Unit 2 SectionⅠWelcome to the unit Reading 课件(牛津译林版选修7) [1] 3.ppt

A．hasten B．rush C．accelerate D．hurry 解析：选C。句意：暴露在日光下会加快老化过程。accelerate表示“加速事物生长和前进”，符合题意；而其他三项强调“匆忙，急促行事”，不合题意。 (2)A driver ________ his car when he makes it go faster or increases its speed. A．modifies B．duplicates C．accelerates D．stimulates 解析：选C。modify更改，修改；duplicate使加倍，使成双；accelerate加速；stimulate刺激，激发，鼓励。 (2)mass 品味经典 ①A great mass of rocks fell from the cliff and blocked the road.一大堆岩石从悬崖上掉了下来，堵塞了道路。 ②A rapid rise in price soon eventuated in mass unemployment. 价格的快速上涨很快就导致了大量的失业。 ③The grey clouds massing behind the mountains indicate it is going to rain. 积聚在群山之后的灰色云团表明要下雨了。 自我探究 mass 可用作名词，形容词或动词。在句①中mass是名词，意为“团、块、堆”；在句②中mass是形容词，意为“大量的、许多的”；在句③中mass是动词，意为“聚集，集合”。 3It astonished him to see the bacteria surrounding the mould dead，which meant that the mould had killed them. 使他十分惊讶的是，他看到这种霉周围的细菌都死了，这意味着是这种霉杀死了它们。 品味经典 ①Her father’s sudden death astonished her. 父亲的突然去世使她大为震惊。 ②I’m astonished that he didn’t pass the exam. 他考试不及格，这使我感到很惊讶。 自我探究 astonish vt.使十分惊讶，使吃惊。 归纳拓展 astonished adj.　　吃惊的(多修饰人) astonishing adj. 令人吃惊的(多修饰物) astonishment n. 惊讶，吃惊 to one’s astonishment 让某人感到惊讶的是 ③To his astonishment，the keys he had been looking for were in the door. 令他吃惊的是，他一直在找的钥匙就在门上。 牛刀小试 单项填空 (1)To everyone’s ________，Zhou Yang won the gold medal in the 1500-metre Short Skate Race for our country. A．astonished B．astonishing C．astonishment D．Astonish 解析：选C。句意：令大家吃惊的是，周洋在1500米的短道速滑比赛中为我国获得金牌。to one’s astonishment“令某人惊讶的是”。 完成句子 (2)我们惊讶地发现该寺庙完好无损。 We ________________________ the temple still in its original condition. were astonished to find (3)她吃惊地盯着他。 She stared at him _______________. (4)最令我吃惊的是，他一点儿也不恐惧。 _________________________is his complete lack of fear. in astonishment What astonishes me most 4Fleming tried this mould out on another bacterium and found that it killed the bacterium too. 弗莱明将这种霉用在另外一种细菌上做试验，发现它同样杀死了那种细菌。 品味经典 ①The idea seems good but it needs to be tried out. 那想法似乎很好，但是必须通过实验。 ②John was tried out in the marketing section befor