新概念英語第三冊(cè)Lesson 1 A puma at large

1、Lesson 1 A puma at largew Objective: Get familiar with the usage of simple, compound, and complex statementsI Warm up on the picturew What can you see in the picture? (A man, a Tree) w What is the man holding in his hand? (A walking stick, a rope for a pet)w Whats hiding in the tree? (An animal look

2、s like a lion.)I Warm up on the picturew Whats falling down from the tree? (Half of a neckband.) w What happened between the man and the animal? (Maybe the animal escaped from the man and hid in the tree.) II New words & Expressionsw spot : v. (stative verb, not used in the continuous tense) pick ou

3、t one person or thing from many, discover, catch sight of , recognize, especially visually（靜態(tài)動(dòng)詞，不用于進(jìn)行時(shí)）辯認(rèn), 認(rèn)出，發(fā)現(xiàn), 特別指用眼睛看出eg. She finally spotted just the skirt she wanted. I cant spot the difference between them.II New words & Expressionsw oblige: v. compel or require (sb) by law, agreement or mora

4、l pressure to do sth 迫使，使感到必須做phrase：oblige sb to do sth 迫使某人做某事 be/feel obliged to do sth 不得不(做某事), 必須(做某事)eg. The law obliges parents to send their children to school. They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts. You are not obliged to take this course, but it will be of grea

5、t help to your future job if you do. I feel obliged to say sorry to him.II New words & Expressionsw corner : v. get sb/sth into a position from which it is hard to escape, put sb into a difficult situation 使走投無路，使陷入困境phrase：be cornered 陷入困境,走投無路eg. The escaped prisoner was cornered at last. The runa

6、way horse was cornered in a field.II New words & Expressionswcling clung clung v. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining 緊握，粘著； To remain close; resist separation 依靠保持親近；防止分開wphrase：cling to stheg. We clung to each other in the storm. We should not cli

7、ng to outdated customs. 我們不應(yīng)墨守陳規(guī)。 The baby monkey clung to its mother. 小猴子緊緊偎著它媽媽。II New words & Expressionsw convince(ST): v. make sb feel certain, cause sb to realize 使確信，使信服Phrase: convince sb of sth; convince sb thateg. How can I convince you of her honesty? What she said convinced me that I was

8、 mistaken. II New words & Expressionsw disturb v. break the rest, concentration or calm of sb/sth, cause (sb) to worry 打擾，擾亂 w disturbing adj. 煩擾的, 令人不安的eg. Exam in progress. Do not disturb. 考試進(jìn)行中，請(qǐng)勿打擾。 This news is disturbing to the students who are going to take the exams tomorrow.Song: Right here

9、 waitingIII Text Studyw Close your text books. Listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the question: Whom must this puma have belonged to? (It must have belonged to a private collector.)w Read the text by yourselves and find out the conjunctions(連接詞 eg. which, for, and).III Text S

10、tudyw Explain the text: qWhen reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.(1) Structure: the whole sentence is a complex statement; “when” introduces an adverbial clause of time; inside the clause “that” introduces an

11、 appositive clause to modify “reports”. 全句為復(fù)合句。“When”引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，時(shí)間狀語從句內(nèi)又出現(xiàn)了“that”引導(dǎo)的同謂語從句來修飾“reports”。III Text Studyw Explain the text: (2)Phrase: take sth seriously sth be taken seriously 認(rèn)真對(duì)待eg. We should take the childrens words seriously.This problem must be taken seriously.III Text StudywExplain

12、the text: qHowever, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen it were extraordinarily similar.qStructure: “for” introduces a compound statement; the former half of the compound statement contai

13、ns an adverbial clause of time introduced by “as”; the latter half contains a past participle phrase “given by people” used as attributive to modify “the descriptions” and an attributive clause led by “who” to modify “people”.q全句為“for”連接的的并列句，并列句的第一個(gè)分句內(nèi)出現(xiàn)了“as”引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句，后一個(gè)分句內(nèi)又出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)過去分詞短語“given by pe

14、ople”做定語修飾“the descriptions”和一個(gè)由“who”引導(dǎo)的定語從句來修飾“people”。 III Text Studyw Explain the text: (2) Phrase: began to accumulate: began to pile up, gathered gradually extraordinarily similar: very alike, surprisingly alikeclaim to do 聲稱要做claim to have done 聲稱做了eg. He claimed to revenge on me. 他聲稱要報(bào)復(fù)我。The

15、thief claimed to have robbed the bank. 那個(gè)賊聲稱搶了銀行。III Text Studyw Explain the text: q It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.Structure: “and” introduces a compound statement; the former half of the compound statem

16、ent contains an adverbial clause of time introduced by “when”; the latter half contains an objective clause led by “that” after verb “confirmed”; and the objective clause is made of an conditional clause introduced by “unless”. 全句為“and”連接的的并列句；并列句的第一個(gè)分句內(nèi)出現(xiàn)了“when”引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句；后一個(gè)分句內(nèi)又出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)由“that”引導(dǎo)的賓語從句作

17、動(dòng)詞“confirmed”賓語；這個(gè)賓語從句里又出現(xiàn)了 “unless”引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句。 III Text StudywExplain the text: qAs no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.qStructure: The whole sentence is a complex statement. “A

18、s” introduces an adverbial clause of reason; and the main clause is a compound statement joined by “and”.(1) 全句為復(fù)合句。 “As”引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，主句是一個(gè)由“and” 連接的并列句組成的。III Text Studyw Explain the text: (2)Phrase: must have been: certain guess about the past event, must have belonged to 對(duì)過去的肯定的猜測，肯定是in the possessio

19、n of sb.：屬于eg. It must have rained last night, for the ground is wet.The house is in my brothers possession / in the possession of my brother.III Text Studyw Explain the text: (2)Phrase: managed to escape: succeeded in running away despite difficulties 終于設(shè)法成功逃跑了eg. Ill manage to finish this task, th

20、ough its late at night. Although it was raining heavily, he managed to come to work on time.IV Drills & Exercisesw Read the text after the tape. Pay attention to the stress and intonation and where to stop.w Look for the answers in the text individually first, then try to answer the questions withou

21、t looking at the text. (P15 Summary writing)Key to Vocabularyw spotted: seenw accumulated: piled up, gatheredw obliged to: bound tow claimed: statedw extraordinarily similar: surprisingly alikew immediately: at oncew convinced: sure, made to believeLetter WritingAddress: _, _, _, _.Date:Beginning of

22、 letter(Dear,)IntroductionPurposeConclusionEnding(Yours,)SignaturePostscript(PS,)Letter WritingThe English Training Centre,The Continuing Education College,Guang Dong University of Foreign studies,Guang Dong Province,the P.R.C.Sept. 13th, 2006Dear Mary,IntroductionPurposeConclusionYours, DanaPS: Could you send me your recent photo, please?Key to Special Difficul