机不可失.ppt

Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of Nature Text A The Icy Defender Proverbs: Opportunity knocks at the door only once. 机不可失，失不再来。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标就像航海没有罗盘。 Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才来自于勤奋，知识来自于积累。 Everyday English: ----Are you pulling my leg 你在开玩笑吗？/ 你是在骗我吧？ A: They just discovered gold in my yard! B: You’re pulling my leg! ----Whatever you say. 随便你。/你怎么说都行。 A: I’ve decided to buy a stereo instead of that used car. B: Whatever you say---it’s your money. New Words Bleak a. without anything to make you feel happy or hopeful e.g. a bleak future / prospect The company still hopes to find a buyer, but the future looks bleak. 2. cold and without any pleasant or comfortable features Phrases and Expressions Pride comes before a fall. in the case of [in case], [in case of] stand / get / be in the way be prepared for a devastating enemy / storm / argument launch an attack / offensive / counterattack against mow down Sentence Structure In 1941, Adolf Hitler, …, as Russia then was called. L7—L8 本句中as Russia then was called是由as引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰Soviet Union。As用作关系代词时，（1）可以引导非限制性定语从句，代替先行词或整个主句；（2）可以引导限制性定语从句，其先行词的前面通常有such, the same修饰，构成the same…as, such…as结构。 Topics for discussion Try to describe the natural disasters you have read or heard about. Hints: Earthquake, flood, typhoon, tornado; raging fire, drought, tsunami 海啸 The cause of the disaster; whether the disaster can be controlled by human beings; the relationship between man and nature. Man and Nature ---It is self-evident that man depends on nature for survival and development. Almost everything man possesses derives from nature. It is nature that has shaped man himself and his civilization… ---Ironically, the history of the development of human civilizations is also a history of man’s increasing destruction of nature… Warm-up Questions: What does “the icy defender” refer to in the article? Why can Napoleon occupy