Unit 2 Wish you were here
单元视窗
Wordlist
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adventure[ədˈventʃə] n.冒险,冒险经历
arrange [əˈreindʒ] vt. & vi. 安排
extraordinary [ikˈstrɔ:dinəri]
adj. 不同寻常的
flight [flait]n. 航班;空中航行
camel [ˈkæməl]n.骆驼
desert ['dezət] n. 沙漠
[diˈzə:t] vt. 抛弃,舍弃
dusty [ˈdʌsti]adj.尘土飞扬的,
满是灰尘的
shade[ʃeid]n. 阴凉处;背阴;树荫
brilliant [ˈbriliənt] adj. 明亮的,鲜艳的
flashlight ['flæʃlait]n. 手电筒
altogether [ˌɔ:ltəˈgeðə]adv. 总共
uncomfortable [ʌnˈkʌmftəbəl]
adj. 不舒服的, 不自在的
rough [rʌf]adj. 汹涌的;粗糙的;
大概的
white-water rafting n.白浪漂流,激浪漂流
helmet [ˈhelmit]n.头盔
life jacket救生衣
protection [prəˈtekʃən]n.保护
in case 万一
backpack ['bækpæk]n. 背包
advance[ədˈvɑ:ns] n. 前进;
预先 vi. 前进,进步
in advance 提前,进步
supply[səˈplai] n.供给,补给 νt.提供
wildlife n. 野生动物;野生生物
photograph[ˈfəutəgrɑ:f]
n. 照片
defence [diˈfens]n. 防御,保护
scare [skɛə] νt.使恐惧,惊吓
up close靠近地
mount[maunt] n. 山,山峰
tiring['taiəiŋ]adj.让人疲劳的,累人的 atmosphere['ætməsfiə] n. 空气,大气层
African['æfrikən] adj.非洲的 n.非洲人
afterwards [ˈɑ:ftəwədz] ad.以后,后来,然后
sleeve [sli:v] n. 袖子
cheek[tʃi:k] n. 脸颊
tourism [ˈtuərizəm]n. 旅游业
schedule[ˈʃedju:l] n.日程表,
时间表, 进度表
crane [krein] n. 鹤
explore [ikˈsplɔ:]
vt. & vi. 探索;勘探
sunrise [ˈsʌnraiz] n日出
view[vju:] vt. 观看,看待n. 景色,风景,观点
heaven[ˈhevən] n. 天堂;天空
mountaintop ['mauntintɔp]
n. 山顶
temple[ˈtempəl] n. 寺院
bury[ˈberi] v. 埋葬,埋藏
destination[ˌdestiˈneiʃən]
n. 目的地
cage[keidʒ] n. 笼子
beauty [ˈbju:ti] n.美;美景;美人
south-west n.西南方 adj.西南方的 adv.在西南方, 向西南方
highway n.公路,干道,交通要道
classic[ˈklæsik] adj. 经典的n. 经典作品
novel [ˈnɔvəl] n. (长篇)小说
kingdom[ˈkiŋdəm] n.王国
steep[sti:p] adj. 陡峭的;急剧的
forever [fəˈrevə]adv. 永远的
officially [əˈfiʃəli] adv. 官方地,正式地
spot [spɔt]n.地点,场所
tourist[ˈtuərist] spot旅游点
publish [ˈpʌbliʃ] vt.出版
announce[əˈnauns]vt.宣布,宣称
tower [ˈtauə] νi.高耸,屹立:高高升起 n.塔,塔楼
sunshine[ˈsʌnʃain]n. 阳光
reflect [riˈflekt] vt. 反射(声、光、热等),反映
diamond [ˈdaiəmənd]
n. 钻石,金刚石
cattle[ˈkætl] n. 牛
wander[ˈwɔndə] vi. & vt. 漫游,游荡; 徘徊,漂泊
surrounding[səˈraundiŋ]
νt. 周围的,附近的
harmony [ˈhɑ:məni]
n. 和谐, 协调, 融洽
endless[ˈendlis]
adj.无穷无尽的, 没完没了的
mild[maild] adj.平和的,温和的
把你没有记牢的挑出来,好好滴记住哦!
