1、Unit 8 Celebrating Me!Lesson 44Georgia Plays BasketballGreeceLead inGreekDO YOU KNOW HIM?He is Michael Jordan,a famous basketball player.Junior Middle Schoolreturncontinue doing sth.=go on doing sth.继续做原事continue to do sth.=go on to do sth.继续做另一件事Think about it!1.Do you enjoy playing basketball?Why
2、or why not?2.Do you have basketball teams in your school?3.What makes you unique in your class?PresentationThink about the picture:1.What can you see in the picture?5.Whats her ambition?Can you make a guess?4.Whats her main talent?Make a guess.3.Where does she come from?Make a guess.2.Who is the gir
3、l?Georgia.Read quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph:Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraphs 4-6Paragraph 7 Introduce herself.What makes her unique.Introduce her family.Her main talent.Her dream.1.What makes Georgia unique?2.Whats her main talent?3.Whats her sister?4.How is Georgias ba
4、sketball team?5.Whats her ambition?Nobody else in her school comes from Greece.Playing basketball is her main talent.She is a basketball player.Her team is great.She wants to play basketball in the Olympics.Read carefully and answer the questions.1.I was born there.be born“出生于”，be只能是was或were。e.g.Whe
5、re were you born?你出生于什么地方？2.Ive been in Canada(for)seven and a half years.seven and a half years，七年半。表示几个半的方法是：e.g.一个半小时：one and a half hours =one hour and a halfLanguage Points整数+and+a half+名词=整数+名词+and a half3.But she sometimes returns to Greece to play for the Greek National Basketball Team.retur
6、n相当于come/go back,“回；返回”。表示返回某地要用return to+地方。e.g.He has returned to Paris from London.return还可表示“归还；放回；送回”，相当于give back。用法为：return sb.sth.=return sth.to sb.e.g.She returned me the book.=She returned the book to me.6.We felt proud of ourselves.我们为自己感到自豪。feel/be proud of sb./sth.“为(因)而感到自豪，骄傲”e.g.She
7、feels/is proud of her son.4.The game was almost over比赛几乎结束了almost adv.“几乎；差不多”e.g.Dinner is almost ready.She has almost finished her homework.be over,“结束；完结”。5.and the score was fifty-one to fifty-one.比分是51:51.score n.“(比赛的)分数”The final score was 4 to 3.score v.“(比赛中)得分”She scored 120 in the IQ test
8、.Read and complete the passage.Georgia is 13.She is in Grade _.She comes from _and has been there _ seven and a half years.Her sister is a very good _ player.EightGreeceforbasketballShe returned to Greece to _ for the Greek basketball team.And basketball is Georgias main _,too.One time,she _ a game
9、for her school.She was very proud of _.Her is to play in the Olympics.playtalentwonherselfPractice dreamWork in pairs.Make a dialogue according to the text.1)昨天他回到了北海。2)请把我的橡皮檫还给我。3)我们在这住了一年半了。We have lived here for one and _ _ years.汉译英：a halfYesterday he _ _ Beihai.returned toPlease _ _the eraser.
10、=Please _ the eraser _ _.return mereturn to me.单项选择1.Li Ming is a player _ our school football team.A.on B.at C.as D.from 2.Nobody _ comes from America in our class.They are all Chinese except me.A.other B.others C.more D.else3.Jenny is _ girl in our school.A.young B.younger C.youngest D.the younges
11、t4.Im _ in our class.Only Li Hui is taller than me.A.tall B.the tallest C.the second tallest D.the second tallerFILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORMS OF THE GIVEN WORDS.1.LAST YEAR HE TO CHINA TO PLAY FOR THE CHINESE TEAM.2.ONCE,SHEA GAME FOR HER CITY.SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF HERSELF.3.HER DREAM IS
12、PING-PONG IN THE OLYMPICS.4.JACK WANTS TOSTUDYING CHINESE WHEN HE RETURNS TO CANADA.returnedwonplayingcontinueRead the lesson and complete the passage.The first letter is given.Georgia is a student in Grade 8.She is unique in her school because she was b_ in Greece.N_ else in her class is from greec
13、e.Georgia has a big family.Her grandparents,aunts,uncles and cousins are living in Greece.Her sister is a basketball player in canada.But she sometimes r _ to Greece to play for the Greek National Basketball team.Georgia is good at basketball,too.Her parents want her to study m _,but she wants to c _ taking P.E.Her dream is to be a basketball player.orneturnsedicineontinueobody Homework写作：学习本课后，你对Georgia的情况已经有了一个了解。请根据课文内容用自己的话介绍一下她，不少于70词。A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
