英语人教新目标八年级上册Period 5

Unit5Doyouwanttowatchagameshow?Period5Doyouliketowatchcartoons?Whichcartoondoyoulikebest?Why?Lookatthepictureandguessthemainideaofthepassage.1.MickeyMouse,afamoussymbolinAmericanculture2.SomeCartoonswithMickeyMouse3.Disneythemeparksaroundtheworld4.Whatpeoplethinkofcartoons2bReadthepassageandcompletethetimelinebelow.MickeybecamethefirstcartooncharactertohaveastarontheHollywoodWalkofFame.WaltDisneymade87cartoonswithMickeyMouse.SteamboatWilliecameoutinNewYork.

1930sNovember18,1978November18,19281.Over60yearsago,hefirstappearedinthecartoonSteamboatWillie.2.Thefirstcartoonisnosoundandmusic.3.MickeyMousewassopopular.4.Inhisearlyfilms,Mickeywasluckythathehadahouse.5.MickeybecameveryhotontheHollywoodWalkofFamein1988.

MarkTrue(T)orF(False).FFTFF2c.ReadthepassageagainandfillinthefactsaboutMickey.Whatdoeshelooklike?Whocreatedhim?Whatwashisfirstcartoon?Whoishisgirlfriend?Whyishepopular?MickeyMouseWhatdoeshelooklike?MickeyMouseHeisablackmousewithtwolargeroundears.Whocreatedhim?MickeyMouseWaltDisneyWhatwashisfirstcartoon?MickeyMouseSteamboatWillie.Whoishisgirlfriend?MickeyMouseMinnie.Whyishepopular?MickeyMouseBecauseheislikeacommonman,butalwaystriedtofaceanydanger.Hewasalwaysreadytotryhisbest.Peoplewanttoseethe“littleman”win.Peoplewanttobelikehim.WhyisMickeypopular?Oneofthe____________isthatMickeywaslike_______________.Hehadmanyproblems__________losinghishouseorgirlfriend.However,he___________________to__________________.Heis_______________alittlemousefightingbadguys,buta___________ofAmericanculture.WhatdoyouthinkofMickey?acommonmantryhisbestsymbolmainreasonssuchaswasalwaysreadymorethanjust2dReadthepassageagainanddiscussthequestionswithapartner.1.WhatisMickeyMouseasymbolof?WhatcartooncharacterisasymbolofChineseculture?2.DoyouthinkWaltDisneyisasmartman?Whyorwhynot?Doyouwanttobelikehim?3.WhydidpeoplewanttobelikeMickey?DoyouwanttobelikeMickey?Whyorwhynot?4.CanyouthinkofanothercartooncharacterthatisasfamousasMickey?Whyisthecharacterpopular?1.WhatisMickeyMouseasymbolof?WhatcartooncharacterisasymbolofChineseculture?Readthepassageagainanddiscussthequestionswithapartner.It’sasymbolofAmericanculture.MonkeyKingisasymbolofChineseculture.2d2.DoyouthinkWaltDisneyisasmartman?Whyorwhynot?Doyouwanttobelikehim?Yes,heis.Becauseheknowsthatmostpeopleliketoseethe“littleman”win.3.WhydidpeoplewanttobelikeMickey?DoyouwanttobelikeMickey?Whyorwhynot?4.CanyouthinkofanothercartooncharacterthatisasfamousasMickey?Whyisthecharacterpopular?Becausehewasalwaysreadytotryhisbest.Yes.Forexample,MonkeyKing.Becausehealwaystriedtofaceanyproblems.thinkof___________________________comeout__________________________oneofthemainreasons_____________suchas___________________________wasreadyto______________________tryhisbest_______________________Underlinethefollowingphrasesinthepassage.Writeyourownsentencesorquestionsusingthephrases.2eWalterDisney(1901–1966)wasanAmerican,wellknownforhisinfluenceinthefieldofentertainmentduringthe20thcentury.AlongwithhisbrotherRoyO.Disney,heco-foundedtheWaltDisneyProductions,whichlaterbecameoneofthebest-knownmotionpictureproducersintheworld.ThecorporationisnowknownasTheWaltDisneyCompany.WaltDisneyQuotes名词meaning(意思)+后缀less(无,没有)→meaningless,是个多音节形容词。1.meaninglessadj.

