牛津英语8A Unit 5 Birdwatchers教案（9课时）
8A Unit5（第一课时）
Welcome to the unit and comic strips
Teaching objectives: 1. To introduce common names of birds
2. To revise characteristics and appearance in the context of birds
3. To exchange information about birds
4. To practice speaking, listening, reading and writing
Teaching difficulties: 1. New words and phrases
2. How to describe the characteristic and appearance of birds
3. To exchange information about birds
4. Speaking and writing
Teaching methods: Guessing game, Group work, Discussion
Teaching assistance Tape, Tape-recorder,
Teaching procedure:
Step1. Daily report
Ask one students to give us daily report. It is about two kinds of animals.
Step2. Revision
Ask students to say something about the tiger by using the phrases given on the screen. ( Appearance, Ability, Character, Food, Danger)
Step3. Presentation
T: We have learned many kinds of animals on land. For example: wolf, fox, bear, panda and so on. Are there any animals that can fly in the sky?
Ss: Birds.
T: Good. There are many kinds of birds in the world. Do you know them? For example: Parrot.
Ss: crane, swan, sparrow
T: Let’s enjoy some pictures.
T: Can you tell me what the name of the bird is?
Can you describe it?
New words and phrases: crane, seagull (long-winged, web-footed), sparrow, swallow (long pointed wings, forked tail), swan (thin), golden eagle (brownish, broad wings, hooked beak)
Ask students to read these new words and phrases after me for three times.
Step4. Pair work
Ask students to use the phrases to say something about the birds we have learned just now. They can work in pairs. They also can think out more about these birds. For example: What do they eat? Where do they live? Invite several students to say something about them.
Step5. Making up new dialogue
T: We have learned many kinds of birds. Can you tell me which bird you like best and which one do you like least?
T: Which bird do you like best?
S1: I like the parrot best.
T: Why?
S1: Because it has colourful feathers.
T: Which bird do you like lease?
S1: I like sparrow least.
T: why?
S1: Because it isn’t beautiful.
Have students work in pairs and make up a new dialogue. Invite several pairs to show us their dialogues.
Step6. Guessing Game
Have students try to describe one of their favourite birds and let the other students guess.
For example : They are very beautiful. They have white feathers and long thin necks. (swan)
Step7. Listening
T: There are many kinds of birds in the world. Do you want to know more?
Ss: Yes.
T: So we can go birdwatching. Today Hobo and Eddie also want to go birdwatching.
Now let’s listen to their conversation. While you are listening, you should think about these three questions.
1. Does Eddie really know what birdwatching means?
2. Where does he think is the best place to watch birds?
3. What can he see in that place?
Answer: 1. No, he doesn’t.
2. At the market.
3. Beijing Ducks and roast chickens.
Step8. Reading
Have students read after the tape. They can practise reading with their deskmates.
Step9. Interview
T: Many people like going birdwatching. We call them birdwatchers. Birdwatchers know a lot about birds. Suppose one of you is the birdwatcher. The other students are reporters and they want to know more about birds. Please think out as many questions as possible to ask the birdwatcher. One star for one good question. There are four groups in class. Group 1,2,3,4
For example: Is it interesting to go birdwatching?
Can you tell me more about the seagull?
What’s your favourite kind of birds?
Step10. Homework:
1. Read and recite the new words and phrases
2. Write an article about one of your favourite birds.
重点与难点
1. birdwatch 是个复合动词，bird和watch存在逻辑上的动宾关系，又如：
booksell 售书 wolfhunt捕狼 go birdwatching 去观鸟
go boating/ fishing/sightseeing/climbing/fox-hunting
2. web-footed 是个复合形容词，类似的有：
a white-haired girl a three-legged table a one-eyed man
a left-handed boy a warm-hearted woman
3. pointed 尖的
a pointed pencil 削尖的铅笔 a pointed article尖锐的文章
类似的还有：forked a forked road岔道 a forked tail叉状的尾巴
4. golden 金（黄）色的； 镀金的
She has golden hair.
gold 金子；黄金
I have a gold coin./ She has a heart of gold./
I have a voice of gold.
试比较：
He has a gold watch./ He has a golden watch.
5. broad 宽的， 指道路、河流等时与wide通用,如：
a wide/broad road/ river
形容眼睛、嘴巴时用wide; 在引申用法时也用wide, 如：
Open your mouth wide.
