第二单元  自我介绍

导    读

Dialogue A: I’m from South Africa中Lizzy和班长吴勇见了面；Dialogue B: Could I Join the club? 中外教Mr Smith 来见负责人陈先生，要求加入学校的足球俱乐部；Passage短文: Professor Waters introduces herself里，沃特斯教授says a few words to the students 给她的新学生们讲话，他们都分别做了自我介绍，这也正是同学们要掌握的交际功能；语法我们讲连系动词be在疑问句中的位置。

译    文

对话一  我从南非来

丽齐正在教室里。她和男生吴勇坐同桌。今天是新学期的第一天，现在这两位同学正在相互介绍自己。

丽齐：你好！自我介绍一下, 我叫丽齐，来自南非。

吴勇：哦，你好，丽齐。很高兴认识你。我叫吴勇，是这个班的班长。

丽齐：很高兴认识你，吴，很庆幸和你同桌。

吴勇：我也一样。有需要帮忙的时候请不要客气，一定告诉我。

丽齐：我会的。谢谢你，吴勇。

对话二  我可以加入足球俱乐部吗?

   史密斯先生想参加这个技术学校学校的。他正在与负责俱乐部的陈先生谈这件事。

史密斯：下午好！我叫西蒙史密斯, 是这个学校的客座教授。

   陈：您好！史密斯教授。很高兴认识您。请问您有什么事？

史密斯：我非常喜欢足球，希望成为这个俱乐部的成员。

        陈：您能加盟是我们的荣幸，史密斯教授。请您介绍一下您的情况好吗? 我得填表存档。

史密斯：当然可以。我是美国人，而我父亲是英国人，母亲是加拿大人。我身高1米96，体重90公斤。还有…噢，我身体健康，跑得很快。

   陈：太好了，史密斯教授。您看上去确实是位合格的足球队员。欢迎加入我们的俱乐部。

短文  新老师的开场白

沃特斯教授开始上她的第一堂课。她在向大家作自我介绍。

大家早上好。这是我上的第一堂课，我想向大家作一下自己介绍。你们知道，我来自美国。其实我在英国出生，我很小的时候我们举家迁到美国。你们看到了, 我长着卷曲的棕发和蓝色的眼睛。我身高1米70，也许有点超重。我酷爱中国文化，最大的爱好就是中国国画和京剧。我很爱吃中国菜，还可以熟练地使用筷子。我希望不仅在课上，而且在课外我都能成为你们的朋友。噢，对了，我的名字叫海伦沃特兹，你们就叫我海伦吧。现在，你们还有什么有关于我个人的问题想问我吗？

Main points of the text:

Dialogue A

1. Lizzy  is  in her classroom.

    主 +  系  +   表

这是主系表结构。后面的Today is the first day of the new term.一句也是。

2. She shares a desk with Wu Yong.

share后为什么有s? 这句话是一般现在时态，句子主语she是第三人称单数， 所以谓语动词后要加s。

share sb. with sth. 意思是“与某人分享…”。

eg. “May I share your umbrella with you?”

3. the first day of the new term 新学期第一天

              first 是序数词，前面要加定冠词the。

              eg. the second term of the third school year 第三学年第二学期

                    the fourth concert of the National Day holiday 国庆假期的第四场音乐会

4. Now the two students are introducing themselves to each other

     现在这两个学生正在做自我介绍。

这句话用的是现在进行时态。现在进行时由be动词加动词的现在分词形式（动词+ ing）构成，表达此时此刻或现阶段正在发生的动作。be的形式要随主语变化。

   eg. 肯定句：Now she is introducing Professor Helen Waters to the students.

       否定句：Now she isn’t introducing Professor Helen Waters to the students.

   一般疑问句：Is she now introducing Professor Helen Waters to the students?

               Yes, she is. // No, she isn’t.

   特殊疑问句：What is she doing? (就谓语提问)

5. I’m lucky to have you as my deskmate.

  Do you still remember this sentence是否还记得这句话:

  It is a pleasure for us to have her as our English teacher here.

