1、Section Reading for Writing 课前预习自检课前预习自检 THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTEACT2, SCENE 1 百万英镑第二幕场景一 Narrator: Henry is walking along the street holding the bank note in his hand. 叙述者：亨利拿着钞票走在街上。 His coat is worn in several places. He sees a sign for a tailors shop. 他的大衣上有多处磨损。他看到一家裁缝店。 Henry: (entering the
2、 shop) Id like to have a suit coat. 亨利：(走进店铺)我想要一套大衣。 1st Clerk: (in a rude manner) See him there. (pointing to another clerk) 第一个店员：(以一种粗鲁的方式)看他。(手指向另一个店员) 2nd Clerk: Readymade suits? Downstairs. 第二个店员：现成的大衣？在楼下。 Henry: (after going down some stairs) Can you show me a suit, please? 亨利：(下了几层台阶后)请给我看
3、一套西装，好吗？ 3rd Clerk: Yes, I can, sir. This way, please. Ah, here we are, the very thing you need. 第三个店员：可以，先生，您这边请。啊，在这里，正是你需要的东西。 1st Clerk: (pulling the 3rd clerk aside and whispering) Mr Reid says youd better serve him quick and get him out quick! 第一个店员：(拉着第三个店员到一边小声说)里德先生说你最好快点服务他， 让他赶紧走！ 3rd Cle
4、rk: I know what Im doing. Ive got eyes, havent I? 第三个店员：我知道我在干什么。我有眼睛，不是吗？ Henry: Its a little too bright, isnt it? 亨利：颜色太亮了，对吧？ 3rd Clerk: (looking at him with a frown) Its all we have in your size. 第三个店员：(皱着眉头看他)只有这套有您的尺寸。 Henry: Well, I suppose it ought to do for now. Ill take it. 亨利：好吧，我想只能这样了。我
5、要这件。 3rd Clerk: Good. Shall I put it in a box? 第三个店员：很好。要我把它放进盒子里吗？ Henry: No. Ill wear it. Oh, Id rather not pay you now. Id like to pay in a month. You see, I dont have any small change. 亨利：不，我穿着。哦，我想暂不付钱。我想在一个月内付清。你知道，我 没有零钱。 3rd Clerk：(trying not to show hes angry) I suppose a gentleman like you
6、 only carries very large bills. 第三个店员：(尽量不表现出愤怒)我猜像你这样的绅士只会带巨额钞票的。 Henry: Now，you shouldnt judge people by their clothes. I just dont want to cause you trouble with a large note. 亨利：嗯，你不应该以貌取人。我只是不想因为支票给你带来麻烦。 3rd Clerk: Its no trouble at all. 第三个店员：一点都不麻烦。 Henry: In that case, theres no problem. (H
7、e gives the clerk the bank note. The clerk drops Henrys coat. Then he folds the bill and slowly unfolds it again, as if looking at something he cant believe is there.) 亨利：既然那样，那就没什么问题了。(他把支票递给店员，店员放下了亨利 的大衣。 然后他把钞票折起来， 又慢慢地把它展开， 好像在看他不敢相信的事情。 ) tailor/teIl(r)/n. (男装)裁缝 vt. 专门制作；定做 clerk/klk；NAmE klr
8、k/n. 职员；文书；店员 manner/mn(r)/n. 举止；行为方式；方法；pl.礼貌；礼仪 downstairs/danstez/adv. 顺楼梯而下；在楼下；往楼下 stair/ste(r)/n. 楼梯；梯级 aside/saId/adv. 到旁边；在旁边；留；存 frown/fran/n. & vi. 皱眉 Its all we have in your size.是一个主从复合句。 all 后面是省略了 that 的定语 从句。 in a . manner 以一种的方式；带着一副的样子 in that case 既然那样；假使那样的话 Owner: Well, what seem
9、s to be the trouble? 店主：有什么问题吗？ Henry: Im just waiting for my change. 亨利：我只是在等着我的零钱。 Owner: Give him his change, Todd. Get going . (after getting the bank note from Todd) Would it . could it be the one I saw in the papers last week? I remember thinking that never would I hold such a note as this . (
10、to Henry) Oh, take off this coat, sir. (to Todd) Go get the others, Todd! (to Henry again)Allow me, sir! This way, sir. 店主： 把零钱给他，托德。去拿(从托德手里接过支票后)这不是会 是我上周在报纸上看到的那个吗？我记得我当时想，我永远不会拿着这样一张支 票(看向亨利)哦，脱掉这件大衣吧，先生。(对托德)托德，快去取别的衣服过 来！ (再次看向亨利)请允许我给您带路，这边请。 (in another part of the shop, where there is a wid
11、e range of options for Henry to choose from) (在商店的另一个区域，那里有很多款式供亨利选择) Henry: This is nice, but I really dont need it. 亨利：这很好，但是我真的不需要。 Owner: Never mind. (with a broad smile) Oh, its perfect! It was made for some king but hell just have to wait. Youll need many suits for many occasions. Yes, indeed
12、you will. 店主：没关系。(带着大大的笑容)噢，太完美了！这是为某位国王订做的， 但现在他必须要等一等了。您需要很多衣服在很多场合穿。对，您真的很需要。 Henry: Wait a minute. I only came here to get a suit coat to wear today. I dare not buy all these things. You would have to wait a long time to get paid. 亨利：等一下，我今天来这里只是想买一件衣服穿。我不敢买这么多东西， 你要等很长时间才能得到付款。 Owner: Along tim
