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Teenager2021/5/91Pre-readingDoyouknowanyfables?Whatarethey?LionandtheMouse,TheHareandtheTortoise,TheFoxandtheGrapes,

TheShepherdBoyandtheWolf,TheFoxandtheCrow,

TheDoveandtheAnt,

TheFoxandtheStork.2021/5/92Picture

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Directions:1.

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FableTalkingDrawaSnakeandAddFeettoItLonglongago,severalpeoplehadajarofwineamongthemandallofthemwantedtodrinkitbyhimself.Sotheysetarulethateveryonewoulddrawasnakeonthegroundandthemanwhofinishedfirstwouldhavethewine.Onemanfinishedhissnakeverysoonandhewasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhesawtheotherswerestillbusydrawing,sohedecidedtodrawthefeettothesnake.However,beforehecouldfinishthefeet,anothermanfinishedandgrabbedthejarfromhim,saying,"Whohaseverseenasnakewithfeet?”2021/5/95Picture

FableTalkingGoingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough.2021/5/96Picture

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FableTalkingTheFoxandtheCrowOnedayacrowstoodonabranchnearhernestandfeltveryhappywiththemeatinhermouth.Atthattime,afoxsawthecrowwiththemeat,soheswallowedandeagerlythoughtofaplantogetthemeat.However,whateverthefoxsaidtothecrow,thecrowjustkeptsilent.Untilthefoxthoughthighlyofthecrow‘sbeautifulvoice.“Iamsureyourvoiceisevenmorebeautifulthanyourfeathers,”saidtheFox.“Won’tyousingasongforme,QueenofBirds?”TheCrowwassopleasedshecouldhardlysitstill.Sheliftedherheadhigh,closedhereyesandopenedherbeaktosing:CAW-CAW-C-CAW-W-W.

Themeatfelltotheground,rightinfrontoftheFox.2021/5/98Picture

FableTalkingNever

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FableTalkingTheMilkmaidandHerPailA

milkmaidwasgoingtothemarket.Shecarriedhermilkinapailonherhead.Shedreamtabouttheeggsshewouldbuywhenshesoldthemilk.The

eggswillhatch;thenshewillsellthechickens.Withthemoneysheearned,shewouldbuyfineclothesforherself.

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I’llbuyanewdress,andwhenIgototheball,alltheyoungmenwilldancewithme!”

Asshespokeshetossedherheadback.Thepailimmediatelyfelloffherhead,andallthemilkwasspilt.

Thegirlwentbackwithoutanything.Shefeltverysad."ah,mychild,"saidhermother.“Donotcountyourchickensbeforetheyarehatched."

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FableTalkingDonotcountyourchickensbeforetheyarehatched.2021/5/912ABriefIntroductiontoFable

Thetermfablereferstoashortstoryinwhichanimalsorinanimateobjectsspeakandbehavelikehumans,usuallytogiveamoralpoint.ThetermcomesfromtheLatinfabula,“atelling.”ThegreatesttelleroffableswasAesop.HewasbelievedtobeaGreekslavewholivedinthe6thcenturyB.C.AnothergreattelleroffableswasJeandeLaFontaine.HewroteinFranceinthe17thcentury.LaFontainebasedmanyofhisfablesonthoseofAesop.2021/5/913BR_ABriefIntroductiontoFable2Someoftheirbest-knownfablesareTheLionandtheMouse,TheHareandtheTortoise,TheFoxandtheGrapes,TheShepherdBoyandtheWolf,TheFoxandtheCrow,TheDoveandtheAnt,andTheFoxandtheStork.

IntheChineselanguage,someidiomscomefromfablessuchasTheFrogintheShallowWell,HisSpearagainstHisShield,MakingHisMark.2021/5/914TypicalfeaturesoffablesShorttalesNotbasedonfactsIntendedtogiveamorallessonNotstateddirectlybutdeducedbyreaders2021/5/915Text

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InterviewSupposeyouareajournalistandyourpartneristheauthorofthetext.Youhaveaninterviewwithhim.Theinterviewshouldcoverthefollowingpoints:1.thehappeninginthedrugstore—thereasonwhytheauthorwentthere;adialoguebetweenthesalesgirlandhim2.theauthor’sfeelingtothehappening—theproblemsAmericanteenagersarefacingsuchasignorance,poorabilityofcalculationsandotherthings3.somethingaboutthesonoftheauthor’sfriend4.theauthor’spurposeofofferingafablePart

