UNIT3

FitforlifeIntegratedskillsLead-inHaveyouhavesufferedfromshort-sightedness?Howcanweavoidit?Talkingaboutshort-sightednessA

Jennyislisteningtoareportaboutshort-sightedness.Listenandfinishtheexercisesbelow.A1Listentothereportandanswerthefollowingquestions.1WhatisspecialabouttheincreasingnumberofChinesestudentswhoareaffectedbyshort-sightedness?__________________________________________________________________________________2Whatsportscanshort-sightednessmakeitinconvenientforstudentstoplay?__________________________________________________________________________________3Whatmayshort-sightednessgiverisetoinsomecases?__________________________________________________________________________________4Whatmaybeakeyfactorindevelopingshort-sightedness?__________________________________________________________________________________A2Listentothereportagainandcompletethenotesbelow.Short-sightednessDefinitionofshort-sightednessTheinabilitytoseeobjectsatadistanceclearlyPercentagesofstudentswhosufferfromshort-sightednessCausesofshort-sightedness?Gettingaffectedbecauseone’sparentsareshort-sighted?spendingalargeamountoftimereading,(3)_________________,focusingonasmartphonescreenordoingotherclosework?Having(4)_________________orbadreadinghabitslikereadinginbed?spendingtoolittletime(5)_________________Signsofshort-sightedness?lookingatthingswitheyes(6)_________________?movingclosertoobjects?Complainingof(7)_________________andheadachesTipPredictingbeforelisteningItishelpfultoidentifykeywordsbeforeyoulistentoareport.Forexample,fromthenotes,youmightidentify“percentages”,“causes”and“signs”askeywords.Thenyoucanpredictwhatthespeakerwilltalkabout,andlookoutforthesewordsasyoulisten.B

Jennyhasfoundafeaturearticleaboutthemeasurestakenbyahighschooltoprotectstudents’eyes.Readthefeaturearticlebelowandmakealistofthemeasures.C

Inpairs,discusstheproblemofshort-sightednessamongChinesestudents.Usethefollowingquestionsandexpressionstohelpyou.Whatisthepresentsituationofshort-sightednessamongChinesestudents?Whatarethecausesofshort-sightedness?Whatcanwedotoprotectoureyes?ExpressionsTalkingaboutcauseandeffectDueto/Becauseof/Asaresultof…,short-sightednesshasbecomeaseriousproblem.Asaresult/Consequently,moreandmorestudents…Because…,students…Suchproblemsariseoutof/arisefrom……iscausedby…D

Writeanarticleonshort-sightednessamongChinesestudents.UseyourideasfrompartCandtheinformationinpartsAandBtohelpyou.Planningyourwriting?LearningaboutthestructureWhenwritingaboutshort-sightedness,youcanfollowthestructurebelow:?startbyintroducingthecurrentsituationofshort-sightednessamongChinesestudents.?analysethecausesofshort-sightedness.?concludewithsuggestionstoimprovethesituation.?Learningaboutthelanguage?Toputforwardyoursuggestions,youcanuseexpressionslike:Thesituationcouldbeimprovedif…Aneffectivewayto…is…?Youcanalsowriteabouttheimprovementyouwouldliketoseeusingexpressionslike:Itismybeliefthat…Iamlookingforwardto…Languagepoints核心詞匯1...fuellingconcernsabouteyesightproblemsamongChina’syouth.……引發(fā)了人們對中國青少年視力問題的擔(dān)憂。fuelvt.增加，刺激；給……提供燃料n.

燃料（1）Theresultwillfueldoubtaboutthetruthofevents.該結(jié)果將加劇人們對事件真實性的懷疑。Researchsuggestswarmcolorsfuelourappetites.研究表明，暖色調(diào)可以刺激我們的食欲。Uraniumisusedtofuelnuclearplants.鈾用作核電站的燃料。（2）3Dprintingcanreducefueluseandemissions.3D打印可以減少燃料的使用和排放?！粽Z塊積累（1）fuelfears引起恐懼 fuelinflation刺激通貨膨脹oil-fuelledpowerstations燃油發(fā)電廠（2）fuelconsumption燃料消耗fuelshortage燃料短缺solidfuel固體燃料nuclearfuels核燃料acarwithhighfuelconsumption耗油量大的汽車題組練·領(lǐng)悟方法2Thefiguresdisturbtheschoolauthorities，whohavedecidedtotacklethisproblemhead-on.這些數(shù)字使校方感到不安，他們已決定積極處理這個問題。disturbvt.使不安；打擾；攪亂（→disturbing

adj.