13、e, sir? Why, you dont have to worry about that! 店主：先生，很长时间？为什么，您不必担心！ 3rd Clerk: Yes, we can wait forever! 第三个店员：对，我们可以一直等！ Henry: Well, all right. Ill take the suit coat for now and get the others later. 亨利：嗯，那好。我先拿这件大衣，其他的以后再来取。 Owner: Fine, fine. Your address, sir? 店主：好的，好的，先生，您的地址是？ Henry: I don
14、t have one. Er . Im moving. 亨利：我没有地址。嗯我正在搬家。 Owner: Of course you are! Thats very normal!Abusy man, Im sure. 店主：当然！那很常见！我敢肯定，您一定很忙。 I remember thinking后是that引导的宾语从句， 在宾语从句中含有一个never 引导的部分倒装结构。 option/pn/n. 可选择的事物；选择；选择权 broad/brd/adj. 宽阔的；广阔的；广泛的 indeed/Indid/adv. 其实；实际上；当然；确实 normal/nml/adj. 典型的；正常
15、的；一般的；精神正常的 n. 常态；通常 标准；一般水平 重点知识重点知识 合作探究合作探究 1option n. 可选择的事物；选择；选择权(教材 P56) 归 纳 拓 展 Students have the option of studying abroad in their second year. 学生在二年级时可以选择出国学习。 We have no option but to give up the match. 除了放弃这次比赛，我们没有别的选择。 Chinese is our optional course to us students of science. 中文是我们这些理
16、科学生的选修科目。 You can optionally save it with a different name. 您可以选择用不同的名称保存它。 (1)单句语法填空 You have the option of _ (reject) this task. I have _ option but to accept their offer. 答案：rejectingno (2)单句写作 我别无他法，只能假装不知道。 I _ but to pretend to be ignorant. 这门课程包括十个必修单元和五个选修单元。 The course consists of ten core
17、modules and _. 答案：had no optionfive optional modules 2willing adj. 愿意；乐意(教材 P57) 归纳 拓展 Im willing to take this risk. 我愿意冒这个险。 He gave her the money quite willingly. 他很乐意地给了她那笔钱。 We were impressed by his willingness to listen and learn. 他乐于倾听和学习，给我们留下了深刻的印象。 单句语法填空 I am quite willing _ (pay) the pric
18、e you asked for. He listened carefully and _ (willing) accepted his comrades opinions and criticisms. I expressed my _ (willing) to support the cause. 答案：to paywillinglywillingness 3permit vt.& vi. 允许；准许；使有可能(教材 P58) 归纳 拓展 Permit me to offer you some advice. 请允许我向你提些建议。 We do not permit anyones dela
19、ying here. 我们不允许任何人在这耽搁。 They cannot leave the country without permission. 没有许可他们不得离开这个国家。 I need to call my dad and ask for permission before we go out. 在我们出去之前，我得给我爸爸打个电话征求他的同意。 (1)单句语法填空 You are not permitted _ (smoke) here. The owners dont permit _ (park) cars in front of the shops. Is it necess
20、ary to ask for official _ (permit) for the event? 答案：to smokeparkingpermission (2)单句写作 卫兵准许我带相机和录音机。 The guards _ bring my camera and tape recorder. 未经许可任何人都不许进入这个大厅。 Nobody is allowed to enter this hall _. 答案：permitted me towithout permission 学习效果学习效果 随堂演练随堂演练 .单词拼写 1There are various _ (选择) open t
21、o you. 答案：options 2Meanwhile, with her parents help, Moore is generally able to live a _ (正常的) teenage life. 答案：normal 3The t_ took my measure for a new suit. 答案：tailor 4We are w_ to help but unable to do anything about this. 答案：willing 5 How does an earlywarning system help us m_ the ecological bal
22、ance? 答案：maintain .单句语法填空 1We have some _ (option) subjects for varies of hobbies. 答案：optional 2When her mother suggested her stay, Alice _ (willing) nodded and agreed. 答案：willingly 3Visitors are not permitted _ (take) photographs. 答案：to take 4“Accidents will happen”， as the _ (say) goes. 答案：saying
23、5All airports in the country are working _ (normal) today. 答案：normally .单句写作 1我别无选择，只有让他立即离开。 I _ ask him to leave at once. 答案：had no option but to 2在我遇到困难的时候她总是愿意帮助我。 She _ give me a hand whenever I am in trouble. 答案：is willing to 3她希望每个孩子都能有一个洁净的口腔和一个灿烂的笑容。 She hopes that every kid can have a clea
24、n mouth and _. 答案：a broad smile 4没有妈妈的允许，我不能玩电脑游戏。 _，I cant play the computer games. 答案：Without my mothers permission 5既然那样，讨论一个不切实际的问题就毫无意义了。 _， there is no point discussing an unrealistic problem. 答案：In that case 课后课时作业课后课时作业 阅读 A First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian au
25、thor Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an accountW1 of his journey of survival and hardship. Piscine “Pi” Molitor P