  这两句话是类似结构。

7. Please don’t hesitate to let me know whenever you need help.

  如果你需要帮助请马上告诉我，不要客气。hesitate: 犹豫。

8. I will.

   后面省略了let you know whenever I need help.

Dialogue B

1. Could I join the club?

    could 本是情态动词can的过去式，在这里它跟过去时态没有关系，意思还是“能，可以”，只是更客气。如果说Could you please就更为礼貌，如下文中陈先生说的：Could you please tell me something about yourself?  would也是这样用法。

2. be in charge of  负责

eg. Wu Yong is in charge of the e-commerce class. 吴勇负责电子商务班。

3. I have to fill in the form and put into our file.

    have to 必须，不得不

注意它的否定式是not have to，而非have not to。

eg. They don’t have to watch the films. They watch the VCDs.

4. I’m an American.

已学过的常见国名及其词形变化：

5. cm厘米, 是 centimetre 的缩写。

     kg公斤, 是kilogramme 的缩写

6. I … can run very fast.

can 是情态动词，后面的动词必须用原形。  

run 是动词，修饰动词的fast是副词, 它本身又被另一个副词very修饰。不同词性的词之间的修饰关系是有规则的，不能随意更改。

7. You really look like a qualified member.

really 是副词，修饰谓语动词look；qualified 是形容词，修饰名词member。

look是连系动词，所以这句话是主系表结构。

Passage

1. I’d like to introduce myself.

’d 是 would 的缩略形式。had 也可以如此变化。

would like to 意为“想要”或“乐意”，是口语中极常用的表达法。

eg. What would you like, tea or coffee?

I’d like you to meet my mother.

2. the States

美国人称自己的国家为the States，一般我们称之为 the United States或America，全称为 the United States of America，外交等正式场合才这样用。

3. Actually 一句说的是以前的事，所以用一般过去时态，动词用的是过去式：

am — was  move — moved

4. I’m perhaps a little bit overweight.

我可能有点超重。

沃特斯教授不愿意用fat（胖）这个词而用了overweight。

a little bit 是副词性质的短语，修饰形容词overweight。

5. I like Chinese culture so much that my hobbies are Chinese painting an Beijing Opera.

我酷爱中国文化，最大的爱好就是中国画和京剧。

外国人喜欢中国文化多出于猎奇心理，也有一些深入研究的。

so…that… 意为“如此…以致于…”

eg. The laptop computer was so good that I didn’t believe my eyes.

这个笔记本电脑太好了，我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。

6. …I’m also skilled in using chopsticks.

我用筷子也很熟练。

be skilled in sth./doing sth.是常用短语，意为“善于做某事，有某方面的技术”。其中in是介词，介词后面必须跟名词或名词性质的词组做宾语，如果跟的是动词, 必须在动词后加ing变成动名词，using就是这样来的。

eg. My grandfather is skilled in repairing bicycles. 我的外祖父会修自行车。

7. I would like to be your friends not only in class, but also after class.

    我希望课上课下都做你们的朋友。

词组not only… but also…意为“不仅…而且…”。

8. Please call me Helen.

     请叫我海伦吧。

     call在这里意为“称呼”，是动词。它还当“打电话”讲。

  eg. Please tell him that I called him.

     请告诉他我给他打了电话。

     call还是名词。如：a telephone call 一个电话（即一次通话）

这句话属于五种基本句型中的哪一种？

More practice of the text

1 Complete the passage below with the texts in the first two units as reference

参考这两单元的课文完成Lizzy的自我介绍：

Hello, 1 ! I’m the 2 comer of the class and I 3 like to introduce（介绍） 4 .            5 name is Lizzy Waters. You may 6 me Lizzy. 7 know,  I’m 8 South Africa,  9 African country（国家） far away from here（离这里很远）. My father 10 a chief engineer（总工程师） at a joint 11 in TEDA（天津经济技术开发区）. He loves Yangliuqing New Year picture 12 much that he bought (买) hundreds of them. 13 only my father, but also my mother, an expert 14 English teaching, and I 15 Chinese culture very much. In fact the biggest 16 of my family is to watch Peking Opera. It’s a pleasure 17 me to be an overseas 18 in this technical 19 and to have so many 20 classmates and teachers. I’m lucky to share（分享） a desk 21 Wu Yong and it’s my 22 to have our monitor 23 my 24  . By the way（顺便说一句）, 25 is my mother tongue（母语）and whenever you need my 26 in English please don’t hesitate（犹豫） to 27 me know. I’d like 28 be not only your classmate but also your 29 . 30 you!

