UNIT4HISTORYANDTRADITIONSReadingforWriting

ReadingforWritingLeadinIRELANDIrelandisacountryfullofamazingcultureandheritage.ThisislandcountryinthenorthAtlanticisknownforitsfree-spiritedandfriendlynatives,itsbeautifulgreenlandscapesanditsartandmusic.Ireland'shistoryspansthousandsofyears,butmanyofIreland'sgreattraditionsfromthepastarepresenttoday.

OneofIreland'searliesttraditionsistheartofstorytelling.Thousandsofyearsago,Irishstorytellerstoldgreattalesofheroes,fairies,andthegods.Infact,theoldestepicpoemofEuropeisanIrishstory.About400AD,whenwritingwasintroducedtoIreland,manyofthestorieswererecordedandnewoneswerecreated.

SomeIrishmusiciansputthesestoriestomusic.Ireland'smusicaltraditiondatesbackasfarasthoseearlystorytellers.ThemusicofIrelandhelpedtoshapemuchofWesternmusicasitexiststoday.TraditionalIrishmusicusuallyfeaturesstrongandclearsingingoverupbeatandcheerfulmusic.Irishmusiciansplayanumberofstringedinstruments,manyofwhichcanbefoundintoday'sbluegrassandcountrymusicbands.1WhatmakestheIrishcountrysideexcitingandinspiring?2WhatarethebestwaystoexperiencesomeIrishtraditionsandculture?3Whatisthemeaningof“breatheinthesweetscentoffreshflowerswhilebirdsgreetthenewdaywiththeirmorning

song”?4

WhatarethebestwaystoexperienceChinesetraditionsandcustoms?Readthetextanddiscussthequestionsinpairs.Activity11Itsbeautyandhowitofferssomethingforallthesenses.2Bystoppingbyavillagepubandrelaxingwithadrinkandtraditionalmealwhilelisteningtomusicandwatching

dancing.ORByexploringalldifferentpartsofthecountryandexperiencingwhatthecountrygivestoallthesenses.3Itmeanstonotjustsmellbutalsobreatheinthesmelloffreshflowersearlyinthemorningasthebirdssingtheirfirst

songofthenewday.4Bytravellingtodifferentplacesandusingallyoursensestoexperienceeverythingandbyinteractingwithlocalpeople.Identifyandunderlinetheparagraph’sintroductorysentence（s）andtheendingsentence（s）.Theparagraphtalksaboutdifferentsensesindifferentplaces.Writethesensesandplacesintheorderthat

theyappear. Introductorysentence：Ireland’sbeautifulcountrysidehasalwayshadagreatinfluenceon

peopleandtraditions.Endingsentence：Andifyouintroduceyourselftoafriendlyface，youaremorethanlikelytoexperiencelocalcultureandcustomsfirst-hand.Analysethedescriptiveparagraph.Activity2sightinthegreencountiesandhillshearingtouchsmellbytheseainthemountains

inthemountains

3

Whatwordsdoesthewriterusetodescribesensorydetails?sight：feast

fortheeyes

smell：sweetscent

taste：delicioushearing：roar，cries，musicofthecoast，morning

songtouch：feelthesunonyourskin·sight

·smell

·taste

·hearing

·touchWorkinpairs.Chooseoneofyourfavouriteplacesandtellapartnerwhyyouthinkitisinteresting，

exciting，orsurprising.Usethequestionsbelowtodescribetheplaceyouhavechosen.·Whatcanyousee?

·Whatcanyouhear?

·Howdoestheplacefeel?

·Whatcanyousmell?

·Whatcanyoutastethere?

·Whatdoestheplacemakeyouthinkorfeel?

Usewhatyouhavelearntinthisunittodescribeaninteresting，exciting，orsurprisingplace.Activity33

Useyouranswerstodraftapassageabouttheplace.

1

Usethechecklisttohelpyouevaluatehis/herdraft.

√Doesthewriterstartwithanimage，quote，orquestion?

√Isthedescriptionwell-organisedandeasytoread?

√Hasthewriterincludedsensorydetails?

√Doesthewriterusespecificwordsandgiveexamples?

√Istheendingeffective?

√Canyoufindanygrammarorspellingmistakes?2

Giveyourcommentstoyourpartnerandaskhim/hertorevisethedraft.

