河北省武邑中学高考英语一轮复习 Unit5 Travelling abroad导学案 新人教版选修7.doc

河北省武邑中学2016届高考英语一轮复习 unit5 travelling abroad导学案 新人教版选修7keep it up, xie leichinese student fitting in wellsix months ago xie lei said goodbye 1._ her family and friends in china and boarded a plane for london. it was the first time she had ever left her motherland. “after getting my visa i was very excited because i had dreamed 2._ this day for so long. but i was also very nervous as i didnt know what to expect,” xie lei told me when i saw her waiting in a queue at the student cafeteria between lectures.xie lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification. she is halfway through the preparation year, 3._ most foreign students complete before applying for a degree course. xie lie highly recommends it. “the preparation course is most 4._ (benefit),” she said. “studying here is quite different 5._ studying in china, so you need some 6._ (prepare) first.”“its not just study thats difficult. you have to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning,” explained xie lei, who had lived all her life in the same city in china. she told me that she had had to learn almost everything again. “sometimes i felt like a child”, she said. “i had to learn how to use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper for things i didnt know the english for. when i got lost and had to ask a passer-by for directions, i didnt always understand. they dont talk like they do on our listening tapes,” she said, laughing.xie lei lives with a host family who give her lots of good advice. although some foreign students live in student accommodation or apartments, some choose to board with english families. 7._ (live) with host families, in which there may be other college students, gives her the chance to learn more about the new culture. “when i hear an idiom that i dont understand, i can ask my host family for help,” explains xie lei. “also, when i miss my family, its a great comfort to have a substitute family to be with.”xie leis preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic requirements of a western university. “i remember the first essay i did for my tutor,” she told me. “i found an article on the internet that seemed to have exactly the information i needed. so i made a summary of the article, revised my draft and handed the essay in. i thought i would get a really good mark but i got an e. i was numb with shock! so i went to my tutor to ask the reason for his revision. first of all, he told me, i couldnt write what other people had said without 8._ (acknowledge) them. besides, as far as he was concerned, what other people thought was not the most important thing. he wanted to know what i thought, which confused me because i thought that the author of the article knew far more than i did. my tutor explained that i should read lots of different texts that contain different opinions and analyse what i read. then, in my essay, i should give my own opinion and explain it 9._ referring to other authors. finally he even encouraged me to contradict the authors id read! at first i lacked confidence, but now im beginning to get the idea and my marks have improved. more importantly, i am now a more autonomous learner.”xie lei told me that she feels much more at home in england now, and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal. “ive just got one more thing to achieve. i have been so occupied with work that i havent had time for social activities. i think its important to have a balance between study and a social life, so im going to join a few clubs. hopefully ill make some new friends.”we will follow xie leis progress in later editions of this newspaper but for now, we wish xie lei all the best in her new enterprise. she deserves to succeed.重点单词：1. recommend 【观察思考】vt. i recommend this book to anyone with an interest in chemistry. she was recommended for the post by a colleague. this hotel is highly recommended. the report recommended a 10% pay increase. he strongly recommended buying a bicycle helmet. i recommend that this plan (should) be accepted.【知识拓展】 1) make/accept/reject a recommendation 2) a recommended price 2. acknowledge 【读句子，猜词义】v. i gratefully acknowledge financial support from several local businesses. the government must acknowledge what is happening and do something about it. it is now generally acknowledged that plastic does harm to the environment. he is widely acknowledged as/to be the best player.3. occupy v. 【读句子，猜词义】 the local people were trying to fight against the enemy, who wanted to occupy the town. family photos occupied almost the entire wall. football occupies most of his leisure time. she occupies herself with office work every day.occupied adj. 【读句子，猜词义】 she has been fully occupied with work recently. he is occupied (in) preparing for the exams. the museum has enough exhibits to keep anyone occupied for an hour or two.【知识拓展】 please state your name, age and occupation.4. comfort n. all our shoes are designed for comfort. when she is upset, she always turns to her friends for comfort and advice. its really a place where people can relax in comfort. a comfort after her husband died, her daughter was a great comfort to/for her. its a comfort to know theres someone to keep an eye on the kids. 【知识拓展】 lisa, in tears was being comforted by her mother. if the exercise causes _, stop immediately. cotton is very _ to wear. the hotel is modern and _ furnished.重点短语：1. out of the question you cant go in that old shirt - its out of the question! some of these families are so poor that christmas presents are out of the question.【知识拓展】his honesty is beyond question. 她的诚实是勿庸置疑的。2. settle in (又作 settle into sth.) - to begin to feel happy and relaxed in a new situation, home, job, or school. hows your new home? are you settling in ok? it takes a few months to settle into life at college. 【知识拓展】你还记得settle的其它短语吗？重点句型：1.keep it up, xie lei 再接再厉，谢蕾 keep it up 保持优秀成绩，继续干下去；干得好。 1） excellent work, tom -keep it up. 2) ive been working twelve hours a day, but i shall not be able to keep it up. 【知识拓展】读句子，理解keep短语的含义 we sing before class to keep our spirits up. i had to walk fast to keep up with him. due to an absence from school, hes having trouble keeping up with the rest of the class. employees need to keep up with the late