深圳新版九年级下册Unit 2

Unit 2 Culture shock

I.重点词汇

1.international (adj.)国际的culture n. (C/U) –adj. ______________ nation n. –adj. ______________ education n. –v. ________________ -- adj. ________________ -- well-educated 受过良好教育的adj.

2.admit (v.)（常指勉强）承认(__________, ___________)-admitting

承认做了某事

向某人承认

3.spare adj. 空闲的；空余的；备用的；预备的

句型：could you spare (me)…? 你能否（借）给我（钱···）？为我腾出（时间···）？

4. fail (v.) 失败、未能（做到）；（n.）不及格-- ____________ n. 失败; 不及格

未能做成什么

5. manage v. 完成(困难的事情) -- _________________ n. 管理–manager n. 经理

设法做成了某事

6. whatever (pron.) 任何事物；一切事物

The person has lied so much that people turn a deaf ear to whatever he says.

那个人撒了那么多的谎，不管他说什么都没有人听了。

Just take whatever you need. 你需要什么就拿走吧。

短语运用

1. It is raining cats and dogs. = It is raining heavily.

2. on an international exchange

3. give/make a speech

4. culture shock

5. in one’s spare time

6. to a certain degree

7. get/be/become used to doing …

8. mange to do …

9. admit (to) doing …

10. under the weather

11. be different from / be the same as …

12. require sb. to do …

13. be dressed as 1) I dressed quickly. 我很快穿好了衣服。2) She dressed the children in their best clothes. (dress sb. in sth.) 3) Get up and get dressed. 4) He was dressed as a woman. (He was wearing women’s clothes)

14. as well

15. make sb. do …

Ⅱ. 重点句型。

1.I’m here today to tell you about my experience as an exchange student in the United States last year.

tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人关于某事

tell sb. to do sth. 告诉某人干什么

as……作为……，当……

2.They organized a lot of activities for me in my spare time so that I wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely.

in one’s spare time = in one’s free time 在某人的空闲时间里

so that ……以至于（引导目的状语从句，也是本课的语法重点）

3.However, to a certain degree, life in the US was hard to get used to.

get used to doing …习惯/ 适应干什么

4.They do not require students to wear uniforms, so students can wear almost whatever they like.

require sb. to do 要求某人干什么（比ask sb. to do 显得更正式）

5.Some students have strange hairstyles as well. 有些学生也留些奇怪的发型。

……this made me think about my own cultures as well. ……这个也使我想起我自己的文化。

as well 也，又（常放在句尾，有时可以不翻译出来）

练习：

一.根据题意和括号内的提示语，完成下列句子，并注意正确的形式。

1.English is an __________ (国际的) language, so most of the teenagers learn English every day.

2._________ (无论如何) problems we meet with, we will not give up our dreams.

3.She likes wearing that ________(粉红色) swimming suit.

4.With our teacher ‘s help , my English improved a lot, I was going to take a ______(假期) next week.

5.We will go to a summer _________(度假营) after the examination.

6.The staff at this hotel wear _________(制服) clothing.

7.We had a look at the grand performance of ________(烟火) at New Year’s Eve.

8.My _______ (老板) is a friendly and kind man.

9.Finally, he ________(注意) the mistakes on the exam paper, and corrected them quickly.

10.As long as you stick with this plan, you will never ________. (失败)

二.根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.The naughty boy _______ (admit) breaking the window.

2.He _______ (manage) to escape from the cave and got rescued by the local police.

3.I know, but I like canned fruit, _______ (especial) canned pineapple.

4.My father began to learn English in his fifties, but he said he was not sure about English ______ (idiom).

5.In China, people usually set off ________(firework)and eat dumplings during the Spring Festival.

6.We have a big holiday on 4th July. It is ______ (independent) Day.

7.As an ________( internation) exchange, I visited New Zealand last year.

8.There are a lot of ________(activity) after class in our school.