1、Unit 17 Laughter Communication Workshop, Language Awareness, Culture corner & Bulletin Board目标：1. To practice telling an anecdote and writing an anecdote.2. To practice using narrative linking words.课前 自主预习I 词汇认知1. _ n.深(度)，纵深 adj.深深的2 vt.使恐惧 adj.惊恐的，担惊受怕的3 vi.挨饿，饿死 n.挨饿；饿死4 n(面包的)一条 (pl.)5 adj.艰难的；
2、不幸的；强壮的，强健的6 vt.做成功，完成 n.成就，成绩7 n.& vi.咳嗽8 adj.沮丧的9 n.危机，难关10 adv.在其他方面，除此之外11 n.马戏团，杂技团12 n反语 adj.反语的；讽刺的II根据提示完成下列短语1. 不再 longer2. 松开；挣脱；摆脱；爆发 get 3. 束缚；拘束，限制 tie 4. 多方，由于 thanks 5. 一条 a loaf 6 .预先，在之前 advance7. 和私奔；私自拿走 go off 8. 对某人有益 do sb. 9. 感到沮丧 feel /depressed 10. 指出，指明 point 11. 取笑，愚弄，开的玩笑
3、 make fun 12. 敢于面对，勇于正视(困难或不愉快之事) face to 课堂 互动探究核心词汇 讲练悟1. scare (vt.) 意为“使恐惧；使害怕；惊吓” (n.) 意为“恐慌；恐惧”用法拓展：scare sb. out of doing sth. 吓得某人不敢做某事scare sb. into doing sth. 威胁或恐吓某人去做某事scare .away/off 把吓跑scared (adj. ) 害怕的scaring (adj.) 令人害怕的e.g. The robber scared him into taking out all his money.抢劫犯威胁他
4、把所有的钱都拿出来。应用：They the dog by shouting loudly.他们大声喊叫把狗吓跑了。He made special noises to the birds his grains.他发出奇怪的声音吓得鸟儿们不敢偷吃他的谷子。2. starve (vi.) 意为“挨饿，饿死；渴望”用法拓展：starve to death 饿死starve sb./sth. of sth. 使某人/物得不到所需要的starve of . 渴望得到starvation (n.) 饥饿；挨饿；饿死应用：The snowstorm_ the sheep _ _，causing them gr
5、eat losses.暴风雪使得羊群饿死了，给他们带来了巨大的损失。He suffered from _and disease after he lost all he had.在失去了所有之后，他因饥饿和疾病而受苦。3. accomplish (vt.) 意为“做成功，完成，取得(成就)；实现；达到(目标)”用法拓展：accomplished (adj.)有才华的，有艺术造诣的；熟练的be accomplished in 擅长accomplishment (n.) 成就；才能，才艺应用：We must try our best to this weekend.这周我们必须尽力完成任务。Bei
6、ng an _ cook， he enjoys very good salary.他是一个技艺精湛的厨师，工资收入很可观。It was a real _ to finish the work in two days.两天就完成了这项工作真不一般。4. crisis (n.) 意为“危机，难关”用法拓展：economic/financial/political crisis 经济/金融/政治危机in crisis 在危机中face a crisis 面临危机pass a crisis 渡过危机，脱离危险期应用：Though the company _ _ _， most of the staff
7、 were unwilling to leave.尽管公司处于危机中，很多职员不愿离开。The party was facing a _ _ because of its unsuccessful reform.这个党派那时由于它失败的改革正面临着政治危机。重点短语1. no longer not .any longer 意为“ 不再”辨析：no longer表示“如今不再”，强调与过去的情况比较，常与一般现在时连用，放在系动词和行为动词前，表示状态的持续动词，在句子中作状语。no more表示“今后不再”，常与过去时和将来时连用，一般置于行为动词后，是表示具体动作的瞬间动词，在句子中作状语、
8、定语或宾语。应用：Time or opportunity lost will return _ _.机不可失，时不再来。 She could _ _find a way to get into the valley.她再也找不到进山谷的路了。2.get/break loose 意为“松开；挣脱，逃脱；爆发”拓展：come loose 变松，松开，脱出cut loose 砍断(船的缆绳等)；挣脱束缚， 获得自由；断绝关系，自由行动let/set/turn loose 释放，放开；放任自由行动应用：The animals cannot be taken out of the crates at t
9、he airport because they could _ _.这些动物不能在机场被移出箱子，因为它们可能逃跑。I tied the boat to the tree but it has _ _.我把船拴到了树上，但是已经松了。3.thanks to 意为“多亏；由于”e. g.Thanks to the teachers help，I passed the English test.幸亏老师的帮助，我的英语测验及格了。辨析：thanks to意为“多亏，幸亏，由于”，常作状语，尤其是用于解释某件好事发生的原因和过程；引导的介词短语可置于句首或句末。due to意为“由于”，常作表语，一
10、般不放于句首。because of指原因，意为“因为”，用以指出理由，常作状语。owing to意为“由于，应归功于”，可作状语和表语。应用：The project failed _ _lack of money. 那项计划因资金不足而失败。_ _the shower，the baseball game was interrupted. 由于阵雨，那场棒球比赛中止了。 We must not get discouraged _ _such a minor setback. 我们决不可因为这样一个小小的挫折就灰心丧气。3. go off with 意为“和私奔；私自拿走”拓展：go off爆炸；
