1、Unit 8 Why dont you get her a scarf ?,八年级英语（下）,No.11 Middle School of Changsha city,Period 5,My pet is a cat. Its white and black. I have kept it since it was two months old. It likes eating fish. When it was small, it could catch the mouse well. It always keeps clean. If it feels hungry, it always
2、calls “Miao”. When it catches the mice, its very brave. I like it very much.,Nowadays, the pet are very popular to many people. Someone thinks keeping pets in an apartment is good . However, someone disagrees. Whats your opinion?,Debate,Fill in the blanks with the words given.,expensive boring cheap
3、 special interesting,1. Today is Jims birthday. His mother is going to make a _ meal for him.,special,Self Check,2. My shoes were really _. They only cost $5. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an _ restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was _. I fell asleep half way through it.
4、,cheap,expensive,boring,5. Its important to choose subjects that you find _.,interesting,True or False,The old people think they dont get enough gifts. 2. Small things cant be gifts. 3. The mother wont be happy when her little child give a leaf to her. 4. In Japan, when people get the gifts, they wi
5、ll open them at once.,5. In Canada, many people will give big gifts tothe others. 6. In the USA, People would like to ask the friendsto give money to them as gifts. 7. In Sweden, the best gift is doing something for someone.,2 Read the passages and then write about the most popular gifts among your
6、friends and family.,Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they dont get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make h
7、er very happy.,present n. 礼物,make sb. / sth. + 形容词 使某人/某事 What he says makes me rather angry. 他所说的话让我非常生气。 The flowers made the house beautiful. 鲜花让房子美丽。,Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may
8、be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and dont want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give mo
9、ney to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People dont need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.,open v. 开；打开,give away 赠送 givegavegiven,bench n. 长凳；长椅,rather than 胜于,Sweden 瑞典,instead adv. 代替；而不是 If you dont want to go, I will go instead.,Helping do some housework is the best gift for my mother. The best gift for my father is my good mark. My sister likes the dolls best, and my friend likes the interesting books best.,Write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.,