2 Try to introduce yourself with the texts in the first two units as reference:

   参考这两单元的课文试做自我介绍：

Key:

1.

1.everyone  2. new  3. would  4. myself  5. My  6. call  7. You   8. from    9. an    

10. is     11. venture  12. so  13. not    14. in   15. like   16. hobby   17. for          18. student   19. school   20. Chinese  21 with    22. honor   23. as   24 deskmate       25. English   26. help   27. let   28. friend   29. friend   30. Thank

2. (open) 略

Helping you with the exercises

1 Answer the following questions according to Dialogue A.

第1--- 6题为特殊疑问句；7、8题为一般疑问句。特殊疑问句为特殊疑问词加一般疑问句的语序。注意问句中的名词在答句中要变成相应的代词。如1里Lizzy答时要变成she。还要注意一般现在时态中主语为第三人称单数时否定句和疑问句中动词的特点。

Key:

1.   She is in her classroom.

2.   With Wu Yong.

3.   On the first day of the new term.象这种答案明显的句子可以不必答整句。

4.   They are introducing themselves to each other.

5.   “Hello, may I introduce myself.”

6.   He says that he is the monitor of the class.

7.   Yes, she is. She says, “I’m lucky to have you as my deskmate”. 第二问也可以问成: “How do you know?” 答法相同。  

8.   Yes, he will.

2 Fill in the blanks with the information you’ve got from Dialogue B.

   注意: 答案均是短语; 答案与原文只要意思相同，措辞可以有区别。

Key:

1. in charge of // responsible for the club  2. “good afternoon”  3. guest professor  4. a member of the football club  5. is pleased/glad to  6. something about himself  7. a British man // an English man   8. mother   9. 90kg,  10. in good health // strong   11. a qualified member  

12. Welcome to our club
3 Are the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the dialogues?

Key:

1. F (of one class )  2. F (She grew up in the United States.)  3. T   4. T   5. F (She is also quite skilled in using chopsticks)  6. T 见短文倒数第四句。

4 Here is a summary of the patterns and expressions used in giving personal information and self-introductions. Read them and try to remember them by heart.

以下是在作自我介绍时常用的句型和表达法, 请读熟背会

5 Now write a self-introduction, using the patterns and expressions you’ve learned in this unit.  

Key: (答案略)

6 Rewrite the following sentences, using the words and expressions in the box.

用方框中给出的单词和表达法改写下列句子。

这个练习有些难度，同学们可以参照课文原文来做。

Key:  

  1. She shares a small flat with three girl students at the university.

  2. It is not easy to get this job. However (然而), I hope you will be lucky.

  3. We feel very glad to have Professor Waters as our English teacher this term.

  4. I always ask him to help me whenever I’m in trouble.

  5. Mrs. Green is in charge of the resources center in our department.

  6. I should not eat so many sweets. I’m now a little overweight.

  7. He learned to drive ten years ago. So he is very skilled in driving now.

  8. You’d better speak English not only inside but also outside class.

  9. The old man is at least eighty years old. But he is still in good health.

9.   I like Chinese painting very much. Can I become a member of the painting club?

7 Translation.

请注意be动词与主语数的一致(课件里译文中的红色部分)。

Key:

1.   This term he is the monitor and is in charge of our class.

2.   The students and teacher introduce themselves to each other.

3.   Lizzy is happy to have Wu Yong as her deskmate（in the class）.

4.   This Canadian lady is our guest professor.

5.   They are qualified employees of this company.

8 Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

Key:

