Unit 2 The United Kingdom 全单元

课件140张PPT。 Module 5 策划:《学生双语报》
制作：广东英语教学E-classroom课件创作中心
人教版（NSEFC）项目组人教版高中英语 策划：《学生双语报》1前 言 2004年秋国家开始普通高中新课程实验。新课程、新理念、新教材给英语教育发展带来机遇和挑战；新型的自主、合作和探究的学习方式给英语课堂注入生机和活力。英语教学回归生活、回归时代、还语言教学本来面目，正在成为广大英语教师的共识和教学行为。为配合新课程的实施、服务课堂教学，我们组织制作了新课程《高中英语课堂教学课件》，它根据各版别高中英语教材的必修模块而制作，课件内容与教材相对应、与课堂教学整个流程同步。每个单元分别由三大板块构成：策划：《学生双语报》1　　　 English Class　这一板块是用于课堂教学的课件，是《高中英语课堂教学课件》的主体。课件的制作是以必修模块的单元为单位，每单元按5－6个课时（Period）安排设计。本课件提供的是编写人员的最优化设计，在实际教学中，可依据实际情况进行调整或整合。实际上，我们的教学课件是在经历了一年实践与探索的基础上制作而成的。在课堂教学策划上，我们依据新课程的理念，遵循共鸣、共为、共行和共享的“四共”原则，努力实践三个教学层面的探索：合作学习、课堂生活化以及引导学生经历问题的解决；突出“发现型”、“探究型”、“任务型”和“项目型”四种课型的设计与创新，力争为广大教师提供理念先进、教学实用、质量上乘的英语课件教学资源。
　　　Video Data　这一板块从语言文化的层面，剪辑精彩的影像片段，介绍与单元主题相关的背景信息，影像与字幕配合，中英文对照方便教学。用好用足这个板块的资源有助于学生更好地理解该单元的内容，了解不同国家的文化、风土人情，达成开阔视野、学会使用地道得体英语的目的。 策划：《学生双语报》1 《高中英语课堂教学课件》由《学生双语报》全程策划。《学生双语报》是中国教育学会外语专业委员会会报，是目前英语课改旗帜性的报刊；它以《英语课程标准》为指导，充分体现课改的理念，强调跨文化、跨学科的教学内涵，全方位全流程配合课堂教学。策划本套教学课件资源包，目的是更好地为教师服务、为教学服务。
《高中英语课堂教学课件》的设计与制作由广东英语教学E-classroom课件创作中心组织实施。参加课件设计与制作的人员主要由一线中、青年英语教师和英语教研员组成，主编：黄自成 henryhzc@tom.com 副主编:王会玲 、谭华琼和姚康林。高中英语教材各版别教学课件制作项目组的执行主编和编写人员如下：
策划：《学生双语报》1人教版（NSEFC）项目组
　　执行主编：王会玲 gcy325@163.com
　　编写人员：王会玲 李淑芬 聂文彦 傅彩华等
外研版（NSE）项目组
　　执行主编：谭华琼 easyjanet@tom.com
　　 编写人员：谭华琼　王锦霞　严志兴等
北师大版（BNUP）项目组
　　执行主编：姚康林 softroy@msn.com
　　编写人员：徐燕芳 李雪玲 曾爱芬 虞东霞 卢锦萍等
由于编制的时间仓促，恐有疏漏之处，敬请老师和同学们批评指正。反馈意见可发电子邮件给我们主编和各位执行主编。衷心祝愿我们广大师生在新课程实施中共同发展，共创美好明天。
《学生双语报》
广东英语教学E-classroom课件创作中心
2005年7月 策划：《学生双语报》1Unit2 The United Kingdom策划:《学生双语报》
制作：广东英语教学E-classroom课件创作中心
人教版（NSEFC）项目组
人教版高中英语模块五English Song
English Class
Language Data Bank策划：《学生双语报》1课时分配策划：《学生双语报》1Period 1&2 Warming up
and Reading IUnit 2 The united KingdomPeriod 1&2:幻灯片9-40页策划：《学生双语报》1EnglandWhen you mention England, what or who will you think of?Brainstorming:English language……Manchester UnionBig BenQueen VictoriaCambridge UniversityPrincess DianaWarming up – I ( 2m )策划：《学生双语报》1Backham策划：《学生双语报》1rose of England策划：《学生双语报》1策划：《学生双语报》1策划：《学生双语报》1策划：《学生双语报》1What do you know about UK? What is the capital of the UK?Warming up – II ( 2m )策划：《学生双语报》1quiz1. How many countries does the UK consist of ?A. Two B. three C. four2. How long does it take to fly from Beijing to London Heathrow Airport?A. About six hours B. about ten hours C. about sixteen hours3. Who rules the country: the Prime Minister or the queen?