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An adventure in Africa
Focus
30th June
Dear Aihua,
How are you? Sorry I haven't written for so long. I've been quite busy arranging my holiday with my older brother, Colin. Colin and I plan to spend a few weeks traveling before he goes to university. We're going to visit so many exciting places and do lots of extraordinary things. We will go to Africa first. I can't wait! Have you been there?
We leave London on 15th July, and we'll be taking a flight to Morocco, in northern Africa. We're going to ride camels through the Sahara Desert. It's the biggest desert in the world—about the size of the US! I expect it will be very hot, dry and dusty there. We'll be traveling by camel, with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground. I've heard that, in the Sahara, there is no shade during the day, and the stars seem especially brilliant on clear nights. I’ll bring a flashlight with me so that I'll be able to see in the dark. Altogether, the trip will take six days. That means I'll have to sit on a camel for almost a week—how uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes me!
After the trip by camel, we're going to travel down the River Nile. We'll start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water actually gets quite rough. So, we'll go white-water rafting. It's quite dangerous, but very exciting! You have to wear a helmet and a life jacket for protection, just in case you fall into the water.
Then, we're going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. We'll live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink whatever they do, including cow's blood! Do you think I should drink it?
Since we'll be walking for almost two weeks, I'll need to buy a large backpack in advance to carry my supplies of food and water. During the day, we'll walk across the land, following the tracks of wildlife such as elephants, lions and giraffes. We'll try to get as close as possible to the animals, even though they're dangerous, so that I can take some really good photographs. But don't worry about me. Our guides will have guns with them for defense—They can use the guns to scare the animals away if they come too near. I really want to see an elephant up close. Colin wants to see a giraffe.
After that, we'll be moving on to Tanzania, where we're going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the atmosphere gets thinner, so Colin and I will make sure that we will get plenty of rest. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks. Afterwards, we're going to the Himalayas.
I send you postcards from all the different places we visit!
Love,
Toby
First period
Listen and learn:
Listen to the wordlist and try to learn the words and phrases by heart.
◆Step 1:
◆Step 2: Personal show
●Task 1: Give the following words’ Chinese meaning
adventure n. desert n. vt.
shade n. uncomfortable adj.
advance n. vi. supply n. νt.
in advance defence n.
schedule n. explore vt. & vi.
view vt. n. classic adj. n.
surrounding νt. officially adv.
●Task 2: Translate the following words
vt. & vi. 安排 adj. 汹涌的;粗糙的;大概的
n.保护 n. 空气,大气层;氛围
n. 目的地 n.公路,干道,交通要道
n.地点,场所 vt. 反射(声、光、热等),反映
vi. & vt. 漫游,游荡; 徘徊,漂泊 n. 和谐, 协调, 融洽
adj.无穷无尽的, 没完没了的 adj.平和的,温和的
Step 3: Text reading Listen to the text and then finish the following sentences
●Task 1: Fill in the blanks according to the text
1. I've been quite busy ________ (安排) my holiday with my older brother, Colin.
2. You have to wear a helmet and a life jacket _______(作为保护), just ______ (以防,以免)you fall into the water.
3. We'll live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink _______(他们吃喝的任何东西) , ________ (包括) cow's blood!
4. Since we'll be walking for almost two weeks, I'll need to buy a large backpack _______ (事先) ____________ (来装我的供给品食物和水).
5. We'll try to get ____________ (尽可能近地) to the animals, even though they're dangerous, ______(以便) I can take some really good photographs.
6. Our guides will have guns with them __________ (作为防护).
7. Mountain climbing ______ (可能) be very tiring, and many people feel sick ________ (随着空气变得稀薄) .
●Task 2: Task-based reading阅读课文, 完成下表。注意:一空一词
Topic
Details
Toby’s
1. _____ in Africa
Going to Morocco by 2. _______ from London.
3. _____
to visit
The Sahara
Desert
The River Nile
Kenya
Tanzania
Activities
●Traveling
on 4.____
● 5._____
in tents
● Sleeping
on the
ground in
the sleeping
bags.
Going white-water rafting from Lake 6. ___
to travel down the River Nile.
● Following the
7. _______ of big animals
● Getting close
to them to take photos
● Eating and drinking
8. ______ the local villagers do.
●Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
● Many people feel sick because of the atmosphere
9.______ thinner, Colin and I decided to get enough rest.
Going to the 10) __________after the trip in Africa.
Homework:
1. Read the text 2. Try to recite the sentences in step 3-Task 1
Second period
Step 1: Personal show
Write down the words according to the definition
1. make somebody frightened
2. in total
3. something that protects you from attack
4. a dark and cool area out of sun
5. greater or better than usual
6. before something happens
7. amazing
8. not comfortable
9. having large and dangerous waves
10. having something as part of group
11. things such as food, medicines, etc. that needed
by a group of people
12. particular place or area
13. move around in an area or go from place to place without
any special purpose or destination
14. programme of work to be done or of planned events
15. make a visible image of sb /sth; show or suggest
Step 2: Language focus
◆ 1. whatever pron. &.adj.无论什么,无论何事
知识探究:
Whatever happens, keep calm. (=No matter what happens, keep calm.)无论发生什么事,都要保持冷静。
Take whatever you like.你喜欢什么就拿什么。
You can take whatever magazines you need. 你需要什么杂志,都可以拿。
Whatever do you mean by that?你这话究竟是什么意思?
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. You may spend this amount of money on ______ is important to you.
A. no matte what B. something C. whatever D. anything
2. ---How about camping this weekend, just for a change?
---OK, _______ you want.
A. whichever B. however C. whatever D. whoever
3. ---Could you do me a favor?
---It depends on _____it is.
A. which B. whichever C. what D. whatever
4. _____makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services.
A. What B. Who C. Whatever D. Whoever
5. ---Mary looks down today. What is up?
---Well, _______ happened between Mary and me is none of your business.
A. wherever B. whoever C. whatever D. no matter what
6. ---Did the door keeper let you in?
---No. _______ I tried to tell him that I was your aunt, he just wouldn't listen to me.
A. No matter B. Now that C. However D. Whatever
7. In peace, too, the Red Cross is expected to send help ____there is human suffering.
A. whoever B. however C. whatever D. wherever
8. We try and give them ______ they want, _______ their religion is, so that they can face death without fear.
A. no matter what; no matter what B. no matter what; whatever
C. whatever; no matter whatever D. whatever; whatever
联想拓宽:however ( = no matter how)修饰形容词或副词。
D) 1. ______ hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish off this loaf of bread.
A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Wherever D. However
A) 2. ______well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
A. However B. Whatever C. No matter D. Although
wherever ( = no matter where) 引导让步状语从句
whenever (= no matter when)
no matter which引导让步状语从句
whichever= anyone who/ anything that引导名词性从句
whoever= no matter who引导让步状语从句 = anyone who引导名词性从句
C) ______wants to stay in a hotel has to pay their own way.
A. Anyone B. The one C. Whoever D. Who
总之, "no matter十疑问词"只能引导让步状语从句, what/ which/ who十ever既可引导让步状语从句又可引导名词性从句。
Whoever (Anyone who) breaks the law will be punished.无论谁犯法都会受到惩罚。
Whoever (No matter who) breaks the law, he will be punished.无论谁犯法,他都会受到惩罚
◆ 2. supply n. 供给, 补给 v. 提供 provide v.供给;供应, 为…作好准备
知识探究:
The supply of gas in the city is good. 这个城市的煤气供应充足。
They supplied milk to each house in bottles. 他们向每个家庭供应瓶装牛奶。
This shop supplies us with all we need. 这家商店为我们提供一切所需。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1) We are _______ high techniques now in order to improve the quality of our products.
