课件84张PPT。 Unit 1
The world of our sensesReading 模块三How to describe the weather?Are you familiar with the forecast
sign for different weather?
Look at the following signs and guess.sunnycloudyovercastrainydrizzlyshowersfoggystormysnowyFog What’s the weather like in these pictures?ask for helpblindaccidentfear fogget lostdangerconfuseWhat can you think of when the word “fog”
is mentioned? 1.What is the story about? A young lady in the fog. At 86 King Street.2.Where did Polly live?3. Who helped Polly?4.What was the old man carrying? An old blind man. A stick. The fog was very thick in the morning.
When she got to Green Park, the weather
turned out to be fine.
3. Polly got to Green Park by train.
4. The old man carried an umbrella in his
hand.
5. At first Polly thought the old man couldn’t
see her face because he was blind.
6. After arriving at home, Polly invited the old
man to her home for a rest and he agreed.FFTFFFTrue or false Questions and answers 1. Why did Polly leave work early?
2. Why did Polly take the Underground to Green park?
3. What was the weather like outside the train station?Because there was a thick fog that afternoon and she wondered if the bus would still be running in the fog.Because it was too foggy for the bus to go to King Street.The fog lay like a thick, grey cloud.4 According to lines 20, what made Polly afraid?
5. According to line 33, what did the man look like?
6. How could the man tell that Polly was young?The rough hand that brushed her face, and the man’s voice that was close to her ear made Polly afraid.He looked old and had a beard.He could tell Polly was young from her voice.Put these events in the correct order.1. Polly took the Underground to Green Park .
2. An old man took Polly’s hand.
3. A hand reached out and grazed Polly’s arm.
4. Polly thanked the blind man.
5. A tall man in a dark coat was watching Polly.
6. Polly and the old man turned left at the crossroads.2653977. Polly felt frightened when a rough hand
brushed her face.
8. Polly got to King Street safely.
9. Polly left the office at four o’clock.
10. The old man went to help others .
48110forecast a. a feeling of being freed from
worry
2. fare b. pay attention to; be careful
about
3. narrow c. the money you paid to
travel on a bus, train, plane,etc
4. stare d. make a statement about
what will happen in the future.
5. watch out for e. not wide
6. relief f. look at someone or something
for a long time
Word studyFill in the following chart using the information you find in the story Fog to check your understanding of the story.Part Place Time &
weather Person What happened Polly's thought or feeling Part 1 Part 2 Outside Polly's work place Polly She left work early. She wondered if the bus would still be running. at the bus stop in the street later Polly;
the bus
condu-
ctor The fog was too thick for the bus to run to King Street, where Polly lived. \At 4
p.m.
foggyPart Place Time &
weather PersonWhat happened Polly's thought or feeling Part 3Part4later Polly;
a tall man A tall man in a dark coat is on the train. She sensed she was being watched. In Park Street; at the corner of the street When Polly got to the station, the fog lay like a thick, gray cloud. Polly;
a man A rough hand brushed her face. Her heart was beating with fear. In the underground train; at Green Park stationPart Place Time &
weather Person What happened Polly's thought or feelingPart 5 Part 6in the street Polly;
an old man
The old man took her hand and helped her find the way. She wished for someone to come along.
Fear held her still. She began to feel frightened again. outside Polly's house at King Street late that day
Polly; the old blind man The old man left to help more people in need.
Polly was thankful.
It was dark.Scan the story and try to find the route (路线) that Polly took home.outside Polly’s working placeat the bus stop on the streetin the Underground trainat Green Park stationin Park Streetat the corner of the streetin the street near King Streetat 86 King StreetReading strategy Stories usually have the following elements in common.
a plot
main characters
a certain time period a place
a problem to be solved
a climax or a surprise ending Read the story using the reading strategy.miststepped foggy wondered usual deserted walked footsteps underground taxi lost firmly brush pay sunny1.What is the personality(性格特点) of the old man?
