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课件网) Unit 5 Art world Period 3 Grammar 1 课时导入 2 课文呈现 3 考点精讲 4 单元 语法沙龙 5 课堂小结 B. Giving reasons with since and as TIP Since and as are used in the same way and have no difference in meaning. Since and as are also used to give reasons for something. Usually the reasons are already known. Their tone is weaker than because. Since he had no musical instruments then, he made music with common objects like stones and paper. As he likes the sounds of nature, Tan uses them a lot in his music. An art festival B1. There is going to be an art festival at Sunshine Middle School. Help Amy make sentences with since or as. 1. Daniel decided to play the violin at the art festival. He is good at it. Daniel decided to play the violin at the art festival since/ as he is good at it. 2. Kitty will dance at the song and dance show. She has to practise hard these days. _____ _____ 3. Sandy will design the posters for the art festival. She can draw very well. _____ _____ Since/As Kitty will dance at the song and dance show, she has to practise hard these days. Sandy will design the posters for the art festival since/ as she can draw very well. 4. Some students love painting and taking photos. There will be a students’ art show. _____ _____ 5. The art festival is open to all students and parents. Everybody is welcome. _____ _____ Since/As some students love painting and taking photos, there will be a students’ art show. Since/As the art festival is open to all students and parents, everybody is welcome. B2. Sunshine Middle School gave all the students free tickets to an opera during the art festival. Sandy is writing about it in her diary. Help her complete her diary entry with because or since/as. Our school gave us free tickets to an opera(1)_____ it can help us learn more about different art forms. (2) _____ Millie also planned to take the underground, we went to the theatre together. When we arrived, Kitty had already been there. Soon Simon and Daniel came. because Since (3) _____ it was still early, we went to buy some drinks. “We’d better be quick(4) _____ the opera will begin in 20 minutes,” Kitty suggested. We came back quickly. Then we waited for Amy outside the theatre. “The opera is going to start in a minute. Please come inside,” the man at the door said, but Amy did not appear. After a while, we saw Amy running towards us. “I’m late(5) _____ there was too much traffic, ” she said, out of breath. Then we hurried into the theatre. Since as because (6) _____ the opera had just started, we did not miss much. The opera lasted for one and a half hours. ② We did not get bored at all(7) _____ it was really wonderful. Since because think highly of 对……评价高 e.g. I think highly of our new teacher. 我对我们的新老师评价高。 考点1 与 speak highly of同义。 知识点 1 Why do people think highly of Tan’s music 辨析：highly 与high highly highly 主要表示程度高(意为“高度地”)，除修饰 ... ...
