新英语教程第一册 unit .pptVIP

The end Thank You! trapdoor 1 trapdoor 2 box tabletop trapdoors As soon as the saw was withdrawn, two metal plates were inserted onto either side of the cut. Sentence paraphrasing How to paraphrase this sentence? key Just after the saw had been taken away, the magician put two metal plates onto both sides of the cut. have or hold within itself; be capable of holding contain v. Example How much does this bottle contain? 这只杯子能装下多少？ that can be seen; in sight in view Example When we stood on the hill, the small town was in full view. 当我们站在山上，整个小镇尽收眼底。 to revolve rapidly about a center or an axis whirl v Example The wind whirled the leaves into the air. 风把树叶刮到了空中。 to cause to wake up /to wake up awaken v. Example Please awaken me at six. 请于六点叫醒我。 辨析 Note on Usage wake, waken和 awake, awaken 1. 只有 wake用于“保持清醒”的意义，如 waking（而非 wakening) and sleeping 清醒和睡眠 every waking hour 每一个醒着的时刻 2. wake在与 up一同用时也比 waken更常用；并且 awake和 awaken从不出现在这种语言环境中： She woke up（很少用 wakened up；从不用 awakened up或 awoke up)。 Outline of the text 1. The first trick of sawing a woman in half was created in 1920 by the British magician P.T. Selbit. (He used one girl in the trick.) 2. The American magician Horace Goldin improved the trick in 1921 by using two girls. 3. Another American magician, Harry Blackstone, developed the trick in 1932 by using only one girl in the trick. Back There are three tricks of “sawing a woman in half” __________ in the text. The first trick was _______ in 1920 by the British magician P. T. Selbit. In his trick he used only one girl. While the sawing was taking place, the girl ________ her knees under her _______ so that she could not be hurt. The second trick was introduced in 1921 by one American magician Horace Goldin. He used two girls in the trick; one was seen by the audience, and the other was __________ in the box. Each girl stayed separately at each end of the box when the magician was cutting in the middle. When the sawing was over, the audience des