Unit 2

Enjoy a song, You Raise Me Up.

Who do you want to thank on school-leavers’ party? Why?

friends

kind happyfunny

nice

able

humorousclever

interesting

helpful

polite

brightstrong honest

What should a good friend be like?

I think that a good friend should be …

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

the importance of share go on to continueall the time treasure stay in touch

Thank our teachers

pay back kind --- kindnesspatient --- patiencegift of knowledgebe strict with make sb. do sth.fair --- unfair role models

Thank my parents

thank … for…make a home prepare … for ...both … and …help …with …owe … to…suggest --- suggestion

Pre-reading

• Think about a speech at a school leavers’ party, and answer the question in pairs. There may be more than one answer.

Who is likely to be thanked?

What can the speech be about?

What will you say in the speech?

① Who will probably get thanks from the school - leavers? a) Family. b) Friends. c) Teachers.

② What is the speaker probably going to say? a) Thank you. b) Good luck! c) Cheers!

a, b and c.

a

Think about a speech at a school leavers’ party, and answer the questions. There may be more than one answer.

What’s the purpose of the speech?

a) To thank people.

b) To say sorry.

c) To look forward to the future.

d) To describe personal achievements.

a and c

Listen and answer the question.

1. the three things the speak has learnt

2. the three groups of people the speak wants to thank

These three things are friendship, effort and trust.

I give the red rose to my friends.

I give the white rose to my teachers…

I give the yellow rose to my parents…

Read and find the sentences which show. Then, read the passage and check your answers.

But they were not laughing at me. They taught me to say many things in Chinese and kindly invited me to join them.

I give the white rose to my teachers, who have taught me that there is no success without effort.

I give the yellow rose to my parents for teaching me that love is about rust.

3. What the speak has learnt from each group of people

1. Which sentence in Paragraph 4 means “You have to work hard to succeed”?

2. “You only really lose if you give up!” What does the sentence mean?

Read and answer questions.

There is no success without effort.

If you stop trying, you can never succeed.

3. “I’m sure you will be good at music. I know that you will be better at maths.” What did Betty’s father want her to do?

4. How do you think Betty would write to her father in reply?

He wanted her to work harder at maths and enjoy music.

She would write and say thank you for the violin and for the advice.

5. “I’m sure that you all have your own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thank for it …” What does it mean?

It refers to the happiness of the last three years.

1. Which words can you use to describe the speech in Activity 1?careful excited moving polite

silly troubled warm worried

仔细的 激动的 感人的 有礼貌的

傻的 麻烦的 温暖的 担心的

√ √

√

Read and check the answers to the questions.

2. Which sentence(s) will you probably find in speeches at a school-leavers’ party?

a) Thank you, friends, teachers and parents.

b) We’ll always stay in touch.

c) I’m proud to be chosen to speak to you.

d) Let’s all stand up and say …

a, b, c, d

Work in groups. Recall your memories about the happiness of the last three years and discuss who you want to thank and give the reasons.

Imagine you’re going to give a speech at your school-leavers’ party.

Start your speech by saying what your speech

is going to be about.

Dear head teacher, teachers and parents, I’d

like to thank you for …Decide who you want to say thank you to.

There are many people who I’d like to thank.

First, I want to thank …

Decide what you want to thank them for.

They have always given me great help …Finish your speech by giving best wishes for

the future.

Thank you and good luck for the future.

A sample speech

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to thank you

for your coming to listen to my speech. I feel a

bit nervous as I’ve never given a speech before,

so please forgive me if it shows.

As we all know, this is the school-leavers’

party, and it’s time to say goodbye to everyone.

At this moment, there are many people who I’d

like to thank.

The first is my head teacher. I can never pay

her back for her kindness, her patience, and gift

of knowledge which she has offered me.

Sometimes she has been strict with me. I

remembered once I made some mistakes in my

math homework because of my carelessness. She

was angry and let me redo all the exercises. But

she has always been fair and she will always be

our role model.

The second I’d like to thank are my friends,

and what I’ve learnt is the importance of

friendship. We’ve worked hard together,

we’ve even shared some difficult times

together, but we’ve also had a lot of fun.

When I met some difficulties in study, they

often helped me. We’ll stay in touch.

The school days are the best days of my life.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you

all and wish you success for the future.