He is a man with wide interests.
指心胸开阔或形容人的肢体时用broad。
His father is a man with a broad heart.
6. brownish 带棕色的
girlish 女孩子气的，reddish 带红色的，childish 孩子气的，foolish傻的
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第二/三课时）
Reading
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision
Answer some questions about the text.
1.Where is Zhalong?
2.Where is Heilongjiang?
3.Is Zhalong Nature Reserve a good place for wildlife?
4.Are there many red-crowned cranes in the world?
5.Why are more and more birds in danger?
Translate some useful expressions: a nature reserve in north-east China
One of the world’s most important wetlands provide…for etc.
Step2.Language points.
1. provide sth. for sb.= provide sb. with sth.为…提供…
We provided food and shelter for the people in poor areas.
Our school provide us with textbooks.
He has no worries, only himself to provide for.
2. all (the) year round= the whole year 一年到头；终年
I am busy all the year round.
all day/ night long整天/夜 all summer long整个夏天
3. stay n.逗留
Did you enjoy your stay there?
I will go there for a long stay.
v. 逗留，停留
Stay here until we come back.
link v.
I hope the fish will stay alive.
4. alive/ living 活着的，作表语时两者通用
The old man is still alive/ living.
living作前置定语, 也可用于比喻意义；alive作补语或后置定语。
They caught the fox alive.
At last we found three living sheep/ three sheep alive.
5. rare 罕见的 ，稀少的，珍贵的
This kind of bird is becoming rare.
It’s very rare for him to be late.= He is rarely late.
rarely =seldom不常地，属否定副词。
6. make space /room for …为…让出地方/腾出空间
We should make space for the old when we are on the bus.
The table takes up too much room.
It is great fun to travel in space.
7 less and less 越来越少， 修饰不可数名词
There is less and less water on the earth.
fewer and fewer越来越少， 修饰可数名词。
There are fewer and fewer leaves on the trees.
反义词为 more and more
less and less 后接形容词或副词原形，表示“越来越不…”。
Step 3 Part B
Step4.Fill in the blanks with th words in the box to coplete the dialogue.Then read it in pairs
Step5.Match the first parts of the sentences at the top with the second parts at the bottom
Step 6.Homework.
Finish the exercises given by the teacher.
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第四课时）Vocabulary
vocabulary
Teaching steps
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework
Step 2 Presentation
With some adjectives,we can change the meaning by adding a prefix. Adding the prefixes “dis”, “im” “in” or “un” to an adjective will express the opposite meaning of the word. These prefixes mean “not” or “the opposite of”
e.g. Trainers are comfortable to wear. Small shoes are uncomfortable.
If someone shows good manners to others, he is a polite person.
If someone does not show good manners to others, he is impolite.
Step 3 Match the adjectives on the left with their opposite on the right.
1.necessary—unnecessary 2.important—unimportant
3.comfortable—uncomfortable 4.honest—dishonest
5.regular—irregular 6.happy—unhappy
7.wecome—unwelcome 8.correct—incorrect
9.common—uncommon 10.friendly—unfriendly
11.possible—impossibe 12.able—unable
Step 4. Practice.
1. Zhalong is a protected area. It is ________ to hunt or fish there.
2. When you go birdwatching, you sometimes have to walk a long way.
If you wear new leather shoes, they can be_______.
3. If you are interested in birds, you can go to Zhalong. But if you leave litter there ,you will be _______.
4. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the word. They are ________.
5. If we do not protect the wetlands, it will be _______ to see these birds in the future.
Step 5. Game.
Prepare a list of adjectives with positive and negative meanings.
Reading the adjectives one at a time.
Every time students hear a negative adjective, they should stand up and repeat it.
If the adjective has a positive meaning, students should remain seated and keep silent.
Step 6 Homework.
Finish the exercises given by the teacher.
Write out the opposite of the following adjectives
Polite famous clean clear easy fit helpful kind
lucky safe Pleasant popular sure tidy tiring usual
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第五课时）
Grammar 1
教学目标:
1. 识别物种基本句型结构。
2. 运用五种基本句型造句。
Five kinds of sentence structures
Step 1 Revision & presentation
Questions :
1.Do you think birdwatching is interesting?
