Unit 4 Food

Grammar

• Adverbs of frequency. （频率副词） never ＜ seldom ∧ always ＞ usually ＞ often ＞ someti

mes

Read and guess.• It is a kind of cold

drink. It is sweet and it is brown.

• It is our main food. It’s long and thin. People in north China

like to eat it.

• It is an animal and sometimes a dish. It lives in water.

• They are round and sweet. People eat them on a autumn festival.

• It is cold and sweet. Many people like to eat it in summer.

• It is a sour liquid（液体） . It’s made in Zhengjiang.

vinegar

How often do you eat/drink ….?I always/usually/often/sometimes /seldom/never eat/drink ….

Read the following and fill in the blanks.

1.I have a glass of milk and an egg for breakfast every day.

I_______have a glass of milk and an egg for breakfast.

2.I don’t have ice cream in winter. It’s too cold.I______have ice cream in winter.3.Millie has noodles for breakfast once a week.Millie_______has noodles for breakfast.4.We have cakes for breakfast twice a week.We__________have cakes for breakfast.

always

never

seldom

sometimes

5.Sandy has sandwiches for breakfast three times a week.

Sandy_______has sandwiches for breakfast.6.Tom has a bowl of fried rice with eggs for breakfast

on weekdays. He has only a glass of milk for breakfast at weekends.

Tom_________has a bowl of fried rice with eggs for breakfast. He_________has a glass of milk for breakfast.

7.Simon is a top student.He comes to school on time every day.

Simon is_______late for class.

often

usuallysometimes

never

8.Daniel likes football. He can play it with his friends on weekdays.Daniel likes football. He can________ play it with his friends.9.Kitty only feels tired on Friday.Kitty is_________tired.10.Amy likes helping others very much.Amy is________helpful.

usually

seldom

always

Read Kitty’s activities and fill in the blanks.

Mon.

Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun.

Dance Music Dance Tennis Music Dance DanceFilm Dance Music Dance Film Computer MusicMusic Computer Computer Film Dance Music Film

1.Kitty___________dances.2.Kitty___________listens to music.3.Kitty___________goes swimming.4.Kitty___________plays tennis.5.Kitty___________plays computer games.6.Kitty ___________watches films.

alwaysusuallynever

seldomsometimesoften

No. 5 Autonomous leanring A

• Always-usually-often-sometimes-seldom-never

No. 5 Autonomous learning B• 1. exercises• 2. are• 3. are• 4. stories• 5. meat• 6. twice• 7. looks

a knife

knives

a glass

glasses

a tomato

tomatoes

1. It is in our kitchen.It is a white powder( 粉末） and very salty.

a packet of salt

2.It is a very popular drink in China.People have it with hot water.

a cup of tea

3.Mother is making a kind of dish. She needs an egg,a tomato and some water.What dish is it?

a bowl of soup / su:p /

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

Countable nounsFor example: a book two books

an apple five apples

1. orange oranges 2. story stories

3. glass glasses wish wishes watch watches

box boxes

4.radio radios piano pianos photo photos

mango mangoes tomato tomatoes potato potatoes

5.shelf shelves knife knives

Uncountable nouns

For example: bread water milk tea rice meat salt sugar

a glass of a bowl of

a cup of a kilo of

a packet of a bag of

a piece of a bottle of

Tip for countable nouns

1. 以 y 结尾的名词boy---boys, day--days, holiday---holidays;

story---stories, family---families, baby---babies

2. 以 o 结尾的名词radios,pianos,kilos,zoos,videos,photos mangoes, tomatoes,

potatoes

Tip for uncountable nouns

a. 不和 a(an) 连用。b. 不用数词数。c. 计量时用 a+ 名词 +of+ 不可数名词的结构。a glass of juice, two kilos of meatd. 前面可以用 some,any,a lot of,lots of, much,

little,a little ，不可以用 many,few,a few 。e. 作主语时，谓语用单数。

• a+ 名词 +of+ 名词的结构也可用于可数名词！• a box of apples• a basket of flowers

Tip

Translate the following phrases.

一些牛奶一个小时两袋 大米五公斤肉几袋盐一杯茶三碗汤一罐糖两瓶牛奶两篮水果

• some milk• an hour• two packets of rice• five kilos of meat• a few packets of salt• a cup of tea• three bowls of soup• a pot of sweets/sugar/candies• two bottles of milk• two baskets of fruits

1 、李小姐经常喝两杯绿茶。

2 、我妈妈需要买三袋盐。3 、中秋节我们将吃 5 盒月饼。4 、厨房里有两篮 土豆。5 、他早餐吃几片面包。

Miss Li often________________________________.

My mother __________________________________.

On Mid-Autumn Festival ______________________________________________.

There are two ____________________in the kitchen.

He ______________________________________.

drinks two cups of green tea.

needs to buy three packets of salt.

we will eat five boxes of mooncakes.

baskets of potatoes

has some slices of bread for breakfast

No 5. Check out I• 1. seldom plays computer• 2. bad for, to read• 3. always exercise for forty

minutes• 4. How often, go swimming,

never• 5. often, rice and vegetables,

sometimes, for• 6. How much, usually watch, • half an hour

Check out II• 1. D• 2. A• 3. C

Check out III• 1. seldom eats fruit for• 2. work hard, am not , top

student• 3. It’s, important to keep fit• 4. need, time to do, homework• 5. snacks, give us energy,

they’re, healthy

Check out IV• 1. A• 2. C• 3. A• 4. A• 5. B

No 6. Autonomous learning• 1. a packet of salt• 2. two bags of rice• 3. three glasses of orange juice• 4. four cartons of milk• 5. five baskets of apples• 6. six potatoes• 7. nine kilos of meat• 8. some mangoes• 9. a few bottles of Coke• 10. much chicken• 11. eight pieces of bread• 12. need to buy some vegetables

No. 6 Check out I• 1.teachers• 2. policemen• 3. children• 4. glasses• 5. tomatoes• 6. sheep• 7. shelves• 8. knives• 9. babies• 10. teeth

Check out II• 1. Let’s, a little sheep• 2. have to finish• 3. wants to buy two kilos of vegetables• 4. usually eat, bowls of, for• 5. often spends half an, washing clotc

hes• 6. What’s on, There’s, boat, ducks• There are some ducks and a boat.