综合英语 book3 unit 7 Out of Mists

1、综合英语 book3 unit 7 out of mists book 3 unit7 out of mists unit 7 out of mists teaching objectives 1 topic: once upon a time; reminiscing about childhood days 2 grammar points: (1) more passive-constructions: have / make / feel / hear / see / find + noun + passive (2) quasi-passives: passive + prep. p

2、hrases other than the by-phrase, such as im surprised at you. the lion was shot with a rifle; including the structure: we are supposed to leave now. 3 vocabulary: nebulous, be wrapped in, be frightened of, have a terrible job to do something, be unknown to somebody, be deprived of, indignant, cross,

3、 up to, get(fly) into a temper, cut (take, tear, fall) to pieces, with impunity, in the wrong, righteous, in company, to the contrary, receive welcoming hugs, wrapped in a cocoon of selfishness, tramp along the country roads, a smacking family 4 writing: unity of description part i listening and spe

4、aking activities（略） 1 brainstorming 2 listening post-listening activity: ? have the students retell the story. ? photocopy the following worksheet for the class. have the students fill in the blanks by using the words they hear on the tape. my memories of childhood life are very _1_. i had a sister

5、who was _2_ than i. at the beginning, i was not _3_ with her. it all started when my parents let me _4_ one room with her. she went to bed _5_every night, and the light had to be _6_ at her bedtime. so i had to use _7_ to read under a _8_. later my father built a room with _9_and _10_ he bought on t

6、o the house. one day, when i came back from school, my sister smiled a _11_ at me. she led me to the new room and told me it belong to me. i felt i was _12_. but at that night, l couldnt fall asleep because _13_. i _14_ through the darkness into her room and got into her bed. she said 1 book 3 unit7

7、 out of mists “_15_”. i was _16_ to tears. suggested answers 1. vivid, 2. 5 years younger, 3. happy, 4. share, 5. earlier, 6. turned off, 7. torch light, 8. cover, 9. lumber, 10. nails, 11. “i-know-something-you-dont-know smile”, 12. on top of the world, 13. i missed her, 14. tiptoed, 15. im so glad

8、 you are back here, 16.touched pre-listening activity 21 listening 3 speaking aims: practicing talking about childhood experiences in guided speaking a my childhood b. tell a story c look at the following pictures and speculate on ? have the students work in small groups to make a coherent story in

9、drafts. have them present the stories to the class. make comments on the students presentations. - text analysis: out of the mists para 1 my memories of the first world war are nebulous, as i was only one year old in 1914, so i will hurry past them. i remember that my father, a captain in the royal

10、artillery, was mostly at the front, where he won the mc, and i lived in our small terraced house in bayswater with my mother, my sister marie, seven years older than i, my brother john, two years younger, and a nanny, and we spent occasional holidays in berkshire. (we later learned that john was inc

11、urably epileptic, a shadow over all our lives, but we did not know it at this time.) 我对于第一次世界大战的记忆是十分模糊的， 因为1914年的时候我才一岁， 所以那段日子很快就被忘记了。 我记得我的父亲是皇家炮兵上尉， 大-多数时间 都在前线冲锋陷阵， 并获得了十字勋章。 我和我的母亲， 比我年长七岁的姐姐玛丽，小我两岁的弟弟约翰还有我们的保姆住在贝斯沃德的小阁楼上。我们还偶尔去勃克沙尔度假。（后来我们才知道约翰的癫痫病已经病入膏肓，这象一团阴影笼罩了我们的生活，但当时我们是一无所知。） summary an

12、ne introduces briefly her early childhood days in the first world war, living with her mother, sister, brother and a nanny while her father was away at the front. 1. my memories of the first world war are nebulous, as i was only one year old in 1914, so i will hurry past them. paraphrase i cant reme

13、mber my life during the first world war clearly, because i was only one year old in 1914, so i wont tell too much about that. nebulous: (fig) vague; unclear the company gave us nebulous assurances of future cooperation. i have only nebulous ideas about it. as: conj. because, for the reason that gram

14、matical point when a clause introduced by as begins a sentence, care should be taken that it is clear whether as is used to mean 2 book 3 unit7 out of mists i walked to the door may mean either that i walked to the door because they left or at the same time that they were leaving. as is sometimes us

15、ed superfluously to introduce the complements of verbs like consider, deem, and account, as in they considered it as one of the landmark decisions of the civil rights movement. the measure was deemed as unnecessary. this usage may have arisen by analogy to regard and esteem, where as is standardly u

16、sed in this way. 2. i remember that my father, a captain in the royal artillery, was mostly at the front, where he won the mc, and i lived in our small terraced house in bayswater with my mother, my sister marie, seven years older than i, my brother john, two years younger, and a nanny, and we spent

17、 occasional holidays in berkshire. cultural background mc: military cross (a medal given by the british government) bayswater: a district in west london, a very expensive residential area for upper class people berkshire: a county, in the south of england the front: singular ( in war ) area where fi

18、ghting takes place he was sent to the front. he served at the front in 1945. 3. we later learned that john was incurably epileptic, a shadow over all our lives, but we did not know it at this time. paraphrase we later learned that john was incurably epileptic, which made us feel sad all our lives, b

19、ut we did not know it at this time. incurably: ad. being such that a cure is impossible; not curable: incurable: a. the poor old lady got an incurable disease. para 2 i dont know if there is a psychological explanation for this, but my clearest wartime memories are of being woken in the night. we ch

20、ildren were woken if there was an air raid, wrapped in blankets and carried round to my grandparents, who lived in the next street in a flat with a basement, a reasonable protection against the sort of bombs which were dropped in the first war. we greatly enjoyed the excitement. i also remember bein

21、g woken if my father arrived on leave, which was usually without warning. on one occasion we were all in the country, staying in a cottage which was to be the scene of many later holidays, and my father had a terrible job to find us, having arrived late at night at reading station, seven miles away.