Exchangedraftswithapartner.Activity4Inmyvillage，everydaystartswitha“fire”！Thehousesturnredasthesunrisesabovethemountains.Seeingtheflames，theroosterssoundthealarm.Theywakeeveryoneinthevillagewiththeirloudcries，chasingthechildrentoschoolandrushingtheadultstowork.Intheevening，agoldhazesettlesovereverything.Thisismyfavouritetimeoftheday，whenallworkforthedayhasbeencompleted.Whenthesmellofhotoilandfragrantspicesfloatthroughtheair，Iknowthatitwillsoonbetimefordinner.Myneighboursbegintocalltotheirchildrentocomehome.Thebirdsbegintheirnightlyquarrelovertheirfavouriteplacestorest.Atnight，thestarscomeouttotellusthatalliswellandmyvillagegrowsquiet.Fornowwe’llsleep，andtomorrowthesunwillsetusonfireagainforanewday! Putupyourpassageintheclassroomormakeaclassbookaboutyourfavouriteplaces.Activity5課文思維導(dǎo)圖梳理與提示

Ⅰ閱讀理解（根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容選擇正確答案）1.WhatmakestheIrishcountrysideexcitingandinspiring?A.ThebeautifulcountrysidesceneryoftheIreland. B.ThelonghistoryoftheIrishcountryside.C.ThetraditionsoftheIrishcountryside. D.ManygreencountiesintheIreland.2.Whatisnotmentionedinthepassage?A.Greenhills. B.Theroarofthewolves. C.Sunshine. D.Thescentofflowers.3.Accordingtothepassage，Irelandhasdevelopedstrongtraditionsbecauseofits

.A.rareanimals B.longhistory C.talents D.beauty4.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A.ThebeautifulsceneryofIreland.B.ThehistoryofIreland.C.ThebeautifulsceneryofIrelandanditstraditions.D.ThecustomsofIreland.○○○○課文思維導(dǎo)圖梳理與提示Ⅱ語法填空（根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容和語法規(guī)則完成短文）

Ireland’sbeautifulcountrysidehasalwayshadagreatinfluence1

itspeopleandtraditions.

Itsbeautifulcountrysideexcitesandinspiresall，2

（offer）somethingforeachofthesenses.The3

（peace）landscapeanditsmanygreencounties4

（dot）withsheepandcattle.Theroaroftheoceanwavesand5

（cry）oftheseabirdsmake6

themusicofthecoast.

7

（have）agoodchanceofexperiencingitstraditions，youcanrelaxwithaglassofwine8

alocalbeer.9

（good）yet，enjoyadelicioustraditionalIrishBeefStew.Ifyouintroduce10

（you）tosomeonefriendly，youaremorethanlikelytoexperiencelocalcultureandcustomsfirst-hand.onofferingaredottedpeacefulcriesupTohaveorBetteryourselfⅢ概要寫作

重新閱讀課文BEAUTIFULIRELANDANDITSTRADITIONS，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容寫一篇60詞左右的內(nèi)容概要。____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Irelandisacountrywithalonghistory.（要點(diǎn)1）Thebeautifulcountrysideexcitesandinspiresall.（要點(diǎn)2）Thepeacefullandscape，greencounties，sheepandcattle，theroaroftheoceanwaves，thecriesoftheseabirdsandthequietmorningsinthemountainsmakeupthebeautifulcountry.（要點(diǎn)3）NowonderIrelandhasdevelopedstrongtraditions.（要點(diǎn)4）Languagepoints教材原句p.43 Iwaseager/surprisedtosee/learn/hearthat...

我急于/驚訝地看到/了解/聽說……

核心詞匯1eageradj.熱切的；渴望的Thelittlegirliseagerforknowledgeandeagertomakeachievements.那個(gè)小女孩渴求知識(shí)，而且渴望取得成就。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］【歸納拓展】beanxiousforsth.渴望得到某物 beanxiousabout/forsb.為某人擔(dān)心beanxioustodosth.急切地做某事【詞語辨析】anxious與eager（1）anxious強(qiáng)調(diào)焦急、擔(dān)心

（2）eager強(qiáng)調(diào)期望或渴望。

題組練·領(lǐng)悟方法單句語法填空（1）Agreedymanisalwayseager

（get）whathewants.（2）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Thegraduatescrowdedaroundtheprofessor，eager

anynews.完成句子（3）He

（渴望）meethisfriends.（4）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Thekids

