Unit 4
I.Teaching aims and demands
1.Topics
1>.Talk about unforgettable experiences
2>.Describe people,things and events
3>.Talk about natural disasters
2.Function:
1>describing emotions
Help! Don't worry. Well done. Come on!
I'm afraid to... Don't be afraid. You can do it. That's better./Keep trying.
I'm afraid. It scares me. It's all right. I'll be OK/all right.
2>describing sequences
First...;next....;then....;finally.
3.Vocabulary
unforgettable;king;host;scare;disaster;finally;rescue;advance;upon;seize;
swallow;drag;struggle;fight;flow;fright;shake;strike;destroy;tower;national;
deadling;fear;opportunity;article;agent;temple;touch;naughty;peanut;note
take place;on fire;pull sb up;get on one's feet;go through;on holiday;travel agency
4.Grammar:the Attributive Clause(1)
1>能夠用英語描述人物的特征,行為等---由who/whom/that/whose引導
2>能夠用英語描述事物,事件的性質,內容等---由which/that引導
II.Key points
1.listening and speaking
1>event n.[用法](尤指重要有意義或不尋常的)事件
2>unforgettable a. [聯想]forgetful健忘的
3>seismograph n. [用法]地動儀;測震儀
4>king n.[聯想]queen王后
5>host [用法]n. 主人;vt. 做...的主人,主辦,主持 [聯想]hostess女主人;a host country東道國
6>take place [用法]發生;舉行 [注意]無被動態 [比較]take one's place;take the place of
7>create vt[用法]創造,創建,創作
8>have some difficulty with... [用法]做某事有困難
9>scare [用法]vi/vt (受)驚嚇 [聯想]scared
10>be caught in ...[用法]被困在;被卷入 [舉例]be caught in the rain(shower)淋雨
11>on fire [用法]著火;失火 [聯想]set fire (to);catch fire;put out the fire
2.reading
1>roar n./v.[用法]轟鳴;呼嘯
2>seize v.[用法]抓住;逮住;奪取
3>rescue v.[用法]援救;營救 [聯想]save
4>disaster n.[用法]災難;災禍
5>advance [用法]n./v.前進,進展 [聯想]in advance 提前;advanced 高級的,先進的
[舉例]A month has passed and the work has not advanced.
There have been great advances in space travel in the last 20 years.
6>loud [用法]a./adv. 大聲(相對于聲音低而言)
[比較]aloud adv. 高聲,出聲地(相對于無聲而言);loudly adv. 大聲(多含吵鬧之意,有時和loud通用)
7>Before she could think twice,the water was upon her.
[注意]這里before引導時間狀語從句,意為"在..之前""...以后""還沒來得及"等.
[舉例]She had hung up before I could say a word.
It will be three months before my friend comes back from abroad.
8>swallow [注意]v.吞咽;吞噬; n.淹沒 吞咽;燕子
9>drag v. [用法]拖;拽
10>sweep down... [用法]沖倒...
11>pull sb up [用法]把...往上拽
12>struggle [用法]n./v. 掙扎;奮斗;競爭
13>get on one's feet [用法]站立起來 [同義]get to on's feet
14>look into each other's face [注意]into的用法
15>strike [用法]v.擊打;打動;劃火柴;敲鐘
16>must have been [用法]對過去發生之事的推測;nust be doing是對現在的推測
17>flow [用法]vi.流動
18>fright n. [用法]驚駭;吃驚 [聯想]frighten
19>shake [用法]v.震動;搖動 [聯想]shake hands with 和某人握手
20>crack vi. [用法]發出破裂聲
21>destroy vt.[用法]毀壞;摧毀
22>go through [用法]通過;經受;仔細檢查
23>deadline n.[用法]截至時間;最終期限
24>fear [用法]n./v. 擔心;害怕 [搭配]for fear of
25>opportunity [用法]機會 [搭配]take/seize the opportunity抓住機會
26>on holiday [聯想]on vacation
27>mass n. [用法]團;塊;大量 [搭配]a mass of;masses of
28>be upon... [用法]逼近;靠近
29>hear sb shouting/see sb running
Jeff shouted,seizing her arm
a strange cracking noise [注意]現在分詞做補語,狀語,定語的現象
30>refer to [用法]提及,涉及,指,參考
3.integrating skills
1>travel agent [用法]旅行社代理人 [聯想]agency代辦處;代理處
2>look up/down at [注意]up/down為副詞
3>touch [用法]v./n.觸摸;感動 [聯想]keep/stay in touch with;
4>finally [聯想]in the end;at last
5>towars evening [注意]無冠詞
6>note n.[用法]筆記;便條;注釋;紙幣
4>workbook
1>What does "quake" mean as in the word "earthquake"? [注意]as的用法
2>sound like [用法]聽上去像
3>make jokes [用法]開玩笑
4>easygoing [用法]悠閑的;舒適的;懶散的
5>cause damage [用法]造成破壞
6>A quake hit Taiwan.[注意]hit意為襲擊