Section B
2a---2c What time is it in Beijing?
It’s eight o’clock in the morning.
What time is it in Tokyo?
It’s nine o’clock in the morning.
What time is it in New York? It’s eight o’clock in the afternoon.
What time is it in Sydney?
It’s ten o’clock in the morning.
the United States dragon study American Dragon Boat Festival miss living room delicious 2b Read the TV report and
answer the questions. Why are Zhu Hui’s family watching boat races and making zongzi? ___________________________________
___________________________________ Because today is the Dragon Boat Festival. 2. Does Zhu Hui like his host family? ______________ 3. What does he think about his home in China? ________________________________________________________________ Yes, he does. He misses his family and wishes to have his mom’s delicious zongzi. Places Shenzhen Time his dad and uncle his mom and aunt Read the article again then fill in the blanks below. are making zongzi 9:00 a.m. are watching the boat races on TV Places New York
Time the mother the father Zhuhui is talking on the phone to his cousin in Shenzhen 9:00 p.m. is watching a soccer game on TV is reading a story to her young children B food in the US
a race with a family on the phone a story A living reading making talking studying watching 2c Match the verbs in column A with the words
in column B. Then use the phrases to write
sentences according to the TV report. 先看选项中的动词词汇，通读全文去寻找这些重点词汇。 2.
在短文中找到含living, reading, making, talking, studying等的句子，然后完整 地看这个句子，确定词组的内容。 最后，再完整地读一遍短文，看有没有选错的词组。 B food in the US
a race with a family on the phone a story A living reading making talking studying watching Zhu Hui is talking on the phone with his cousin in Shengzhen.
Zhu Hui is living with an American family in New York.
Zhu Hui’s mother and his aunt are making zongzi. The mother is reading a story to her children. Zhu Hui is now studying in the US.
Zhu Hui’s father and his uncle are watching a race on TV.
1. His dad and uncle are watching the
boat races on TV.
race用于体育话题时，主要指赛跑，赛
车，游泳等与速度有关的“比赛”；而
game则多指球类，棋类等体育“比赛”。 e.g. Do you like to watch NBA games on TV?
He’s the youngest swimmer in the race. 2. any other + 名词单数形式
意为“（除了某个以外）其他的任何一个” Jack is like any other boy of his age. 杰克看上去像其他和他同龄的孩子一样。 【注意】 any 意为“任何的；任一的”。 You can take any book. 你可以拿走任意一本书。
Any child will love them. 任何一个小孩都会喜欢它们。 3. miss v.
意为“思念；想念” How’s it going? I miss you very much. 你那里还好吗？我很想念你们。 【注意】miss的第三人称单数形式为：misses e.g. The little girl misses her grandma very
much. 小女孩很想念她的奶奶。 【拓展】 miss还有“错过，没赶上”之意。 e.g. Get up quickly, or you will miss the bus.
赶快起床，否则你会赶不上公共汽车。
4. wish
v. 意为“希望”；常用结构：wish
to do sth. 或wish sb. to do sth.
e.g. I wish to meet my uncle there.
我希望在那里能见到我的叔叔。 5. …but there’s still “no place like home”.
但是“千好万好还是不如自己的家好”。（金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝。） 还有一句谚语: East, west, home is best. 1. 像其他小孩子一样，迈克喜欢冰淇淋。 Just like ___ _____ kid, Mike likes ice cream. 2. 小明的祖父母正在包粽子。 Xiaoming’s grandparents ___ ______ zongzi.
3. 你想念你在中国的家人吗？ Do you ____ your _____ in China?
miss
family any other are making 4. 她希望格雷丝来参加她的生日聚会。 She ______ Grace _____ to her birthday party. 5. 李娜现在和一个美国家庭住在纽约。 Li Na __ _____ ____ an ________ family in New York now.
wishes
come is living
with
American 一. 熟读2b中的电视报道文章。 二. 用下列词汇造句子： 1. in the United States
2. live with 3. any other 4. talk on the phone
5. miss 6. wish to do sth.