2. What can we do to help those disabled like the old blind man?
3. Did you ever lose your sense of taste or smell when you were ill? How did you feel?Discussion4. Some people talk about a ‘ sixth sense’. They say it helps people know about things before they happen. Do you believe in a ‘sixth sense’? Why or why not?Post-reading activitiesRetell the story Fog with the help of the following chart.Outside Polly’s working placeAt the bus stop on the streetIn the underground trainAt Green Park stationIn Park StreetAt the corner of the streetIn the street near King StreetAt 86 King StreetLanguage pointsSometimes senses affect one another.
sense 在这里是可数名词,意思是“感官”
five senses a / the sense of smell[C] ……的感觉 / 能力
the sense of humor / direction / success
[U] 辨别力
common sense常识
a man of good sense 通情达理的人
[U] 意义、价值
There is no sense in / of doing sth. bring sb. to one’s senses
使某人醒过来
come to one’s senses 醒过来
out of / lose one’s senses
失去神智
in a sense 在某种意义上
make sense 有意义、讲得通常用短语In Scandinavian countries it is a common
_____ for the husband to stay at home to look after the baby.
A. use B. sense C. practice D. idea
【解析】common sense指“常识”,前面不用冠词a。而practice指“练习”时是不可数名词,若指“惯例、习惯做法”时是可数名词。C affect v. 影响,感动,作用
Overwork may affect your health.
Everyone was affected by his sad story.
be affected with
被…所苦, 被…所烦扰, 患有 ... 疾病affect, effect, influence用法区别区别一:affect 与 effect 均可表示“影响”,其区别是:前者是动词(及物),主要指一时的影响,着重影响的动作,可指一般意义的影响(不分好坏),也可指不良影响;后者是名词(可数或不可数)可数或不可数,两者的关系大致为:
affect =have an effect on。如:
The news did not affect her at all.
=The news had no effect on her at all. 区别二:influence 表示“影响”,主要指对行为、性格、观点等产生间接的或潜移默化的影响。可用作动词”(及物)或名词(通常不可数,但有时可连用不定冠词)。如:
What you read influences your thinking.
Television has a strong influence on people.You will probably _____ your team’s chance to win because you seem to have such great _____ them.
A. affect; influence
B. effect; influence
C. affect; effect on
D. effect; affect on C one another 相互;彼此
The teacher always tells her students to treat one another with respect.each other和one another可交互使用。但one another 侧重两人以上的互相,而each other则侧重两人之间的互相较为常见。 The husband and wife sat down at the table facing each other.
I think music is one way people can get to know one another better. At four o’clock, Polly left work and stepped out into the fog.
step out 走出去
They step out of the sun into the coolness.
Step out ten feet and then put a mark in the ground.
step by step 逐步地
out of step 不合拍,不协调‘Sorry, Miss,’ replied the man, ‘the truth is that it is too foggy for the bus to run that far …’
that far 那么远
that 可以做副词,修饰形容词或副词,表示程度。
I’m sorry. I hadn’t realized the situation was that bad.As Polly observed the passengers on the train, she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark over coat.
observe 与see、hear、watch、feel、notice一样属于感官动词,此外还可以表示“监视;遵守;庆祝(节日)?”
The police observed a man enter the bank.
The police have been observing his movements.
The law should be strictly observed. 我看到他正从房间里偷偷地走出来。I ________ him ________________ the room.
人人都要遵守交通法规。Everyone should __________________.
Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ________ the traditional customs.
A. perform B. possess
C. observe D. supportobservedstealing out ofCobserve the traffic rulesAt last the train arrived at Green Park station.
arrive at 到达,达到
You must arrive at the airport two hours earlier.
一般情况下,arrive at后面接的地点相对较小,而arrive in 后面的地点相对较大。
Flight number BA 4793 will arrive in London at 16:50. 表示“到达” get to = reach = arrive in / at 后面接表示地点的名词。
但三组词有区别:
reach可以接表示地点的副词,如:here, there, home等。 get to后面接这些副词,要去掉to。 arrive in / at后面接地点副词,应去掉in / at。 He reached home at half past eight last night.
= He got there at half past eight last night.
= He arrived there at half past eight last night.
应注意,如果动词之后不指到达什么地方时,一般只用arrive, 不用reach和get to
When we arrived, it was raining hard. Don't forget to ring me up as soon as you _____, will you?
A. get to there B. arrive
C. reach D. arrive atBWhile the rest of the passengers were getting out, she glanced at the faces around her.
glance at 浏览;扫一眼
He glanced at his watch and then looked at the sky.
glance about / around / round 环视
glance right and left 左顾右盼
glance this way and that 东张西望 There was no one in sight.
看不见一个人。
归纳拓展:within / in sight 看得见 out of sight 看不见
at the sight of ... 一看到…
at first sight 乍一看;第一眼
lose one’s sight 失明
lose sight of 看不见;忽略;忘记
catch sight of 看见;瞥见
come into sight 出现
know sb. by sight 与某人面熟At the railway station, the mother waved
goodbye to her daughter until the train
was ________.
