Going out with family members 1 Going out alone 4 Playing with friends 5 Reading novels 1 Always keeping a pleasant mind 1 With family members 1

19. Contents Numbers Playing computer games 3 Freedom 3 Health 1 Having lots of friends 3 Watching my pet 1 Play my favorite sport 1 Watching TV 2 Play computer games 1

20. Contents Numbers Learning English 1 Just feeling free 3 Having fun and relaxing 1 Reading 1 Being happy and having fun 1

21. Contents Numbers Painting 1 Exercise 1 Dancing 1 Feeding the dog 1 Swimming 1

22. Observations: Most of them think that happiness is playing with friends and going out.

23. While- Reading Every person has his/ her own problem. Millie and Simon also meet with some problems. Please listen to the tape of the reading and tell us: 1. What problems do they meet with? 2. How do they feel?

24. Listen to the tape and discuss: 1. What are Millie’s hobbies? 2. Do you have any hobbies? What are they? 3. What kind of hobbies, in your opinion, are good? Why? 4. How do you like these hobbies?

25. 5. Why do the hobbies annoy her? 6. What is Simon’s favorite hobby? 7. Can you list some advantages of playing football? 8. Why does he say “football has become a big problem now”?

26. Read the reading and do the following exercises: 1. Millie and Simon are both Grade 9 students. 2. They both like football. 3. They both spend much time on their homework. T F F

27. F 4. They both feel stressed about their study. 5. They both think study is more important than sports. F

28. Read the reading fast and complete the following: Millie has lots of h______. Painting is her favourite. But she finds that she spends so much time d ____ her home work, and she can’t find any time f___ her hobbies. She can’t d ____ how to deal with the problem. obbies oing or ecide

29. chieve She asks the teachers to teach her how to a _______ a balance between the two.

30. dvice Simon would like some a_______ on his love of football. He is so c_______ about football that he s_______ out late at night to play it. His parents are very s_______ with him and they want him to come home earlier. razy tay trict

31. tressed Simon feels s_______ and angry from time to time. He wishes he could have his parents’ support.

32. Fill in the blanks : 9 9 reading, writing poems, walking, shopping, painting football football painting

33. A lot of homework No time 3-4 hours strict

34. More Exercises: • 词组互译: • 许多爱好 • 2. 写诗 • 3. 集中精力于家庭作业 • 4. 使我不高兴 • 5. 取得平衡

35. 6. 狂迷恋于… … 7. 感到压力 8. 最有价值

36. 9. a Grade 9 student 10. on time 11. hand in the homework 12. hear from 13. from time to time 14. have one’s support 15. give sb some advice 16. my love of football

37. 翻译： • 我想知道如何处理像这样的问题。 • 2. 那个时候游泳是我最喜欢的运动。 I want to know how to solve the problem like this. At the moment, swimming is my favourite sport.

38. 3. 我们知道对于9年级同学来说，努力学习取得大的进步是很重要的。 We all know it is very important to work hard and make much progress.

39. The problem is that I spend so much time learning maths that I can’t find any time for English. 4. 问题是我花了大量的时间学数学，以至于找不到时间学英语了。 5. 我只是不能决定什么时候穿T-shirt什么时候穿衬衫。 I just can’t decide when to wear T-shirt and when to wear shirt.

40. Should the university students focus on the English study and give up their majors? 6. 大学生们应当精力集中于英语学习而放弃自己的专业么？ 7. 谁能教我在工作和学习中保持平衡么？ Who can teach me how to achieve a balance between work and study?

41. 8. 我希望能尽快收到妈妈的来信。 9. 我的确不明白为什么他们那么喜欢那个严格的老师。 I hope to hear from Mom as quickly as possible. I really don’t understand why they like the strict teacher.