Learning plan： Book7 Unit 4 Sharing Period 2 Language Study
PS: （FOR TEACHERS）
选修7 Unit 4 Sharing- Reading
A LETTER HOME
Dear Rosemary,
Thanks for your letter, which took a fortnight to arrive. It was wonderful to hear from you. I know you're dying to hear all about my life here, so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.
You asked about my high school. Well, it's a bush school – the classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. It takes me only a few minutes to walk to school down a muddy track. When I reach the school grounds there are lots of "good mornings" for me from the boys. Many of them have walked a long way, sometimes up to two hours, to get to school.
There's no electricity or water and even no textbooks either! I'm still trying to adapt to these conditions. However, one thing is for sure, I've become more imaginative in my teaching. Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no concept of doing experiments. In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket! The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere! The boys who had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I'm making any difference to these boys' lives at all.
You asked whether I'm getting to know any local people. Well, that's actually quite difficult as I don't speak much of the local English dialect yet. But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and I did visit a village which is the home of one of the boys, Tombe. It was my first visit to a remote village. We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below. When we arrived at the village, Tombe's mother, Kiak, who had been pulling weeds in her garden, started crying "ieee ieee". We shook hands with all the villagers. Everyone seemed to be a relative of Tombe's.
Tombe's father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof - this shows it is a man's house. The huts were round, not rectangular like the school buildings.
There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep on. Usually Kiak would sleep in her own hut, but that night she was going to share the platform with us. Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on small beds in another part of the hut. There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway. The only possessions I could see were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars.
Outside Mukap was building a fire. Once the fire was going, he laid stones on it. When hot, he placed them in an empty oil drum with kau kau (sweet potato), corn and greens. He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam. I sniffed the food; it smelled delicious. We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire. I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language, even though I could not participate the conversation. Luckily, Tombe could be our interpreter.
Later, I noticed a tin can standing upside down on the grill over the fire. After a short time Tombe threw it out of the doorway. I was puzzled. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut. Otherwise they don't waste anything.
We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes. My muscles were aching and my knees shaking as we climbed down the mountain towards home. That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe's family.
It's getting late and I have to prepare tomorrow's lessons and do some paperwork. Please write soon.
Love
Jo
Learning aims：
1. To learn the useful words and expressions.
2. To use language points both orally and in written forms.
Learning procedures &ways：
?Step 1 Discovering useful words and expressions
Read the reading passage and underline and translate the following words and expressions in the text .
hear from sb ,
be dying to do sth.,
relevant ,
make a difference to,
adjust, participate in,
dry out/dry up,
otherwise,
privilege, up to.
?Step 2 Learning about language
Go through the important phrases and sentences.
Lead Ss to deal with some difficult language points.
1. Thanks for your letter. It was wonderful to hear from you.
hear from sb.收到某人的信
I look forward to hearing from you.
I look forward to hearing from your letter.（wrong）
我期待收到你的来信
注意：
【联想拓展】与hear 相关的短语:
hear about 听到关于......的消息
hear from 收到……的来信
hear of 听说, 听到
hear sb. do sth. 听见某人做了某事
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事
你有没有听说这种新的抗癌药物。
2．I know you’re dying to hear all about my life here, so I’ve included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.
be dying to do / for sth. 渴望做某事；迫切想要
I am dying to know what has happened. 我迫切想知道发生了什么。
I am dying for a glass of water. 我非常想来杯水喝
(1) 我极想出国 ____________________
(2) 他很渴望喝点酒 _________________________
【联想拓展】“渴望”的类似说法
1. have a strong desire for sth.
2. be eager to do
3. be thirsty for sth.
4. desire to do sth.
5. long to do sth. / for sth.
由动词die组成的短语：
Smallpox(天花), a kind of disease, has now died .
A. out B. away C. off D. Down
3. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.
relevant adj. 有关的，相关的；切题的
What you said is not relevant to the matter in hand.你所说的事与目前考虑中的问题无关。
【联想拓展】
relevance n. 关系，关联，中肯
relevantly adv. 有关地，切题地
be relevant to 与……有关的
be irrelevant to 与……无关的
根据汉语意思，完成英文句子
(1)这一点至关重要，我们还是接着谈吧。
This point ____________________ and we had better move on.
