新人教版高中英语必修6Unit 1-5

Unit 1-5
I.Topics
Unit 1:
A brief history of Western painting and Chinese art; famous
artists and works of art
Unit 2:
Different types of poems; reading, writing and listening to poetry
Unit 3:
Health problems: smoking, HIV/ AIDS, and drugs; attitudes towards HIV/ AIDS
Unit 4:
Global warming; Pollution; The importance of protecting the earth
Unit 5:
Volcanoes; Crater lakes; Cyclones
II.Words and expressions
Unit 1:
Words: abstract, sculpture, gallery, consequently, belief, consequent, aim, symbol, value, focus, religion,
possession, convince, shadow, ridiculous,
controversial, nowadays, attempt, predict,
aggressive, scholar, flesh, geometry, bunch,
avenue, exhibition, civilization, contemporary,
permanent, district, tip
Expressions: focus on, a great deal of, scores of, in the flesh
Unit 2:
Words: poem, recite, aspect, convey, nursery, rhyme, diamond, cottage, balloon, sparrow, tease,
salty, endless, translate, branch, transform,
joy, anger, sorrow, thread, appropriate, ending,
compass, pattern, sunlight, darkness, warmth,
underline, load
Expressions: take it easy, run out of, make up of, nursery rhyme
Unit 3:
Words: cigarette, alcohol, sex, sexual, stress, stressful, adolescent, due, addicted, addictive,
accustomed, bad-tempered, automatic,
automatically, mental, mentally, manage, lung,
pregnant, quit, relaxation, chemist, gum,
chewing gum, weaken, ashamed, eventually,
production, risk, illegal, HIV, AIDS, flu,
needle, male, female, statement, perfect,
perfectly, kiss, basic, comprehension,
judgement
Expressions: due to, addicted to, accustomed to, decide on, in spite of, feel like (doing),
take risk (a risk), at risk, get into,
stand for
Unit 4:
Words: compare, graph, phenomenon, fuel, quantity, per, data, catastrophe, climate, consequence, state,
range, glance, widespread, decrease, steady,
steadily, average, existence, outer,
electrical, motor, can(n.), microwave, nuclear,
disagreement, title
Expressions: compare to, come about, quantities of, result in, build up, keep on, on the whole,
make a difference, put up with, so long as,
and so on
Unit 5:
Words: volcano, erupt, eruption, ash, hurricane, adventure, bore, excite, evaluate, unfortunate,
unfortunately, fountain, absolute, absolutely,
fantastic, crater, potential, impress,
impressive, precious, novelist, cancel, effort,
relieve, tremble, sweat, anxiety, anxious,
panic, courage, typhoon, heaven, diverse,
diversity, unique, bathe, swallow, guarantee Expressions: compare…with, burn to the ground, make an effort, make one’s way , glance through,
vary from… to …
III.Functional items
Unit 1:
Talk about likes and preferences:
I’d prefer…
I’d rather….
I’d like…
Which would you prefer…?
I really prefer….
Would you rather…?
Would you like…or…?
Unit 2:
Talk about intentions:
I’m not going to ….
I plan to….
How are you going to..?
I’ll….
I’m looking forward to…
Unit 3:
How to advise people about what to do and what not to do: Do /Don’t….
Don’t forget to…
It is not / would be a good idea to …
You should …
You don’t have to…
Mind your head/ step!
It’s OK / all right to…
Unit 4:
Expressing agreement, disagreement, blame and complaint Yes, I agree with you.
Yes, I think so.
I believe that you’ve got it right.
I don’t think so.
I don’t think that’s right.
I’m afraid you are wrong.
I’m sorry to bring this up, but….
I’m sorry to say this, but….
They shouldn’t have done it.
They are to blame.
Why don’t you do something about it?
Perhaps they should /ought to do….
Unit 5:
Expressing fear and anxiety
I was so excited about what I had done and where I was, I forgot my fear.
I was very worried that….
I was very relieved when…
I was trembling almost as much as the ground under my feet.
I was still terrified.
I was so nervous that my whole body was damp with sweat.
I was so anxious that I couldn’t move for a long time.
I had to force myself not to panic.
Then I got up the courage to….
IV.Grammar
Unit 1:
The subjunctive mood (1)
If I were you…
I wish I could/did/ would…
If I did…. I would do….
Unit 2:
The subjunctive mood (2)
If I had done…, I would have done….
Unit 3:
“It” can be used to talk about time, date, distance or weather:
It is a beautiful day.
It was time to quit smoking.
“It” can be used in the subject position to stand for an infinitive, -ing form or
A clause:
It is amazing that at my age I am still fit.
It is easier to fall than to rise.
It is no good crying over split milk.
Unit 4:
The use of “It” : it used for emphasis
It is human activity that has caused this global warming. Unit 5:
The –ing form used as adverbial in a sentence
Looking carefully at the ground, I made my way to the edge of the crater.
Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn’t take much notice.。