The Queen B. The Prime Minister
c. both Warming up – III ( 4m )策划：《学生双语报》14. What are the provinces called in England?
A. Countries B. departments C. states5.Which is the longest river in England?
A. The River AvonC. The River SevernB. The River Thames策划：《学生双语报》1EnglandWalesScotlandNorthern Ireland策划：《学生双语报》1策划：《学生双语报》1River Thames策划：《学生双语报》1River Severn策划：《学生双语报》1Puzzles in GeographyReading 策划：《学生双语报》1Predicting: Read the title and guess what the content of the reading passage might be about.Pre-reading – I ( 1m )策划：《学生双语报》1EnglandLondonWalesScotlandNorthern IrelandDescribe the UK briefly according to the right map.Pre-reading – II ( 1m )策划：《学生双语报》1First :_______Then:_________
joined to itThird:_________became part of it.Fourth:_____________was linked to it.The United KingdomEnglandWalesScotlandNorthern IrelandRead the passage and then fill in the following chart.Reading – I ( 3m )策划：《学生双语报》1When was the England and Wales were joined to Scotland.
Why there is only Northern Ireland?
Which one is the largest of the four countries and how many zones is it divided into?
Answer the following questions.Reading – II ( 3m )策划：《学生双语报》11. It happened in 1603 when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.2.Because the southern part of that country broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England.3.Among the four countries, England is the largest of the four countries and it is divided into three zones.策划：《学生双语报》1Look at the map of England and Wales in the following page. Divide it into three parts. Draw lines across to show the zones of the South, Midlands and North of England. Now put each town or city into its correct zone.Reading – III ( 2m )策划：《学生双语报》1NorthMidlandsSouth策划：《学生双语报》1Read the passage and fill the following form:EnglandNorthern IrelandScotlandEnglandScotlandNorthern IrelandThe RomansNormansVikingsAnglo-SaxonsReading – IV ( 5m )策划：《学生双语报》1Divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each part.Part I ( ) :Part II ( ):Part III( )(students have to tell the reason why they divide and summarize so.)What England includes; about Great Britain; the UKThe geographical division of
England into zones; their
similarities and differences.The cultural importance of London.P1-4P5P6Reading – IV ( 5m )策划：《学生双语报》1Four students in a group, discuss and use the information above to write a short summary of the passage.(any possible related summary from the students are welcomed )The writer examines how the UK______________________________________. It shows how England ___________________________.It explained why London______________________________.developed as an administrative unit(行政单位)is also divided into three zonesbecame the cultural capital of EnglandPossible summaryReading – V Pair work ( 3m )策划：《学生双语报》1DiscussionWhat similarity is there between the invasions of the Romans and the Normans?
What similarity is there between the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings?
Why does London only have evidence from three of the four invaders?
What geographical factors make it difficult to invade England successfully?Reading – VI ( 4m )策划：《学生双语报》1More information about the UK:Area: 244,820 sq.km
Population: 59,113,439
Language : English, Kymric, Gaelic
Religion : Catholicism
Capital : London
Denominations of bank-notes : 50 pounds, 20 pounds, 10 pounds, 5 pounds
Denominations of coins: 1 pound, 50 penny, 20 penny, 10 penny, 5 penny, 1 penny策划：《学生双语报》1Five important cities in the UK1.London :capital city
2.Belfast: capital of Northern Ireland
3.Manchester: home of the football club Manchester United
4.Oxford: a university city
5.Liverpool: home of the Beatles, a famous group of pop singers策划：《学生双语报》1Language Data BankLanguage points for Reading I
Video data策划：《学生双语报》1Memorize the the new words in the reading and get ready to have the dictation.
Paraphrase the following sentences:策划：《学生双语报》1Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.
To their surprise, the three countries found themselves united peacefully instead of by war.
