牛津高中英语模块五 Unit1 Project

5. respond 【语境展示】 1) Hearing what he said, I didn’t know how to respond. 2) When a baby is upset and his parents respond, he learns that he can rely on them.
Never
3. What topics do you mostly talk about
with your best friends?
Hobbies and interests
Families and friends
School and study
Emotions and feelings
Future planes and dreams
Read the passage and answer the following questions: 1. What did Amanda reply when asked what she and her friend talked about? They talked about almost everything: film stars, pop songs, recipes, everything.
2. respond还可用作及物动词。如： She responded that she would never see him again. 她回答说她再也不想看到他了。 3. response n. 反应，反响，回答。如： The headmaster’s response to our project is encouraging. 校长对我们这个课题的反应很振奋人心。
1. How many best friends do you have?
A lot
A few
None
2. How often do you have a long
conversation with your friends?
More than three times a week
Once a week Seldom
we must maintain a firm attitude.
我们必须保持坚定的态度。
2. Friendships between girls are usually
anchored in shared feelings …
anchor vt. 扎根于；使基于；下锚；使 固定 n. 锚 Her novels are anchored in everyday experience.
她的小说基于对日常生活的体验。
3. Their relationship was based on/ upon _____________
mutual respect.
他们的友谊建立在相互尊重的基础之上。 base vt. base sth. on \upon 建立在……基础之 上, 以……为根据
If you choose No to Question 5, what different attitudes do they have? Girls seem to have more to talk about
with their best friends than boys.
Friendships between girls are usually
Scanning T or F questions:
Girls have more friends than boys,
according to studies. T
BoysБайду номын сангаасcan easily name a best friend
when asked. F
A boy is likely to be cautious about
Project
Giving an oral report
Sometimes we need to give an oral
report about a certain topic. To make
the report convincing(令人信服的),
we should base it on facts. So it is
I base my hopes on the news we had
yesterday.
我的希望是以我们昨天所得到的消息 为根据。
4. regardless of : 不管, 不论 The law requires equal treatment for all, regardless of race, religion or sex. 法律要求对所有人平等对待，不论种族、 宗教或性别。 regardless of the expense/ consequences. 不顾花费/后果
anchored in shared emotions and support,
but friendships between boys are based
on shared activities or interests.
Girls have more friendships than boys.
Thinking
What is most important in you life? What friendship means to you?
What friendship means to me
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Discuss the eight questions. What is the primary purpose of your survey? Who will you choose to survey? How will you design your survey? How many questions will you ask? Who will write the survey questions? Who will work out the results? Who will write the report? Who will present the oral report?
Reading
Skimming
Read the passage fast, and find the answers to these questions: 1. What puzzles Robert?
He can’t understand how girls can talk for so long.
3. The ending para(s): voice the
writer’s opinions or present the
writer’s summary.
Language points
1. When I asked him his a_______ towards ttitudes school, he did not say anything. attitude n. 态度 What is your attitude towards this question?
Group work
Conduct a survey first, and then collect different attitudes towards friendship and present an oral report.
Further thinking
Actually you are reading an oral Report about the differences between the teenage boys and teenage girls. What is presented in the first paragraph? And what is discussed in the body of the passage? Also what is included in the concluding paragraph?
2. Why can’t boys name a single best friend? Because they are busy with homework and have so many friends that it is hard for them to choose. 3. Can girls name their best friend? Yes, they can answer without pausing.
Structure of an oral report
1. The leading para: put forward the
topic of the report. 2. The body: state the details of a discussion or a debate. For instance, 30% of the students…, 50% of the students…,the rest of the students…
4. Do you share your secrets with your best friends? Always Sometimes Never 5. Do you think boys and girls have the same attitudes towards friendship? Yes No
4. What are friendships between girls based on? They are anchored in shared feelings and support. 5. What are friendships between boys based on? They are based on shared activities or interests.
necessary for us to design a survey(调
查). And a questionnaire(问卷调查) is
a good form of a survey.
Teenagers’ friendships
Lead-in
Finish a questionnaire:
Are you a boy or a girl? Boy Girl Tick the answer which most applies to you.
sharing his feelings with his close
friends. T
A girl’s best friend might be eager to
tell her about something that has
happened in her life.
T
Reading in detail:
6. thanks to 【语境展示】 1. Thanks to her help, we finished the task on time. 2. Thanks to their encouragement, I was not upset by the failure. 3. Thanks to the bad weather, your picnic had to be cancelled (取消).
3) The government should listen to what the people say and respond to their needs. 4) The doctor told me that our body often responds to stress by getting sick. 【自我归纳】 1. 根据例句1、2可知，respond可用作 不及物动词，意为 作出反应，回应 “________________”。
2. 根据例句3、4可知，respond可与介 词______搭配，构成固定短语，表示 to “回答，响应”。 【联想拓展】 1. respond to还可以表示“（药物等） 有效”。如： The patient didn’t respond well to this kind of treatment. 这种治疗方法对该病人没有明显的效果。