（外研版）七年级下册 Module 9 Life history 讲义

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Module 9 Life history
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve
Passage Key Points
Betty: What are you reading Tony: Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain. I’m writing about him for my English class.Betty: I read Tom Sawyer. Very good! Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet.Tony: Yes! ... OK. Look at this! His real name was Samuel Clemens and he was born in 1835 in Missouri. He left school and began work at the age of 12.Betty: What did he do Tony: He wrote for a newspaper Later he got work on a boat.Betty: Did he stay in Missouri Tony: No, he went to New York, and other cities. Betty: When did he begin his stories Tony: I don’t know the exact date. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s. He went to Europe as well. But he didn’t come to China.Betty: Yes, I knew that. Enjoy the book.Tony: Yes, it’s good. write --- writer--- writing v. 写 n.作家 n.写作，笔迹find out“发现，查明”强调发现事实或真相find “找到”强调找到东西look for “寻找”强调找的过程real adj. 真正的，真实的；非想象的实际存在的。反imaginarytrue adj. 真实的，符合实际情况。反falsebe born 出生 （常用一般过去时）at the age of 在…岁的时候newspaper --- news --- newn. 报纸 n. 新闻 adj. 新的不可数exact adj. 准确的，确切的exactly adv. 确切的be famous/well-known for 因…而著名，加原因be famous/well-known as 作为…而著名，加职业身份be famous/well-known to 为…所熟知，加人在…世纪…年代 in the (世纪-1)(年代)s/’s四个“也”as well tooeitheralso
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Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.
Passage Key Points
William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and poems. He wrote about thirty-eighty plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford, England. Like many people four hundred years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’t learn to read or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen. He married in 1582 and had three children.Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592. He became a successful actor and began to write plays. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You can visit the theatre today, but it isn’t the same building. There was a fire in the old theatre. They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s.William Shakespeare died at the age of 52. He was rich and successful. You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He’s famous around the world. play v. 玩，演奏，n. 戏剧，剧本和某人玩/玩某物paly with sb./sth. 和某人对抗play against sb. a few “一些”加可数名词，表肯定few “几乎没有”加可数名词，表否定a little “一些”加不可数名词，表肯定little “几乎没有”加不可数名词，表否定like prep. 像，v. 喜欢decide v. 决定 n. 决心，决定 decision决定（不）做某事decide (not) to do sth. actor n. 男演员actress n. 女演员act v. 表演 active adj. 活跃的activity n. 活动finish v. 结束，完成 完成某事 finish doing sth. marry v. 结婚，嫁，娶（瞬间动词，不能和时间段连用） marriage n. 结婚，婚姻be/get married 已婚的successful adj. 成功的 successfully adv. 成功地，success n. 成功 succeed v. 成功build – built v. 建造building n. 建筑物builder n. 建筑者die - died v. 死；pass away 去世die of 死于，死于疾病，衰老等内因die from 死于，死于地震车祸等外因dying adj. 垂死的dead adj. （已经）死的death n. 死rich adj. 富有的，（土壤）肥沃的，（经验）丰富的【反】贫穷的poorthe + adj. 表一类人 the rich, the poor
worth adj. 值得的值得做某事be worth doing sth.
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