Predicting information
What kind of information would go into the blanks below?
Sara's uncle
short but ________
short ________ hair
wearing __________
_______ years old
Sara's aunt
short about _____ metres
______
short straight ______ hair
about ______ years old

Note taking
How can I take notes quickly?
Ignore the unimportant words.

Listening
Sara's relatives
Second listening
Sara's uncle
short but strong
short grey hair
wearing galsses
51 years old
Sara's aunt
short about 1.55 metres
thin
short straight black hair
about 45 years old
Can you help Sara find her uncle and aunt in the photo below?Draw arrows and label each of them.
Sara's uncle
Sara's aunt

The definite article the &UUsing the with the verb play Read the following sentences together.
Sara found an interesting photo yesterday.
The photo was of her grandpa.
A boy got on a train just now.
The boy was fat but very friendly.
An actor and a doctor got into a taxi.
The actor was talking and the doctor was listening.
The Sun is shining brightly.
Work in groups.Find out when an how to use the definite article

Rules abiout "the" 1
a.通常说话中初次提到的人或物的名词前用不定冠词，以后再次提到同一人或物时已明确所指的对象，具有特指意义，所以名词前面须用定冠词。
play the guitar
play table tennis
Use "play" to make a sentence.
play the piano
play the guitar
play the violin
play basketball
play football
play table tennis
What are the rules behind this?

Rules about "the" 2
a.表示乐器的名词前须用定冠词。例如：play the piano,play the guitar,play the violin等。
A1 In pairs,S1 talks about what he or she did in the past few days.S2 asks about it.Follow the example.
1 play/great computer game/yesterday/saving the Earth from aliens.
S1:I played a great computer game yesterday.
S2:What was the game about?
S2:It was about saving the Earth from aliens.
2 see/exciting film.last Saturday/a visit to the Moon.
3 read/good story/last week/a man on an island.
4 write/long poem/last Sunday/my pet dog.
Can you pronounce in a sentence correctly?
Read the following sentences again.
Sara found an interesting photo yesterday.
The photo was of her grandpa.
A boy got on a train just now.
The boy was fat but very friendly.
An actor and a doctor got into a taxi.
The actor was talking and the doctor was listening.
The Sun is shining brightly.

Rules about "the" 3
a.定冠词the在元音音素前发/ði:/或/ði/;在辅音音素前发/ðə/。判断一个单词是以元音开头还是以辅音开头，应根据音标而不是元音字母a,e,i,o,u.
b.同时，不定冠词a和an的发音也遵循这条规则，即a用在以辅音音素开头的单词前，读作/ə/，只有强调时才读作/ei/。an用在以元音音素开头的单词前，一般读作/ən/,只有强调时才读作/æn/.
The sentences below are about some students.Complete the sentences.Add the if necessary.
1 Vanessa loves music.She plays the violin.
2 Robin plays football very well.
3 Jame's dream is to play basketball in the NBA.
4 Lily is good at playing the piano.
5 Linda likes playing tennis.
6 Alex plays the guitar in the school band.
Make sentences with the to describe people and things in the classroom.For example:
The woman in green is the teacher.
The boy in red is from China.
We can conclude that: