XB4U4 Extended Reading &project
Learning objectives:
To master some useful words: very, compose;
To learn some useful sentence structures: It soon dawned on me that---
Step 1:important phrases
1.carve out a career 2.launch sb. into
3.hold sth. against one’s breast 4.in a flash
5. hold on tight to 6.reflect on
7.compose oneself 8.take in
9.lay the foundation for 10.be alive with
11.take a deep breath 12.put sth. off
13.head straight for 14.stay up
15.for the duration of 16.stick to
17.bounce ideas off each other e to do sth.
19.take a genuine interest in 20.dawn on
21.return to the moment 22.head home
23.take extension courses 24.in one’s seventies
25.get one’s degree in history 26. lay out
Step2:Language points
1.I remembered arriving at university on my very first day, pausing at the gate to look down the long drive.(E:L12-L13)
本句中very意思:_____________ 词性 ________________
根据句意猜测very的词性及词义。
1)The problem and the answer are very simple.______________
2) Janet looked very pregnant._____________________
3) I turned to the very end of the book, to read the final words.____________
4) Everybody says he is the very man for the case._______________
【用法总结】very:
________________________________________________________________________
2.I took a few seconds to compose myself and to take in the scene that was laid out before me.( L16-L17)
【用法】compose vt. ____________________________
composer n.____________ composition n. _____________________
compose oneself 镇定下来 compose one’s thoughts 镇定思绪
be composed of 由......组成/构成
【拓展】其它“由......组成”短语有:_______________________________
【即学即练】
1) 玛丽皱起了眉头,努力使自己镇定下来。
Mary frowned, making an effort to ______________________.
2) 我心烦意乱,难以镇定思绪。
I was so confused that I could hardly ____________________.
3)The strains of Mozart’s ____________(compose) are mighty and delightful.
3.It soon dawned on me that many university professors are quite willing to share what they know, and they do take a genuine interest in their students’ intellectual development.( L42-L44)
1) It dawns on sb. that--- 某人突然明白/醒悟
【拓展】“某人突然想起......”句型有:______________________________
do强调谓语:
a.当句子中没有其它助动词时,我们可以在动词前使用助动词do表示对该动词的强调。 Do be careful with that vase!务必小心那个花瓶!
b.用于表示强调的do 可以有时态的变化, 但其后的动词要用原形。
He does look tired. 他确实显得很疲倦。
【注意】这样用的do 只用于现在时或过去式(即只有do, does, did)。
【即学即练】
●He ___________(come) but soon went back. 他的确来过,但很快就回去了。
●I do hope you’ll stay for lunch.______________________。
4.I heard my parents’voices calling me and I returned to the moment. (L45)
【用法】hear sb./sth. doing,其中sb./sth.为宾语,doing是__________分词,做__________语。译为:听见某人__________做某事(正在进行)。
【拓展】hear+宾语+宾语补足语,宾语补足语通常由省略to的动词不定式、现在分词或过去分词充当。具有类似用法的感官动词和使役动词有: ________________________________________________________________________
【即学即练】
1) I heard her ___________(sing) an English song just now.
2) I heard her ___________(sing) an English song when I passed by her room yesterday.
3) I’d like to see the plan _____________(carry out).
4) Please speak slowly to make yourself __________________(understand).
5) My teacher got me _____________(copy) the word 20 twenty times.
Step3:Consolidation
in a flash; compose oneself ; dawn on; put off; be confident about bounce ideas off; come down on; be responsible for; fit in; be alive with
1. Johnson____ drawing the draft, so you should ask him when he will finish it.
2. As soon as she heard the manager’s voice, the rude salesgirl changed her attitude__________.
3. The general _____________David, because his foolish behaviour put some soldiers on the line.
4. It suddenly _____________detective that the thief had stolen the famous painting by using an unusual.
5. The candidate tried to _____________by singing his favourite song in his mind before the job interview.
6. Because of the pandemic of COVID-19,his enterprise ________________ conveying goods to our firm.
7. Before long, the whole kindergarten _______________________ the sound of children playing.
8. Jackson _______________ his competence, so he accepted the task happily.
9. He ____________________colleagues everywhere he went.
10. The concrete reason why Jane dropped out of the painting club was that she didn’t_______________.