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Dear Mary,
My birthday is on
3rd September
. I celebrate my birthday with
my parents and friends
. We often
have a party at home
and sometimes
we go to the restaurant to have a big dinner
. My parents buy
nice gifts
for me every year. My mother
makes a big birthday cake and I eat it with my family and friends
. This year I
want to help my parents with housework on my birthday
. I feel
happy to do that
because
they are very busy
.
What about you?
Yours,
Li Hua
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答案：Dear Mary, My birthday is on 3rd September. I celebrate my birthday with my parents and friends. We often have a party at home and sometimes we go to the restaurant to have a big dinner. My parents buy nice gifts for me every year. My mother makes a big birthday cake and I eat it with my family and friends. This year I want to help my parents with housework on my birthday. I feel happy to do that because they are very busy. What about you? Yours, Li Hua
1. grow
【感知】
» I'd like to watch it grow with me. (教材第72页)我想看着它和我一起成长。
» What do you want to be when you grow up? 你长大后想干什么?
» We grow flowers and vegetables in our garden. 我们在园子里种花和蔬菜。
【探究】
(1)grow作不及物动词,意为“成长;长大;增长”。grow up意为“
长大；成长
”。
(2)grow还可作及物动词,意为“种植;栽培”。
【应用】
完成句子
①父母盼望着他赶快长大。
His parents hope that he can
grow
up
soon.
②我们可以在那边种些花。
We can
grow
some
flowers
over there.
答案：
(1)长大；成长 ①grow up ②grow some flowers
2. enjoy
【感知】
» Next, we enjoy the cake, and I open all my gifts. (教材第72页)接下来,我们品尝蛋糕,我打开所有的礼物。
» The children enjoy playing football. 孩子们喜欢踢足球。
» You can enjoy yourself if you come to the party. 如果来参加聚会,你会玩得很高兴的。
【探究】
enjoy为及物动词,意为“享受……的乐趣;喜欢”,后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式作宾语。
①enjoy doing sth喜欢做某事
②enjoy oneself意为“
玩得高兴；过得愉快
”,相当于have a good time或have fun。
【应用】
①单项选择:Many people enjoy ______ zongzi by themselves on the Dragon Boat Festival.
A. making
B. made
C. to make
(
A
)
②改为同义句:He enjoys himself every day when he is in Beijing.
He
has a good time
every day when he is in Beijing.
答案：②玩得高兴；过得愉快 ①A ②has a good time
3. later
【感知】
» It's fun to look at the marks later. (教材第72页)过后看那些标记很好玩。
» He came back five days later. 他5天以后回来了。
» Do you know later news? 你知道后来的消息吗?
【探究】
(1)later作
副词
,意为“以后;后来”,单独使用时,表示从现在算起的“以后”。
(2)later作
形容词
,意为“以后的;后来的”。
【应用】
完成句子
①一周后我又打了电话。
I called again
a week later
.
②在后来的几天里,他们给我很多帮助。
They gave me much help during the
later days
.
答案：
(1)副词
(2)形容词 ①a week later ②later days
