Unit 4 DIY Reading 1

1. Unit 4 DIYReading 1

2. Revision brush glue tape rope scissors

3. Revision 你做DIY需要什么？ Shall we _______________________(学做丝绸花)? You _____________________________________(最好买些新的胶水和刷子). It’s good for you __________________________(先仔细看指示). Kitty must ____________________(自学煮饭) _________________(而不是吃)in a restaurant. This picture _____________________(代表了这个城市）。 Look! Each of the students ______________________(做新东西). What do you need for DIY? learn to make silk flowers had better buy some new glue and brushes to read the instructions carefully first learn to cook by herself instead of eating stands for the city is making something new

5. I am crazy about decorating my house. crazy adj. 着迷的；疯狂的 be crazy about (doing) sth. 对…着迷

6. Something terrible happened . terrible adj.可怕的

7. I tried to put in a bright light in my bedroom. put in 安装

8. But I made a mistake. n. 错误，失误 make a mistake make mistakes犯错误

9. My house had a power cut. n. 供电中断，停电 power cut n.停电

10. I tried to put up my picture on my bedroom wall. 张贴，悬挂 But I hit a pipe. 管子，水管

11. I filled the room with water. fill vt.使充满 fill…with… 用…填充…

12. They advised me to paint them yellow. But I painted them blue instead. advise v.建议；忠告 advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人干某事 instead v.反而；确

13. My living room had not only blue walls but also blue ceiling. not only… but also 不仅..而且，和..都 ceiling n.天花板

14. I put in a shelf above my bed. shelf n.架子；搁板 two shelvesn.

15. So I once took a course in DIY. once adv.曾经；一度(过去时) course n.课程；过程

16. I attended lessons. I have already known how to do it . attend vt.经常去；出席 already adv. 已经 (be动词后，实意动词前)

17. New words crazy be crazy about terrible once put in mistake make a mistake power cut pipe fill fill…with not only… but alsoceiling shelf whoops advise course already instead attend

18. Write the correct letters in the blanks. be crazy about (line 1)____ repair (line 1)_____ terrible (line 3)_____ fill (line 8) _____ advise (line 18) ________ attend (line 21) ________ a very bad b make something full of something else c go to d like something very much e fix f tell someone what you think he/she should do d e a b f c

19. Listening and answering What is Suzy’s cousin crazy about? Does Suzy know more about DIY than her cousin now? He’s crazy about DIY. Yes, she does.

20. Main idea Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 para5 Andrew painted the living room. My advice Andrew put in a light and put up a picture. Suzy wanted a shelf. Andrew’s hobby

21. Careful-reading Read para1 and answer: What does Andrew love to do? What will happen when he finishes? He loves to repair things and decorate his house. The house always looks terrible.

22. Careful-reading Read para2 and say T/F: Andrew thought the light in his bedroom is not bright enough. When he put in the light , he made a mistake and the house had a power cut. He hit a window when he put up a picture on the wall. Once, he filled his bedroom with milk. pipe water

23. Careful-reading Read para3 and fill in: Last ______, he thought his _____room was ______, so he painted it ____, but he couldn’t ____. Now the living room has blue_____, a blue ______ and ______. ____his cat is blue now. month living blue boring stop walls ceiling Even floor

24. Careful-reading Read para4 and choose: 1.Suzy wanted a shelf ______. a. above her bed b. on her bed c. beside her bed 2. He spent ____ hours putting up it. a. six b. seven c. five 3. One end of the shelf is much ______ than the other. a. smaller b. higher c. lower

25. Careful-reading Read para5 and answer: What did Suzy do for her cousin? How did Andrew feel then? What does Suzy do instead? She bought some books about DIY for him and advised him to take a course in DIY. He was angry. She reads all the books herself and attends lessons every Saturday.

26. Practice reading!

27. Suzy’s cousin is not very good at DIY. Match the jobs he did with the problems he caused. 1 Putting in a brighter light 2 Putting up a picture 3 Painting the living room 4 Putting up a shelf a No books could stay on it. b He hit a pipe and filled the room with water. c The whole house had a power cut. d The cat is blue now.

28. Read the following sentences. Tick true or false. 1. Suzy’s cousin loves doing DIY. 2. Suzy’s cousin failed to put in a new light in his bedroom. 3. Suzy’s cousin put a picture on a pipe. T T F

29. 4. Suzy’s cousin thought the cat was boring, so he painted it blue. 5. It took Suzy’s cousin only a few minutes to put up the shelf on the wall. 6. Suzy’s cousin wants to get better at DIY. F F F

30. Can you retell Suzy’s story about her cousin put in a brighter light had a power cut . put up a picture hit a pipe filled the room with water painted the walls painted the ceiling put up a shelf the shelf

31. Fill in the blanks according to the text. My cousin Andrew is ______ about DIY. He loves to ______ things and decorate his house. He tried to put in a light in his bedroom, but he made a _______ and his house had a ______ ____. Last month he thought the living room was _____ so he painted his wall _____. But he also painted the ceiling, the floor and his cat! crazy repair mistake power cut boring blue

32. He helped me put up a _____ for me, but my books couldn’t stay because one end of the shelf was ______ than the other. I advised him to take a ______ in DIY, but he says he already knows __________ about it! shelf higher course everything

33. Our monitor’s birthday is coming. We will decorate our classroom for the party Discussion! How to decorate the classroom!

35. Make a report: How to decorate classroom for the party Our monitor’s birthday is coming. We will decorate our classroom for the party . First , we should ________________________________. We have to ___________________________on the teacher’s desk .We should _________________________. We often ______________________ on the ceiling We sometimes ____________________ on our desk. We not only _______________ but also________________. We can also…

36. Homework • Read the article fluently, and memorize the vocabulary, phrases and sentences. 2. Try to recite the article.