S2B_unit_2_Reading_vocabulary.ppt

Unit 2 Reading  practical joke What is a joke? A joke is something you say that causes laughter. What is a practical joke? A practical joke is a trick that is played on an unsuspecting victim to make him or her look silly or embarrassed. 恶作剧 Skimming 1. what kind of passage is this? 2. What emotions do you think the writer wants you to have when you read a passage like this? 3. Which character do you think is the one on whom someone has played a practical joke? Skimming 4. How do the other characters react to this practical joke? Scanning (The first three paragraphs) 1. How does a practical joke usually make someone look? 2. What book did this story come from? Scanning (The first three paragraphs) 3. What is the name of the main character? 4. Where does the man work? 5. What object is important to the whole story? Read think 1. Why did Mr. Potts’s colleagues decide to play a practical joke on him? 2. What was the practical joke that they played on Mr. Potts? Read think 3. Why did Mr. Potts’s colleagues roar with laughter after he left on the first day? 4. What happened when Mr. Potts put on his hat on the second day? Read think 5. Why did he go to see his doctor? define…as vt. 解释,给...下定义 Do you know who defined man as a rational animal? 你知道是谁将人说成是有理智的动物的? A dictionary may define genetics as simply the science of the study of heredity. 词典上会把遗传学简单地定为“研究遗传的科学。” definition n. 1. 下定义;定义;释义 the definitions in a dictionary 词典中的字义 2. 限定;定界;规定 The club must give a clear definition of its goals. 俱乐部应对其宗旨作明确规定。 Translation 1.我们可以把正方形(square)定义为四边相等的长方形(rectangle)。 We may define a square as a rectangle with four equal sides. 2.把幸福界定为拥有很多钱是错误的。 Its wrong to define happiness as owing lots of money. 3. 我很难理解这个单词的定义。（definition) It’s difficult for me to understand the definition of the word. play a trick on sb.开某人的玩笑 The boys hid Jones bike to play a trick on him. 孩子们把乔恩的自行车藏起来捉弄他。 make fun of sb. 取笑某人 He is not the person that you can make fun of