(2014年德州中考 ) 临近毕业之际，学校要举办一场毕业生告别晚会，假如你是九年级

一班的李明，将代表班级在会上发言。请结“合内容提示，以 My speech at the school

leavers’ party” 为题写一篇 80-100 词的发言 稿。内容提示：

1 、 How are you feeling while giving the speech? 2 、 Who do you want to stay thanks to? 3 、 Why do you want to thank them? 4 、 Your wishes for the future.

要求：1、语言通顺，要点齐全，意思连贯，条理

清楚，书写规范；2 、文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称；3、文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

My speech at the school leavers’ party Teachers and classmates, I’m Li Ming from Class 1,Grade 9. ________________________________________________That’s all. Thank you.

My speech at the school leavers’ party

Teachers and classmates,I’m Li  Ming from Class 1, Grade 9. I’m a bit nervous but very proud to speak at the school- leavers party.First, I’d like to thank all our teachers. We have learned a lot from you. You show us your kindness, your patience and rich knowledge. You’ve developed our interests, skills and made us grow up happily. You’ll always be our role models.

Next, I should  thank my classmates. We have

become good friends. We’ve studied together,

helped each other and had a lot of fun. Soon

we will go to new schools and we may not see

each other so often in the  future. But  I

believe our friendship will last forever.

Wish you all success and good luck in the

future.

That’s all. Thank you.

Writing

Write a letter toyour teacheryour father or motheryour friend.

Language points

1. I’m very proud that …

proud adj. 自豪的；自尊的；自傲的We are very proud that a pupil from our school has won the prize. 我们学校的一个小学生得了奖 , 我们感到很自豪。

be proud of 以……为荣、自豪 They were proud of their success. 他们为自己的成功而骄傲。

pride n. 自豪 , 得意He looked at his painting with pride. 他得意地看着他的画。 The new car was the pride of the whole family.   新汽车是全家人引以自豪之物。

take pride in = be proud of 对……感到自豪My parents took pride in me because of my successful speech ． 我父母因我的成功演讲而自豪。

知识拓展

【 2012湖北黄冈 —】 Hi, Ann! I won the first prize in the English Speech Contest. —Congratulations! And I guess your parents must _____ you. A. be mad at B. be proud of C. be angry with D. be impolite to

【答案】 B

【 2012年福州市中考 】We are _______ _______( 为……自豪 ) China for its long history and colorful culture.

【 2013 甘肃白银】今天我以学校为荣，明天学校以我为傲。Today I’m ________ of my school and tomorrow my school will take _______ in my success.

proud of

proudpride

2. There three things are friendship, effort and trust.

effort

词性 中文释义 词 组

un.努力，尽力

put effort into sth.对某事付出很大力气spare no effort 不遗余力without effort 不费力a waste of time and effort时间和精力的浪费

cn.

努力的事；努力的结果

make an effort 努力make every effort 竭尽全力

— More and more people come to visit Mount Huangshan.

—That's true. It has become the _______ of Anhui.

A. pride B. effort C. praise D. courage

【 2012 浙江】 It is really cool to realize your dream _____ great effort.

A. through B. of C. till D. about

A

A

翻译句子

1.他为音乐会付出了很大力气。  He put a lot of effort into the concert. 2. 他们没费劲就把那块沉重的石头抬起来了。 They lifted the heavy rock without effort.

3. 我将尽一切努力准时到达。   I will make every effort to arrive on time.

laugh at 嘲笑；一笑置之It is unkind to laugh at a person in trouble. 幸灾乐祸有欠忠厚。 He laughed at the idea. 他对这个意见不以为然。 laugh about 对…感到好笑而发笑They all laughed about the joke. 这个笑话把他们全逗笑了。

3. But they were not laughing at me.

【 2012 湖北襄阳 — 】 I have a problem. I don’t know what to do.

— Let’s ask Dick for help. He can _____ a good idea to solve your problem.

A. think up B. give up C. hang out D. laugh at【 2013 浙江绍兴】 The girl is afraid to

dance in public because she thinks others may_____ her.

A. laugh at B. wait for C. hear of D. agree with

A

A

嘲笑处于困境中的人是不礼貌的。 It's not polite to ______________ those people in trouble.

laugh at

4. … invited me to join them.

invite v. 邀请 ① The man invited my father to go fishing

with him this morning.

