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Unit 2 Colours
Study skills
Revision
新课导入
1. At present, many people would rather ____ in the country because there is ____ pollution in the city. (2013, 宿迁)
A. live; more
B. to live; less
C. live; less
D. to live; more
新课导入
2. — Does red look good ______ me
— Yes. You look beautiful ______ this
red dress.
A. on, in
B. in, on
C. on, on
D. in, in
新课导入
3. — Bob, please tell me ____.
— In South Hill School. (2013, 宿迁)
A. where will the match be held
B. where the match will be held
C. when will the match be held
D. when the match will be held
新课导入
What method do you usually use when you do reading comprehension
Free Talk
新课讲解
Scanning means moving our eyes quickly over the text to look for specific information such as names or numbers. We do not need to read every word. Instead, we look for the key information that will answer our questions.
Scanning
Scanning is often used when we read:
● some parts like “What’s on TV” in the
newspaper.
● a bus / train timetable.
● a guidebook.
新课讲解
Millie is reading an English magazine article to find out why many boys and girls dress in different colours. Scan the article to help Millie find the answers.
新课讲解
1. What did it mean if the sky was blue
2. Why did women in the past like pink and red
3. What power was blue once believed to have
4. Where did girls come from according to a European story
新课讲解
Blue for boys and pink for girls
In many places, baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls in pink. Why the difference
Scientists now think this started many years ago. When most men worked in the fields, the weather was very important to them. If the sky was blue, it meant good weather. So when the men thought of blue, they were very happy. In the past, women’s main job was to look for food for their family. They liked pink and red because these were the colours of healthy food, such as strawberries and apples.
新课讲解
People were also influenced by old stories. The colour blue was once believed to have the power to drive evil spirits away, so people dressed baby boys in blue in the hope that boys would be protected. Baby girls were dressed in pink because, according to a European story, girls were born inside pink roses.
新课讲解
1. What did it mean if the sky was blue
2. Why did women in the past like
pink and red
Good weather.
Because these were the colours of healthy food, such as strawberries and apples.
新课讲解
3. What power was blue once believed to have
4. Where did girls come from according to a European story
The power to drive evil spirits away.
They came from pink roses.
当堂小练
Scan the article to find the answers to the questions.
Practice
1. When the robber came out of prison, what did detectives do
2. What did Johnny buy
3. Could detectives find out what Johnny would do
4. Could the inspector find the money Can you guess
新课讲解
Detective Work
A bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caught and sent to prison, but the money was never found. When he came out of prison, they watched him to see what he would do. Here is the detective, reporting to the inspector.
新课讲解
“Yes, sir, I found Johnny. I followed him all around the town, but frankly, I couldn’t make anything out of what he bought. Here’s the list, shirt, heavy crowbar, box of chocolates, shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers.” The inspector said, “Good. That helps me a lot. Do you remember how we watched him helping his neighbour, old Mrs. Judson to cover her backyard with cement ”
新课讲解
1. When the robber came out of prison, what did detectives do
2. What did Johnny buy
They watched him to see what he would do.
Shirt, heavy crowbar, box of chocolates, shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers.
新课讲解
3. Could detectives find out what
Johnny would do
4. Could the inspector find the money
Can you guess
No. They couldn’t make anything out of what he bought.
Yes. I guess they can.
Language points
1. …baby boys are dressed in blue…
此处dress为动词,意为:装扮,打扮,给……穿。dress还可用做名词
意为:连衣裙,套裙。例如:
e.g. You look nice in this red dress.
你穿这件红色连衣裙很好看。
Language points
2. The colour blue was once believed to have the power to drive evil spirits away.
be believed to do sth.表示“据相信做 ……”。如果后面的动作已经发生,则用完成时表示,也就是to have done形式。
类似的用法还有:be considered to do sth.
和be said to do。
当堂小练
Exercises
A number of paintings in the castle are believed _____ in a fire.
A. being destroyed
B. having been destroyed
C. to be destroyed
D. to have been destroyed
课后作业
What to wear: _________
Colours and what they represent: ____________
What do you think
______________________
Write an article with the information below: