elements自然环境0550.doc

Module 1 The natural elements自然环境 Unit 1 Controlling fire控制火灾 ★重点词汇 axe斧子 breathing呼吸的 corridor走廊 end结尾 equipment装备 extinguisher灭火器 fire-drill消防演习 fire-fighting灭火 fire-hose救火皮带 glass玻璃 hose-pipe软管 ladder梯子 life生命 staircase楼梯 vase花瓶 ★语法聚焦 1．情态动词can（能够），may（可能），must（必须）等的用法； 2．引导词there等的用法； 3．介词in, on , at , outside的用法。 4. What are you going to do tomorrow? 5. May I speak to sb? 6. First, Secondly, …Thirdly…来表达前后次序 . look forward to 此处to为介词 . Would like+代词、名词或名词短语和would like +to do . add…to把…入到…里面与add to增加之区别 . each与every的区别 . need作情态动词与need作行为动词时的区别 2) tell sb about sth告诉某人关于某事 3) on a dark night在一漆黑的夜晚 4) in the wire在金属线里 5) give sb a fright给某人一个恐怖 6) be too frightening太可怕了 7) see sb doing sth看见某人做某事 8) give power for lights为电灯提供能量 9) electrical appliances 电器 10) a washing machine 洗衣机 11) an air conditioner 空调 12) a vacuum cleaner 吸尘器 13) become so important in our lives 在我们生活中变得如此重要 14) make---more convenient 使……变得更加便利 15) save sb time doing housework 节约时间做家务 16) link up……with 把……和……连接起来 17) be powered by 由……控制 18) run through/over/on tunnels/a bridge/the ground 开过隧道/桥/地铁 19) be different from 与……不同 20) travel on large seats 坐在很大的座位上旅行 ★拓展词汇： Important——importance Dark——darkness Frightening——frightened Boil——boiling Electric——electrical——electricity ★课文英汉对照 Information about fire．关于火的资料： Fire can be very useful, but it can also be very harmful. Be careful when you start a fire． 火可能很有用，但也可能很有害。当你生火时一定要小心。 Millions of years ago, early men used a stick, a large piece of wood and leaves to make a fire． 几百万年以前，早期人类用木棍、一大块木头和干树叶生火。 Early men found fire very useful. At first，they ate raw meat. Then they discovered fire and started eating cooked food． 早期人类发现火非常有用。起初，他们吃生肉。后来他们发现了火，开始吃熟食。 At night, they used fire to protect their families from wild animals． 在夜晚，他们用火保护家人免受野兽的侵袭。 They also used fire to give them light and keep them warm in winter． 他们也用火照明，在冬季用火取暖。 Nowadays, people do not only use fire to cook food or boil water. In factories，workers use it to melt