22、 he could get no transport and had to tramp along the country roads to our hamlet, which was unknown to him. we were all indignant when he told us that he had knocked up the landlady of a country pub called the rising sun two miles from our lodgings, who was so cross at being woken that she refused

23、to give him directions. at last he reached us and received welcoming hugs. many country people in that war, being perfectly safe, wrapped themselves in a cocoon of selfishness, but in the last war most experiences were widely shared and people were more generous to each other. 不知对于我的这种情况在心理学上是否有解释，但

24、我最清晰的战时记忆是半夜被弄醒。如果有空袭发生，我们小孩子就被弄醒来，裹在毯子里送到我的住在邻街公寓的祖父母的地下室里。这是一种躲避一战时那种空投弹的合理措施。我们小孩子是最喜欢那种激动人心的场面了。我还记得父亲常常没有预先通知就回家而把我们弄醒的情景。有一次，我们全住在乡下的一个小农舍里（这里后来成了我们经常度假的地方），父亲花了老大工夫来找我们。当时已是深夜，他已经到达了 3 book 3 unit7 out of mists 离我们七英里的瑞丁车站，他没有任何交通工具，所以不得不一路步行走向通往我们村庄的乡间小路，而他对这条路也不熟悉。后来父亲告诉我们他在离我们住处两英里远的一个叫日出的

25、小酒店叫醒女店主问路，结果女店主对于被吵醒非常地愤怒，不肯给父亲指路，把我们气死了。然而最后父亲终于找到了我们， 我们热情地拥抱在一起。 一战时许多村民把自己裹在自私的蚕茧里保全了自己， 但是在最后一场战争中人们拥有大部分相似的经历，因而人与人之间也变得宽宏大量，不再斤斤计较了。 summary anne tells her clearest memories of her wartime experience - being woken in the night when there was an air raid or at the unexpected arrival of her fa

26、ther on leave, including an interesting anecdote of her father looking for the family in the depths of night. 1. i dont know if there is a psychological explanation for this, but my clearest wartime memories are of being woken in the night. psychological: a. of mind we should pay attention to the ps

27、ychological development of a child. idioms the psychological moment: the most appropriate time to do sth. in order to achieve success we are going to have to ask for more money - its just a question of finding the psychological moment. 2. we children were woken of there was an air raid, wrapped in b

28、lankets and carried round to my grandparents, who lived in the next street in a flat with a basement, a reasonable protection against the sort of bombs which were dropped in the first war. raid: n. a surprise attack by a small armed force. we launched a bombing raid on enemy bases. a security guard

29、was killed in the bank raid wrap: v. to cover or enclose sth. (in soft or flexible material) i have wrapped up the parcels and they are ready to be posted. the nurse carried in a baby wrapped in a warm blanket. idioms be wrapped in sth.: to be thickly covered by sth so that nothing is visible be wra

30、pped up in sb / sth : to have ones attention deeply occupied by sb. or sth.; be deeply involved in sb / sth. 3. i also remember being woken if my father arrived on leave, which was usually without warning. remember: v. to have or keep in the memory; recall to ones memory if i remember rightly the pa

31、rty starts at 8 pm. grammatical point remember doing means remember sth that has happened; while remember to do means remember to do sth that has not happened yet. on leave: absent with permission idioms by / with your leave: with your permission leave of absence: permission to be absent take ones l

32、eave of sth.: say goodbye leave of ones senses: go mad 4. on one occasion we were all in the country, staying in a cottage which was to be the scene of many later holidays, and my father had a terrible job to find us, having arrived late at night at reading station, seven miles away. 4 book 3 unit7

33、out of mists occasion: suitable or right time for sth; opportunity ive met him on several occasions. this is not an occasion for laughter. idioms on occasion: now and then; whenever there is need on the occasion of sth.: at the time of (a certain event) have a terrible job to : to use great effort t

34、o do you have a terrible job convincing her of your honesty. it was quite a terrible job to find his flat. 5. .having arrived late all night at reading statim, we were all indignant when he told us that he had knocked up the landlady of a country pub called the rising sun two miles from our lodgings

35、, who was so cross at being woken that she refused to give him directions. reading: a university town on the river thames in berkshire in southern england, where the local government of the county is based. notice the pronunciation is /redi /. indignant: a. characterized by or filled with indignation. idioms be indignant at over, about sth. be indignant with sb. i was indignant because i felt that i ha