The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres and buildings.策划：《学生双语报》1Take a break!策划：《学生双语报》1Period 3 Learning about LanguageUnit 2 The united KingdomPeriod 3:幻灯片41-66页策划：《学生双语报》11.debate2.puzzle3.conveniences4.clarify5.legal6.kingdom7.attraction8.influenceDiscovering useful words and expressions:
Answer keys to Exercise 1:Checking answer – I (2m)策划：《学生双语报》1Discovering useful words and expressions:
Answer keys to Exercise 2:1.whispered2.asked3.smiled4.screamed5.begged6.agreed7.answered8.shouted9.complained10.suggested11.decided12.advisedChecking answer – II (2m)策划：《学生双语报》1Useful structure ( 25m )Past participles used as the object complement策划：《学生双语报》1什么是宾语补足语？英语中有些及物动词，除有一个直接宾语以外，还要有一个宾语补足语，才能使句子的意义完整。这类常用的及物动词有： make , consider, cause ,see , find , call ,get ,have, let ect.Ex. We think him clever.
What he said made me angry.
We consider the answer correct.
Everyone calls him Tom.(宾语)(宾补)策划：《学生双语报》1宾语补足语的表现形式：带有宾语补足语的一般句型为：某些及物动词（如make等）+直接宾语（名词或代词）+宾语补足语策划：《学生双语报》1宾语补足语的9种表示法：His father named him Doming.
They painted their house white.
You mustn’t force him to lend his money to you.
Nobody noticed him enter the room.
4. We saw her entering the room. (名词)(形容词)（不定式）（短语）(现在分词或其短语)策划：《学生双语报》15.We must get the work finished by 10 o’clock.

6.We take English as a useful tool for research work.
7. Whenever you may go, you will find him at work.

8. Let the fresh air in.
9. The plant has its own name. You cannot call it what you will. ( 过去分词)（用as引出）（介词短语）（副词）(从句)策划：《学生双语报》1用过去分词充当宾语补足语1.过去分词作宾语补足语，表示其动作已经完成或结束。能用宾语补足语的过去分词一般都是及物动词，表示被动意义或已完成的意义，有时候两者兼而有之。eg. After waking up, I found everyone gone.
The speaker raised her voice to make herself heard.
They found their new bikes stolen.策划：《学生双语报》1过去分词不仅可以作动词宾语的补足语，还可以作介词宾语的补足语：eg. The murderer was brought in, with his hands tied behind his back.
With the homework finished, he was allowed to watch the football match. 策划：《学生双语报》1过去分词用在表示状态的动词 keep ，leave 等的后面。
They kept the door locked for a long time.
Don’t leave the windows broken like this all the time.
2. 过去分词用在使役动词have, make 的后面。
（1）注意”have +宾语+ 过去分词”的两种用法：
①表示某事被做，如：
I have had my bike repaired .
The villagers had many trees planted just then.策划：《学生双语报》1②表示“遭遇到某种不幸；受到打击”等。 如：
My elder sister had her wallet stolen on a bus last month.
The old man had his wrist broken in the accident.
(2)”make + 宾语+过去分词”， 在这种结构中，过去分词的动词必须是表示结果含义的，如：
I raised my voice to make myself heard.
They managed to make themselves understood using very simple English.策划：《学生双语报》13.过去分词用在感官动词watch ,notice, see, hear, listen to, feel, find 等的后面 当我们到学校时，我们看见门锁着。
When we got to school, we saw the door locked.
我们可以听到大雨点敲打窗户的声音。
We can hear the windows beaten by the heavy rain drops.
策划：《学生双语报》14.过去分词用在want, wish, like, expect, order等表示“希望，愿望，命令”这一类动词的后面作宾语补足语。The teacher wouldn’t like the problem discussed at the moment.老师不想此刻讨论这个问题。策划：《学生双语报》1
我想要这套衣服照他自己的尺寸做。
I want the suit made to his own measure.
我父母希望我好好准备入学考试。
My parents expected me to be well-prepared for the entrance examination.
策划：《学生双语报》15.过去分词用在“with+宾语＋宾补”这一结构中，过去分词与宾语之间是动宾关系。
小偷被带进来了，双手被绑在后面。
The thief was brought in with his hands tied behind his back.
周围种了许多色彩鲜艳的花，他的房子看上去就像一座漂亮的花园。
With many brightly-coloured flowers planted around the building, his house looks like a beautiful garden.
