人教版高中英语选修七全册教案设计

人教版高中英语选修七全册名师教案设计
Unit One Living Well
Period One Warming up, Pre-reading and reading
Knowledge aims:
1.Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions: eyesight, ambition, disabled, beneficial, in other words, clumsy, microscope, out of breath, absence, stupid, fellow, annoyed, all in all, industry, tank, make fun of, encouragement, adapt to.
2. Help students to learn about disabilities and life of the disabled
Teaching important and difficult points:
Get students inspired by positive stories of the people with disabilities.
Develop students’ reading ability.
Help students understand the difficulties the disabled have to overcome.
V ocabulary:
hearing; clumsy (笨拙的); eyesight; dictation; certificate (证书); exit; abolish (废除, 废止); companion (同伴, 伴侣); suitable (适合的, 适宜的); handy (方便的, 有用的); dignity (尊严, 高贵的品质); community (社区, 社团); literature (文学, 著作, 文献); resign (辞职, 辞去职位); conduct (行为，品行); firm; fellow; outgoing (外向的, 友好的, 外出的); ambition (雄心, 野心); ambitious (有雄心的, 有野心的); absence (缺席, 不在某处); absent; beneficial (有益的, 受益的); benefit; assistance (协助, 援助); assistant; congratulate; congratulation (祝贺, 贺词); graduation (毕业, 毕业生); adequate (足够的, 充分的); adequately (足够地, 充分地); disability (伤残, 无能); annoy (使….不悦, 惹恼); annoyed; access (方法, 通路, 可接近性); accessible (可接近的, 可进入的, 可使用的); approval (赞成, 认可); approve (赞成, 认可); approving (赞成的, 认可的); profit; profitless (无利益的); profitable (可获利的, 有利可图的); bump into (撞上, 不期而遇); adapt to (适合); cut out (切去, 省略); out of breath (上气不接下气); all in all (总而言之); sit around (闲坐着); feel sorry for (同情某人); as well as; in many ways (在很多方面); make fun of (取笑); never mind; resign from (从…..辞职); with the assistance of (在…..的
协助下); all the best (祝贺一路顺利); have access to (有权进入, 接近, 使用); meet with; one in million (凤毛麟角, 稀罕的人和事); in other words
Grammar: The use of infinitive.
Step 1 Warming up
1. Warming up by discussing:
Ask students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to see how much they know about disabilities. Then show them some photos of people with disabilities by discussing the following questions.
1) Do you know any famous people who are disabled?
2) What difficulties do they have to overcome in their daily life?
3) What have they achieved?
(Suggested answers:
Steven Hawking has a muscle disease, but he made great contribution in science and puts forward his theory about black holes.
Beethoven was deaf in one ear when he was 26 and totally deaf at the age of 35, but he was a great composer.
Helen Keller was deaf and blind, but she was a great writer.)
2. Warming up by talking
First ask students to look at some pictures and read what these people have achieved even though they each have disability. Next work with partners to talk about what disability they might have according to each description below the picture
1) Rosalyn is in a wheelchair, she has walking difficulty.
2) Richard has difficulty with eyesight, so he can’t read the questions or write the answers for his college entrance exams.
3) Sally has hearing problems (though not deaf as she can still understand loud speech in the cinema.)
4) Gao Qiang was born with Down’s Syndrome, which is a mental disability. Some Down’s Syndrome Down’s Sufferers have made a good career as actors.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Ask students to read the short paragraph in Pre-reading carefully and find out the purpose of the website “Family Village”.
1) To give ordinary young people with a disability a chance to share their stories with others.
2) To inspire other disabled people.
3) To get non-disabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabled.
Step 3 Reading
1. Skimming: Ask students to read the passage fast just to sum up the main idea of each paragraph:
Paragraph 1: An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
Paragraph 2: How the disease developed / started.
Paragraph 3: Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
Paragraph 4: How his life has become easier.
Paragraph 5: The advantages of his disease.
2. Scanning: Ask students to read the passage carefully to locate detailed information.
1) First ask students to read paragraph one and complete the chart below.
2) Neat read paragraph two and three to answer the following questions.
Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg?
_______________________________________________________.
3) Read the paragraph four and answer the following questions.
What is Marty’s ambition?
_______________________________________________________.
What is Marty’s achievement?
_______________________________________________________.
What is Marty’s hobby?
____________________________________________________.
4) Ask students to find Marty’s advice in paragraph five:
______________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________.
3. 根据课文内容填空
Step 4 Consolidation
1．Ask students to read the whole passage to choose the best answers
1) True or false
A. Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets
annoyed.
B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D. Marty’s disability has made him more in dependent.
2) From the passage we can infer __________.
A. Marty asks others to feel sorry for him.
B. Marty never loses heart.
C. Marty is afraid of being made fun of.
D. Marty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger psychologically.
2 Ask students to work together to write a mini biography for Marty according to the text
Step 5 Discussion
1 Ask students to discuss the following questions in small groups
1) How did Marty’s feeling changed over time?
_______________________________________________________.
1)What kind of person do you think Marty is? Can you use adjective words to
describe him?
__________________________________________________.
Step 6 Appreciation
Ask students to read two poems for appreciation when facing obstacles in the future.
Step 7 Homework
1 Retell Marty’s story according to the mini biography
2 Surf the internet to learn about the life of disabled people.
Period 2 Language Study
Teaching aims:
1. To learn the useful expressions and sentence structures in the reading.
2. To enable the students to use language points both orally and in written forms.
3. To further get students inspired by Marty Fielding.
Step 1 Learning words and phrases
1. ambition: 雄心, 志向, 抱负, 目标. ambition to be / do sth. 或ambition fo sth; achieve / rea lize / fulfil one’s ambition 达到目标/ 实现夙愿
Great knowledge, experience and wisdom will help a man in a top position to achieve his ambition.
广博的知识丰富的经验和无穷的智慧对于高位的人实现自己的抱负将大有裨益.
The harder part of the mission has passed, and the rest is just a piece of cake.
这项任务中最困难的一部分已经通过了, 剩下的就只是小菜一碟.
The news that she has achieved / realized / fulfilled her ambition to be a musician (实现了她当音乐家的梦想) is widely spread by the people in the small town.
2. be suitable for / to sb: 适当的, 适合的.
The work was not suitable to me.
I d on’t think I should be suitable for the post.
He tried to find a suitable word to describe the picture.
比较: fit: 指大小尺寸合适suit: 指款式和样式合适match: 指大小, 色调,
形状, 性质等方面的搭配. fit 常同for连用, 而suit常同to连用.
These shoes doesn’t fit me----have you got a large size?
It does n’t suit you to have your hair cut short?
He suited his speech to his audience.
The People’s Great Hall and the Historical Museum match the Tian An Men Beautifully.
人民大会堂和历史博物馆把天安门陪衬得极为美丽.
Experts in education call for more books suitable for children (适合儿童阅读的). (suitable)
3. benefit: 有益于, 受益, 好处. Be beneficial to / be of benefit to 对….有益
for the benefit of sb = for sb’s benefit 为了…的利益, 为了帮助….. benefit from 从…..中受益
Using computers has a beneficial effect on children’s learning. / Using computers is benefic ial to children’s learning. 使用电脑对孩子的学习很有好处.
The warning sign was put there for the benefit of the public / for the public’s benefit.
那儿设立的警告牌已引起人们的警惕.
Both sides have benefited from the talks.
I hope what I have written will benefit / be benefit to (我写的这些将有助于) someone else who may feel the same way.
4. in other words: 换句话说big words大话; beyond words无法用言语表达; get in a word插话; eat one’s words承认说错了话; leave word留言; in a / one word
总而言之; in words用语言; have words with与某人争吵; word for word逐字的; go back on one’s word食言; without a word什么也没说; keep / break one’s word守信/ 失信; have a word with与某人谈话; have a good word to say for sb / sth说某人或某物的好话.
You can stay at home and needn’t come here any longer.
He took the dictionary without my permission. In other words, he stole it.
The little girl was alone in the dark house, frightened beyond words (感到无法
言传的恐惧). (frighten; word)
5. in addition: 此外, 另外, 还有.
6. knock into (= run into): 撞上或碰上, 巧遇某人.
In addition, my mother’s best friends will join in our family party.
You clumsy guy! You’ve knocked over my coffee!
When Lily took her first job, she was a clumsy girl, but now she is a successful career woman.
