adapt, absence等重点单词精析
1. 【课文原句】 ... have learned to adapt to my disability. (P2)
【点拨】 adapt v. (使)适应，改编。adapt (oneself) to 适应；adapt ... (for ...) from ... 根据……改编（成）……。
【例句】 He has not yet adapted to the climate. 他还没适应这种气候。
This novel has been adapted for radio from the Russian original. 这部小说已由俄文原著改编成广播节目。
【拓展】 adaptable adj. 能适应的；adaptation n. 适应，改编（本）。如：
Living creatures must be adaptable to environ-
mental change. 生物必须能适应环境的变化。
He made a quick adaptation to the new environment. 他很快适应了新的环境。
2. 【课文原句】 Every time I returned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind the others. (P2)
【点拨】 absence n. 缺乏，缺席，不在某处。in / during one’s absence 某人不在时；in the absence of 由于缺乏；absence of mind 心不在焉，魂不守舍。
【例句】 The absence of colour in that drawing makes it dull. 那幅画因没有着色而显得晦暗。
She never speaks ill of anyone in his or her absence. 她从不趁人不在时说别人的坏话。
【拓展】 absent adj. 缺席的，不在的，茫然的；be absent from 缺席。如：
Snow is absent in his country. 他的国家不下雪。
He is absent from the meeting. 他缺席了会议。
He had an absent look on his face. 他脸上露出了茫然的神色。
3. 【课文原句】 The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them. (P2)
【点拨】 annoy vt. 烦扰，打搅，使烦恼。
【例句】 A fly kept annoying me. 一只苍蝇老打搅我。
The way Tina orders us around really annoys us. 蒂娜把我们差来遣去的做法真让我们恼火。
【拓展】 annoyed adj. 感到烦恼的，感到生气的；annoying adj. 令人心烦的；annoyance n. 烦恼，打扰。如：
I’ll be annoyed if we don’t finish by eight. 如果八点之前我们还没完成，我会很懊恼。
The annoying thing is he’s usually right. 令人气恼的是他通常都是对的。
He was annoyed with his child for wanting to go to the park in the rain. 他的孩子要在下雨时逛公园，这使他很不高兴。
4.【课文原句】 Listen to the latter part of Barry’s story where Joan congratulates Barry and wishes him future success, then complete the sentences. (P7)
【点拨】 congratulate vt. 祝贺，向……道喜。congratulate sb on (doing) sth 祝贺某人（做了）某事；congratulate oneself on (doing) sth 为（做了）某事而感到自豪。
【例句】 He never even stopped to congratulate me. 他甚至都不停下来向我表示祝贺。
My father congratulated me on passing the exam. 我父亲祝贺我通过了考试。
I congratulated myself on my fortune. 我为自己的好运气感到自豪。
【拓展】 congratulation n. 祝贺，恭喜。常用复数形式，也可以单独使用。如：
Give my congratulations and tell her I’ll come soon. 替我恭喜她并转告她我很快就来。
—I’ve just passed my driving test. 我刚通过驾驶执照考试。
—Congratulations! 恭喜你！
adapt, absence等重点单词小练
一、单项填空。
1. The new teacher was very slow to ________ the unusual rules of the school.
A. adapt for B. adapt to
C. adapting for D. adapting to
2. He often asked his neighbour to look after his pet during his ________.
A. lack B. missing
C. leaving D. absence
3. When I passed the entrance examination, my family ________ me ________ my success.
A. celebrated; on B. congratulated; on
C. celebrated; to D. congratulated; to
二、用所给单词的适当形式完成下面的句子。
absence, congratulate, annoy,
congratulation, absent
1. I heard that you’re getting married. ________!
2. It is ________ that we didn’t know about this before.
3. Professor Li is ________; I will teach the lesson in the place of him.
4. They ________ him on his seventieth birthday.
5. In the ________ of the manager, I shall be in charge.
三、根据汉语完成下面的英语句子，每空一词。
1. 他努力使自己适应新的情况。
He tried hard to ________ ________ ________ the new conditions.
2. 作者将把他的剧本改编成电视剧。
The author is going to ________ his play ________teleplay.
3. 我不在时，请帮我看房子。
Please look after my house ________ ________ ________.
4. 他母亲因为他对邻居如此粗暴无礼而生他的气。
His mother was ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ so rude to their neighbours.
5. 他因某种理由而没有出席会议。
He ________ ________ ________ the meeting for one reason or another.
6. 他庆幸自己娶了这么善良的姑娘为妻。
He ________ ________ ________ getting married to such a kind girl.
参考答案
adapt, absence 等重点单词小练：
一、1—3 BDB二、1. Congratulations
2. annoying 3. absent 4. congratulated
5. absence三、1. adapt himself to 2. adapt; for 3. during / in my absence 4. annoyed with him for being 5. was absent from 6. congratulates himself on
课件28张PPT。Unit 1Living wellWarming Up1. Guess some pictures and learn life of disabled people.
2. To know what is called disability and sort the kinds of disabilities.
3.Name some other disabled persons with great achievements.
4. Know of some signs of disabilities. Do you know him?VenusWhat difficulty may he/she have in daily life?
What is called disability?Do you think they live well? Make a judgementdeaf blind Make a judgementdumb mentally handicapped Make a judgementcrippledlame Make a judgementDisability Physical Mental Disability A disabled person is one who has a condition called a disability that interfere with his or her ability to perform one or more activities of everybody living.Warming Up Talking task:
Could you name some other famous disabled people and briefly introduce them? (disability, achievement)Beethoven
Deaf
MusicianTai Lihua
Deaf and dumb
a famous dancer
The Thousand-hand BonhisattvaHellen Keller
(1882-1968)
Blind, deaf and dumb
a famous writer Steven Hawking
Speech impaired损害
physicist /
mathematicianFranklin Roosevelt
the 32nd president of the USA Zhou Zhou
mentally disabled a famous conductor Zhang Haidi
has no feeling
below the waist,
uses a wheel chair
writerdeaf, a great inventor, more than 1000 inventions in his life Thomas EdisonSang Lan
a famous gymnast
seriously hurt in a competition
ThinkingWhat does these people’s stories tell us? As long as they don’t lose heart, the disabled can also make great contributions with their efforts. Some are even better than normal people.Game playingPlease act it out according to what you are required:dumb/deafblindcrippled lameLook at the four pictures and read what these people have achieved. The students in the pictures each have a disability. With a partner, discuss what their disability might be. The following list might help you. mental disability，learning difficulty，hearing problem，difficulty with eyesight，brain injury，loss of an arm or leg，severe illness，deafness，walking difficulty1.To look through the new words of the reading text.
2.Write two disabled persons with achievements around you.
