Period Four Lesson 3 Race to the Pole(Reading)
【课前自主探究】
Step 1 Fast reading
Para. 1—C; Paras. 2—4—D; Paras. 5—10—B; Para. 11—A
Step 2 Careful reading
1—4 ADDC
Step 3 Summary
1.preparations 2.anxiously 3.reaching 4.with
5.themselves 6.worst 7.which 8.was covered 9.a
10.shown
【语言知识梳理】
词汇点睛
1.(1)①to set ②preparation ③prepared (2)The best preparation for tomorrow
2.(1)①to go ②anxiety ③about ④for (2)waited at the station anxiously
3.(1)①breaking into ②broke up ③broke down ④broke in
⑤broke out ⑥break away from (2)broke into tears
4.(1)①to become ②ambitious ③to rise ④for
(2)achieving/realizing my ambition
5.(1)①cheerful ②cheerfully (2)①cheer us up ②cheered me on
6.(1)①to be ②proof (2)will prove my ability to you
7.(1)①distance ②in (2)冷漠的 (3)is distant from
句型透视
①came a voice ②lives an old man ③is/was the forestPeriod Four Lesson 3 Race to the Pole(Reading)
Ⅰ.1.proved 2.tent 3.boots 4.captain 5.polar
Ⅱ.1.sincerity 2.skiing 3.cheerful 4.anxiously
5.distance 6.preparations 7.exploration 8.bravery
9.continents 10.ambitious 11.based 12.honesty
Ⅲ.1.prepare for 2.broke down 3.to carry on 4.After a while 5.have difficulty (in) learning 6.on the/my way
Ⅳ.1.the first to flower 2.stood a girl 3.make you excited
Ⅴ.【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者大学毕业后找到了工作,并接受了一份兼职工作,但作者担心自己不能同时胜任两份工作。一天,一只松鼠的行动给了作者勇气和希望。
1.D 根据上文“After my graduation from college, I was always worried about my financial (财务的) situation. Things changed when I got a job at a library and also accepted a part-time job.”可知,作者毕业后总是担心自己的财务情况,但在找到工作并接受兼职工作后,作者对未来充满了希望。故选D。anxious焦虑的;confused困惑的;bored感到厌倦的;hopeful充满希望的。
2.C 根据下文two jobs at the same time可知,此处表示同时应付两份工作。故选C。apply for申请;clean up打扫;deal with应付;give up放弃。
3.A 根据下文“…for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth.”可知,松鼠嘴里叼着一块面包,所以轻松地爬上爬下对它来说有点儿困难。故选A。difficult困难的;necessary必要的;digital数字的;funny有趣的。
4.B 根据上文“I held my breath and cheered him on…”可知,此处表示作者在心里为松鼠加油。故选B。shelter避难所;mind大脑,心思;system系统;temple寺庙。
5.D 根据上文“It was…for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth.”可知,松鼠小心翼翼地抓着树往下爬。故选D。aid帮助;surprise惊讶;character特色;care小心。
6.B 根据上文“He moved down with…holding onto the tree.”以及下文“Slowly but surely, he…it to the roadside and stopped to check on the traffic.”可知,此处表示松鼠终于到达了地面。故选B。flood大量涌入;reach到达;ski滑雪;dig挖。
7.A 根据下文“…so he kept trying!”可知,松鼠的旅程还没结束,它还在继续努力。故选A。finished完成的;exchanged交换的;preserved保存的;prepared准备好的。
8.D 根据下文“I had my own bread to…and my own trees to climb.”可知,作者将自己与松鼠的情况进行对比,很明显作者和松鼠有很多共同点。故选D。impossible不可能的;terrible可怕的;convenient方便的;obvious明显的。
9.C 根据上文“It was…for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth.”可知,作者认为自己和松鼠很像,有自己的“面包”要拿着。故选C。search搜索;invent发明;carry携带;hurt受伤。
10.B 根据上文“I thought, looking out of the window.”可知,作者在看窗外时看到了松鼠,所以此处表示从一扇窗户移到另一扇窗户。故选B。tree树;window窗户;road道路;lecture演讲。
11.C 根据上文“His journey was not…yet, so he kept trying!”以及后文可知,作者观察松鼠叼着面包爬下树,并最终进入灌木丛的过程,此处表示作者移动是为了观察松鼠的进展。故选C。creation创造;habit习惯;progress进展; training训练。
12.D 根据下文to the roadside可知,此处表示松鼠带着面包成功到了路边。make it意为“成功”。故选D。hide隐藏; quit退出;lend借出; make制造。
13.B 根据“…he…it to the roadside and stopped to check on the traffic. Finally, the squirrel crossed the road…”以及下文“When he entered the bushes (灌木丛), I cheered even though I couldn’t watch his next…”可知,此处表示松鼠安全地过了马路。故选B。suddenly突然;safely安全地;normally通常;secretly秘密地。
14.B 根据“When he entered the bushes (灌木丛)…”可知,作者看不见松鼠的下一步行动了。故选B。failure失败;move行动;proposal提议;brick砖。
15.A 根据上文“Things changed when I got a job at a library and also accepted a part-time job. I became…about future. But how was I going to…two jobs at the same time ”以及下文“‘You can do it,’ I told myself.”可知,此处表示作者准备去迎接自己面临的挑战。故选A。challenge挑战;disaster灾难;comment评论; mistake错误。
Ⅵ. 【文章大意】 这是一篇议论文。文章开篇借由英国诗人阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生的话引出观点:我们应尽量与野生动物保持距离。文章接着以加拿大森林里的土狼和云南大象迁徙为例进行论证,告诫我们应当远离这些动物的生活,这是保护它们的一种方式,也是我们的责任。
1.D 设空处位于段末,应具有总结前文的作用。上文“When the British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson described nature as ‘red in tooth and claw’, he was telling us that the natural world can be cruel as well as beautiful.”提到了英国诗人对自然界的观点,但此处尚未表明作者自己的观点,由此可推知,设空处是作者在总结前文并表明自己的观点。D项 (简单地说,我们应该尽量与野生动物保持适当的距离。)恰好能总结前文内容,又表达了作者自己的观点,符合语境。故选D项。
2.E 上文“Most people living in urban areas rarely encounter wild animals in their natural surroundings.”提到了大多数生活在城市的人很少遇到野生动物;下文“And they are willing to get close to them. But for wild animals, it is ‘eat or be eaten’, and they can’t distinguish between humans and other animals.”提到了人们想接近这些野生动物,但野生动物只有“要么吃,要么被吃”的概念,它们无法区分人类和其他动物,由此可推知,人们接近这些野生动物,是因为他们没有正确的认知。E项(因此,他们误以为野生动物和迪士尼角色一样友好。)与下文“And they are willing to get close to them.”意义顺承,也与下文“野生动物的反应”对应。故选E项。
3.A 设空处位于段首,应具有概述下文的作用。下文“In Canadian woods lives a dog-like animal, coyote, which is a little bigger than a fox, but smaller than a wolf. They usually avoid humans, but the occasional attacks can be deadly. Every year, one or two people end up getting killed by coyotes.”提到了加拿大森林里有一种土狼,有时会把人杀死。由此可推知,此处段首提及的内容与森林有关。A项(在森林里散步可能很危险。)恰好与下文提及的加拿大森林对应,而下文内容正是本句话的原因支撑。故选A项。