(2)她的陈述与这件事无关。
Her statement____________________this case.
(3)你有什么跟这个工作相关的经历？
What experience do you have that is ____________________ this position
4. To be honest, I doubt whether I'm making any difference to these boys' lives at all.
make a difference to 有影响, 有作用, 有差别
The rain didn’t make any difference to our football game. 那场雨没有影响到我们的足球赛。
Going to college made a big difference to my whole life. 考上大学对我的整个一生影响颇大。
【联想拓展】
make no/ a little/ much/ some difference无/ 有一点/ 有很大/ 有一些差别
tell the difference between 说出…的差别
be different from 与…不同
make a difference between 区分…
(1) 我们应该区分开对错。
We should between right and wrong.
(2) 对我来说, 他去不去都没关系。
It me whether he goes or not.
5 . The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust.
adjust vi.& vt. 调整；使适合
①It took her a while to adjust to living alone.
她过了一段时间才适应独自生活。
②You will quickly adjust yourself to student life.
你将很快适应学生生活。
③This kind of desk can be adjusted to the height you need. Besides，it’s not expensive at all.
这种课桌可以调整你需要的高度，况且一点也不贵。
④Just as I tried to make the necessary adjustment to this new situation，Wang Ping appeared.
我正努力适应这里的新环境，这时王平出现了。
[联想拓展]
adjustment n．调整；适应
adjustable adj.可调整的
adjust sth. (to sth.) 调整(以适应/适合……)
adjust to (doing) sth. 适应(做)某事
adjust oneself to sth. 使自己适应……
make an adjustment 作出调整，作出调节
根据汉语意思，完成英文句子
(1)我的表快了，我得把它校准。
My watch is too fast. I have to __________ it.
(2)一个人很难使自己适应他人的习惯。
It is difficult for someone to _____________others' habits.
(3)动物能使自己适应生存环境。
Animals can__________________ the environment.
<注意>
adjust (oneself) to =adapt (oneself) to “适应”
这里的to是介词, 后跟名词或动词-ing形式。
类似的词组有列举: _______________________
6 . I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language，even though I could not participate in the conversation.
participate (+in) vi. 参加，参与
【联想拓展】
participate vi. 参与；参加
participant n. 参加者，共享者
participation n. 参与，分担，共享
participate with sb. in sth. 与某人分担某事
participate in sth. with sb. 同某人参与某事
用participate正确形式填空
(1)我希望这次与会的各位朋友畅所欲言。
I hope each ________ to the current forum speak out freely.
(2)你能想象一个没有外来人才的新加坡会如何发展吗？
Can you imagine how Singapore would develop without the ___________ of talented foreigners
(3)1988年以来，已有大约300个城市和农场家庭加入了这个计划。
Some 300 city and farm families _______________ in the program since 1988.
【易混辨析】
participate in/ attend/ join/ take part in/ join in
①They all the plot.
②At the age of eighteen, he the party.
③The children the English Evening and had a good time.
④He didn’t school yesterday because of his illness.
⑤Zhou Enlai the student movements actively when he was at school.
7. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut. dry out (使)变干; 干透
(1) 他告诉我加热罐子是为了使剩余的食物变干。
He told me that the can was heated to_______________________
(2) Water the plant regularly, never letting ______________. (土壤干枯)
dry up (河流，湖泊等)干枯; 弄干、晒干、变干; (供应、思路) 枯竭
(1) During the drought, the river dried up.
(2) The writer’s long separation from social dried up his imagination.
(3) The sun will soon dry up the roads.
8. Otherwise they don't waste anything.
otherwise (adv. ＆ conj.) “用别的方法, 其他方面; 否则, 不然 (or)”
He is slow, but otherwise he is a good worker.
Seize the chance, otherwise (or) you will regret it.
★ 祈使句, and (or, otherwise) + 简单句 (简单句常用将来时)
1) Hurry up, ___ you will be late.
2) Study hard, ___ you will pass the exam.
3) Study hard, ___you will not pass the exam.
