Unit 2 Text 1.pptVIP

Unit 2 Text 1: Unwillingly on Holiday Before you read the text, please make prediction about the text by answering the following questions: 1). Is going on a holiday generally a pleasant or a painful experience? 2). Who might be going on holiday? An old man/woman? A young man/woman? A young boy/girl? 3). Where might the person be going on holiday? To a flat in a city? To a cottage in the countryside? 2. Read the text once and answer the following questions: 1. What happened? When/Where/ Why did it happen? 2. Which sentences show that Tom was unwilling to go on holiday in a new place? To weep tears, they were tears of anger He looked his goodbye at the garden, and raged that he had to leave it. “Very kind.” Tom repeated bitterly. Some of the new words: Pleasurable/pleasure; weep=shed tears 流泪 rage=be very angry; a vegetable plot=a small piece of land for growing vegetables; Croaking=rough and harsh/croak用低沉沙哑的声音说出measles=麻疹;风疹[U]dismissive=(表示)解雇(或免职、开除)的 表示轻视的 Spoil=damage糟蹋; inflame=swell/redden使发炎;使红肿inflamed=red and swollen, because it is hurt or inflected Hostile=unfriendly; aggressive怀敌意的;不友善的[(+to)] Quarantine=isolate or isolation隔离; coop(关家禽等的)笼子,栏舍 coop up把...关在笼子(或栏舍等)中;把...拘禁起来[H][(+up/in)] poky=too small窄小的 3. Paraphrase the following sentences: 1). He looked his good-bye at the garden and raged that he had to leave it---leave it and Peter He said good-bye to his garden by looking at it and felt furious that…. 2). Town garden are small, as a rule, and the Long’s garden was no exception to the rule. Usually/More often than not, town garden are small; the same is the case with Long’s garden. 5. The usages of some language points; Weep 哭泣,流泪[(+over/for)] 那女孩为自己悲惨的命运而哭泣。 The girl wept over her sad fate. 悲叹,哀悼[(+over/for)] 我们都默默为死者哀悼。 We all wept in silence for the deceased. Weep for joy 喜极而泣 Dread=to fear with anticipation; fear 惧怕;担心[+to-v][+v-ing][+(that)]她怕去看牙医。 She dreads going to the dentist. 畏惧,恐怖;担心[U][S1][(+of)]她惧怕蛇。 She has a dread of