4.G 上文“Animal experts haven’t determined why the elephants went on their journey.”提到了动物专家还没查明这些大象迁徙的原因;下文“The wild animals we love are in a constant struggle for survival.”提到了这些野生动物一直在为生存奋斗,由此可推知,设空处可能是在谈这些大象迁徙的潜在原因。G项(一个合理的可能性就是它们需要更多的生存空间和食物来生存。)恰好与下文的in a constant struggle for survival对应。故选G项。
5.B 上文“Maybe we should try to stay away from them.”提议应尽量远离野生动物;下文“Their lives—red in tooth and claw—are difficult enough without us causing them any more problems than they already have.”提到了“我们应该尽量远离野生动物”的原因,由此可推知,设空处是在进一步解释为什么需要远离野生动物。B项 (这是保护野生动物的一种方式,也是我们的责任。)恰好与上下文对应。故选B项。
Ⅶ.【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界上最大的种子库——千年种子银行的相关信息。
1.largest 考查形容词最高级。根据句意可知,空处应填形容词large的最高级形式largest,在句中作定语。故填largest。
2.With 考查介词。with the aim of意为“以……为目标”,为固定短语,单词位于句首,首字母要大写。故填With。
3.was created 考查动词时态、语态和主谓一致。根据时间状语more than 20 years ago可知,句子应用一般过去时,动词create与句子主语MSB构成被动关系,应用被动语态,主语MSB是单数名词,be动词用was。故填was created。
4.its 考查代词。分析句子可知,空处应填形容词性物主代词,its在句中作定语。故填its。
5.and 考查连词。分析句子可知,空处应用连词and连接dried,cleaned和stored。故填and。
6.to see 考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知,空处应用不定式作目的状语。故填to see。
7.helping 考查非谓语动词。介词of后接动名词作宾语。故填helping。
8.strengths 考查名词复数。one of后接名词复数形式,表示“……之一”。故填strengths。
9.that/which 考查定语从句。分析句子可知,空处引导限制性定语从句,并在从句中作主语,先行词plants指物,关系代词用that或which。
10.extremely 考查副词。分析句子可知,空处应用副词修饰形容词important。故填extremely。Period Four Lesson 3 Race to the Pole(Reading)
词汇助读 课文 翻译助读
①pole n.(地)极 ②Antarctica n.南极洲 ③on the way to在去往……的路上 ④explorer n.探险者;勘察者 ⑤polar adj.极地的,地极的 ⑥base n.基地,大本营;基础 vt.以……为基地 ⑦in preparation for 为……做准备 ⑧anxiously adv.焦虑地;不安地 ⑨sledge n.雪橇 ⑩ski n.滑雪板 vi.滑雪 because of 由于,因为 make rapid progress进展迅速;取得快速的进步 break down停止运转,出故障 prepare for 为……做准备 ahead of(时间、空间)早于;领先;在……前面 shocked adj.震惊的 ambition n.抱负,雄心;追求,夙愿 in the history of在……的历史上 exploration n.探险;探索 run out of用完,耗尽 situation n. 情况;状况;形势 cheerful adj.高兴的,兴高采烈的 put on穿上 RACE TO THE POLE① On 1 June, 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott left London to begin his journey to Antarctica②. [1]While he was on the way to③ Antarctica, he received a message from the Norwegian explorer④ Roald Amundsen which said he was going south, too. Then the race to the South Pole began! [1]while引导时间状语从句。 During the polar⑤ summer of 1910—1911, both teams organised food bases⑥ in preparation for⑦ their journeys the next year. [2]Then came the total darkness of the polar winter. Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously⑧ for spring. [2]画线部分为then置于句首引起的完全倒装句。 Amundsen was the first [3]to leave on 8 September, 1911. He [4]had teams of dogs pulling the sledges⑨ and all his men were on skis⑩. Because o this, he made rapid progres.Scott left on 1 November and soon had problems. First, his two sledges broke dow and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold. After a while, Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves. [3]画线部分为不定式,在句中作定语,修饰the first。 [4]画线部分为“have+宾语+宾语补足语”结构,现在分词短语pulling the sledges作宾语补足语。 Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared fo the return journey. Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead o their planned schedule. Scott finally arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912. They were shocke when they saw the Norwegian flag. Scott wrote in his diary: “Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambitio and must face 800 miles of hard pushing—and goodbye to most of our dreams.” The return journey was one of the worst in the history o exploratio. The men were soon very tired and were running out o food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situatio: “We are very cheerfu, but [5]what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. [6]Putting o our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.” [5]what引导宾语从句,作动词guess的宾语。 [6]画线部分为动名词短语,在句中作主语。 奔向南极的比赛 1910年6月1日,罗伯特·福尔肯·斯科特上校离开了伦敦,开始了去南极洲的行程。在去往南极洲的途中,他收到了挪威探险家罗尔德·阿蒙森的一封信,信中说他也要去南极洲。于是,奔向南极的赛跑就开始了! 在1910—1911年的极地的夏季,两支队伍都建了食品储备点,为来年的旅程做准备。之后极地的冬季来临,四处一片黑暗。斯科特和阿蒙森焦急地等待春天的到来。 1911年9月8日,阿蒙森第一个动身。他用几队狗拉雪橇,他所有的队员都在滑雪板上行进。因此,他进展很快。11月1日,斯科特动身,但很快就出现了问题。先是他的两辆雪橇坏了,后来马匹开始在大雪和严寒的天气下出现严重问题。过了一阵子,斯科特和他的队员不得不自己推雪橇。 1911年12月14日,阿蒙森到达极点,在那里插上了挪威国旗。然后他准备返回。1912年1月25日,阿蒙森和他的团队提前10天安全抵达了他们出发的基地。 1912年1月17日,斯科特和四名队员终于到达了极点。当看到挪威国旗时,他们非常震惊。斯科特在日记中写道: “好吧,我们现在已经失去了我们奋斗的目标,而且必须要面对800英里的艰苦行进——并且要跟我们大多数人的梦想说再见。” 他们的回程是探险史上最糟糕的旅程之一。队员们很快就精疲力竭,食物也快吃完了。天气非常糟糕。斯科特开始意识到他们令人绝望的处境: “我们很高兴,但我只能猜测每个人内心的感受。大家早上鞋子穿得越来越慢。”
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词汇助读 课文 翻译助读
