????although, but?because???

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1. ????although, but?because???
2. ?????????
3. ??????????????
4. ????????

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?? ?????????
went
Paul ________ (go) to school in London. He
enjoyed school and he studied hard. He _______
(begin) to learn French when he was 11, and now
he is fluent (???). Paul planned his career (??).
He _______ (choose) to study French, and he
________ (go) to university when he _______
(leave) school. When he finished at university,
he joined a bank as a translator. (??)
began
chose
went
left
went
Adam ________ (go) to school in Edinburgh first.
Then his family moved to London and he _______
(go) to school there. He hated school because it
was so boring. When he was young, he cried every
day at school. When he was older, he just wanted
to play football. He ________ (sleep) in most of
his lessons! He stopped studying when he was 16.
He ________ ( find) a job and went straight (??)
to work at the bank. He __________ (forget)
about school as quickly as possible.
went
slept
found
forgot
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Task
Please say something about your Spring Festival
(??) by using Simple Past Tense.
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1. I had a good time.
2. I watched the CCTV special program for Spring
Festival. (???????????)
3. I set off firecrackers (??) on the New Years
eve.
4. I went to visit many relatives (??) and
friends.
5. I ate jiaozi for breakfast.
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Question
1. Do you like watching films?
2. Which kind of films do you like watching best?
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1. a funny film
comedy (??)
2. a frightening (???) film with violence
(??)and sometimes ghosts, (?) vampires
(???)and, often lots of blood. (?)
horror film (???)
3. a sad film with an unhappy or terrible ending
, in which the main character (??)dies or
suffers. The story is sometimes about love
and sometimes about a great person.
tragedy (??)
4. a film with pictures, not actors, which is
usually funny usually for children but
sometimes for adults (???)too.
cartoon (???)
5. a love story It is also funny.
romantic comedy (????)
6. a fast film with lots of fighting,
(??)dangerous situations and car chases (??)
action film (???)
7. a modern,tense(???) and exciting film, with a
complicated (???) story and usually a
murder.(??)
thriller (???)
8. A film that usually takes place (??) in the
future, often with space(??) travel.
sci-fi film (???)
9. a film based on a classic (???)book or a
person from history. Costumes and
scenery(??) are old-fashioned.
costume drama (???)
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The Edge of Ruin Life Without Steve (Page
19)
Description Thriller Romantic comedy
He decides to rescue (??) her, although (??) the police try to stop him
Although her interview technique(??) is rather unusual and very funny, she manages to find several men
The police arrive, and her boyfriend sees her life is in very great danger
The only thing missing in her life is a man
She advertises and interviews men, as though (??) for a job
After years of really bad relationships (??) , she decides to try to find a perfect husband
Jennifer Soames is kidnapped (??) while on holiday in South America
He soon finds himself in a drugs war(???)
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
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The Edge of Ruin (18) (William Stibble, 2002,
USA) Georage Macroon, Helena Stiles, Simon Tooby,
110 mins. Action-packed thriller from the
same director as Pay Back Time. Jennifer Soames
is kidnapped while on holiday in South America.
The police arrive and her boyfriend sees her
life is in very great danger. He decides to
rescue her, although the police try to stop him.
He soon finds himself in a drug war. Although
the plot is weak, the action is really fantastic.
Fast,explosive (???) and violent, with really
amazing special effects (????) and an excellent
soundtrack (????). Very enjoyable, but not a film
to watch before bedtime!
(c)

• Jennifer Soames is kidnapped in _____.
• Southern Amenia B. South Africa C.
  South America
• Her boyfriend _________.
• calls the police B. tries to help her
  C. gets killed
• The police _______.
• rescue her boyfriend B. arrest (??) her
  boyfriend
• try to stop her boyfriend from helping her
• The film has ______.
• really fantastic action B. a bad soundtrack
• C. poor special effects

(b)
(c)
(a)
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Life Without Steve (15) (Polly Remmer,
2002, GB) Janet Wise, Jeff Bross, Todd
Scran. 105 mins In this romantic comedy,
Lucy Simms is a beautiful 30-year-old
career woman, who has a very good job and enough
money. The only thing missing in her life is a
man. After years of really bad relationships, she
decides to try to find a perfect husband. She
advertises and interviews men, as though for a
job. Although her interview technique is rather
unusual and very funny, she manages to find
several men. Rather simple and romantic,
but very funny at times. The acting (??)is very
good. The scene(??) in the restaurant with
interviewees at different tables is really
memorable. Women everywhere will really love this
film.
(b)

• Lucy Simms is looking for a _______.
• job B. husband C. lost
  brother
• Her solution (????) is ____.
• to advertise B. to join a dating agency
  (????)
• to live alone (???)
• The film is ______.
• sad B. exciting C.
  romantic
• The film will really be liked by _______.
• young people everywhere
• B. women everywhere C. men everywhere

(a)
(c )
(b)
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Cultural Notes
??????? Film Classification
( U ) Universal ?????????????,?
?????????? ( PG ) Parental
Guidance (??????) ????
???????,??????????? (12 )
12??????????? (15 ) 15??????????? (18 )
18???????????
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Task
Please read Page17 (Activity 3) and finish the
table
a horror film
Promises of Dawn is ____________________________.
The Edge of Ruin is _____________________________.
Tears of the child is ___________________________
__. The last Straw is ____________________________
____. Life Without Steve is ______________________
______.
a thriller
an action adventure
a cartoon
a romantic comedy
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Language Focus (2)
??although / though , but , because ??? Although
/ Though the plot is weak, the action is really
fantastic. Although / Though the action is really
fantastic, the plot is weak. The action is really
fantastic, although / though the plot is
weak. The plot is weak, but the action is really
fantastic. The action is really fantastic, but
the plot is weak. I like this film because the
actors are very good and the plot is
interesting. Because it was late, they did not
go to the film.