9 . It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe’s family.
privilege “ 殊荣”
It was a privilege to know you. 能认识你真是荣幸之至。
privilege 还表示“特权”、“权利”
have the privilege to do sth有特权/权利干某事
have the privilege of doing sth./to do sth有幸做某事
Only members have the privilege to use the ground.
the privilege of citizenship/ equality 公民权/平等权
①You can enjoy all the benefits and privileges of club membership.你可以享受俱乐部成员的一切福利和优惠。
②I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.但愿有幸与他们再度合作。
[即境活用]完成句子
(1)在现代社会中不应该把教育看成一种特权，每一个人都有权力接受教育。
Education should not be ________ ________ in the modern society ,for everyone has the right to do so.
(2)女士们、先生们，我很荣幸的向大家介绍今晚的发言人。
Ladies and gentlemen，I _______ _______ _______ ______ _______introducing our speaker for tonight.
10. (be) up to…多达；取决于
It's up to you whether we accept the present or not.
我们要不要这份礼物由你决定。
It is up to sb. to do sth. 由某人作决定做某事
up to now直到现在
live up to达到标准，遵守
go / come up to 走到；走上前
根据汉语意思，完成英文句子
(1)他每天都练弹钢琴，有时达到了3小时。
He practices playing the piano every day, _______________ three hours.
(2)我会一直呆到下午5点30分。
I'll be here _____________ 5：30 pm.
(3)他的工作未能达到要求的标准。
His work is _____________ the required standard.
?Step 3 Practice with the language points
Exercise 1：Find words in the unit for the following meanings.（Ex-1，P32）
Exercise 2：Complete the paragraph with the word or phrases in the box.（Ex-2，P32）
Exercise 3：Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 我昨天收到了纽约的姐姐的来信。
I ______ _____ my sister in New York yeaterday.
2. 她渴望出国。
She ____ _______ ________ go abroad.
3. 最近非洲许多河流都干涸了。
Many rivers in Africa_____ ______ ____ recently
4. 你的衣服要很长时间才能干透。
Your clothes will take ages _____ _____ _______.
5. 这桌子可以配合小孩的高度任意调整。
You can _______ this desk ____ _____ ________ ____ any child.
6志愿者工作会给巴布亚新几内亚的人们带来不同吗？
Will the voluntary work_______ _______ ______ to the people in PNG
7我们学校的许多学生都参加了志愿者活动。
Many students in our school ________ _______ ______the volunteer activities.
8跟汤贝一家度过一天，真是一种殊荣。
_____ _______ _______ ______ ______have spent a day with Tombe's family.
?Step 3 Consolidation
Retell the text after learning the useful words and plete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.
Dear Rosemary,
I like to thank you for your letter. Hearing from you is really wonderful.
You are 1 to hear all about my life here in PNG. Well I am 2 some photos and pictures in this letter so that you may get to know more about this place.
I am working at a 3 school here. Everything here is made from 4 . We walk to school everyday. We have to walk a long way to 5 the school grounds. Sometimes we spend 6 to two hours getting to the school. It was difficult for me to 7 to life here. But one thing is 8 sure. I have become a lot more 9 in my work. I am teaching a most 10 subject here, and that is science.
Life is hard here, too. We have to carry water from a faraway well in a 11 .
Yesterday I showed the pupils a chemistry 12 . Then the 13 got bubbling over everywhere. They were frightened for they had not come 14 this kind of thing. They jumped out of the windows. Most of them will go back to their 15 . Chemistry won’t make any 16 to their lives. I am getting to know more about local people here. I can even speak some Pidgin English now.
I will tell you more about my life here in my next letter to you.
I have to work now. So much for today.
Love,
Jo
?Step 4 Homework
1. Remember the new words and expressions in this unit and make sentences with them.
2. Finish off the Exercises on P31 and the Learning Plan.PS: （FOR TEACHERS）
选修7 Unit 4 Sharing- Reading
A LETTER HOME
Dear Rosemary,
Thanks for your letter, which took a fortnight to arrive. It was wonderful to hear from you. I know you're dying to hear all about my life here, so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.
