Danny's Ambitions and Dreams Unfold

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My Future Unit 5 Lesson 30 A Famous Friend?

MC900389954[1] Words n. adj. Helen Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately. wise actor n.

Objectives 1. to listen to and understand the email from Danny 2. to learn to talk about Danny and his friends dream jobs 3. to learn to use some key words and useful expressions wise actor work for no matter what

Li Ming wrote an e- mail to Danny about ambitions and dreams. And he thought Danny would be a good basketball player when he is older.

Do you know how Danny answered him? Listen and write true (T) or false (F). 12

1 p77 Task 1 1. Danny is going to be a basketball player when he grows up. ( ) 2. Helen gives advice to people on the phone. ( ) 3. Danny would like to be a famous movie star someday. ( ) is not F by email F T

2 p77 Task2 Read the lesson and answer the questions. 1. What questions did Danny ask Helen? His future. 2. What s Helen s advice for Danny? She said Danny might be a good actor. 3. Will Danny and Li Ming be friends when they become rich? Yes, they will.

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Task 3 Pay attention to the following expressions in the passage.

Translate the following phrases into English. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) write an email to sb. work for give advice to sb. give sb. some advice all the best

Task 4 Fill in the blanks and try to retell. Danny loves playing basketball, and he is _____ taller this year. However, he doesn t want to be a basketball player in the future. He _______________ Helen about his future. She is a ____ woman. She _________ the newspaper and ___________ people. She said Danny might be a good _____. Danny ___________ be a famous movie star someday. ___ maybe he will be an actor on TV. _____________, he will always be Li Ming s friend. much wrote an email to wise gives advice to works for would like to actor Or No matter what

4 p77 What are they going to be in the future? Complete the table below. 1 1 Li Ming Wang Mei Tian- tian Danny Lucas Alan airplane pilot/ engineer farmer/ manager/ teacher actor teacher doctor doctor Interview your group members. 2

Language points

1. much a lot\ a little\ a bit\far\ still\even\rather\some\any He is much /a lot stronger than his little brother. Our city is much/ a lot more beautiful than before. 3)The room is a bit larger than that one. 4) If you can jump any higher, I will give you a prize.

2. She works for the newspaper and gives advice to people. work for Mr. Green works for that basketball club. She doesn t want to work for this company, because she isn t satisfied with the salary here.

3. no matter what whatever what (happens) no matter when= whenever no matter where= wherever no matter how=however No matter what the world will be, we are always friends. No matter what happened, he would not say a word. 3) She always encouraged us and gave us support whenever we met difficulties.

4. wise adj clever\ bright\intelligent wisdom n wisely adv He made a wise decision after careful consideration. We should get into the good habit of using our time wisely.

5. act v active adj action n activity n actor\ actress He wants to be an actor because he is good at acting. They took active steps to prevent the spread of the disease.

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3 p77 . wise old advice famous forget actor Danny is much taller this year. He loves playing basketball, but he wouldn t like to be a basketball player when he is _____. He wrote an e-mail to a ______ woman, Helen. She gave him some good ______ about his future. She said that Danny might be a ________ movie star or a good ______ on TV someday. Danny hopes so. But no matter what he becomes, he will never ______Li Ming. They will always be good friends. old wise advice famous actor forget

. 1. Maybe the boy is from Canada. ( ) The boy _____ ____ from Canada. 2. I m going to be a scientist in the future. ( ) I ____ _____ _____ __ ____a scientist in the future. 3. George asked me some questions. ( ) ______ George _____ _____ any questions? Did ask you may be am not going to be

4. Li Pings sister is shorter than her. ( ) Li Ping is _____ _____ her sister. taller than 5. Miss Turner says I will be a great actor. ( ) Miss Turner _____ I ______ be a said would great actor.

. 1. We are too tired. Let s ____ _____ help! 2. Will you be a _______ ______ _____ someday? 3. ____ ______ _____ you say, I won t change my idea. ask for famous movie star No matter what

4. Martin _____ _____ _____ on how to learn a foreign language. 5. , ____ _____ _____, Mary. We ll see you in two weeks. gave some advice All the best

Homework Preview the words and expressions in Lesson 31.