初涉职场时, Lily算不上是一个机灵的女孩, 可现在却是一位成功的职业女性.
The bus bumped into the back of the car.
In addition t an album, I gave him a pen and a pencil.
7. add….to…..把…..加到…..; add up总计, 加起来; add to增加; add up to总共达到, 意味着;
Please add up all these figures and see how much we can get.
His words don’t add up: he must be lying. 他的话前后不一致, 他一定在撒谎.
These figures in the bill add up to one billion.
He added that they would return a week later.
The bad weather added to our difficulties in (增加了我们的困难) making a successful climb of Himalayas.
8. cut out切掉, 删掉; cut up切碎; cut down砍掉, 削减, 压缩; cut in超车抢道, 打断, 打搅某人; cut off切断;
I cut this article out of the newspaper.
I would cut out the bit about working as a waitress. 我想删掉有关做女服务员
的那段经历.
The flood cut off their supplies.
She kept cutting in our conversation.
9. Judging from从…..看来; Generally speaking一般来说; Considering考虑到; Broadly speaking大体上说;
Judging from appearance, he seems to be a strong man.
Generally speaking, this novel is not very inspiring (吸引人的).
10. including: 包括…在内;
There are four members in my family, including me / me included.
He made much contribution to the company’s success, including abolishing (包
括废除) the unreasonable management system. (include; abolish)
11. out of breath: 上气不接下气.
His heart condition makes him out of breath.
After (having) supper, he went into his room to do his homework.
相关短语: out of date过期; out of reach够不着; out of work失业; out of sight 看不见; out of order坏了; lose one’s breath喘不过气来; take a deep breath深深地吸了一口气; out of the question不可能的, 办不到的; out of question无疑, 没有问题, 毫无疑问; out of control失控; hold one’s breath屏住呼吸; out of fashion过时, 不流行; catch one’s breath松一口气; out of patience不能忍受.
After he had worked in the factory for ten years, he went abroad.
I haven’t heard any noise since I slept.
How long is it since you lived in Shanghai?
The granny is so old as to be out of breath (以至于上气不接下气) going only a short distance. (as; breath)
12. absence缺席, 不在, 没有. Absence of mind心不在焉; leave of absence假期, 休假; absence without leave擅离职守, 开小差; in / during one’s absence = during / in the absence of当某人不在时, 在缺乏某物的情况下;
absent-minded心不在焉的, 健忘的; be absent from不在, 缺席; absent oneself from缺席, 不在;
Please look after my house during my absence.
Plants cannot exist in the absence of oxygen, nor can animals.
He failed in the exam because of his absence of mind.
He spoke to his wife absent-minded.
He was absent from the meeting.
He is absent from Beijing. 他不在北京(而在其他的地方).
He is absent in Beijing. 她不在这里而在北京.
He was forced to accept it as true in the absence of other evidence (由于没有其
他的证据), leading to the unwise decision. (absence).
13. annoy: 使生气, 招惹, 妨碍. annoyed: 感到恼怒的, 烦恼的annoying:
令人恼火的.
相关短语: annoy sb with sth / by doing sth因….使某人生气; be annoyed at / about / by sth因为某事而感到困扰; get / be annoyed with sb生某人的气; be annoyed + that-clause生….的气;
I met an annoying problem.
Don’t annoy your neighbours by singing loudly at night.
He was annoyed at his lost ID card.
He was annoyed that the book was missing.
I was annoyed with Mary for forgetting to (因为Mary忘记了…..而很生她的气) bring me the wonderful novel as she had promised. (annoyed; forget)
14. all in all总而言之; in all总共; at all根本; after all毕竟, 别忘了; above all 最重要, 首先; first of all首先;
There are many beautiful sentences in your article and its handwriting is good too. All in all, I’m quite satisfied with it.
In all there are 40 students in our class.
The parents didn’t worry about their daughter at all, for they believed she could succeed in getting the first prize.
Don’t blame him too much. After all, he is a small child.
When traveling abroad, above all, you need to prepare your passport.
I am glad to join you in this game, but first of all please allow me to introduce myself to you.
15. be said / report ed / happy / considered / known to have done…..
