大学综合英语Uit 5.pptVIP

Unit 5 Text I The Light at the End of the Chunnel Objectives: 1. The building of English Chunnel 2. Narration in Informal Tone 3. Vocabulary and structures Teaching Tasks and Process Background information The National Geographic Magazine is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded. Some information for a better understanding of the text The English Channel (P54) The long-lasting Anglo-French Conflict The Channel Tunnel Project The English Channel The Channel Tunnel Pre-reading Questions How did the English and the French people look at the Chunnel, joyously or resentfully? Why do you think so? How do you visualize the breakthrough ceremony? Exercise your imagination. Pre-reading Questions Channel n. Stretch of water joining two sea Tunnel n. Underground passage , e.g., for a road or the sea Railway through a hill or under a river on the sea. blend n. sth. put together; sth. mixed construction n.??建设,?结构,?建筑物,?建造,?构造,?解释 Inaugurate v.??举行就职典礼,?举行仪式,?开始,?开创 Introduce at a special ceremony; begin,?start,?commence,?initiate,?inaugurate The city library was inaugurated by the mayor. 市长主持了市图书馆的落成仪式。 Watt inaugurated the age of steam. 瓦特开创了蒸汽时代。 Consist of Attitude towards Breakthrough n.??突破 It is a major technological breakthrough. 这是一次重要的技术突破。 Joy; enjoy; joyous ; joyously; Resent vt.??恨,?生气 Kate said she felt we resent her.? I resent having to get his permission for everything I do. Would your wife resent my being with you here? Resent; resentful; resentfully; Visual a. concerned with or used in seeing Visualize v. imagine , 使 ... 看得见,? 形象化,? 设想 I remember meeting him but I just cant visualize him Image, imagine; imaginary ; imagination Main idea In spite of the adverse sentiments expressed by the English and the French people, the Chunnel that joins Britain an