Unit 5 Why do you do that ?

Lesson 17 Dialogue

Review the phrases

• make sb do

• grow up

• be made from

• like/as

• in a few weeks’ time

Answer these questions:

• Who are in the picture? Mick and his mother.• What are they doing? Mick is asking questions. Mother is

sowing cabbages.• What’s that in mother’s hand? Seed. Cabbage seed.

• What are the first steps of sowing cabbages?

Put some soil in the box. Sow the seed carefully. Cover the seed with more soil. Keep the box in the shade.• What’s the purpose of keeping the box in

the shade? So that the sun doesn't’t burn the little

plants.

• What will mother do in a few weeks’ time? Put the little plants in the earth. Water them. Plant them in rows in the field.• Why should mother water the plants? To stop the soil getting too dry.• Have you fed chickens? With what do we

feed chickens? Yes. We feed chickens with corn, rice,

wheat and so on.

• Then have you fed plants? With what do we feed plants?

Powder.• What kind of powder do we use? The powder is made from fish, blood

and bones.• Why do we use powder? It’ll make the cabbage plants grow big

and strong.

New words

• Mick• sow• seed• shade• so that• burn

• feed• grow up• fact• in fact• powder• blood

1. sow v.

sow （ sowed ， sown ／ sowed）意思为“播（种）”。例如：

The seeds should be sown in April， that's the best time to sow.

burn

We have burnt all the wood.The houses is burned.They were burned by the sun.

feed

He feeds fish to his cat.He feeds his cat on fish.People in the south feeds on rice.

have got sth to do

I have got a lot of things to do.He has got a lot of clothes to

wash.

cover A with B

be covered withPlease cover the basin with a

piece of bread.The hills are covered with many

trees.

keep sth in the shade

Please don’t keep the bird in the cage.

Please don’t keep yourself in the room all day.

stop sb（ from） doing…

prevent sb (from) doingkeep sb from doing.“阻止 /阻拦……做某事”， from可以省略。例如：

The policeman stopped the fight in time.

How can we stop the sun（ from） burning the plants？

Drills(so that)

I’ll keep the box in the shade so that the sun doesn’t burn the little plants.

Children should go to bed early so that they may get plenty of sleep.

I started early so that I could get there in time.

DrillsHe worked so hard that he got the

higher pay.The problem was so difficult that no

one could make it out.People had to walk many miles in order

to fetch wood.He worked late into night in order to

finish his report.He worked into night in order that he

could finish his report.

Oral English

• You see…

• There, you see, the train is coming.

• You see! I told you he wouldn’t help us.

Oral English

• In fact

• I think so, in fact I’m quite sure of it.

Sum up (总结）• sow

• burn

• feed

• powder

• blood

• shade

• fact

•have got sth to do

•cover …with…

•stop sb from doing

•keep in the shade

•in fact

•you see

•so that

基础练习

1.Mother is s_______grass seeds in the garden.

2.Keep the children in the s_______ ，it's cool.

3.What do you f_______your cat on？4.The forest fire b_______half the tree

s.

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oil

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基础练习5.Please fold（折叠） the paper l___

____I showed you.6.Nothing could s_______them watch

ing the football match.7.I don't like him.In f______I hate hi

m.8.He filled the pot（花盆） with e__

_____and planted a rose in it.

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act

arth

Translate them into Chinese1. The boy did all kinds of things to make

the baby stop crying.

2. The league members were busy planting trees the whole afternoon. They only stopped to have a drink.

3. While she was washing clothes, she heard a noise. She stopped to look up and saw a cat run out of the room.

4. Last night there was a heavy rain. It stopped raining at dawn.

5. Finally the people living near the mountains stopped destroying the forest.

6. We must stop them ( from ) making the same mistake again.

7. As soon as he heard his father come back, he stopped watching TV.

Translate them into Chinese

Fill in with in, up, after,later, of or from.1. Wait for me, please. I’ll be back ___ a m

inute.2. A big hospital will be built in the city __

_ a few years.3. On October 5th I wrote a letter to Canad

a to look for a pen friend. A few weeks ______, to my surprise, I got a letter in reply.

4. Mr. Turner moved to Sydney from New York in 1991. _____ two years he came to China.

in

in

later

After

5. The powder is made ______ fish, blood and bones.

6. The desks and chairs are made _____ wood.

7. That jacket is made _____ silk.8. This oil is made _____ castor beans.9. We’ll get much shade when the trees gr

ow ______.

Fill in with in, up, later,after, of or from.

from

of

offrom

up

Sum up (总结）• sow

• burn

• feed

• powder

• blood

• shade

• fact

•have got sth to do

•cover …with…

•stop sb from doing

•keep in the shade

•in fact

•you see

•so that

Homework

• Read the dialogue more often.

• Describe the steps of sowing cabbages.