A. supplied B. supplied with C. supplied for D. supplied to
2. In my opinion, medical treatment and special schools should be ____ disabled people.
A. referred to B. supplied with C. given by D. provided for
3. They've ______ us £150,000 for the house. Shall we take it?
A. provided B. supplied C. shown D. offered
4. If you have some trouble with the work, I can ______ you another one in my company.
A. supply B. accept C. offer D. provide
5. A pipeline will be built to ___ some eastern provinces with natural gas from the west of China.
A. send B. sell C. supply D. offer
6. It’s the present situation in poor areas that ____ much higher spending on education and training.
A. answer for B. provide for C. call for D. plan for
联想拓宽:supply, provide 与offer
① supply sth. to sb./ supply sb. with sth. 提供某人某物
② provide sth. for sb./ provide sb. with sth. 向某人提供某物
③ offer sb. sth./ offer sth. to sb.(主动)提供某人某物
The hotel provides a shoe-cleaning service for guests.该酒店为顾客提供擦鞋服务。
Whenever I'm in trouble, he offers me timely help.每当我有困难,他都会及时向我提供帮助。
◆ 3. reach vi.延伸 vt.到达, 伸出;触到 n. 到达, 触及
知识探究:
The farm reaches to the side of the river. 农场一直延伸到河边。
Your letter will reach me this morning. 我今天上午才能收到你的来信。
His thought is beyond the reach of my imagination.他的思维是我无法想象到的。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children’s ______.
A. reach B. hand C. hold D. place
2. This new model of car is so expensive that it is ____ the reach of those with average incomes.
A. over B. within C. beyond D. below
3. Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, ______ a record of US $57.65 a barrel on April 4.
A. have reached B. reaching C. to reach D. to be reaching
4. The boy _____ the apple on the tree, but he was too short to _______ it.
A. reached; reach B. reached; reach for
C. reached for; reach for D. reached for; reach
◆ 4. scare 使恐惧;惊吓
知识探究:
It scared me to think that I was alone in the building. 想到楼里就我一个人,怪害怕的。
I am scared of slipping on the ice. 我担心滑到在冰上。
They managed to scare the bears away.他们设法把熊吓跑了。
Local business were scared into paying protection money. 当地商家迫于威胁缴纳了保护费。
Janie lay on the floor trembling, too scared to move. 珍妮哆嗦着躺在地板上,因太害怕而不能动弹。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. I might be _______ to ride a camel.
A. scaring B. scared C. scary D. fearing
2. At first Mr. Black was _____ of planes, but two years later, ______ to other countries on business is his main business.
A. scared; flying B. frightening; flight C. frightened; flight D. scaring; flying
联想拓宽:be scared to death吓死 be scared stiff 吓的呆若木鸡
scare sb. 吓唬某人 scare sb. away/ off 把…吓跑
scare sb. into doing sth. 威胁、恐吓某人做…
◆ 5. follow vt.接着;遵照;听懂;注视 vi.(紧)接;懂
知识探究:
Following him, they started to climb. 跟在他后面,他们开始攀登。
Follow these few tips, and your time spent doing research on the Internet will be much more rewarding.
The report concludes as follows.报告结论如下。
The match was postponed to (推迟) the following Saturday because of bad weather.
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. Her daughter was determined to _________ and become a doctor.
