Unit 5 Choosing a new flat
Read the text and answer the questions above the text.
Q1. What kind of flat would you like? Where would you like to live?___________________________________________________________Q2. Do you like your own bedroom?
___________________________________________________________Q3. Can you try to describe your own bedroom in English?
___________________________________________________________Q4. What is your ideal bedroom like?
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课文重现：Dialogue 1:“Thinking about a removal”
Mrs. Li: Look at your bedroom, Ben. It’s very untidy. Please tidy up your things.
Ben: Sorry, Mum. My bedroom is too small for all my things. I need more shelves and wardrobes.
I also need a table for my computer
Kitty: Ben’s right, Mum. Ben and I are much bigger now. My bedroom is the smallest and I need
a bigger room for my things, too.
Mrs. Li: Our flat has one living room, three bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen. Your
bedroom and Ben’s bedroom are really small. Perhaps we need a bigger flat. Let’s talk to Dad when he comes home.
Dialogue 2:At home
Mr Li: Hi! What’s the matter?
Mrs Li: This flat is too small for us now! We need a bigger flat.
Mr Li: I agree. All the rooms in this flat are very small. We’ll look for a bigger flat. What kind of flat would you like?
Mrs Li: I’d like aflat with three big bedrooms, a big kitchen, two bathrooms and a balcony.Ben: I’d like a bedroom with one big window.Kitty: I’d like a bedroom with one big window, too.Mr Li: Where would you like to live?
Mrs Li: I’d like to live near an underground station. Kitty: I’d like to live far away from busy roads.Mr Li: OK. I’ll go to the estate agency tomorrow.
Dialogue 3:At the estate agency
The estate agent: Good morning. Can I help you?Mr Li: Yes. I’d like a new flat.
The estate agent: What kind of flat would you like? Where would you like to live? Mr Li: I’d like a flat with…
I’d like to live…
The estate agent: There’s a nice flat in Water Bay. It has three big bedrooms, one big kitchen,
two bathrooms and one balcony. It’s near an underground station. It’s in the suburbs.
Dialogue 4:On a removal day
The Lis have moved to their new flat in WaterBay. David, the removal man, and his helpers are putting the things in the new flat.
David: Where do you want the round table, Mrs Li?Mrs Li: Put it near my bedroom, please.David: Where do you want the sofa?
Mrs Li: Put it near the big window. Then put the plant next to it. David: Where do you want the TV set?Mrs Li: Put it opposite the sofa, please.David: Where do you want the rug?
Mrs Li: Put it on the floor between the TV set and the sofa, please.David: Where do you want the small table?
Mrs Li: Put it on the rug in front of the sofa, please. Then put the cupboard near the kitchen and
the armchair near Kitty’s room.
一、单词
v. 选择n. 选择
rug
n.
prep. 与…相对；在…对面
adj. 不整洁的
tidy up living room bathroom
n. 客厅；起居室n. n. 阳台n. 地产，住宅区
kitchenmatter
n. n.
n. 郊区，城外n. 帮手，助手
next to perhaps
adv.
sunshinen.
n. 橱柜，食物柜
armchair
flat
n. n.
n. 代理机构n. 代理人
shelfn.在墙上n. 搬运工住的离……很远
the estate agent
v. 同意
二、句型
1.My bedroom is too small for all my things.=My bedroom is toosmall (for me) to put all my things.=My bedroom is not big enough (for me) to put all my things.=My bedroom is so small that I can’t put all my things in it.too…to…与…enough to…与so… that…
too…to…表示__________做某事，没有not但仍含有否定的意思，即一个否定意义的句
子。
…enough to…表示__________做某事
so… that…表示__________
eg.汤姆太小了以至于还不能上学。（同义句转换）(too…to…)
________________________________________________________________(…enough to…)
________________________________________________________________(so… that…)
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2.–What kind of flat would you like?
– I’d like a flat with three big bedrooms, a big kitchen,...
I’d like是I would like的缩写形式，相当于I want，后面可接sth.或to do sth.Would you like some coffee?