引起煩惱的；令人不安的disturbed

adj.不安的，煩惱的undisturbed

adj.未受到干擾的；未被動過的）（1）Thelettershockedanddisturbedme.這封信使我感到震驚和不安。Ifyougetupearly，trynottodisturbeveryoneelse.如果你起得早，盡量不要打擾別人。Don’tdisturbthepapersonmydesk.別把我寫字臺上的文件弄亂了。（2）Thenewspaperhasunearthedsomedisturbingfacts.報紙揭發(fā)了一些令人不安的真相。Wecan’tfocusonourhomeworkbecauseofthedisturbingnoise.因為這令人心煩的噪音，我們無法專心寫作業(yè)。（3）Iwasdeeplydisturbedanddepressedbythenews.這消息使我深感不安和沮喪。Hewasdisturbedinhissleepbythenoiseoutside.他因為外面的噪音而沒有睡好覺。（4）Ecotourismiscommonlyregardedaslowimpacttraveltoundisturbedplaces.生態(tài)旅游通常被認(rèn)為是到未受干擾的地方的負(fù)面影響小的旅行。［2021·全國乙卷］◆語塊積累（1）adisturbingpieceofnews一則令人不安的消息adisturbingincreaseinthecrimerate令人不安的犯罪率增長（2）bedisturbedby/about/at對……感到憂慮beseriously/deeply/greatlydisturbed非常煩惱bedisturbedtofind/discover/see/learn...發(fā)現(xiàn)／看到／獲悉……時感到不安bedisturbedtohearthedisturbingnews聽到這個令人不安的消息感到煩惱bedisturbedthat...對……感到不安disturbedsleep受到打擾的睡眠◆說明-ing形容詞常用來形容事物，表示事物本身具有的性質(zhì)、特點；-ed形容詞常用來形容人的感受。◆一言助記Theywerealldisturbedbythedisturbingnews；thatis，thenewsdisturbedallofthem.他們都對這個令人不安的消息感到不安；也就是說，這個消息使他們都感到不安?！魡尉湔Z法填空①Itis

（disturb）tothinkadangerouswildanimalisstillinthequietcountryside.②Hehadsome

（disturb）experiencesinhischildhood.③Shewasdisturbed

（learn）hehadboughtamotorbike.④I’mdisturbed

somanyofthestudentsappeartobeilliterate.disturbingdisturbingtolearnthattackle

vt.應(yīng)付，處理，解決；與……交涉Thefirstreasontotackletheseproblemsistosavechildren’slives.解決這些問題的首要原因是挽救孩子們的生命。Thegovernmentisdeterminedtotacklepollution.政府決心解決污染問題。Itackledhimaboutthemoneyheowedme.我就他欠我錢的事與他進(jìn)行了交涉?！粽Z塊積累tacklesth.應(yīng)對／處理／解決某事

tacklesb.aboutsth.就某事與某人交涉，向某人提起（問題或困難情況）tackletheurgentproblem處理緊急問題 tackletheissues應(yīng)付這些問題tacklefuturechallenges應(yīng)對未來挑戰(zhàn) tackletrafficcongestion解決交通擁堵問題tacklebullyingoncampus處理校園欺凌 tacklethecrisis處理危機(jī)tacklestress對付壓力 tackletheimportantmatter處理這件重要的事情◆說明表達(dá)“處理，對付，應(yīng)付”的其他詞語：copewith，dealwith，handle，approach，address，manage?！魡尉湔Z法填空⑤Therearemanywaysof

