Unit 11 Button, Button课件.ppt

Unit 11 Button, Button ;Teaching objectives;Major Steps ;Introduction ;Richard Burton Matheson;Personal life ;Career;Awards ;Fast reading ;Detailed study of the text;3. “I’ll get it ,” Norma called from the kitchen.—“I’ll answer the door,” (Or: “I’ll go and see who it is,”) … I’ll get it is a commonly used expression in daily life, meaning to answer the doorbell. It is also used to answer the telephone call. 4. Monetarily? 值钱吗？ It comes from the word “monetary”, meaning “of or relating money”. Some phrases about money: for one’s money: in one’s opinion in the money: (inf.) well-off; rich One’s money’s worth: full value for the money one has paid for sth. to put money on: to place a bet on ;5. “Up to you,” she said. The whole sentence would be “It’s up to you to decide whether he should come in. Note that the text consists mainly of dialogues. In spoken English, grammar is loose and sentences are often in complete. up to : devising or scheming, e.g. She’s up to no good.她居心不良。 He is up to his old games again. 他又耍老花招了。 Are you up to playing in the final? 你准备参加决赛吗？ 6. as far as 直到, e.g. up to now (then) 直到现在（那时） up to one’s neck in 沉溺于… …;7. “You aren’t making sense,” ... Paraphrase: “I don’t understand you”, ... Sense has a wide range of meanings, e.g. He couldn’t make sense of the lecture given yesterday.（弄懂… …的意思） His mother’s death brought him to his senses again.（知觉、感觉） In a sense what you say is correct.（在某种意义上说） I don’t see the sense of doing that.（道理） I wrote out the advertisement on the back of an old envelope and read it aloud to see if it made sense.（讲得通） 8. “Not that I believe a word of what you told us.” — (I’m curious about what you say about the button, but) it doesn’t mean that I believe you. not that: conj. (Also: not but what) which is not to say or suppose that If he ever said so – not that I ever heard him say so –