You asked about my high school. Well, it's a bush school – the classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. It takes me only a few minutes to walk to school down a muddy track. When I reach the school grounds there are lots of "good mornings" for me from the boys. Many of them have walked a long way, sometimes up to two hours, to get to school.
There's no electricity or water and even no textbooks either! I'm still trying to adapt to these conditions. However, one thing is for sure, I've become more imaginative in my teaching. Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no concept of doing experiments. In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket! The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere! The boys who had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I'm making any difference to these boys' lives at all.
You asked whether I'm getting to know any local people. Well, that's actually quite difficult as I don't speak much of the local English dialect yet. But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and I did visit a village which is the home of one of the boys, Tombe. It was my first visit to a remote village. We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below. When we arrived at the village, Tombe's mother, Kiak, who had been pulling weeds in her garden, started crying "ieee ieee". We shook hands with all the villagers. Everyone seemed to be a relative of Tombe's.
Tombe's father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof - this shows it is a man's house. The huts were round, not rectangular like the school buildings.
There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep on. Usually Kiak would sleep in her own hut, but that night she was going to share the platform with us. Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on small beds in another part of the hut. There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway. The only possessions I could see were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars.
Outside Mukap was building a fire. Once the fire was going, he laid stones on it. When hot, he placed them in an empty oil drum with kau kau (sweet potato), corn and greens. He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam. I sniffed the food; it smelled delicious. We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire. I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language, even though I could not participate the conversation. Luckily, Tombe could be our interpreter.
Later, I noticed a tin can standing upside down on the grill over the fire. After a short time Tombe threw it out of the doorway. I was puzzled. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut. Otherwise they don't waste anything.
We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes. My muscles were aching and my knees shaking as we climbed down the mountain towards home. That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe's family.
It's getting late and I have to prepare tomorrow's lessons and do some paperwork. Please write soon.
Love
Jo
Book7 Unit 4 Sharing Period 2 Language Study
Teaching aims：
1．To learn the useful expressions and sentence structures.
2．To enable students to use language points both orally and in written forms.
Teaching procedures &ways：
?Step 1 Discovering useful words and expressions
1. Ask Ss to read the reading passage and underline and translate the following words and expressions in the text .
hear from sb be dying to do sth.,relevant make a difference toadjustparticipate indry out, dry up, otherwiseprivilegeup to,
?Step 2 Learning about language
Go through the important phrases and sentences.
Lead Ss to deal with some difficult language points.
1. Thanks for your letter. It was wonderful to hear from you.
hear from sb. = receive a letter from sb. 收到某人的信
I look forward to hearing from you.
I look forward to hearing from your letter.（wrong）
我期待收到你的来信
注意：hear from后面只能接表示人的名词或代词，不可接letter作为它的宾语。
【联想拓展】
与hear 相关的短语:
hear about 听到关于......的消息
hear from 收到……的来信
hear of 听说, 听到
hear sb. do sth. 听见某人做了某事
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事
你有没有听说这种新的抗癌药物
Have you heard about the new anticancer drug
2．I know you’re dying to hear all about my life here, so I’ve included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.
我知道你急于了解我在这里的生活情况。我在信中附有几张照片，能够帮助你想像出我所谈到的地方。
be dying to do sth (line 2, para1): want very much to do sth, have a strong desire to do sth.
I am dying to know what has happened. 我迫切想知道发生了什么。
be dying for sth：want sth very much
I am dying for a glass of water. 我非常想来杯水喝
be dying to do / for sth. 渴望做某事；迫切想要
All of them are dying to see the movie.
他们所有人都极想看那部电影。
My father is dying to know the life of my collage
他迫切地想知道考试的结果
He is dying to know the result of the exam
【联想拓展】
“渴望”的类似说法
1. have a strong desire for sth.
2. be eager to do
3. be thirsty for sth.
4. desire to do sth.
5. long to do sth. / for sth.
(1) 我极想出国 ____________________
(2) 他很渴望喝点酒 _________________________
I am dying to go abroad.
He was dying for a little wine.
由动词die组成的短语：
Smallpox(天花), a kind of disease, has now died .