11、离开；变质，变坏 go in for 从事，沉迷于 go against 违反，反对，不利于 go out 熄灭 go through 完成，做完(with)；审查，检查 go with 陪伴；与一致，适合 应用： He _ _ _$10，000 of the companys money. 他卷走了公司一万美元。 The rumor spread that he _ _ _ _ his best friends wife. 谣言传开了，他和他最好朋友的妻子私奔了。 Milk _quickly in hot weather， so youd better put it in the fridg
12、e. 牛奶在热天很容易变坏，所以你最好把它放在冰箱里。 If you _ _nature， it will punish you. 如果你违背了自然，它就会惩罚你。 Disease often_ _poverty. 疾病与贫穷常常相伴而生。 5. do sb. good ( do good to sb.) 意为“对某人有益/好处”拓展：do good 有好处；有用处；做好事 do wrong to sb./do sb. wrong 冤枉某人 do harm to sb./do sb. harm 对某人有害 Its no good doing sth. 做某事没有好处 应用：It will _
13、_ _to have a vacation. 去度个假会对你有好处。Those who_ _will have their rewards. 做好事的人会得到好报的。 The trials show that smoking will _ _ _ people. 试验显示抽烟对人体有害。 It would be no good my taking up the matter now. 我现在即使提出那个问题也是没有用的。 6. make fun of 意为“取笑，愚弄，开的玩笑”拓展：play a trick/tricks onplay a joke/jokes onmake a fool o
14、f 取笑，开的玩笑laugh at应用： The kids at school always _ _ _Jills clothes. 学校里的孩子总取笑吉尔穿的衣服。 The kids are always _ _ _ their teacher. 孩子们经常耍些花招戏弄老师。 Its bad manners_ _ _ _the disabled. 取笑残疾人是不礼貌的。 You shouldnt make a fool of poor people. 你不该愚弄穷人。 7. face up to 意为“敢于面对，勇于正视(困难或不愉快之事)”拓展：be faced with ( face v
15、t.)面对 lose/save face 丢面子/保全面子 face to face (with) 面对面，面临，当面 应用：He must _ _ _the fact that he is no longer young. 他必须勇敢正视自己不再年轻这一事实。 We _ _ _a lot of problems but well win in the end. 我们面临许多问题，但终将获得成功。 He sat _ _ _ _the reporter talking to each other. 他和记者面对面地坐着，彼此交谈。 重难句导学1.I felt at least forty mor
16、e of the same kind following the first. 跟着第一个，我又感觉到了至少40多个同样的(人)。 解析：(1)本句使用了“(be)of名词”结构，该结构常用来描述人或事物的特征，此时名词前通常带有冠词，在句中作表语、后置定语或宾语补足语。常用的名词有size， kind， type， price， height， depth， width， length， weight， age， shape， color等。 Flowers here are of many colors； you can choose any kind you love. 这里的花的颜色很
17、多，你可以选择你喜欢的任何一种。 Your elder brother is a young man of wisdom and hell have a bright future. 你的哥哥是一位有智慧的年轻人，他前途光明。 应用：The two boys _ _ _ _ _but of different height. 这两个男孩一样重，但不一样高。 (2)“(be) of 名词”可以表示所属关系，此时的名词多是表示亲属、血统、种族、国籍及出处的名词，常用的名词有family， blood， race， origin等。 应用：They_ _ _ _ and have a high so
18、cial status. 他们出身名门并且有很高的社会地位。 (3)“(be) of 名词”结构中的名词是抽象名词，相当于名词所对应的形容词的意思，说明被修饰词具有某种特征或属性。常用的名词有use， importance， help， value， interest， quality， service， benefit， necessity等。这些名词前可用great， no， little， any， not much等修饰，以表示不同程度。 It seems that the book is_ _ _ to you. It seems that the book is useless t
19、o you. 看起来，这本书对你没用。 2. And it was no wonder for their doctors， by the Emperors order， had put a sleeping drug in with the wine. 这就不足为奇了，因为他们的医生按皇帝的旨意在酒里下了一种有助于睡眠的药物。 拓展：(It is/was) no/little wonder 难怪；并不出奇 It is a wonder that . 令人惊奇的是 There is no doubt that . 毫无疑问 It is no wonder (that) hell sign th
20、e contract tomorrow. 他明天签约是不足为怪的。 应用：He had made a thorough investigation. _ _he knew so much about it. 他进行了彻底的调查。难怪他对此事了解这么多。_ _ _ _nobody was hurt in the school in the earthquake. 在地震中，这所学校无一人受伤，这真是个奇迹。 _ _ _ _ _he is one of the best teachers in our school. 毫无疑问，他是我们学校最好的教师之一。 3. It is a good idea
