Unit 4 Welcome to the unit

9A Unit 4 Growing upWelcome to the Unit

Free talk: How old are you? How tall are you? Do you still remember your height when you first came to this school?

Do you want to grow up? Why or why not? Do you wonder what Eddie thinks of growing up?

Growing up is hard.

Make a survey:Want to grow upnumberreasons

Don’t want to grow up

1. Will Eddie build his house by himself? No, he asks Hobo to help him. Do you know whether Eddie wants to grow up or not?

Growing up not only means growing taller and heavier, but also learning to be responsible.(有责任感的) What is on Eddie’smind?

What kind of person do you want to be? Do you know who these people are? They are the ones who are outstanding in their fields.

How do you learn from the world? Parents and relatives Books Teachers

Travellingfilms Internet TV

in different times

don’t allow me to play gamesknow what is on my mind don’t understand meon one’s mind (n.) 挂念在心上 make up one’s mind to do sth mind(V.介意) doing sth. learn something through the Internet As soon as you click the mouse,

there is a great deal ofinformation.

How do you learn about the world?( ) a. Parents and relatives

( ) b. Teachers( ) c. Friends

( ) d. Travelling( ) e. Books

( ) f. TV and films( ) g. The internet

Make up a dialogue:A: B: A: B: How do you learn about the world? .... Why do you like to learn that way? .... What about you? A: .... B: Is that so? A: ...

Listen and answer1.How does Millie learn about the world?

She likes to learn about the world from books. 2. Why does she like to learn that way? Because books allow her to learn about people in different times and places. 3.What does Simon learn about the world?Through the Internet.

1. allow (doing) sth 允许(做)某事。如： Law doesn’t allow any mistakes. 法律不允许任何错误。 We don’t allow eating in the classrooms. (我们)不允许在教室吃饭。 2. allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事。如： My parents don’t allow me to go out at night. 我父母不允许我晚上出去。 Her boss doesn’t allow her to use the telephone. 她的老板不允许她使用电话。 注：有时用于被动语态，但是被动语态时allow后面只能 用to do作宾语即 be allowed to do sth。如： Passengers are not allowed to smoke. 乘客不准吸烟。

time 1. 可数名词表示“次数” “时代” 2. 不可数名词表示“时间”区别：

sometime 某个时候 some time some times 几次 sometimes

一些时间 有时

through的用法 1. 作介词 从…中通过(强调丛物体内部或一定范 围内) On our way we had to pass through forest. The sunlight was coming in through the window. 辨析：through ,across ,over (1)The Great Wall winds its way _______ deserts. (2)Go _____the bridge ____ the river, and you will find the shop. 2 通过，凭借(方法手段),经由 He became rich through hard work and ability. We learn t

o speak through speaking.

through & by 表示“通过”时，区别： 1. through 后常加名词表示手段” He became rich through hard work. He bought the book through a friend. 2. by 后常加工具, 具体名词以及-ing 形式 (1).表示以一般的方法或方式。如： No one in those days could live by writing poems. (2)表示传达、传递的方式或媒介，交通，通讯工具。如 ： How did you send the letter, by airmail or by ordinary mail? He got that job _____ his uncle. You can succeed _____ working hard. I sent the letter______ airmail.

1. as soon as引导时间状语从句 1.主句一般将来时，从句用一般现在时代替 一般将来时 如：I will tell him the news as soon as he comes back。 2. 指紧接着发生的两个短动作，主从句都用 一般过去时 如 He took out his English books as soon as he sat down. 2. a great deal of+不可数名词表示”大量的 ” He has given me a great deal of help. 他给了我很多帮助。