Unit 10

I’ve had this bike for three years.

The Second Period

Section A 3a-3c

Revision1 超过，多于 ______________

2 找回甜蜜的记忆 ________________________________

3 需要 ____________4 不再 _____________

5 捐献；扔掉 _____________ 6 两个月__________________

7 察看；观察 ____________

8 我有这辆自行车两个月了_______________________________

9 这些衣服不再适合他___________________________________

more than

bring back sweet memories

in need

give away a couple of months

not … anymore

check out

I’ve had this bike for two months.

The clothes don’t fit him anymore.

Lead in

T: What are the people doing in the picture?

S: They are shopping.

T: Where are they shopping?

S: They are at a yard sale.

Read the article written by a father for a newspaper.

What is his family going to sell at the yard sale?

First reading

They are going to sell old toys and football shirts.

3a

1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale?

2. What do they want to do with the money from the sale?

3. Why does the son want to keep his train and railway set?

Second reading

Because they have too many things in the house and don’t seem to have enough space.

They want to give the money to a children’s home.

Because he has had it since his fourth birthday and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven.

Read the article again and answer the questions.

3b

4. How can the old toys be useful again?

5. Have you ever thought about having a yard sale to sell your things? What would you do with the money you raise?

(Answers will vary.) Possible answers include: to give the old toys away to the kids who need them.

(Answers will vary.)

lose — _____________ kids — __________

truthful — __________ many — __________

some time — _________ even though — __________

quickly — __________ unhappy — __________

part with

Post-reading

Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced with the ones below and write them next to the words.

honest

a long time

fast sadalthough

a lot of

children

3c

My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger our house seems to get smaller. So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children’s home.

1. grow up: 长大；成长

e.g. I will be a doctor when I grow up.

当我长大了之后我想当一名医生

as for 对于… 来说 e.g. As for me, I don’t like going shopping.

2. as (conj.) 因为；由于

e.g. As the children get bigger, our house seems

to get smaller. 由于孩子们大了，我们的房子就

更小了。

We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use. My son was quite sad at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either. He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with certain toys.1. clear out ：清除；清理；离开 e.g. I've asked the children to clear out their drawers.我已告诉孩子们把他们的抽屉清理一下。 e.g. They are after you, you might as well clear out.他们正追你，你还是离开的好。

2. no longer 这时一个状语。表时间 ，和延续性动词连用。 它的位置在句子的哪里是很重要的。比如，

（ 1 ） He no longer read books. ( 在主语和谓语之间 )

（ 2 ） any longer = not ... any longer He doesn't read books any longer. （句尾）

3. either: (adv.) （用于疑问句和否定句，置于句末）

too ： (adv.) （用于肯定陈述句，置于句末） also ： (adv.) （用于句中） e.g. He didn’t want to lose his toy monkey, either. He gets to school early, too. He also gets to school early.

4. part with（ 1 ） separate from 分开；分别I brought all my books over when my family moved to China. I just could not part with them. 我们全家搬到中国的时候，我把所有的书都带上了。我不能与这些书分开。（ 2 ） spend ； sell （ esp. at a very low price ）花掉；卖掉In order to raise money, Cathy had to part with some of her jewels. 为了筹款，凯茜只好卖掉自己的一些珠宝。（ 3 ） give up ； dispense with 放弃；省掉They were sorry to part with the old house ．他们对让出旧房子感到很惋惜。

As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be honest, I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too!

1. to be honest 用在句首。

真诚地说，诚恳地说，实话实说

一下皆为副词，用句首或按照副词的用法就可

2. actually 实际上（联系实际后说）exactly 确切地（说 / 而言）（有真凭实据，材料充足）absolutely 完全地、彻底地、绝对地（重要的在于表现一种情态，表现说话人非常有把握）

1. Read the article again after class. Write

down any useful words/phrases and try to

make sentences with them.

2. Learn to use the present perfect tense.

Write a simple dialogue including two

sentences in the present perfect tense.