A. follow her routine B. follow the example C. follow in her steps D. follow the lead
2. His failure in the experiment suggested that he ______his teacher’s proper instructions.
A. shouldn’t have followed B. shouldn’t follow
C. mustn’t have followed D. hadn’t followed
◆ 6. Just as we were about to turn off the radio and get into our sleeping bags, strong winds began to blow. (语法与应用部分)
将来时的表达式
知识探究:
If you work hard, you'll succeed. 如果努力,你就会成功。
I'm afraid it is going to snow.恐怕天要下雨了。
You'll have to pay more if you are to have another drink.要想再喝一杯你得多付钱。
I'm just finishing my work.我马上就完成工作了。
He was just about to leave when the phone rang. 他正要走,这时电话响了。
The train leaves at 8: 30.火车8点半开。
归纳整理:
1) will / shall do表示纯粹的将来或临时做出的决定,也可表示一种必然趋势。
2) be going to指打算准备做的事或根据判断肯定要发生的事。
3) be to do则不能表示不受人们意志控制的将来动作。
4) be doing指按计划安排最近要做的事,常常带时间状语,多用于go, come, leave, start, arrive, stay, meet, get, set等短暂性动词。
5) be about to do单纯表示即将发生的动作,常与when 连用,意为"这时",但不与时间状语连用。
6)一般现在时表将来.表示早已计划好,到时一定发生的事,也可表示按时间进程或时间表的安排,到时一定要发生的事。
题练落实:
1. ---When shall we restart our business?
---Not until we _______ our plan.
A. will finish B. are finishing C. are to finish D. have finished
2. The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune ______.
A. is made B. would make C. was to be made D. had made
3. The novels written by the author sell best, but five years ago no one could have imagined how great a role he ______ in the literary (文学的) world.
A. was playing B. was to play C. had played D. played
Third period
Reading strategies: 文章的事件记述顺序
2010福建卷A 篇
F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success,
Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
57. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a
(09·湖北D篇)
A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning.” I think half of then fell off their chairs,” Gerner says.
Gerner manages school facilities (设施)for Clark county, Nevada, a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018,143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system. Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes(样品); They plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.
Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate. ”One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),” Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. “You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”
Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of re most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings. ”I don’t believe in the new green religion,” Gerner says.” Gerner says.” Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical. I’m interested in those that work.” But he wouldn’t mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power.” You never know what’s going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,” he says.
64. Which order of steps is followed in carrying out the project?
A. Assessment-Prototype-Design-Construction.
B. Assessment-Design-Prototype-Construction.
C. Design-Assessment-Prototype-Construction.
D. Design-Prototype-Assessment-Construction.
Forth period
Step 1: Read and learn (Project)
◆ Listen to the text and grasp the general spirit of the text
Are you tired of seeing the same view out of your window? Do you wish you could travel and see beautiful places all over the world? In this section, you are going to do some research and make a travel leaflet for a place you want to visit.
Shangri-la
Would you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty in the south-west of China? If your answer is “yes”, consider a trip to Shangri-la!
How to get there
Start in the city of Dali and drive northwards along the Yunnan-Tibet Highway until you reach Zhongdian (Shangri-la), the capital of Diqing. Zhongdian is 659 kilometers away from Kunming, and there are regular flights between the two cities.
The world-famous Chinese Shangri-la
The word 'Shangri-la' first appeared in a classic novel by James Hilton. Today, Shangri-la becomes a common English word meaning haven on earth. Hilton described a beautiful kingdom where three rivers joined together, steep mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay young forever.
Which place could officially take the name of this wonderful land? There were arguments over which tourist spot would win the name of Shangri-la. Many years after the book was published, some people realized that the Shangri-la of the novel was a perfect match for Zhongdian in Yunnan Province, China. In September 1997, the government of Yunnan Province announced that Zhongdian was the Shangri-la of Hilton's story.
What you will see in Shangri-la
Three mountains, Meili, Baimang and Haba, which are covered with snow, tower over the land. Their snowy mountaintops form a beautiful picture that will leave you at a loss for words.
Below the mountains, the sunshine reflects on the many lakes, making them shine like diamonds against the rich countryside. Sheep, cattle and horses wander on the green grass, and the surrounding forests are home to many birds and animals. In this peaceful land, people live in perfect harmony with nature, far away from the noisy and worry of the outside world.
Nature has provided Shangri-la with endless natural treasures, making the land a happy home for the local people.
What the weather is like
The weather changes so quickly that people say you can experience four seasons in one day. The best times to visit Shangri-la are spring and autumn when the temperature is at its mildest.