毫无意义的;意思不明确的e.g.Mydaddoesn’tlikesoapoperas.Hethinksthey’remeaningless.我爸爸不喜欢肥皂剧，他认为它们没有意义。Languagepointse.g.Chinahasalonghistoryand

culture.中国有着悠久的历史和文化。2.Whenpeoplesay“culture”,wethinkofartandhistory.culturen.文化;文明3.ButoneveryfamoussymbolinAmericancultureisacartoon.famousadj.著名的;出名的e.g.LiuHuanisafamoussinger.刘欢是一位著名的歌手。befamousfor意为“因为……而出名”。e.g.Mr.Huangisfamousforhishandwritinganddrawing.

黄先生因书法和画画而出名。befamousas意为“作为……而著名”。e.g.Themanisfamousasawriter.作为一个作家他是有名气的。选用isfamousfor或isfamousas填空。1.China

_______________theGreatWallandpandas.2.He_____________anexcellentactor.isfamousfor

isfamousase.g.Awomanappearedattheendofthestreet.一个女人出现在街的尽头。4.…hefirstappearedinthecartoonSteamboatWillie.appearv.出现appear加前缀dis-构成其反义词disappear，意为“消失”。类似以dis-为否定前缀的词还有disagree（不同意）和dislike（不喜欢）等。请将下列汉语句子翻译为英语。1.当那个演员出现的时候，我们都站起来鼓掌。__________________________________________________________________2.好像我的钱包不见了。__________________________________________________________________Whentheactorappeared,weallstoodupandclappedourhands.Itseemsthatmywallethasdisappeared.5.Hebecameveryrichandsuccessful.becomev.

开始变得;变成e.g.Itbecamereallyhotintheafternoon. 下午天气变得很炎热了。

连系动词，后常跟形容词或名词作表语。其过去式为特殊变化形式became。名词success+ful→successful在句中可作表语、定语。richadj.

富有的successfuladj.

获得成功的；有成就的在英语中一些名词加后缀-ful可变为形容词，如：beautiful(美丽的)，careful(仔细的)，helpful(有帮助的)等。根据句意用success的适当形式填空。(1)Weallthinkthemovieisa________.(2)Marythinksthatthemanisa_________actor.success

e.g.Heisasuccessfulbasketballplayer.他是一名成功的篮球运动员。successful情态动词may的过去式，语气更弱。6.Somepeoplemightaskhowthiscartoonanimalbecamesopopular.mightmodelv.

可能;可以e.g.Theoldman

mightbe70yearsold.那位老人可能有70岁了。7.OneofthemainreasonsisthatMickeywaslikeacommonman…mainadj.

主要的；最重要的e.g.Who’sthe

maincharacterinthefilm?这部电影的主角是谁？e.g.Whatisthereasonforit?此事的原因是什么？reasonn.原因;理由e.g.Smithisa

common

man.

史密斯是个很普通的人。commonadj.普通的；常见的前缀(un)+lucky(幸运的)→unlucky例如：unhappy不高兴的8.Mickeywasunluckyandhadmanyproblemssuchaslosinghishouseorgirlfriend,Minnie.unluckyadj.

不幸的;不吉利的e.g.She’sunlucky

—sheneverwinsagame.她运气不好——从未赢过一场比赛。losev.失去；丢失它的过去式和过去分词均为lost。lose后面既可以跟失去的事物，也可以跟输掉的比赛等。e.g.Ilostmykeys.

我的钥匙丢了。Ihopewewon’tlosethebasketballmatchtomorrow.

我希望明天篮球比赛不要输了。将下列汉语句子翻译为英语。(1)我弟弟昨天丢了一支钢笔。

(2)哪支队输掉了那场比赛？

Mybrotherlostapenyesterday.Whichteamlostthematch?9.However,hewasalwaysreadytotryhisbest.然而,他总是准备好去尽其所能。此句中的always表示一种长期的行为,和形容词ready连用,构成短语alwaysreadytodosth.,表示“总