策划：《学生双语报》1用所给单词的正确形式填空What he had said made me ________.（surprise）
There was a terrible noise _______ the sudden burst of light. (follow)
My glasses are broken. I’ll have to get them ________.(repair)
With her finger _______ to the broken vase, my mother asked me, “Who did that?” (point)
The doctor warned him ________ only food after the operation. (not eat)Practise:surprisedfollowingrepairedpointingnot to eatUseful structure ( 10m )策划：《学生双语报》13. In the past few years, we have had thousands of trees____ around our school.
A. plant B. planted c. planting D. being planted
4. Is this the recorder you want ____?
to have repaired B. to repaired
C. to have it repaired D. it repaired
5. She was glad to see her child well ____ care of.
take B. to be taken C. taken D. takingBAC策划：《学生双语报》16. The result of the entrance exams was not made ___ to the public until last Thursday.
knowing B known
C. to know D. to be known
BA7. It is wise to have some money______ for old age.
A. put away B. kept up
C. given away D. laid up策划：《学生双语报》18. I can make you ___ what I say, but you can’t make yourself ____ in English.
understand; understand
B. understand; understood
C. to understand; understand
D. understand; to be understoodB策划：《学生双语报》19. The girl asked him not to leave the door _____.
A. to close B. closed
C. to be closed D. closing
10. I have often heard the ABC song____, but I have never heard Alice ____ it.
A. to be sung; to sing B. being sung; sang
C. sung; sing D. sang; singing
BC策划：《学生双语报》1(2004全国卷） Helen had to shout ______above the sound the music.
making herself hear B. to make herself hear C. making herself heard D. to make herself heard.
2. (2004, 重庆卷) Laws that punish parents for their little children’s actions against the laws get parents__________.
A. worried B. to worry C. worrying D. worryDA高考链接策划：《学生双语报》13. (2000,全国卷)The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see_______ the next year.
carry out B. carrying out
C. carried out D. to carry out C策划：《学生双语报》1强化训练
1.The manager discussed the plan that they would like to see____ the next year.
carry out B. carrying
C. carried out D. to carry out
2. Mrs. Brown was very disappointed to see the washing machine she had had___ went wrong again.
it B. it repaired
C. repaired D. to be repaired
CC策划：《学生双语报》17. He found them ____ at table___.
A. sat; to play chess B. sitting; to play chess
C. seated; playing chess
D. seat; play the chess
C策划：《学生双语报》1Do Exx. 1and 2of “Using Words and Expressions” on pages 49 and 50.
Do “Using Structures” on pages 50 and 51.
策划：《学生双语报》1Take a break!策划：《学生双语报》1Period 4 Reading IIUnit 2 The united KingdomPeriod 4:幻灯片67-92页策划：《学生双语报》1Sightseeing in LondonReading 策划：《学生双语报》1How did Zhang Pingyu plan her tour?
What were the buildings mentioned in the text? Reading -- I Scanning ( 3m )策划：《学生双语报》11. First, she made a list of the sites she wanted to see. Then she planed her four-day trip.2. The buildings mentioned in the text were: Tower; St Paul’s Cathedral; Westminster Abbey; Greenwich; Big Ben; Highgate Cemetery; Winsor Castle.策划：《学生双语报》1TowerSt Paul’s CathedralWestminster AbbeyBig Bendelightsplendid and interestingfull of statues of poets and writersfamous and very loudReading -- II Filling the chart ( 8m )策划：《学生双语报》1Greenwich-
with: ships
Longitude line clocklongitude line interested her most, and it was very useful for navigationKarl Marx’s statueBritish Museum“strange he lived and died in London”thrilled to see Chinese pottery策划：《学生双语报》1Londonthe TowerKarl Marx’s statueGreenwichBuckingham
PalaceBig BenWestminster
AbbeySt Paul’s
CathedralBritish MuseumReading -- III thinking ( 10m )策划：《学生双语报》1It was built long ago by________ _______. This ____,_____,_____ tower had remained standing for one thousand years.It remained part of a ____ _______ and _____ combined.Norman invaderssolidsquarestoneroyalprisonpalace策划：《学生双语报》1It was built after the _____ ____ of London in_____.terrible fire1666策划：《学生双语报》1It contained ______ in memory of ____ ______ and ______.statueswritersdead poets策划：《学生双语报》1This is the famous clock--_____ ______.Big Ben 策划：《学生双语报》1Buckingham Palace is the _______ house in London.Queen’s策划：《学生双语报》1Greenwich Clock sets____ _______ time. The longitude line is an _________ line diving the_______ and _______ halves of the world.the worldimaginaryEasternWestern策划：《学生双语报》1Karl Marx’s statue is in ______ _________.His tomb is marked with the following quotes: "WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE" and "THE PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ONLY INTERPRETED THE WORLD IN VARIOUS WAYS - THE POINT HOWEVER IS TO CHANGE IT".Hightgate Cemetery 策划：《学生双语报》1In the British Museum display many _________ from ________ _______.treasuresdifferent cultures策划：《学生双语报》1A particular British celebration Reading task on Page 65 策划：《学生双语报》1When does Guy Fawkers Night take place?