（渴望）theperformancetobegin.辨析填空：eager/anxious（5）Sheis

togotocollege，but

aboutnotpassingthecollegeentranceexamination.togetiseagertoforareeagerforeageranxious教材原句p.44Ireland’sbeautifulcountrysidehasalwayshadagreatinfluenceonitspeopleandtraditions.一直以來，愛爾蘭的美麗鄉(xiāng)村對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)氐娜嗣窈蛡鹘y(tǒng)產(chǎn)生著深遠(yuǎn)的影響。haveaninfluenceon/upon對(duì)……有影響Whattheauthorsaidhasadeepinfluence

ontheteenagerspresentattheconference.作家所說的話對(duì)出席會(huì)議的青少年有很深的影響。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］【歸納拓展】haveagood/badinfluenceon對(duì)……有好的/壞的影響influence/affectsb./sth.影響某人/某事haveaneffect/impacton/upon對(duì)……有影響Thecomputerhasagreatinfluence/effect/impactonmodernlife.=Thecomputerinfluences/affectsmodernlifegreatly.計(jì)算機(jī)對(duì)現(xiàn)代生活產(chǎn)生了巨大的影響。單句語法填空（1）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Confucius’s

philosophyhasagreatinfluence

Chineseculture.（2）Youcan’timaginetheinfluenceyouhave

me.一句多譯那本書極大地影響了她。（3）Thebook

.（4）Thebook

.on/uponinfluences/affectshergreatlyon/uponhasagreatinfluence/effect/impacton/uponher教材原句p.44...birdsgreetthenewdaywiththeirmorningsong.

……鳥兒則用清晨的歌聲迎接新的一天的到來。

3greet

vt.問候，迎接，（和某人）打招呼；對(duì)……作出反應(yīng)搭配：greetsb.with...以……方式和某人打招呼Wegreetedalltheperformerswarmly.我們熱情迎接所有表演者。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Thelocalresidents

greeteduswithapplauseandflowers.當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裼谜坡暫王r花歡迎我們。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Thechangesweregreetedwithsuspicion.這些變革受到人們的質(zhì)疑?！驹~語積累】greetingn.問候，招呼send（one’s）greetingstosb.向某人問好單句語法填空（1）WheneverImether，whichwasfairlyoften，shegreetedme

asweetsmile.（2）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Atyesterday’sparty，theperformance

ofthehost，intendedtopleasetheaudienceanddrawtheirattention，

（greet）withacoldsilence，however.完成句子（3）Please

（代我問候）yourparents.withwasgreetedsendmygreetingsto教材原句p.44WhatarethebestwaystoexperienceChinesetraditionsand

customs?體驗(yàn)中國傳統(tǒng)和習(xí)俗最好的方式是什么？customn.風(fēng)俗；習(xí)俗；習(xí)慣句式：Itisthecustom（forsb.）todosth.（某人）做某事是習(xí)俗。thecustomofgivingpresentsatChristmas在圣誕節(jié)贈(zèng)送禮物的習(xí)俗alocal/anancientcustom

當(dāng)?shù)氐?古老的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣Itisthecustominthatcountryfor

women

to

marryyoung.女子早婚是那個(gè)國家的風(fēng)俗?！菊`區(qū)警示】custom的復(fù)數(shù)形式還可以表示“海關(guān)”：customsofficers海關(guān)官員。完成句子（1）InJapan

（……是一種習(xí)俗）totakeoffyourshoeswhenyouenterahouse.（2）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］I’mnotfamiliar

with

（當(dāng)?shù)氐牧?xí)俗），soIhavetodependonthevillagers.（3）It

（已經(jīng)變成一個(gè)習(xí)俗）toholdapartytocelebratetheharvesteveryyear.辨析填空：custom/habit/practice（4）Hehasformedabad

ofsmokingsinceanearlyage.（5）Itisstandard

nottopaybillsuntiltheendofthemonth.（6）ThecelebrationoftheSpringFestivalinChinaisa

.itisacustomthelocalcustomshasbecomeacustomhabitpracticecustom教材原句p.46 Davecouldnotfindaseatintheroom.Itwasverycrowded.

