课件23张PPT。Unit 16 L3 Life Stories Objectives Students are going to:
Review and try to use the vocabulary from the text;
Understand and use synonyms and opposites.1. We can do anything we want
to do if we stick to it long enough.
Although the world is full of
suffering, it is full also of the
overcoming of it. Some Quotes? Helen Keller wrote:2. Keep your face to the sunshine
and you will not see the shadows.
3. One can never consent to creep
when one feels an impulse to soar. 4. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. 5. The best and most beautiful things
in the world cannot be seen nor
touched but are felt in the heart.
6. When we do the best we can,
we never know what miracle is
wrought in our life, or in the life
of another. 7. Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature...
8. Life is either a daring adventure
or nothing.9. When one door of happiness closes,
another opens; but often we look
so long at the closed door that we
do not see the one which has been
opened for us. straightforward
complex
stubborn
not flexibleWord understanding“I don’t like to change my mind and always want to get my own way.”
“If I don’t like something, I’ll tell people rather
than try to hide it.”
3. “People say that they have a hard time getting to know me and don’t understand why I behave the way I do.” Understanding the words using synonyms
Nothing is more precious to me than my good health.
Our former headmaster was Miss Yingang, and she retired in May this year.
Lots of people thought the answer to the question was apparent, but I don’t think so.
We wanted to enter the contest but we couldn’t because there were lots of restrictions.=valuable=previous=obvious=limitsUnderstanding the words in context He is a superb chef. He works in New York’s best restaurant.outstanding; not awfulbreakthroughan important advance or discovery, often after earlier failures
an unforgettable moment in life 突破; 进展A. The government should cancel the
___________(限制) on importing
cereals from America.
She never listens to other people’s
suggestions. She is a little ________
(顽固的) and her behaviors are
___________(难以忍受的).restrictionsstubbornunbearableFill in the blanks with the new words:He was so ______(渴望) to have a ___________ (突破)on his English study that he decided to recite 100 words one day. I think he is a ______ (了不起)student.eagerbreakthroughsuperbFill in the blanks with the new words: apparent Easy to see, easy to understand.
The meaning of love was still not apparent to Helen, but she kept on trying to understand.
His sadness is apparent to us all.
It is apparent to us that he is upset.
eager keen anxiouseager excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to dokeen especially BrE someone who is keen on something is very interested in it or enjoys doing it very muchanxious worried about something
Mrs. Miller is very keen on art.
He was eager to get out of the (common) rank and distinguish himself in some way.
He seemed anxious about the meeting.Synonyms (同义词)Exe.3 P111. severe
2. precious
3. eager
4. straightforward
5. restrictions
6. former
7. apparentOpposites (反义词)Exe.4 P111. precise
2. complex
3. warmth
4. uncertain
5. troublesome
6. gradual
7. stubborn
Sentence UnderstandingThis was because Helen couldn’t see or hear.
This is how she described it in her book.
This was before I knew many words.
how, because, before 引导的名词从句作表语。
Now that…Now that Helen understood the key to language, she was eager to learn more and use it as much as she could.
Now that they’ve got to know each other a little better, they get along just fine.
What can we do with it now that we’ve found the “Hidden Web” ?
It was the first time Helen had understood such a complex word.It is / was the + 序数词 + time + (that) ... 表示“是第……次做……”。这是一个特殊的句型, 当主句用is时,that从句应该用现在完成时;当主句用was时,that从句应该用过去完成时。还可以用This /That代替It。如:
It / This / That was the first time that your grandpa had been to America.
这是你外公第一次去美国。
这是他第一次上学迟到。
That was the first time that he had been late for school.用所给短语的适当形式填空。be eager to, now that, uncertain about , relate to, open up 1. I’m going to relax _________ the school year is over.
2. What time does the Xinhua Bookstore ________?
3. We are _______________ the place where he lives.
4. The cost ________ the amount of time spent on the job.
5. To tell you the truth, I _____________ meet my friends tonight. now thatopen upuncertain aboutrelates toam eager toHomework: Ex 1 P56