Why is it so particular?
3. Who was Guy Fawkes?Reading—I (4m)策划：《学生双语报》11. Guy Fawkes Night takes place every year on November 5th .2. It is particular because it celebrates something that did not happen.3.Guy Fawkes lived in England in the 17th century. Guy Fawkes was one kind of Christian, a Catholic.策划：《学生双语报》1策划：《学生双语报》1Guy Fawkes bought large containers of gunpowder and stored them in the celler that lay under the Houses of Parliament.策划：《学生双语报》1
How did the whole event happen? Read the passage and tell the happenings according to the timeline.Reading–II ( 10m ) 策划：《学生双语报》1October 10 Catesby asked Guy Fawes to join a plot blow up the government.October 27 The two bought a house close to the House of Parliament.October 28 They stored gunpowder in the cellars for the next three days.策划：《学生双语报》1November 5 King James had the cellars searched when he heard of the plan. He found Fawkes.November 6 Parliament was opened and there were celebrations because the plot had failed.策划：《学生双语报》1Happy Guy Fawkes Day!策划：《学生双语报》1Ask the students to review the words learnt in this unit.
Read the passage.策划：《学生双语报》1Take a break!策划：《学生双语报》1Period 5 ListeningUnit 2 The united KingdomPeriod 5:幻灯片93-108页策划：《学生双语报》1Background information:The Tower of London策划：《学生双语报》1Background information on the listeningWarming up ( 10m )策划：《学生双语报》1 The tower of London is a series of building constructed around the White Tower built by King William the Conqueror in 1078 to control London. It is called the White Tower because (it was said) it was first made from white stone from Caen (William’s hometown) in Normandy.
Later Kings of England built additional towers to hold both prisoners and royal visitors. The infamous Bloody Tower (Where the two princes are supposed to have been killed) wad begun in 1597(during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II)策划：《学生双语报》1King Edward IVKing RichardKing Richard IIIKing Edward V(brothers)策划：《学生双语报》1At Bosworth Field Henry led his men against the forces of Richard III. The Lancastrians, followers of Henry Tudor, defeated Richard, who died in the battle: Henry Tudor now became King Henry VII of England and Wales 策划：《学生双语报》1King Henry VII King Henry VIII Edward VIMaryElizabeth I策划：《学生双语报》1King Edward IV King Edward V
King Richard III King Henry VII King Henry VIII Edward VIMary Elizabeth I1. Listen to tape and tick the ones you hear about at the following list of English kings and queens.Listening – I ( 5m )策划：《学生双语报》12.Listen to the tape again and answer these questions.(1)Which king on the list was one of the princes in the Tower? How do you know?
(2)Who had the two princes killed?
(3)Who was the brother of King Richard III? How do you know?
(4)What was the name of the sister of Queen Elizabeth I ? How do you know?
(5)Which queen had no children? How do you know?
(6)Give two examples of unfair behaviour by kings or queens about five hundred years ago.Listening – II ( 15m )策划：《学生双语报》1(1)Which king on the list was one of the princes in the Tower? How do you know?
(2)Who had the two princes killed?King Edward V because he had come to London to be crowed king. He had come with his younger brother, Richard , and they stayed in the Tower?It is said that Richard sent men to kill his nephews, the princes.
策划：《学生双语报》1(3) Who was the brother of King Richard III?
How do you know?King Edward IV because it says that Richard was King Edward V’s uncle.
King Edward V was King Edward IV’s son.策划：《学生双语报》1(4)What was the name of the sister of Queen Elizabeth I ? How do you know?
