Unit 4 Hobbies

Reading A My life’s work---studying stars

1.Do you like looking at the stars at night?

2.Do you count the stars when you look at them?

3.Do you use a telescope to look at stars ?

4.Do you know the names of stars ?

白羊座 Aries

金牛座 Taurus

双子座 Gemini

巨蟹座 Cancer

狮子座 Leo

处女座 Vergo

天秤座 Libra

天蝎座 Scorpius

射手座 Sagittarius

魔羯座 Capricornus

水瓶座 Aquarius

双鱼座 Pisces

Are these stars?

First reading: Try to find the answers to the

following two questions as quickly as

you can. 1. What is Patrick Moore’s life’s work?

2. When did Patrick Moore begin to learn about the stars?

His life’s work is studying stars.

When he was about eight years old.

Second reading: in about 8 － 10 minutes1. What made Moore start to study stars?

2. How did he study stars when he was young?

3. Will you see the same groups of stars in spring and summer?

4. How can you find the way through the sky?

5. How do you know it is a star or a planet? Are Venus and Jupiter stars or planets?

Second reading: in about 8 － 10 minutes-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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1. What made Moore start to study stars?

2. How did he study stars when he was young?

3. Will you see the same groups of stars in spring and summer?

He got a book about stars and maybe he was interested in stars. Then he began to study stars.

He didn’t use to have any money to buy expensive things, so he looked at the stars with his own eyes.

No, because in different seasons, we can only see different groups of stars.

4. How can you find the way through the sky?

5. How do you know it is a star or a planet? Are Venus and Jupiter stars or planets?

The shapes of groups of stars never change. So if we know the shapes, we can find them easily.

If it moves from one group to another, then it is a planet. A star doesn’t move. Venus and Jupiter are planets. They go round the sun.

1.Patrick did not have any money to buy things for looking at stars when he was young. ( )

2.You can see billions of stars in the sky. ( )

3.You can see different star groups at different seasons. ( )

4.The shapes of star groups always change. ( )

5.All stars are the same size. ( )

6.Stars can move from one group to another. ( )

7. It is not easy for you to see Venus and Jupiter.( )

8.Mars looks red. ( )

Listen to the tape and decide if the following statements areT or F.

Listen to the tape, decide “T”or “F”

• 1.Patrick did not have any money to buy things for looking at stars when he was young.

T

• 2.You can see billions of stars in the sky. F

There are billions of stars in the sky, but we can see only 3,000.

• 3.You can see different stars groups at different season.

T

• 4.The shapes of the star groups always change.

F

• 5.All the stars are the same size.

F

never

Not all the stars

• 6.Stars can move from one group to another.

F

• 7.It is not easy for you to see Venus and Jupiter.

F

• 8.Mars looks red in the sky.

T

Planets

Easy. Because they are very bright.

Put them in right order.

2.The writer tells us how he got interested in his hobby.

4.The writer tells us the number of the stars in the sky and the number of stars that we can see.

3.He talks about the different groups of stars and some Information about their colors and sizes.

1.The writer introduce some of the plants to us, like Mars.

Put them in right order.

P1. The writer tells us how he got interested in his hobby.

P2.The writer tells us the number of the stars in the sky and the number of stars that we can see.

P3.He talks about the different groups of stars and some Information about their colors and sizes.

P4.The writer introduce some of the plants to us, like Mars.

Now you are an expert on the stars, can you tell us something about the stars.

There are billions of stars in the sky. But we can see only 3,000 of them with our own eyes.

At different seasons, we will see different groups of stars. The shapes of them never change. Each group has its name. Not all the stars are the same. Some are bigger, some are smaller. Some look white, some

look red and some look blue.

If you see a star move from one group to

another, then we call it a planet. You will

be able to see Venus and Jupiter easily.

They are very bright. It is easy to see

Mars, too. It looks red. Try to learn

something about the stars and you will

find out more about them.

Useful expressions:

1.used to do sth. 过去常常做某事

did not use to do （否定形式）过去常常不做

e.g. 翻译： 1) 我以前不踢足球。

I didn’t use to play football.2 ）我年轻的时候，我常在那河游泳。

I used to swim in the river when I was young.

3 ）我过去常常是 7 点起床，但是现在 6 点就起床了。

I used to get up at 7:00, but now I get up at 6:00.

