课程内容
七年级英语下册Module 9 Unit 1《He left school and began work at the age of twelve.》
January   一月     July  七月
February  二月     August  八月
March   三月       September  九月
April   四月       October  十月
May    五月        November  十一月
June  六月         December  十二月
Match the festival with the months.
New Year's Day   in January
Spring Festival   in January or February
Women's Day     in March
Labour Day   in May
Children's Day     in June
Teacher's Day     in September
National Day      in October
Christmas     in December
Do you know more about festivals?
Arbor Day     in March
Chinese Youth Day     in May
Tomb-sweeping Day    in April
Mid-autumn Day     in August
Dragon Boat Festival     in May
Lantern Festival     in January
Thanksgiving Day      in November
Halloween     inNovember
Easter     in March/April
Present the new lesson
In which month were you born?
Where were you born?
When did you move to this city?
What did you do at the age of....?
Did you go to school when you were six?
....
Share your life history with the class.
Free Talk
Do you know anything about Mark Twain?
Where was he born?
When was he born?
When did he begin to work?
Where did he move later?
What books did he write?
Which is your favourite?
Tom Sawyer
The novel's main character Tom is a mischievous boy with great imagination who spends most of the time geeting him in trouble.Tom has a kind heart and respects other people's feelings.He becomes more and more mature as the story progresses.
1.Tom Sawyer comes from a book.What is the name of the book?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
2.What is the name of the author?
Mark Twain.
Mark Twain(1835-1910),was an American writer,journalist and humorist,who won a worldwide audience for his stories of the youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Betty and Tony is talking about Mark Twain.Listen to their talk and check the sentences.
1.Tom Sawyer is written by the famous English writer,Mark Twain.(×）
2.Mark Twain left school and began work in his childhood.(√）
3.Mark Twain wrote for a newspaper and got work on a boat.(√）
4.Mark Twain beame very famous in the 1960s and began his stories. (√）
5.Mark Twain went to Europe and China. (×）
Read again and anwer the following questions about Mark Twain.
1.-Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri?
-(No,he didn't).
2.-Was Mark Twain his real name?
-(No,it wasn't).
3.-Did Mark Twain leave school at sixteen?
-(No,he didn't).
4.-Did Betty read Tom Sawyer?
-(Yes,she did).
5.-Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer?
-(Yes,he did).
6.-Did Mark Twain come to China?
-(No,he didn't).
Language points
1.We can find out about him on the Internet.
find out  发现，查明，弄清楚
1）find sth. out  (经研究或询问）了解到，找出信息，后面常和由特殊疑问词（what/when/how/who等）引导的从句连用。如：
Can you find out what time the plane leaves?
你知道飞机几点起飞吗？
The engineer hurried to find out when the accident happened.
工程师赶忙去找事故是什么时间发生的。
find sth. out   也常常和由that引导的从句连用，意思同上。如：
The students found out that their teacher was ill.
学生们发现老师病了。
The wife found out that her husband liked India better.
妻子发现她丈夫更喜欢印度。
【辨析】find,find out,look for
find,find out 和look for都含有“寻找，找到”的意思，但其含义和用法却不同。
find意为“找到、发现”，通常指找到或发现具体的东西，也可指偶然发现某物或某种情况，强调的是找的结果。
Will you find me a pen?
你替我找支钢笔好吗？
He didn't find his bike.
他没找到他的自行车。
look for  意为“寻找”，是有目的地找，强调“寻找”这一动作。
I don't find my pen,I'm looking for it everywhere.
我没有找到我的钢笔，我正到处找。
He is looking for his shoes.
他在找他的鞋子。
find out意为“找出、发现、查明”，多指通过调查、寻问、打听、研究之后“搞清楚、弄明白”，通常含有“经过困难曲折”的含义，指找出较难找到的、无形的、抽象的东西。
Please find out when the train leaves.
请查一下火车什么时候离站。
Read this passage,and find out the answer to this question.
读这篇短文，找出这个问题的答案。
用find,find out,look for完成句子。
1.Jim couldn't (find)his hat.
2.I can't(find)my book.
3.She is(looking for)her son.
4.I'm(looking for)my watch.
5.He can't (find)his pen.
6.What are you (looking for)?
7.I'm (looking for)my maths book.I can't (find)it.
8.I can (find out)the truth of the fact.
2.He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
work 意为“工作，劳动”。指一般的工作，是普通名词，且不可数。
He is looking for work now and he wants to find a job suitable for him.
他现在正找工作并且想找一份适合自己的工作。
【链接】
job 是可数名词，意为“工作，职业”
He is out of job.
他失业了。
I have many jobs for you to do.
我有很多工作让你做。
job:作“工作”解，特指“雇用性质的工作”是可数名词。
work:“工作，劳动”。指一般的工作，是普通名词。
at the age of 意为“在...岁时”，后面接基数词，常用于一般过去时。如：
His grandfather died at the age of the seventy.
他爷爷七十岁时去世了。
We started to learn English at the age of nine.
我们在九岁时开始学英语。
【拓展】
when sb. was/were...year(s) old意为“在某人...岁时：，与at the age of同义。如：
He went to America at the age of six.
=He went to America when he was six years old.
他六岁时去了美国。
[Practice]
按照求完成句子。
1.They came to China when they were 10 years old.(改为同义句）
They came to China (at the age of)10.
2.she,age,of,the,play,could,piano,the,at,five(连词成句）
(She could play the piano at the age of five).
3. ...and became very famous in the 1860s.
become 不及物代词，意为”变得，成为“后面接名词或形容词，作表语。
She became a famous singer when she was sixteen.
她16岁时就成了著名歌手。
He became famous.
他出名了。
become 是瞬间动词，不能与表示一段时间的状语用。
in the 1860s译为”在十九世纪六十年代“，又如：在二十世纪二十年代 in the 1920s
[拓展]
in the twenties  意思是”Zaire二十年代“，而in one's twenties表示在”某人二十多岁时“，如：in his thirties 译为：在他三十几岁时”。
3.He went to Europe as well.
as well  也，还
（1）as well 常用作状语，作“又；也”解，相当于too或also,常位于句末，无须用逗号与句子分开。如：
I am going to London and my sister is going as well(=going,too).
我要到伦敦去，我妹妹也要去。
I not only play the guitar,I sing as well(=I also sing).
我不但弹吉他，而且还演唱。
（2）as well 在口语中也可用于句中，作“也好，也行”或“倒不如”解，用来缓和语气。如:
You may as well go.
你去也好。
Listen and repeat.
[a:]  March  Mark  market
[ei]  day   May   stay
[i:]  read  teacher
[u:}   food  school too
[u]    book  good
[拓展练习]
A:Did you (play the guitar)when you were five?
B:Yes,I did.
A:Did you (play the piano)when you were five?
B:Yes,I did.
Homework
Write some sentences about what you did when you were young.