A. out B. away C. off D. Down
解析：选A。考查短语辨析。 die out 灭绝，消失;die away 渐息；die down 平息；die off (花、草)枯死。根据句意，选A。
3. relevant adj. 有关的，相关的；切题的(反义词：irrelevant)
What you said is not relevant to the matter in hand.你所说的事与目前考虑中的问题无关。
relevance n. 关系，关联，中肯
relevantly adv. 有关地，切题地
be relevant to 与……有关的
= be connected with； have sth to do with
be irrelevant to 与……无关的
根据汉语意思，完成英文句子
(1)这一点至关重要，我们还是接着谈吧。
This point ____________________ and we had better move on.
(2)她的陈述与这件事无关。
Her statement___________________________this case.
is really relevant
is irrelevant to
(3)你有什么跟这个工作相关的经历？
What experience do you have that is ____________________ this position
(4)他的国籍与他是否是位好老师无关。
His nationality ____________________ whether he is a good teacher.
relevant to
isn't relevant to
4. make a difference to (line 10, Para.3): have an effect on, be important to
有影响, 有作用, 有差别
The rain didn’t make any difference to our football game. 那场雨没有影响到我们的足球赛。
Going to college made a big difference to my whole life. 考上大学对我的整个一生影响颇大。
make no/ a little/ much/ some difference无/ 有一点/ 有很大/ 有一些差别
tell the difference between 说出…的差别
be different from 与…不同
make a difference between 区分…
(1) 我们应该区分开对错。
We should make a difference between right and wrong.
(2) 对我来说, 他去不去都没关系。
It makes no difference to me whether he goes or not.
(3) Does it __ any difference whether we leave at 9:00 or at 10:00
A. tell B. be C. give D. make
D
5 . The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust.
小屋内很黑，因此眼睛要过好一阵才能适应过来。
adjust vi.& vt. 调整；使适合
①It took her a while to adjust to living alone.
她过了一段时间才适应独自生活。
②You will quickly adjust yourself to student life.
你将很快适应学生生活。
③This kind of desk can be adjusted to the height you need. Besides，it’s not expensive at all.
这种课桌可以调整你需要的高度，况且一点也不贵。
④Just as I tried to make the necessary adjustment to this new situation，Wang Ping appeared.
我正努力适应这里的新环境，这时王平出现了。
[联想拓展]
adjustment n．调整；适应
adjustable adj.可调整的
adjust sth. (to sth.) 调整(以适应/适合……)
adjust to (doing) sth. 适应(做)某事
adjust oneself to sth. 使自己适应……
make an adjustment 作出调整，作出调节
根据汉语意思，完成英文句子
(1)我的表快了，我得把它校准。
My watch is too fast. I have to __________ it.
(2)一个人很难使自己适应他人的习惯。
It is difficult for someone to _____________others' habits.
adjust
adjust to
(3)她花了很长时间才适应了在美国独自生活。
It took her a long time to__________________alone in America.
(4)动物能使自己适应生存环境。
Animals can ______________________ the environment.
adjust to living
adjust themselves to
<注意>
adjust (oneself) to =adapt (oneself) to “适应”
adapt (oneself) to 的to是介词, 后跟名词或动词-ing形式。类似的词组有:
be (get) used to 习惯于
be related to 与……相关
lead to 带领,导致,通向
devote oneself to 献身于
contribute to 为……作贡献
access to 接近/进入(某地的)方法
look forward to 盼望
pay attention to 注意
give rise to 引起
be accustomed to 习惯于
be addicted to 沉溺于
stick to 坚持
belong to 属于
refer to 提到, 涉及到,查阅
6 . I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language，even though I could not participate in the conversation.
我喜欢听一家人用他们的语言轻声细语地交谈，虽然我无法参与到他们的对话中去。
participate (+in) to take part in vi. 参加，参与
【联想拓展】
participate vi. 参与；参加
participant n. 参加者，共享者
participation n. 参与，分担，共享
participate with sb. in sth. 与某人分担某事
participate in sth. with sb. 同某人参与某事
用participate正确形式填空
(1)我希望这次与会的各位朋友畅所欲言。
I hope each ________ to the current forum speak out freely.
