丹阳市吕城初级中学 陈莉. terrible the room looks __________. terrible
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丹阳市吕城初级中学 陈莉
terrible
The room looks __________.terrible
pipe ceiling
Look and learn
shelf
repair
He is __________ a computer. repairing
decorate
When the Spring Festival comes,we will __________ our houses. decorate
About DIY: Some tools for DIY
brush glue
rope
scissors
tape
Divide the article into three parts
Part 1 (Para 1): Introduction of Andrew
Part 2 (Para 2-4): Andrew’s DIY jobs
Part 3 ( Para 5): Advice from Suzy
Jobs Problems
Fill in the table
He put in a brighter light in his bedroom.
The whole house had a power cut.
He put up a picture on his bedroom wall.
He hit a pipe and filled the room with water.
He painted the walls in the living room blue.
He painted the ceiling, the floor, and even his cat blue.
He put up a shelf for Suzy. The books couldn’t stay there.
Suzy’s cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY. Read Suzy’s article about him. Answer the questions.
1. What does the writer’s cousin like?
2. What does the house look like after his DIY?
He is crazy about DIY.
It looks terrible.
Para.2 He tried to ______ a brighter
light and made the house have a
_________.
When he put up a picture on the
wall, he hit a pipe and
_______________________.
put in
power cut
filled the house with water
Para.3 He wanted to ___________________.
Now, the living room has _________
blue walls ________ a blue ceiling
and floor.
Para.4 He spent five hours ______________
on the wall for me. But one end of it
_____________________________!
paint his house blue
not only
but also
putting up a shelf
was much higher than the other
Para.5 I __________ him to
___________________.
He says he
_______________________.
advised
take a course in DIY
knows everything about it
What do you think of Andrew?
What should we do when we do DIY jobs?
Read the following sentences.
Tick true or false.
1. Suzy’s cousin loves doing DIY.
2. Suzy’s cousin failed to put in a new
light in his bedroom.
3. Suzy’s cousin put a picture on a pipe.
T
T
F
4. Suzy’s cousin thought the cat was
boring, so he painted it blue.
5. It took Suzy’s cousin only a few
minutes to put up the shelf on the wall.
6. Suzy’s cousin wants to get better at
DIY.
F
F
F
Fill in the blanks according to the text.
My cousin Andrew is ______ about DIY. He loves to ______ things and decorate his house. He tried to put in a light in his bedroom, but he made a _______ and his house had a ______ ____. Last month he thought the living room was _____ so he painted his wall _____. But he also painted the ceiling, the floor and his cat!
cut
crazyrepair
mistake
power
bluebored
He helped me put up a _____ for me, but
my books couldn’t stay because one end of
the shelf was ______ than the other.
I advised him to take a ______ in DIY,
but he says he already knows __________
about it!
shelf
higher
course
everything
Language points
1. He wanted to put up a picture on his
bedroom wall, but he hit a pipe and
filled the room with water.
fill sth. with sth. 用某物充满某物e.g.Mother is filling the bottle with milk.
满天星斗
2. But he kept on painting.
keep (on) doing sth. 不停做某事e.g. keep on driving
Prices keep on increasing.
物价不断上涨。
3. Now the living room has not only blue
walls but also a blue ceiling and floor.
not only...but also 不仅…… ,而 且……e.g. He not only sings well but also writes
music.
He is not only a good writer but also
a doctor.
4. Whoops! They couldn’t stay there b
ecause one end of the shelf was much h
igher than the other!
“ 副词 much+ 形容词比较级”体现比较的程度。e.g. I know much more about DIY
than my cousin.
Exercises根据句子意思,用所学单词和短语完成句子。1. Can you help me ___ the bottle ____ juice?
2. I felt tired, because I _____ on reading
for 2 hours.
3. I _______ him to do some exercise
yesterday. He stays at home all the time.
fill with
kept
advised
4. It rained last Sunday, so I didn’t go to the
park. I went to the cinema _______.
5. The price of houses is much ______ than
before.
6. Mr. Wang is ____ _____ my teacher ____
____ my friend.
instead
higher
not only butalso
1. 疯狂的喜欢 DIY2. 修理某物3. 装饰他的家4. 安装一个亮一点的
灯5. 犯错一次6. 贴一张画7. 用水填充屋子8. 把它涂成蓝色
be crazy about DIY repair sth. decorate his houseput in a brighter light make a mistakeput up a picturefill the house with waterpaint it blue
Useful expressions
9. 不仅有蓝色的墙,并且有蓝色的屋顶
10. 参加一个关于DIY 的课程
not only have blue
walls but also blue
ceiling
take a course
in DIY
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2. Finish the exercise in your book.
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