prove vt.证明;证实 at one time曾经,一度 distant adj.久远的;遥远的 continent n.洲,大洲;大陆 captain n.队长;上校 have difficulty (in) doing sth 做某事有困难 act n.行为,举动 spirit n.精神 carry on继续;坚持 tent n.帐篷 honesty n.坦诚;诚实,正直 sincerity n.真诚,真挚,诚实 bravery n.勇气;勇敢的行为 However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried twenty kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks prove [7]that at one tim in the distan past, the continen of Antarctica was covered by plants. [7]that引导宾语从句。 Then disaster came. Edgar Evans had a terrible disease and died after a bad fall. The next [8]to go was Captai Oates, [9]who was having great difficulty walkin. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and may be some time.’…We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the ac of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spiri, and certainly the end is not far.” [8]画线部分为不定式,在句中作定语,修饰the next。 [9]who引导非限制性定语从句,修饰名词Captain Oates。 Scott and two of his team members carried o and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their ten. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy…but what a price to pay.” Scott’s diary also told the story of their end: “We are getting weaker and weaker and the end can’t be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.” The news of Scott’s death shocked the world. Even Amundsen was moved by Scott’s death saying “Captain Scott left a record, for honest, for sincerit, for braver, for everything [10]that makes a man”. Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the great courage [11]shown by Scott and his men [12]made them heroes. [10]that引导定语从句,修饰不定代词everything。 [11]画线部分为过去分词短语,在句中作定语,修饰名词courage。 [12]画线部分为“make+宾语+宾语补足语”结构。 然而,在回去的路上,他们还花时间去寻找了岩石。他们一路上带着二十公斤的石头。后来,这些石块证实了,在遥远的过去,南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。 然后灾难来了。埃德加·埃文斯得了一种可怕的疾病,重重地跌倒后去世了。下一个离去的是奥茨上校,他连走路都很困难。斯科特记下了他的死亡: “他说,‘我要出去一下,可能会待上一会儿。’我们知道可怜的奥茨正走向死亡,尽管我们曾试图阻止他,但我们都知道这是一个勇敢的人、一个英国绅士的行为。我们都希望能以同样的精神挺到最后,我们也确实快走到最后了。” 斯科特上校和两名队员继续向前,到达距离食品储备点不足11英里的地方,但随后爆发了一场可怕的风暴,他们无法离开帐篷。在他生命的最后几个小时,斯科特花他最后的一点时间写下一些文字。他写了一封充满悲伤的信给妻子凯瑟琳: “关于这次旅行我有太多太多的事情想告诉你。很多你愿意给孩子讲的故事……但付出了多大的代价啊。” 斯科特的日记也讲述了他们的结局: “我们越来越虚弱,终点可能不远了。非常遗憾,但我想我无法继续写下去了。” 斯科特死亡的消息震惊了全世界。甚至阿蒙森也被斯科特的离世所触动,他说:“斯科特上校将永载史册,因为他诚实、真诚、勇敢,并拥有一个男人该有的一切。”斯科特没能赢得极点比赛,但斯科特和他的队员表现出的巨大勇气使他们成了英雄。
Step 1 Fast reading
Read the text on Page 36—Page 37 and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.
( )Para.1 ( )Paras.2—4
( )Paras. 5—10 ( )Para. 11
A.Scott and his companions became heroes because of great courage.
B.Scott and his companions’ return journey was of great difficulty.
C.The race to the South Pole began.
D.Amundsen’s team won the race.
Step 2 Careful reading
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
( )1.What did Captain Scott use to pull the sledges
A.Horses. B.Dogs.
C.Donkeys. D.Cats.
( )2.How long did it take Amundsen and his team to get to the South Pole
A.Less than one month.
B.Less than two months.
C.More than two months.
D.More than three months.
( )3.What did Captain Scott and his four members do on their way back
A.They saved some penguins.
B.They did some scientific research.
C.They lost all their food.
D.They carried rocks with them.
( )4.What did Scott mean by writing “but what a price to pay”
A.The journey cost him an arm and a leg.
B.His attitude towards the journey was optimistic.
C.He felt hopeless and thought he would die.
D.He shouldn’t have taken the adventurous journey.
Step 3 Summary
Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
In the polar spring of 1911, Captain Scott and the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen started their race to the South Pole. Both teams had made full 1. (prepare) the year before and then waited 2. (anxious) for their journeys.
Amundsen and his team had dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis. Because of this, they made rapid progress, 3. (reach) the Pole on 14 December, 1911. They put a Norwegian flag there and then started the return journey. However, Scott got into trouble soon after they set off. Their sledges broke down and the horses had serious difficulties 4. the snow and the cold. Scott and his men had to push the sledges 5. (they).
Scott finally made it to the Pole with four team members. The return journey was one of the 6. (bad) in the history of exploration. The men were very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. In spite of their hopeless situation, they collected twenty kilos of rocks, 7. later proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent of Antarctica 8. (cover) by plants.
None of Scott’s team members survived the return journey. Their death was 9. great shock to the whole world. And the great courage 10. (show) by Scott and his men made them heroes.
1.preparation n. 预备,准备
(教材P36)What preparations do they need to make 他们需要做什么准备
(1)make preparations for 为……做准备
in preparation for 为……做准备
(2)prepare v. 准备,预备
prepare for 为……做准备
prepare to do sth 准备做某事
(3)prepared adj. 准备好的;愿意
be/get prepared to do sth 愿意做某事
be/get prepared for 为……做好了准备
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①Just as she prepared (set) off for the next village, two friends arrived in a taxi.
②The students are working hard in (prepare) for the coming contest.
③We were given two days to get (prepare) for the journey.
(2)完成句子
is doing your best today.
对明天最好的准备就是今天做到最好。 (读后续写之哲理句)
2.anxiously adv. 焦虑地;不安地
(教材P36)Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spring. 斯科特和阿蒙森焦急地等待春天的到来。
(1)anxious adj. 焦虑的,不安的
be anxious about sth 为某事担心/忧虑
be anxious for sb 担心某人
be anxious for sth 渴望某事
be anxious to do sth 渴望/急于做某事
(2)anxiety n. 焦虑,忧虑,担心
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①Though the girl is disabled, she is anxious
(go) to college.
