(共23张PPT)
Unit 1 Relationships
Lesson 3 So close, yet so far
barely 几乎不
constantly 持续不断地
reserved 含蓄的;内敛的
distracted 心神不定的,精神无法集中的
dominate 主宰,支配,控制
chase 努力赢得;追赶,追逐
delay 推迟
complain 抱怨;不满;发牢骚
Words
Pair work
1. What roles do social networking and the Internet play in your daily life
What do you use them for
2. How many online friends do you have Do social networking and the Internet
help improve your relationships with others Give some examples.
Social networking and the Internet play an important part in my daily life. I chat with friends and watch videos.
I have more than 300 online friends. I think that social networking and the Internet help improve my relationships with my friends. For example, one of my best friends went abroad when I was in junior secondary school. The only way that I can contact her is the Internet. I always chat with her and we talk about our lives with each other.
Discuss the following questions with your partners.
Mark’s routine activities online What social networking has done to Mark and Mark’s friends Reasons Mark can’t drop social networking
check through his social networking apps;
read his emails and answer text messages;
scroll through his friends’ posts and photos;
download song after song, video after video
drive them away
afraid to miss some important notices, deadlines, appointments and invitations;
his classmates and teachers may need to contact him at any time
General reading
Complete the information about Mark.
1. Mark is always close to his phone and laptop.
2. He receives news from his friends online throughout the day.
3. His phone is not helping his relationships with his friends.
4. He has friends that he has known for years.
Find the expressions or sentences in the text that tell you the information.
“My phone and my laptop are never out of touching distance.”
“I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates...”
“They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.”
“... but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.”
General reading
5. He is addicted to the Internet because it makes him feel excited and active.
6. His friends did not concentrate fully when they were having dinner together.
7. He and his friends can’t give up social networking.
Find the expressions or sentences in the text that tell you the information.
“I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me at anytime.”
“I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and aim to finish in two hours. At 7.50 pm, I’m still scrolling through my friends’ silly posts and photos. I download song after song, video after video, but I’m not really paying attention. The stimulation is in chasing after the next song rather than truly enjoying it.”
“Some spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them.”
General reading
【课本原句】
I do the same thing all over again while I’m having breakfast.
【语言提升】
while在本句中是一个从属连词,引导一个表示时间的状语从句,意为“当……的时候”。
while作连词时的主要用法:
(1)“当……的时候”,引导时间状语从句。这时,从句的谓语动词通常用进行时态。
(2)“但是,可是”,用作并列连词,表示对比,用于连接两个并列句,放在两个并列句之间。
(3)“虽然;尽管”,表示让步,引导让步状语从句。
Specific reading
【单句语法填空】while作连词时:
她一边做饭,一边留意睡在摇篮里的婴儿。
She was cooking __________________ an eye on her baby sleeping in the cradle.
我们知道,通常妇女在家里做所有家务,而男人则外出工作。
We know usually women stay at home and do all the housework _______________ to work.
Specific reading
while she was keeping
while men go out
【课本原句】
I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online.
【语言提升】
associate with sb. 与某人联系;与某人共事
associate A with B 把A与B联系起来
be associated with... 与……有关,与……有联系
in association with 与……合伙(合作)
【单句语法填空】
我根本没想到你会在这地方。
I’ve never ____________________ this place.
人们常把他与电话的发明联系在一起。
He is most often _________________ the invention of the telephone.
Specific reading
associated you with
associated with
【课本原句】
..., over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”.
【句式剖析】it的用法
当复合宾语中的宾语是不定式、动名词、宾语从句时,往往把这类宾语放在补足语后面,而用it作形式宾语,放在宾语补足语之前,其基本结构为“动词+it+宾语补足语+不定式(动名词或从句)”。该句型中的it作形式宾语,常用的动词有think,believe,make,find,consider,feel,enjoy,hate等。
【单句语法填空】
我发现学英语非常有趣。
I found _____ very ________________ to study English.
他非常清楚地表示他对那门学科不感兴趣。
He made ________________ he was not interested in that subject.
it
interesting
it clear that
Specific reading
it用作形式宾语的几个特殊结构:
1. 动词 + it + that从句。例如:
我认为他会准时来的。I take it (that) he will come on time.
2. 动词 + it + when (if)从句。例如:
如果你帮助我们完成这项工作,我们将不胜感激。
We’d appreciate it if you help us with the work.
3. 动词 + prep. + it + that从句。
能用于此结构的有see to (确保,负责),look to (依靠,指望),insist on (坚持), stick to (坚持),depend/ rely on (依靠,指望),answer for (负责,担保)等。例如:
注意千万不要再迟到。 See to it that you’re not late again.
4. 动词 + it + 介词短语 + that从句
用于此结构的动词有take it for granted,bring it to sb.’s attention,owe it to sb.等。例如:
我认为他会帮助我们的。I took it for granted that he would help us.
Specific reading
【单句语法填空】it用作形式宾语:
1. They want to make _____ clear to the public that they do an important job.
2. People in the West make it a rule _____ (buy) Christmas presents for their friends.
3. Many people think it important ______ students should learn English well at school.
4. The two girls are so alike that strangers find _____ difficult to tell one from the other.
5. I hate _____ when people speak with their mouths full.
6. The chairman thinks it important _____ they should say sorry to the old man.
it
to buy
that
it
it
that
Specific reading
【课本原句】
They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, ...
reality n. 现实;真实;事实;实际经历,见到的事物
【语言提升】
in reality 实际上;事实上 reality show 真人秀
virtual reality 虚拟现实 social reality 社会现实;社会实体
sense of reality 真实感 come into reality 实现;成为现实
【单句语法填空】
实际情况是没有足够的钱花在这个项目上。
______________ there is not enough money to pay for this project.
她觉得在这严峻的生活现实中,她很难生活下去。
She feels it difficult to live in the harsh ______________.
