新概念英语NCE lesson 28.ppt

* Lesson 28 2013.3.11中山 1. First listen and then answer the question. What is Jasper White’s problem? People often park their cars outside his gate so that he can’t get his car into his garage. 2. Listen again and then fill in the blanks. Jasper White is one of those rare people who _________ ancient myths. he has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has ______________cars and their owners. When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has _____ a car outside his gate. ___________this, he has not been able to get his own car into _________ even once. Jasper has _____ No Parking signs outside his gate, but these have not had_________. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ____________ I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners________ . But none of them has been turned to stone yet! believe in had trouble with parked Because of his garage put up any effect to stone ugliest faces Reading Are there many people who believe in ancient myths? Why can’t he get his own car into his garage? How many ways has he come up with to solve this problem? What are they? Are there many peopoe who believe in ancient myths? No, there aren’t. 2. Why can’t he get his own car into his garage? Because someone has parked a car outside his gate when he comes home in the evening. 3. How many ways has he come up with to solve this problem? What are they? Two. The first is to put up “No Parking” signs outside his gate. The second is to put an ugly stone head over the gate. Vocabulary rare adj. 罕见的 ancient adj. 古代的, 古老的 myth n. 神话故事 effect n. 结果, 效果 trouble n. 麻烦 Medusa n. 美杜莎(古希腊神话中3位蛇发女怪之一) Gorgon n. (古希腊神话中的)3位蛇发女怪这一(凡见其貌者都会变成石头) ★rare adj. 罕见的 rare animal 稀有动物 rare bird 珍稀鸟类 rare illness 疑难杂症 scarce adj :少有的,表示某个时间段或某个地方少有 Watermelon is scarce in winter. rare : 几乎是生的 well done : 全熟 medium : 半生