Mr. Brown is a kind woman; she isn’t supposed to have mistreated (按说不应该虐待) animals that way. (suppose, mistreat)
16. with / without + 名词/ 代词/ 不定式/ 形容词/ 副词/ 介词短语/ 现在分词/ 过去分词.
With the weather so close and stuffy (闷), ten to one it will rain presently.
Possibly this person died without anyone knowing where the coins were hidden.
I sat in my room for a few minutes with my eyes fixed on the ceiling.
With nowhere to go (因为无处可去), he had to spend all his winter holiday accompanying with his old granny. (with)
17. it作形式宾语的几种特殊情况:
1) 动词+ it + that从句, 常见的的动词有: have, take, put, like等.
I like it that you came.
I take it that he will come on time.
You can put it that it was arranged before.
你可以说这是以前安排的.
Rumor has it that the defence minister will soon resign.
据传闻, 国防部长不久就要辞职.
2) 动词+ it + when / if 从句, 常见的动词有: enjoy, hate, love, like, dislike, appreciate, prefer等.
I dislike it when you whistle.
We really appreciate it when she offered to help.
I’d prefer it if I didn’t have to do so much work.
3) 动词+ 介词+ it + that从句, 常见的动词短语有: see to, look to, stick to, depend on, answer for等.
See to it that you’re not late again. 注意千万不要再迟到.
Look to it that this doesn’t happen again.
注意不要再发生类似的事情.
I can’t answer for it that he will come. 我不能保证他会来.
You may rely on it that he will come to meet you.
你放心, 他会来接你的.
4) 动词+ 介词短语+ that从句. 常见的短语有: take it for granted, bring it to sb’s attention, owe it to sb. 等.
We owe it to you that there wasn’t a serious accident. 多亏了你才没有发生严重的事故.
I took it for granted that he would help you.我认为他会帮助你们的.
18. worthwhile, worthy, worth的区别:
worth只能作表语, “值得的, 有价值的”, 后接名词, 代词或动名词的主动形式.
Worthy可作表语或定语, 作定语时表示“值得的, 有价值的, 值得尊敬的”，作表语时表示“某物或某事值得做”或“适合做某事”, 其后接of + 名词/ 代词,
不定式或动名词的被动式being done.
Worthwhile可作表语或定语, 表示“值得的, 值得做的, 有意义的”，用作表
语时可接动名词或动词不定式. 常用的句式是: It is worthwhile doing / to do sth. 主语+ 动词+ it + worthwhile + doing / to do sth.
This picture is worth 500 dollars.
This problem is worth consideration / considering. = This problem is worthy of consideration / of being considered / to be considered.
这个问题值得考虑.
That is a worthwhile book.
The Summer Palace is worthwhile going / to go to have a visit.
Sensible people don’t think it worthwhile to buy / buying (值得买) things which are not needed even at a low price. (worthwhile)
19. mean 作及物动词时, 表示“意思是, 打算, 意味”；作形容词时表示“低劣的, 刻薄的, 吝啬的”常用于mean to do sth. 或mean doing sth.
These symbols mean nothing to me.
这些符号我完全不明白是什么意思.
I meant this photo for my mother.
我准备把这些照片送给我的妈妈.
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.
His words meant a lot to me.
Waving the hand means saying goodbye.
She is too mean to make a donation. 她很小气, 不肯捐赠.
注意mean to do sth. / mean to have done sth / had meant to do sth.都表示“原本打算做…..而实际上并没有做”.
20. conduct: 作名词时表示“行为, 品行, 指导”；作动词时表示“指挥, 引导, 管理” 而conductor意思是“乐队指挥, 售票员, 导体”. 相关的短语是: a bad conduct恶劣行为, under the conduct of 在….指导下/ 管理下; conduct oneself well / badly 表现得很好/ 糟糕
His conduct of the business was very successful.
他的事业进展得相当顺利.
The curator conducted the visitors round the museum.
馆长领着游客在博物馆中参观.
Copper conducts electricity better than other materials do.
铜的导电性比其他材料好.
The boy’s rough behavior infuriated her.
这个男孩粗鲁的行为激怒了她.
behavior无复数形式, 可指一切好的或坏的行为; conduct主要指用道德标准衡量的正当或不正当品行, 尤指遵守或违反某些已定的法规的含义.
His conduct at school was disgraceful. 他在学校的行为不端.
