八年级英语下册U4-2 Reading.pptVIP

host camera pop on time job introduce duty vt. 主持(电视或广播 节目、演出等) n. 照相机; (电视)摄像机 adj. 流行音乐的 准时, 按时 n. 工作; 任务 vt. 介绍 n. 责任, 职责; 义务 event fan seem business take part in organization goods public n. 活动; 事件 n. 迷, 狂热爱好者 vt. 好象, 似乎, 看来 n. 企业; 商行; 工厂 加入, 参加 n. 组织 n. 货物; 商品 adj. 公开的 Background knowledge 义演正日益成为一种普遍的募捐方法，通常由志愿者发起，报酬极少或者根本就没有报酬。义演受益完全用于某项有价值的事业。义演可以是小型的地方性活动，也可以是大型的国际性演出。进来一些比较著名的国际性义演活动有Band Aid和 Live Aid，这些活动为全世界的穷人募捐了数百万美元。在中国也有很多慈善组织举办义演，为社会弱势群体募捐。 单词回顾 学生早读时已预习过本单元单 词，可利用几分钟时间带学生 快速回顾温习，对单词的熟练 度越高，阅读的速率也越高。 New words and expressions New words and expressions To skim the text for overall meanings and scan for details To learn about charity shows To learn the important words and phrases in the e-mail Important words: camera, pop, job, introduce public, duty, event, business host, seem, fan, organization Important phrases: raise … for, pop star, on time local business, take part in, charity show, seem to do (sth.) Ricky was the host of a charity show. He wrote an e-mail to his cousin Kitty. Let’s see what he has written in his e-mail. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions. Why didn’t Ricky write to Kitty earlier? 2. What did he feel when the organizers chose him to be the host? He was helping with a charity show to raise money for Project Green Hope and he was very busy. He felt very happy, excited and nervous. 3. Why was Ricky very nervous? 4. When did they start working on the show? 5. Why couldn’t Ricky sleep at all the night before the charity show? He was nervous because of the TV cameras. Two months ago. Because he was too excited. Choose T or F. Ricky started working on the show three months ago. It was Ricky’s job to talk to each star. Ricky had a lot of things to do. The doors closed twenty minutes before the show. Many people donated money to Project Green Hope. Ricky hopes more charity shows will be held. F F T F T T Read the tex