Personal show:
●Task: Fill in the blanks according to the text
1. Hilton described a beautiful kingdom _______ (三条河交汇的那个地方) , steep mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered the earth.
2. The surrounding forests __________ (是…的家园) many birds and animals.
3. In this peaceful land, people live ________ (与自然和谐相处) , far away from the noisy and worry of the outside world.
4. Nature has ________ (提供) Shangri-la _______ (用) endless natural treasures, ________(使得这片土地成为幸福家园) for the local people.
5. The weather changes ______ quickly _______ (如此…以致于…), people say you can experience four seasons in one day.
Language focus:
◆ 1. view n.景色,风景; 视野,眼界
知识探究:
She had a wonderful view of the mountain from her bed-room window. 从她卧室的窗口可看到山上美妙的景色。
The sun disappeared from view.看不见太阳了。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. If we sit near _______ front of the bus, we’ll have _______ better view.
A. /; the B. /; a C. the; a D. the; the
2. Stand at the top of the mountain, and then you’ll get a better ______ of the town.
A. sight B. view C. scene D. scenery
3. ---How was your trip to Changbai Mountain?
---Fantastic! One splendid mountain ________ followed another on our journey.
A. view B. glimpse C. glance D. scenery
4. Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m overjoyed.
A. sight B. view C. scene D. sign
5. The little boy came riding full speed down the motorway on his bicycle. ______ it was!
A. What a dangerous scene B. What dangerous a scene
C. How a dangerous scene D. How dangerous the scene
联想拓宽:scene, scenery, view, sight
scene n.景色;布景,场景; (戏剧的)一场; (事件等的)发生地点. 指一眼可以浏览的风景,但多半包括其中的人物、动作和行为。 come/ appear on the scene出现 on the scene在现场,到现场 behind the scenes在幕后;暗中
scenery指该地区的整个风景,由多个scene构成的景色。
view指在远处或高处以人的角度看到的scenery的一部分。
sight指"风景"时常用复数形式,侧重人文景观。
They went to the countryside for a change of scene. 他们到乡下去换换环境。
The scenery here is wonderful.这儿景色壮丽。
She lives on the sixth floor and she has a wonderful view of the surroundings from the window.
她住在六楼,从窗户向外可看到周围的全景。
◆ 2. common adj.普通的,常见的
知识探究:
It is common to have snow in the north of the country. 这个国家北方下雪很常见。
I have nothing in common with him. 我和他毫无共同之处。
The two schools share the playground in common. 这两所学校共用这个体育场。
In common with other young people, Mike enjoys pop songs.和其他年轻人一样,迈克喜欢流行歌曲。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. Letter boxes are much more ______ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.
A. common B. normal C. ordinary D. usual
2. Jack is late again. It is ___ of him to keep others waiting.
A. normal B. ordinary C. common D. typical
3. A new ________ bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago.
A. normal B. usual C. regular D. common
4. Many of the more ______ forms of cancer can be treated successfully if detected early.
A. usual B. general C. common D. popular
5. ---How do you like the film?
---There was nothing special—it was only _______.
A. average B. usual C. normal D. common
6. I want to know if Mrs. Smith was one of your _______ customers.
A. regular B. common C. average D. usual
7. Despite his _____ absence, Bruce managed to keep up with his studies.
A. frequent B. rare C. normal D. common
8. A conductor was invited to keep us ______ in the singing at the School Art Festival.
A. in common B. in advance C. in time D. in return
联想拓宽:common, usual, ordinary, normal
common侧重"常见的,普通的,不足为奇的",表明其普通性。
usual多指习惯性的、遵循常规的、通常的、一贯如此的。
ordinary与common意思相近,多指"平淡无奇的",侧重没有特色,不特殊的。
normal"正常的"侧重无异常。
It has become common knowledge. 这已成为众所周知的事了。
He made the usual mistakes which all beginners make. 他犯了初学者都犯的错误。
Although she is rich, she is always in ordinary dress.