He got a three-year sentence, but may come out early if he conducted himself well (表现好) in prison. (conduct)
21. prevent ….from doing sth.阻止或防止某人干…..;
His advice prevented / stopped me (from) making a serious mistake.
= His advice kept me from making a serious mistake.
他的忠告是我免于犯下严重的错误.
22. live a / an ……life过…….的生活
There are several ways to live a colorful life on campus.
要在大学校园里过上充实的生活有很多方式.
23. There was a time when ……有一段…..的时期, 曾经……
In her letter he mentioned the time when people fought with enemies.
There was a time when girls couldn’t go to school.
It is high time that we planted (should plant) trees there.
It was the third time (that) he had done that kind of thing.
The girl had a hard time adapting herself to living in a foreign country.
24. adapt oneself to do sth适应某物be well adapt to 非常适应adapt ….to….使…..适应…. be adapted from…..由….改编adapts sth. for sth 改编, 改造, 使之适应新情况或新用途
adapt指作较大的改变以适应新的环境或情况, 也表示“改编, 改写”; adjust 侧重于作较小的改动或移动, 或指在整体中调整呢个各部分之间的关系, 使之一致; accommodate场之一拖鞋或前就做出对人或对既有利的调整; gear侧重于“使适应”, 对某事物加以调整以适应某种需要, 达到某种水平或标准.
We should try every effort to prevent violence from happening (阻止暴行发生) at school, or students’ personal safety could not be guaranteed. (prevent; violence) The children found it hard to adapt themselves to their new school.
He could not adapt his way of life to the company.
These flowers are well adapted to the conditions of rooms. 这些话非常适应室内的环境.
The materials can be adapted for use with older children. 这些布料可以修改一下用在大一点的孩子身上.
The movie was adapted from a novel.
It’s hard to adapt the story for the film.
We should adapt our thinking to the new conditions. 我们应该使自己的思想适应新的环境.
The body adjusts itself to changes of temperature.
Ha had to accommodate his steps to hers.
Industry must be geared to wartime needs. 工业必须调整以适应战时的需要.
25. as well as: 也, 又, 和…..一样, 相当于too, also.
Helen as well as I is eager to take part in the evening party.
He directed as well as acted in the film.
She can sing as well as her sister.
His story is as good as a play.
I am going to study abroad and my brother is going as well.
The young man who had lost both arms in an accident could handle a pen as well
as play the piano (还能弹钢琴) with his feet. (as)
26. resign from office辞职resign oneself to one’s fate 听天由命resign….to…..把….托付给….. resign one’s position as + 职务名称表示“辞去某职务” resign oneself to doing sth 听任某种影响, 只好做某事
In order to look after her sick mother, Mary decided to resign her position as manager in her company.
I resign my children to your care. 我只好把孩子委托你来照顾.
I resigned myself to a long wait in line. 我只好在长队中等候.
In no situation, shall we resign ourselves to or fate. 在任何情况下, 我们都不
能听天由命.
Failure as he has been in his previous attempts, he refuses to resign himself to defeat / to being defeated (不甘失败). (resign, defeat)
27. adequate: 适当的, 足够的, 差强人意的.
adequate: 着重于符合一个客观要求或标准, 可指数量上足够, 质量上适当. enough: 是常用词, 可用作后置定语, 指足以满足某种目的或愿望, 在数量上可以和adequate和sufficient互换, 但enough不表示质量.
ample: 指事件或商品等“充足而有多余”
abundant: 指就某个方面来说“丰富的, 丰裕的”
sufficient: 指为特定的目的和需要提供足够的数量.
Children need adequate nutrition to build up their body.
孩子需要足够的营养长身体.
The skater’s technique was only adequate.
滑冰者的技术只能说差强人意.
Every student has free access to the library. = The library is accessible to every student.
每位学生都可以自由利用图书馆.
The pay was adequate for me. 所得报酬够我用的.
For the use of beginners, the book is adequate.
对初学者来说, 这本书够用了.
They have enough / adequate computers for students to practice on.
他们有足够的计算机让学生上机训练.
There was enough / adequate food for a month. 有够一个月的食物.
We have got men enough. 我们有足够的人手.
This leaves her ample time to prepare three meals a day.
这使她有足够充足的时间一天做三顿饭.