________________________________________________________________我想要当老师因为我喜欢教孩子。
________________________________________________________________你晚饭想吃什么？
________________________________________________________________
3. I’d like…with... I’d like a flatwith three big bedrooms, a big kitchen,...注：这里的with表示“有，带有” 表拥有某物eg.I like rice dumplings___________________________. 我喜欢吃带肉馅的粽子。
Mary married a man __________________________. 马莉嫁给了一个有着很多钱的男人。
I often dream of a big house____________________. 我经常梦想有一个带花园的大房子。
4. I need more shelves and wardrobes.
a) 此处need为行为动词（实意动词），意为“需要”，后面直接跟名词，即：need sth. 需要某物
We need plenty of food every day. 每天我们都需要充足的食物。* 表示否定或疑问时，需要用助动词完成eg. 我们每天需要多少糖分？
________________________________________________________________Ben不需要辛辣食物。
________________________________________________________________
b) need还可做情态动词，只用于否定形式，needn’t意为“不必”重点短语：needn’t do sth.(用作情态v.)不必做某事=don’t need to do sth.(用作行为/实意v.)不必做某事eg. 你今天不必完成工作。
1. ________________________________________________________________2. ________________________________________________________________Tip: need做行为动词，用法与want相同；做情态动词，用法与can相同，只用于否定形式。
5. There’s a nice flat in Water Bay.
There be句型表示“某处有某物”以前，花园城市没有装空调的公交车
________________________________________________________________在郊区交通并不繁忙。
________________________________________________________________Tips:
there be句型本身就有一个be动词，此处的谓语动词即为be. There be 句型遵循“就近原则”（谓语动词的单复数取决于离它最近的那个主语的单复数）eg.（there be的就近原则在写作中需多多留意）桌子上有两根香蕉和一个苹果：________________________________________________________________桌子上有一个苹果和一根香蕉：
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6. 方位介词的表达：
S1：Where did the removal men put the__________? S2: They put it near……
They put it next to…...They put it on…...
答案choosechoiceuntidytidy upThey put it in front of……They put it opposite……They put it between……and……
v. 选择n. 选择adj. 不整洁的使..整齐，收拾，整理rugoppositesunshinecupboardn. 小地毯，垫子prep. 与…相对；在…对面n. 阳光；日光n. 橱柜，食物柜（比较：wardrobe 衣橱，衣柜）living roombathroombalconyestatekitchenmattersuburbhelpern. 客厅；起居室n. 浴室n. 阳台n. 地产，住宅区n. 厨房n. 问题；事件n. 郊区，城外n. 帮手，助手armchairflatagencyagentshelfon the wallremoval manbe far (away) fromn. 扶手椅，单人沙发n. 公寓；套房n. 代理机构n. 代理人n.架子在墙上n. 搬运工住的离……很远next toperhaps紧邻，在…近旁adv. 或许，可能the estate agentagree房屋中介v. 同意B. key sentences
too…to…与…enough to…与so… that…
too…to…表示太……而不能做某事，虽没有not但仍然含有否定的意思，即一个否定意义的句子。
…enough to…表示足够……可以做某事so… that…表示如此……以至于……
举例：汤姆太小了以至于还不能上学。（同义句转换）(too…to…) (…enough to…) (so… that…)
Tom is too young to go to school. Tom is not old enough to go to school.Tom is so young that he can’t go to school.2. Would you like some coffee? 你想要一点咖啡吗？我想要当老师因为我喜欢教孩子。
I’d like to be a teacher because I like to teach children. 你晚饭想吃什么？
What would you like to have for dinner? 3. e.g.：I like rice dumplings with meat. 我喜欢吃带肉馅的粽子。
Mary married a man with a lot of money. 马莉嫁给了一个有着很多钱的男人。I often dream of a big house with a nice garden. 我经常梦想有一个带花园的大房子。
4. 我们每天需要多少糖分？How much sugar do we need every day? Ben不需要辛辣食物。Ben doesn’t need spicy food. 你今天不必完成工作。1.You needn’t finish the work today.
2. You don’t need to finish the work today.
5. 以前，花园城市没有装空调的公交车
In the past, there were no air-conditioned buses in Garden City.在郊区交通并不繁忙。
There isn’t much traffic in the suburbs./ There is no heavy traffic in the suburbs.举例：（there be的就近原则在写作中需多多留意）
桌子上有两根香蕉和一个苹果： There are two bananas and one apple on the table. 桌子上有一个苹果和一根香蕉： There is one apple and one banana on the table.
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