(2)你能想象一个没有外来人才的新加坡会如何发展吗？
Can you imagine how Singapore would develop without the ___________ of talented foreigners
participant
participation
(3)1988年以来，已有大约300个城市和农场家庭加入了这个计划。
Some 300 city and farm families _______________ in the program since 1988.
have participated
【易混辨析】
participate in/attend/join/take part in/join in
participate in 正式用语，表示参加，参与。强调与他人共同参加某一活动，暗示以一种积极的态度参加。
attend 正式用语，一般用于指参加会议，出席典礼或招待会等，也可以指上学，听课，听演讲或讲座等。
join 常用词，作及物动词；通常指参加某组织或团体，并成为其中的一员，其宾语往往是the army/party/team/club等。
take part in 指参加群众性的活动，侧重说明主语参加该项活动并在其中发挥一定的作用。part 前若有修饰语，要用不定冠词。如take (an active) part in school/activities。
join in 参加正在进行的活动，其宾语一般是竞赛、娱乐、谈话、讨论、聚会、游戏等名词，可以用于join in (doing) sth./join sb. in (doing) sth. 结构中。
用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
join/join in/take part in/attend/participate in
①They all the plot.
②At the age of eighteen, he the party.
③The children the English Evening and had a good time.
④He didn’t school yesterday because of his illness.
⑤Zhou Enlai the student movements actively when he was at school.
①participated in ②joined ③joined in ④attend ⑤took part in
7. dry out (使)变干; 干透
(1) 他告诉我加热罐子是为了使剩余的食物变干。
He told me that the can was heated to
_______________________
(2) Water the plant regularly, never letting ______________. (土壤干枯)
dry out the leftover food.
the soil dry out
dry up (河流，湖泊等)干枯; 弄干、晒干、变干; (供应、思路) 枯竭
(1) During the drought, the river dried up.
(2) The writer’s long separation from social dried up his imagination.
(3) 太阳很快就会把马路晒干的
_______________________________
The sun will soon dry up the roads.
8. otherwise (adv. ＆ conj.) “用别的方法, 其他方面; 否则, 不然 (or)”
He is slow, but otherwise he is a good worker.
Seize the chance, otherwise (or) you will regret it.
★ 祈使句, and (or, otherwise) + 简单句 (简单句常用将来时)
1) Hurry up, ___ you will be late.
2) Study hard, ___ you will pass the exam.
3) Study hard, ___you will not pass the exam.
9 . It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe’s family.
能与汤贝一家度过一天的时间真是莫大的荣幸。
privilege “ 殊荣”
It was a privilege to know you. 能认识你真是荣幸之至。
privilege 还表示“特权”、“权利”
★ have the privilege to do sth = have the right to do sth “有特权(权利) 干某事”
Only members have the privilege to use the ground.
the privilege of citizenship/ equality 公民权/平等权
[归纳拓展]
①(牛津P1576)You can enjoy all the benefits and privileges of club membership.
你可以享受俱乐部成员的一切福利和优惠。
②(牛津P1576)I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
但愿有幸与他们再度合作。
③We are privileged to have a distinguished guest with us tonight.
我们今晚有幸与一位贵宾在一起。
[即境活用]
6．完成句子
(1)在现代社会中不应该把教育看成一种特权，每一个人都有权力接受教育。
Education should not be ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ for everyone has the right to do so.
答案：a privilege in the modern society
(2)女士们、先生们，我很荣幸的向大家介绍今晚的发言人。
Ladies and gentlemen，I ________ ________ ________ ________ ________introducing our speaker for tonight.
答案：have the great privilege of
【联想拓展】
privileged adj. 有特权的
be privileged to do sth. 荣幸地去做某事
enjoy privileges 享受特权
the privilege of doing sth./to do sth.有幸做某事
privilege sb. from ... 给某人特权使某人免于……
10. (be) up to…多达；取决于
It's up to you whether we accept the present or not.
