SelfcheckandReading課件.pptVIP

( ) 3. Both winners of the contest thought that they sang better than the other singers. ( ) 4. Jiang Mei thought that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English. F T * Self check and Reading Why don’t you get her a scarf? Unit 8 Fill in the blanks with the words given. 1. Today is Jim’s birthday. His mother is going to make a ______ meal for him. special Self check expensive boring cheap special interesting 2. My shoes were really ______. They only cost 5 dollars. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an _________ restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was ______. I fell asleep half way through it. cheap expensive boring 5. It’s important to choose subjects that you find __________. interesting Read the passage and fill in the table. Do you like presents? What kind of presents do you like? Gift giving Country Sweden the USA Canada Japan Gifts are not opened. The same gift may be given away to someone else. People will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. Some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. Doing something for someone is the best gift. 1. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. rather than可作连词词组使用, 连接两个并列成分, 意为“是……而不是……、与其……不如……”。它连接的两个并列成分可以是名词、形容词、动词、介词短语等。如： He is a writer rather than a teacher. 他是作家而不是教师。 Her hair is red rather than brown. 她的头发是红色的而不是棕色的。 I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不是打电话。 He likes taking exercise in the evening rather than in the morning. 他喜欢在晚上锻炼身体而不是早上。 2. spend … on … 在……上花(时间或金钱) 如: He spends a lot of money on books. 他花许多钱买书。 spend … (in) doing sth. 花 (时间或金钱等) 做某事 如: The government will spend money looking after the patients.　 政府要花钱去照料那些病人。 英语中表“花费”的词语： (1) spen