Unit 4 Finding your way Grammar Grammar

Unit 4 Finding your way Grammar

Grammar A 冠词 a , an & the

What can they see in Sunshine Zoo?

a panda It is ____. The panda is eating bamboo.

a monkey It is ____. The monkey is eating an apple

It is _____. an elephant The elephant is walking. _____

an apple It is ____. The apple is red.

Watch and discuss in groups the difference between a and an a panda a monkey an elephant an apple 结论：a用于辅音音素开头的词前，an用 于元音音素开头的词前。

小试牛刀：用a或an填空 a a an ___ lion ___bird ___orange a an an ___“L” ___giraffe ___ old man an ___ “u” ___umbrella a an an ___ interesting book ___ hour an ___ honest boy 注意：an是放于元音音素前，而不是元 音字母前。

How to use “the” It It is is a panda. The panda is eating bamboo. a monkey. The monkey is eating an apple. an elephant. The elephant is walking. an apple. The apple is red. 结论： 当我们首次提到某人或某物时， 在前面用不定冠词a/an。 当我们再次提到某人或某物时， 我们在前面加定冠词“the”。

小试牛刀：用a/an 或the 完成下列句子 an 1. Once there lived ___ old man. The old man had 3 sons. ___ 2. -- Is there ___ library near here? a -- Yes. ____ library is just next to The the ____post office. 3. There is ____park near my home. a _____park is very big. The 4. There is _____cinema in Green Street. a a the I'll watch ____film in _____cinema.

Complete Millie and Daniel’s conversation with a, an or the. Millie: Let’s go to the Panda House first. a panda there. It’s Daniel: Here we are. I can see (1) lying on the grass. a Millie: How cute! I really love pandas. Look! There’s(2)_______ baby panda. It’s so small. Daniel: Yes. (3) The baby panda doesn’t look like its mother. Millie: Now let’s go to see some lions. Daniel: Are (4) the lions in (5) an open area? Millie: No, they aren’t. They’re in (6) a very big cage. Daniel: I see. (Half an hour later) Daniel: Millie, here’s(7) a bridge. What can you see across it? Millie: Oh, (8) an elephant is standing over there. Daniel: Let’s go across (9) the bridge and see (10) the elephant.

Notes: 1 lie on the grass 躺在草地上 lie on 躺在…上 lying是lie的现 在分词 形式 2 look like 看起来像… 3 in an open area 在一片开放的区域 4 in a very big cage在一个很大的笼 子里 5 What can you see across it? 你能看到桥对 面有什么？ 6 go across the bridge 走过桥

定冠词(the) 1. 用于上文提到过的人或事物。 eg. I want to have a fashion show. Where can I have the show? 2. 用于谈话双方都知道的人或事物， 表示“这/那个”。 eg. Who’s behind the door? Look at the blackboard.

3. 用于世界上独一无二的事物。 eg. the sun, the moon, the earth, the world, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace 4. 用于乐器名词前。 eg. play the piano, play the violin, play the guitar 5. 用于某些adj. 前表示一类人或事物。 eg. the poor/rich, the old/young

6. 用于姓氏复数前，表示“…夫妇/一家人”。 eg. The Whites often have a party in the garden. 7. 用于序数词、adj. 最高级前。 eg. He’s the third child of his family. I want to go to the biggest cinema. 8. 用于一些固定短语中。 eg. in the front/middle of …, in the morning, at the same time, in the centre of …

定冠词the的其他用法： 1. the 2. the 3. the 4. the sun 世界上独一无二的事物 second 序数词前 old 某些形容词前，表示某一类人 Greens 用于姓氏复数形式前，表 示某一家人 5. play the piano 乐器前 6. the biggest 形容词最高级前 one

小试牛刀：用适当的冠词填空， the 1. We live on ___third floor of the tall 序数词前 building. 用于姓氏复数形式前，表示某一家人 The 2. ____Whites are preparing for the coming Thanksgiving Day. 乐器前 3. My cousin , Amy, likes playingthe ____violin. the 世界上独一无二的事物 4. ___earth goes around ____sun. The 形容词最高级前 the 5. I believe you are ____best singer. The 6. ____rich should try their best to help the ____poor. 某些形容词前，表示某一类人

特别提醒： 一些名词前不加冠词。 月份 ，季节，星期，国家，体育运动，一日 三餐， 语言，节日，人、地名, 专有名词或可数名词 复数前。 一些固定短语中 eg. by plane, go to school/work, after school, at night, at work

一试 身手: 用a, an, the或“/”填空 1. --Is there __ post office near your home. a --Yes. It’s at the end of ___ road. the / 2. Is __ New York the capital of __ ___ / America? / 3. Are you going to play __ basketball after school. 4. --I can see __ kite just now. a --Where is ___ kite now? the

along Millie is walking ______ the road. along A cat is sleeping ___ on the balcony.

up down Kitty is climbing ___ the hill. up down Daniel is walking _____ the stairs.

from to Amy is walking ____ the sofa to from the window. Sandy is going ___ the library. to

Grandpa Zhang is _____. on the left The little girl is _____. on the right

outside inside The first bear is ______ inside the box. The second bear is ______ the box. outside

Some people are standing in front of _____ the spring(喷 泉). There are some fruits ______ the boy. behind

across Simon is swimming ______ the pool. across through A train is going _______ a tunnel. through

over Eddie is jumping _____ the chair. over A boy is lying ______ under the tree.

There is a bookshelf (书 架) above my desk. _____ The sofa is _____ those below two pictures.

restaurant hotel There are some butterflies among the flowers. ______ The bank is _______ the between hotel and the restaurant.

A waiter is ______ next to/beside Amy. An office worker is _______ the desk. opposite

There’s a beautiful lake in the park. Look! Two on Boys are rowing a boat (1)_____the lake. Next to (2)_______the lake there’s a football field. Some on boys are playing football (3)____it. In front of (4)______the football field, there aretwo trees. On the left, abird is singing in (5)_____ one tree. On the right, two under boys are sitting (6) ______ the other tree. Between (7) ____the two trees, three girls are chatting(8) _____ the bench. on

The little horse is walking across the river. ____

to People are walking ______ the bus.

up The worker is climbing ______ the ladder.

down The boy is riding _____ the stairs.

over The woman is jumping ______ the stick(栏杆).

一试 身手：用适当的方位介词 填空 The man is ______ the tree. under The hills are behind ______the forest. in The birds are ___the tree. The chair is _______the between basket and the table.

Test (C )1. We live on ______third floor the tall building. A. a B. an C. the D. / (D )2. I like playing ____ basketball, while my sister likes playing the piano. A. a B. an C. the D. / (A )3. There about 365 days in __ year. A. a B. an C. the D. /

(A )4. ---What do you want to be when you grow up? ---I want to be ___ social worker. Many people need our help. A. a B. an C. the D. / (C )5. ______Greens are preparing for the coming Thanksgiving Day. A. a B. an C. the D. /

(D )6. ---Why are you standing , Alice? ---I can’t see the blackboard clearly. Two tall boys are sitting __ me. A. behind B. next to C. beside D. in front of (A )7. What a sunny day !Let’s go boating ___ the lake, shall we? A. on B. in C. over D. above