高中英语 Unit2 Two geniuses- reading课件 牛津上海版S1B.pptVIP

Unit 2 Great Minds Reading fiction: A kind of literature about imaginary people and events. 虚构的故事，小说 non-fiction: A kind of literature about real people and events. 非小说类纪实文学 Are they fiction or non-fiction? Skimming Who are the two geniuses mentioned in the title? 2. What kind of story do you think it will be? Choose two. crime B. frightening C. space travel D. sad E. fiction F. sport G. funny H. non-fiction Scanning New words and expressions regard… ____ 把……视为 天才 workings 宇宙 nuclear 好奇心 sense of humour New words and expressions 名声；名誉 理论 distant let sb. down applause 复杂的 导致 Language points 1．genius n. a person who is very intelligent 天才 Tests showed that the child was a genius. 测试表明，这个孩子是个天才。 Einstein was a genius. 爱因斯坦是一个天才。 他是个数学天才。 2．attempt n. an act of trying to do something 尝试；试图；攻击 make an attempt to do sth. 试图做某事 We made an attempt to climb the highest mountain in that area, but failed. Their attempt to climb the mountain was successful. 他们攀登这座山的尝试成功了。 make an attempt on sth. 试图做某事 He made an attempt on the world record. 他试图打破世界记录。 v. 试图；尝试 attempt to do / doing sth. 她试图说服父亲戒烟。 3．gift n. a talent or natural ability 天赋 have a gift for sth. / doing sth. 有……的天赋 She has a gift for dancing. 她有舞蹈天赋。 有些人似乎有演奏乐器的天赋。 6. regard… as to think about (somebody or something) in a certain way 把……视为 He is generally regarded as one of the best basketball players in the NBA. 人们普遍认为他是NBA最优秀的球员之一。 相关词组还有：think of…as…，look on/upon…as…, treat…as…, consider…(as)…，等等。 We look on/ upon our teachers as our friends. 我们把老师当作朋友。 His mother no longer treated him as a child. 他妈妈不再把他当小孩子对待了。 你不能把他看做朋友，他只是个生意伙伴。 7．sense of humour the ability to find things funny or make people laugh 幽默感 His sense of humour makes him popular with the students. 幽默感让他很受学生欢迎。 The English have sense of humour. 英国人很有幽默感。 a