初中英语山东版九年级--Unit 8-A

UNIT 8 Loud music makes me tense¹.
[00:07.37]SECTION A
[00:09.12]Language Goal²
[00:10.84]Talk about how things affect³ you
[00:13.93]1a Look at the two restaurants below.
[00:17.52]Which would you like to go to?Why?
[00:20.21]1b Listen. What do Amy and Tina
[00:24.43]think of the two restaurants?
[00:27.67]I'm hungry, Amy.
[00:29.58]So am I.
[00:30.99]Why don't we get something to eat?
[00:33.09]Yeah. Let's go to the Rockin' Restaurant.
[00:35.69]I love their hamburgers.
[00:38.01]Oh, Tina...I hate the Rockin' Restaurant.
[00:41.64]Why? The food is great, isn't it?
[00:45.11]The food's fine.
[00:46.35]I just don't like the atmosphere⁴.
[00:48.63]Those awful pictures on the walls make me sad,
[00:51.60]and the loud music makes me tense.
[00:54.20]OK. So where do you want to go,Amy?
[00:58.15]Let's go to the Blue Lagoon⁵.
[00:59.89]The soft music makes me relaxed.
[01:02.19]Not me.It makes me sleepy.
[01:06.00]1c PAIRWORK
[01:08.48]Look at Amy's and Tina's opinions in the chart⁶.
[01:12.65]What is your opinion?
[01:14.59]I'd rather go to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant
[01:18.33]because I like to listen to quiet music
[01:20.99]while I'm eating.
[01:22.47]Me too!Loud music makes me tense.
[01:26.09]I agree!Loud music makes me uncomfortable.
[01:30.78]2a Listen and number the pictures [1-4]
[01:35.64]in the order that you hear them.
[01:38.48]Did you and Amy have fun last night, Tina?
[01:42.59]Well, John...yes and no.
[01:45.95]Was Amy late as usual?
[01:48.54]Yes,she was.And waiting for her made me angry.
[01:52.58]Where did you go?
[01:54.48]First we went to the Rockin' Restaurant,
[01:56.68]but Amy didn't want to stay.
[01:59.13]She said that loud music made her tense.
[02:01.83]That's funny.
[02:03.47]Loud music always makes me want to dance.
[02:06.65]Me too.So then we went to the Blue Lagoon.
[02:10.38]It was quiet and the food was great.
[02:13.09]We had a good time.
[02:14.67]Then did  you go to the concert
[02:16.44]at the high school?
[02:18.07]No. We decided⁷ to go to the movies.
[02:20.92]We saw Remember Me Forever⁸.
[02:23.14]It was a really good movie,
[02:25.05]but it was so sad that it made us cry.
[02:28.01]Sad movies don't make me cry.
[02:30.84]They just make me want to leave!
[02:33.14]You sound just like my brother!
[02:36.00]2b Listen again. Check (√) the things
[02:39.26]that Tina and John said.
[02:43.36]2c PAIRWORK
[02:47.27]Look at 2a and 2b.
[02:50.81]Role play the conversation between Tina and John
[02:54.92]Use the example to begin your conversation.
[02:58.86]Did you have fun with Amy last night?
[03:01.11]Well...yes and no.She was really late.
[03:05.34]Grammar Focus⁹
[03:07.12]Loud music makes me tense.
[03:09.50]Loud music makes me want to dance.
[03:12.86]Waiting for her made me angry.
[03:15.94]3a Read this article.
[03:20.31]Then write answers to the questions below.
[03:25.25]Restaurant science
[03:28.59]Restaurant owners have to know how to make food.
[03:32.69]They also have to know how to make money.
[03:35.95]Here are some things they've learned¹⁰ from
[03:37.95]scientific studies.
[03:40.55]The color red makes people hungry.
[03:43.81]Red also makes customers eat faster.
[03:48.06]Many fast food restaurants,therefore,
[03:50.66]have red furniture or walls.
[03:53.72]Soft colors like pink and light blue
[03:56.43]make people relaxed,
[03:58.30]so they spend more time eating their meals.
[04:01.71]Soft lighting¹¹ makes people look good,
[04:04.58]but it makes food look bad.
[04:07.38]Loud music may be nice at first,
[04:10.23]but it soon makes people want to leave.
[04:13.49]Hard seats also make customers
[04:15.80]want to eat quickly and leave.
[04:18.98]Many restaurants,especially fast food
[04:22.10]restaurants,use this knowledge to make customers
[04:25.15]eat faster.
[04:27.23]Customers only sit for about 20 minutes
[04:29.95]before they leave.
[04:31.99]Because customers don't stay very long,
[04:35.12]small restaurants can serve many people
[04:37.55]every day.
[04:40.07]3b GROUPWORK
[04:42.59]Tell your group about a place you know.
[04:45.92]Your classmates try to guess the place.
[04:48.86]The seats are very hard.
[04:51.22]The white walls make me stressed¹².
[04:54.36]Is it this classroom?
[04:55.76]No,it isn't.
[04:57.45]Is it a hospital?Yes,that's right.
[05:01.24]4 How do you feel about these things?
[05:04.09]Complete the survey.
[05:05.90]Then survey two other students.
[05:08.82]How do you feel about pollution?
[05:11.51]It makes me kind of angry.
[05:13.60]How about you?
[05:15.45]It mkes me want to join a clean-up campaign¹³.
[05:18.22]

1 tense   

adj.紧张的，拉紧的；v.（使）紧张，（使）拉紧；n.[语法]时态

参考例句：

• Is the rope tense?绳子拉紧了吗？
• The situation is getting tense.风声很紧。

2 goal   

n.(足球)球门；得分

参考例句：

• I shot the ball into the goal.我把球踢进球门。
• That was his best goal.那是他最好的一次得分。

3 affect   

vt. 影响, 感动, 假装, 模仿, 爱好, 倾向于;n. 自觉感情;【联想记忆】af(to) + fect(make) → 对...加以推动 → 影响

参考例句：

• A bad home environment can affect a child's healthy growth.不良的家庭环境能影响儿童的健康成长。
• This article will affect my thinking.这篇文章将会影响我的思想。

4 atmosphere   

n.大气，空气，气氛，大气层，大气圈

参考例句：

• We live in an atmosphere of freedom.我们生活在自由的环境中。
• We try and provide a very homely atmosphere.我们试图营造一种非常舒适放松的气氛。

5 lagoon   

n.泻湖，咸水湖

参考例句：

• The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
• This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。

6 chart   

n.图表，图解，海图；vt.制成图表

参考例句：

• The chart shows an up trend of meat prices.图表显示肉价呈上升趋势。
• He copied the chart from a book.他从一本书上复印了那个图表。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 forever   

adv.(=for ever)永远；总是

参考例句：

• Teacher is powerful in a child's eyes forever.老师在孩子们的心中永远是强者。
• You can't depend on your parents forever.你不能永远依赖你父母。

9 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。

10 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

11 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

12 stressed   

adj.紧张的，有压力的

参考例句：

• Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。
• He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。

13 campaign   

n.运动；竞选活动；战役；vi.参加运动；进行竞选；作战

参考例句：

• The election campaign heated up in that state.该州竞选运动激烈起来了。
• The campaign had begun during his absence.在他不在期间运动已经开始了。