尽管她很富有,但她总是穿着平常的衣服。
We are open during normal working hours. 我们在正常的上班时间都开门营业。
◆ 3. reflect vt.反映;反射;表现;反省
知识探究:
She could see herself reflected in the water. 她在水中看到了自己的影子
He was left to reflect on the decision. 他负责认真考虑这个决定。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. Sean’s strong love for his country is _________ in his recently published poems.
A. reacted B. reflected C. responded D. recovered
◆ 4. be home to是…..家园;所在地;发源地;息栖地 = be the home of…
知识探究:
印度是大象和老虎的家园。India is home to elephants and tigers.
中关村是中国高技术产业和十多所著名大学的所在地。
Zhongguanchun is home to China’s hi-tech industry and more than ten famous universities.
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. Attracting ____ senior citizens, Florida is ____ home to the largest population of elder Americans.
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; a
◆ 5. surround vt. 包围;环绕
知识探究:
The city is surrounded on all sides by hills. 这个城市四面环山。
It took me a few weeks to get used to my new surroundings.
我花了好几个星期才适应了新环境。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1. He was sitting on the floor _______ by books.
A. surrounded B. surrounding C. surroundings D. surround
2. When he came to himself, he found himself _______ by a crowd of people.
A. surrounding B. surrounded C. having surrounded D. be surrounded
联想拓宽:作"环境"讲时, surrounding用复数形式。
in pleasant surroundings / in good circumstances 在优越的生活环境中
◆ 6. harmony n.和谐;协调, 融洽
知识探究:
In school, students usually live and study in harmony with their teachers. 在校,学生和老师生活、学习和谐融洽。
They worked very harmoniously together. 他们十分融洽地一起工作。
归纳整理:
题练落实:
1) ---How are you getting on with your new colleagues?
---Very well. Actually we work in perfect______.
A. condition B. harmony C. relationship D. surroundings
联想拓宽:
the need to be in harmony with our environment 和我们环境协调的必要性
to live together in perfect harmony 十分和睦地生活在一起
social / racial harmony 社会、种族融洽 harmonious adj. 和谐的, 友好和睦的
harmoniously adv. 和谐地, 谐调地
写作能力培养:背诵下面短文
◆ “低碳经济”是一个具有广泛社会性的经济前沿理念,最早是在2003年英国政府发布的能源白皮书《我们能源的未来:创建低碳经济》正式提出的。低碳经济包括低碳发展、低碳产业、低碳技术和低碳生活等经济形态,是指在不影响经济发展的前提下,通过技术创新和制度创新,降低能源和资源消耗,尽可能最大限度地减少温室气体和污染物的排放,实现减缓气候变化的目标,促进人类的可持续发展。
Protection of Environment
There are still many problems of environmental protection in recent years. One of the most serious problems is the serious pollution of air, water and soil. The polluted air does great harm to people’s health. The polluted water causes diseases and death. What is more, vegetation had been greatly reduced with the rapid growth of modern cities.
To protect the environment, governments of many countries have done a lot. Legislative steps have been introduced to control air pollution, to protect the forest and sea resources and to stop any environmental pollution. Therefore, governments are playing the most important role in the environmental protection today.
In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. Firstly, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education. Secondly, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves.
Fifth period
词汇应用
根据单词的首字母或汉语意思填写正确单词,注意形式变化。
1. There are six people on the bus, three children i________.
There are six people on the bus, i________ three children.
2. The singer checked his s______ and found he wouldn’t have a performance next Friday evening.
3. If you keep traveling n___________, you will reach the North Pole.
4. He is staring at me coldly, which makes me very u_________.
5. They do not have enough food and medical s_______ for the whole winter.
6. Freed from e_______ homework on weekends, the students now find their own activities, such as taking a ride together to watch the sunrise.
7. The fire went out and we felt cold in the _______ (废弃的) room.
8. Local business were scared into paying ________ (保护) money.
9. There was not much ________( 融洽) in international affairs during those years.
10. _______(令人惊讶的是), Mike, a top student, didn’t pass the easy test this time.