21、 to be prepared with knowledge of some common types of humor.准备一些常见的幽默知识是一个好办法。 解析：1)此句中it作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式短语。 It is great to see the sun rise slowly in the east. 看着太阳慢慢从东方升起真好。 2)it作形式主语的常见句型： (1)Itben.to do/that clause常用的名词有a pity， an honor， a shame， ones duty， a wonder等。 应用：_ _ _ _that you cant
22、stay with us. 真遗憾你不能和我们待在一起。 (2)Itbeadj.to do/that clause 常用的形容词有possible， necessary， important， dear， strange， natural等。 应用：_ _ _ _we can finish the project on time. 有可能我们能按时完成那项工程。 (3)Itbeadj.(n.)doing 常用于此句型的名词和形容词有no good， no use， useless等。 Its a waste of time doing such useless things. 干这样无用的活等
23、于浪费时间。 (4)Itbe过去分词that clause 常用于本句型的过去分词有said， announced， believed， reported， known， hoped等。 应用：_ _ _ _a heavy snowstorm hit that area last week. 据报道，上周那个地区遭到了暴风雪的袭击。 达标同步检测一、单项填空A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _in the kitchen.A. smokeB. smoking C. to smoke D. smokedThat dogs runnin
24、g again. The Smiths should keep it in the fence or at least，_A. tie up B. tying up C. tied up D. to tie it up_your help，I got the first in the final term English examination.A. Thanks to B. Without C. If not D. But forUpon graduation from school，how well will you _the job that lies ahead？A .prepare
25、B. prepare for C. be prepared for D. be preparingWe were just_ calling you up _you came in.A. about；when B. on the point of；whileC. on the point of；when D. on the point of；as_with a difficult situation，Arnold decided to ask his boss for advice.A. To face B. Having faced C. Faced D. FacingDon t menti
26、on that at the beginning of the story，or it may_ the shocking ending.A. give away B. give out C. give up D. give offWe took some effective measures to change the financial condition of our company，_it would have got worse.A. otherwise B. therefore C. meanwhile D .howeverI felt_ nervous going into th
27、e exam room，but after I got _I loosened up some.A. rather；start B. much；started C. quite；starting D. pretty；started10. Though we left home very late， we_ the last bus.A. managed to catch B. managed catchingC. tried to catch D. tried catching11. You throw away the food you dont like to eat， while in
28、some African countries， some of children _to death. A. sentenced B. served C. starved D. killed12._Toms got a headache； he drank so much last night. A. No doubt B. Above all C. Of course D. No wonder13. In order to make a living， he took up this _ job， although he didnt like it.A. easy B. tough C. c
29、omfortable D. satisfying14. Stay still so the bomb wont_.A. break out B. go off C. go out D. give off15. The business is still _but it has survived the worst of the recession.A. in crises B. in a crisis C. in crisis D. of crisis二、完形填空Barack Obama was born in Honolulu， Hawaii on August 4， 1961. His p
