赵永建电子课件unit5-overcoming-obstacles-true-hight

Rome wasn‟t built in a day.
3. Work with the time you have. Don't wait until you have time to do the entire thing. Instead, even if you only have five minutes, get started.
6. Ask for help.
Sometimes, the reason you don't start is because you don't know what to do. If that's the case, ask for help.
Skimming
1. Genre:
Text A True Height
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• Q: • Why do numerous people like watching pole-vaulting?
• Detailed understanding: • 1. It combines the grace of a gymnast [‘dʒɪmnæst] with the strength of a body builder. • Tr. • 它融合了体操运动员的优雅与健美运动员 的力量。
• Useful expressions: 1. Coincide [.kəuin‟said] vi. (1)Her arrival coincided with our departure. ((of events) occur at the same time, 指事情同时发生) 她来到时我们正好离开. (2)Her taste in music coincides with her husband„s. (be identical or very similar to sth. else ) 她在音乐方面的爱好与她丈夫一致. Where he flew would always coincide with his mother‟s stories. Tr. 他飞跃的都是母亲故事里描述的地方。
You shall reap what you sow.
5. Eliminate [I’limineit] distractions.
Turn off your computer. Concentrate on your work.
God helps those Who help themselves.
• 2. Her excitement and passion for details made Michael‟s dreams full of color and beauty. • Tr.
• 她对细节的激情和酷爱使得迈克尔的梦境 色彩缤纷、绚丽无比。
• 3. It was at the exact moment he took a deep breath that he began to lift off the ground. He would begin soaring like an eagle. • Tr. • 就在他深深吸上一口气的瞬间，他开始从 地面一跃而起，就像一头雄鹰那样开始翱 翔。
Skimming
•What is a flashback?来自before1
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A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronical order (时间顺序)of a narrative.
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New words: Sweat: 1. n. 擦去额头上的汗水 wipe the sweat from one's forehead Climbing all these stairs is a real sweat. （ task, etc needing much effort 艰巨的任务等） • 登上所有这些楼梯可真费力气. • 2. v. • The long climb made us sweat. • 我们攀登了很长距离, 已大汗淋漓了.
2. Break your task into smaller tasks.
Take one big task and break it into smaller tasks. For instance, do part of your assignment each time rather than the entire one.
Unit 5
Overcoming Obstacles
Is God fair or not?
Talk and Say sth. about,
• the obstacles [‘ɔbstəkl] that you have been faced with in your life. • the ways in which you overcame such difficulties.
• Expressions: • 1. recur. Vi. • 1) come or happen again 再发生；复发 • The symptoms tend to recur. • 这种症状有可能复发. • 2) (of ideas, events etc.)come back (to sb)重现 • Our first meeting often recurs to me/my mind. • 我们初次见面的情形时常浮现於我的脑海. Recurrence: n. • recurring decimal [‘desiməl]. 循环小数
• New words: Fantasy [‘fæntəsi]: n. imagination or fancy 想象； 幻想 He lives in a world of fantasy. • Compare:
• Fantasy: 通常指完全脱离现实的空想 • Fancy:凭空想象客观世界不存在之事物,并非完全脱离 现实,只是离现实较远。 • Imagination: 想象或想象力, 构想
seagulls soaring over the cliffs ? （ hover in the air without moving the wings ） 翱翔於悬崖峭壁之上的海鸥
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• Q: • How does the author describe Michael’s mother and father?
Fantastic [fæn’tæstik]: adj. fantastic schemes （not practical） She's a fantastic swimmer. 她游泳游得非常好.
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• Q: • What was Michael’s childhood dream? • How come he had this dream?
• Detailed understanding: • 1. Her stories were always ones • • • • • • • that described the land from a bird‟s-eye view. Tr. 她的故事总是从高空俯瞰描述大地。 a bird's eye view (of sth) general view from a high position looking down 俯视; 鸟瞰: From the plane we had a bird's eye view of London. 我们从飞机上鸟瞰伦敦.
2. It also has the element of flying, and the thought of flying as high as a two-story building is a mere fantasy to anyone watching such an event.
• Tr. • 它还具有飞翔的特征，对于观看该项目比赛的 观众来说，飞跃两层楼的高度简直是一件不可 思议的事情。
Tomorrow never comes.
4. Set small deadlines[‘dedlain].
After meeting each deadline, give yourself a reward. For example, play video games when you finish an hour of studying.
6-12: Michael topped his personal best, won the championship and set a new world record. 13: What was most unusual about Michael‟s victory was that he was blind.
2. dream of/about sth. / v-ing sth. 梦见… … 昨夜我梦见我在飞翔. I dreamt about flying last night. Was it real or did I dream it? 是真的还是我当时在做梦? Dreamer: 做梦的人；梦想家；空想家
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3. soar The jet soared into the air. (go up high in the air quickly ) 那架喷气式飞机飞上了天空. Prices are soaring
物价飞涨
soaring temperatures
迅速增高的温度
narration
2. Content: a pole-vaulting competition + a flashback(Michael's childhood)