Queen Mary was the name of Queen Elizabeth 1st’s sister. It was Queen Mary who brought Elizabeth to the Tower as a prisoner.策划：《学生双语报》1(5)Which queen had no children?
How do you know?Queen Mary had no children so her sister became Queen after her death.(6)Give two examples of unfair behaviour by kings or queens about five hundred years ago.1. Richard killed his nephews .
2. King Henry VIII killed some of his best friends.策划：《学生双语报》13. Listen to tape again and then fill in the following blanks.The tower --- a home for the King but also a _______.
He sent his men to ___ ____ ______.
(3) It is said that on a dark night you can sometimes hear ______ _____ ______.
She tried not to be as _____ to others when she was Queen.prisondo the killingthose princes cryingunfairListening – III ( 10m )策划：《学生双语报》1Listen to the material again after class.
Review the main points in this unit.策划：《学生双语报》1Take a break!策划：《学生双语报》1Period 6 Speaking and writingUnit 2 The united KingdomPeriod 6:幻灯片109-118页策划：《学生双语报》1Speaking :Four students in a group . Everyone chooses an interesting building or attraction in the hometown or home village and then introduce it to the group mates. Speaking ( 15m )策划：《学生双语报》12. Suppose one of you will be the tourist and the other the tour guide. The guide introduces one interesting place. You may have a few problems understanding the guide. the tour guide???…….策划：《学生双语报》1Excuse me…I’m afraid I can’t follow you.
I beg your pardon? Pardon?
I didn’t understand…
Please, can you speak more slowly?
What did you mean by…?
I’m sorry but could you repeat that?Make up a dialogue with your partner, using the following phrases.策划：《学生双语报》13. Ask two or three pairs to practise the dialogue and perform it in front of the class策划：《学生双语报》1Writing:Now use the information you collected about interesting place and then write about it in your local guide book. You want to encourage people to visit it so you should write in an exciting way.So you can pick some verbs and adjectives that can attract others.Writing – ( 15m )策划：《学生双语报》1nicesmartcleanexcellentexcitingbeautifulfamousgrandgreathugespecialunusualFor example策划：《学生双语报》1beappeargrowkeepbecomesoundlookstayremainliestand,be built策划：《学生双语报》1Write the passage and examine it before hand in.策划：《学生双语报》1Take a break!策划：《学生双语报》1Language Data BankLanguage Data Bank:幻灯片119-139页Language points for Reading I
Video data策划：《学生双语报》11. puzzle
(1)puzzle n. 意为“难题、谜、测验能力的问题（或玩具）”，　可喻为“复杂难懂的事物”。用作单数时，作“迷惑、困惑”解释。
He is ____________about the matter.
This is really_____________.
(2)puzzle v. 作“使…..迷惑；使…..为难”解释，常用于被动结构或用其过去分词作表语、定语、状语。
这封信使我迷惑不解。
他对这件事大惑不解。in a puzzle这对我来说真是个难题。puzzle to meThis letter_____________..puzzles me策划：《学生双语报》1我不知道下一步该怎么办（如何回答）。
他的脸上露出迷惑不解的表情。
.他的问题把我难住了，我不知怎样回答。I am puzzled what to do next (how to answer).There was a puzzle expression on his face.Puzzled by his problem, I didn’t know how to answer策划：《学生双语报》12.debate
（1）n. 辩论，讨论，如：
经过长期间的辩论，下议院通过了议案。
我们经充分讨论后决定迁往北京。_________________,the House of Commons approved the bill.__________________, we decided to move to Beijing.After a long debateAfter much debate策划：《学生双语报》1（2）v. debate about sth. 为……..争论争辩。如：
他是那种好争辩的人。
他们为那项计划争论了有三天。He is the kind of person_________________________________.They________________________ for three days.who likes to debate about everythingdebated about the proposal策划：《学生双语报》13. there is no need to do ……表示“没有……的必要“，相当于It is not necessary to do sth. 。如：
没有必要再讨论这个问题了。
先生，没有必要感谢我。it is not necessary to pay for the book.
