unit5 词汇Microsoft PowerPoint 幻灯片.ppt

Where do I live? What can be heard day and night? When did the airport come to use? What made a hundred people drive away from their homes? Why do people think I am mad? Lesson 21 Mad or not?(First listen and then answer the question.Why do people think the writer is mad?) Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right. * quality. n. 质量,品质,性质 （1）Modesty (谦虚) is one of his good qualities. （2）This new car is of high quality and is not expensive. （3）Goods of low quality won’t sell well. of good/high quality 优质的 of poor/low quality 劣质的 quantity. n. 数量 The changes of quantity cause the changes of quality. _______________________________________ 量变引起质变 * devote vt . 献身； 专心于 He has devoted his whole life to world peace. He has devoted most of his time and energy to finding a cure for the disease. For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the worlds best long distance swimmers Her son, to whom she is so devoted, went abroad last year, leaving her alone in the small village. devote ones life/time/money/energy to sth./doing sth. 把某人的一生/时间/金钱/精力奉献于…… devote oneself to sth./doing sth. 献身于……；致力于…… be devoted to sth./doing sth.专心于；奉献于…… devoted adj. 忠实的；深爱的 devotion n. 关爱；关照；奉献；忠诚 * 她致力于帮助穷人. ______________________________________ (2) Mr. Wang made up his mind to devote all he could to improve his oral English before going abroad. She has devoted herself to helping the poor. improving * out of work 失业 She has been out of work for three years. He lo