（tackle）thisproblem.⑥Itackledhim

howanyonecouldliveinsomuchpoverty.tacklingabout3No.9HighSchoolisoneofthosethathavegonetogreatlengthstoprotectstudents’eyes...第九中學(xué)是那些竭盡全力保護(hù)學(xué)生眼睛的學(xué)校之一……gotogreatlengthstodosth.竭盡全力做某事，不遺余力做某事Afterall，peopleoftengotogreatlengthstohelpothers.畢竟人們還是常常盡自己所能幫助他人。Somepeoplegotogreatlengthstomaketheirhomesattractive.有些人千方百計使他們的家有吸引力。Companiesgotogreatlengthstoprotecttheirtrademarksandlogos.各公司竭盡全力保護(hù)他們的商標(biāo)和徽標(biāo)?！粽Z塊積累（1）goafter追趕；追求；謀求 goagainst不利于；違反goaway走開，離開；消失 goby（時間）過去；遵循godown下降；降低 gobackto重新開始；追溯到goover仔細(xì)檢查；復(fù)習(xí) gothrough經(jīng)歷，遭受goahead先走；進(jìn)行；開始做；（口語）請吧，說吧（2）inlength在長度上atlength長時間地；詳盡地；最后Theriveris300milesinlength.這條河長300英里。Theemployeesspokeatlengthabouttheirexperiences.這些雇員暢談各自的經(jīng)歷?！魡尉湔Z法填空Igotogreatlengths

（avoid）conflictsorconfrontationswithothers.toavoid4Itisimportantforeyestogetregularbreaksthroughouttheday...對眼睛來說，在一天中得到有規(guī)律的休息是很重要的……Itis+adj.+（for...）todosth.（對……來說）做某事……“It+be+adj.（+for/of+sb.）+動詞不定式.”是固定句式，在該句式中，it為形式主語，動詞不定式作真正的主語。Itiswisetoannouncethenewstothepublic.把這則消息告知公眾是明智的。Itisimportanttoclarifywhatthechangeinthelawwillmean.重要的是要弄清楚法律上的變化意味著什么。However，organicfoodconsumersargueitisbettertobesafethansorry.然而，有機(jī)食品消費者認(rèn)為安全總比后悔好?！粽f明該句式中for與of的選擇與其前形容詞有關(guān)：（1）與事物的特征有關(guān)的詞（如easy，difficult，hard，important，necessary，convenient，quick等）+for；（2）與人的性格或品質(zhì)有關(guān)的詞（如kind，wise，typical，cruel，foolish等）+of。It’skindofyoutohelptheoldwoman.Weallknowit’sdifficultforhertoclimbthestairs.你能幫助那位老婦人真是善良。我們都知道她爬樓梯有困難。Itistypicalofhimtohaveothershandledifficultsituations.他老是讓別人來處理困難的情況。Iboughtthisapartmentnearthetrainstationformyconvenience，soitisveryconvenientformetotraveltoBeijingbytrain.為了我的方便，我在火車站附近買了這個公寓，所以我坐火車去北京很方便?！魡尉湔Z法填空①Itisquitenecessary

（react）quicklytoanyemergency.②It’shardforoldpeople

（change）theirhabits.toreacttochange5Theschoolhasadjustedallthelightstomakesuretheclassroomsarewelllit.學(xué)校已經(jīng)調(diào)整了所有的燈以確保教室有充足的照明。adjustvt.&vi.調(diào)整，調(diào)節(jié)；適應(yīng)，習(xí)慣；整理（→adjustment

n.調(diào)整，調(diào)節(jié)；適應(yīng)adjustable

adj.可調(diào)整的，可調(diào)節(jié)的）（1）Watchoutforsharpbendsandadjustyourspeedaccordingly.當(dāng)心急轉(zhuǎn)彎并相應(yīng)調(diào)整車速。Afterawhilehiseyesadjustedtothedark.過了一會兒他的眼睛習(xí)慣了黑暗。Theoldmandoesn’tadjusttolivingnearthesea.這個老人不習(xí)慣居住在海附近。Theheadmasterurgedthatthenewcomersadjustthemselvestotheschoollifeassoonaspossible.校長敦促新生盡快適應(yīng)學(xué)校生活。Hesmoothedhi