Don

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Lesson 7 Dont
Fall off the Pizzas!
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• Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions
• There are eighty-five kinds of dives _____ the
  platform.
• China has the Dream Team _______ diving.
• China has won many gold medals ________ 1984.
• Fu Mingxia was the first woman _______ 36 years
  to won both events.
• Danny wants to be just ________ Jeff Johnson.
• Who has a good idea ________ an event?
• She came to visit China _______ the age of 13.

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in
since
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like
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at
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Fill in each blank with the proper word from the
brackets
to win

• She was the first woman in 36 years ______(win)
  both events.
• China ____________(win) many gold medals in
  diving since 1984.
• 3. Li Lei studies very well. I do my
  _______(good) to catch up with _________(he).
• 4. Chinas ping-pong players have the most
  ___________ (victory).
• 5. China wants more foreign football
  _________(coach).
• 6. She always practise __________(dive) on
  Sunday.
• 7. Fu Mingxia is one of Chinas best
  __________(dive).
• 8. She won gold medals in the _________(woman)
  10-metre platform.
• 9. Everybody in the village, ___________(include)
  the old men and women, took part in the meeting.

has won
best
him
victories
coaches
diving
divers
womens
including
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• ????,????
• There are trees and flowers on either side of the
  street.
• There are trees and flowers on ______ sides
  of the street.
• 2. The young man went to abroad when he was
  nineteen.
• The young man went to abroad ______ ______
  nineteen.
• 3. The Whites didnt go to that shop anymore.
• The Whites didnt go to that shop ______
  _______.
• The Whites _______ _______ went to that shop.
• 4. I dont know the way to the theatre.
• I dont know _______ ______ get the theatre.
• 5. How old are you?
• Whats the ________ of you?

both
at age
any more
no more
how to
age
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?????????? 1. ?1984???,????????????? Has
China ____ many gold medals in _____ _____
1984? 2. ?????????????? Wang Fei is ____ ___
___ most famous ______ in China. 3.
???10???????????????? Lin Lin _____ _____
______ speak English fluently ____ ______
_______. 4. ?????????????? Mary is doing her
best _____ _____ _____ ______ her classmates 5.
?????????????? Qu Ning is ______ _______
student ______ ________ the homework.
won
diving
since
one of the
singers
was able to
at
age 10
to catch up with
the first
to finish
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• A task
• Talk about the 2008 Olympics with a partner. Try
• to using the flowing phrases or any others you
  can
• think of dream team, catch up with, not
• anymore, good luck, give up.

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• Think about it!
• What is a Classroom Olympics?
• What was Jennys idea for an event?
• What about Dannys?

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• Read the first e-mail carefully and answer the
  questions
• Who is the first e-mail from? Who is it to?
• What did Jennys class have this week in school?
• Whose invention did Jenny like best?
• What was Dannys idea for the event?
• Who won the race?
• Who was probably(??) second? Make a guess.
• Who lost?

Each person walked on some paper pizzas,climbed
through a cardboard donut, and then jumped over
a toy dinosaur. They used a watch to see who was
the fastest.
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• Read the second e-mail carefully and answer the
  questions
• What does Li Ming think of Dannys event?
• What else does Li Ming want to know?
• What does Li Ming hope?

He wants to know if ping-pong was an event in
Jennys event.
He also wants to know how many other events Danny
won.
He hopes (that) Brain wasnt too sad.
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Language notes
1. Our class invented five different events.
invent v. ?? discover
v. ??
Columbus discovered America in 1492. Who
invented the steam engine?
inventor n. ??? invention
n. ??
2. Then everyone competed in each event, one by
one.
one by one ?????? ???????,????
One by one he took out the books. They
came into the classroom one by one.
3. But my favourite was Dannys (event).
Lucys
Lilys bedroom is nicer than
___________(Lucy).
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Language notes
4. But I was close (to Danny) I was two seconds
behind Danny.
be close to ??
5. Few of the other students were so fast.
few ?? ??????,???????
a few???,??? ??????,???????
little ?? ???????,???????
a little???(?) ???????,???????
??????? ???????? ???????? ?????????
I have a few friends.
I have few friends.
There is a little water in the glass.
There is little water in the glass.
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Language notes
6. He did his best, but he kept falling off the
pizzas!
fall off fall down fall off
fall down from
keep (on) doing sth. ?????,????? keep
sb. doing sth. ???????? keep sb. from
doing sth. ???????
She kept (on) crying.
?????? ???????? ??????????
He kept me waiting for a year.
The bells kept me from sleeping.
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Language notes
7. Maybe I will play ping-pong in the real
Olympics someday.
someday someday ?????,??,????
Someday your dream __________(come) true.
Some day he ___________(turn) up again.
will come
will turn
8. If he practises walking on pizzas, he will do
better next time.
practise/practice vi.
vt. practise n.(pron., v-ing)
The next morning, he went to the gym to
practise. She is practising a new song. He
practises _________(play) the piano three hours a
day.
playing
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• ?little, a little, few, a few??
• When did John go out? -- _________ minutes ago.
• I cant decide now. I need ______ time to think
  about it.
• Excuse me, can I ask you _______ questions?
• The weather here is very dry in spring. There is
  very _______ rain.
• There is ________ time left. Hurry up!
• Dont worry. We still have ________ time.
• There are many foreigners here, but _______ can
  speak Spanish.
• This physics problem is so difficult that only
  _______ can work it out.
• He has _________ friends. He often visit them.
• He has _________ friends. He often stay at home
  alone.

A few
a little
a few
little
little
a little
few
a few
a few
few
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• Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions
• The students competed _____ each event, one ____
  one.
• He kept falling ______ the pizzas!
• Dannys victory ______ his event doesnt surprise
  me.
• Each person walked ______ some paper pizzas,
  climbed _______ a cardboard donut, and then
  jumped ________ a toy dinosaur.
• Jenny was two seconds ________ Danny.
• Brain came _________ twentieth.
• Only Danny would think ______ an event _____ that!

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by
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in
on
through
over
behind
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like
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• Fill in each blank with the proper word from the
  brackets
• We must keep our classroom __________ (clean).
• Its cold today. Please keep the window
  ________(close).
• Keep ________(try) and youll be successful some
  day!
• He kept me __________(wait) for two years.
• Please practise _________(dive) every day.
• The child was born on May the ________(twenty),
  1995.
• Some day your dream __________(come) true.
• The two _________ invented many __________ last
  year. (invent)
• We use stamps ___________(send) letters.
• We are ________(real) happy to see each other
  after a long time.
• My bag is heavier than ___________(Tom).

clean
closed
trying
waiting
diving
twentieth
will come
inventors
inventions
to send
really
Toms
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A task Imagine you have a pen pal in
Canada. Send an e-mail to him or her
telling about your classroom Olympics or a
school sports meet.