这个男人今天上午邀请我爸爸和他一起去钓鱼。

根据句①可知“邀请某人干某事”为invite sb. to do sth. 。

② I invited him to my house yesterday.

我昨天邀请他来我家。 根据句②可知 invite sb. to 后也可跟名词。

③ He will not come without your invitation.

没有你的请柬他是不会来的。 根据句③可知 invite 的名词是 invitation 。

1. Mr. Green invited me _______ (visit) his factory last week.

2. Thanks a lot for your ________ (invite), but I have to stay at home to do my homework.

3.Thanks for________ (invite) me to your party.

to visit

invitation

inviting

He ______ me to come to his birthday party the day before yesterday.

A. invitation 　　 B. invite 　　 C. invited 　　 D. invites

【 2013 湖北荆州】我不会去参加这个聚会，除非受到邀请。

I won’t go to the party _________________. (invite)

【 2013 福建福州】昨天我邀请他和我一起吃晚餐。 (invite, dinner)

C

unless I am invited

I invited him to have dinner with me yesterday.

join 用作动词 , 意为 " 参加 , 加入 ", 其后常接 army, party, club 等名词作宾语 , 表示“加入某个组织”； join sb. 的意思是 " 加入到某 ( 些 ) 人之中；与某 ( 些 ) 人一起 " 。如 :

join 用作动词 , 意为 " 参加 , 加入 ", 其后常接 army, party, club 等名词作宾语 , 表示“加入某个组织”； join sb. 的意思是 " 加入到某 ( 些 ) 人之中；与某 ( 些 ) 人一起 " 。如 : Will you join the school music club?

你愿意加入学校音乐俱乐部吗？ Will you join us?

你愿意加入我们吗 ?

Will you join the school music club?

你愿意加入学校音乐俱乐部吗？ Will you join us?

你愿意加入我们吗 ?

“join in + 活动”表示“参加某项活动”。如： They are going to join in the singing.

他们将参加唱歌。 Jane is going to join in the volleyball match

next week.

简打算下周参加排球赛。

“join in + 活动”表示“参加某项活动”。如： They are going to join in the singing.

他们将参加唱歌。 Jane is going to join in the volleyball match

next week.

简打算下周参加排球赛。

知识拓展

1.Will you us for lunch?

2.Do you mind if I you?

3.When do you want to us?

4.She listens but she never

singing.

join

join

join

joins in

join & take part in join 多指参加某个组织 , 成为其中的一个成员；而 take part in 多指参加某个活动。如 : Would you like to join our party? 你愿意参加我们的晚会吗？ Will you take part in the sports meet? 你愿意参加运动会吗？ He wants to take part in the boys’ 400 meters. 他想参加男子 400 米赛跑。

join & take part in join 多指参加某个组织 , 成为其中的一个成员；而 take part in 多指参加某个活动。如 : Would you like to join our party? 你愿意参加我们的晚会吗？ Will you take part in the sports meet? 你愿意参加运动会吗？ He wants to take part in the boys’ 400 meters. 他想参加男子 400 米赛跑。

知识链接

Practice

1. My brother ________ the army in 2002.

2. I didn't want to ________________ their argument.

3. May I ____________ the competition?

4. We are playing football. Do you want to ____________?

5. You are welcome to ___________ us.

1. My brother ________ the army in 2002.

2. I didn't want to ________________ their argument.

3. May I ____________ the competition?

4. We are playing football. Do you want to ____________?

5. You are welcome to ___________ us.

joinedjoined

take part intake part in

join injoin in

join injoin in

joinjoin

用 take part in, join 和 join in 的适当形式填空。用 take part in, join 和 join in 的适当形式填空。

5. Thanks to their kindness …

thanks to “ 由于，多亏”，是介词短语。 thanks to 常带有“感激”的感情色彩 , 表示由于某个人或某物的存在才有某种好的结果。 Thanks to the doctor, the child was saved.

多亏了这位医生 , 这个孩子得救了。

thank sb. for sth. / doing sth. 为…感谢…They thanked their parents for bringing them up.

Thank you for doing so many things.

I should thank you for your help.