②My (anxious) drove me to try every means possible to lose weight, including dieting and weight-loss pills.
③I was happy and relieved, yet worried and anxious the future.
④After two defeats, the team are now anxious a victory to cheer up the players.
(2)完成句子
Anne , worrying nobody would ever come to pick her up.
安妮焦急地在车站等着,担心根本没有人来接她。(读后续写之心理描写)
3.break down 停止运转,出故障;(计划等)失败;(身体、精神等)垮掉;分解
(教材P36)First, his two sledges broke down and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold.先是他的两辆雪橇坏了,后来马匹开始在大雪和严寒的天气下出现严重问题。
break away from 脱离,逃脱,挣脱(束缚)
break in 打岔;破门而入(不及物动词短语);插嘴,打断
break into 强行闯入(及物动词短语);突然开始(笑、唱、跑等)
break out (火灾、战争等)突然开始;爆发
break up 粉碎;拆散;结束;破裂;解体;散开
break through 取得突破;取得新的重大发现
【活学活用】
(1)用break相关短语的适当形式填空
①Close the door and windows carefully to prevent some strangers your house.
②When school at noon, Tom flew to Becky Thatcher, and whispered something in her ear.
③The man who had to support his family under the pressure of work.
④They were discussing something important when a man , which made everyone upset.
⑤The war in 1937 and we were forced to leave our hometown.
⑥We must convention and adopt as many advanced techniques as possible in order to build our country into a powerful modern state.
(2)完成句子
Hearing the sad news, the old woman couldn’t contain her emotions and .
听到这个悲伤的消息,这位老太太不能抑制自己的情绪,突然哭了起来。(读后续写之情感描写)
4.ambition n. 抱负,雄心;追求,夙愿
(教材P37)Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing—and goodbye to most of our dreams.好吧,我们现在已经失去了我们奋斗的目标,而且必须要面对800英里的艰苦行进——并且要跟我们大多数人的梦想说再见。
(1)be full of ambition 野心勃勃
achieve/realize one’s ambition
实现某人的理想
have the ambition for sth 渴望得到某物
have the ambition to do sth 有做某事的雄心
(2)ambitious adj. 有雄心壮志的;有野
心的
be ambitious to do sth 一心想做某事
be ambitious for (power, social position, etc.)
极想获得(权力、社会地位等)
[温馨提示] ambition作主语时,常用动词不定式作表语。
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①My brother’s ambition is (become) a pilot after graduation.
②He is a very (ambition) young person who wants to be a top player.
③Water always flows from a higher level to a lower one, but everybody has an ambition (rise) higher up in society.
④Ambitious power, he planned to go into politics.
(2)完成句子
Nothing would stop me from .
没有什么可以阻止我实现我的抱负。
5.cheerful adj. 高兴的,兴高采烈的
(教材P37)We are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess.
我们很高兴,但是每个人内心的感受我只能猜测。
(1)cheer v. & n. 欢呼;喝彩;加油
cheer up (使)高兴起来,(使)振奋起来
cheer sb on 为某人加油
(2)cheerfully adv. 高兴地;兴高采烈地
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①At first sight, the overall scene of life in the capital city appears peaceful and (cheer).
②Seated in the boat and looking up at the sky, I felt like the clouds were greeting us (cheerful) from above.
(2)完成句子
①There was nothing like a good dinner and some nice music to .
没有什么比一顿美餐和一些美妙的音乐更能使我们高兴的了。
②Voices, both foreign and familiar, , which gave me the courage to keep going until the very end.
陌生和熟悉的声音都为我加油,这给了我坚持到最后的勇气。(读后续写之场面描写)
6.prove vt. 证明;证实 linking v.证明是; 原来是
(教材P37)Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants.后来,这些石块证实了,在遥远的过去,南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。
(1)prove sth to sb 向某人证明……
prove (to be)+n./adj. ……证明是……
It is proved that… 事实证明……
(2)proof n. 证据
There is no proof that… 没有证据表明……(that引导同位语从句,作名词proof的同位语)
[温馨提示] prove表示“证明是,原来是”时是系动词,不能用被动语态。
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①This festival, which was a feast for ears and eyes as well as minds, proved (be) a great success.
②She is living (prove) that anyone can succeed in this business.
(2)完成句子
Just give me a chance and I .
只要给我个机会,我会证明我的能力给你看。(应用文写作之申请信)
7.distant adj. 久远的;遥远的;不太热情的,冷漠的
(教材P37)Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants.后来,这些石块证实了,在遥远的过去,南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。
(1)be distant from… 离……远;与……相去甚远,与……不同
(2)distance n. 距离,间距
v. 使与……保持距离,疏远
和……的关系
in the distance 在远方;在远处
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①Some members travelled a long (distant) to attend the meeting.
②She watched her son disappear the distance, with tears in her eyes.
(2)熟词生义
From her voice I could tell that she was cold and distant.
(3)完成句子
It seems that the life in senior high school that of his junior high school.
高中的学校生活似乎与他初中的学校生活相去甚远。(话题写作之学校生活)
(教材P36)Then came the total darkness of the polar winter.
接着,极地的冬季来临,四周一片黑暗。
完全倒装句
句型公式
【句式点拨】
该句使用了完全倒装语序,正常语序为:“The total darkness of the polar winter then came.”。
【相关拓展】
完全倒装是将句子中的谓语动词全部置于主语之前。常见结构有:
①地点副词here, there,方位副词out, in, up, down, away及时间副词now, then等开头的句子里,常使用完全倒装,以示强调。如:
Here comes the bus which will take you right to the post office.
公共汽车来了,它正好可以把你带到邮局。
There lies a large field of rice in front of our village.
在我们的村庄前面有一大片稻田。
注意:如果主语是人称代词时,主语和谓语语序不变。如:
Away it went./Here you are./Down they flew.
它走了。/给你。/它们飞了下来。
②表示地点或方位的介词短语位于句首,而谓语动词是be, come, go, lie, sit, stand, run, fly, walk等不及物动词时,常使用完全倒装。如:
At the foot of the hill lies a beautiful lake.
山脚下有个美丽的湖泊。
The soldiers rushed to the building, on the top of which flew a red flag.
战士们冲向这座大楼,楼顶上飘扬着一面红旗。
③有时为了使叙述或描绘更加生动形象,增加语言效果,句子常采用完全倒装语序。如:
Present at the meeting were Professor White, Professor Smith and many other guests.
