人教版高一必修一课件Unit-2--高中教育精选.ppt

Country Scotland Education Job Make notes about Murry’s life No formal education; taught himself while working Worked in a bank before beginning to compile the OED Most impor-tant task Its difficulties: Qualities needed: 1.worked in a shed in his garden and behind his house 2.very cold as it was one meter underground 3.no heating; he had to wear a coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm 4.no electric light; he worked at night with candles 1.commitment 2.perseverance 3.accuracy Who worked on it Date of completion Other information at first just james murray; later his two daughters; finished by other editors after his death 1928 first edition took forty; four years to compile Assignment Review all the new words and expressions. Finish the exercises on the exercise books. 3. Prepare for the next class. back Go to Language points Listening back Before you listen, look at the picture below and read the exercises. In doing so, you can get some idea about the listening and predict the content. Discuss your ideas with your partner. 1 Imagine that you are in Houston, Texas, a city in the American South. This is an example of the local dialect. Listen and read through the text and take note of the accent and intonation. Listen again and put these sentences in the right sequence. _______Lester climbed a tree. _______Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming. _______Lester thought the catfish would eat him. _______Buford and Billy Bob laughed. _______Lester saw a catfish. _______Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Answer the following questions after listening. 1. What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know? 2. How large was the catfish? 3. How did Lester get out of the water so quickly? 4. Why did Buford and Big Billy Bob laugh? He believes it’s almost a different country from the USA. The listening text tells us. The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of house. He thought the catfish would