Period 2 3a-3c

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

Section A

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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

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

My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger our house seems to get smaller. So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children’s home.

3a

We have already cleared out a lot of things

from our bedrooms. We have decided to each

sell five things that we no longer use. My son

was quite sad at first. Although he has not

played with his old toys for a long time, he

still wanted to keep them. For example, he has

owned a train and railway set since his fourth

birthday, and he played with it almost every

week until he was about seven. And he did not

want to lose his toy monkey, either.

He slept next to the monkey every night when

he was a child. My daughter was more

understanding, although she also felt sad to

part with certain toys.

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. I am

getting older, too!

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.

T

F

T

Read the article again and answer the questions.

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

2. What do they want to do with the money from

the sale?

3. Why does the son want to keep his train and

railway set?

4. How can the old toys be useful again?

5. Have you ever thought about having a yard

sale to sell your things? What would you do

with the money you raise?

3b

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

2. What do they want to do with the money from

the sale?

3. Why does the son want to keep his train and

railway set?

As their children get bigger their house seems to get smaller.

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

Because he has owned the train and railway set since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven.

4. How can the old toys be useful again?

5. Have you ever thought about having a yard

sale to sell your things? What would you do with

the money you raise?

They can give away the old toys to people in need or sell them for money.

Students’ answers.

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

lose — ________ kids — ________

truthful — __________ many — ________

some time— ________ even though — _______

quickly— ______ older — ______

part with children

to be honest a lot of

for a while although

fast bigger

3c

课时重点回顾

junior high school 初级中学clear out 清理；丢掉no longer 不再；不复part with 放弃、交出as for 至于；关于give up 放弃to be honest 说实在的

1. — Jim is a(n) ______ young man. — That's true. He always tells the truth. A. friendly B. shy C. honest D. lively2. — Look! Some people are running the red lights. — We should wait ______ others are breaking the rule. (2013 宁波 ) A. if B. unless C. although D. because

一、单项选择。

二、根据提示完成句子。

1. Dad was _______ (tidy) up in the kitchen.2. Our home has three _________ (a room used for sleeping in).3. The cinema is ________ ( 不再 ) used. 4. I've never ______ (have) a bike in my life.5. We live close to the _______ ( 铁路 ) line.

clearing

bedrooms

no longer

owned

railway

6. To be ______ (separate) from him even for two days made her sad.7. For _______ ( 某种 ) reasons I will be unable to attend the meeting.8. I’d like you to give me an ______ ( 诚实 的 ) answer. 9. I only stayed for a short _____ ( 一会儿 ).10. Are you being quite ________ (honest) with me?

parted

certain

honest

whiletruthful

三、翻译下列句子。1. 她已经从厨房里清理出了许多东西。 She has already __________________ _____________________.2. 他的希望破灭了。 He _________ felt any hope.3. 为了筹款，简不得不把她的车卖掉。 In order to raise money, Jane _______ ________________.4. 我好长时间没见到他了。 I haven't seen him __________.

cleared out a lot of things from the kitchen

no longer

had to part with her car

for a while

5. 至于你，你应该感到惭愧。 _________, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.6. 她不会轻易放弃的 , 她十分顽强。 _____________________: she's a real fighter.7. 说实话，我认为我们没有获胜的可能。 ____________, I don't think we have a chance of winning.

As for you

She won't give up easily

To be honest

• Recite the article.

• You can use the sentences

• according to the keys of 3b.

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