课件30张PPT。Module 2
The RenaissanceReading & Writing To read and understand a diary
To try to write a diary about a visit
To learn some key words and expressions奥维森平原鸢花花园收获雷雨前的麦田夜晚的咖啡屋(a) a letter
(b) a diary
(c) a guidebook
(d) a magazine1. Look at the passage and say where it comes from. 1) Has the writer been to Amsterdam
before?No, he hasn’t.2. Work in pairs and answer the
questions. Because the streets follow the canals and are horseshoe shaped.2) Why does he say it’s not easy to find
one’s way around the town?3) Why are houses narrow but tall?Because owners were taxed on the width of their houses.4) What does the writer think about Van Gogh’s art?He think s it’s astonishing.6) Is the style formal or informal and how do you know?Informal. Because it has phrases like “I reckon” and “I told Claire I thought” in it, which are mostly used in casual spoken English.5) Does the writer have a positive impression of the city?Yes, he does.3. Read the passage again and follow these instructions.1) Decide which sentences (or parts of sentences) in each paragraph give you important information and which sentences give you extra information.2) Use the important information to write a summary of each paragraph.
3) Make each summary about 50 words and write it in the style of a postcard to a friend.4. Choose the correct picture for
each of your postcards in Activity 3.Para 1
Para 2
Para 35. Imagine you were a visitor to the
town where you live. Write a
passage for your diary. Write about:● Your arrival in the town
● Your general impression of the town
● the architecture
● Your plans for tomorrow 1. So you can walk along a street for half an hour or so and end up 5 minutes from where you started.
那么你有可能沿街走了半个小时左右,结果离你出发的地点实际仅有五分钟的路程。
end up 到达或来到某处;达到某种状态或采取某行动。e.g. If you drive car like this, you’ll end up in hospital.
如果你像这样开车终归得进医院。
Carry the box of explosives carefully
or we’ll end up dead ourselves.
小心点搬这箱炸药, 不然我们都得完
蛋。
He ended up (as) head of the firm.
他最后当上了这个公司的经理。end相关词组:
in the end ________________
at the end of __________________
by the end of ___________
on end ________________最后;终于在……的结尾;终点到……末继续;连续2. …where house owners were taxed on the size of their windows…
……房屋的主人要根据窗户的尺寸纳税……。
tax 1) n. 税;税款;税金:
e.g. income/inheritance/property/sales
tax
所得/遗产/物业/营业税They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.
他们要求减少大量的花消和增长的
税收。 2) tax v. 对……征税
e.g. My income is taxed at source.
我的收入已经先行扣除了所得税。 3. It doesn’t matter whether he is doing a
portrait or landscape — he’s a genius.
不管他在画肖像还是风景—他都是天
才。
1) matter n. 事情;问题;情况(=
affair)e.g. It was clear that she wanted to discuss some private matter.
很明显,他想讨论一些私人问题。
Don’t you think this is now a matter for the police?
难道你不觉得这件事现在该交由警
方处理吗?
Business matters drew him to Paris.
商业事务吸引他到了巴黎。Is anything the matter?
什么事?
Carole, what’s the matter? You don’t
seem happy.
Carole, 出什么事了?你似乎不高兴。
She told him there was nothing the matter.
她告诉他没什么事情。习语:
A. to make matters / things worse
将困难情况弄得更糟
B. no matter who, what, where, etc.
无论谁、什么、何处等:
e.g. No matter what your age, you can
lose weight by following this program.
不管年龄多大,都可以按这套方案减
肥。C. as a matter of fact
事实上;说真的;其实
e.g. I don’t like him, as a matter of fact.
事实上,我不喜欢他。D. a matter of time
迟早的事
e.g. It can only be a matter of time before
someone is seriously injured.
有人严重受伤是迟早的事。E. a matter of life and death
生死攸关的事情;成败关键
e.g. The quality of the ambulance service is a matter of life and death.
救护车服务的质量是一个生死攸关的事情。2) v. 关系重大;要紧
It doesn’t matter if…
It doesn’t matter who/why/what
matter a lot/ a great deal / little to all
that matters/ the only thing that
matters / what matters is4. She reminded me that we were leaving for Paris tomorrow.
她使我想起来我们明天要去巴黎。
remind v.
1) remind sb. of sth.
使某人回想起或意识到某事物
e.g. That song always reminds me of our
first date. 相似结构:
accuse/rob/inform/suspect sb. of sth.2) remind sb. to do sth.
remind sb. that
提醒某人注意某事或做某事e.g. Remind me to buy some milk tonight.
提醒我今天要买一些牛奶。
I reminded him (that) how much the
fare was.
我提醒他车票的价格。
That reminds me (What you’ve just
said, done, etc). I must feed the cat.
对了, 我该喂猫了。(你刚说的
话, 刚做的事提醒了我)Write the diary in Activity 5.