U8-簡化版綜合英語

1、Unit 8 Keeping Class Two under Your ThumbWhat do you think of the teacher and his students in the video?The teacher isinexperiencedgreendiffidenttimidineffectiveStudents areunrulywilduncontrollabledisobedientrebelliousCould the teacher bring everything in the class under control?No. The situation in

2、 the class is totally out of control. And the teacher cannot keep the class under his thumb. Thumb is usually regarded as the symbol of power and force. Thus, To keep someone under ones thumb means to keep someone under control.under ones thumb- completely under sbs influence or controle.g. She has

3、(got) Rachel firmly under her thumb.SECOND READINGTeacher-inexperienced, timid, incompetent1) apologized to boy who broke the rule2) crept through the door3) felt invisible4) a fatal note of pleading in my voice5) shouted again, voice trailed away6) toying inwardly with ideas of thunderbolts, earthq

4、uakes, mass executions7) was shocked to the coreClass 2-unruly and defiant to the teacher1) frightened away one teacher after another2) had no respect for school discipline- ran illegally in the hall3) were very noisy4) did indefensible things5) desks, badly treated, would crush to the floor; fights

5、 going on; one desk chasing another, chalk rain6) an awful, sceptical silent, laugh, turned to one another, fight beganTry to find the supporting details to support the main idea.Guess the meanings of the following words from the context by matching each word in column A with the word or phrase in c

6、olumn B that is similar in each meaning.A1. cudgel (Para.1)2. duck (Para.2)3. placatory (Para.3)4. negligently (Para.5)5. wry (Para.11)6. bawling (Para.12)7. pandemonium (Para.12)8. gramophone (Para.12) Ba. loud, rough shoutingb. twistedc. short, thick stickd. (scene of ) wild and noisy disordere. r

7、ecord-playerf. submissive, undisturbedg. lower ones head or body so as to avoid being hith. carelesslyVocabulary A (textbook p.121)c - g - f - h - b - a - d - eParagraph 1Pocket cudgelparaphrase:I had good reason not to have confidence in my thumb, that is to say, I did not think I was able to keep

8、the boys under control. I had reason enough to distrust my thumbdistrust: do not trust, have no confidence succession n.Succession meaning the coming of one person/thing after another in time or order may refer to both people and events.e.g. A succession of unexpected visitors came to our Department

9、 on the first day of school. e.g Last summer there was a succession of uncomfortably hot days. e.g. He won the Scottish Road Running Championship for the third year in succession. successive adj.-attrib coming one after the other in an unbroken seriese.g. successive governments / victories / attempt

10、s / days e.g. The school has won five successive games. successor n. (to sb. / sth.)-person or thing that comes after and takes the place of sb. / sth.e.g. the successor to the throne / appoint a successor to the headmastere.g. This car is the successor to our popular hatchback model. PARAGRAGE 2 su

11、bstitute teacher - a substitute teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there. (AM; in BRIT, use supply teacher) a substitute (for)N.e.g. The manager was unable to attend but sent his deputy as a substitute.e.g. This type

12、of vinyl is a poor substitute for leather.e.g. Carob, an edible powder or flour, is often used as a for chocolate.e.g. In my experience a straight of carob for chocolate doesnt work.substitutionsubstitute (for)- emphasizes a replacement substitution (of)- emphasizes the act or an instance of substit

13、uting substitute (for)V.e.g. We must substitute a new chair for the broken one.e.g. Honey can substitute for sugar in this recipe.e.g. Can you substitute for me at the meeting?substituteducked, winced, and fledduck: move quickly down, to avoid being seento duck ones headwince: shrink or withdraw bec

14、ause of pain or troubleHe winced under the blow/ at the insult.fled: run away .a succession of startled substitutes had stood before them, ducked, winced and fled.(. a number of teachers who took the place of their own teachers, one after another, got shocked in front of them. They drew back in fear

15、, felt frightened, unable to deal with the situation, and finally left in a hurry.) No one quite knew where the class had got in any subject. To get somewhere and to get nowhere mean to make progress and not to make progress respectively.e.g. I am sure youll get nowhere if you change schools constan

16、tly.e.g. She practised the piano so hard that she was really getting somewhere. (No one quite knew if the class had made any progress in any subject.)In the hall I was nearly knocked over by a boy illegally running.(I almost fell over because of a boy bumping into me. He was running in the hall, whi

17、ch was obviously against the rules and regulations of the school.) It was all wrong; my mood was all placatory; I was, inwardly, all white flag.placatory adj. (fml.)-a remark or action intends to make someone less angrye.g. He raised a hand. “All right, we will see what we can do.”(Everything was wr