2.What does a swallow’s tail look like?
3.Are more and more birds in danger?
Answers：
1.Birdwatching is interesting.
2.Its tail looks forked.
3.More and more birds are in danger.
Sentence structure:
Subject +linking verb +Predicative.
Linking verbs: be, look , sound ,taste. ,smell ,feel seem, keep, become, get(变得), turn(变得),grow(变得), go(变得)
Step2 Practice
Make similar sentences with linking verbs:
Step 3 Presentation
Ask:
1. Can you swim? Yes, I can swim.
2. What is the swan doing? The swan is swimming.
Sentence structure:
Subject + verb .
In this kind of the sentence , we use intransitive verbs : run ,jump, dance, sing ,fly, speak, go, come, arrive, …
The verbs are in different tenses.
eg. 1.)He’ll arrive. 2.) She’s going to speak. 3.) They danced and sang.
Step4 Practice
Make similar sentences with intransitive verbs，or find the similar kind of the sentence.
1. Who can jump?
2. We can’t speak French.
3. They didn’t dance.
4. The bus is coming.
5. Who is going to sing?
Step 5 Presentation
(Ask a student to sing a song.)
Who is going to sing a song?
(After the singing ,the teacher says,)
She did a good job.
Look at the sentences, What kind of the sentence do they belong to?
Subject + verb + Direct Object (sth.)
In this kind of sentence, we use transitive verbs: sing, draw, make, watch, read, see, say, call ,give,
show, count, find ….
Step 6 Practice
Make up sentences:
1. draw ,he, a , can’t, line, straight He can’t draw a straight line.
2. will, tasty, cook, she, meal, a, special She will cook a special tasty meal.
3. can , I , the , taste, dish Can I taste the dish?
4. want, they , a , trip They want a trip.
5.want , we, to, birds ,feed, the We want to feed the birds
Step 7 Presentation
Just now a student sang us a song. Can you give him some advice? Show the two sentences
1.A student sang us a song.
2.Can you give him some advice?
What kind of the sentence are they?
Subject + verb +Indirect Object (sb.)+Direct Object (sth.)
Step 8 Practice
Make up sentences with the transitive verbs:
show sb. sth.. , give sb. sth.. , feed sb. sth. , call sb. … , draw sb. sth. , sing sb. sth.. , buy sb. sth. , sell sb. sth. , teach sb. sth. …
e.g. He fed the dove some food.
Step 9 Presentation
Look at the photo: What’s the dove’s name? Its name is Peace. So we call the dove Peace.
Show the sentence : We call the dove Peace.
Some more examples: We find it lovely.
We’ll keep it clean.
I want it to sing.
He find it on the ground
We can see the dove flying in the sky.
She makes the doves eating food.
keep sb./sth. +adj. ,find sb./sth. +adj. ,make sb./sth. +adj.
let sb do sth. ,make sb. do sth., help sb. do sth.
find /see/watch/hear/ feel sb. do sth.
find /see/watch/hear/ feel sb. doing sth.
ask/tell/want/ wish sb. to do sth.
Step 10 Exercises
1.Students’ book s, p.81.
2.Put the following into English,and tell thekinds of the sentences:
1.)火车就要到了。
2.)他在看报纸。
3.)这是世界上最重要自然保护区之一。
4.)人们称这个地区为湿地。
5.)他们为自己造房子。
6.)老师教我们怎样写文章。
7）他让我们保持安静。
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第六课时）
Grammar 2
教学目标:
1.使用一般现在时表示将来。
2.掌握副词的构成方法及在句子中的作用。
教学过程
Step 1 Revision
Questions:
1. Can you dance? (S+V)
2. Do you like feeding animals? (S+V+DO)
3. What is our class like ? (S+V +P)
4. Who teaches you geography? (S + V +ID + DO)
5. Does she often make classes interesting? (S +V +DO + OC)
6. What do you want our school to do? (S +V + DO +OC)
Answers
1. I can dance. /I can’t dance. (S+V)
2. I likefeedinganimals. (S+V+DO)
3. Our class is like a big family. (S+V +P)
4. Miss Gu teaches us geography. (S + V +ID + DO)
5. She often makes the class interesting. (S + V +ID + DC)
6. We want our school to organize a school trip. (S +V + DO +OC)
Tell the kinds of sentence structures.（Write them on the blackboard）
Step 2 Presentation
Our school has planned a grade trip to Wuxi next Saturday. Read the timetable. Ask and answer in pairs:
A: What time are we going to …?
