8A Unit 2 School life Welcome to the unit 八年级英语备课组English Teaching-group of Grade EightLearning aims:1.To learn some words and phrases about school life.2.To learn the differences between British English and American English.Check your pre-learning achievementsDo the exercises on your learning paper.Lead-inWhat are the pictures about? school lifeWhat subjects do we learn at school?Do you like less homework?Do you like fewer lessons?Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like your school life?Do you think theyre too many? Pre-task Task1. ask and answerA: What do you think of our school life?B:I think its interesting/funny/colourful/exciting/boring/tiringA:Why do you think so?B:Becauseteachers classmates subjects activities homework Whats your ideal(理想的) school life? less homework more activitiesDo dogs go to school?Task2He knows what school is like.Do dogs go to school?Task2Do they know what school is like?While-taskTask 1:To Eddide: 1.Why dont dogs go to school?2.Whats school like?Because they are smarter/cleverer than people.Its like watching TV.while-task Task 2: Listen and repeatTask 3: Read the dialogueWhy dont dogs go to school?Because we are smarter than people.Whats school like?Its like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements.while-task Task 4: Prepare to act out the dialogueLets go!while-task Task5:If you have any difficulties and problems, lets solve them.1. What is school like? like: v.喜欢 (dislike)John looks smart, just like his father. The noise sounds like crying. Whats the weather like? 2. there are fewer advertisements. a few和few:a little和little:like: prep.像 (unlike)修饰可数名词修饰不可数名词fewfewerfewestlittleless-least a few和a little: few 和little:还有一些 几乎没有4.We finished the work with_money and_people than bebore.less fewer2.There is only _milk in the fridge, we need to buy some more.1.He made _mistakes(错误） in the exam, and came first. 3.There are quite _new words in the article,_students can understand it.Fill in the blanks with right forms of few/ a few/little/a littlefewa littlea few fewdifferent schools have different school livesdifferent countries have different countries have different languagesdifferent languagesIs school really like watching TV?Do you know which countries the flags stand for（代表）?ChinatheUK/ England/ Britainthe USA/ AmericaChineseEnglishEnglishwhile-task Task6:Attention:People speak English in both Britain and the USA. However, sometimes they use different words to mean the same thing.ground floorfirst floorBritish English(BE)英式英 语American English(AE) 美式英语nIn china ,we usually learn and speak British English .nCan you think of some other words like first floor and ground floor?soccerfootballfootballAmerican footballliftelevatorautumnfallrubbererasermathsmathholidayvacationmoviefilmpostmailsecondary schoolhigh schoolwhile-taskGo through the instructions and finish Part A,B on Page23Task 7:British English 1.American football 2.autumn 3.lift 4.film 5.football 6.ground floor 7.maths 8.rubber 9.secondary school 10.postAmerican Englisha. eraserb. fallc. first floord. footballe. mail f. high school g. elevatorh. mathi. movie j. soccer1 d2 b3 g4 i5 J6 c7 h8 a9 f 10 e123456film moviefootball soccermaths mathlift elevatorAmerican football footballrubber eraserWrite down both British and American words.Test your memoryTask8:A: What do you call it in Britain? B: We call it,what do you call it in the USA? A: We call it.ground floorfirst floorWork in pairsTask9:Work in pairsHello!Im Daniel. I like watching a movie .movieIm kitty. I often use the lift to go up and down .liftthe UKthe USAthe UKthe USAGuess: where is he/she from , the USA or the UK?DanielKittyJackLilyIm Jack.I study at a secondary school. secondary schoolIm Lily.I bought a new eraser yesterday. erasera guessing gamewhile-task Task 10:I am a secondary school student in Yancheng. My school is clean and beautiful. We have many subjects at school. My favourite subject is Maths . After school , I like playing football and seeing films . Im interested in Amercian football very much , because it sounds exciting . My favourite season is autumn . I live in a tall building. So I often use a lift to go up and down.high schoolMathmoviesfootballsoccer fallan elevatorPlease change the British English into American Englishdifferent spellingsnmathsnfavouritenhumourncolourncentrenpractise(v.)nmathnfavoritenhumorncolorncenternpractice (v.)American EnglishBritish EnglishAre there any other differences between BE and AE?British EnglishAmerican Englishcant / ka:nt /grass / gra:s /laugh /la:f /class / kla:s /knt/grs/lf/kls/different pronunciation1.我最喜欢的季节是秋 天。( ) My _season is _. 2. 他经常使用电梯上上下下。( )He often uses a(an)_ to