八下英語(yǔ)unit2Reading

1、Unit 2ReadingHow do you connect with others?write a lettersend an e-mailhave a callWhats wrong with the man ?He is blind.How to help him ?Helping others is to help yourself!Groupwork1. Who wrote this letter? 2. What does “ Lucky” mean in the letter?Liz SmithIts the name of a dog.1. The writer cant u

2、se her arms or legs well. 2. Lucky was brought to the writer by her friend. 3. They have been trained at “Animal Helpers” for seven months. 4. A dog-helper is for those who are disabled. 5. Lucky can understand different instructions. TTFTF True or false DiscussDo you often write letters?How is a le

3、tter different from an article?Can you tell me how to write a letter?1. letters need addresses2. letters need greetings at beginning and end3. letters use informal language1. Who wrote this letter? 2. What does “ Lucky” mean in the title?Liz SmithIts the name of a dog.3. Whats “Animal Helpers”?4. Wh

4、at kind of person is the writer?Its an organization to help disabled people.He is a disabled person.5. Why does Liz Smith write this letter?He wants to thank Miss Li for sending money to Animal Helpers Do you know what the following letters stand for?nnoun名詞名詞vverb動(dòng)詞動(dòng)詞adjadjective形容詞形容詞advadverb副詞副詞

5、pronpronoun代詞代詞preppreposition介詞介詞conjconjunction連詞連詞 Find examples of each part of speech in the reading.3aNouns: money, animal, helpers, people lucky, organization Pronouns: I ,you, it, my, who, thatVerbs: like, thank, send, set (up), fillAdjectives: disabled, blind, deaf, normalAdverbs: easily, w

6、ell, last year, at oncePrepositions: for, with, ofConjunctions: but, and, because, orExclamations: You see, Lucky! Find three examples of phrasal verbs from the reading. Use them to make sentences of your own.set up 建立，成立建立，成立eg. An organization to set up to help disabled people.cheer up 為為加油；加油；eg.

7、 Ill cheer our football team up in the next match.run out of 用光，耗盡用光，耗盡eg. I am afraid weve run out of petrol. Use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts.SUBJECTVERBOBJECT/PREDICATEMiss LiLiz SmithLucky“Animal Helpers”can fetchdonatedisunable to move well.mo

8、ney to “Animal Helpers”.animals like Lucky.things for disabled peopletrains Find out the new words in the letter.Dear Miss Li, Id like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. For sure, you have helped make it possible for me to have “Lucky”

9、, who has filled my life with pleasure. Let me tell you my story.Being blind, deaf, unable to walk, or use your hands easily is something that most people cannot imagine. But there are many people who face these challenges, and I am one of them. Because I cant use my arms or legs well, normal things

10、 like answering the telephone, opening and shutting doors, or carrying things have always been difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine said that she would like to help me out. She said she would talk to “Animal Helpers” to see if it would be possible for me to get a specially trai

11、ned dog. she also thought a dog might cheer me up. I told her that I love animals, and that Id love tohave a dog.After six months of training with a dog at “Animal Helpers”, I was able to bring him home. My dogs name is “Lucky” a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him. You see, Im o

12、nly 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 mybook,” and he does it at once. He is very clever, and understands many English words, even some di

13、fficult ones like “upstairs”.Lucky is an amazing dog. Ill 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 important that this organization does not run out of money. Your donation is greatly a

14、ppreciated and the money is well used to help disabled people like me. Best wishes, Liz Smith 1.thank you for doing 感謝某人做某事感謝某人做某事2.make it possible for sb. to do 使做某事對(duì)某人成為可能使做某事對(duì)某人成為可能3.fill. with 充滿，填滿充滿，填滿be filled with -be full of4.face the challenges 面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)5. answer the telephone 接電話接電話6. shu

15、t the door 關(guān)門關(guān)門7.be difficult for sb. 對(duì)某人來說困難對(duì)某人來說困難8.a friend of mine 我的一個(gè)朋友我的一個(gè)朋友9.help sb. out 幫助解決困難幫助解決困難10.train with 與與.訓(xùn)練訓(xùn)練10.train sb. to do 訓(xùn)練某人做某事訓(xùn)練某人做某事11.feel lucky to do 做做.感到幸運(yùn)感到幸運(yùn)12.at once 立即，馬上立即，馬上13.disabled people 殘疾人殘疾人14.it be possible for sb. to do 做某事對(duì)某人成為可能做某事對(duì)某人成為可能 be abl

16、e tocan 能能,會(huì)會(huì) be unable tocant 不能不能,不會(huì)不會(huì)15. because of +n. /v-ing/代詞代詞 因?yàn)橐驗(yàn)?because +從句從句 16. imagine doing 想象做想象做Write a short reply to Liz Smith.1.Offer to help her more.2.Say why you are able to help.3.Say what you could do to help.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 andvisit you one day and see how Lucky h