26、atel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patels family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home. However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinksW2. Pi along with an oranguta
27、n, an injured zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter inP1 a small lifeboat. Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the b
28、oat now. In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm. Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going madP2 by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive. The life of Pi th
29、en enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pis story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which o
30、ne they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it. In my view, Life of Pi is a mustread book for all those who love reading. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了加拿大著名作家 Yann Martel (扬马特尔)的小说 Life of Pi 少年派的奇幻漂流 。 1We can learn that the book Life of Pi _. Awas written in 2001
31、 Bwas awarded two prizes Ctells a story about friendship Dis based on the authors personal experience 答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段中的“won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature”可知，这本书被授予两项大奖，故选 B。 2In the book Life of Pi, the hyena is killed by _. APiBthe zebra Cthe orangutanDRichard Park
32、er 答案：D细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句中的“The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena”可知，老虎把鬣狗吃掉了；同时根据第三段第二句中的“a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker”可知，这只老虎名叫 Richard Parker (理查德帕克)，故 选 D。 3How does Pi escape being eaten by the tiger? ABy catching fishes for the tiger. BBy locking the tiger in a cage. CBy being the lea
33、der of the two of them. DBy fighting with the tiger. 答案：C细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中的“Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm”可知， 为了避免被老虎吃掉， Pi (派)作为他们 两个的首领。故选 C。 4What is the authors attitude towards the book Life of Pi? ADisappointed.BSupportive. CUnconcerned.DDoubtful. 答案：B推理判断题。
34、最后一段作者极力推荐这本书，由此可推知作者对 该书是持赞赏态度的，故选 B。 W 重点单词 1account n. 描述；叙述2.sink v. 下沉 P 重点短语 1take shelter in 躲进；躲避在 2go mad 发疯 B Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of two, Scott suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症) which left him with a limpW1. He was sent to live with relativ
35、es to try and find a cure. In 1783 he attended the University of Edinburgh. He had to leave for a year because of health problems. In 1786, Scott worked in his fathers law firm. He returned to the university in 1789 to study law, graduating in 1792. The same year he became a lawyer and was accepted
36、into the Faculty ofAdvocates (苏格兰律师公会) Scott did some translation work from 17961798. In 1799, Scott became sheriff deputy of Selkirkshire, a post which he held until he died. In 1800, Scott rewrote a ballad collectionP1 called Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. In 1805, he became part owner of The
37、Ballantyne Press which had published his The Eve of St. John in 1799. His poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel was published that same year and became very popular. He was a cofounder of the Quarterly Review, a literary journalP2. Scott continued to write poems and ballads, each one becoming more popul
38、ar than the last. In 1810, The Lady of the Lake was published and sold 25,000 copies in less than 9 months. Scott moved his family to Abbotsford in 1812. In 1813, The Ballantyne Press collapsedW2, which caused Scott to have serious financial problems. In 1814, he wrote a novel called Waverley to ear