出席会议的有怀特教授、史密斯教授和许多其他的客人。
Gone are the days when an overseas degree ensures a top-paying job.
拥有海外文凭就能确保获得高薪工作的日子已经一去不复返了。
【活学活用】
完成句子
①Out of the darkness he had never heard before.
黑暗中传来一个他从来没有听过的声音。
②At the foot of the mountain who makes a living by hunting.
山脚下住着一位以打猎为生的老人。
③Behind the house carrying their good memories with Grandpa.
房子后面是承载着他们与爷爷美好回忆的森林。Period Four Lesson 3 Race to the Pole(Reading)
●Ⅰ 单词拼写
1.The scientist did lots of experiments , which (证明) that his theory was true.
2.Our camp is located in a beautiful site near a quiet canal, where we will sleep in a (帐篷) under the stars.
3.When I first visited New York, I went to a shopping centre to buy some winter (靴子).
4.With the help of the (船长), the sailors landed in the end and appreciated him.
5.We found that the habitat of p bears was on the edge of disappearing.
●Ⅱ 单句填空
1.His (sincere) to some extent added much authority to the story.
2.John likes winter because he can make snowmen and go (ski) with his friends.
3.The (cheer) girl seems to have no worries at all.
4.Hurry up! Mother might be waiting for us (anxious) at home.
5.With all varieties of communication software , physical (distant) no longer gets in the way.
6.Mary was busy making (prepare) for her trip to America all the afternoon.
7.The reality is that space (explore)is extremely difficult and dangerous, can take a very long time and costs a huge amount of money.
8.Regardless of all the challenges, Columbus succeeded in keeping everyone out of danger with his knowledge and (brave) across the ocean.
9.Of the seven (continent) on the earth, Asia is the largest.
10.In addition , the (ambition) “Water Ten Plan” is also now dealing with water pollution across the country.
11.Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea (base) on his personal life experiences and won many prizes.
12.We all know that (honest) is important merit and that lying is shameful.
●Ⅲ 短语填空
1.The boy stayed up late last night to (准备) the coming lecture .
2.The washing machine I got repaired last week (出故障) again just now.
3.They attempted (继续) their experiments in spite of the difficulties.
4. (过了一会儿), a group of women came along,each balancing a pot of water on their heads.
5.When we (学……有困难) English, she will help us one by one.
6.I saw a horrible traffic accident (在路上) to school that morning.
●Ⅳ 句型训练
1.The plum trees are even as the snow is melting. (非谓语)
甚至当雪还在融化时,梅花就第一个开花了。
2.John opened the door. There outside he had never seen before. (完全倒装)
约翰打开门,门外站着一个他以前从未见过的女孩。
3.This music concert is going to no matter if you are a jazz fan or just a fan of Chinese pop music. (make+宾语+宾补)
无论你是爵士乐爱好者还是中国流行音乐爱好者,这场音乐会都会让你兴奋不已。
●Ⅴ 完形填空
After my graduation from college, I was always worried about my financial (财务的) situation. Things changed when I got a job at a library and also accepted a part-time job. I became 1 about future. But how was I going to 2 two jobs at the same time I thought, looking out of the window.
A squirrel (松鼠) was making his way down a tree. It was 3 for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth. How was he going to manage that I held my breath and cheered him on in my 4 . He moved down with 5 , holding onto the tree. When he finally 6 the ground, he pulled the bread behind him. His journey was not 7 yet, so he kept trying! It was 8 that this squirrel and I had a lot in common. I had my own bread to 9 and my own trees to climb. I moved from one 10 to another to follow the 11 of the squirrel’s action. Slowly but surely, he 12 it to the roadside and stopped to check on the traffic. Finally, the squirrel crossed the road 13 with his meal. When he entered the bushes (灌木丛), I cheered even though I couldn’t watch his next 14 . Then I went upstairs to get ready for the 15 before me. “You can do it,” I told myself.
( )1.A.anxious B.confused
C.bored D.hopeful
( )2.A.apply for B.clean up
C.deal with D.give up
( )3.A.difficult B.necessary
C.digital D.funny
( )4.A.shelter B.mind
C.system D.temple
( )5.A.aid B.surprise
C.character D.care
( )6.A.flooded B.reached
C.skied D.dug
( )7.A.finished B.exchanged
C.preserved D.prepared
( )8.A.impossible B.terrible
C.convenient D.obvious
( )9.A.search B.invent
C.carry D.hurt
( )10.A.tree B.window
C.road D.lecture
( )11.A.creation B.habit
C.progress D.training
( )12.A.hid B.quit
C.lent D.made
( )13.A.suddenly B.safely
C.normally D.secretly
( )14.A.failure B.move
C.proposal D.brick
( )15.A.challenges B.disasters
C.comments D.mistakes
●Ⅵ 阅读七选五
When the British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson described nature as “red in tooth and claw”, he was telling us that the natural world can be cruel as well as beautiful. 1.
Most people living in urban areas rarely encounter wild animals in their natural surroundings. 2. And they are willing to get close to them. But for wild animals, it is “eat or be eaten”, and they can’t distinguish between humans and other animals.
3. In Canadian woods lives a dog-like animal, coyote, which is a little bigger than a fox , but smaller than a wolf. They usually avoid humans, but the occasional attacks can be deadly. Every year, one or two people end up getting killed by coyotes.
In China, a herd of elephants in Yunnan left their home in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and went on a meandering journey through the province. They destroyed crops and buildings along the way. Villages in their path had to be evacuated because of the potential dangers they posed to villagers. Animal experts haven’t determined why the elephants went on their journey. 4. The wild animals we love are in a constant struggle for survival. Our expanding into the natural habitats of wild animals can be dangerous for the animals and then us humans as well.
Maybe we should try to stay away from them. 5. Their lives—red in tooth and claw—are difficult enough without us causing them any more problems than they already have.
A.A walk in the woods can be dangerous.
B.It is a way to protect the wild animals, and it’s also our responsibility.
C.In Canada, people have a more realistic attitude towards wild animals.
D.In simple terms, we should try to keep proper distance from wild animals.
E.Hence they misunderstand that wild animals are just as friendly as Disney characters.
F.Thanks to active environmental conservation, the number of the elephants grew larger.
G.A reasonable possibility is that they probably needed more room and more food to survive .
●Ⅶ 语法填空
Like China’s Kunming Institute of Botany, the Millennium Seed Bank(MSB) shines brightly for plant preservation. Located at the Wakehurst wild botanic garden in West Sussex, England, the Millennium Seed Bank, the world’s 1. (large) seed bank, has announced that it now holds more than 40,000 wild plant species. 2. the aim of preserving rare, threatened and important wild plants, MSB 3. (create)by researchers from London’s Kew Gardens more than 20 years ago. Now around 2.4 billion individual seeds from 190 countries are stored in 4. (it) underground rooms. Any seeds that arrive at MSB are dried, cleaned 5. then stored at-20℃.