They had an abundant fruit harvest last year. 他们去年水果大丰收.
They have got sufficient food and water for an 8-day journey.
他们已准备好足够8天旅行的食物和水.
The easiest access to (最容易的办法) the problem is still under discussion. (access)
28. suggest: 建议(接虚拟语气)；表面, 暗示(不用虚拟语气)
My parents called me suggesting that I should go home for the weekend.
His smile suggested that he had succeeded in this exam.
表示请求, 要求, 命令或建议等意义的动词有: advise, ask, demand, desire, decide, insist(坚决要求), order, command, propose, request, suggest(建议)等所接的宾语从句里, 以及advice, demand, decision, order, proposal, request, requirement, suggestion等所接的同位语从句, 主语从句以及表语从句里, 谓语动词用虚拟语气should + 动词原形.
She insisted that a seat (should) be looked in advance.
He advised that a doctor (should) be sent for.
We followed his advice that we should ask our teacher for help.
He issued the order that the troops (should) withdraw at once.
We followed his advice that the disabled (should) not be made fun of (不该取笑) under any circumstance. (make)
29. meet with遇到, 经历, 其后可接抽象名词: obstacles (障碍), difficulties(困难), misfortune(不幸), hostility(敌视), criticism(批评), kindness(善意, 善待), denial(否认).
A Chinese special representative would meet with U.S envoys about the Darfur
issue.
一名中方特别代表将就达尔富尔问题与美国特使进行会晤.
His speech met with a cold acceptance, which was far beyond his expectation.
他的演讲受到冷遇, 这大大出乎他的意料.
30. approval: 赞成, 认可, 其后接介词of
相关短语: a nod of approval首肯; for sb’s approval求某人指正; give one’s approval to批准; with / without approval of经/ 未经…..批准; approve of sb / sth赞成, 认可, 同意; on approval(指货物)供试用的不满意可以退的; meet with / have sb’s approval得到某人的赞同; present / submit sth to sb for approval把某是提交某人批准.
We have obtained his approval of our using his car.
我们已得到他的允许可以使用他的汽车.
She smiled her approval. 他微笑着表示赞成.
The professor does not approve the government’s foreign policy.
那位教授不赞成政府的外交政策.
The city council has now approved the scheme for the erection of a new public library.
市议会业已核准建造一座新的公共图书馆的计划.
I’m afraid your parents won’t approve of your going there.
31. 与meet相关的搭配: make two ends meet亮认为出, 使收支相抵; meet sb. half-way与某人妥协; meet up with sb.偶遇某人; meet one’s Waterloo遭遇失败, 遇到毁灭性的打击; meet one’s approval得到某人的认可; meet the case恰当, 符合要求, 解决问题; meet the demand满足需要, 符合要求; meet sb. in the mouth与某人迎面相遇, 当面抵抗; meet sb.’s view和某人意见一致;
32. approval: 表示某人某事是正确的或令人满意的, 因而赞同获认可. 是正式用词, 一般是上级或权力机关对下级应用, 表示“同意, 批准, 通过”.
consent: 通常指上级对下级的请求, 建议或行动, 意为“同意, 批准, 赞同”,
常与介词to 搭配, 也可接不定式.
agree: 常指原先有分歧, 经过协商讨论和思考后同意他人的想法, 意见等.
I cannot approve of her marrying so yang.
The National People’s Congress approve d the report.
全国人民代表大会批准了这个报告.
The teachers have agreed to the teaching plan.
His father will never consent to the marriage.
他父亲绝不会同意这桩婚姻.
The principle consented to consider the request.
校长同意考虑这个请求.
We all like others to show approval of what we do (赞同我们), which is said to be human nature. (approval, what)
Step 2 Using words and phrases
1. Do Exercise 1, 2 and 3 on Page 4 in Learning about Language.
2. Translate the following sentences in to Chinese.
1) As her eyesight failed she knew she would have to resign from the community health committee.
2) She is famous in literature for her novel about the campaign to abolish slavery.
3) Never mind about that software! We will repair it when we meet with the engineer from the company.
4) Congratulations! The profit from selling those wheelchairs will be enough to buy six new benches for your school.
5) The parrot flew out of the pet shop and landed on the bowling-green across the road.
