【导入新课】Translate the following sentences into English and tell what tense is used in each sentences.

【板书课题】Unit1 Grammar

【学习目标】1.To learn to use it as a pronoun.

2. To learn to use it as an impersonal pronoun.

3. To learn to use it to replace the real subject or object.

【自学指导】

Task 1

 Using it as a pronoun

(1) We use it for animals and lifeless things.

e.g.  Look at the panda. It is so small.

(2)We use it for a young child when we do not know whether it is a girl or a boy.

e.g.  My aunt will have a baby soon. She hopes it will be a girl.

(3)We use it for an unknown person.

e.g.  ― Who was calling you on the phone just now?  

― It was my cousin.

(4) We use it for an action, a situation or an idea mentioned in a previous statement.

e.g.  Reading around the countryside is popular in Guilin, isn’t it?

Task 2   

 Read the passage below and find out what each it refers to. Write the answers in the blanks.

First do it alone, then check the answers in groups.

Task 3

Using it as an impersonal pronoun