12021/5/918GR_QUESTIONSANDANSWERS1QuestionsandAnswers1.Whydidtheauthorgotothedrugstoreoneday?Hewantedtobuysomefilefolders.2.Howoldwasthesalesgirl?3.Whatwasthesalesgirl’sreactiontotheauthor’s

mentalarithmetic(心算)?Under20yearsold.Shewasverysurprisedatit.2021/5/919GR_QUESTIONSANDANSWERS25.Whatwastheauthor?Hewasateacheratacollege.4.Didthesalesgirlbelievethattheauthordidcalculationsbymagic?Whyorwhynot?Yes.Maybeshebelieveditbecauseshecouldneverdothat.6.WhatdidtheauthorthinkofAmericanteenagers?Hethoughttheyareignorantandlackinginknowledgeofworldhistoryandgeography.QuestionsandAnswers2021/5/920GR_QUESTIONSANDANSWERS37.Intheauthor’sopinion,whatwasthemostseriousproblemforAmericanteenagers?8.Whydidtheauthorgiveustheexampleofhisfriend’sson?9.Accordingtotheauthor,whatwouldhappeniftherewasanidle,ignorantlaborforceinamodernindustrialstate?Theywereindifferenttotheirignorance.Hejustintendedtoshowtheseriousnessoftheproblem.Therewouldbemanyproblemsinsocietysuchasplanecrashes,computerjamsandbreakdownsofcars.QuestionsandAnswers2021/5/921GR_QUESTIONSANDANSWERS410.Whatwastheauthor’spurposeofofferingafable?HejustwantedtomakeAmericanteenagersunderstandthedangeroftheirignoranceandintellectuallaziness.QuestionsandAnswers2021/5/922DR_WORD_T1RUNOUTOFrunoutof:useuporfinishasupplyof(sth.)

Toourdisappointment,ourcarranoutofgashalfwayhome.Whentheyranoutoffood,thesoldierssetabouthuntingformore.2021/5/923DR_NOMODESTLYT21.Whatisthemeaningofthephrase“suchanexperience”?Thephrase“suchanexperience”means“thesalesgirl’signorance.”Nomodestlyeducatedadultcanfailtobeupsetbysuchanexperience.2.Paraphrasethesentence.Anyadultwhohasgotaverageeducationwillfeelworriedandunhappyabouttheignorancethegirlshows.2021/5/924DR_WORD_T2UPSETmodest:adj.

immodest

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house1)Not

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Modestly'Youreallymustbeverygoodatwhatyoudo.'—'IsupposeIam,’Katesaidmodestly.2021/5/925DR_WORD_T2UPSETupset:vt.

Theyareterriblyupsetbythebreak-upoftheirparents’marriage.1)make(sb.)worryorfeelunhappy.beupsetby/aboutPattern:

2)makeillinthestomachTheforeignfoodupsetme/mystomach.3)knockover,causingconfusionTheboyupsettheglassofmilk.Herplanswereupsetbythechangeintheweather.2021/5/926DR_WORD_T2IGNORANT

Collocation:ignorant:adj.

knowinglittleornothingShewasignorantofherhusband’sillegalactivities.Otherwiseshewouldhavedoneeverythingpossibletostophim.ignorantabout/of 在…方面無(wú)知的Somepeopleareignorantofthefactsaboutglobalwarming.我對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)一竅不通。I’mratherignorantaboutcomputer.2021/5/927DR_WORD_T3SUMUPsumup:giveabriefsummary(ofsth.)Myteacherwouldsumupthemainpointsofthelessonbeforeheendedtheclass.AlicesummedupherChristmasholidaysinoneword:“Terrible.”2021/5/928DR_WORD_T3ACCUMULATE1accumulate:v.

collect,orgathertogether,esp.overaperiodoftime;makeorbecomegreaterinquantityorsizeIhaveaccumulatedmanybooksoverthelastfewyears.Dustquicklyaccumulatesifwedon’tsweepourroom.Collocation：積累大量資料accumulateahugemassofdata積累經(jīng)驗(yàn)accumulateexperience積攢一筆財(cái)富accumulateafortune積聚一大批藏書(shū)accumulateagoodlibrary2021/5/929兩者均可指積聚大量的東西。accumulate

強(qiáng)調(diào)經(jīng)年累月地點(diǎn)滴積累。例如：DR_WORD_T3ACCUMULATE2Throughtheyearsheaccumulatedsufficientmoneytobuyafarmwhenheretired.Hesoonamassedsufficientevidencetosupporthiscase.經(jīng)過(guò)多年積攢，他有了足夠的錢(qián)在退休時(shí)買(mǎi)下一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)。accumulate&amassCF:amass指在較短的時(shí)間內(nèi)積聚到大量東西，尤指為自己而積聚。例如：

他不久便收集到足夠的證據(jù)來(lái)為他的案子辯護(hù)。2021/5/930DR_WORD_T3AFFECT1affect:vt.