18、ong. I just wanted to please the boys, and I was only thinking of giving in/surrender.)PARAGRAGE 3 The room was easily traced by the noise that was coming from it.(The noise coning from it made it easy to find the classroom.) creep- move stealthily or cautiouslye.g. The boys felt tired,so they put o

19、ut the fire and crept into their tent. e.g. The cat is creeping silently towards the bird.e.g. A feeling of drowsiness crept over him.e.g. Old age creeps up on you before you realize it.PARAGRAGE 4studious: having or showing habit of learningindefensible: adj. that can not be defended or forgiven.in

20、 particular: in detail, exactlyimproprieties: n. improper actions and remarksnail down: (literally) fix something firmly; (figuratively) establish clearly and unmistakablythat was the worst of it-these improprieties couldnt be nailed down. the most unfortunate part of the situation was that it was i

21、mpossible to say exactly what the improper things they were doing.The house that we used to live in is in a very _state.A. neglectful B. negligible C. neglected D. negligentPARAGRAGE 5negligently adv.e.g. A manufacturer made and marketed a car with defective brakes.e.g. He had not moved from his cha

22、ir, arms spread over his papers.Cneglectful emphasizing sbs habit of neglecting things or peoplenegligible emphasizing something of little importance of sizeneglected emphasizing a lack of care or attention, often passivenegligent emphasizing sbs carelessness in performing his duty or casual, inform

23、al, relaxed mannere.g. Children who are tend to become parents.e.g. Have I been of my friend, taking him for granted?e.g. She stood in a doorway, one hand above her head in a pose. e.g. The damage appears to have had a effect on its speed. neglectedneglectfulneglectfulnegligent negligibleWhat feelin

24、g do the following details give you?enormous boys, doing indefensible thingsI cant recall, couldnt becrept through the doordolls house things on mountainous knees, swaying from side to sideone desk was chasing anotherteachers strong sense ofinadequacy classrooms out of controlVs.PARAGRAGE 6 feeling

25、invisible: feeling that nobody is looking at me pointless: with no aim or purpose indignation: anger caused by injustice mount in: rise up an awful pointless indignation mounted in me.(. there grew in me a terrible useless anger.) puny: small and weak e.g.What a little puny creature!PARAGRAGE 8be sc

26、eptical (about /of)- marked by or given to doubt; dubious, questioning e.g. I am rather about their professed sympathy for the poor.e.g. I was rather about the hypnotism. to trail away/ off- to become gradually fainter; dwindlee.g. His voice ed off in confusion. to toy with (an idea / an object / fo

27、od) - to consider sth. casually without making any decision e.g. Ive been ing with the idea of moving abroad.e.g. He picked up a pencil and ed with it idly.e.g. She was just rather ing with food, as if she wasnt hungry . to the coree.g. The pear is rotten to the core.e.g. He is English to the core.e

28、.g. Her refusal shocked me to the core.The writer is particularly successful in his effective use of comic exaggeration, and several rhetorical devices have been employed to achieve it, could you find them out?1 ) The use of vivid similesA simile is a direct comparison of one thing to another by usi

29、ng the word like or as. 2) The use of appropriate metaphorsA metaphor is an expression which describes one thing in terms of another thing with which it can be compared without using the wordlike or as.3) The use of parallelisms4) The use of striking contrast5) The use of vocabulary which emphasizes

30、 not the normal order in a classroom but that of fighting and war1. We need not have subscribed to the Yahoo Internet service, because the university did the subscription free of charge for its faculty and postgraduate students a week ago.2. I simply had no idea of whom my grandmother was referring

31、to when she was talking about a young man with glasses from her neighborhood who bought her a train ticket with his own money and walked her onto the train.3. His situation was desperate as he was now left to the tender mercies of his creditors.4. The president declared resolutely that these regulat

32、ions applied to everyone without exception, be it a teacher, student or administrator.5. The boy confronted his teachers accusation with a firm voice and denied the charge that he had cheated in the final exam.6. Cultural traditions have a strong binding power. For example, many Westerners keep to t

33、he custom of getting married only in June.7. In the era of market economy, the concept of “Consumer First” should be reinforced by the manufacturer.8. “The style is the man,” as the saying goes. I believe that a writers personality is, to a large extent, embodied in his or her style of writing.9. In this country, convention allows women to wear skirts, but not trousers, to say nothing of jeans.10. Not all people think alike. Take architecture for example. People may see a building