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Unit five Cruelty Book Four Objectives Students will be able to: Grasp the main idea and structure of the text Give reasons when they do the ranking activities and make predictions Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Procedures of Passage A Warm-up Activities Culture Notes Language Points Summary Follow-up Activity Assignments A friend in need is a friend indeed. Warm-up Activities: Ranking What you think are the determining forces in shaping human nature? (e.g. genes, family, parenting, schooling, peers, socioeconomic factors) Rank these forces in descending order of importance and explain why. Report to the class. Culture Notes 1. Maugham 2. Bridge 3. Proverbs and Quotations BR2_1 BR2_3 BR5 After-6_1 After-6_2 After-6_3 Language Points 1.For sb’s (own) part: It means “as far as I am concerned”. 2.definite: adj. clear’; that can’t be doubted 我们要求给一个确切的答复。 We demand a definite answer. definite definitive 这两个词均有“明确的”、“确定的”的意思。 definite 表示某事界限分明,以至于就其意义或范围不会产生任何疑问、误解。例如： The doctor is quite definite about the patient having developed a lung cancer. definitive 表示某事确定、明确无误，常含“决定性的”、“最后的”意思。 例如： This is a definitive judicial decision by the Supreme Court. 这是最高法院的最终判决。 She has written a definitive biography of Byron. 她写了一本很具权威性的拜伦传。 Language Points 3. wrinkle: vt. tighten the skin of the face into lines or folds The woman was fifty, but looked sixty. Her cheeks were sunken and her skin was wrinkled and yellow. 他闻到怪味儿皱起了鼻子。 He wrinkled (up) his nose at the bad smell. Language Points 4. spicy: adj. exciting, esp. because of being slightly indecent; containing or tasting like spice You can often read spicy stories about film stars in the local newspapers. 在一些地方报纸上你可以读到有关电影明星的小道故事。 5. sip: v. drink (sth.), taking a very small amount each time She sipped politely at her drink. 他把玻璃杯内饮料呷干。 He sipped the glass dry