B:
7:30a.m.
Start the trip
8:30a.m.
get to Wxi
8:30a.m.—11:00a.m
Visit Yuantouzhu
11:00a.m.
Have lunch, free time
12:00p.m
visit monkey island
2:00 p.m.
Back to school
Here we can use the simple present tense to talk about the future. We use it for definite future plans.(like programmes, timetables and calendars)
Talk about the plan with the present tense.
Step 3 Practice
1. The Film festival ____________(start) next month.
2. A：When _______ our plane _______(leave ) ？
B：It________(leave) at ten tonight.
3. My cousin __________( finish)school next year.
4. ______The Animal World _______(start) at 10:00?
5. The party _______(be) on at 5 p.m. next Friday.
Students tell why we can use the simple present tense.
Step 4 Practice
Help Mr wu write the plan about the trip to Beijing Wildlife Park.
p. 82 -----p.83
Step 5 Make a plan for your school trip.
Discuss in pairs using the simple present tense.(What time do we meet? What time do we start? When do we get there? When do we visit …..? have lunch, come back home)
After discussion, write a short passage to tell us about your plan.
Step6 Presentation
1. How are you going on the school trip?
2. Do you want to be quiet on the bus? Why?
So you will be quiet on the bus. Can everyone sit quietly on the bus? If you sit noisily, maybe it’ll be too noisy on the bus. Your classmates and the teacher may say,“It’s not polite to talk loudly. Please talk with each other politely.” Do you think a gentle person always speaks to people gently?
Ask the students to point out the adverbs. These adverbs tell us How to do sth. We call them adverbs of manners.
Pay attention to the adjectives and adverbs, how to form adverbs of manner:
1.adj. +ly (quietly,sadly,brightly,clearly)
2.adj. 辅音字母+y, ily (noisy / noisily,happy/happily,easy/easily.)
但：shy/shyly
3. 形容词以le结尾去e加y,(terrible/terribly,probable/ probably)
4. 下列形容词以辅音字母+e结尾，+ly
rude(ly),wide(ly),nice(ly),safe(ly),close(ly),polite(ly)
但是：whole-wholly, true-truly
5. But some adverbs are the same words as adjectives. e.g. fast—fast early—early long-long late-late slow-slow high-high
6. 下列形容词+ly构成副词后，意义上发生了改变。
hard（困难的，坚硬的）-hardly（几乎不能） near（近的）-nearly（几乎） late（迟，晚）-lately（最近） high（高的）-highly（高度地，非常地） wide（宽广的）-widely（广泛地）
Give more examples:
1.bad-- badly loud –loudly slow--slowly careful—carefully soft—softly bright—brightly ,clear—clealy polite—politely close—closely nice—nicely free--freely
2.easy–easily happy—happily healthy—healthily busy—busily lazy—lazily angry—angrily lucky—luckily
3.true—truly possible—possibly terrible—terribly
Comfortable— comfortably probable —probably
Step7 Practice
1．Write the adverbs “C1 p.84”
2．Discuss: Ask and answer in pairs with as many words as possible:
How may students usually do your homework? (carefully ,carelessly, quickly, slowly, clearly, happily, sadly, neatly, quietly, noisily, badly, …
How should students answer the teacher’s questions in class? (loudly, correctly, politely, pleasantly, nicely, ….)
3Help Mr Wu’s students to write the sentences correctly. (C 3 p.85)
4．Help Sandy to finish the article about their trip using correct words. ( C2 p.85)
5．Talk about the trip
1) What was the weather like that?（ How did the sun shine？）
2）How did they get on the bus/
3）How did they talk at the beginning?
4) How did the zookeeper greet them?
5) How did they listen to the zoo keeper?
6) How should they talk and walk at Beijing Wildlife Park？
7）How can they tell people about the birds ?
8）How did they feel that day? （use an adjective , why?）
Step8 Homework
1. 这班火车将于下午两点你开南京开往上海。
2. 新学期将在明年三月份开学。
3. 长途汽车中途将停靠镇江。
4. 天下着大雨，请慢点儿开车。
5. 在阅览室里不得大声交谈。
6. 他是位有礼貌的孩子，她总是有礼貌地与人交谈。
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第七课时）
Intergrated skills
Objectives.