我们要不要这份礼物由你决定。
It is up to sb. to do sth. 由某人作决定做某事
up to now直到现在
live up to达到标准，遵守
go / come up to 走到；走上前
根据汉语意思，完成英文句子
(1)他每天都练弹钢琴，有时达到了3小时。
He practices playing the piano every day, ____________________ three hours.
(2)我会一直呆到下午5点30分。
I'll be here _____________ 5：30 pm.
sometimes up to
up to
(3)他的工作未能达到要求的标准。
His work is _____________________________ the required standard.
not up to
?Step 3 Practice with the language points
Exercise 1：Find words in the unit for the following meanings.（Ex-1，P32）
1. to change slightly to make something work better
2. a mental shelf for cooking meat, toasting bread, etc
3. connected with what is being done or discussed
4. an idea
5. an honour
6. something that has been organized
7. written work in an office, such as writing reports or letters.
8. to breathe air into your nose noisily
Exercise 2：Complete the paragraph with the word or phrases in the box.（Ex-2，P32）
otherwise airmail be dying to adjust muddy hear from fortnight platform remote
Sharon looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. She had posted the ______ letter to Tim last week but had had no reply. She smoothed her hair down with a wet comb, wiped her ______ shoes, and thought about the three months she had know him. He was the nicest boy she had ever met, ________ she would not have fallen in love with him. She still remembered that he _______ quickly when he heard she came from a ______ village. At first she had __________ him every week but now she had not heard for a ________. Why She had decided to find out.
She walked down the ________ to catch the train to New York feeling both excited and nervous. She ___________ see him again but what if he didn’t want to see her
Exercise 3：Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 我昨天收到了纽约的姐姐的来信。
I ________ _________ my sister in New York yeaterday.
2. 她渴望出国。
She ____ _______ ________ go abroad.
3. 最近非洲许多河流都干涸了。
Many rivers in Africa ________ ________ ______ recently.
4. 你的衣服要很长时间才能干透。
Your clothes will take ages _______ ________ _______.
5. 这桌子可以配合小孩的高度任意调整。
You can _______ this desk ____ _____ ________ ____ any child.
6志愿者工作会给巴布亚新几内亚的人们带来不同吗？(make a difference)
Will the voluntary work________ ________ ______ to the people in PNG
7我们学校的许多学生都参加了志愿者活动。(participate in)
Many students in our school ________ ________ ______the volunteer activities.
8跟汤贝一家度过一天，真是一种殊荣。(It is a privilege to...)
_____ _______ _______ ______ ______have spent a day with Tombe's family.
1. heard from 2. is dying to 3. have dried up 4. to dry out 5. adjust, to, the, height of
6 make any differences 7have participated in 8 It was such a privilege to
?Step 3 Consolidation
Ask students to retell the text after learning the useful words and phrases.
Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.
Dear Rosemary,
I like to thank you for your letter. Hearing from you is really wonderful.
You are 1 to hear all about my life here in PNG. Well I am 2 some photos and pictures in this letter so that you may get to know more about this place.
I am working at a 3 school here. Everything here is made from 4 . We walk to school everyday. We have to walk a long way to 5 the school grounds. Sometimes we spend 6 to two hours getting to the school. It was difficult for me to 7 to life here. But one thing is 8 sure. I have become a lot more 9 in my work. I am teaching a most 10 subject here, and that is science.
Life is hard here, too. We have to carry water from a faraway well in a 11 .
Yesterday I showed the pupils a chemistry 12 . Then the 13 got bubbling over everywhere. They were frightened for they had not come 14 this kind of thing. They jumped out of the windows. Most of them will go back to their 15 . Chemistry won’t make any 16 to their lives. I am getting to know more about local people here. I can even speak some Pidgin English now.
I will tell you more about my life here in my next letter to you.
I have to work now. So much for today.
Love,
Jo
(Key: 1. dying 2. including 3. bush 4. bamboo 5. reach 6. up 7. adapt 8. for 9. imaginative 10. challenging 11. bucket 12. experiment 13. mixture 14. across 15. birthplace 16. difference)
?Step 4 Homework
1. Preview the Revising useful structures on Page 33.
2. Remember the new words and expressions in this unit and make sentences with them.
3. Finish off the Exercises on P31 and the Learning Plan.
