新外研版八年级英语下册 Module10 Unit 2

1、On the RadioOn the RadioUnit 2 It seemed that they were speaking to me in person.1010Warm-up: Warm-up: Is there a radio station at your Is there a radio station at your school?school?What kind of programme do you like best?What kind of programme do you like best?1. 1. 美国之音美国之音(Voice of America)VOA是美

2、国政府的无线电广播机构，也是美国对外宣传的主要工具之一。VOA每天用38种语言向世界各地播放新闻、音乐和其他节目。VOA节目中有“标准英语”(Standard English)和“特别英语”(Special English)。“标准英语”广播的语速快、句子长、词汇量大，适合中级以上英语水平的人；“特别英语”广播语音清晰、语速慢，适合初级英语水平的人。2. 2. 英国广播公司英国广播公司(British Broadcasting Corporation)BBC是提供广播、电视服务的非商业性公立组织，BBC最早是作为私人企业成立的，1922年2月14日开始广播，1927年改组为英国广播公司，193

3、6年11月成为世界上第一个正式播送电视节目的电视广播公司。Words Words and and expressionsexpressions1. Look at the photo and say what it shows.It probably shows that a newsreader or a presenter is on air. a) In a book about the history of radio. b) In the life story of a famous radio presenter. c) In a book on how radio works.2

4、. Read the passage and decide where you are likely to see the photo.2. Listen and read.3. Complete the sentences. The writer met _in a radio station.2. The manager asked why he wanted a job _.3. At the age of four, the writer _ _, listening to his favourite programmes.4. At the age of nine，he asked

5、for part-time jobs in _.5. As he grew older，he learnt about _.6. This was how the writers _ began.a radio managerin radiosat close to the radio inthe living roomsmall radio stationsInternet radiofirst real job in radio4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the

6、box.article at the age of listener purpose seem studio Peter (1) _to be very happy with his new job. He works in the (2) _of a local radio station. He is lucky that (3) _ only twenty he is doing something he loves and has a real (4) _. Every morning when he starts work, he does a sound check and the

7、n he looks for interesting newspaper (5) _ to talk about on the show. The (6) _can phone in to talk to Peter or they can send emails to ask him to play their favourite songs. At the end of the show, he closes down all the equipment and goes home.seemsstudioat the age ofpurposearticleslisteners5. Loo

8、k at the sentences from the passage.Now find sentences in the passage in Activity 2 which show: important events in the past background informationImportant events in the past: One day I learnt about Internet radio. Soon my friends at school started to listen, and then they wanted to help.Possible a

9、nswersBackground information: Once a week. I played my favourite music from my fathers computer, talked about life at school, and hoped someone might be listening. We prepared a programme once a week, doing research on articles about music, sports news, jokes and the weather report (I did this by lo

10、oking out of the window). I first appeared on TV at the age of thirteen. A television presenter stopped me in the street, and started to interview me.6. Write a passage describing an important event in the past and giving background information.L a n g u a g e L a n g u a g e pointspointsThe radio m

11、anager looked down at me. 电台经理低下头看着我。look down at，“向下看”。Please look at me. Dont look down. 请看着我，不要向下看。look down on/upon “轻视，看不起”。look的常见短语look up查阅 look out小心 look through浏览look like看起来像 look at看 look for寻找look after照顾 look over检查It seemed that they were speaking not to lots of listeners but to me i

12、n person. 感觉好像他们不是面向众多听众播音，而是在面对面地和我说话。It seems/seemed that. “看起来好像.；似乎.”。seem后可接名词、形容词、不定式、介词短语和that从句。It seems to be an interesting film.=It seems that it is an interesting film.=The film seems to be interesting.=It seems like an interesting film. 它看起来是一部有趣的电影。It seemed that they were speaking not

13、 to lots of listeners but to me in person. 感觉好像他们不是面向众多听众播音，而是在面对面地和我说话。not.that. “不是.而是.”，用来连接两个并列成分，强调后者，表示转折。They need not money, but time.他们需要不是钱,而是时间。not.that.连接两个主语时，谓语动词和邻近的主语保持一致。Not the twins but Jack has gone to American.不是那对双胞胎，而是杰克去了美国。It seemed that they were speaking not to lots of lis

14、teners but to me in person. 感觉好像他们不是面向众多听众播音，而是在面对面地和我说话。in person “亲自，本人”，常做状语。She wants to open her presents in person.她想亲自打开她的礼物。At the age of nine, I asked for part-time jobs in small radio stations. 九岁时，我去小广播电台找过兼职。at the age of. = at age. “在.岁时”。 She wrote a book at the age of ten. = She wrote

15、 a book at age ten.她十岁时写了本书。注意：age不能和old和young搭配：Her age is old.ask for “要.”，接物“要某物”，接人“找某人”。Ellen asked for my advice.埃伦征求我的意见。Some one is asking for Dad at the door.门口有人找爸爸。ask sb. for sth.向某人要某物 ask sb. to do sth.要求某人做某事。As I grew older, my interest in radio grew.随着年龄的增长，我对广播的兴趣也日渐浓厚。grew 原形grow。

16、句中两个grow，第一个是系动词，“变得”，后面接形容词比较级older作表语。第二个是不及物动词，“增长”。中考链接中考链接1. Again and again the doctor_the crying baby girl, but he couldnt find out what was wrong with her. A. looked over B. looked after C. looked for D. looked out2. My cousin went abroad at_age of eighteen. A. a B. an C. the D. / 3. John often asks his t