1. To listen for detail in order to extract factual information.
2. To identify and note specific detail from general context
3. To understand and respond to facts
4. To respond to information obtained from listening by writing a report.
Teaching procedures
1. Try to maintain students’ interest in birdwatching and Zhalong. Tell students that they will be able to check how much they have learned about Zhalong by doing a quiz about it.
2. Remind students of the article about Zhalong which they read in the Reading section. Ask students if they remember any facts about Zhalong.
3. Ask students to read the quiz and try to answer the questions from memory and general knowledge. Tell them to tick the correct boxes under “Before you listen” Students can work with a partner. Encourage them to discuss any disagreement or problems.
4. Explain that students will listen to the radio programme about Zhalong. Point out to students that they will be able to check and confirm their initial answers to the questions.
5. Students listen to the recording and tick the second column of boxes while they are listening. For weaker classes, play the recording again if necessary.
6. Ask students to compare answers with a partner. Then check the answers with the whole class. If students were not able to get the correct information, play the recording again pausing after common mistakes. Encourage students to repeat the words, phrases or sentences they found difficult to understand previously.
7. Speak up (inviting people)
1) Listen to the tape and answer some questions
2) Read Daniel and Sandy’s conversation.
3) Replace the underlined words with your own ideas.
Homework
Finish the exercises given by the teacher.
Language points.
1．hectare,n.公顷（等于一万平方米或2.471英亩；缩略形式ha）
2．worm,n(c) The early bird catches the worm.（捷足先登）
3．inclouding,prep./ include.v
I have to prepare food for seven people(,) including me.
The class of twenty includes eight girls.
1. prevent,vt. prevent/keep/stop…from（其中，keep后面的from不可省,其它可省，因为keep doing sth一直做某事）
We should prevent/stop/keep farmers from cutting down forest.
Trees prevent the wind (from) blowing away the earth.
2. snowstorm,n(c)暴风雪 storm风暴，暴风雨
There’s a snowstorm coming up.
3. flood,n(c)常用复数(floods)，有单数意义
Many people lost their homes and lives in that terrible floods.
vt.淹没，flood the fields
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第八课时）
Study skills
教学目标：
1． 学习记笔记策略。
2． 学习使用缩略词和符号。
Step 1 Revision:
Ask the Ss one questions: Do you often take notes in class? When else do you have to take notes?
Encourage them to find out answers: reading, having a talk……
Step 2 Presentation:
1 T: How can we take notes more quickly and more effectively? Let’s have a try!
1) Some people want to change the wetland to make more space for farms and buildings.
2)We hope this information will help them understand and make them actively take action to protect wildlife.
And help the Ss to find out the ways to take notes better.
2 T: Sandy is going to listen to a radio programme on birds. She wants to take notes more quickly with some short forms. Could you help her write the short form? You can discuss with your partner about what you don’t know.
for example,and the rest, minute(s), second(s), centimetre(s), kilometre(s), number, information
(eg. etc. min sec cm km No. info)
3 Ask the Ss to read them after the teacher and help them to remember them .
4. Teach the Ss some more short forms.
1)usually 2)somebody/something 3)New Zealand 4)especially 5)noun 6)verb 7)square metres 8)hours 9)that is 10) note well
(usu/ sb.sth./NZ/esp./n./v./sq m/hrs/i.e./NB)
5.Teach them that short forms are called abbreviations and those abbreviations of days of the week and months of the year.
(Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat/Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.)
Step 3 Presentation:
1.T: Sandy also use some symbols in her notes. Do you know what they mean?
= + % ° ≠ @ & < > ∴ $ ∵
( equal(s) plus per cent degree(s) do(es) not equal at and smaller /less than greater/more than therefore dollar(s) because)
2.Have the Ss read after the teacher to know them better
3. Teach the Ss some more symbols and ask them to read after you:
a half-1/2 , be similar to-= ,times(multiplied by)-* ,a quarter-1/4
Step 4:practise:
1 T:Daniel is writing down some questions, but he didn’t use short forms or symbols. Could you help him rewrite his note?(teacher read/Ss take notes,ask some of them to do it on the blackboard)
I need some information about the number of birds in Zhalong. For example, is the number of red-crowned cranes larger than a hundred?
