Culturalcornerandwriting.doc

Cultural corner and writing Learning Objectives :1. 了解中国学校与美国学校体制的不同2. 提高阅读能力和训练听力能力Improve your reading and train your listening ability.3.掌握重点单词短语Difficult points: 1.The differences of “take part in, join, join in; ”2.How to improve your listening ability一知识梳理、记忆：一）重点单词：1._ (n.) 鼓励、激励 2. _（n.）流利、流畅3. _ (n.) 误解 4. _（v.）包含5. _（n.）制度、体系 6. _ (n.)改正、纠正7. _ (adj.) 失望的 8. _（n.）少年9. _（v.）消失 10. _（n.）文凭二）重点短语：1. _ 在开始的时候 2. be divided _ 被分成3. _ 参加 4.at the _ of 在结束的时候5. _上大学 5_盼望做某事三）背诵句子：1. How are you doing? 2. How was it ？ 3. Is that right? 4. Hows it going ? 5. What do you think of ?6. -Ive just been to my first language class.-Oh really? So have I.7. I take part in all kinds of after-school activities-8. I play football,basketball,volleyball,table tennis and I go to theater club.二.思维探究 Raed the text on page 9and answer the questions阅读课本第九页 How long does secondary school cover in the US? Which grades are high school? What do they need if they want to go to college? How many semesters are there in the school year? What are they? What is the main idea of Paragraph3? 四重难点探究：1. Oh really? So have I.“so +助动词/情态动词/be +主语”表示“（另一事物）也” He is interested in physics and （他妹妹也是）If you can finish it in time, （我也能）表示否定意义时用“neither/nor +助动词/情态动词/be +主语”，意为“（另一事物）也不”Bob wasnt at school last Friday, and （杰克也没在）“so +主语+助动词/情态动词/be”表示对之前或对方所说的情况表示赞同或证实，意为“同一个人或事物）确实” -You have dropped a word here.-Yes, （的确如此）2. The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December, and the second is January through May.（1）be divided into常用于把 如:Our class is divided into four groups. （2）the first of which是定语从句，修饰 semesters. 如：We live in a house, in front of which is a small river. 3. cover seven years 占七年 cover v包括，包含；占(时间、空间)；报道，采访；行走(一段距离)；覆盖The review covered everything we learned last term.这次复习包括上学期我们所学的全部课程。归纳拓展cover.with.用盖be covered with.用覆盖be covered by.被覆盖cover up盖住；掩盖(错误、罪行等)cover for代替In his report，he covered many things that we dont know.在他的报告中，他报道了许多我们不知道的事情。Land only covers a small area on the earth.陆地只占地球总面积的一小部分。来源:Z|xx|k.ComWe needed to cover another 30 miles before it got dark.天黑以前我们需要再走30英里。He sat in the corner and covered his face with his hands.他双手掩面，坐在角落里。Im covering the election campaign.我正在采访报导选举活动。【学以致用】根据情境给出cover的汉译:1.Mary covered her face with her hands.( ) 2.Much of the small island is covered by forest.（ ）3.Ive just covered one third of the book.( )4.The Red Army covered25,000 li during the Long March.( )5.His speech covered the topics we were interested in.( )6.Is 300 yuan enough to cover your living cost?( )7.Our new school covers about 25 square miles.( )8.I hope to be sent to London to cover the Olympics this summer.( )9.Will you pass the book whose cover is red?( )10. Put the cover er the pan.( )辨析点晴take part in，join，attendtake part in参加群众性活动，指参加并在其中发挥一定的作用。The old man took an active part in the students movement when he was young.这位老人年轻时积极参加学生运动。join通常指参加某个组织或团体，成为其中的一员。Do you know how many people joined the organization？你知道多少人参加那个组织吗？和我一起去给她买个礼物好吗？attend正式用语，指参加会议、仪式、婚礼、葬礼、典礼和上课、上学等。I want to attend the lecture on DNA this afternoon.今天下午我想去听关于DNA的报告。【以练促记】My brother _ the army in 2002. May I _ the competition? We are playing football. Do you want to _? You are welcome to _us. .勇闯单词关1 The thing that _(留下印象) me most about her books is the way she draws her characters.2The system uses the latest computer and satellite _ (技术)3The _(无聊的) speech made us sleepy.4Which _(省) is the nearest to Taiwan?5You can find any _(信息) by using a computer.6If you want to improve your study，you must use proper learning _(方法)7His report gave a careful _描述) of what they had found in the cave.8The _(说明) on the bottle say the medicine should be taken three times a day.选择合适的短语用其适当的形式填空nothing like,for oneself,in other words,be enthusiastic about,far from,be similar to,look forward to,be impressed with,by this means,be amazed at1John _about his work and that was why he always did very well.2His wife is my daughter；_，I am his motherinlaw.3The scene is_ what you described.4Mr.Smith walked in，looking _happy.5One should not live _ alone.6All of us _ at what he said at a conference.7When I was a child，I was always_ the coming of the Spring Festival.8Your idea _to mine in many ways.9Only _ can we solve the problem as quickly as we can.10A lot of people _ with the books special writing style.11. My village is 10 miles the nearest town.Afar from Bfar away from Cfar away Daway from12. I dont think she can win the first prize， ?Ado I Bdont I Ccan she Dcant she13. Americans eat vegetables today as they did in 1910.Amore than twiceBas twice as manyCtwice as many asDmore than twice as many14.I reminded you not to forget the appointment. . .ASo you did BSo I do not CSo did you DSo do IJohn sent for a doctor because his wife was ill He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five He arrived at the doctors at twenty to five He thought, Its a little bit earlier Ill wait for a moment Its good to keep the time Then he stopped his car in front of the doctors He looked around and saw a noisy square（广场）not far from here He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily Suddenly he heard a girl crying He came up to her and asked some questions Then he knew she got lost John tried to find out her address and took her home The girls parents were very thankful Then John hurried to the doctors The doctor said angrily when he saw him, Youre late Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? John said nothing but one wordSorry! 1John drove to the doctors _ Alate