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初中英语
九年级上 沪教牛津版
Module 1 Geniuses
Unit 1 Wise men in history
More practice – Culture corner
How can you weigh an elephant without any modern machines
More practice
How did Cao chong weigh the elephant
Who was in the story
What did Cao Cao want to know about the elephant
How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant
What do you think of Cao Chong
Task 1
Read the passage and answer the questions:
A Read the story below and describe how Cao Chong weighed the
elephant. Use thewords from the box to help you.
Cao Cao, Cao Chong and some soldiers.
2. He wanted to know the weight of the elephant.
3. a. Led the elephant onto a boat.
b. Drew a line on the side of the boat to mark how low it went.
c. took the elephant off the boat and filled the boat with rocks until it went down again and water reached the line on the boat
d. weighed the rocks.
Check the answers
One day, Sun Quan sent Cao Cao an elephant ___ a present. Cao Cao wanted to _______ the weight of the elephant. Cao Chong said he had a good idea. Cao Chong asked some soldiers to _____ the elephant ____ a boat. The boat went lower _____ the water and Cao Chong drew a line on the boat.
as
find out
lead
onto
into
Task 2
Complete the passage with proper words, which will help you retell the text.
Then soldiers _____ the boat ____ rocks. The boat went down again and the water _______ the line on the boat. Cao Chong weighed all the rocks and that was the weight of the elephant. Cao Cao was __________ him.
filled
with
reached
so proud of
Task 2
1. What a huge animal it is!
多么巨大的动物!
language points
感叹句结构
What+ a/an+(adj.)+n.(单数)+(主+谓)+…!
What+(adj.)+n.(复数/不可数)+(主+谓)+…!
What an honest man (he is)!
What beautiful flowers (these are)!
2. Cao Chong asked some soldiers to lead the elephant onto a boat.曹冲叫一些士兵将大象领到船上。
ask sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事
lead…onto 带……到…….之上
I’ve asked David to come to the party.
我叫了大卫来参加聚会。
The schoolmaster met us and led us round the campus.
校长接待了我们,带我们在校园里转了转。
until 到……时;直到……时;常引导状语从句。
take off 脱下;起飞;突然成功;离开
Once he starts a decorating job he won’t stop until it’s finished.
一旦开始一项装修工作,他就不会半途而废。
3. The elephant was then taken off the boat and the boat was filled with rocks until it went down again and water reached the line on the boat.
1. 他一看见我就往另一个方向躲开了。
When he saw me, he took off in the other direction.
2. Her singing career had just begun to take off.
她的歌唱事业刚刚起飞。
practice
Discussion
Do you know any other good stories in Chinese history like Cao Chong weighs an elephant Could you share it with us
Study skills
Punctuation
We use full stops (.), question marks ( ) and exclamation marks (!) to end sentences. We also use other punctuation marks in sentences.
to break sentences into smaller parts and make them easier to read.
Commas
One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked
a crown maker to make him a golden crown.
to separate words in lists.
English-speaking countries include the
UK, the US, Canada and Australia.
We use commas:
before question tags.
Commas
You like reading, don’t you
when an adverbial clause is used at the beginning of a sentence.
If a small rock is put in water, only a little water will be displaced.
We use commas:
to show direct speech.
Quotation marks
“I like fish and chips,” said Mike.
around words that other people have used or words with a special meaning.
Mark Twain is often called the “father of American literature”.
We use quotation marks:
in contractions. They are most often used in speech or informal writing.
Apostrophes
can’t (= cannot), it’s (= it is/has),
I’d (= I would/had)
to show possession.
Jason’s family, the children’s books
We use apostrophes:
for some compounds.
Hyphens
T-shirt, Mid-Autumn Festival, hard-working
when two related modifiers come before a noun.
a well-dressed man
We use hyphens:
to introduce a list.
Colons
We need seven people: three students, three engineers and one expert.
We use a colon:
1 You like Chinese food don t you asked Mary
2 Since she s your little sister please take care of her
3 I ve passed these subjects Chinese Maths English
History and Music
4 This is a well run hotel
A Add punctuation marks to the following sentences.
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Homework
完成Study skills板块中的练习B。