Morethansevenmillionpeoplehavebeenaffectedbythedrought.1)haveaninfluenceon2)causefeelingsofsorrow,anger,love,etc,in(sb.)MartinLutherKing’sspeechdeeplyaffectedtheaudience.2021/5/931DR_WORD_T3AFFECT2Nothingyousaywillaffectmydecision.這里這三個(gè)詞都作為動(dòng)詞進(jìn)行比較。affect

表示“影響”，以被影響的人或物作賓語(yǔ)。大致可分為兩種情況：1）“使…起變化”，沒(méi)有好或壞的意思；2）“對(duì)…發(fā)生不良影響”。例如：affect,effect&influenceCF:無(wú)論你說(shuō)什么都不會(huì)影響我的決定。Thesmallamountofrainlastyearaffectedthegrowthofcrops.去年雨少影響了莊稼的生長(zhǎng)。2021/5/932DR_WORD_T3AFFECT3Thenewhairdoeffectedastartlingchangeinherappearance.Effect

n.

have

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on用作及物動(dòng)詞表示“產(chǎn)生，招致”或“實(shí)現(xiàn)”，以“改進(jìn)，變化”等類的詞作賓語(yǔ)。例如：這新發(fā)式使她的外貌產(chǎn)生了驚人的變化。Suchfilmshaveadangerousinfluenceonchildren.Myteacherinfluencedmydecisiontostudyscience.Influence

n.

指對(duì)行為、性格或觀點(diǎn)等產(chǎn)生潛移默化的影響

v.影響可好可壞。Influence

sb.

/sth.例如：CF:2021/5/933DR_WORD_T3IDLETheboyisreallyidle;hejustsitsaroundthehouseallday.idle:

adj.

1)lazy

2)notworkingMenareleftidlewhenmachinesbreakdown.3)ofnouseHiswordswerejustidlethreats;hecan’tharmus.Collocation：stand/lieidle閑著Themachinerystoodidleforamonth.2021/5/934DR_WORD_T3BREAKDOWN1breakdown:Theelevatorsinthisbuildingarealwaysbreakingdown.Talksbetweenthetwocountriesbrokedownwhenthetwosidesfailedtoreachanagreement.1)stopworking2)fail3)destroy;reduceorbereducedtopiecesTheybrokethedoordown.2021/5/935DR_WORD_T3BREAKDOWN2Collocation：逃走，逃脫breakaway闖入，強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入；打斷；插嘴breakin闖入，強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入breakinto逃脫，逃出；突然發(fā)生，爆發(fā)breakout突破breakthrough打碎；結(jié)束；解散；（學(xué)校）開(kāi)始放假breakup2021/5/936DR_WORD_T4DRIVEHOMEdrivehome:

make(sth.)clearsothatpeopleunderstanditPeterwaslazy.Hisparentstriedtodrivehometohimtheimportanceofhardwork.Wemustdrivehometohimwherethedifficultieslie.我們必須使他徹底明白困難在哪里。drivesth.home(tosb.)Pattern:

2021/5/937EachofthefollowingpicturesstandsforaKevinHanleyinacertainyear.MatchthepicturewiththedescriptionandthentelltheclasshowthisKevinlivesPart

22021/5/938BDGECFAKevin2050—()Kevin1835—()Kevin1928—()Kevin1945—()Kevin1966—()Kevin1990—()Kevin2020—()GR_REARRANGETHEORDEROFTHEPICTURES2ABCDEFG2021/5/939–Kevin1835,apoorpeasantinIreland–Kevin1928,asteel-millworkerinPittsburgh,U.S.A.–Kevin1945,asoldierfightingtheJapanesearmy–Kevin1966,astudentwhostudiesallthetimesoastogetintocollegeandlawschool–Kevin1990,acleanerinaJapanese-ownedfactory–Kevin2020,aporterinahotelforwealthyEuropeansandAsians–Kevin2050,livinginaslumandsearchingthroughtrashpilesforfoodHowthisKevinlives2021/5/940DR_WORD_T6BETTEROFFbetteroff:

richerthanyouwerebefore;morecomfortableIt’sobviousthatthosewhoworkhardarebetteroffthanthosewhodon’t.現(xiàn)在，中國(guó)人的生活比以前強(qiáng)多了。NowadaysChinesepeoplearebetteroffthantheyusedtobe.2021/5/941DR_WORD_T7SCAREDscared:adj.