There is no need to pay for the book.There is no need to discuss the problem again.There is no need to thank me, sir.Compare:策划：《学生双语报》14. clarify
v.（使某事物）清楚易懂；澄清。如：
我将在合适的时候澄清我的立场。
我希望我说的话能澄清这一情况。
I’ll __________________at a proper time.I hope that what I say will clarify the situation.clarify my stand策划：《学生双语报》14. relation
n.(1) relation (between sth. and sth) 关系，联系。　如：
降雨量与作物产量之间的关系the relation between rainfall and crop productionThe cost of this project has_______________________.此项目的费用与其成果不相称。no relation to the results策划：《学生双语报》1
（2）亲戚，亲属。如：
他是我的一个近亲。
你们彼此之间是什么亲属关系？
He is a close relation of mine.What relation are you to each other?策划：《学生双语报》15. convenience
n.　方便，便利。如：
我把参考书放在书桌旁用着方便。
有医生住在我们附近真是太方便了。I kept my reference book near my desk________________.________________________to have the doctor living near us.It was a great conveniencefor convenience.策划：《学生双语报》1拓展：　convenient adj. “方便的”，不用来修饰人，常用来指事。be convenient to sb. “对某人来说方便”。其反义词为inconvenient“不方便的”。如：
3点50分的火车对你方便吗？
Will the 3:50 train be convenient to you?
今天如果你方便的话，请你在回家的路上帮我把这封信邮寄出去。
If it is convenient to you today, please post the letter for me on your way home.
策划：《学生双语报》16. attraction
n. (1) 用作可数名词，作“诱人之处；吸引人的地方（东西）”解，如：
The attractions of this city are quite a few, like its theme park, World Trade Centre, the Huge Open-air Water-screen Film, the Sunday Parade of Citizens, and so on.
这个城市吸引人的地方很多，像主题公园、世贸中心、巨型露天水幕电影、市民星期日的游行等。策划：《学生双语报》1You may know that there are a lot of scenic attractions of China on the banks of Changjiang River. 老实说， 我说不出 这座建筑物有何诱人之处。To be honest, I can’t tell what the attraction of this building is. 你可知道，长江两岸有许多中国的风景名胜。策划：《学生双语报》1（2）也可做不可数名词，意为“魅力”。如：
如果你真要我说的话，她对我没有吸引力。
She has no attraction for me, if you really want to ask me.
尽管穿着不太时髦的衣装，她仍然富有魅力。
She still has attraction, wearing not so fashionable clothes. 策划：《学生双语报》17. influence n. 影响， 有影响的人（或事）；vt 影响，改变。如：我父母认为我朋友对我有不良影响。
My parents considered my friend to be bad influence on me.
由于我老师的影响，我上大学学了理科。
My teacher’s influence made me study science at college.
天气影响农作物。
The weather influences crops. 策划：《学生双语报》18. available(1)adj. (指物)可用的，可得到的
在那茅屋里可弄到水。
there is water available at the hut.
（2）adj. (指人)可会见的，可与之交谈的
医生现在（没）有空。
The doctor is (not) available now. availability n. 可利用 availably adv. 可利用地；不太忙地 unavailable 不可利用的，很忙的策划：《学生双语报》110. To their surprise, the three countries found themselves united peacefully instead of by war.
于是这三个国家惊奇地发现他们是和平地联合在一起的而不是通过战争。
to their surprise 属于”to one’s +情感名词”句式。 意为”使他们感到惊奇的是……“。如：
很令我吃惊的是他的画得了奖。Much to my surprise, his painting won the prize. 策划：《学生双语报》1我发现他没有按时完成工作，这令我大失所望。
I found , to my disappointment, that he didn’t finish his work in time.
船长惊讶地意识到泰坦尼克号正在迅速下沉。
The captain realized, to his horror, that the Titanic was sinking rapidly.
eg. He told me, ____ his amazement, that the papers in the safe was missing.
A. with B. of C. from D. to D策划：《学生双语报》111. break down vt. (1) 破坏； 拆散； 损坏
Eg. The robbers broke the door down.
（2）（化）改变…的化学成分；分解
人体中的化学元素把食物分解成有用的物质。
Eg. Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.
强盗们把门砸开了。策划：《学生双语报》1(2) 失败； 破裂
他们的计划失败了。
Eg. Their plan broke down.
据说和谈破裂了。
The peace talks are said to have broken down.
（3）失去控制；崩溃
他不禁失声痛哭。
Eg. He broke down and began to cry. vi. ( 1)(机器)损坏 eg. the car broke down halfway to Beijing.策划：《学生双语报》1The End策划：《学生双语报》1