11. We are eager to read his newly ___________ (已出版的) book.
12. My husband loves ___________ (冒险)life while I enjoy a more peaceful life.
13. I suggest that he put an advertisement in the _________(当地的)paper.
14. English is the __________ (官方)language.
15. With many trees _______ (环绕) the school, the school is cool in summer.
单项选择
1. Several times he tried to get ____ the drowning boy, but he failed because of the strong waves.
A. close to B. closely to C. nearly to D. about to
2. When cutting the cloth for my suit, leave enough at the edges to _______ my getting fatter.
A. supply for B. provide for C. provide against D. provide with
3. The book ______ forty maps _______ that of Great Britain.
A. contains; includes B. is containing; including
C. includes; contains D. contains; including
4. We have ______ our friendship for over ten years now.
A. kept out B. kept up C. kept on D. kept up with
5. She looked forward to his ______ back home as much as he to _____ her.
A. coming; seeing B. come; see C. to come; to see D. coming; see
6. At this time tomorrow afternoon, I _______ to New York.
A. will fly B. will be flying C. am flying D. am to fly
7. Without a continuous _____ of air, it would be impossible for a diver to stay under water for long.
A. offer B. source C. supply D. origin
8. Please make sure the lights will ______ if no one is in the room.
A. go out B. turn off C. put on D. take away
9. ---How about putting some pictures into the report?
---_____ A picture is worth a thousand words.
A. No way. B. Why not? C. All right. D. No matter.
10. The news that we all were looking forward to ________ at last three days than we expected.
A. coming B. came C. come D. be coming
11. We all went to the shop to blame the manager because our best friend, Tom was believed _____ for no good reason.
A. having been searched B. to have searched
C. to have been searched D. having searched
12. ---The last one _______ pays the meal.
---Agreed!
A. arrived B. arrives C. to arrive D. arriving
阅读理解: 2011·四川卷C篇
The pound new Library of Birmingham(LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life.
Set to open in 2013, the £188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.
As digital media(媒介)is important to its idea, the project is already providing chances for
some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.
Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through, many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”
The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.
Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.
Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built up by a content company in Cahoots, in which users with the encouraged to add to and comment on the material.
Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s and services open to citizens as never before.”
49. The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of ________.
A. the equipment B. the project C. the digital media D. the physical library
50. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can___________.
A. get a general idea of the LoB B. meet more world-famous experts
C. learn how to put up a library building D. understand how the specialists work on the project
51. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?
a. It offers better learning tools
b. It reaches users in different ways
c. It provides users with smart phone
d. It allows users to enrich its material
e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services
A. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e
52. This text is most probably taken from .
A. a computer book B. a library guide C. a project handbook D. a newspaper report
任务型读写: 阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
Real policemen hardly recognize any similarity between their lives and what they see on TV.
The first difference is that a policeman’s real life revolved round (围绕;以…为目的) criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.
Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty of stupid crimes.
Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he’s arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminal is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks, little effort is spent on searching.
Having made an arrest, a detective (侦探) really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence.
A third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: first, as members of a police force, they always have to behave absolutely in accordance with (依照) the law. Secondly, as expensive public servants, they have to get results. They can hardly ever
do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways.
If the detective has to deceive (欺骗) the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simple-minded — as he see it — of citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of eliminating(消除) crime, punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, detective feel, is that nine-tenths of their work is re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes them rather cynical (愤世嫉俗的).
Police in 71.________ world
Police on TV
Knowledge of 72.___ law
He has to know as much as a professional lawyer and 73_____ it to their daily work.
There is no 74.________ for them to know about it.
Different 75._______ time is spent
He 76._____ most of his working life to collecting and providing evidence needed to prove his case in court.
Time is spent finding criminals. Once the criminal is found, the story is 77.______.
Different pressures
Law and the public put much 78_____ on detectives and policemen.
They got no pressure from the public.
Relationship with the society
He feels separated from citizens, as they hold different 79.________ toward punishment of the criminals.
No contact 80______ the public.