6) I left the meeting when they began to talk about politics and headed for the exit.
7) It is my ambition to make sure that the disabled people in our neighborhood have access to all public buildings.
8) I had wanted to clean out the basement in his absence, but unfortunately I
didn’t have time.
9) James carried his new fish tank carefully to the house, dreaming of how wonderful it would look full of colorful fish.
10) The bench was hard to sit on, but it provided an excellent resting place for people after climbing the hill.
Step 3 Consolidation
Ask students to retell the text after learning the useful words and phrases.
补充练习:
1. The young man of great personality and _____ has made up his mind to be a successful diplomat.
A. ambition
B. hope
C. desire
D. aim
2. As Mr. Best was passing the bookstore, he though t he’d just _____ to see whether any interesting books were on sale.
A. look through
B. look in
C. look up
D. look for
3 What’s a(n) _____ present for a couple celebrating their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary?
A. appropriate
B. suitable
C. proper
D. fit
4. Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not ______ to a changing environment.
A. adopt
B. adapt
C. used
D. accustom
5. The disabled boy whose ______ is “never say die” turned out to b e the CEO of two companies, which even inspired many healthy men.
A. slogan
B. motto
C. catchword (口号)
D. saying
6. His grades are starting to ______ because he spends too much time on playing computer games.
A. suffer
B. stand
C. survive
D. withstand
7. The two sides failed to ______ at an agreement about the cooperative programme after several hours’ discussion.
A. arrive
B. attain
C. reach
D. achieve
8 The environmentalists said wild goats’ ______ from the vast grassla nds was a indication of the worse environment.
A. escape
B. absence
C. attendance
D. appearance
9. Too much pressure leads to unhealthy _____ such as poor eating habits, which increase the risk of heart disease.
A. conduct
B. behavior
C. action
D. conduction
10. Nobody _____ a funeral, such a somber (阴暗的) occasion, is supposed to laugh or joke, or he or she would be considered rude.
A. joining
B. taking part in
C. attending
D. participating
11. The tragedy of the innocent young Brazilian boy killed by the British police has put the British police in a difficult _____.
A. occasion
B. case
C. situation
D. background
12. It ______ him when Tom made fun of his ugly handwriting, so he fought with the boy.
A. annoyed
B. disturbed
C. embarrassed
D. trouble
13. He ran as fast as he could and finally caught up with his teacher but got
______.
A. out of sight
B. out of control
C. out of breath
D. out of order
14. Fallen rocks _______ the only access to the valley, where thousands of victims of the landslide were waiting for rescue.
A. cut out
B. cut in
C. cut off
D. cut down
15. There are many bad customs and laws that ought to be ______, or equality will be nowhere to be found.
A. stopped
B. abolished
C. cancelled
D. repeated
16. The chairman of the board of directors was forced to ______ in protest against the decision.
A. resign
B. assign
C. design
D. signature
17. Shen Congwen, a master of ______, describes the beauty of his hometown in “the border town”.
A. writings
B. publications
C. literature
D. works
18. According to the survey, ______ there are nearly one million people in this small city out of work during the economic crisis.
A. all in all
B. in all
C. at all
D. after all
19. He found his first job. ______, he needn’t depend on his father any more.
A. In other words
B. In a word
C. In so many words
D. In word
20. In spite of all the difficulties, we _____ our task ahead of schedule, tired but very happy.
A. satisfy
B. meet
C. fulfil
D. answer
21. All the public transport will be _____ to both ordinary people and the disabled.
A. affordable
B. accessible
C. reasonable
D. avoidable
22. The three sisters de cided to hold a family party to ______ their parents’ silver wedding.
A. welcome
B. congratulate
C. memorize
D. celebrate
23. My father used to find himself ______ with feeling of regret whenever he broke his promise of giving up smoking.
A. overcome
B. defeated
C. beaten
D. conquered
24. With her children living far away, the lonely old lady tended to regard her pet dog as her _____.
A. companion
B. fellow
C. colleague
D. partner
25. According to the public, _____ to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean.
A. assistance
B. aid
C. help
D. service
26. The independent boy earned his living even before his _____ from university, which differs him from his peers.
A. graduation
B. ceremony
C. qualification
D. completion
27. Joan is as proud as a peacock after winning her first swimming _____, not。