【词汇拓展】
realistic. adj. 现实的
real adj. 真实的
realism n. 现实主义realist n. 现实主义者
The reality is that
realities of life
Specific reading
【课本原句】
I obsess over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.
obsess vt. 使迷恋;痴迷,迷恋 vi. 挂牵;念念不忘
【语言提升】
obsess sb. 使某人迷恋 sb. be obsessed with/by ... 某人迷恋上了……
obsess over sth. 对……担心,挂念某事
【单句语法填空】
他迷上了电脑。
He _____________________ computers.
大多数记者梦寐以求的就是要写出最撼动人心的新闻报道来。
The need to produce the most exciting newspaper story _________ most journalists.
is obsessed by
obsesses
Specific reading
【课本原句】
Since I spend so much time socialising online, I keep delaying things that are important in my real life...
delay vi. & vt. 推迟,延期 n. 延迟,拖延,耽搁,被耽搁或推迟的时间
【语言提升】
without delay 立即,马上 delay doing sth. 推迟做某事
delay sth./ sb. 推迟某事/耽搁某人
【单句语法填空】
飞机起飞推迟了两个小时。
There was a _______ of two hours _________ the plane took off.
对不起,我没有及时给你回信。
I’m sorry to _____________________ your letter.
delay
before
have delayed answering
Specific reading
【课本原句】
On a family holiday last summer, my sister spent all her time complaining that she needed to charge her phone.
complain vt. & vi. 抱怨;不满;发牢骚 complaint n. 抱怨;申诉;投诉
【语言提升】
complain about/ of sb./sth. 抱怨某人/某事
complain to sb. about sth. 就某事向某人投诉,向某人抱怨某事
make a complaint against... 对……投诉
【单句语法填空】
我要就这件事向经理投诉。
I’m going to _______________________ about this.
“这不公平。”她抱怨道。
It’s not fair”, she ___________.
complain to the manager
complained
Specific reading
【课本原句】
..., not once did she lift her head to enjoy the view outside her window.
【句式剖析】
本句中的not once...是一个含有否定副词not的状语,它后面的谓语部分的助动词did需提前,放到主语she的前面。
【句式提升】
在以never,hardly,scarcely,rarely,barely, seldom,not until,nor,little, nowhere,hardly...when,no sooner.. .than,by no means,under no circumstances等开头的句子中,主谓要倒装。这些都是表示否定或半否定意义的词或词组。
【单句语法填空】
他们刚走,公共汽车就来了。
No sooner ________________ than the bus arrived.
我以前从未见过他。
Never before _______________ him.
had they left
have I met
Specific reading
【完成句子】
1. 在那个时候,我想这几乎不可能。
____________ I think it possible at that time.
2. 我们不但应该不怕困难,而且要尽最大努力克服困难。
_______________ we not be afraid of difficulties, but we should try our best to overcome them.
3. 直到半夜雨才停。
____________ midnight did it stop raining.
4. 你很难发现两个钟或表的时间完全一样。(seldom)
____________ you find that two clocks or watches exactly agree.
5. 这种方法决不会产生令人满意的结果。(means)
________________ this method produce satisfactory results.
Hardly did
Not only should
Not until
Seldom do
By no means will
Specific reading
【课本原句】
...think of all the important appointments, invitations and news updates
you would miss!
appointment n. 预约,约定
appoint vt. 任命;委派;确定(日期、时间、地点等)
【语言提升】
an appointment with sb. 与某人的约定
keep an appointment 赴约,履约
by appointment 通过预约的方式,按照约定
one’s appointment as... 担任(职务等)
appoint sb. as/ to be… 任命某人为……
appoint sb. to do sth. 委派某人做某事
Specific reading
【单句语法填空】
1. 她给儿子约了看医生的时间。
She _____________________________ her son to see the doctor.
2. 我约了3点钟看牙医。
I’ve got a dental ______________ at 3 o’clock.
3. 他被委派填补那个空缺。
He ___________________ the vacant post.
4. 我儿子读书的学校任命了一位新校长。
They have __________ a new head teacher at my son’s school.
5. 她最近被任命为委员会成员。
She has recently __________________ the committee.
6. 他们任命他为英格兰队队长。
They ____________________ captain of the English team.
made an appointment for
appointment
was appointed to
appointed
been appointed to
appointed him (as)
Specific reading
1. 在接触不到的地方 _____________________
2. 查看 _____________________
3. 再次地 _____________________
4. 与……相联系 _____________________
5. 根据 _____________________
6.兴奋的 _____________________
7. 对……担心 _____________________
8. 浏览 _____________________
9. 把某人拉离某地 _____________________
10. 而不是 _____________________
11. 喋喋不休 _____________________
12. 随时,在任何时候 _____________________
13. 实际上 _____________________
out of touching distance
check through
all over again
associate with
according to
be wired up
obsess over
scroll through
drag sb. away from
rather than
chatter away
at any time
in reality
单元重点词块
Homework
Retell Mark’s story.
Thank You!