It was so hot that the butter ran.天太热,黄油开始化了。
The wax began to run.蜡开始融化了。
6)run还可表示“负责、经营、管理”。
He has no idea of how to run the successful business.他不知道把企业办好的方法。
Stop trying to run my life for me.我的生活用不着你来管。
10.come,come.Get him his change.Tod.(=Hurry up.Tod,Give the man his change.)得了,得了,给他找钱吧,托德。
句中的come用作感叹语,表示“劝导”,“不耐烦”的情绪.come作感叹语用时,在不同的情况下,可以表示不同的感表,如“鼓励”、“惊异”、“命令”等。例如:come,come,Alice,you must be patient.好了,爱丽丝,你得忍耐点。
本句中的change是不可数名词,作“零钱”,“找给的钱”解。又如:Here is your change.这是找给你的零钱。
change还可以用作及物动词,作“零钱”,“换钱”解。
Could you change a 10-yuan note,please?你能换开10元钱吗?
【教学设计示例】
Teaching aims
1.Practise in pairs talking about buying clothes in a shop.
2.Study the language points in lesson 37.
Teaching procedures
StepⅠRevision
1.Check the homework exercises.
2.Revise articles of clothing by asking questions.Get as many as possible from the students and write them on the blackboard.
Questions for the teacher to ask the students:
1)What words have you learned about clothes?
trousers,coat,jacket,shirt,overcoat……
2)What color do you like best if you buy a blouse?
a gray one,red one,blue one,black one,yellow one,white one……
StepⅡWarming-up
Look at the picture on P 55.
1.Ask the students to say something about the picture.Let the students know a new word:blouse.
Answer:It"s a clothes shop.There are many clothes in the shop.Two women are talking now.They are talking about the white blouse and the red blouse in the shop.
2.Ask the students how different clothes are washed.Make a table on the blackboard if you likeas follows:
HOT WASHwhite cottonWARM WASH coloured cottonCOLD WASHsilk,woolStepⅢListening and readingLet the students listen to the dialogue once or twice and then answer some questions.
1.What did the customer buy last week?
—She bought,a blouse last weds
2.What"s wrong with the blouse?
—When doe washed the blouse,the color ran.
3.What did the customer ask the assistant to do?
—She asked the assistant to change the clothes or give the money back to her.
4.Did the assistant give the money back to the customer?Why?
—No,because the manager of the shop wasn"t in.And the assistant couldn"t decide whetherto give it back to her or not.
Lesson 38
Teaching Aims
1.Learn lesson 38 to get brief idea of the story.
2.The students are required to answer some questions.
Step I Revision
1)Check the homework exercises.
2)Oral practice.
1.你的手表有问题吗?
2.我想让你去做这件事。
3.似乎看来这本书被他看完了。
4.我坚持让他把钱还我。
5.对不起,是我的错。
6.你为什么让他一直在田里工作。
Answers:
1.Is there anything wrong with your watch?
2.I"d like you to do the work.
3.It seems as if the book has been finished reading by him.
4.I insisted that he(should)give me my money back.
5.I"m sorry.It"s my fault.
6.Why did you have him working in the fields?
StepⅡWarm—up
Talk about Mark Twain.
1.What is Mark Twain?
Mark Twain is an American writer.
2.In our middle school text books.What articles were written by Mark Twain?
“Run for a Governor.”“A Million Pound Note”
StepⅢListening and talkingToday we are going to learn a dialogue,which is a part from A Million Pound Note.Listen to the tape and then talk about the pictures on P.56&P.5
7.
Picture 1:A customer came into a tailor"s shop.The shop assistant looked at him up and down.From the clothes,the assistant thought he was a poor man.
Picture 2:After the tailor knew the man had one million pound note,he was very surprised.The manager measured him by himself.They changed their attitude to the man completely.
StepⅣReading
Read the dialogue quickly and try to answer the questions.
1.What did the customer want?
2.How did the customer Tod?
3.What did the shop assistant show the customer?
4.How did the customer want to pay?
5.What made the manager fed excited?
6.What can we learn from the story?
Keys:
1.The customer wanted to buy a suit.
2.He looked poor.And his clothes were old.
3.He showed the customer the cheapest clothes.
4.He wanted to pay with a large note.
5.The million pound note made the manager feel excited.
6.We should never judge a person by his clothes.
StepⅤLanguage points
1.no matter+wh—引导让步状语从句
2.Is anything the matter?怎么回事?the matter=wrong
3.do sth.a favour=do a favour for do帮某人一个忙;答应某人的要求
4.drop in on+人/drop in at+地点StepⅥOral practise
Divide the Ss into a few groups to practise a play according to the text.
StepⅦExercise
Do Exercise 3 on Page 119
A customer went into a tailor"s shop to buy a new。All he had in his pocket was a million-pound。His wearies(衣服)were so worn-wit that the shop assistant looked upon him and him the cheapest clothes.In his mind,that was the best for such a poor man.
When the customer him the million-pound note,the shop assistant felt very and didn"t know what to do.Just then the manager went to him and asked what was happening.Seeing the note,he got so that he asked the customer to do him a to get those cheap clothes and on much better ones.Then he the gentleman and picked out nice for making a suit this man"s own measure.The man said that he couldn"t the clothes unless they would wait or the note.The manager promised to wait his life.Finally,he told the assistant to down the man"s address.The gentleman said it was not necessary because he would drop and leave his new address he found another hotel.
Keys:suit;note;down;chose;choice;showed;surprised;up;exceed;favor,off;put;measured;material;to;order;change;all;put;in;whenStepⅧHomework
1.Retell the story in your own words.
2.Prepare the next text.