英语：Unit4 Learning about language课件（新人教版必修5）.pptVIP

* Learning about Language Discovering useful words and expressions 1. In the reading passage several expressions are used in an idiomatic way. Find them and fill in the chart. to report on an important event cover a story clever ways known to experts trick of the trade to present the ideas fairly get the facts straight not to understand an ideas this is the story this is how the story goes to get the story first get a scoop get to the wrong end of the stick 2. Complete Sentence B using a word or phrase from the reading passage which has the opposite meaning to the words underlined in Sentence A. 1) A By accident she broke that beautiful bowl. B She ___________ broke that beautiful bowl. deliberately guilty 2) A He did not steal the vase so he didn’t do anything wrong. B He did steal the vase so he is _____. 3) A She does not get absorbed in her studies for long. B She can _____________ her studies for a long time. concentrate on 4) A The journalist went out with an untrained photographer. B The journalist went out with a/an __________ photographer. professional 5) A Chris is not interested in starting his new job. B Chris is _____ to start his new job. 6) A “This room needs a light clean,” explained the housewife. B “ This room needs a ________ clean,” explained the housewife. thorough eager 7) A The law allows people to defend themselves against a charge. B The law does not allow people to ______ themselves __a crime. 8) A I don’t mind losing that skill if it is not useful. B I don’t mind _______ that skill if it is useful. accuse of acquire Leaning about Language Discovering useful structures 1. Find three examples of inversion in the reading passage. 1) Never will Zhou Yang forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper. 2) Not only