Scientists remove the seeds every 10 years 6. (see) if they can still grow into plants, and to develop new ways of 7. (help) wild plants survive . One of the most remarkable 8. (strength) of MSB is that it serves as a global backup for plant variety . Seeds in the bank include the world’s smallest water lily, a rare Australian pea and Antarctic hair grass, one of two flowering plants 9. grow in Antarctica. The bank ensures that if plants in the wild become extinct, they can be regrown from MSB seeds. There is no doubt that the MSB plays an 10. (extreme) important role in protecting the varieties of plant species on Earth. (共63张PPT)
Period Four
Lesson 3 Race to the Pole(Reading)
课前自主探究
语言知识梳理
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①pole n.(地) 极 ②Antarctica n.南极洲 RACE TO THE POLE On 1 June, 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott left London to begin his journey to Antarctica . 奔向南极的比赛
1910年6月1日,
罗伯特·福尔肯·斯科特
上校离开了伦敦,开始
了去南极洲的行程。
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③on the way to在去往…… 的路上 ④explorer n. 探险者;勘察者 ［1］While he was on the way to Antarctica, he received a message from the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen which said he was going south, too. Then the race to the South Pole began! ［1］while引导时间状语从句。 在去往南极洲的途中,
他收到了挪威探险家
罗尔德·阿蒙森的一封
信,信中说他也要去南
极洲。于是,奔向南极
的赛跑就开始了!
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⑤polar adj.极地的,地 极的 ⑥base n.基地,大本营; 基础 vt.以……为基地 ⑦in preparation for 为……做准备 During the polar summer of 1910—1911, both teams organised food bases in preparation for their journeys the next year. 在1910—1911
年的极地的夏季,两
支队伍都建了食品储
备点,为来年的旅程
做准备。
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⑧anxiously adv.焦虑 地;不安地 ［2］Then came the total darkness of the polar winter. Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spring. ［2］画线部分为then置于句首 引起的完全倒装句。 之后极地的冬季来
临,四处一片黑暗。
斯科特和阿蒙森焦急
地等待春天的到来。
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⑨sledge n. 雪橇 ⑩ski n.滑雪板 vi.滑雪 Amundsen was the first ［3］to leave on 8 September, 1911. He ［4］had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis . 1911年9月8日,
阿蒙森第一个动身。
他用几队狗拉雪橇,他
所有的队员都在滑雪
板上行进。
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because of 由于,因为 make rapid progress进展 迅速;取得快速 的进步 Because of this, he made rapid progress .Scott left on 1 November and soon had problems. 因此,他进展很快。
11月1日,斯科特动身,
但很快就出现了
问题。
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break down停止 运转, 出故障 First, his two sledges broke own and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold. After a while, Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves. 先是他的两辆雪橇坏了,后来马匹开始在大雪和严寒的天气下出现严重问题。过了一阵子,斯科特和他的队员不得不自己推雪橇。
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［3］画线部分为不定式,在句中作定语,修饰the first。 ［4］画线部分为“have+宾语+宾语补足语”结构,现在分词短语pulling the sledges 作宾语补足语。
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prepare for 为……做准备 Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey. 1911年12月14日,
阿蒙森到达极点,在那里
插上了挪威国旗。然后
他准备返回。
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ahead of (时间、空间)早于; 领先;在……前面 Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead of their planned schedule. 1912年1月25日,阿蒙森
和他的团队提前10天安
全抵达了他们出发的基
地。
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shocked adj.震 惊的 Scott finally arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912. They were shocked when they saw the Norwegian flag. 1912年1月17日,斯
科特和四名队员终于到
达了极点。当看到挪威
国旗时,他们非常震惊。
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ambition n.抱 负,雄心;追求,夙愿 Scott wrote in his diary: “Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing—and goodbye to most of our dreams.” 斯科特在日记中写道:
“好吧,我们现在已
经失去了我们奋斗的目
标,而且必须要面对800
英里的艰苦行进——并
且要跟我们大多数人的
梦想说再见。”
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in the history of在……的历史上 exploration n. 探险;探索 run out of用 完,耗尽 The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration . The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. 他们的回程是探险史上
最糟糕的旅程之一。队
员们很快就精疲力竭,食
物也快吃完了。
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situation n. 情 况;状况;形势 cheerful adj.高 兴的,兴高采烈的 The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation : “We are very cheerful , but ［5］what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. 天气非常糟糕。斯科特
开始意识到他们令人绝
望的处境:
“我们很高兴,但我只能猜测每个人内心的感受。
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put on穿上 ［6］Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.” ［5］what引导宾语从句,作动词 guess的宾语。 ［6］画线部分为动名词短语,在 句中作主语。 大家早上鞋子穿
得越来越慢。”
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However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried twenty kilos of rocks all the way with them. 然而,在回去
的路上,他们还花
时间去寻找了岩
石。他们一路上
带着二十公斤的
石头。
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prove vt.证明; 证实 at one time曾经, 一度 distant adj.久远 的;遥远的 continent n.洲,大 洲;大陆 Later, these rocks proved ［7］that at one time in the distant past, the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants. ［7］that引导宾语从句。 后来,这些石块证
实了,在遥远的过
去,南极洲曾经被
植被覆盖。
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captain n.队长; 上校 have difficulty (in) doing sth 做 某事有困难 Then disaster came. Edgar Evans had a terrible disease and died after a bad fall. The next ［8］to go was Captain Oates, ［9］who was having great difficulty walking . 然后灾难来了。埃
德加·埃文斯得了一种可
怕的疾病,重重地跌倒后
去世了。下一个离去的
是奥茨上校,他连走路都
很困难。
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Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and may be some time.’…We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, 斯科特记下了他的死亡:
“他说,‘我要出去一下,
可能会待上一会儿。’
我们知道可怜的奥茨正
走向死亡,尽管我们曾试
图阻止他,
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act n.行 为,举动 spirit n. 精神 we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit , and certainly the end is not far.” ［8］画线部分为不定式,在句中作定语,修饰 the next。 ［9］who引导非限制性定语从句,修饰名词 Captain Oates。 但我们都知道这是
一个勇敢的人、一
个英国绅士的行
为。我们都希望能
以同样的精神挺到
最后,我们也确实快
走到最后了。”
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carry on继续;坚 持 tent n.帐篷 Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent . 斯科特上校和两名
队员继续向前,到达距离
食品储备点不足11英里
的地方,但随后爆发了一
场可怕的风暴,他们无法
离开帐篷。
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Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy…but what a price to pay.” 在他生命的最后几个小时,斯科
特花他最后的一点时间写下一
些文字。他写了一封充满悲伤
的信给妻子凯瑟琳:
“关于这次旅行我有太多
太多的事情想告诉你。很多你
愿意给孩子讲的故事……但付
出了多大的代价啊。”
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Scott's diary also told the story of their end: “We are getting weaker and weaker and the end can't be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.” 斯科特的日记也讲
述了他们的结局:
“我们越来越虚弱,终点
可能不远了。非常遗憾,
但我想我无法继续写下
去了。”
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honesty n. 坦诚;诚实,正直 sincerity n. 真诚,真挚,诚实 bravery n. 勇气;勇敢的行为 The news of Scott's death shocked the world. Even Amundsen was moved by Scott's death saying “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty , for sincerity, for bravery , for everything ［10］that makes a man”. 斯科特死亡的消息
震惊了全世界。甚至阿
蒙森也被斯科特的离世
所触动,他说:“斯科特上
校将永载史册,因为他诚
实、真诚、勇敢,并拥有
一个男人该有的一切。”
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Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the great courage ［11］shown by Scott and his men ［12］made them heroes. ［10］that引导定语从句,修饰不定代词verything。 ［11］画线部分为过去分词短语,在句中作定语,修饰名词courage。 ［12］画线部分为“make+宾语+宾语补足语” 结构。 斯科特没能赢得极点比赛,但斯科特和他的队员表现出的巨大勇气使他
们成了英雄。
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Step 1 Fast reading
Read the text on Page 36—Page 37 and match the main ideas
with the paragraphs.