=In the past, I usually got up at 7:00, but now…

根据下列英文说明用 “ used to” 的适当形式写句子。Example: Ben often got up early in the past, but now he

doesn’t. Ben used to get up early.1. Jack often visited his uncle in the past, but now he doesn’t do that any longer. Jack _______ _______ ________ his uncle in the past.2. My father often went to work by bike, but now he goes to

work by underground. My father __________ _________ _________ to work by bike.3. Mr Sun didn’t go to bed early, but now he goes to bed at

9:00 at night. Mr Sun ____ ______ _________ ________ to bed early.4. Candy didn’t play the guitar in the past, but now she plays

often. Candy ______ _____ ___ ______ the guitar in the past.

used to visit

used to go

didn’t use to go

didn’t use to play

YOUR TIME:

Talk about your childhood( 童年）Using: used to do sth didn’t use to do sth Did sb use to do sth?

2. There are billions of stars in the sky.

1)Billions of: 数以十亿计的

类似： hundreds of 数以百计

thousands of 数以千计

millions of 数以百万计

2 ） in the sky 在天空中

3. But you can only see about 3,000 with your own eyes.

1)With 意思是“用，以”

Eg ： clean it with water 用水洗

2 ） With your own eyes We can’t see some of the dusts with our

own eyes. （用我们自己的眼睛）

4. In different seasons, you can see different groups of stars.

1 ） In different seasons 在不同的季节

Eg:We have different things to do in different seasons.

翻译 : 在不同的月份，我们有不同的任务去做。In different months, we have different tasks to do.

5. not all… 并非全部都…（部分否定）

翻译：不是所有的学生都喜欢看这电影。

e.g. Not all the students like to see the film.

6. not …but … 不是… ... ，而是……

翻译：那贼不是一个人，二是一只猫。

e.g. The thief was not a man, but a cat.

7. You are able to see Venus and Jupiter easily.

1)be able to do 能够做某事

Eg ：他能够处理这个问题。

He ___________to _________ the problem.deal with

is able to

• 8.It move from one group to another.

• From one… to another

• 9.Then you will want to find out even more about them.

• even + the comparative ( 比较级）程度副词有： a bit ， a

little ， rather ， much ， far ， by far ， many ， a lot ， lots ， a great deal ， any ， still ， even

Grammar

• Not all stars are the same.

(Some are the same, some are not. 部分否定）

所有星星都是一样的 .

Not all the stars are the same.=All the stars are not the same.

肯定句 :

部分否定 :

全否定句 :

All the stars are the same.

None of the stars is the same.

All 的部分否定和全否定

• Not all stars are the same.

(Some are the same, some are not. 部分否定）

两个学生都对

Both the students are not right.

肯定句 :

部分否定 :

全否定句 :

Both the students are right.

Neither of the students is right.neither of + 名词复数 + 动词单数 both of + 名词复数 + 动词复数

Both 的部分否定和全否定

所有的 ( 每一个 ) 学生都对 .

Not every student is right.

肯定句 :

部分否定 :

全否定句 :

Every student is right.

None of the students is right.

Every 的部分否定和全否定

Translation

• 1. 这两个女孩不都对．　　 Both of the girls are not right.

• ２ Not all the students have been to Hong Kong.

• 不是所有的学生都去过香港．• 3. 不是每个人都能回答这个问题．• 　 Not everyone can answer the question.

选择适当的短语填空From one group to another, not all,

The beginning of, learn about

1.After visiting the museum, we

_____________ the history of the old

town.

2.In class, teachers move ___________

________________ checking students’

answers.

learnt about

from one

group to another

3._________ students in our class have

the same hobby. Some like playing

football, some like playing chess, and

the others like drawing.

4.Visiting the park is ________________

our trip.

From one group to another, not all,

The beginning of, learn about

Not all

the beginning of

根据中文意思完成句子1. 她八岁就能写故事了。 She ____ ___ ___ ___ stories when she

was eight years old.

2. 我读小学时常常骑自行车上学。 I ___ ____ ___ a bike to school when I

was at primary school.

3. 世界上数以亿计的人喜欢卡通。 ____ ____ people in the world like cartoon.

was able to write

used to ride

Billions of