Unit 8 How was your school trip?【单元话题】1. 会谈论过去的事情2培养自己做事要有计划性3培养逻辑思维能力4培养合作意识【重要句型概览】1. What did you do on your school trip?2. Did you go to the zoo?No, I didnt. I went to the aquarium.3. Were there any sharks?No, there werent any sharks, but there were.【重要词组概览】go to the aquariums去水族馆take photos照相，拍照hang out with sb.和某人闲逛win a prize获奖（金）have a great time玩得高兴take the bus back to school乘公共汽车回学校lots of=a lot of许多，大量at the end of在的尽头go for a drive开车兜风help sb. do sth.帮助某人做某事help sb. with sth.在某方面帮助某人thanks for doing sth.感谢某人做了某事day off休假【语法知识聚焦】一般过去时：表示过去曾经发生的动作或出现的状态，以动词的过去式表达，如：I was at the library yesterday afternoon.Tom studied hard and did well in the final exam last year.动词的过去式分为规则动词和不规则动词两种。1. 规则动词只要在动词词尾加上ed即可。具体方法是一般情况直接加，如：cleancleaned；2. 词尾是不发音字母e的，可只加上d，如：likeliked；3. 词尾为重读闭音节，结尾只有一个辅音字母的，应双写该辅音字母，再加上ed，如：stopstopped；4. 词尾为辅音字母加y的，应将y改为i再加上ed，如：study studie5. 不规则动词有其自己的变化形式，只能分别记忆。其否定句由助动词did加上not构成；疑问句应在主语前加上助动词did，并将原谓语动词变为原形，如：We did not go to the cinema yesterday.Did you have a good time during the summer holiday?When did you get to school this morning?一般过去时的时间状语都是明显表示过去的，如：yesterday、last night、last week、in 1998、three months ago等。【语法练习】用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空1. Tommy, you mustnt _that word. Thats not a nice word. A. saidB. sayC. sayingD. says2. Lets _the classroom together. A. cleanB. cleaningC. cleanedD. to clean3. Shall we _ some books at the book fair? A. to buyB. boughtC. buyD. buying4. You may _ Mr Zhang in his office. A. findsB. findC. findingD. found5. Mike _ to school this morning. A. walksB. walkC. walkingD. walked6. Mrs Black is in the kitchen. She _ dinner for her family. A. preparesB. preparesC. preparingD. is preparing7. The boy is standing at the corner. He _(wait) for the bus. He _ (wait) for the bus for half an hour. A. waiting, waiting B. is waiting, waited C. is waiting, has waited D. waits, has waited8. There _ a talk about biology in our school next Monday. A. will hasB. will haveC. will beD. would be9. My uncle _ maths in that school two years ago. A. teachesB. teachC. taughtD. has taught10. We _ to the Summer Palace if it is fine this Sunday. A. wentB. goC. goingD. will go11. I will tell him the news as soon as he _ back. A. comesB. comeC. cameD. will come12. Gina _ to a party last night. A. goB. to goC. goingD. went【Cloze】用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空。My friend, Roy, 1(die) last year. He 2(leave) me his CD player and his collection of CDs. Roy 3(spend) a lot of money on CDs. He 4(buy) one or two new CDs every week. He never 5(go) to the cinema or to the theatre. He 6(stay) at home every evening and 7(listen) to music. He often8(lend) CDs to his friends. Sometimes they 9(keep) them. He 10(lose) many CDs in this way.【阅读理解】One afternoon, Kate and her brother, Bob, went out to play. Kate was eight, and Bob was ten. “Lets go to the bridge and we can see fish in the river.” said Kate.“I dont know” Bob said. “Mum told us, Dont go on the bridge. She said its dangerous.”Kate said, “ I am not afraid. Are you?”They walked onto the bridge and began looking for fish in the river. The bridge was a train bridge. Trains went over the bridge three times a day.The children were standing in the middle of the bridge when they heard a loud noise. “ A train is coming!” Bob shouted. “Run!” He ran to the end of the bridge. He was safe.Kate ran, too, but she fell. The train was coming fast. Kate ran towards Bob. She fell again right on the train tracks (铁轨). There was no time to leave. She had to lie down between the tracks. A few seconds later, the train went over the girl, but she was not hurt at all. She stood up and said to Bob, “Dont tell Mum! Dont tell Mum!”At last their mother found out about the story. She was angry because they went on the bridge. But she was happy that Kate was all right.( ) 1. Bob and Kate were _. A. twinsB. brothersC. sistersD. brother and sister( ) 2. One afternoon they went to the bridge to see _. A. their motherB. fishC. the trainD. the river( ) 3. When the train came, the children were _. A. in the middle of the bridgeB. at the end of the bridgeC. on their way to the bridgeD. away from the bridge( ) 4. Where was Kate when the train was going over her? A. She fell again right on the train tracks (铁轨).B. Kate ran towards Bob. C. She had to lie down between the tracks. D. She stood up and cried.( ) 5. When their mother