30、arents 1 while both were 2 the University of Hawaii at Manoa， where his father was enrolled as a 3 student. Barack Obamas birth name is Barack Hussein Obama. In the memoir (传记)， Barack Obama described his experiences 4 in his mothers American middle class family. Of his early childhood， Barack Obama
31、 wrote， “That my father looked nothing 5 the people around me that he was 6 as pitch (沥青)， my mother white as milk 7 impressed in my mind. ”When Obama was two years old， his parents divorced. Then the family moved to Indonesia in 1967， 8 Obama attended local schools， such as Asisi， in Jakarta 9 he w
32、as ten years old. He then 10 to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents (外祖父母) Madalyn and Stanley Dunham， while attending Punahou School from the fifth grade in 1971 until his 11 from high school in 1979. 12 high school， Obama moved to Los Angeles， where he studied at Occidental College (西方
33、学院) for two years. 13 his academic ambitions， he moved to New Yorks Columbia University， where he 14 his undergraduate degree in political science. Barack Obama is the first African-American 15 President of the United States. His rich and varied life experiences have 16 his political journey. Barack
34、 Obama is able to 17 parties and people under a similar purpose: 18 the challenges of everyday Americans. This is a big part of what makes Barack Obama such a (n) 19 candidate (候选人) in the 2008 election. On January 20，2009， Barack Obama 20 the chair of the American President as the 44th President of
35、 the country. 1. A. touched B. me C. exchanged D. influenced2. A. attending B. leaving C. quitting D. overcoming3. A. hopeful B. clever C. foreign D. promising4. A. taking up B. turning up C. calling up D. growing up5. A. like B. as C. for D. on6. A. black B. green C. blue D. red7. A. hardly B. real
36、ly C. only D. probably8. A. when B. where C. while D. so9. A. as if B. because C. although D. until10. A. returned B. managed C. travelled D. went11. A. independence B. graduation C. improvement D. success12. A. Adding B. Catching C. Following D. Studying13. A. To realize B. To honor C. To share D.
37、To enjoy14. A. accepted B. earned C. arranged D. rejected15. A. recommended B. charged C. developed D. elected16. A. shaped B. designed C. proved D. repeated17. A. lead B. combine C. guide D. unite18. A. understanding B. meeting C. performing D. reaching19. A. experienced B. attractive C. suitable D
38、. famous20. A. occupied B. employed C. received D. postponed三、阅读理解Whats popular？When it comes to reading，Luz Ramos enjoys mysteries. Cynthia Hass likes the Gossip Girl books. And Carla Fajardo is a fan of the Twilight(暮色) series.What do the three girls from Americas Modesto High School have in common？Theyre readingsomething surveys say teens are doing less and less these days.Still，there are teenagers who find time to read a good book. But what have they been reading over the years？Teen girls were likely to be interested in romance novels，according to a study by the University of Minnesota co