( ) Para.1 ( ) Paras.2—4
( ) Paras. 5—10 ( ) Para. 11
A.Scott and his companions became heroes because of great
courage.
B.Scott and his companions' return journey was of great difficulty.
C.The race to the South Pole began.
D.Amundsen's team won the race.
C
D
B
A
Step 2 Careful reading
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
( ) 1.What did Captain Scott use to pull the sledges
A
A.Horses. B.Dogs. C.Donkeys. D.Cats.
( ) 2.How long did it take Amundsen and his team to get to
the South Pole
D
A.Less than one month. B.Less than two months.
C.More than two months. D.More than three months.
( ) 3.What did Captain Scott and his four members do on
their way back
D
A.They saved some penguins.
B.They did some scientific research.
C.They lost all their food.
D.They carried rocks with them.
( ) 4.What did Scott mean by writing “but what a price to
pay”
C
A.The journey cost him an arm and a leg.
B.His attitude towards the journey was optimistic.
C.He felt hopeless and thought he would die.
D.He shouldn't have taken the adventurous journey.
Step 3 Summary
Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
In the polar spring of 1911, Captain Scott and the Norwegian
explorer Roald Amundsen started their race to the South Pole.
Both teams had made full 1.________________ (prepare) the year
before and then waited 2.____________ (anxious) for their journeys.
preparations
anxiously
Amundsen and his team had dogs pulling the sledges and all
his men were on skis. Because of this, they made rapid progress,
3.____________ (reach) the Pole on 14 December, 1911. They put a
Norwegian flag there and then started the return journey. However,
Scott got into trouble soon after they set off. Their sledges broke
down and the horses had serious difficulties 4._______ the snow
and the cold. Scott and his men had to push the sledges
5._______________ (they).
reaching
with
themselves
Scott finally made it to the Pole with four team members. The
return journey was one of the 6.________ (bad) in the history of
exploration. The men were very tired and were running out of
food. The weather conditions were terrible. In spite of their
hopeless situation, they collected twenty kilos of rocks, 7.________
later proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent of
Antarctica 8.________________ (cover) by plants.
worst
which
was covered
None of Scott's team members survived the return journey.
Their death was 9.___ great shock to the whole world. And the
great courage 10._________ (show) by Scott and his men made
them heroes.
a
shown
1.preparation n. 预备,准备
(教材P36)What preparations do they need to make 他们需要做什么
准备
(1)make preparations for 为……做准备
in preparation for 为……做准备
(2)prepare v. 准备,预备
prepare for 为……做准备
prepare to do sth 准备做某事
(3)prepared adj. 准备好的；愿意
be/get prepared to do sth 愿意做某事
be/get prepared for 为……做好了准备
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①Just as she prepared _________ (set) off for the next village, two
friends arrived in a taxi.
②The students are working hard in _______________ (prepare) for
the coming contest.
③We were given two days to get ____________ (prepare) for the
journey.
to set
preparation
prepared
(2)完成句子
____________________________________________ is doing your best
today.
对明天最好的准备就是今天做到最好。 (读后续写之哲理句)
The best preparation for tomorrow
2.anxiously adv. 焦虑地;不安地
(教材P36)Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spring. 斯科特和
阿蒙森焦急地等待春天的到来。
(1)anxious adj. 焦虑的,不安的
be anxious about sth 为某事担心/忧虑
be anxious for sb 担心某人
be anxious for sth 渴望某事
be anxious to do sth 渴望/急于做某事
(2)anxiety n. 焦虑,忧虑,担心
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①Though the girl is disabled, she is anxious ________(go) to college.
②My __________ (anxious) drove me to try every means possible to
lose weight, including dieting and weight-loss pills.
③I was happy and relieved, yet worried and anxious _________ the
future.
④After two defeats, the team are now anxious _____ a victory to
cheer up the players.
to go
anxiety
about
for
(2)完成句子
Anne _______________________________________, worrying nobody
would ever come to pick her up.
安妮焦急地在车站等着,担心根本没有人来接她。(读后续写之心理描写)
waited at the station anxiously
3.break down 停止运转,出故障;(计划等)失败;(身体、精神等)垮掉;分解
(教材P36)First, his two sledges broke down and then the horses
began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold.先是
他的两辆雪橇坏了,后来马匹开始在大雪和严寒的天气下出现严重问题。
break away from 脱离,逃脱,挣脱(束缚)
break in 打岔;破门而入(不及物动词短语);插嘴,打断
break into 强行闯入(及物动词短语);突然开始(笑、唱、跑等)
break out (火灾、战争等)突然开始;爆发
break up 粉碎;拆散;结束;破裂;解体;散开
break through 取得突破;取得新的重大发现
【活学活用】
(1)用break相关短语的适当形式填空
①Close the door and windows carefully to prevent some strangers
__________________ your house.
②When school _____________ at noon, Tom flew to Becky Thatcher,
and whispered something in her ear.