39、n money and it became the most successful English novel of the time. He went on to write 26 novels in the series. In 1826, Scott faced financial ruinP3 again when his publisher failed, which caused him to work even harder. In 1830, he began suffering from diseases and he died at home on September 21
40、, 1832. 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了苏格兰著名诗人和小说家 Walter Scott (沃尔特司各特)。 5Which word can best describe Walter Scotts childhood? AUnfortunate.BColorful. CQuiet.DInteresting. 答案：A细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“At the age of two, Scott suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症) which left him with a limp.”可知，Scott 的童年是不幸的。 故选 A。 6Which is the
41、correct order of the following events related to Scott? aHe became a worker in his fathers law firm. bHe was sent to live with others to try to cure his polio. cHe received a wholelife post. dHe became part owner of The Ballantyne Press. eHe went back to the university to continue his law study. Aae
42、bdcBbcaed CedbacDbaecd 答案：D细节理解题。根据文章的描述，这些事件发生的先后顺序是：两 岁时为治疗小儿麻痹症被送去与别人生活；在父亲的律师事务所工作(1786 年)； 回到大学继续学习(1789 年)；获得 Selkirkshire(塞尔扣克郡)副警长这一职位(1799 年)； 成为 Ballantyne Press (巴兰坦出版社)的合伙人(1805 年)， 由此可知 D 项正确。 故选 D。 7Walter Scott wrote Waverley to _. Abecome successfulBmake some money Cmake himself famo
43、usDentertain the public 答案：B细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，Scott 陷入了经济困境，写小 说是为了赚钱，故选 B。 8The passage mainly talks about Walter Scotts life as a _. AlawyerBwriter Cjournal founderDtranslator 答案：B主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了 Scott 的生平，但大部分 笔墨都放在他的写作方面。故选 B。 W 重点单词 1limp n. 跛行 2collapse v. 倒塌，瓦解 P 重点短语 1ballad collection 民歌集2
44、.literary journal 文学期刊 3financial ruin 破产；经济损失 七选五 There was a survey of the people who were born from 1980 to 2000, asking them what their most important life goals were. Over 80 percent said it was to get rich. _1_ Were constantly told to devote more to our work, to push harder and to achieve more
45、. Were given the impression that these are the things that we need to go after to have a good life. But is that the truth? _2_ But what if we could study people from the time when they were teenagers all the way into old age to see what really keeps people happy and healthy? The Harvard Study of Adu
46、lt Development did it. For 75 years, theyve tracked the lives of 724 men. Studies like this are extremely rare. Almost all projects of this kind fall apart within a decade because too many people drop out of the study. _3_ Or the researchers cant get together. But through a combination of luck and t
47、he persistence of several generations of researchers, this study has survived. So what have they learned? The conclusion is that its not wealth or fame that counts. _4_ Theyve learned three big lessons about relationships. Firstly, people who are more socially connected to family, to friends and to
48、community are happier and physically healthier. The second is that its not just the number of friends you have but the quality of your close relationships that matters. And the third is that good relationships dont just protect our bodies. _5_ AThey can even protect our brains. BTo become famous cam
49、e second. COr funding for the research dries up. DThe good life is built with relationships. EIt turns out that being in conflict is bad for our health. FIt is good relationships that keep us happier and healthier. GTo be frank, sometimes wealth and fame can make people happy. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。一项研究发现，让
50、我们更快乐、更健康的不 是财富和名望，而是良好的人际关系。 1 B根据设空处前两句可知， 有一项对 1980 年到 2000 年出生的人的调查， 询问他们最重要的生活目标是什么，超过 80%的人说是变富有。B 项“其次是想 要出名。”符合语境，故选 B。 2G根据设空处前两句“Were given the impression that these are the things that we need to go after to have a good life. But is that the truth？”可知， 我们得到的 印象是，为了过上美好的生活，我们需要追求这些东西。但事实果真
