课件31张PPT。SamandLingtninglightning
recently
risk
gray
race
n. 闪电
adv. 最近
vt. 冒险
adj. 灰色的
v. 跑动
words reviewimagine
imaginary
imagination
cautious
distance
distant
stair
bark
warning
warnv. 想象
adj. 想象中的,不真实的
n. 想象
adj. 小心的
n. 距离
adj. 遥远的
n. 楼梯
vi. 犬叫n. 吠叫声;树皮
n. 警告
vt. 警告vi. 发出警告attack
heart attack
heartbroken
suffer
pain
painful
disappointment
disappoint
disappointed
sorrow
sofan. 发作;侵袭;伤害;攻击
心脏病
adj. 令人心碎的
vi. 受苦;感到疼痛、悲伤
n. 痛苦
adj. 痛苦的
n. 失望,沮丧
v. 使失望,使沮丧
adj. 失望的,沮丧的
n. 悲伤
n. 沙发statue
satisfactorily
in the blink of an eye
bark at
die of
in the days that followed
suffer from
as the weeks went byn. 雕像,塑像
adv. 令人满意地
一眨眼功夫
指狗、狼等的吠叫
死于…
在随后几天里
遭受,受苦
几周过去了1. Look at the following pictures and work with your partner to describe the friendship shown in each one.Friendship between adultsFriendship between mankind and animalsFriendship between childrenFriendship between animals2. Read the following sentences and guess the meaning of each colored word through the context.If you are jealous of another person’s possessions or qualities, you feel angry or bitter because you don’t have them.嫉 妒2) The government denies that any of its
territory is under rebel control.疆域3) To invade a country means to enter it by force with an army.侵 略4)A feeling of deep sadness or regret is
called sorrow.悲 哀5)A statue is a large sculpture of a person or
an animal, made of stone, marble, bronze or
some other hard material.雕 像6) When you wrap something, you fold paper or cloth tightly round it to cover it completely.包 装objectivesTo talk about the friendship between Lightning and SamTo get the main idea by skimmingTo retell the text with the following expressions:Expressions:
in the blink of an eye bark at
die of suffer from
as the weeks went by
in the days that followedfor
general ideaSkimmingRead the text and answer the following
questions.What is the main idea of the passage?Sam and Lightning are good friends.
When Sam died, Lightning was painful
and slept next to its statue.for
specific informationScanningwere verycautious with each other
and kepttogetherdied ofeight-week-oldhusbandhelp me ease the pain of losing my job.Check your answers:neighbourlittle, gray, playfulheartbrokensleeping2. Choose the best answer.My husband gave me Sam, an eight-year-old dog, to help me ease the pain.
A cure B increase
C calm down D reduce
2) We decided to risk it and agreed to take a kitten.
A experience B have a try
C cry D take a chance on 3) Sam and Lightening were very cautious with each other and kept their distance.
A frightened B friendly
C careful D helpful
4) If Sam barked at something, Lightening ran to see what it was.
A make the sound that dogs make
B shout
C cry
D call at5) As the weeks went by, the cat’s sorrow seemed to be lessening.
A less B become less
C little D less and less
3. Discuss the following questions with your partner.In the sentence “It seemed nothing could ever happen to change that”, what does
“that” refers to?
2) What does “it” in the sentence “ but we decided to risk it” refer to ?1) “That” refers to the very special bond Sam and the author developed.2) “It” here refers to taking the kitten the neighbour offered.3) What does the expression “in the blink of an eye” mean here?
4) What is the subject in the last sentence of the article? What is the fun_ction of “one arm around the statue’s neck” in the sentence?
3) very quickly4) The subject of the sentence is Lightening . The fun_ction of “one arm around the statue’s neck” in the sentence is adverbial. Work in groups and retell the story. Your retelling should include the following three parts:
How did Sam and Lightening come to their home?
How did they react to each other at first and then how did their friendship develop?
What happened to Lightening after Sam’s death and how was their friendship tested?Now 2 mins to test your spelling.Spelling Bee1. English-Chinese
lightening, gray, race, imaginary, bark, warning, pain, statue, stair, sofa, sorrow
2. Chinese-English
一眨眼功夫,吠叫,死于......, 心脏病,遭受When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best.注:另附word文档,点此链接Fill in the blanks. Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave
me Sam, an eight-week-old dog to _____
me ____ the pain of losing my job. Later,
when we were in New Jersey, our
neighbour, whose cat had __________
had kittens, asked us if we would like one.helpeaserecently We ____ ___ and picked a little, gray, playful kitten. She was active and raced around as if running after imaginary mice and jumped from table to chair ____ _____ ______ ___ _____ ______. If Sam _____ ____ something, Lightening ran to see what it was. But one day, without any warning, Sam _____ ____ a ______ _____ at the vet’s.intheblinkofaneyebarkedatdiedofheartattackriskit___ ___ ____ _____ _______,
Lightning seemed heartbroken.
___ _____ ______ ___, the cat’s sorrow
seemed to be lessening. One day
lying next to the sam’s statue was Lightning
with its arm wrapped around the
statue’s neck.InthedaysthatfollowedAstimewentby