戴夫在房間里找不到座位。那里非常擁擠。

crowd

n.&v.（1）n.人群；一群人；民眾搭配：acrowdof/crowdsof一群；許多Acrowdofpeoplewerewaitingforthebuswhentheaccidenthappened.事故發(fā)生時(shí)，一群人正在等公共汽車。（2）v.擠滿；使……擁擠 crowdinto...擠進(jìn)……搭配 crowdin（onsb.）（想法、問題等）涌上（某人心頭），涌入（某人腦海） crowdround/around聚集在……周圍，聚攏 crowd...out把……擠出，排擠……Memoriescamecrowdingintohermind.往事涌上她的心頭。Shewantedtosleep，butthoughtscrowdedin.她想睡覺，但頭腦中想法不斷涌現(xiàn)。Sweetmemoriescrowdedinonme.美好的記憶涌上我的心頭。Weallcrowdedaroundthestovetokeepwarm.我們都擠在爐邊取暖?！練w納拓展】becrowdedwith充滿……，滿是……Theoldtownsquarewascrowdedwithpeopleatdawn.黎明時(shí)分古老的小鎮(zhèn)廣場(chǎng)上擠滿了人。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］【一言助記】Thecrowdcrowdedintothestadiumwhichwascrowdedwiththeaudience.人們擠進(jìn)體育館里，里面擠滿了觀眾。單句語法填空（1）Theycrowded

thetabletogettheirfood.（2）MyfatherarguedmeoutofgoingtotheWestCoastbecauseitwascrowded

tourists.（3）Supermarketchainshavecrowded

smallshopsinthepastfewyears.（4）Agoodideacrowdedin

thegeneralengineerthattheycouldsolvethetrafficproblembybuildinganotherfreeway.（5）In

（crowd）placeslikeairportsandrailwaystations，youmusttakecareofyourluggage.witharoundoutoncrowded完成句子（6）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Hundredsofpeople

（擠進(jìn)）thenearbychurchforthewedding.（7）Toomanyuncomfortablethoughtswere

（涌上她的心頭）.（8）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Inthecourtyardofafarmhouse，thereisaherdofcattleand

（一群）people.crowdedintoacrowdofcrowdinginonher教材原句p.44 ...breatheinthesweetscentoffreshflowerswhilebirdsgreetthenewday

withtheirmorningsong.……呼吸著鮮花的芬芳，而鳥兒則用清晨的歌聲迎

接新的一天的到來。【句式分析】該句中while前是祈使句，while在句中是并列連詞，意為“而，然而”，表示前后意義上的對(duì)比。1while連接的并列句

句中while用作并列連詞，意為“而，然而”，表前后意義上的對(duì)比。There’splentyofraininthesoutheast，whilethere’slittleinthenorthwest.東南部雨量充足，而西北部則很少下雨?！緦W(xué)法點(diǎn)撥】（1）while可作從屬連詞，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，意為“當(dāng)……時(shí)候”。While

Iwasreading，Ifellasleep.我讀著讀著就睡著了。（2）while可作從屬連詞，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，意為“盡管……”，常常放于句首。While

Iseewhatyousay，Ican’tagreewithyou.雖然我能理解你說的話，但是我不同意你的看法。重點(diǎn)句式【詞語辨析】while，when與as（1）while表示一段時(shí)間和某一過程，必須跟延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞。（2）when既可以表示時(shí)間段，也可以表示時(shí)間點(diǎn)。從句動(dòng)詞可為終止性的，也可為持續(xù)性的。（3）as表示兩個(gè)動(dòng)作同時(shí)進(jìn)行，有時(shí)有伴隨意味，可譯為“一邊……一邊……”。ImetwithanoldfriendofminewhileIwaswalkingalongthestreet.我在街上走的時(shí)候遇見了我的一個(gè)老朋友。When

shecameintomyroomIwasjustreadingabook.她進(jìn)我房間時(shí)，我正在看書。As

mymothersangthoseoldsongs，tearsran

downhercheeks.當(dāng)我媽媽唱起那些老歌時(shí)，眼淚順著她的臉頰流了下來。完成句子（1）

Iamwillingtohelp，Idonothavemuchtime.（2）Hefellasleep

hewasdoinghishomework.（3）Insomecountries，peopleeatwithchopsticks，

inothers，knivesandforks.辨析填空：while/when/as（4）

Iwaswalkingdownthestreet，Inoticedapolicecarinfrontofthestore.（5）

Johnarrived，Iwasreadinganovel.（6）Iwaswanderingaroundthestreet

Icaughtsightofashop.完成句子（7）I’mgoodatplayingtabletennis，

（而我弟弟籃球打得好）.（8）

（雖然我承認(rèn)這些問題很難），Idon’tagreethattheycannotbesettled.While/Although/Thoughwhile/when/aswhileWhenwhenWhen/While/AswhilemybrotherplaysbasketballwellWhile/Although/ThoughIadmittheproblemsaredifficult教材原句p.44 ...itisnotsurprisingthatIrelandhasdevelopedstrongtraditionsthatincludemusi