Unit 4 I want to be an actor!

Guessing game

What does he or she do?

doctor

nurse

bank clerk银行职员

an actor

shop assistant

policeman

reporter

waiterwaitress

teacher

cook

doctor nurse policepolice officer

actor waitress coach reporter

sales assistant

Section ASection A

f b

h c

a d

e g

1. shop assistant ___ 2. doctor ___

3. actor ___ 4. reporter___

5. policeman ___ 6. waiter___

7. bank clerk ___ 8. student ___

1a

1b Listening

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3

Tapescript

Conversation 1

A: What does your father do?

B: He’s a reporter.

A: Really? That sounds really

interesting.

A: What does your mother do, Kim?

B: She’s a doctor.

A: Really? I want to be a doctor.

Conversation 2

A: What does your cousin do?

B: You mean my cousin Mike?

A: Yeah, Mike. What does he do?

B: He’s a shop assistant.

Conversation 3

She is a teacher.

What does Miss Li do ?

What does Li Dong do?

He is a student.

What does he do ?

He is a policeman.

policewoman.

What does she do ?

She is a bank clerk.

money

What does he do ?

He is a doctor .

What does she do ?

She is a nurse.

What does he do ?

He is a shop assistant.

What do they do ?

They are waiters.

waitress

waiter

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2a Listening

Susan’s brotherAnna’s mother Tony’s father

2b Listen and fill in the chart.

Who Job Wants to be

1. Anna’s

motherbank clerk

2. Tony’s

father

3.Susan’s

brother

policewoman

waiter actor

doctorstudent

Tapescript

A: Anna, does your mother work?

B: Yes, she does. She has a new job.

A: What does she do?

B: Well, she is a bank clerk, but she

wants to be a policewoman.

Conversation 1

A: Is your father here. Tony?

B: No, he isn’t. He’s working.

A: But it’s Saturday night. What does he

do?

B: He’s a waiter. Saturday is busy for him.

A: Does he like it?

B: Yes, but he really wants to be an actor!

Conversation 2

A: Susan, is that your brother?

B: Yes, it is.

A: What does he do?

B: He’s student. He wants to be doctor.

Conversation 3

Explanation

1. I want to be an actor.

我想成为一名演员。 “want to be + 职业” 表示“想成为一名……” 如 : I want to be a doctor.

我想成为一名医生。 He wants to be a teacher.

他想成为一名教师。

学过的有关 want 的用法还有： 1) want sth.

2) want to do sth.

3) want sb. to do sth.

2. actor 男演员。 actress 女演员。 一位演员要用 an 而不用 a 。 如： He’s an actor. 他是一位演员。

3. report + er = reporter 记者 “ 动词 + er = 发出动作的人”。 这是一种构词法。如 :

teach 教书— teacher 教师 run— runner

write—writer 作家 work— worker 工人 有少数两个是加 or 。 如 :actor visitor 参观者

4. policeman 男警察。 其复数为 policemen man

women policewoman

复数为 policewomen

如： There are two policemen on the

street. 街上有两位警察。

5. waiter 男侍者 waitress 女侍者6. in hospital 住院 in the/a hospital 在医院 如 :

He is ill in hospital. 他生病住院了。 His father works in a hospital.

他父亲在一家医院工作。

7. What does he do? 他是做什么的？这是询问职业的常用语。询问别人的职业，可以用 What + do / does

+sb. do? / What + be +sb.? 或 What’s

sb.’s job? 等句型。如：What does she do? / What is she? /

What is her job? 她是做什么的？

What does he do?= What is he? =Wha

t’s his job?

又如 :What do you do? = What are yo

u? = What’s your job?

Thanks for listening! Thanks for listening!