知识链接

give up 放弃 ;投降， 认输 ; 猜不出 I can't answer that puzzle; I give up.

我猜不出这个谜语 , 我认输了。She will give up this journey.

她将放弃这次旅行。Have you given up drinking whisky before breakfast?

你在早餐前已不喝威士忌了吗 ?

6. … wanted to give up.

【 2013 江苏连云港】 It was a difficult time for the quake-hit victims in Ya'an, but they didn't ________ hope.

A. give up B. give off

C. give in D. give out

【答案】 A

【 2013 江苏泰州 — 】 It's too hard for me to be a trailwalker.

— Never ________. Believe in yourself!

A. put up B. give up

C. hurry up D. look up

【答案 】 B

Mr. Brown stopped drinking two months ago. (同义句改写 )

Mr. Brown ________ ________ drinking two months ago. (2006 湖北孝感 )

gave up gave up

7. … try my best, not only with running but with whatever else I do.

try one’s best 尽某人最大的努力I will try my best to improve my English.

我愿尽力提高我的英语。He is trying his best to understand his meaning.

他正在尽力弄明白他的意思。 近义短语： do one’s best

只要竭尽全力，老师就会满意我们表现。Our teachers will ______ ______ ______ our performance as long as we ______ ______ ______.

(2012年荆州市中考 )

Even if you are busy, you should _________ ( 尽力 ) to do everything well. (try)

be pleased with be pleased with do / try do / try

our best our best

try your besttry your best

not only … but (also) … “ 不仅…而且…” , 可连接句中的各种成分。当连接谓语时放 be 动词后面或行为动词前面。连接主语时谓语用就近原则。 He can speak not only English but also French. Not only his parents but also he is interested in the film. Not only he but also his parents are interested in the film.

not only … but also …

A. Subject

1) Not only he but also I am good at playing volleyball.

2) Not only I but also he has been to the Great Wall.

3) Not only the students but also the teachers attended the meeting yesterday.

知识拓展

B. Predicate

3) He not only gave us some advice but also

helped us from beginning to end.

4) The child not only dressed up but also

played the game Trick or Treat.

5) Kitty not only sings well, but also dances

beautifully.

C. Object; Predicative

1.He is good at not only Maths but also Physics.2.They are not only our teachers but also our friends.3.She can play not only the violin but also the piano.4.Last night he watched not only the English News but also the Animal World.5.He is not only a good husband but also a good father.6. He is not only a doctor but also an excellent expert.

1.We should speak English not only in

class but also after class.

2.Hepburn is famous not only in the USA,

but also in other parts of the world.

3.I found him not only clever but also

organized.

D. some other members of sentence

This store sells men’s shoes, and it also sells men’s clothes. (改为同义句 )

This store sells ______ ______ men’s shoes _____ _____ men’s clothes.

All the pupils have been to the park. Their English teacher has been there, too. (改为同义句 )

______ ______ all the pupils ______ ______ their English teacher ______ been there.

not only not only but also but also

Not onlyNot only but also but also

has has

8. I was disappointed.

disappointed adj. 失望的We were disappointed at the results.

我们对结果感到失望。My parents will be disappointed in / with me if I fail in the exam.

要是我考试不及格，我父母会对我感到失望的。

(2010 福建省福州市 ) --- Lin Tao, why are you so ________?

--- Because Wang Meng got three gold medals at the Winter Olympics.

A. excited B. angry C. disappointed

(2013 湖南衡阳 ) 她不想让她的朋友们失望。

AA

She doesn’t want to make her friends disappointed./ She doesn’t want to let her friends down.

She doesn’t want to make her friends disappointed./ She doesn’t want to let her friends down.

disappointed 指“对 ......( 人 / 物 ) 感到失望的” , 通常作表语，用于修饰人。disappointing 指“令人感到失望的” , 可以作表语也可以作定语，通常修饰物。

disappointed 与 disappointing

I am very disappointed with my new bike. 我对我的新自行车感到很失望。Your work is really disappointing. 你的工作真是令人失望。 disappointment n. 失望 ; 令人失望的人或事

知识拓展

What Tom did during the sports meet made all of us __________ (失望 ).

His failure made his father think him a _______ boy.

A. disappoint B. disappointed

C. disappointing D. disappointment

disappointeddisappointed

CC