1、Talk about your friends:1. Who is your best friend?2. What is he/she like?3. Where does he/she live?4. What does he/she like?zxxkMillie is telling Sandy about an old friend. Listen and answer the questions.1. When did Millie meet Becky? Last week.2. How long has Becky leave China? About five years.3

2、. Was Becky alone in the USA? No, she went abroad with her parents.4. How does Millie communicate with Becky? By email.adv. 在國外在國外Work in pairs and tell your partner about the changes in your life. Use the conversation as a model.1. Shes just returned from the USA. 這里的這里的shes 是是she has的縮略形式。的縮略形式。 r

3、eturn vi. 返回返回 e.g. return home (adv.) 回家回家 return to school (n.) 回到學校回到學校2. When did you last see each other? 你們上次見面是什么時候你們上次見面是什么時候? last adv. 最近最近, 上一次上一次; 最后。可位于動最后。可位于動 詞前詞前, 也可位于動詞后。也可位于動詞后。e.g. I last saw him in Shanghai two years ago. 我上一次是兩年前在上海見到他的。我上一次是兩年前在上海見到他的。 = I saw him last in Shan

4、ghai two years ago.3. So how do you keep in touch with each other? 那你們是如何保持聯系的呢？那你們是如何保持聯系的呢？ keep in touch with sb. 和某人保持聯系和某人保持聯系, 也可用也可用stay in touch with sb.表示。表示。 e.g. Please keep/stay in touch with me while you are in Beijing. 當你在北京的時候當你在北京的時候, 請和我保持聯請和我保持聯 系。系。4. We mainly communicate by emai

5、l. 我們主要通過電子郵件交流。我們主要通過電子郵件交流。 communicate vi./vt. 交流交流, 交際交際 e.g. She has never communicated with us. 她從未和我們聯系過。她從未和我們聯系過。Facts and opinions(事實和觀點事實和觀點) We often use facts and opinions when we write. Facts are true statements. They include names, dates, events and numbers. Opinions tell what we beli

6、eve, feel or think. They may not true. 我們在寫作時經常會用到陳述事實我們在寫作時經常會用到陳述事實和表達觀點的句子。和表達觀點的句子。事實是指客觀存事實是指客觀存在的事物或是事情在的事物或是事情，通常包括姓名、，通常包括姓名、日期、事件和數字等。日期、事件和數字等。觀點則是表達觀點則是表達我們對于某件事物或事情的感覺、想我們對于某件事物或事情的感覺、想法等。法等。e.g. Beijing is the capital of China. Beijing is the best city in the world. Many changes have ta

7、ken place in my hometown. The new shopping mall is a good place to have fun. (Fact) (Opinion) (Fact) (Opinion)zxxkSentences that show opinions often use verbs like feel, believe and think or have adjectives like good, bad and terrible. e.g. I think its important to learn more than one foreign langua

8、ge. FactsIt was in the bowl an hour ago.We only had some small restaurants and shops years ago.I met my old friend Becky last week.Please find some sentences that tell the truth, and some sentences that show the opinions in this unit.OpinionsYou used to be so kind to me.Its really nice to have a bea

9、utiful modern town.Now I feel a bit lonely from time to time. Read the sentences below. Write an F for a fact or an O for an opinion.1. There were only small shops and restaurants in the town. _2. Old people used to play cards and Chinese chess together. _3. The new park in the town centre looks bea

10、utiful. _FFO4. There was once a steel factory near the Sunshine River. _5. Life is getting better in some ways. _6. Many of Mr Chens friends have moved away. _FOF When we write, we can use facts to support our opinions. We can also give facts first, and then state our opinions. 當我們寫作時，我們用事實支持我們當我們寫作

11、時，我們用事實支持我們的觀點。我們可以的觀點。我們可以先給出事實，然后再先給出事實，然后再陳述自己的觀點。陳述自己的觀點。OpinionFactsMy hometown is beautiful.There are green hills all around. A river runs through the centre of town.Millie is writing about the changes in her life. Help her decide which are opinions and which are facts. Reorganize them into a

12、short passage. 1. We have more subjects to learn. _2. It is not easy to get used to the changes of life quickly. _3. When I was in primary school, I walked to school with my mum. _4. Now I go to school by bus on my own. _5. I spend more time on my homework than before. _6. Some subjects are difficul

13、t. _ FOFFFOzxxk It is not easy to get used to the changes of life quickly. When I was in primary school, I walked to school with my mum. Now I go to school by bus on my own. We have more subjects to learn. Some subjects are difficult. I spend more time on my homework than before. be/ get used to sth

14、. / doing sth. 習慣于習慣于(適應于適應于)某事某事/做某事做某事e.g. He is not used to living in the city. 他不習慣生活在城市。他不習慣生活在城市。 I got used to the life there. 我很快適應了那里的生活。我很快適應了那里的生活。used to do sth. 過去過去(常常常常)做某事做某事e.g. He used to live in the country. 他過去常住在農村。他過去常住在農村。1. 你何時和你父母出國？你何時和你父母出國？ When do you _ _?2. 從那時起，他們彼此沒再見過面。從那時起，他們彼此沒再見過面。 They _.Translation.go abroad withhavent seen each other since then your parents3. 有些學生僅通過電話和父母保持聯系。有些學生僅通過電話和父母保持聯系。 Some students only _ _. 4. 老年人過去在這里晨練。老年人過去在這里晨練。 Old