Answer: I need some info about the No. of birds in Zhalong. e.g., is the No. of red-crowned cranes >100?
2Write a short passage after the model sentence and ask your partner to rewrite it with the short forms or symbols.
Step 5:Homework:
1. Ask the Ss to remember the abbreviations and short symbols.
2. Ask the Ss to finish the exercises on the exercise-books.
Language points.
1. rest,n
You can eat up the rest of the food if you like.
He lived in the quiet and pieceful country for the rest of his life.
One of the visitors is from England, the rest are from America.
have/take a (good) rest
2.equal, adj. equally, adv be equal to,
Twice three is equal to six.
v. Four plus one equals five.
3. per cent/ percent
I agree with you a hundred per cent/ percent
Eight per cent of the milk goes bad in the supermarket.
40. per cent of the students in our class dislikes hamburgers
教学后记：
8A Unit5（第九课时）
Main task/Checkout
教学目标：
1．了解申请表的填写方法。
2．了解申请表的写作方法。
教学步骤：
Step1.Revision:
Revise some important abbreviations and symbols.
Step2.Presentation:
1. Teacher asks the Ss:“Which club would you like to join if you want to learn English better, Basketball Club or the English Club?”Help them answer it. If you want to join the English Club, what do you have to do at first? ”Teach ‘Application Form’. Let’s have a look at ‘Shantou New Youth English Club Membership Application Form’ . And teach Date of Birth Address Hobbies
俱乐部会员申请表
Club Membership Application Form
中文名Chinese Name:
英文名English Name:
出生日期Date of Birth(YYYY/MM/DD)
婚姻状况Marital Status:________
性别Gender_______________
教育背景Educational Background:
职业Occupation:
职位Position/Title:
工作单位名称及地址Company Name and Address:
专业技能Professional Skills:
家庭住址Home Address: (Chinese)
电子邮件地址E-mail Address:
电话号码Tel No.
宅电 (Home)___________________
办公室(Office)________
手机(Mobile)_________
传真(FAX)________
爱好Hobbies:
其他俱乐部会员资格（如果有）Other Club Affiliation (If Any)
2. ‘Let’s know a new club called the Birdwatching Club.What can the Birdwatching Club help us to know? Teacher helps the Ss answer: it organizes a lot of interesting activities to protect birds and help people know more about birds,e.g. birdwatching, birdcounting,etc. They sound fun. ’
And Teacher ask :Would you like to join the club too?
3. ‘If you do, you will have to fill in the Application Form’ on page 89. Before filling it, give the Ss some demands: write well, carefully, etc.
4. After it, check their answer.
Step3.Reading:
1. Teacher tells: if you want to join the Birdwatching Club,it is not enough to fill in the form. The club also asks for an application letter.Here’s Amy’s letter to the chair person. Read the letter quickly and find out the answers to these questions.
1)Who is the chairperson of the club?
2)How did Amy get interested in the club?
3)What are Amy’s favourite subjects?
4)What are her hobbies and interests?
5)Why does she want to become a birdwatcher?
2. Read after the tape.
3. Read the letter together or by themselves.
4. Try to find out what each paragraph mainly tells us .
answer:
Para1: How Amy learnt about the club.
Para2: Amy’s personal details such as school, grade, favourite subjects, interests and hobbies.
Para3: Why Amy wants to become a member.
Para4: Her hope that her application will be successful, and her phone number and e-mali address.
Step4. Writing:
1. Ask the Ss to write a application letter according to their own application forms.
2. Check the letter in pairs.
3. Recommend the excellent letter to them.
Step 5: Homework:
1. Revise this lesson
2. Finish the exercises in the exercise-books
Language points.
1. birth,n. at birth, date of birth, give birth to, birthday, birthplace
The baby weighed 3 kilos at birth.
She gave birth to a girl last night.
2. simply,adv. simple,adj.
It’s simply wonderful to listen to her sing.
They live simply.( They live a simple life.)
3. can’t wait for sth. can’t wait to do sth.
He can’t wait to go home to watch the match on TV.
can’t help doing sth.
We couldn’t help laughing at the joke.
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