四川省成都市高中英语 Module4 Which English？Reading Practice课件 外研版选修8

1、Thatll do nicely, sir!Age before beautyPredictionLook the title of the passage. What do you expect the passage to be about?A. Funny English peopleB. Interesting expressions in EnglishC. The colors of the English countrysideFast-readingRead the passage and find the topic sentences for the whole passa

2、ge and each paragraph.Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Para. 5The first sentence of each paragraph.Careful-readingRead the passage carefully again and finish Ex 4 & 5 on P 54.Ex. 4 a.Before “With friends like these.” in Para. 4b. At the end of Para 1c. At the end of Para 2 d. At the end of Para. 3Ex.

3、 51. c 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. cWord Practiceliteral straightforward ambiguous dilemmaexplicit figurative vague metaphorical easydifficultliteral straightforward explicitambiguous dilemmafigurativevaguemetaphorical Language points1.be relevant to与与相关的；与相关的；与适宜的适宜的The applicants experience is relevant to t

4、he job.These materials are relevant to the case.be related to与与有关联的有关联的The unemployment figures are not necessarily related to the rise in prices.relative adj.相对的相对的; 比较的比较的He retired and lived in relative isolation.Lets make a relative study of the two languages.2. thus adv.consequently; therefore;

5、 as a result 因此，从而因此，从而Bruce knocked out Frank, thus becoming champion.以此方式以此方式, 如此如此, 这样这样Thus the question was finally settled.Its people were thus reduced to slavery.3. get down tobegin to do or give serious attention to 开始（认真）做（或考虑）开始（认真）做（或考虑）On his arrival, he got down to dealing with business

6、 affairs.你今年一定要好好学习了。你今年一定要好好学习了。Its high time that you got down to your studies this year.4. let down1) 放低放低, 放下放下 They let him down on a rope. He let himself down slowly by means of a rope.2) 使失望使失望, 失信失信 You can trust Brooks. Hell never let you down.3) 许多学生因为中期考试成绩不好有些失望。许多学生因为中期考试成绩不好有些失望。 Many students are a bit let down by the low grades in the mid-term exams. let alone= not to mention: All of us are pleased to see Bruce again, let alone Frank.Cons