英語：Unit 1Nothing ventured,nothing gained-Learning about language課件 新人教選修10

1、LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGEApril 16th, 1916Moving to Elephant Island was a dangerous under-taking, but it was not our first. We had _ onto the ice to make camp when the Endurance was stuck. struggled The ice constantly broke up at night because of the warmth of our bodies and we often dropped into the f

2、reezing water while sleeping. Though we were in an _ situation, we tried to make our daily life_ with singing and making fun of each other. unbearable cheerful Our_ improved when we saw the solid land of Elephant Island appear on the horizon. Shackleton gave us no time to _ the failure of our expedi

3、tion. He encouraged us all with advice to prevent _. circumstancesmournsicknessWithout his _ that we would indeed survive, we might all _ to despair. _ we prepared to follow his advice and on this day climbed into the three small open boats ready for the journey.faithgive wayAnyhowGou Jian, King of

4、Yue, was captured by his enemy, Fu Chai, the King of Wu. His _ lasted for three _ years, which to him seemed like a lifetime. EX. 2 P6sufferingbittersuffering bitter vital select unbearable celebration recoverOne day the King of Wu fell ill. After tasting the Kings stool(大便), Gou Jian announced that

5、 Fu Chai would soon_. Fu Chai was moved by his act and he let him return to Yue. recoverRemembering how _ his life as a slave had been, Gou Jian took no interest in _ and continued to live in the same way as he did in Wu. He wanted to_ his lost land. unbearable celebrations recoverBut he also knew i

6、t was _ to_ the chance with care. So first he introduced the King of Wu to a beauty called Xi Shi. While Fu Chai was trying to entertain Xi Shi, Gou Jian attacked and defeated him.vital select Ex. 3 Creating a word web of adjectives to describe peoples characters.charactersconfident(un)selfishoutgoi

7、ng/inwardpatientcheerfuloptimisticdeterminedpositive/negative(in)dependantaggressivestubborndelicateUseful structures-attributes Ex. 1, P6warm and dry clothes, a cosy bedroom, sunny days, my mothers face and the celebration we will get when we return .Ex. 2, P7landingwho liked to visit sites of hist

8、oric places freezingwhere they had struggled to land soft-eyed which looked grey and forbidding that surrounded the camp on two sidesunfair coldest, most, unfriendly on earth to eat of menlike a baby rescueEx. 3, P7A The tall girl who had long, black hair carried a large handbag.B The girl carrying

9、an empty handbag did not look rich enough to buy a necklace.C Her green coat was too thin for the cold weather.D The girl wearing glasses looked carefully round the shop.E She looked at the necklace given by the assistant.F The assistant turned back and the necklace that had been on the counter was

10、gone.G The girl who left the shop in a hurry said she must catch a train.Workbook, P52, Ex 1Odysseus is a literary figure in the Odyssey written by Homer. He rejected the_ life of a Greek king and made a _to help another Greek leader, cosy commitment Menelaus, get his wife back. But the war dragged

11、on and on and he was away from his family for ten years. During this time the fortunes of the war were so_ that no one could predict who would win.changeable Odysseus became tired of the war and the _ in Troy. He _wanted to return home, so when the Greek kings had their _ weekly meeting hedelay urge

12、ntly regular grasp suggested that they _an opportunity to trick the Trojans. The Greeks built a giant wooden horse so that men could hide inside it. The Greeks then pretended to leave _ their ships as if they were aboard _ by the length of the war. The Trojans_ their Gods for their good fortune and

13、prepared to celebrate.discouraged blessed That night the men climbed out of the horse and opened the city gates to the Greek army. The Trojans awoke to the _ of their warning bell announcing a Greek victory. boom So the war ended but the _ of the Trojan people was only just beginning.punishment我建議你做

14、出這個(gè)決定，因?yàn)檫@是合 法的。(advocate)EX 3 Translate these sentences into English, using the words in brackets.I would advocate that you make this decision because it is legal. He was extremely bored during the film show because it was so silly.在電影放映過程中他感到極端無聊， 因?yàn)槟遣侩娪笆悄敲从薮揽尚Α?bored)那塊肉散發(fā)出一股臭味，因?yàn)樗冑|(zhì)了。(give off)Th

15、at meat is giving off a bad smell because it is bad / rotten.If you say it is true, you must swear you are telling the truth.She is an admirable person who always puts other peoples needs first. 如果你說那件事是真的，你得發(fā)誓 保證你是在說實(shí)話。(swear)她是一位值得尊敬的人，她總是把 別人的需求放在第一位。(admirable)1 My failure in that exam was so painful that I stopped myself from remembering it until many years later when I could consider it more rationally.2 This is an ancient kind of camp fire for cooking.Ex 4 Replace the underlined phrases with words similar in meaning from this unit.blocked (it) out oven 3 That kind of behaviour