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Exercise Page 23

• Henry is a father of a girl although / though he
  doesnt know
• about her.
• Although / though Henry is a father of a
  girl, he doesnt
• know about her.

• He finds out about her when she is five because
  her mother dies.
• Because her mother dies, he finds out about
  her when she is five.

3. He learns how to look after her, but it isnt
easy for him.
4. There are problems because she cannot speak
English. Because she cannot speak English,
there are problem.
5. Although / Though they have many difficulties,
they learn in the end how to be a family.
They have many difficulties, although / though
they learn in the end how to be a family.
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Language focus (3) ??????????
Please describe your favorite film.
Harry Potter is a 12-year-old boy who goes to a
boarding school (????) for wizards (??). While
he is there, He makes many friends and one or
two really dangerous enemies. (??) He has many
really exciting adventures and becomes a very
clever (???) wizard.
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Task
Please read the dialogue Page15 and answer
question.
1. Why does Polly phone Xiaoyan?
Because she is lonely. / Because David is away on
business.
2. Are Polly and Xiaoyan both free this evening?
Yes, theyre free.
3. What do they decide to do?
They decide to see a film.
4. Where could they look to find out which films
are on?
They could look in the newspaper or in the Time
Out.
5. Where do they decide to meet?
They decide to meet at Xiaoyans flat .
6. When do they decide to meet?
After work, at about 6 oclock.
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Language Focus (4)
????anything,something,?nothing??? Something?nothi
ng??????,anything????? Ive got nothing to do.
???????. I havent got anything to do either.
????????. I dont want to watch anything sad.
???????????. Lets go to something really funny.
??????????
??? ????anyone, someone, no one
(anybody, somebody, nobody) ???. ????????someone/
somebody/ no one / nobody ????????????anyone /
anybody He didnt talk to anyone else. I talked
to someone. He didnt talk to anyone. He talked
to no one else the whole evening.
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??anybody, somebody, any ?some ??
anybody

1. There wasnt __________ in the house when she got
   home.
2. _____________ answered the phone.
3. Have you got _____________ brothers?
4. Is there ____________ cheese in the fridge?
5. I havent got ___________ free time these days.
6. I know ___________ very nice people in Spain.
7. They dont want ___________ breakfast in the
   mornings.
8. I saw ___________ in the restaurant.

Somebody
any
any
any
some
any
somebody
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Task
Please read the dialogue Page 23 and
answer questions
1. Which film do they decide to go to?
They decide to go to Life Without Steve.
2. What are they going to do after the film?
They are going to have something to eat.
3. Where are they going to go after film?
They are going to to the restaurant called
English Bristro
4. What sort of the film is it?
Its a romantic comedy.
5. What does Polly do next?
She books a table at the restaurant.
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Language Focus ( 5 )
1. ???? How about seeing this one? What about
dinner? Why dont we/Why not go to a
restaurant? Shall we have a sandwich? Lets do
that. 2. ????????? Ok./Ok then./Thats a good
idea./Great. Brilliant./ Fantastic./Thats a
brilliant idea./Thats a fantastic
idea. ?????????? Shall we go to the theatre
tonight? Id ( I would ) prefer to see a film.
????? Id (I would ) rather go to the cinema.
??????? Id (I would ) rather not. Im quite
tired. ?????,????
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3. prefer ?rather ??? a. prefer sth. (I
prefer coffee.) b. prefer A to B. c.
prefer doing sth. d. prefer doing A to doing
B. e. prefer to do A rather than doing B.
f. Id prefer to do sth. ( Id prefer go to the
theatre.) rather ???. Id rather ????? to
??????. ?rather ??? not ??????. Id rather
have coffee. ???????. Id rather not (have
coffee/go to the cinema). ???(???/???).
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Exercise Page 25
1. Id prefer to go to the restaurant.
2. Id rather have a glass of wine.
3. Id prefer to have a holiday in Scotland.
4. Id prefer a game of tennis.
5. Id prefer to eat later.
6. Id rather eat in a restaurant.
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Menu
---- Starters----
Melon with ginger
Garlic mushrooms with fresh
herbs Goats cheese
and green salad with garlic bread
Prawn cocktail
Home-made soup
---- Main courses ----
Chicken with cheese sauce
Fillet steak with pepper sauce
Roast leg of lamb
Salmon with cream sauce
Seafood pie
Fried cod with prawn sauce
Pasta with olives and
tomatoes The above
are served with a selection of carrots
broccoli, cabbage,peas or
salad and French
fries or boiled potatoes
----Desserts----
Please ask to see the dessert menu
---- Drinks----
Wine by the glass ---- red or
white Mineral water
---- still or sparkling
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Language Focus (6)
???? Could we have the goats cheese and green
salad, please? Ill have a steak, please. The
seafood pie for me, please. Id like fried cod,
please.
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Task
Listen to Extract 3 and make a dialogue in the
restaurant. (How to order)
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Language Focus (7) ?very ?really ????? very
?really ?????????, ??????????. ????, really
????very ??, ????????????????? very ??????????,
??????????????????. ?????fantastic (???), amazing
(?????), perfect (???), excellent (???, ???). a
very/really good job. a very/really funny
film. very/really bad relationships. a
very/really brilliant idea. in very/really great
danger. a really perfect film./ a really
excellent idea.
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Homework

1. Please describe a film by using Simple Present
   Tense.
2. Make a dialogue about how to order in a
   restaurant.
3. Finish the exercises in the book.
4. Review Unit 19-20 and preview Unit 21.