广东省广州市培才高级中学高考英语复习课件：新人教选修10Unit1Nothingventurednothinggained-Usinglanguage（共33张）.ppt

When do you think you will be able to repay us? I couldn’t find a way of repaying the family’s kindness． 我不知该如何报答这一家人的好意。 9. repay 回报, 报答; 偿还 repay sb. for sth. repay sb. with / by doing sth. Well never be able to repay you for everything youve done for us. 我们永远也无法报答你为我们所 做的一切。 She tried to be a good teacher, and the students repaid her with their love and respect. After I have done so much for you, how can you repay me by lying to me? 我为你付出这么多，你怎么能用谎话来回报我? Weve made a commitment to help, and we will. 我们已经答应帮忙，我们一定说到做到。 10. commitment 承诺; 责任; 约束 I can’t do this job right now because of other commitments. 因为还有别的事要做，目前我不能做这项工作。 He couldn’t go on holiday with us because of work commitments． 他公务缠身, 不能和我们一起去度假。 Reading and Writing Optimism helped us persevere. While listening, try to get the general idea of the passage. It tells us the problems the men had to face on the island and how they overcame them and they were rescued at last. Answer these questions after reading the passage. ) What kind of problems did the men have to face on Elephant Island? ) What do you think was their greatest worry? How do you think they overcame this difficulty? ) Why did Shackleton encourage them to have celebrations? How do you think the celebrations helped? They had to face two kinds of problems: one was psychological and the other physical. The psychological one was to stay cheerful and not give way to despair. The physical problem was to stay fit despite a diet consisting only of meat. This meant that there were not enough vitamins or minerals and the food was the same day after day. I think their greatest worry was not being rescued. They dealt with this by remaining cheerful, having musical evenings singing to the banjo and holding celebrations. Celebrations give people something to l