  1. 欢迎到中华文化俱乐部来。在这儿你可以学习中国画和京剧。

  2. 我出生在北方。后来，我们家搬到了南方的一个城市。（东east 西west）

  3. 他们非常喜欢中国菜，可以熟练地用筷子。

  4. 他的母亲是混血儿。因此她有一头卷曲的棕色头发，但是却是黑眼睛黄皮肤。

  5. 你应当认真填写这张申请表。

9 Read the short passage carefully and judge the following statements are true (T) or   false (F).    注意：遇生词尽量猜。

Key:

1. T  2. T  3. F （American people are somewhat casual）. They may start a conversation without being introduced.  4. F  5. F（口气很绝对的一般就是错的） 6. T   7. F (正相反)  8. F（when 后面省略了“he is”）

Grammar Focus

系动词be 在疑问句中的位置

Practice your grammar

1 Ask questions according to（按照）the following sentences.

Key:

1. Is every thing is fine with you 你一切都好吗?

2. Are you Professor Smith?

3. Am I late（迟到）again?

4. Is today Monday?

  （英语星期的排序一般从星期日排起， 依次为：Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,  Thursday, Friday, Saturday。首字母均大写。注意末尾的 -day读 /di/ 而非/dei/）

5. Was it yesterday a fine day?

6. Are you OK?

7. Is your name Yuan Fan?

8. Is Lizzy over there?

9. Will they be happy with this arrangement（安排）?

10. Shall we be qualified（合格的）members of this club?

2 Change（改变）the following sentences into the negative form（否定形式）.

Key:

1. It will not be a fine day tomorrow.（亦可变成won’t）

2. They will not be happy with the arrangement. （亦可变成won’t）

3. We shall not be there on time. （亦可变成shan’t）

4. This house was not ours. （亦可变成wasn’t）

5. They were not schoolmates in primary school. （亦可变成weren’t）

6. I was not skilled in driving. （亦可变成wasn’t）

7. We are not classmates. （亦可变成aren’t）

8. You are not careful enough. （亦可变成aren’t）

9. She is not from England. （亦可变成isn’t）

10. They are not eager to（急于）join us. （亦可变成aren’t）

(此题答案比原题仅多出not，故将答案与原题合并)

3 Translate the following sentences into English:

Key:

1. How can we be/get there on time?
2. I\'m not very well today.
3. It is not cold at all today?

4. They are not skilled in playing the piano.

（表达“演奏乐器”时，乐器名称前要加the。 eg. play the guitar吉它/violin小提琴/erhu二胡）

5. Were you and my sister classmates?

6. When will he be/become a member of this club?

Merry Learning

内容详见多媒体配套光盘。

Listening in and speaking out

1 Conversations

Listen to the conversations and choose the best answers to complete the statements.

1. Make Brine is _______.

   a. introducing the woman      c. introducing himself

   b. being introduced           d. introducing an engineer

2. Rose has a pair of ____eyes.

   a. brown (棕色)    b. blue     c. black   d. gray (灰色)

3. The man’s wife is ______.

    a. a bit weak (虚弱)   b. in poor health 身体不好  c. thin    d. fat

4. The man is _______Linda.

a.   unhappy with（因为…不高兴）  b. sorry for（对…表示抱歉/遗憾）  

c. satisfied with（对…满意）      d. proud of（为…而感到骄傲）

5. There are _________students in the class.

   a. seven  b. eight   c. nine    d. seventeen

2 Passage

Listen to the passage and then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or  false (F)

1. The story takes place in the West of England.

2. The policemen are looking for a robber.

3. The robber stole some money from a woman.

4. He has black hair and blue eyes.

5. He is 30 years old and seven feet tall.

3 Spot Dictation

Listen to the short passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

Tomorrow is ________. I do not need to go to _______.I’m so happy because I’ll go to ______ my grandparents.  They live in the _______. They have a beautiful farm and a nice ______. They raise a lot of sheep and _______ on the farm. They also _______ a lot of flowers and vegetables. They ______ these products to people in the city.

  4 Picture Identification

     Listen to the six statements and identify which are true (T) and which are false (F)

      1.    2.    3.    4.    5.    6.