A. out of sight
B. out of reach
C. out of order
D. out of placeAPolly set off towards Park Street.
set off 出发
If you want to catch that train, we'd better set off immediately.
They've set off on a journey round the world. 用set组成的常用短语:
set up 建立
set out 开始;出发
set down 太阳落山;飞机着陆1) Armed with the information you have
gathered, you can ______ preparing your
business plan.
A. set out B. set about
C. set off D. set up
解析:根据句意:有这么些个你所收集的信息,你可以着手 (set about doing sth.)准备你的商业计划了。set out to do sth.着手;set off出发;set up建立,均不符合语境,故排除。B2) We _______ to paint the whole house but finished only the front part that day.
A. set about B. set up
C. set out D. set down
解析:set out to do sth. 着手去做某事,而
set about、 set off 也可表示着手去做某
事,但是后面加doing不加to do。set up
“建立”, set down一般为“写下,记下,抄
下来”的意思。CAs she walked along the narrow street, she heard the sound of footsteps approaching, …
approach v.
a. 接近,靠近
Winter is approaching.
b. 接洽,建议,要求
We have been approached by a number of companies that are interested in our product. c. 着手处理,对付
What is the best way of approaching this
problem?
n. 方式,方法,态度
She took the wrong approach in dealing
with this problem.
【词义辨析】
manner, method, way, means, approach
这些名词均含“方法、方式”之意。
manner: 多指行动的特殊方式或独特的方法。method: 指有系统、有条理地办事或解决问题
的方法。
way: 普通用词,可指一般的方法,有时也指
个人的方法或方式,也可指特殊的方式或方
法。
means: 指为达到某种目的或目标而采用的
方法、手段或途径。
approach: 指从事某事的特别方法、途径。____ the city center, we saw a stone statue
of about 10 meters in height.
A. Approaching B. Approached
C. To approach D. To be approached
解析:考察现在分词作状语,表示正在进行或主动的动作。此时分词的逻辑主语就是主句的主语,因此要注意人称、时态和语态的一致性。A At the meeting they discussed three different ______ to the study of mathematics.
A. approaches B. means
C. methods D. ways
解析:本题的关键词是题干中的介词to,只有approach才能跟to搭配使用。句意为“他们在会上讨论了三种不同的研究数学的方法”。AA minute before, she had wished for someone to come along.
come along 一道走
Will you come along with me? Now she wanted to run, but fear held her still.
句中的hold 的意思是“使保持某种状态”, 后常接形容词或副词,做宾语补足语。
Could you hold the door open for me, please?
It took three strong men to hold him down. still 在这句话里是形容词,意思是“静止的, 静寂的”,stand still “站立不动”
She sat perfectly still while I explained the reasons.
Keep still, or you'll frighten the rabbit away.
still adv.更;仍然;静止地 still, quiet, silent和calm?
still?表示绝对静止或安静,只能用于物理上的安静,强调“静止”,不能指心理状态。
quiet?强调外在的安静现象,指没有吵闹或骚乱的静寂状态。用于自然环境时,指没有活动、喧闹的寂静状态;用于人时,指生性安静、不易激动。silent 侧重“不说话”,强调不发表意见。“不弄出声响”,但不一定没有活动。
calm?既可以表示外在的平静现象,也可指内在的平静状态,既可以修饰人,表示人“镇静自若”;也可以修饰物,多用来指天气,海洋等“平静无风”。 He tried to keep _______, but his trembling
hands gave him away.
A. quiet B. still
C. silent D. calmDPolly found herself staring up at the face of an old man with a beard.
find oneself … “发现自己(做某事或出于某种状态)”, 后常接现在分词或介词短语,常指没有意料到得事或状态。
I suddenly found myself making everyone’s lunch.
When he came to, he found himself in a hospital.He found his son ______ by letters and
papers and ______ very worried.
A. surrounding;looked
B. surrounded;looked
C. surrounding;looking
D. surrounded;looking
解析:动词的过去分词充当宾补,表示被动;动词的现在分词充当宾补,表示主动。根据句意应选D。DWatch out for the step here.
watch out 小心;提防
I advised them to watch out for slick spots on the sidewalk.
Watch out! There's a car coming.
watch out for sb. / sth. 当心/提防/注意… Children are told to _____ strangers
when they are out without parents.
A. watch out for B. come up with
C. get along with D. allow for
ASuppose you are the editor of the newspaper, try to interview Polly to know more about what happened to her.
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