③The man who had to support his family ________________ under
the pressure of work.
breaking into
broke up
broke down
④They were discussing something important when a man
____________, which made everyone upset.
⑤The war _____________ in 1937 and we were forced to leave our
hometown.
broke in
broke out
⑥We must ______________________ convention and adopt as many
advanced techniques as possible in order to build our country into
a powerful modern state.
break away from
(2)完成句子
Hearing the sad news, the old woman couldn't contain her
emotions and _____________________.
听到这个悲伤的消息,这位老太太不能抑制自己的情绪,突然哭了起来。
(读后续写之情感描写)
broke into tears
4.ambition n. 抱负,雄心;追求,夙愿
(教材P37)Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and
must face 800 miles of hard pushing—and goodbye to most of
our dreams.好吧,我们现在已经失去了我们奋斗的目标,而且必须要面对800英
里的艰苦行进——并且要跟我们大多数人的梦想说再见。
(1)be full of ambition 野心勃勃
achieve/realize one's ambition 实现某人的理想
have the ambition for sth 渴望得到某物
have the ambition to do sth 有做某事的雄心
(2)ambitious adj. 有雄心壮志的;有野心的
be ambitious to do sth 一心想做某事
be ambitious for (power, social position, etc.)
极想获得(权力、社会地位等)
［温馨提示］ambition作主语时,常用动词不定式作表语。
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①My brother's ambition is _______________ (become) a pilot after
graduation.
②He is a very _____________ (ambition) young person who wants
to be a top player.
③Water always flows from a higher level to a lower one, but
everybody has an ambition _________ (rise) higher up in society.
④Ambitious _____ power, he planned to go into politics.
to become
ambitious
to rise
for
(2)完成句子
Nothing would stop me from _____________________________________
___________.
没有什么可以阻止我实现我的抱负。
achieving/realizing my ambition
5.cheerful adj. 高兴的,兴高采烈的
(教材P37)We are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his
heart I can only guess.
我们很高兴,但是每个人内心的感受我只能猜测。
(1)cheer v. & n. 欢呼;喝彩;加油
cheer up (使)高兴起来,(使)振奋起来
cheer sb on 为某人加油
(2)cheerfully adv. 高兴地;兴高采烈地
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①At first sight, the overall scene of life in the capital city appears
peaceful and ___________ (cheer).
②Seated in the boat and looking up at the sky, I felt like the
clouds were greeting us _____________ (cheerful) from above.
cheerful
cheerfully
(2)完成句子
①There was nothing like a good dinner and some nice music to
________________.
没有什么比一顿美餐和一些美妙的音乐更能使我们高兴的了。
cheer us up
②Voices, both foreign and familiar, ____________________, which
gave me the courage to keep going until the very end.
陌生和熟悉的声音都为我加油，这给了我坚持到最后的勇气。(读后续写之场
面描写)
cheered me on
6.prove vt. 证明;证实 linking v.证明是; 原来是
(教材P37)Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant
past, the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants.后来,这些石
块证实了,在遥远的过去,南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。
(1)prove sth to sb 向某人证明……
prove (to be)+n./adj. ……证明是……
It is proved that… 事实证明……
(2)proof n. 证据
There is no proof that… 没有证据表明……(that引导同位语
从句,作名词proof的同位语)
［温馨提示］prove表示“证明是,原来是”时是系动词,不能用被动语态。
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①This festival, which was a feast for ears and eyes as well as
minds, proved ________ (be) a great success.
②She is living ________ (prove) that anyone can succeed in this
business.
to be
proof
(2)完成句子
Just give me a chance and I ___________________________________.
只要给我个机会,我会证明我的能力给你看。(应用文写作之申请信)
will prove my ability to you
7.distant adj. 久远的;遥远的;不太热情的,冷漠的
(教材P37)Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant
past, the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants.后来,这些石
块证实了,在遥远的过去,南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。
(1)be distant from… 离……远;与……相去甚远,与……不同
(2)distance n. 距离,间距
v. 使与……保持距离,疏远和……的关系
in the distance 在远方;在远处
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①Some members travelled a long ___________ (distant) to attend
the meeting.
②She watched her son disappear ____ the distance, with tears in
her eyes.
distance
in
(2)熟词生义
From her voice I could tell that she was cold and distant._________
冷漠的
(3)完成句子
It seems that the life in senior high school ___________________ that
of his junior high school.
高中的学校生活似乎与他初中的学校生活相去甚远。(话题写作之学校生活)
is distant from
(教材P36)Then came the total darkness of the polar winter.
接着,极地的冬季来临,四周一片黑暗。
句型公式
完全倒装句
【句式点拨】
该句使用了完全倒装语序,正常语序为:“The total darkness of the polar
winter then came.”。
【相关拓展】
完全倒装是将句子中的谓语动词全部置于主语之前。常见结构有:
①地点副词here, there,方位副词out, in, up, down, away及时间副词now,
then等开头的句子里,常使用完全倒装,以示强调。如:
Here comes the bus which will take you right to the post office.
公共汽车来了,它正好可以把你带到邮局。
There lies a large field of rice in front of our village.
在我们的村庄前面有一大片稻田。
注意:如果主语是人称代词时,主语和谓语语序不变。如:
Away it went./Here you are./Down they flew.
它走了。/给你。/它们飞了下来。
②表示地点或方位的介词短语位于句首,而谓语动词是be, come, go, lie, sit,
stand, run, fly, walk等不及物动词时,常使用完全倒装。如:
At the foot of the hill lies a beautiful lake.
山脚下有个美丽的湖泊。
The soldiers rushed to the building, on the top of which flew a
red flag.
战士们冲向这座大楼,楼顶上飘扬着一面红旗。
③有时为了使叙述或描绘更加生动形象,增加语言效果,句子常采用完全倒装语
序。如:
Present at the meeting were Professor White, Professor Smith and
many other guests.
出席会议的有怀特教授、史密斯教授和许多其他的客人。
Gone are the days when an overseas degree ensures a top-paying
job.
拥有海外文凭就能确保获得高薪工作的日子已经一去不复返了。
【活学活用】
完成句子
①Out of the darkness __________________ he had never heard
before. 黑暗中传来一个他从来没有听过的声音。
came a voice
②At the foot of the mountain ______________________ who makes a
living by hunting.
山脚下住着一位以打猎为生的老人。
lives an old man
③Behind the house ______________________ carrying their good
memories with Grandpa.
房子后面是承载着他们与爷爷美好回忆的森林。
is/was the forest