frightened(oftenfollowedbyof/to/that-clause)Theladyhasalwaysbeenscaredofsnakes.I’mscaredtoflyinaplane.I’mscaredthatitmightcrash.2021/5/942DR_WORD_T10ADEQUATE1adequate:

adj.

enough(oftenfollowedbytoorfor)Isthetransportsystemadequatetodeliverthefoodtoremoteareas?對(duì)于初學(xué)者來(lái)說(shuō)，這本書(shū)也夠用了。Fortheuseofbeginners,thebookisadequate.HerknowledgeofEnglishwasadequateforthejob.CF:adequate,enough&sufficient三詞均表示“足夠的”。adequate

指“能夠滿足特定的或最起碼的要求的,符合一個(gè)客觀標(biāo)準(zhǔn),兼有適當(dāng)?shù)囊馑?2021/5/943DR_WORD_T10ADEQUATE2enough指“能夠滿足一種欲望或需要”，比較偏重?cái)?shù)量，并可放在所形容的名詞后面。例如：Arethereenoughapplesforeveryone?sufficient具有與

enough

相同的意思，只是更為正式，并較強(qiáng)調(diào)程度。

Fillintheblankswiththeadequate,enoughorsufficient.

1)Wehaven’tgot________informationfromwhichtodrawaconclusion.2)Thepianistgavean________performance.3)Thereis_________foodforsixpeople.4)Ihopeyouwillprove_________tothejob.sufficient

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CF:2021/5/944DR_KEVIN2020’ST9WhatcanweinferfromthefactthatthefactoryinwhichKevin2020’sfatherworksisownedbytheJapanesenottheChineseorpeoplefromothercountries?Itcanbeinferredthatintheauthor’sopiniontheJapanesearethesymbolofsuccessbecauseoftheirhardwork,educationanddiscipline.Kevin2020’sfather,whoisofcourseKevin1990himself,worksasacleanerinafactoryownedbytheJapanese.2021/5/945DR_THEMANEXPLAINST111.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.那人跟凱文解釋說(shuō)，如果一個(gè)人沒(méi)有錢(qián)，教育能提供積累金融資本所必需的人力資本。2.Doyouagreewiththatman’sopinion?Whyorwhynot?ThemanexplainstoKevinthatwhenamanhasnomoney,educationcansupplythehumancapitalnecessarytostarttoacquirefinancialcapital.2021/5/946DR_THEYWORKT12…theyworkandstudyandlearnanddisciplinethemselves.Therearethreewordsof“discipline”inthistext(Para.19,Para.20,Para.21).TellthedifferentmeaningsoftheminChinese.Thefirst“discipline”(Para.19)means“訓(xùn)練”,thesecond(Para.20)means“紀(jì)律”

andthelastone(Para.21)means“約束”.2021/5/947DR_WORD_T12ASTONISH1astonish:

vt.

surpriseverymuch;amazeTheyweregreatlyastonishedattheextraordinarybeautyofthepicture.Wewereastonishedtohearthathehadpassedhisdrivingtest.

這三個(gè)詞在表示“使…驚異”時(shí)，意義相近，一般以事物或人作主語(yǔ)；以人作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，一般用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。它們的主要區(qū)別在于：astonish

特指不可能解釋的事發(fā)生后使人產(chǎn)生較強(qiáng)的驚異感情。astonish表示驚異的時(shí)間較surprise長(zhǎng)久。例如：CF:astonish,amaze,&surprise2021/5/948DR_WORD_T12ASTONISH2Theywereastonishedat/bythenewsofhisescape.他們對(duì)他逃跑的消息感到吃驚。Iwasamazedat/byhercalmness.amaze指帶有迷惑或贊美的驚奇，是意義很強(qiáng)的詞。例如：

我對(duì)她的冷靜感到驚訝。（含有“欽佩”之意）surprise著重因意外之事或特殊的事而產(chǎn)生的突然反應(yīng)。例如：Herfrankanswersurprisedhim.她坦率的回答使他感到驚訝。CF:2021/5/949DR_WORD_T12MIRACLEmiracle:

n.

anamazingorwonderfulevent,esp.sth.thathappensunexpectedlyTherewasasevereearthquakeinthatarea,butbyamiracle,noonewaskilledinit.Theteachertoldmethatit’dbeamiracleifIpassedtheexamination.Itwasamiraclethatthepilotlandedtheplaneinthatsnowstorm.marvel：側(cè)重異乎尋常，奇怪，從而使人好奇。miracle：一般指被認(rèn)為是人力所辦不到的奇異之事。wonder：通常指使人驚奇的事跡、人物或景觀，主要指人創(chuàng)造的奇跡。2021/5/950DR_WORD_T12FACULTYForawomanof85,shestillhasallherfaculties.2)alltheteachersofauniversityorcollegeItisamyththatthefacultyofhearingisgreatlyincreasedinblindpeople.faculty:n.

1)mentalandphysicalabilitiesAftersevenyearsofstudy,hesucceededinjoiningthefacultyofColumbiaUniversity.2021/5/951DR_SORRYPOPT12“Sorry,Pop,”Kevin1990says.“Ihavetostudy.”1.Whydoestheboysayso?Becausehisdreammakeshimknowtheimportanceofeducationandhehasmadeuphismindtostudyhard.2.Canyouimaginehisfather’sreactiontotheboy’sanswer?2021/5/952Usefulexpressions2021/5/953AR_USEFULEXPRESSIONS1UsefulExpressions

1.用完了runoutof2.一大把a(bǔ)handfulof3.為…感到難過(guò)beupsetby…4.私立大學(xué)aprivatecollege5.問(wèn)題的一小部分atinysliceoftheproblem6.對(duì)…毫不在乎achillingindifferenceabout…7.跟…競(jìng)爭(zhēng)competewith…2021/5/954AR_USEFULEXPRESSIONS2atsomepointsoonwayoflifemanualworkdrive…h(huán)omeahumblesuggestionasthestoryopensgoshoppingfor…8.用不了多久的某個(gè)時(shí)候9.生活方式10.體力勞動(dòng)11.使徹底認(rèn)識(shí)到…

12.愚見(jiàn)13.故事開(kāi)始時(shí)14.去商店買(mǎi)…

2021/5/955AR_USEFULEXPRESSIONS315.使某人入睡 putsb.tosleep16.固定工資steadywages17.他把希望寄托在…身上hishopeliesin…18.比…的境遇好多了befarbetteroffthan…19.從廢墟中站起來(lái)risefromtheashes20.躍入眼簾catchone’seye2021/5/956Textanalysis2021/5/9571.Stylestudy:parallelismfigureofspeechParallelismistheuseofcomponentsinasentencethatare

grammaticallythesame;orsimilarintheirconstruction,sound,meaning,ormeter.Thismethodaddsbalanceandrhythmtosentences,givingideas

asmootherflowandthuspersuasiveness,becauseoftherepetitionitemploys.(1)Planeswillcrash.

Computerswilljam.Carswillbreakdown.(Line28)(2)Heisalwayshot,

alwayshungry,alwaysscared.(line54)Helivesinaslumwhere(3)thereisnoheat,

noplumbing,noprivacy.(line79)2021/5/958For

example:

Theneighbormaystealyourmoney,yourfriendmaycheatyou,yourwifemayleaveyou,yoursonmayneglectyou,butyourdogwillbewithyou,whetheryouarerichorpoor.Classwork:

parallelismatleast3sentences2021/5/959AR_WRITINGPRACTICE1.12.CauseandEffectEssayWritingCauseandeffectessaysareconcernedwithwhythingshappen(cause)andwhathappensasaresult(effect).Causeandeffectisacommonmethodoforganizinganddiscussingideas.Thefollowingtipscanhelpyoudraftthistypeofessay:2021/5/960AR_WRITINGPRACTICE1.2Distinguishbetweencauseandeffect.Todeterminecauses,ask,“Whydidthishappen?”Toidentifyeffects,ask,“Whathappenedbecauseofthis?”Developyourthesisstatement.Stateclearlywhetheryouarediscussingcauses,effects,orboth.Introduceyourmainidea,usingtheterms“cause”and/or“effect”.Findandorganizesupportingdetails.Backupyourthesiswithrelevantandsufficientdetailsthatareorganized.Useappropriatetransitions.Toblenddetailssmoothlyincauseandeffectessays,usethetransitionalwordsandphrases.2021/5/961AR_WRITINGPRACTICE2ASampleStamp-collectingisanexcellenthobbyformanyreasons.First,everyone,youngandold,canparticipate.Second,itisnotexpensive.Expensiveequipment